Search Results: Authors starting with B from Black Sheep Books

London: Butterworths, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good+. This text is intermediate between the large, detailed and specialised treatises and the brief explanations which form part of the more general works. Orange cloth with white titling on spine and front, yellow end papers. At back of text is a plastic-coil bound book of black and white, as well as colour, plates. With the exception of extremely minor wear to bottom corners, this handsome book appears to be without flaws. 193 pages in first part of book; 68 plates with 523 figures in second part. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Montreal, Quebec: Centre International d'Art Contemporain De Montreal, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. Public Art/Culture/Ideas 35. Written in French and English, this book was published in conjunction with the 2007 Biennale de Montreal exhibition, and presents new and recent work from more than fifty artists and artist groups from across Canada and abroad. Brightly illustrated soft cover, white titling on clear plastic jacket, coloured illustrated end papers, illustrated throughout with colour photographs,180 pages. First fourteen pages have a tiny crease at bottom corner, otherwise this handsome book is in nice shape - clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Amsterdam: Parole Publishing, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good/-. Feeling good and getting better: a remarkable Indian herbal remedy rediscovered. Glossy soft cover, 204 pages. Some light shelf wear with light pressure marks. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Salmo, B.C.: Kootenay Stone Centre. Soft cover. Good. Book is written for tradespeople, promoting the use of natural stone, and includes easy instructions for the beginner. Covers such topics as: materials, general instructions, tools, styles of stonework, styles of mortar joints, repairs and camouflaging with stone, patios, pathways, sidewalks and stepping stones, hearths, benches, stairways, tub surrounds, floors, entrances and pool decks, projects, art, etc. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black titling on pale blue, black and white photographs and drawings throughout, as well as a few photographs in colour, 80 pages. Cover has edge wear with some creasing, shelfwear, first twelve pages separated from binding (but present). Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you… Read More

Emsworth, Hampshire: Kenneth Mason, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good+. In addition to the story of the famous liner's thirty-two round trips to Australia between 1852 and 1875, this book contains names and other details of 14, 000 passengers. Large white soft cover with black and white illustration and red and blue titling on front, black titling on spine, illustrated title page and black and white illustrations in text, 96 pages. Cover has minor edge wear with a few light creases, light shelf wear, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. A Sentinel Series gift book by the author of "The Coral Island", "Martin Rattler", "Ungava", and "The Young Fur Traders". Tan cloth with brown illustration on front and spine, brown titling, colour frontispiece, publisher's advertising at the end and on back of dust jacket. 310 pages. Light edge wear, text block edges darkened and a dark discoloration to top, otherwise book is in great shape - clean and tight. Illustrated dust jacket has small pieces missing at edges and corners, is price-clipped. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1883. Leather. Tan full leather bindings, gilt titling on black spine labels, raised bands and gilt border on spine, black titling on spine label on front, marbled edges. 807 pages. Corners and edges worn, front cover with endpapers detached but present, foxing to endpapers, ink stamps and labels from the Legislative Library, B.C. and British Columbia Provincial Museum. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1883. Leather. Tan full leather binding, gilt titling on black leather spine labels, raised bands and gilt border on spine, black titling on spine label on front, marbled edges. 805 pages. Corners have wear, darkened text block edges, foxing on end pages, ink stamps and labels from the Legislative Library, B.C. and British Columbia Provincial Museum, front cover nearly detached, two pages of table of content detached but present. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

West Vancouver, BC, Canada: Boiler Island Air Systems Inc., 2005. Soft cover. Very Good/-. The Bang Family in Stromso: A little about its origin and activities. Collected and edited by Cathinco Bang. Translated from the Norwegian by Colin MacCallum, PEng, with assistance from Elisabeth Vikran, nee Bang. Glossy illustrated soft cover, signed by Translator,185 pages plus copy of family tree in rear pocket. Minor edge wear, light crease to bottom free corner of back cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Stuttgart: Verlag Von Ernst Klett, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Kleine Geschichten von Grossen Volkern, Band 8:: Kleine Geschichten aus Asien. In German language. Collection of anecdotes painting a picture of Asia. Cream coloured cloth, gilt emblem hotstamped to front, gilt faux label with titling to spine, 176 pages. Dust jacket shows some edge wear, age darkening. A lovely little history book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Vancouver, BC, 1993. Limited Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good/-. Limited edition of 150 copies. Grey card cover, red titling to front, unpaginated. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Nymphenburger, 1997. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Nick Bantock. Eine Magisch-sinnliche Reise in die Renaissance mit einem Venezianischen Abenteurer, einem Computer und einem tanzenden Gott. Part love story, part mystery, and part ghostly tale and an altogether bewitching brew of sensuality and lost treasures. Nick Bantock has conjured up a richly illustrated tale of a relentless quest, an amorous legacy, and the resonating power of art a lush, romantic adventure of the soul that tantalizes the reader to the last line. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Chronicle Books, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/New. Bantock, Nick. Nick's new 216 page novel. Windflower is a stunning tale of a vagabond Capolan dancer and her sensual entanglement with four unworldly men. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2001. Pictorial Cover. New/-. Bantock, Nick. 10th Anniversary Edition of Griffin & Sabine. New book, old stock -- may have a little shelf wear. This is the book that started the Nick Bantock obsession. The story is told through the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. Since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin and Sabine is like no other illustrated novel, appealing to the poet and artist in everyone. This edition contains an extra letter at the back, no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Chronicle Books, 1993. Hardcover. New/New. Bantock, Nick. New book, old stock -- may have a little shelf wear. In this final volume of the best-selling trilogy the mystery of the two artists deepens and their questions grow more urgent. New obstacles (including a sinister intruder) test the tenacity of their passion, and in each letter or postcard, painting and prose are even more richly intertwined. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2001. Pictorial Cover. New/-. Bantock, Nick. 10th Anniversary Edition of Griffin & Sabine. New book, old stock -- may have a little shelf wear. This is the book that started the Nick Bantock obsession. The story is told through the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. Since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin and Sabine is like no other illustrated novel, appealing to the poet and artist in everyone. This edition contains an extra letter at the back, no dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Chronicle Books, 1993. Hardcover. New/New. Bantock, Nick. New book, old stock -- may have a little shelf wear. In this final volume of the best-selling trilogy the mystery of the two artists deepens and their questions grow more urgent. New obstacles (including a sinister intruder) test the tenacity of their passion, and in each letter or postcard, painting and prose are even more richly intertwined. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Chronicle Books, 1992. Hardcover. New/New. Bantock, Nick. New book, old stock -- may have a little shelf wear. A tale rich in the artistry, mystery, and surprise that makes the original saga so beloved. As the remarkable fates of Griffin and Sabine are gradually revealed, we are introduced to Matthew and Isabella, long-distance lovers who find themselves entwined not only in each other's lives, but also in a perilous and alluring intrigue. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Norway: Hjemmets Bokforlag, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Nick Bantock. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. The Norwegian translation of the first volume of the Griffin & Sabine series, a love story in letters. This is the book that started the Nick Bantock obsession. The story is told through the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. Since each letter must be pulled from its own envelope, the reader has the delightful, forbidden sensation of reading someone else's mail. Griffin and Sabine is like no other illustrated novel, appealing to the poet and artist in everyone. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Korea: Chronicle, 1992. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Nick Bantock. SIGNED by Nick Bantock. The Korean translation of the second volume of the Griffin & Sabine series, a love story in letters. For the thousands who finished Griffin and Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," came this second volume. Told in the same format as its predessor, Sabine's Notebook is filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall