Search Results: Authors starting with B from Renaissance Books

London: Ward, Lock and Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Free endpapers have been cut out at front and rear. Previous owner's name. Some fingermarks to pages. Some staining to boards. Some wear to cloth at corners of boards. ; Uncommon. 75, [1] pages + 4 pages advertisements. Frontispiece and 6 full page black and white illustrations within the pagination. Smaller in-text illustrations. Grey-green cloth boards with dark green lettering on spine and front board, red-brown illustration of boy riding an emu on front board. Page dimensions: 244 x 180mm. Unusual illustrations include a ladder made of crocodiles, a platypus planting plimroses, Charlie riding a kangaroo, a fairy surrounded by Australian animals. [Reference: Muir 383 "A fantasy of a boy's adventures in the bush." McKay & Buckridge (2007), "By the Book : A Literary History of Queensland", page 431 "One of the earliest fantasy novels for children, 'Australian… Read More

London: James Clarke & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. (1899). Softcover. Second edition (published in the same year as the first edition. "Third Thousand". viii, 131, [1] pages. Green printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 170 x 110mm. Wrappers detached from text block, with spine glue perished. A 1" tear at head of spine. Foxing to wrappers. Previous owner's signature dated 1899. Internally good.; 16mo .

[New Zealand]: Royal Society of New Zealand. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1951]. Softcover. Rubber stamp on front cover, University of Otago, Dept. of Geology. ; Reprint from the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol. 79. 152-(155) pages + 1 portrait plate. Green printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 246 x 155mm. Obituary notice for New Zealand geologist Patrick Marshall. Page numbering starts at 152. The obituary notice is 4 pages long. .

London: Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Softcover. A 1" tear at tail of spine. 1/2" tear at heaf of spine. Some fading and foxing to wrappers. Some pencil marginalia.; 104 pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. Political philosophy. Selected contents: Political Freedom; Ideals National - not Universal; Commercial and Military Ideals; The Military Spirit; Relation between Freedom and Universal Military Service; Dangers of Commercialism to Personal Character; Dangers of Commercialism to National Government. "Freedom is the watchword of England, and, through her, of all English-speaking peoples. The watchword of Rome was Law; of France, it is Liberty. Freedom combines the two contradictory principles of law and liberty. Neither of the subordinate principles is good by itself. Law ends in tyranny: liberty, in anarchy." - page 5. ; 8vo .

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1832. Hardcover. Recased in original boards. Some staining and rubbing to boards. Front free endpaper replaced. Dampstain and tidemark to upper 15mm margin of leaves in first two gatherings. Small burn mark to 5mm margin of last few leaves. ; First US edition. xix, [1], (15)-282 pages + [36] pages advertisements. Recased in original cloth boards with printed paper spine label. Page dimensions: 170 x 99mm.; 12mo .

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. 1572490160 . No signatures. A little bruising to edges and corners of boards.; viii, 330 pages. Blue leatherette boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 9" x 5 3/4". .

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Date has been erased from title imprint, leaving small abrasion. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Otherwise very good. ; Fifth edition. 272 pages + [4] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration. Page dimensions: 219 x 138mm. ; 8vo .

London: Novello and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. (1932). Softcover. Spine taped with brown paper tape. Piece clipped from upper margin of front wrapper.; 37, [1] pages. Illustrated paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 274 x 198mm. Selected contents: Come, let us all this day; Passion-tide; Be not troubled, be not sad; Come, kindly death; It is fulfilled; O spotless Lamb; O gloomy night. ; 4to .

Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery. Good with no dust jacket. 1856. Hardcover. 22mm loss of cloth at head of spine, 12mm loss of cloth at tail of spine. 12mm loss of cloth along edges of corners of boards. Previous owners' signatures on front endpaper, including "Edward C. Starr, Utica, N. Y. July 2, 1938". Internally very good. Some foxing. ; 1856 edition, uncommon. (The first edition of this work was published in 1854 with the imprint Boston: Charles Waite, 1854). 224 pages. Frontispiece is a full page "Map of Northern Orissa" (within the pagination). 33 illustrations within the pagination, some full page. Illustrations include several of Hindu gods. Original blind-stamped red cltoh boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Blind-stamped eagle on wreath illustration on both boards. Page dimensions: 168 x 106mm. This 1856 edition has an added "Appendix - 1854" on pages 217-224. Pages (215-216) have musical notation for two Hindu hymns, with… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin. Poor with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Mould damage and mould stains to parts of front pastedown and front board. Text block nearly detached from boards.; 332, [6], + 22, [2], pages advertisements. Rec cloth boards. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, "University Of Otago Departmental Collection." Library stamps and markings. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tears at tail of front and rear dust wrapper spine joints. A couple of 1/4" tears along head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; ix, [1], 299 pages + frontis. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 216mm x 135mm. Monographs On The Physics And Chemistry Of Materials. ; 8vo .

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1874. Disbound. Moderate rubbing and fading to wrappers.; "New Edition". xxiv, 620 pages. Full tree calf binding, but with front board detached. Page dimensions: 215 x 133mm. A 1" by 1/4" loss of leather at head of spine. Spine leather rubbed. Gilt dentelles. Marbelled endpapers. School prize binding for Rugby School, with gilt school crest on front board. Awarded to H. L. Fowleer, 1875. ; 8vo .

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Some dampstains and moderate water damage to rear board and read endpaper. Narrow split to gutter at half title page. Some underlining and marginalia. ; xvi, 493 pages. Green cloth boards. Gilt decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 173 x 107mm. ; 8vo .

London: Robt. Riviere & Son. Fair with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Quite heavy foxing throughout. 2" x 1/4" missing to leather along lower corner. 1/8" tear to leather at head of spine. ; Two essays by Francis Bacon and Abraham Cowley. 45 pages. Blind-stamped leather boards with gilt lettering. Top page edges gilt. Page dimensions: 112mm x 90mm. ; 32mo 4" - 5" tall .

Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. Softcover. Some rubbing to covers. Rubbing, fading and creasing to spine. Ex-libris book plate of Hardwicke Knight, "Hardwicke Albion Press". Marginalia on rear endpapers.; [4], [10], 340 pages. Printed buff card covers. Page dimensions: 222 x 139mm. A facsimile of the edition of 1625. "The first edition appeared in 1597, with only ten short essays; these were revised in 1612, when another twenty-eight were added, together with twelve 'Mediationes Sacrae'. For the edition of 1625 Bacon again revised his work, and made further additions. He died in the following year." - from the introductory Note. Facsimile title page title "The Essayes or Counsils, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Newly enlarged. London, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, and are to be sold at the singe of the Kings head in Pauls Church-yard. 1625." .

London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [1924]. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Corners of boards bumped and bruised. Some bruising to cloth at head of spine. ; No date [1924]. [vi], 267, [1] pages + frontispiece. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. Illustrated from native designs by V. Goloubew. "This story passes at Nepal, at an imaginary period prodigiously remote. It is the story of the last existence on earth but one of him who will be reborn Cakya-Muni. Vessantara, 'Tchrimekundan of the Tibetans,' is the future Buddha. He passes a life of remarkable trials, all of which he has attracted to himself by his passion for charity." - from the introduction to "Tchrimekundan". ; Broadway Translations .

London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1924]. First Edition. Hardcover. A couple of New Zealand bookseller's labels and a small orange sticker on front endpaper. ; No date [1924]. [vi], 267, [1] pages + frontispiece. Orange cloth boards with white cloth spine. Red leather lettering piece with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 116mm. Illustrated from native designs by V. Goloubew. "This story passes at Nepal, at an imaginary period prodigiously remote. It is the story of the last existence on earth but one of him who will be reborn Cakya-Muni. Vessantara, 'Tchrimekundan of the Tibetans,' is the future Buddha. He passes a life of remarkable trials, all of which he has attracted to himself by his passion for charity." - from the introduction to "Tchrimekundan". Series: Broadway Translations. .

London: The Theosophical Publishing Society. Fair with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 52 pages + frontis + 2 plates. Illustrated cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Dimensions: 6 1/4" by 4". 4" split to cloth along rear joint. Internally good. Contents: Foreword; The Teacher Sat in the Forest; A Lesson in the Forest; The Soul of All that Is. The three photographic illustrations are: Forest Kings; A Woodland Glade; A Pool in the Forest. ; 16mo .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1909. Softcover. Foxing to dust-jacket. Chips to corners of dust-jacket and ends of dust-jacket spine. ; Uncommon with dust-jacket. 5th edition. xxxvi, 454 pages + 16 maps +55 plans. Red limp cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 159 x 103mm. Marbled page edges. Bookmark ribbon. Dust-jacket with black lettering printed on spine and front panel. .

London: Leonard Parsons. Good with no dust jacket. (1922). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Invercargill Public Library. Library stamps and markings. Bump to lower corner of front board. Fading to spine. Lacking the map.; Volume Two only of two volumes. 418 pages, lacking the map. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 220 x 140mm. Contents of this volume: Yugoslavia's First Year of Liberty (Autumn 1918 to Autumn 1919); Further Months of Trial (1919-1921); Yugoslavia's Frontiers (1921); Conclusion: A Few National Characteristics; Index.; 8vo .