Aytoun, W E

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.

Bliss Sands & Co, 1896. Hard Cover, 245pp, red cloth covered boards. Hand cut foredge. Title page illustration. Gift inscription to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Poems on Flodden. Glencoe, Prince Charles Edward, Milton etc.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11137

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Scotland

Babbitt, Natalie

Goody Hall.

Dent, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, 176 pp, black boards, dustjacket a little faded to spine, with one short closed tear. A Gothic mystery, illustrated by the author. Internally very clean... As New /Very Good.

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Book number: 1410

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Babbs, Helen

Adrift A Secret Life of London's Waterways.

Icon, 2016. Mass Market Paperback, 289pp. Illustrated soft covers with no creases. Maps. A very clean, tight copy. Journeys along Londons waterways in all seasons on a canal boat, from Walthamstow Marsh to Uxbridge, exploring the people, history and wildlife... As New.

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Book number: 13752

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: London, Thames, Walthamstow, Uxbridge

Babson, Marian

Death Warmed Up.

BCA, 1982. Hard Cover, 184pp, complete dustjacket. neatly taped to inner boards. One light mark to foredge, otherwise internally very clean. Crime - the lethal side of executive lunches... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 3900

Catalogue: Crime

Keywords: Crime

Bacharach, A L (ed)

Lives of the Great Composers Volume 3 Brahms, Wagner and their Contemporaries.

Penguin Pelican, 1948. Mass Market Paperback, 191pp, blue and white softback covers. Previous owner's name on half title, otherwise clean and VG+ Includes Brahms, Debussy, Elgar, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner and Wolf... Very Good.

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Book number: 5276

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Brahms, Debussy, Elgar, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner, Wolf

Bacharach, A L (ed)

The Musical Companion.

Gollancz, 1940. Hard Cover, 6th impression. 751 pp, slightly browned with age to edges. Folding chart, frontispiece illustration. Blue cloth boards. Previous owner's signature on flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1996

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: music

Bacon, Francis and Kitchin, G W

The Advancement of Learning.

Heron Books, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably circa 1970. Produced by Heron Books, by arrangement with Dent who published the Everyman edition, edited and with an Introduction by G W Kitchin. 246pp, brown leatherette covered boards with gilt tooled decoration to the front and spine. Frontispiece portrait. Ribbon bookmark. A very clean, probably unread, copy. Includes an Index, a glossary and glossary of quotations... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14456

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Stuart, Philosophy

Bacon, Francis and Kitchin, G W

The Advancement of Learning.

Heron, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably 1970s, Edited and with an Introduction by G W Kitchin, by arrangement with Dent and mainly following the first edition of 1605. 246pp, including the Glossary, Glossary of Quotations and Index. Brown leatherette boards with gilt ornament. Ribbon bookmark. Frontispiece portrait. A very clean copy. The first book concerns the profitability and dignity of learning and the second is a survey and classification of the various branches of learning... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 16194

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Education, Learning

Baggaley, James

Shadow of the Eagle.

Harrap, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover, 222pp, red boards. a little faded to top edge, with facsimile signature. Clean and Near Fine. Set in the Belgian Ardennes, a writer becomes involved in an international plot.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8764

Catalogue: Crime

Keywords: Ardennes

Bagley, Desmond

Night of Error.

Fontana, 1985. Mass Market Paperback, 314pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. A suspicious death on a remote Pacific atoll.. Very Good.

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Book number: 10027

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure

Bagnold, Enid

The Loved And Envied.

William Heinemann and The Book Society, 1951. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Simultaneous first edition. 328 pp, black cloth boards. Errata slip. A clean copy. Lady Maclean and her circle confront old age and death - a novel by the author best known for 'National Velvet'... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1304

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Bagnold, Enid

The Loved And Envied.

Heinemann and The Book Society, 1951. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Simultaneous first edition. 328pp, black cloth boards. Errata slip. Spots of foxing to foredge, but internally clean. Lady Maclean and her circle confront old age and death - a novel by the author best known for 'National Velvet'... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3238

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Bagnold, Enid

The Loved And Envied.

Reprint Society, 1953. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 280pp, dustjacket with a little wear to edges. Internally clean. Lady Maclean and her circle confront old age and death - a novel by the author who wrote 'National Velvet'... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 3809

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Bagshaw, Roderick et al

The Appeal of the Dales.

Giggleswick School, 1986. First Edition. Soft Cover, 59pp, illustrated card covers. Full page b = w illustrations. A clean copy. Poems, stories and illustrations about the Dales and Giggleswick school... Fine.

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Book number: 12587

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Yorkshire, Dales, Giggleswick

Baikie, James

The Ancient East and Its Story.

T C and E C Jack, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover, Dated 1929 in the British Library catalogue. A heavy book of 472pp. Hand cut edges. Colour and b + w illustrations. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lion decoration. Flyleaf removed, a couple of very light spots of foxing otherwise internally clean. The history of the ancient kingdoms of the East - Ur, Babylon, Egypt, Assyria, the Hittites, and Palestine etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10605

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Ur, Egypt, Pharoah, Bible, Assyria