Raymond Beazley; Nevill Forbes; G. A. Birkett

Russia: From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks

Oxford , Clarendon Press, 1918. First edition. Cloth. A rare copy with dust wrapper of this Russian history. The first edition. With the publisher's very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.This uncommon history of Russia spans from as early as 852 with the traditional beginning of the Russian Nation, through to 1917  and the abdication of Nicholas II. A collaborative work written by Raymond Beazley (British historian, Professor of History at the University of Birmingham); Nevill Forbes (Professor of Slavonic and East European Studies at University of Oxford), and G. A. Birkett (lecturer in Russian at the University of Sheffield). With eight maps, two of which are folding. Collated, complete. From the library of Keith Steel-Maitland (1912-1965), the son of Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland (1876-1935), a British Conservative politician who was the first Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1911-1916. From 1924 to 1929 he was Minister of Labour under Stanley Baldwin, with a seat in the cabinet. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Damp stains to the boards. Bookplate of one Keith Steel-Maitland to the front pastedown. Dust wrapper is split into two down the front joint. With sunning to the wrap, heaviest to the spine. Chipping to the spine head and tail and edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only minor marks to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 950Y27

Catalogue: World History

Keywords: Russia: From the Varangians to the Bolsheviks Raymond Beazley Nevill Forbes G. A. Birkett Raymond Beazley None

BIRKETT Bill

Lakeland's Greatest Pioneers One Hundred Years of Rock Climbing

Robert Hale, 1983. 0709005377. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered dark blue cloth (top edge slightly dust stained, lightly bumped at tail of spine, fore edge a little spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 192, illus with b&w plates and line drawings (no inscriptions). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 144723

Catalogue: Mountaineering

Keywords: Mountaineering

BIRKETT, H. F.

The book of Overton

J. & E. Bumpus Ltd. 1928. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket 1st Edition. Undated but probably 1928 1st edition; tightly bound in blue cloth with white onlay/blue lettering to spine; faint stain near top of back panel. Dust jacket has corresponding stain; spine tanned; small losses to top corners; protected by removable plastic film. A little foxing to top page edges. Internally, some yellowing to endpapers; gift inscriptions to front free endpaper and front paste-down; pages are clean and bright; a pressed flower on p.215 has left a small yellow mark; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_66847_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS289664I

BIRKETT, SIR NORMAN/CADNESS PAGE/HUBERT WILSON/JAMES LANDSDALE HODSON/MICHAEL JOSEPH/W.A. MUNFORD

Books are Essential.

London, Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1951. Original publisher's black cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, green dustjacket, 8vo: 96pp. 6 contributions. Very fine copy.

Antiquariaat SchotProfessional seller

Book number: 156999

Birkett, Patricia, Revised by; With the assistance of Janine Roy andLorraine St-Louis

Checklist of Parish Registers / Repertoire de Registres Paroissiaux

Ottawa, Canada, Public Archives Canada, 1981. Paperback. 4to, pp. 97. Stapled Wraps. Text is in English and French. Covers lightly rubbed; very good. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011602

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Genealogy, Public archives, Registers of births, Church records, Religion, Archives publiques

BIRKETT, BILL

Classic Rock Climbs in Southern England

Yeovil, Somerset, Oxford Illustrated Press. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 1855092093) Hard Cover, 10 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp. Fine/No Jacket.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 007184

Catalogue: Mountaineering / Caving

Keywords: Mountaineering, Climbing, 1855092093

BIRKETT, Bill

Complete Lakeland Fells. Over 120 Classic Walks to all Fell Tops.

Collins Willow - Harper Collins 2000, 288pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, with dust jacket. 26x22cm. 1,3kg. In very good condition.

Boekhandel-Antiquariaat Emile KerssemakersProfessional seller

Book number: 64873

Birkett, Sir Norman

The English Lake District In Pictures

Odhams Press Ltd., nd c 1950, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 128pp, many b/w illustrations from photographs some full page, a nice copy in a slightly worn dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket.
¶ A nice photo tour of the Lakes, part of Odhams "Britain Illustrated" series. A nice copy.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3407

Keywords: topography, lake district, photography, odhams

BIRKETT, BILL

Exploring the Lakes & Low Fells : Vol 1 : 40 Easier Circular Walks in the Lake District

Newton Abbott, David & Charles. 2001. (ISBN: 0715310771) Hard Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. Book in 'as new' unused condition. Unpaginated. pp. Forty easier circular walks in the Lake District. Fine/No Jacket.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011534

Catalogue: Walking / Rambling / Cycling

Keywords: Walking, Cumbria. Rambling, Lake District 0715310771

BIRKETT, NORMAN AND DIANA RAIT KERR

The Game of Cricket: Illustrated by a Series of Pictures in the Museum of the Marylebone Cricket Club Principally from the Collection of the Late Sir Jeremiah Colman

London: Batsford, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. 144 pages, illustrated, index, some light foxing, fading to green cloth covers and spine.. Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 153493

Birkett,Norman.

The Game of Cricket. Illustrated by a series of pictures in the Museum of The Marylebone Cricket Club principally from the collection of the late Sir Jeremiah Colman. With an introductory essay by Sir Norman Birkett and notes on the illustrations by Diana Rait Kerr.

London, B.T.Batsford, 1955. 144 pp. Text-ills & 34 col.plts. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine. [69566]

Rob Kok Old Books & PrintsProfessional seller

Book number: 69566

BIRKETT, BILL

Great British Ridge Walks

Newton Abbott, David & Charles. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0715307959) Hard Cover, 10.5 x 9.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to lower front corner. 192pp. Featuring Snowdonia, the Lake District and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, this book covers fifty ridge walks. Fine/Near Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 027347

Catalogue: Topography

Keywords: Mountains, Climbing, Walking, Mountaineering / Caving Walking / Rambling / Cycling 0715307959

BIRKETT, ARTHUR [SIGNED]

The Green Englishman and Other Stories

USA: Vantage Press, Incorporated, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, without inscription, by author atop front free endpaper. 86 pages. Five black and white reproductions of photos. "A greenhorn Englishman's experiences in Canada are the subject of this interesting collection of episodes and anecdotes. Birkett began as a teacher in various boys' schools in London, then emigrated to Western Canada where his first job was as a teacher in a one-room prairie schoolhouse. These and later events are recalled with wry humor and a gift for observation. Most of Canada in the early decades of the twentieth century was still a remote frontier country, and this fact is emphatically communicated in the author's descriptions of the local scenes and characters he encountered.." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket protected by mylar. Binding intact. A sound signed copy of this engaging compilation.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Arthur Birkett; Signed by Author(s). Good in Good dust jacket .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

Book number: 342h5019

Keywords: Biography Canadiana Travel Exploration & Adventure

BIRKETT, BILL

The Hillwalker's Manual

Milnthorpe, Cumbria, Cicerone Press. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 1852841117) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 144pp. A practical reference work for any walker or climber which looks at all aspects from weather to navigation, equipment to survival, nature to photography. Illustrated. Near Fine.

Godley BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 027316

Catalogue: Walking / Rambling / Cycling

Keywords: Walking, Mountains, Safety Health / Exercise / Fitness 1852841117

BIRKETT, H.F

"The Isle of Dreames": tales of the North country

Hutchinson, 1930. Used - Good. Good softcover in Fair dust jacket . Undated, in plain thin card cover - probably a proof copy, c.1930. Text block bevelled at top corner; minor marks on a few pages; spine wrinkled. Ill-fitting dust jacket worn, with stained spine, tears & loss; dj protected in removable clear film Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_61918_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS284927I