Search Results: Authors starting with B from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. A handbook of bookshop practice. Foreword by Sir Basil Blackwell. Pp. 96, suggestions for further reading, index; cr. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1965. First edition..

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010. Pp. [xiv]+290, notes, index; demy 8vo; white boards, spine lettered in red; dust wrapper; Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2010. First edition..

Sydney: MacMillan Australia, 1991. Pp. [vi]+360; med. 8vo; edges of boards slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; small tape mark near top edge of first page, name in ink on verso of title page, a couple of corners slightly creased; MacMillan Australia, Sydney, 1991. First edition.

Bendigo, Vic: St. Kilian's Press, 1982. Doctor of Divinity. Pioneer priest of Bendigo. Pp. [xii]+212(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (1 coloured), pictorial endpapers, index; dust wrapper; St. Kilian's Press, Bendigo, 1982. First edition..

London: Macmillan, 1976. Pp. [viii]+316, 4 plates, appendices, source notes, index; demy 8vo; mottled light grey boards, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle browned; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges browned and worn, with a chip in the fore-edge of front panel, small crease top edge of front flap; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown. endpapers lightly browned, edges of leaves lightly browned, top edge of several leaves lightly bruised; Macmillan, London, 1976. First edition. *The subject was a celebrated Chinese scholar and co-author of two standard work on Chinese history. He was also a benefactor of the Bodleian Library. In this biography the author reveals his was also 'one of the most outrageous forgers, confidence tricksters and eccentrics of the twentieth century' [wrapper blurb].

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1919. With 101 illustrations, 12 charts and 21 plans and diagrams. In two volumes: Volume I: Pp. xxxiv+325(last colophon), frontispiece portrait, 60 plates (including charts and maps), folding chart at end, text diagrams, errata slip; Volume II: Pp. x+327-644(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plates 61-78 (including charts), folding chart at end, 2 text diagrams, appendices, index; navy cloth, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards marked, with spots of fading along edges, cloth of lower board slightly bubbled near joint of Volume II; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers browned, some foxing, mainly to outer leaves and edges, ownership name in pencil, dated 'Oct 1919' on upper free endpaper Volume II; Hutchinson & Co., London, n.d.[1919]. First edition..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1972. Introduction by Christopher Morley, with postscript by A. S. W. Rosenbach. Pp. xiv+190, printed in red & black; impl. 8vo; brown art. leather, lettered in gilt; within card slipcase, edges slightly faded; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Heritage Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1972. With the Heritage Club newsletter loosely inserted, giving details of this publication.

no place: The Promotional Reprint Company, 1995. Pp. 240, pictorial half-title page, frontispiece, and numerous text illustrations; post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly browned; inked gift inscription (dated 1996) on upper free endpaper; The Promotional Reprint Company, for Bookmart Limited Leicester, 1995. Third printing thus. *Originally published by Osprey Publishing, in 1989.

London: W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1837. embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years' residence in Bengal and the Doab, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI. In two volumes. Pp.[iii]-xx+406+[iii]-xvi+436, 28 plates (including frontispiece to each volume, the first with tissue guard); nineteenth century half purple calf, spines with gilt lettered black leather title & volume labels, marbled papered boards, rubbed and lightly worn, corners grazed, joints tender, the spines rubbed and faded to brown, slight bump to fore-edge of upper board Volume I; hinges starting, pencilled inscription partly rubbed from verso of upper free endpaper Volume II, both volumes lacking half-title page, 2 small pencilled sketches (of sailing ships, dated 1869) on verso of final blank Volume I, scattered light foxing and occasional slight soiling; W. H. Allen & Co., London, 1837. First edition. *The plates are from illustrations made in India by the author. Thomas Bacon (1813-1892) was a Lieutenant with the… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1953. With a Foreword by Richard Church and illustrations by Margaret Wetherbee. Pp. 124, title page vignette, head & tailpiece illustrations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split; free endpapers faintly offset and a trifle foxed; Hutchinson , London, 1953. First edition.

London: Studio Editions, 1994. Golfing Stories, Collectibles and Ephemera. Pp. 144, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; med. 4to; dust wrapper; Studio Editions, London, 1994. Reprinted.

London: Little, Brown & Company, 2004. Pp. [viii]+408, 4 full page maps; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of boards bumped; dust wrapper; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2004. First edition. *Author's third novel; signed by him on the title page.

London: Bracken Books, 1989. A pictorial anthology. Pp. 176(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; med. 4to; dust wrapper; Bracken Books, 1989. First edition..

Edgbaston, Birmingham: The Bookplate Society, 1993. Pp. [vi]+58+[2](colophon, verso blank), full page portrait, plus 30 plates (most with multiple images); med. 8vo; pictorial stiff blue paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, foot of backstrip and top fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased, the backstrip faintly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper wrapper, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Bookplate Society/The Apsley House Press, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1995. First trade edition, limited to 350 copies (50 for sale)..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Pp. [viii]+232(last colophon); med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, red papered boards, bottom fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2005. First edition. *Signed by both authors on the title page.

London: Robert Hale, 1982. SOE's Secret War in Norway. Pp. 208, 12 plates, text maps, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle worn and browned, the reverse lightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, upper endpapers slightly offset and foxed, edges of leaves foxed; Robert Hale, London, 1982. First edition. *The author is well positioned to write on this subject, being a member of the SOE's London based Scandinavian office during WWII. Operation Jupiter was the code name for the proposed invasion of Norway.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. Pp. [viii]+616(last blank), mostly printed double column, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, notes, bibliography, index; post 4to; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, fore-corners a trifle bruised, the spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly spilt, small surface graze to front panel; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1976. First edition. *'The careers of numerous artists and writers are interwoven, along with the role of key editors; the influence of social trends and artistic currents; the effect of changes in printing technology and market conditions; the impact of motion pictures, cartoons and comic strips. Special attention is given to photographic books and informational books, and to mass-market publishing' [wrapper blurb].

Rutherford: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1976. From the Battle of Sedan to the Dual Alliance. Pp. 334, frontispiece map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn, lightly browned and soiled, small splits at head of backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Farleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford, 1976. First edition..

Sydney: Cassell, 1981. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; tall demy 4to; dust wrapper, a trifle faded and marked; Cassell, Sydney, 1981. First edition.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. Pp. 240, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white notes, bibliography, index; wide demy 4to; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, small surface graze at foot of backstrip; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1997. First U.K. edition. *A study of Palaeolithic Cave art.