Search Results: Authors starting with A from Balfour Books

London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1947 Jacket has been repaired with backing sheet. Signed and inscribed by author on FFE. Clean contents.

London: Constable & Co, 1920 Ex-LibraryCopy in green cloth on boards wuith gilt title on spine. Spine lightly sunned. Spine rubbed and split at head/foot and slong side edges. Boards lightly scuffed. Folios 7 to 29 have light blue ink stains around edges but this has not affected text. Cracks in friont and rear hinges. Library label on rear paste down. A few light internal cracks. Sporadic light foxing to folio edges. Rough cut pages. Clean text.

Leeds: E J Arnold, 1904 Good - Copy in blue cloth on boards with navy blue decoration and title on cover. Spine is rubbed head/foot with some wear along length. Splash marks on lower cover and a little grubby overall. Internally decorated end papers are free of inscriptions. Gatherings are loose though still attached. Previous owners inscription on verso of contents page. There are several ink underlingins in the text, otherwise generally sound. Scarce

London: Temple Press, 1918 Vellum-style cover with black titles. Outers a little grubby, though firm. Some light foxing of endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations. Fold-out and adverts all complete. Scarce

London: R Washbourne, 1884 Copy in illustrated cloth on boards with bright gilt titles on cover and spine. Attractive private library bookplate fixed to front paste down. Interesting newspaper account pasted to rear of contents page recounting a great fire in the Paternoster Row area of the City of London. This fire in 1884 destroyed thirty-five printing and publishing buildings, including the printers Pitmans, where stocks of this title were held and destroyed by the fire. Consequently this is one of the few copies that survived and surprisingly it is in excellent condition.

Whitby: Horne & Son, 1962 Near Very Good copy in blue cloth on boards with gilt titles on cover and sunned spine. SIGNED by AUTHOR. Attractive line and wash illustrations together with b/w plates.

London: Methuen , 1948 Red cloth on boards with attractive black illustrations. Several inscriptions on FFEs and some off-setting at front and rear, otherwise very tidy contents..

London: Methuen & Co, 1947 Copy in green cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket slighlty chipped along edges. Corners lightly bumped. Light foxing to front and rear end papers and folio edges. Free of inscriptions. Clean text.

London: Arthur Pearson, 1919 Brown cloth on boards with rubbing at head/foot of spine. Tanning to prelims with small piece missing from bottom corner of title page. sporadic light foxing through contents. Index.

Bickley: University of London Press, 1944 Good Copy in illustrated green cloth on boards in Good unclipped D/J. Jacket a little chipped around edges. Slight rubbing to head/foot of spine. Spine lightly sunned. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates and illustrations

London: William Heinemann, 1913 Blue cloth on boards with gilt illustration and title on cover. 1" tear at foot of spine. Previous owner's inscription on FFE, which is lightly age-tanned. Clean contents.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948 Jacket is chipped around edges with top of rear missing. Copy has previous owner's inscription on FFE. Contents clean with some speckling to folio fore-edges.

London: HMSO, 1955 Very Good Copy in illustrated card wraps. Free of inscriptions with numerous b/w plates

Herbert Jenkins, 1959 A Near very good copy in blue cloth with sunning to spine. Blind stamp to rear board.

London: Constable, 1962 A Good + copy, with B/W plates, in laminated illustrated boards, rubbing top and tail of spine.

London: George Routledge Good + Copy in blue cloth on boards with illustration and titles on cover and spine. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Coloured frontis, clean text with numerous b/w illustrations

London: White Lion Publishers, 1974 Copy in black cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Slight wear to head/foot of spine. Free of inscriptions. Clean and flat contents.

Ottery St Mary: Ottery St Mary Heritage Society, 2002 Copy in illustrated card wraps. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w plates.

Ottery St. Mary: Ottery St. Mary Heritage Society, 2002 Copy in illustrated card wraps. Light crease in spine. Free of inscriptions. One internal crack. Clean text and sepia plates.

London: Methuen & Co, 1948 Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Spine rubbed at head/foot.jacket spine lightly sunned and chipped Slight foxing to front and rear end papers. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Occasional light foxing to folio edges. Clean text with b/w plates.