Search Results: Titles starting with B from Renaissance Books

London: Longmans, Green, And Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some bumping to ends of spine. 3/4" tear to blank margin of folding map. 3/8" tear to margin of folding map. Some spotting to page edges. Rubbing to cloth at corners of boards with up to 1/8" loss of cloth. ; viii, 387 pages + plates + frontis + one folding map + 32 pages advertisements. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 180mm x 125mm. Selected contents: The Atlantic; The St. Lawrence; Manners And Customs; Preparations; By Steamer; The Rockies; Mosquito Camp; Canyon Creek; The Sinclair Pass; Mutton; The Kootenay; The Indian Rising; Charr; Skookumchuck; Lake Mooyie; Elk River; Bread And Honey; The Flatbows; Dick Fry's. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Ramsbury, Marlborough: The Crowood Press. Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2005). Softcover. 1861267959 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Covers laminated in clear plastic. ; 206, [2 (blank)] pages + 4 leaves of colour illustrations. Black and white photographic illustrations on the paginated leaves. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 242 x 186mm. .

London: Methuen & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 48 pages. No signatures or markings. 3/8" missing at head of spine. 1/4" missing at tail of spine. 3" tear to paper along head of spine. ; 4to .

London: Mills & Boon. Good with no dust jacket. (1974). Softcover. 026371702X . Spine very faded. A 15mm tear at tail of spine. Creasing to covers. A 45mm chip to corner of final leaf of advertisements. ; Softcover reprint. 187, [5 (advertisements) pages. Page dimensions: 172 x 106mm. "Marty made a thoughtless little joke about going to New Zealand to look for a susceptible bachelor with a seven-thousand-a-year wool-clip . . . and unforunately Philip Griffiths overheard and took her seriously" - from blurb on rear wrapper. "The headline had amused Marty . . . talk about a Promised Land flowing with milk and honey!" - the opening sentence. Series: Mills & Boon #941. .

London: Mills & Boon. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1965). Softcover. Rubbing to joints. Ink date "1958" on spine and front cover. Blank corner clipped from first leaf. ; Softcover reprint. 192 pages. Page dimensions: 172 x 105mm. Page edges dyed red. "Marty made a thoughtless little joke about going to New Zealand to look for a susceptible bachelor with a seven-thousand-a-year wool-clip . . . and unforunately Philip Griffiths overheard and took her seriously" - from blurb on rear wrapper. "The headline had amused Marty . . . talk about a Promised Land flowing with milk and honey!" - the opening sentence. .

London: Max Parrish. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to endpapers. Foxing to dust-jacket. Some small chips and tears ro margins of dust-jacket. ; 100 pages. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions:197 x 128mm. "Yes its me, n.molesworth, goriller of 3B, sentensed to 50000000 years hard laber chiz moan drone. But fere not for as readers of my other masterpeaces kno (see back flapp for super free offer i dot joly well think) i am WON UP on skool, beaks, matron, grown-ups THE LOT." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c1939]. Hardcover. Ex-libris Paul Aubin. Previous owner's signature dated 1942. Moderate foxing. Chips and tears to dust-jacket. Price clipped from lower corner of front flap of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Reprint. "Thirtieth Thousand" [c1939]. 252 pages + [4] pages advertisements + frontispiece. Green illustrated cloth boards. Page dimensions: 183 x 126mm. Children's novel, Australian author. .

London: Cassell and Company. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Chips to dust-jacket spine, with loss of lettering to author's name at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; First printing. 224 pages + colour frontispiece. Blue boards with red lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 184 x 119mm. "'Bunter!' // No reply. // 'Bunter!'// Still no reply." - the opening sentences. .

Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing. Good in Good dust jacket. (2009). First Edition. Hardcover. 1877517054 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover, taped to boards and endpapers.; 140 pages. Illustrated papered boards. Page dimensions: 255 x 208mm. "Sam Hunt's life as a poet and performer has always strayed far off the straight and narrow, more akin to following a series of winding backroads that have led to places and people away from the mainstream. As a child, Hunt was surrounded by 'a lot of words, a lot of poems,' and from the age of eight, he knew he wanted to live the life of a poet. His parents and grandparents were his earliest influences, and later it was the likes of W. B. Yeats, Pablo Neruda and Dylan Thomas; while within New Zealand, Alistair Campbell, James K. Baxter and Denis Glover, among others, inspired and nurtured him. Backroads is a memoir, a series of reflections by Sam Hunt on his life as a poet. He talks about… Read More

London: G. W. Bacon & Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. First Edition. Softcover. Some rubbing, fading and marking to wrappers. ; No date [c. 1920s?]. Cover title, "Bacon's Large Scale Plan Of Manchester." Red cloth wrappers with black illustration. Contains one folding map.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

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 .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Kestrel Books / Penguin Books. Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1983). Hardcover. 0722657633 . Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Rebound in blue cloth boards, with front and rear panels only of dust-jacket laid down on boards. Dampstain to inner margins of endpapers. Library labels and stickers obscuring blurb on rear cover. ; 1983 reprint of a title first published in 1982. 128 pages. Rebound. Page dimensions: 211 x 128mm. Illustrated by the author. Children's novel. "Every reader will revel in the hilarious adventures and enchantingly witchy illustrations in this sequel to the highly successful books 'The Worst Witch' and 'The Worst Witch Strikes Again'" - from blurb on rear cover. "It was the very first day of Mildred Hubble's second year at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches." - the opening sentence. .

Margate: Bobby & Co. (Printed By). Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Softcover. Staples rusted. Wrappers separated from text block at staples. Moderate staining to rear wrapper. ; No date (c. 1945). 22 pages. Dimensions: 9 3/8" by 7 5/8". Wartime cartoons by Frank Sharpey. Black and white cartoons. Cover illustration in colour. "These drawings are taken from a very casual Kriegie magazine called "BAG - HAPPY," published at various camps in Italy and Germany between '42 and '45." Photographic illustrations of prisoners of war being released on rear wrapper with caption: "Freedom! It was bound to happen // in the end". Foreword begins: "When you've paid for this, go straight upstairs and tuck it away in the attic with that Mark Nine blower you brought home just in case. // Because in 1984 little Alfie is going to toddle up to your withered knee and he'll say, 'Grandpapa, tell me about when you were in that old war… Read More

Glen Ridge, New Jersey: Bagpipe Music Index. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Original Wraps. Creasing and fading to front wrapper. Chips to margins of rear wrapper. ; Containing 2430 tune listings from 35 bagpipe music books. Pages unnumbered. Blue paper wrappers. Page dimensions: oblong 214 x 136mm. For each of the tunes, the book lists the composer, the book, the page, the tune type, the time, and the number of parts. .

Newtongrange, Midlothian: Lang Syne Publishers. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. (1983). Softcover. 0946264481 . Spine glue brittle, with split to gutter between pages [39] and [40]. Leaves may detach as the book is read. ; [128] pages. Pages unnumbered. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 215 x 145mm. Black and white illustrations by John Mackay. Musical notation. "This edition is a facsimile of the chapters on the bagpipe, fiddle and harp from the 'Traditional and National Music of Scotland' published at London in 1966 by Routledge and Kegan Paul." - Bibliographic Note, page [1]. "In the following pages I trace the history development and music of Scotland's three national instruments - the bagpipe, fiddle and harp." - Introduction. .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 0197111866 . Owner's signature. Some rubbing to ends of spine. A couple of 1/2" knocks along edge of front board. Slight spine lean. Fading to dust wrapper spine. Series of tears up to 3/8" along head of spine. A couple of 1/8" tears at tail of spine. 1/2" at head of rear fold of dust wrapper. 1/4" tear at head of front fold of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiii, [1], 643 pages + one folding map. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 215mm x 140mm. "This study will be of interest to a variety of specialists, among them not only economic statisticians but those interested in international trade." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

London: T. Werner Laurie. Fair with no dust jacket. [1914]. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Binding poor, with cloth entirely split along rear joint. ; xii, 369 pages + [3] pages advertisements + frontispiece + 37 illustrations on 24 plate leaves + 5 maps (2 double page). Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 219 x 139mm. .

Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1996). First Edition. Softcover. 1869583485 . Previous owner's inscription. Some creasing to spine and inner margins of wrappers. Some rubbing to corners.; 92, [1] pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. French flaps. Page dimensions: 342 x 240mm. "Superb colour drawings illustrate the predicament of Wal' and the Dog when they get mixed up with a tough bikie gang." - from blurb on front flap. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

London: Jarrold & Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c1868]. Hardcover. Boards rubbed with some staining. Rear hinge broken. Dampstains to margins of the frontispiece.; No date [c1868]. 171, [2] pages + chromolithograph frontispiece + [3] pages advertisements. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 162 x 99mm. Poetry.[Seller ref: KnightCol]; 16mo .

Ferndale, California: Professional Hunter Supplies. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. Softcover. 096248072X . Fading to spine and margin of front cover. Highlighting and marginalia on a couple of pages. ; 1990 second edition of a title first published in 1983. 76 pages + 8 colour illustrations on 2 plate leaves. Page dimensions: 213 x 126mm. Illustrated. Contents includes: Ballistic Properties Discussed; Bullet construction; Energy; Velocity; Knockdown Ability; Terminal Requirements of Cartridges Used on Game in Zimbabwe; Large Dangerous Game; Large Framed Soft-Skinned Animals; Small Soft-Skinned Animals; Vermint Hunting; The Ideal Battery; The All Round Rifle. .