Search Results: Authors starting with B from Roger Middleton

London, printed for Simon Miller at the Starre in St Pauls Church-yard, 1659.. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION 1659, small book, 12mo, approximately 130 x 80 mm, 5¼ x 3 inches, pages: [12], 1-51, [7] - lacks last blank leaf, collates as ESTC R10803. Bound in full calf, rebacked using original spine, marbled endpapers. Slight rubbing to hinges, tips of corners worn with board just showing, top margin slightly trimmed affecting running title on 9 pages, pale browning to title page and following page, tiny rust hole to second page of adverts, pages 17-19 have neat old ink name against the experiment, otherwise a very good copy. A student of Aristotle, Roger Bacon was one of the earliest European proponents of experimental research. His writings are also notable for including descriptions of vehicles, flying machines, diving bell etc. See: A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Library, Volume 2, page 83. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1982.. LIMITED EDITION 1982. 8vo, approximately 220 x 145 mm, 9 x 6 inches, portrait of Francis Bacon as frontispiece, title pages to each part copied from the original 17th century editions, 391 pages, bound in full grey leather, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, gilt decoration to both covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers and silk marker, slight rubbing to corners and 1 corner has a small white mark, otherwise a very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Dent, 1983.. FIRST EDITION 1983, LARGE INK INITIALS BY BAILEY AND SIGNATURE OF MARTIN HARRISON ON HALF-TITLE. 4to, approximately 325 x 240 mm, 12¾ x 9½ inches, pages: 129 including 11 page introduction, plus (3) - plate list and 129 Plates, bound in publisher's black cloth, white lettered spine. Brief inscription at top of half-title, otherwise a fine clean sturdy copy. DUSTWRAPPER showing some handling wear to edges, not price clipped, top edge of upper panel curling over very slightly, 3 tiny chips to laminate at edges and tiny split to laminate at lower corner of upper panel. MORE MAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1978.. FIRST EDITION 1978. No inscriptions, top edges white, a Fine crisp clean copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped, red lettering on spine faded to cream as usual (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1996.. FIRST EDITION 1996, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. Inscribed by Bainbridge on the front endpaper: "To Peter with best wishes Beryl Bainbridge", no previous owner inscriptions, slightest very faint spotting to top edges (see image). A Fine crisp clean unread copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1978.. FIRST EDITION 1978. No inscriptions, minute bump to top corners of boards (see image), top edges white, a Fine crisp clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER (dw: not price clipped, red lettering on spine slightly faded (see image), NOT faded to cream as often). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1974.. FIRST EDITION 1974. No inscriptions, faint foxing to top and fore-edges, very slight faint foxing to endpapers (see images), a near Fine copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, lightly browned on reverse along top edge and on reverse of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1977.. FIRST EDITION 1977. No inscriptions, minute bump to top of spine (see image), page edges faintly toned, a near Fine crisp copy in Fine neatly price clipped DUSTWRAPPER. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1986.. FIRST EDITION 1986, SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE ON THE TITLE PAGE. No previous owner inscription, tiny bump to lower outer corners of boards, otherwise a Fine crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, minute wrinkle on lower corners (see images). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1973.. FIRST EDITION 1973. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1975.. FIRST EDITION 1975, inscribed on the front endpaper: " For Dorothy with best wishes Beryl Bainbridge". Minute bump to head and tail of spine, no previous owner inscription, a near Fine clean tight copy in very good DUSTWRAPPER (dw: price clipped by the publisher with revised price label affixed, head of spine and top of lower fold very slightly worn (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Little, Brown, 2001.. FIRST EDITION 2001, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscriptions, slightest tanning to pages as is usual with this title (see image). A Fine unread copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1976.. FIRST EDITION 1976. No inscriptions, a Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1991.. FIRST EDITION 1991, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscriptions, top edges white, a very Fine crisp clean copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1984.. FIRST EDITION 1984, SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE ON THE TITLE PAGE. No previous owner inscription, a Fine crisp unread copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, just slightly faded on spine (see images). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1998.. FIRST EDITION 1998, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscriptions, very slight faint spotting to top edges (see image). A Fine crisp clean unread copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped, a touch of fading to spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1996.. FIRST EDITION 1996, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscriptions, very slight faint spotting to top edges (see image). A Fine crisp clean unread copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Hutchinson New Authors Limited, 1967.. FIRST EDITION OF BAINBRIDGE'S FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL 1967. No inscriptions, very slight very faint foxing to front and rear endpapers and fore-edges, otherwise a Fine clean copy in very good plus DUSTWRAPPER (dw: neatly price clipped, 10 mm (½") closed tear to top edge of upper panel with small adjacent crease, another to lower edge next to spine, minute chip at top of both folds, edges of rear inner flap lightly dusted). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1979.. SECOND EDITION 1979, rewritten and reset, this was Bainbridge's second novel first published by Hutchinson in 1968. No inscriptions, a Fine clean crisp copy in near Fine price clipped DUSTWRAPPER, tiny rub to bottom of upper fold (see image). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London, Duckworth, 1980.. FIRST EDITION 1980, FINE IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. No inscriptions, 1 very faint tiny spot to top edges (see image). A Fine crisp clean copy in Fine dustwrapper, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.