Search Results: Authors starting with B from Cox and Budge Books

New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston, 1963. First US Edition. . Hardback. Good Plus. First US edition, hardback, bound in blue cloth with printed titling and design to spine and upper board. 21.5 × 14.5cm, 360pp. Signed and dedicated by Edward Shils to the Rt. Hon. Desmond Hirshfield, a trade union advisor. From the wrapper: "Written by a leader in the field of industrial relations and education, this is the fist complete survey of the impact of automation on industrial relations. Dr. Shils' book offers a realistic appraisal of the problems and pitfalls of adjusting work and labor practices to the accelerated development in mechanization. He survey goes beyond the level of pure discussion, providing and enlightened evaluation of the economic, political, and social implications of automation- including documented case studies of six leading industries. It covers the effects of automation on collective bargaining agreements, job evaluation, wage administration, education and training,… Read More

New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. First US edition. Hardback, bound in the original green cloth with printed red titling to spine and upper board. 19.5 × 12.5cm, 300pp. Squad is a war chronicle of an American eight man squad at the Front during the First World War, and the adventures they have. It is based loosely on the author's experiences with the 11th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division. This novel is highly regarded for the detail it provides on the American infantry during the Great War. The publishers, Coward McCann, were founded in 1928, so this is one of their earliest titles. Condition: This copy is in good condition for age. There are two very small holes to the front joint and a faint ring mark to the rear board. There is watermark to the margins for the first 50 pages or so, though this does not affect text. The book remains in strong readable condition.

London: Lund Humphries, 2013. First Edition. . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 25 × 18cm, 279pp. This essential handbook offers art professionals and collectors an accessible legal analysis of important principles in art law, as well as a practical guide to legal rights when creating, buying, selling and collecting art in a global market. Although the book is international in scope, there is a particular focus on the US as a major art centre and the site of countless key international court cases. This authoritative but accessible and wide-ranging volume is essential reading for arts advisors, collectors, dealers, auction houses, museums, investors, artists, attorneys and students of art and law. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with a little light wear to the wrapper.

London: School of Furniture Design, Royal College Of Art, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 26.5 × 21cm, 85pp. Actor, writer and director Bob Baldwin's photographic book 'Double Take' is a portrait of Japan, as he muses on tourism, industry, ping pong and the elements that make up Japanese society. It is illustrated with predominantly black and white photographs (and one or two colour) all taken in Japan during the summer of 1976. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with light wear to the covers.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1959. First UK Edition. . Hardback. Very Good/Good Plus. First UK edition, first impression. Hardback in dustwrapper. 26 × 21cm, 41pp. This delightful book describes the sections of the orchestra, written and wonderfully illustrated by German artist Jan Balet. The book has a full page colour illustration to the endpapers and one illustration or more to every page. Condition: The book itself is in very good condition with clean pages and secure binding. The dustwrapper is a little worn to the edges and has a few small scuffs and marks but otherwise remains in good order.

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Hardback, bound in green cloth with printed red titling to spine and upper board. 19 × 12.5cm, 236pp. With his turnip head and broomstick legs, Worzel Gummidge, now married to Earthy Mangold, returns in this, the second of the Barbara Euphan Todd Worzel novels. In his own inimitable way, Worzel takes on roles as a schoolteacher, handyman and policeman, each with a chaotic outcome. Condition: A reading copy. The spine is faded and foxed with some marking to the boards. The contents are in readable condition but foxed throughout.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / OUP, 1951. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardback. Fair. First edition, second impression. Hardback, bound in black cloth with gilt titling to spine. 23.5 × 16.5cm, liv + 1226pp. This copy belonged to British artist David Heathcote (b.1931), who after studying at the Slade School of Art, worked in Zimbabwe and Nigeria for twenty years, an experience that would contribute significantly to his creative vision. He notes that he bought this copy from E R Yeld (this was Evelyn Rachel Yeld, a sociologist who worked in Nigeria). A comprehensive dictionary of the Hausa language, from to Hausa to English, with a secondary smaller section of English/Hausa vocabulary. Hausa is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Nigeria and the surrounding countries. For example bara-gurbi are eggs left unhatched by a hen, a dankuri is the little finger, and kunya-kunya is a slight feeling of shame or modesty. Condition: A reference copy only. The black cloth binding is rubbed with fraying to… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1986. First US Edition. . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First US edition, first printing hardback in dustwrapper. 23.5 × 15.5cm, 198pp. Signed directly to the ffep by Robert Barnard. In the Soho studio of Bodies magazine are found four corpses: a photographer, his assistant, an actress-student and a young bodybuilder. Perry Trethowan of London's CID can't discern a motive for the murders and soon finds himself involved in the seedy world of competitive body-building and a sinister operation behind Bodies magazine. Condition: A good solid copy, there are a few spots of foxing to the page edges but otherwise a clean copy.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. First edition. Hardback , bound in the original brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. 22 × 14cm, 213pp + 2pp ads. This copy has been signed directly to the title page by Ursula Barnett Potter. There is also a slip tucked in with Christmas wishes from Bertha Spicer (Ursula's sister). The author's account of the joys and problems of low-level flying round Africa with her husband. Including a flight round the Belgian Congo, a flight to Europe (up the east coast of Africa, to Nairobi, Khartoum, Luxor, and crossing into Europe over Tunis), and a flight from London to Zanzibar (into Africa over Tangier, and down the west coast to Lagos, Leopoldville etc). The book is illustrated with photographs. Ursula Barnett Potter was the youngest daughter of Liberal MP, Albert Spicer, and married Barnett Potter, a well-known pilot. Condition: Good condition. There is a little fading to the spine and the book has a bit of a… Read More

London: Serpent's Tail, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, card covers. 21 × 14cm, 207pp. Signed directly to the title page by Neil Bartlett. In 1886 an architect called Richardson built a house on the South side of Chicago. In 1985 the Daily Mirror reported the death of Rock Hudson. Halfway through the century that falls between these dates a man who claims his name is Mr Page sits down by his gas-fire on a snowbound Christmas Eve and sets himself the task of explaining a story that connects these apparently unconnected events. Neil Bartlett's new novel spins a dark and erotic web of conjecture in the gaps of history. It takes its reader from the brittle glamour of the twenties into the violent repression of the fifties; from Mayfair dining rooms to the steam room of a gentlemen's Turkish Bath; from the ordinary world of Mr Page into the strange and unsettling world of the black-haired, well-dressed and immensely wealthy Mr Clive.… Read More

Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1887. First French Edition. . Hardback (rebound). Good. First edition. Hardback, rebound in plain tan cloth with contrasting title label to spine. 16 × 10.5cm. xxxvi + 239pp. French text. Published as part of the 'Collection de Contes et des Chanson Populaires' series, this rare book examines the myths, legends and songs of the Berbers of North Africa. After an introduction and extensive bibliography, the book is in six sections: 1. Fables et Contes Animaux (Fables and Animal Tales), 2. Legendes Religieuses (Religious legends), 3. Legendes et Traditions Historiques (Historical legends and tradiitons), 4. Contes Merveilleux. Les Tresors, les Djinns, les Fees etc (Marvelous Tales. Treasures, Djinns, Fairies etc.), 5. Contes Divers (Miscellaneous tales), and 6. Poesies, chansons, enigmes, proverbes (Poems, songs, riddles, proverbs). Condition: This copy is in good condition for age, There is some speckled fading to the tan cloth binding. The pages are clean, if a… Read More

Bruxelles et Leipzig: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1841. First French Edition. . Half Leather. Good. First edition, volumes 2 and 3 only (of 3). Small hardback, half-leather binding with gilt decoration to the spines and marbled paper covered boards. 15.5 × 10cm, vol 2: 274pp & vol 3: 337pp + folding map. French text. A study of Algeria by Baron Baude, a French administrator and politician. Volume 2 covers some historical aspects such as the Spanish occupation of Oran, and expedition of Constantine, as well as the agriculture of Algeria. Volume 3 covers commerce, European population, political emigrants, Muslims, the African army, finances etc, and tipped in at the rear is a fold out map. Condition: The bindings are quite rubbed but secure, the marbled paper is chipped to the edges and there is some scuffing to the leather. The contents are in good plus condition. Both volumes have some intermittent foxing throughout, but the binding are secure. There is some surface wear to the hinges but… Read More

London: The Orpheus Press, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. First edition. Hardback, bound in the original cream cloth with stylised gilt titling and star and angel design to upper board. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. 23 × 18.5cm, 128pp. Clifford Bax's second published book, issued under The Orpheus Press which also issued Bax's Orpheus, a theosophical magazine which ran from 1908 to 1914. There is a strong element of mythology and a spiritual quality to the poems, with titles such as Paganism, Arcadian Melody, Echo and Narcissus etc. Condition: A good copy. There is some tanning and bumping to the cloth, and the untrimmed page edges are tanned but the books remains in very strong readable condition, and with secure binding.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair / Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback, bound in quarter grey cloth with gilt titling to spine and green cloth covered boards. 23.5 × 15cm, 268pp. The struggle of a motherless fox cub to survive in the English wilds of 1938, beautifully illustrated by the author (as Watkins-Pitchford.) Condition: The cloth boards are rubbed and a bit grubby. The pages edges and endpapers are foxed but the main body of text is in better condition with secure binding and clean pages. A better-than-good reading copy.

Spokane, Washington: The Arthur H Clark Company, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24.5 × 16cm, 398pp. To early explorers and geographers California represented a terrestrial paradise. It was Atlantis, Arcadia, Avalon, El Dorado, the Garden of Eden, the Land of Milk and Honey, the Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan. It was always a magnet for dreamers. In this fascinating book Dora Beale Polk examines the dreams and myths that influenced the discovery and exploration of California. Throughout, Polk treats the long-held concept of California as an island, going back to medieval lore that filled an unknown ocean with rich, mysterious ideal islands. Columbus carried the lore to the New World, expecting to find islands teeming with gold, pearls, fabulous creatures, and Amazon women. Cortés was led by the "romance of the islands." Balboa, Cabrillo, Drake, Ascensión, Kino, and many others entered into the… Read More

Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 25 × 25cm, 232pp. The book focuses on the recent innovations in computational techniques, material and digital fabrication technology that are revolutionizing the design, analysis and construction of surface structures. Powerful analysis tools now enable the accurate prediction of structural behaviour and manufacturing processes. Material innovations in the area of cementitious and other composites, glass, or smart materials, to just name a few, are challenging architects to find appropriate forms and applications. Digitally supported fabrication technology has taken a quantum leap since the time of the master shell builders 40 years ago, unfolding new potential to realize complex structural shapes in new and innovative ways. These innovations are presented in the context of an in-depth introduction to the fundamentals of surface structures providing the necessary knowledge for the successful… Read More

London: Eel Pie Publishing, 1979. 1st Edition . Card Covers. Good. First edition. Fold-out card in box. See below for dimensions. A wonderful illustrated ABC designed by German artist Monika Beisner. With a height of 10cms, this folds out to about 2 metres long, containing 26 panels on each side. One side has a colour illustration where animals and objects form the shape of the letter they are representing (eg two apes look like to the letter A, the Yeti is holding up his arms to form the letter Y). On the reverse is a simple poem revolving around the image, with a few extra drawings of things beginning with the letter (eg A is for the Apes who danced between trees; Y is for Yeti who lives in the snow). A charming item. The whole thing is housed in a small cardboard box. Condition: The fold out illustrated card is in very good condition, with a hint of tanning to the edges. The cardboard box is rather scruffy and creased but has down a good job in protecting the cards.

London: Prestel, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardback, bound in cloth with inlaid image to upper board, titling to spine. 30.5 × 24.5cm, 192pp. For more than thirty years Ben Johnson has been documenting the work of one of today's most acclaimed architects in photographs that have served as source material for his own neo-realist paintings. Included in this intimate volume are nearly all of Foster's most celebrated projects, such the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the restoration of the Reichstag, Hong Kong and Beijing Airports; and the Great Court at the British Museum. Johnson's images allow readers to explore the ineffable qualities of Foster's architecture-his use of light and shade, innovative materials and attention to natural and manmade surroundings. Fans of Foster will find much to discover in this unique amalgam of architecture and art. Condition: This copy is in very good condition, with a hint of… Read More

London: Lund Humphries, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 29 × 23cm, 127pp. Signed by Sophie Ryder directly to the title page. British sculptor Sophie Ryder is a versatile artist who makes wire and bronze sculptures, installations, wire drawings, collages and prints. Her lively, often humorous insights into human and animal behaviour have brought her international acclaim. Larger than life, her minotaurs, lady-hares and dogmen are the stuff of daydreams, yet retain a sense of humanity expressed through movement, gesture and physical contact. Jonathan Benington examines the inspiration behind the work, its unusual techniques and its public reception. First-hand insights into studio practice, interspersed with interview material and personal observations make for a straightforward account of the artist and her art. A similar insider's perspective informs the extensive series of photographs of the artist and her work in progress, taken… Read More

Todmorden: Arc Publications, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 22.5 × 14cm, 73pp. Signed by Mara Bergman directly to the title page. In Mara Bergman's first full collection, the poet travels from the tenements of New York City to the Sussex countryside, from childhood to motherhood, and beyond. Through a wide range of subjects steelworkers and young apprentices, photographs and photograms, dolls in a local museum's hidden collection she writes with a keen sense of time and place. These are probing poems, seeking to discover; poems with a sense of urgency. Here are poems about love, loss, friendship, family, fitting in and, ultimately, acceptance. They are infused with wonder and provide a fresh way of looking at the world. Condition: This copy is in very good condition.