Search Results: Titles starting with E from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: Folio Society. First Folio Edition . Fine Binding. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lupton, David. New and unread, as received directly from The Folio Society. Carefully removed from the FS protective wrappers only to check condition and photograph, the books are now safely back in their wrappers. Matching set of the five Earthsea books published by The Folio Society between 2015 and 2023. All titles are first printings except for 'Wizard' which is a third. All are 9" tall, illustrated in colour by David Lupton, and introduced by David Mitchell. Bound in cloth printed and blocked with a design by the artist. Set in Garamond and printed on Abbey Wove paper. Printed and bound in Italy. A beautiful collector's edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In mint condition as received directly from The Folio Society. Additional photos available on request or these may be viewed on my listing. Heavy/oversize set. U.K. postage at default charge… Read More

TASCHEN, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. This is the large folio measuring approx. 12½" x 10½", not the smaller, compact edition. Text in German, English and French. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean, bright and intact with minor rubbing to spine tips and bottom corners. Red boards also clean and bright with minor bruising to spine tips and one corner. Contents clean and white without bookplates or inscriptions. Minor creasing/tearing to small area of a few bottom page edges. 576 pp. Profusely illustrated with colour plates throughout. "The long tradition of botanical illustration finds its tribute in this book, whose first issue coincided with the exhibition of botanical illustration at the National Library of Vienna. TASCHEN has chosen 100 works from the library's extensive archives to be reproduced in this masterpiece of botanical book illustration. Beginning with 6th-century Byzantine manuscripts, it traces… Read More

London: Beaux Art, 2015. First Edition . Softcover. New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition catalogue. 46 pp inc. essay by Andrew Lambirth and abbreviated biography. Colour photographs throughout. New copy, several available.

London: The Erotic Print Society, 2002. First Edition . Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near fine copy in laminated card covers which are clean and bright with minor scuffing and rubbing. Firmly bound. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 237 pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in colour and b/w. Foreward by Emily Ford. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Described in the EPS catalogue thus: "A 240 page sexual kaleidoscope depicting sex in all its glorious diversity. There's Seductive Sex, Shocking Sex, Auto-Sex, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Bi-Sex, Wet Sex, Extra-Marital Sex...the list is long. Like every good omnibus there's something for everyone: pictorial essays, arousing articles, saucy short stories, sexual star signs, erotic crosswords, a complete novella - exquisitely illustrated - and an Aesop's Fable strictly for adults. If seasonal holidays… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket which is clean and bright with fading to spine. Blue cloth gilt. Clean, square and sharp. Minor spotting to top page edges but o/w clean and fresh without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. First edition, first impression. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

Parkstone, 2006. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format, glossy softcover which is clean, bright and fresh with minimal rubs and scuffs to wrappers. Contents tightly bound, clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 255 pp. Essays on the sexual fetishism of body parts, illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and paintings. Contents: Introduction; The Erotic Orient; In Praise of the Backside; Feet-Ishism; Sapphic Art; Objects of Desire; Sadomasochism; Ecstasy; The Kiss; Priapus; The Manipulated Breasts; Notes; Index. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Heavy/oversize book. U.K. postage at default charge but overseas buyers may be asked for a little extra. Enquiries welcome. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: The Folio Society, 2019. First Folio Edition Thus . Quarter Leather. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New copy, still sealed in publisher's shrink wrap as received directly from The Folio Society. This sumptuous Folio Society edition is quarter-bound in blue leather blocked in gilt, with cloth sides blocked in an intricate gilt pattern. 11'' x 6¾''. Printed on Abbey Pure paper. Set in Arno Pro with Dawnora Initials. Printed in two colours throughout. 440 pages. Black & white frontispiece. All edges gilt. Blue ribbon marker. Endpapers printed in gold with the same pattern as the boards. Housed in a red cloth slipcase. Printed and bound at Kösel, Krugzell, Germany. 'How to get on with people', 'how to deal with violence', 'how to bring up children', 'how to live'? These questions obsessed Renaissance nobleman and philosopher Michel de Montaigne, whose free-roaming explorations of his own thoughts and experiences… Read More

London: The Epworth Press / J. Alfred Sharp, 1927. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce first edition. Red cloth with black titling and borders. A clean copy with slight bowing to boards, fading to some edges and a few 'bleached' spots, mostly to lower board. Offsetting to endpapers, spotting to page edges and a couple of pages but contents o/w clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 118 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In two parts. In 'The Theory of Family Endowment' Rathbone addresses the economic and ethical cases with questions such as: How far do actual wages meet the needs of existent families?. In 'The Practice of Family Endowment' she examines existing schemes in this country and abroad, and looks at the future of family endowment in this country with reference to the teaching profession, the ministry of religion, the mining industry and agriculture. Rathbone… Read More

London : Hartnoll & Eyre, 1972. First Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rooke, T. M.; Burne-Jones, Edward. Catalogue published to accompany 'An Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours by T. M. Rooke, 1842-1942, Showing His Role As Principal Studio Assistant to Burne-Jones', held by Hartnoll & Eyre at their London gallery from December 5th to December 22nd 1972. Staple-bound card catalogue of 43 items with 9 illustrations including cover. Introduction by William Waters. Price list laid in. These copies and other Hartnoll publications that we hold were acquired as overstock from the publisher. Light storage wear, contents clean. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: Julian Hartnoll, 1999. First Edition . Illustrated Card Wrappers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of drawings by Herbert Draper held at Julian Hartnoll's gallery in London from 9th to 19th February 1999. The catalogue features 40 drawings. Glossy card wrappers, staple-bound. Good, clean condition with light storage wear and rusting to staples. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Bristol: Policy Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Laminated hardcover which is clean and bright without bumping or marking. Light spotting to top page edges. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: The Adelphi Book Shop, 1933. First Edition Thus . Printed Card Wrappers. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Compiled by Octavia Hill's niece, Elinor Southwood Ouvry, with a foreward by Neville Chamberlain. Reddish-brown printed card wrappers in good condition with sunning to spine and edges, fraying to edges and minor wear to spine tips. 64 pp; tissue-guarded portrait frontis. Contents clean except for owner's name in ballpoint pen to ffep and spotting to endpapers and page edges. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.