Search Results: Authors starting with J from Bird's Books

The National Trade Press Ltd., London, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. The National Trade Press Ltd., London, 1952. 1st Edition . Good/Fair. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth with dust jacket. Vii + 244pp with 10pp adverts & 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated throughout with 150 figures. Ex reference library with some of the usual treatments.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Spine slightly sunned. 207pp illustrated with frontispiece and other black and white photographs throughout the text. Contents include chapters on the Art of Shooting, Pheasants and Wild Duck, Dogs, Driven Partridges, Odd Notes etc. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. .

Published by The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, Ordnance Survey Office, 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Published by The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, Ordnance Survey Office, 1867. 1st Edition . Fair. Complete in 3 Parts. Elephant folio, approx. 22'' by 16''. Original quarter leather with blue cloth binding, titles & Royal crest in gilt on front cover & emblem on back cover. All parts show shelf wear, particularly at corners/edges/spine. All absent outer spine. Upper edge gilt. Occasional foxing/marks throughout, particularly at front of parts II & III. Inner books generally in good condition for their age. Part I (1867), scrape to front cover, xviii + 43pp with 78 manuscripts illustrated on 41 plates. Part II (1870), Xxii + 68pp, 84 facsimiles, Part III (1871), Xvi + 108 facsimiles & accompanying text. This set covers all the major events in Scotland's history from 900 AD, royal marriages, deaths, battles, letters, charters etc to the Treaty of Union (1706).… Read More

London: Penguin, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Slim 8vo, illustrated paper covered boards. 72 pp with numerous illustrations followed by 16 plates. Tear to upper spine, small piece absent at board, edge wear and sunning. Inner book is generally in very good clean condition. No. 31 from the attractive King Penguin series edited by Pevsner. Written for the layman in an informative and engaging style with beautiful illustrations. Book illustration in England in the nineteenth century.

London: Jacob Woodman & David Lyon, 1725. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Library rebound in quarter leather with brown cloth boards and gilt titles on spine, library name in gilt on front right corner, 14” x 9". Vol I 622pp; Vol II 703pp. Title page of vol I in red and black, fold out genealogical plate, engraved portrait and some engraved chapter ornaments throughout. Index of important characters and list of subscribers. Some pagination errors. Title page of vol I has a small professional repair to top (see pictures) and a contemporary handwritten name in ink, one other professionally repaired tear. The bindings are firm with minor shelf wear, inner books have a little foxing and signs of age, but generally in very good condition +. Ex reference library with minimal markings, pictorial bookplate on the front pastedown and discreet name on cover in gilt, no other obvious markings. Written in Latin and French. A wide ranging account of the life, reign and ultimate demise of Mary Queen of… Read More

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Slim 8vo, illustrated card covers. 31pp with coloured frontis, monochrome map of Sicily and a further 16 full page plates of the coins at the rear. Card covers are slightly discoloured, inner book is in excellent condition.

4to, 196pp profusely illustrated with photographs of sculptures. 123 colour illustrations, 62 back and white photographs, map and references. Near fine inside with a little edge wear to corners. Dust jacket in very good condition, suitable as a gift copy. This presents art objects of exceptional aesthetic quality and discusses how we view them and the relationship with the creators.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue paper covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Front board faded. 230pp. From a private library with a stamp on the front end paper & title page. Excellent condition inside. A treatise on aspects of American life and culture during the early 20th century. Some of the comments seem quite accurate even now.

London: Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Gavin Bone, Muirhead Bone, Stephen Bone. 1st edition signed by the author, number 114 in a limited edition of 1140. With water-colour drawings from the living plants by Gavin Bone, and additional drawings by Muirhead and Stephen Bone. Folio, cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. 139pp illustrated with frontispiece and 40 other colour plates. Pale green dust jacket with red titles, chipping / wear to edges and price clipped inside. Boards slightly water stained. Inner book is nice and clean with the plates in excellent condition, occasional minor age spotting. ***Over sized and may require additional overseas postage***

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. Very Good. First editions. Complete in 12 volumes. 'Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes, which will be found to contain an Account of all the Naval Actions and other Important Events, from the Commencement of the Late Reign, in 1760, to the Present Period. With Copious Addenda'. 8vo, library rebound in half leather with blue cloth boards. Titles in gilt on spine & library name on cover.

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1903. 1st Edition . Good. Approx. 10.75'' by 8.25'', original cream cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Binding a little discoloured & cracked at front pastedown, maroon endpapers. Small tear (see pictures). First Edition limited to 315 copies. 528pp illustrated with line drawings of the arms. Ex reference library with decorative bookplate on rear pastedown, sticker mark on spine. No other obvious library markings, the inner book is generally clean & in good + condition.***Over 1kg & may require extra overseas postage***. Uniform with this volume is 'The Arms of the Royal and Parliamentary Burghs of Scotland'

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1897. 1st Edition . Good. Approx. 10.75'' by 8.25'', original cream cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Binding a little discoloured. First Edition limited to 325 copies. 392pp illustrated with line drawings of the arms. Ex reference library with decorative & presentation bookplate on front pastedown & endpaper, sticker mark on spine. No other obvious library markings, the inner book is clean & in very good condition.***Over 1kg & may require extra overseas postage***

Glasgow: William Collins, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, brown cloth embossed boards, gilt titles on spine. 304 pp. with tissue guarded frontis. 'Wanderings in The Land of Israel and through The Wilderness of Sinai, in 1850 and 1851. With an Account of the Inscriptions in Wady Mokatter, or the Written Valley.' by the Rev. John Anderson. 304 pp. Undated, though inscription on front endpaper is dated 1853. Presumed first edition. Generally clean within, a little wear to boards.

London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards illustrated on front with a black West Highland Terrier, titles in black on spine. Slightly cocked. 199pp, foreword by John Galsworthy. The Story of a Terrier. A Highland Terrier stolen from his comfortable life who has a series of adventures. Intended for a juvenile audience. Nice and clean and very good inside.