Bab, Julius.

Bernard Shaw.

Erstausgabe. First Edition. Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1910. 19.6cm x 13.2cm. 453 pages. Dark cloth hard cover with gilt title on spine. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Ex Libris of previous owner (‘Maxwell Steinhardt’). See images.

Bacon, Francis [Francesco Bacone].

Franc. Baconi de Verulamio Historia regni Henrici septimi Angliae regis opus vere politicum.

Lugd.[uni] Batavor[um], [Leiden], Apud Franc. Hackium, 1647. 13.5 x 7 cm. 403 pages plus six pages ‘Index Vocabulorum’. Contemporary limp Vellum. Handwritten title on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Titlepage missing. A copy of the titlepage (provided by the British Library) is losely inserted in the book. End papers worn. Internally clean.

Bailey, F.M.

Mission to Tashkent. Introduction and Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk.

London, The Folio Society, 1999. 24cm x 16cm. XXIII, 269 pages. With 31 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition.

Bainville, Jacques.

Dictators. Translated from the French by J. Lewis May.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1940. 20 x 14 cm. 268 pages. Original green cloth with silver titles and decorations. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous onwer (‘Michael Tierney’) on half title page. Internally clean. The Life and Letters Series No. 96.

Baker, Carlos.

Emerson Among the Eccentrics. A Group Portrait. Introduction and Epilogue by James R. Mellow.

First Edition. New York, Viking Penguin, 1996. 23.5cm x 16.5cm. XV, 608 pages. With illustrations including 11 portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Deckle edge.

Baker, Denys Val.

Pottery Today.

First Edition. London New York Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1961. 14.5cm x 22cm. xii, 144 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Balkenhol, Stephan et al.

Ueber Menschen und Skulpturen. About Men and Sculpture.

First Edition. Stuttgart, Edition Cantz, 1992. Octavo. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean.

Bannerman, David A.

The Canary Islands. Their History, Natural History and Scenery. An Account of an Ornithologist’s Camping Trips to the Archipelago.

First Edition. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1922. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 365 pages. With Illustrations, photographs and Maps, some folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke on front paste down. Author’s inscription on front free end paper: ‘To Alan Brooke from his friend David Bannerman’.

Barclay, Robert.

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity. As the same is held forth and preached by the People, in Scorn, called Quakers.

Thirteenth Edition. Manchester, William Irwin, 1869. 18 x 12 cm. xvi, 384 pages. Original dark cloth with blind decorations. Gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Joints and hinges cracking. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally dust dulled and occasionally foxed. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Small binder stamp on front paste down.

Barfoot, C.C. / D’haen, Theo. [ed].

The Clash of Ireland: Literary Contrasts and Connections.

First Edition Amsterdam / Atlanta, Rodopi, 1989. 22.5cm x 15cm. 281 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.