Search Results: Titles starting with O from Besleys Books

London.: Methuen & Co Ltd. (Venture library), 1961. D/J is good with some shelf wear. The book is good tight and clean This is an ex-school library book with usual paste ons to front end papers. Some light foxing to outer edges. This is a bit different from other Westerns you have read, maybe, but then "O. Henry" actually lived and worked as a boy on a Texas Ranch, in the great days of the cattlemen. so he knew cowboy life as it really was, before film and television came in and blew it up. then again, "O. Henry" whose real name was (William Sydney Porter) could write. some say he was about the greatest of short-story writer's. Read and see. You will receive the book seen in the image. Always a pleasure.. Illus. by Richard O. Rose.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First in Series.. Pictorial Cloth. Good/Good.

Editora Nova Fronteira , 1984. Paperback. Text in Portuguese. 298pp. Spine faded and slightly skewed. Occasional pencil marking to contents. Private ownership. (q11). Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Editora Record, 1986. Paperback. Text in Portuguese. 258pp. Illus. Slight wear to extremities. A decent copy. (r29). Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. D/J is good. The book is in good used condition. Rachel Morton, a photographer with a special interest in Religion and Anthropology, spent ten years touring Britain researching the devotees of the diverse ethnic groups and faiths that make up this country today. From Catholicism to Rastafari and Islam, from Judaism to Hinduism and the New Age, Morton photographed and interviewed believers in various states of Religious activities for this interesting look at the power of modern Religion. You will receive the book seen in the image.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good.

London: Charing Cross Publishing Company , 1880. Hardback, brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front board. 15cm x 12.5cm. 47pp. Extremities a little worn. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Lacking front free end-paper. A pleasing copy. (p0). Hard Cover. Good +.

Christine Swift, 1985. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 137pp. Illus. Private ownership. D/w: Good, slightly chipped and marked. Book itself is very good. Sound binding. (BSP). 1st Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Good.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xliii, 153pp. 36cm x 24cm. Gilt titles to spine and front board, top edge gilt. Extremities in fair condition, contents in good condition. Top half of boards marked, with loss to blue cloth on front board. Fore edge of rear board and margin last few pages mouse nibbled! Fore and bottom edge rough-cut. Private ownership. (bs133). Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. Full Vellum binding, parchment paper. xliii, 153pp. Deluxe edition 1910. Gilt title to front cover, gilt crest to rear cover. Ties from front no longer present. Covers slightly grubby, fore edges scuffed. A very pleasing copy. (bs6). Deluxe Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. Paperback. xliii, 153pp. 36cm x 26cm. Parts of spine torn, with fraying to spine edge. Fore edges of covers scuffed, with small tear to front cover. Foxing to end-papers. Private ownership. (r33). Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xliii, 153pp. 36cm x 24cm. Gilt titles to spine and front board, top edge gilt. Extremities slightly worn. End-papers foxed. Fore and bottom edge rough-cut. Private ownership. (bs133). Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket.

London: MacMillan and Co, 1905. No D/J. The book is good tight and clean (with age wear to front cover, bumps to corners) A wonderful old book, taking us back to the good old days of education.Based on the scheme issued by the London School Board. (Stage VI) You will receive the book seen in the image.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Revised Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

London: R. Francklin, 1730. Pamphlet, paper wraps. 34pp. An attack on Robert Walpole's similarly titled pamphlet. Contents in good condition. Private ownership. (bs44). Soft Cover. Good.

London: Printed By W. Bowyer, 1766. Hardback, contemporary full-calf. 26.5cm x 21cm. 1st edition 1766. Spine darkened and lacking spine label. Some splitting to outer joints, but binding remains secure. Bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to head of title page. A rather pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (al19). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

1739. Pamphlet, no covers. 35pp. Ink mark to page 35. Private ownership. (a5). Soft Cover. Good.

Edinburgh: Mr. Baskett and Company , 1729. Disbound booklet. Text block still firmly together. 61pp. Contents in good condition. Private ownership. (bs44). Soft Cover. Good.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1804. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. xiv, 342, (18)pp. 23cm x 14.5cm. 10 engraved plates. 1st edition 1804. Original marbled paper-covered boards, new spine. Plates 2 and 8 bound out of place at page 92. Boards a little marked, with some wear to extremities. Ink note to top corner of front pastedown. A small loss to bottom edge of front free end-paper. Slightest foxing to first few pages. Pages uncut with index unopened.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies , 1809. Hardback, half-calf, gilt titles to spine labels. Marbled paper covered boards. 23cm x 14.5cm. x, 208pp. Complete with 20 plates as called for. 1st edition 1809. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Some offsetting from plates as usual. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. A rather pleasing copy. (p3). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good +.

London: T. Gardner, 1739. Pamphlet, no covers. 56pp. Title page and page 56 somewhat grubby. A decent copy. (a5). Soft Cover. Good.

London: J. Roberts, 1729. Hardback, rebound in marbled paper covered boards. New end-papers. 61pp. Previous owners' details to front freee end-paper and verso of title page. Corners a little creased. A pleasing copy. (q24). Hard Cover. Good.

London: T. Cooper, 1742. Pamphlet bound in half-calf. 61pp. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn. Private ownership. (bs45). Hard Cover. Good.