Search Results: Titles starting with B from Shapero Rare Books

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1947. . First and only edition; 8vo (190 x 130 mm); contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1947; numerous illustrations, advertisements; publisher's blue cloth, very mild rubbing to extremities, original dust-jacket with wraparound design by Edward Bawden, B.B.C. advertisements to flaps, short closed tear to upper edge of rear panel, mildly rubbed and chipped to spine ends, spine darkened, otherwise very good. The famous BBC Handbooks were published annually from 1928 until 1987, chronicling the exciting development of radio & television broadcasting in Britain since its heyday and serving as a guide & record to the British Broadcasting Corporation's technological progression and the broadcasted programmes themselves.Edward Bawden, (1903 –1989) was an English painter, illustrator and graphic artist, known for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he… Read More

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1931. . First and only edition; 8vo (190 x 130 mm); numerous illustrations, advertisements; publisher's orange cloth,a little worn and rubbed at extremities, original dust-jacket with design by Dora Batty to upper panel, advertisement to upper flap and Moorfield's Eye Hospital donation form to rear inside flap, shot closed tear to upper flap fold, rubbed and dust-soiled, small stain to top edge of upper panel; 463.[1] pp. The third of the famous BBC Handbooks, published annually from 1928 until 1987, chronicling the exciting development of radio & television broadcasting in Britain since its heyday and serving as a guide & record to the British Broadcasting Corporation's technological progression and the broadcasted programmes themselves. This is first edition to be referred to as 'Year Book', the previous two were 'Handbook'.Dora Batty (1891-1966) was one of the most prolific female artists commissioned by the Underground and London Transport to… Read More

London Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios 1991 . Screenprint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77 cm. (40.4 x 30.3 in.)

New York, Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1982. . Limited deluxe first US edition, number 70 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator; 8vo; illustrated throughout in black and white; publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt device to upper cover, grey marbled endpapers, housed in original blue cloth slipcase; a fine example. Deluxe limited first US edition of this Dahl classic, signed by both the author and the illustrator on the limitation page. Dahl's beloved story of a giant both Big and Friendly, who steals young Sophie out the window of her orphanage and whisks her away to the land of Giants to invent idioms at her and show off his dream collection. This signed limited edition, which has no UK equivalent, is increasingly scarce on the market.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title, number and credit in negative.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Fair tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount, photographers title, number and credit in negative.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original mount.

London, The Eagle And British Dominions Insurance Co Ltd., 1920. . 12mo., 224pp., + 4pp of record pages (not used) for 'Baby's Birth', 'Baby's Baptism', 'Signatures of Father Mother Relatives & Friends', 'Colour of Baby's eyes [and] Colour of Baby's hair', including a loosely inserted envelope for lock of hair, vignette illustrations within text, publisher's blue calf gilt, top edge gilt, a little worn at extremities, otherwise very good. Advice on bringing up children written by a certified midwife.

1955 . Aquatint in colours, circa 1955, on Rives BFK wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 300, published by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris, with their blindstamp, 56 x 76.5 cm. (22 x 30 in.) After his move to Paris, Picasso became inspired by the classical art filling the many museums of the city and set his sights on recreating scenes from Greek and Roman mythology in his printmaking. The present work is one of the many modern interpretations of a classical myth by Picasso. 'Bacchanale' comes from the Latin word 'bacchanalia' which were ancient festivals to honour Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine and festivity, and were often occasions of drunken revelry. The deep-set eyes of this Bacchus figure and the Breton top he wears suggest Picasso is in fact projecting his own likeness into this mischievous mythological figure as a reflection of Picasso's self-image. In this scene, Picasso presents us with a more sedate version of a bacchanale, instead of the usual lively, chaotic… Read More

London, Constable & Company, 1921. . First edition, with autograph letter from the author's wife mounted to front pastedown; 8vo; minor toning; publisher's sage cloth, upper hinge pulling, backstrip partly detached, marked and rubbed. The short letter from Charlotte Shaw nee Payne-Townshend is written to one 'Munro', sending this book and hoping to arrange a rendezvous imminently, signed C.T. Shaw and dated 24 June 1924.

Manchester, G.W. Bacon & Co., [1908]. . Colour lithograph map (94.5 x 121 cm), dissected into 24 sections and laid onto linen as issued; framed and glazed, overall size: 107 x 126 x 4.5 cm A large map of the world showing the British Empire at its height marked in pink. Insets record a wealth of additional detail, including the principal British steamship lines, a gazetteer of cities from across the world, with plans of towns including Adelaide, Auckland, Bombay, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Wellington, and insets for the Panama and Suez Canals, the two Poles, a Universal Time chart, and a large inset map of the British Isles. The top section is illustrated with 46 national flags and ensigns.

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1945. . First edition, signed presentation copy from the author with musical quotation; 8vo; bookplate to front pastedown; publisher's black cloth, without dust-jacket. Signed presentation copy of the composer's memoirs, inscribed 'for Maxine Miller With the very best thoughts of the recalcitrant author - George Antheil Hollywood 1946', incorporating an autograph musical notation from his 4th Symphony. George Antheil (1900-59), composer, author & inventor, a controversial figure in the expatriate avant-garde community of American composers in Europe in the first half of the 20th century, much of which is covered in this autobiography, including his time spent in 1920s Paris with James Joyce, Gertrude Stein et al. The 4th Symphony was finished in 1944 and dated '42'; Leopold Stokowski premiered the work at Carengie Hall on February 13th 1944, with the NBC Symphony.

London, Longman, Greens, and Co., 1892; 1893. . Fourth editions; 8vo (19.5 x 14.5 cm); frontispieces, vignette-titles, numerous illustrations including full-page plates and vignettes, half-titles, ads. to vol. 2; publisher's pictorial brown cloth, gilt spine, top-edge occasionally uncut, lightly spotted throughout; xv, [1], 357, [1]; [2], xiii, [1], 358pp. An attractive two-volume guide to Shooting from The Badminton Library series, comprising Field and Covert and Moor and Marsh.A sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans, Green & Co. and edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899), the Badminton series aimed to produce 'a modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn to for information' (Preface). The co-author of these works, Lord Walsingham, was by all accounts a terrific shot, bagging a remarkable 1070 grouse in a single day of shooting on Blubber Houses Moor, Yorkshire in… Read More

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888. . First Trade edition, thick 8vo (200 x 155 mm), pictorial frontispiece and 10 further plates, numerous vignettes within the text, some minor spotting, mostly to preliminary and terminal pages, toning to extreme edges of some plates, not affecting the illustrations, else very good; modern half morocco, gilt cricketing devices to spine, in excellent order; xiii, [2], frontispiece, 429, [1] pp, 2 pages of advertisements. Every aspect of cricket is covered including the history, batting, bowling, captaincy, umpires, fielding, 'The Australians', a chapter by W. G. Grace titled 'Outfit' and much more.

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1889. . First and only edition. vi, 230pp, Charles Scribner's price list on front paste-down, ink writing inside, publisher's variant pink binding, worn and dirty, lacks a little piece (approx 1 cm) at the top of spine; a good firm copy. A very rare edition. Hinrichsen S11

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig 1889. . First and only edition. vi, 230pp; a very good copy. A very rare edition. Endpapers dated "August 1889". Hinrichsen S11

R. Sopena, Barcelona 1914 . Fourth edition. 8vo; (18 x 13 cm), pp. vi, 479, 8 maps and plans, (plan of Buenos Aires detached), adverts, inner hinges cracked; publisher's red cloth gilt, cloth wrinkled; otherwise a good copy. Mr Martinez used the name "Baedeker" illegally. However this title is an excellent and comprehensive guide. Maps include Montevideo, Buenos Aires and La Plata. All editions are relatively scarce.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1971 . Reprint of 1914 edition. 8vo, lxiv, 590pp, 40 maps, 78 plans; publisher's red cloth; a very good copy. A rare Baedeker facsimile. All the maps and plans are reproduced in black and white.