Search Results: Authors starting with B from Virginia Bank Books

EP Publishing. 1982. (10164) Large format paperback. 64 pages. Numerous coloured photographs and patterns on graph paper. Fine in a v.g. papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Origiinally published in France. Translated by M. S. Rohan.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society. 1980. (10627) Large format Stapled paperback. 32 pages of b.w. photographs. Fine in a v.g. papercover. No markings or inscriptions.

Marlborough. The Crowood Press. 2006. (9690) Hardback. 160 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine price clipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions.

Published privately by author. Undated. (10898) Large format ringbound paperback with pictorial front cover showing Earlham Hall. 100 pages. Numerous b.w. photographs. Maps. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. This book tells of one couple John and Catherine Gurney of Earlham Hall in Norwich and the children they brought up to be caring and philanthropic. They were dedicated workers towards the abolition of the slave trade, reform in prisons, education for poorer people, saving lives at sea, and constantly giving help quietly where it was needed. Through the children's diaries and letters much is known of their lives and interests and their way of putting their Christian faith into practice. Here is their story.

Images Publications. Blofield. 2007. (9963) Large format ringbound paperback. 132 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in a fine papercover. No markings or inscriptions. Appears unread.

Times Books. 2015. (10471) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 264 pages. Colour and b.w. illustrations. Fine in illustrated boards in a near fine unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. Discover the historical background and purpose behind the creation of MI9 - The map production programme and the involvement of commercial companies - How escape aids and maps were smuggled into the prisoner of war camps.....

The Reprint Society. 1964. (11011) HEAVY hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 499 pages. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Maps to endpapers. Near fine in maroon boards with gilt lettering on black label to spine, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. A tight sound clean copy.

London. CBL Publishing. 1974. (9600) Hardback. Unpaginated. 143 b.w. photographs.Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, a fine unclipped d.w. Dedication signed by author and dated 1974 on title page.

London. Pearson. 1901. lst edn. (6958) Hardback. 363 pages. B.w. illustrations. Good in red cloth with gilt and black decoration on front board and gilt to faded spine. Small piece of cloth missing from top R.H. corner of front board with bare board showing through and top edge of textblock dusty. Decorative Sunday School Award label on front paste-down. The textblock is clean and the binding is sound and tight.

Grosvenor House Publishing. 2014. (10656) Paperback. 141 pages. Fine with dedication signed by author dated October 2015 on title page in a near fine papercover.

Phillimore. London. 1973. lst edn. (9213) Hardback. 455 pages. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Near fine in red boards with gilt lettering to spine, faint evidence of old shop pricing visible at top of half title page, in a near fine unclipped d.w. with publishers new price sticker at bottom corner. A sound tight very clean copy.

London. Allen & Unwin. 1956. (8772) Hardback. 191 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Near fine in navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge of textblock coloured navy, some foxing to front and bottom edges of textblock, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions.

John Murray. 1906. (10004) Hardback. 620 pages. 2 b.w. illustrations. Fold-out map. Good in navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt to top edge of textblock. Ageing and foxing to front and bottom edges of textblock. No markings or inscriptions. No d.w. A tight sound clean copy.

Boydell. Reprinted 1999 by arrangement with The Hakluyt Society. (10409) Four very heavy volumes, plus a portfolio, weighing over 10 kilo. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. All books in navy cloth with gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering to spine. Vol.I - The Voyage of The Endeavour 1768-1771 - 696 pages. Vol.II - The Voyage of The Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 - 1028 pages. Vol.III (Part One) - The Voyage of The Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780 - 718 pages. Vol.III (Part Two) - The Voyage of The Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780 - 1647 pages, including Index, 9 pages of Cook and the Russians, plus a fold out map at the rear. All books have many b.w. illustrations, maps in the text (some fold-out) plus detailed appendix and other relevant information. The large portfolio is in navy cloth with gilt motif on front board, tied with a navy ribbon, includes Charts and Views. These volumes are ex shop stock, new and unread, and still in the box they were sent in from… Read More

Stevenage. Spa Books/Tom Donovan. Reprinted 1988. (9133) Hardback. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, with 2 folded inserts showing Gravenstafel Ridge and Passchendaele and the British Trench Line in pocket fixed to rear pastedown, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. with small closed tear at bottom of rear corner now neatly repaired. No markings or inscriptions.

Phillimore. 1994. (10372) Hardback. 145 pages. Illustrations by Diana Walters. B.w. photographs. Fine in red boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a near fine price clipped d.w. with fading to spine extending slightly on to front and rear covers. A sound tight clean copy.

London. Cape. 2000. lst edn. (7991) HEAVY hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 487 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a v.g. unclipped d.w. with neatly repaired closed tear. Narrow black line at bottom of textblock - possible remainder mark. No inscriptions. ISBN: 0-224-06033-3.

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 2011. (9307) HEAVY HARDBACK. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 489 pages. B.w. photographs. Map or Germany and Austria in 1946. Fine in grey boards with black lettering to beige spine, front edge of textblock uncut, in a fine unclipped d.w. Unread book.

E. Moxon. 1878. Sixteenth edition. (10271) VERY HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. 872 pages plus adverts. V.g. in dark green mottled cloth with blind tooled lining on front and rear boards, gilt motif on front board and gilt lettering on tan label to spine. Ageing to edges of textblock. New endpapers and pastedowns fitted at front and rear and a little scattered foxing. No markings or inscriptions. No d.w. A tight sound clean copy.

E. Moxon. 1876. Fifteenth Edition. (10611) HEAVY Hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage .837 pages plus Adenda page. Text block in double columns. Good. Half bound in maroon calf with gilt decoration on front and rear brownish boards and gilt lettering and decoration to spine having 5 raised bands. Ageing to edges of marbled textblock. Covers rubbed at edges. New brown flyleaves fitted at front and rear and corner of Adenda page repaired. No markings or inscriptions. A tight sound clean copy.