Search Results: Authors starting with B from Andrew James Books

Western Mail , 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Scarce true 1st edition in very good condition. Cream boards with gilt titles and decoration to front, some foxing to rear board and front and rear paste downs and end papers are browned where a protective covering for the boards has been in the past. (see final photo). The book is otherwise very clean throughout and in very good condition. A collection of Architectural sketches by the author of some of the features and buildings of some 60 old churches in the Diocese of Llandaff in Cardiff which extended from Cardiff westwards to cover the old county of Glamorgan to Swansea and Eastwards to Monmouth. A few additional photographs are available on request

Ashgate Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In immaculate condition without dust jacket as published. Appears unread. It has become clear that the noble goals embodied in the US Endangered Species Act are colliding with financial and social realities. Citizens increasingly face the cost of policies (for example gnat catchers in Southern California and grizzly bears in Idaho and Montana). In general, policies which fail to respect liberty and property meet serious resistance. While there is widespread verbal support for saving species "at any cost", when trade-offs become obvious, the values compete, support for these policies evaporates. The editors of this book believe it is ethically and materially irresponsible to pretend this reality away. This book provides some insights from several disciplines, then offers modest constructive reforms that may increase the effectiveness and viability of endangered species protection.

Vubpress, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Virtually as new other than owners name to front end paper appears unread.

New York: Brentano's, 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Without dust jacket, white titles to spine which are slightly rubbed. Minimal shelf wear to boards. Owners inscription to ffep which are partially tanned, otherwise clean throughout. Publishers advertisements to rear. An uncommon first edition by this Romantic novelist and writer of horror stories

Basil Blackwell Oxford. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mary Baker. Undated circa 1933. In good to very good condition. Black cloth boards with pasted illustration to front. Some handling marks to front and rear and with some very small child's paint splashes to rear. Slight age toning to endpapers and occasional 'grubby' mark to the pages and with small ink spot to the centre of pp 16 & 17. Generally however in good to very good for a childrens book of this age. With silhouette illustrations by Mary Baker throughout the text. No 50 in the series.

Avebury, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author to the title page (without dedication) minimal handling wear and internally clean.

HarperCollins, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st printing still in publishers plastic bag, although seams are split in places. Book consequently unread and undamaged

University of California Press, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears clean throughout. Bales argues that Slavery is far from being banished in the modern economic World and calculates that up to 27 million people may be enslaved today, more than the number of people originally stolen from Africa and put into slavery historically.

Novello & Company. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st thus Undated circa late 1880's Green buckram boards with gilt and black titles and decoration to front and blind tooled pattern to rear. minor handling wear only. Gilt to all edges. Owners name to front paste down and one or two small blemishes to the pages otherwise clean. Front end paper missing and hinge cracked at title page though binding secure. A new revised edition of Moore's traditional Old Irish songs with full musical score for the Piano and lyrics.

George Allen & Unwin, 1908. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. Original green cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine with minimal shelf wear. Foxing to end papers otherwise clean throughout.

William Heinemann, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, some light shelf wear to edges. Inscription to front paste down otherwise clean. Ballo's classic work on art appreciation which explains how to view art without prejudice or preconceptions and to adopt a truly critical approach. With 30 colour and 200 black and white photographs

Very rare privately published cord bound soft cover book containing two short stories by Balzac, An Episode During (Under) the Terror, and The Requisitioner. In very good clean condition throughout, with gift inscription assumed to be from the translator to ffep. Some foxing to edges of text block not affecting the pages.The publication of this book is in memory of Theodore Gosselin (Georges Lenotre) the French historian and writer who specialized in the history of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, who died in 1935. Research has uncovered nothing about the people responsible for the publication of this scarce title, but as Lenotre was known to them it may be that it was a small British based French History / Literature society, possibly linked to Oxford University.

Manchester University Press, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears with light shelf wear along top edge. Owners name in pencil to ffep and there were some pencil notes to chapters 2 & 3 which have now been erased but may have left some 'ghosting' Otherwise the book is very clean throughout

Blorenge Books, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good to near fine condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Artificial leather boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Internally clean throughout and would be near fine other than a very light central vertical crease to the first few pages and very slight fade to page edges. The history of the County Borough of Torfaen in the South Wales Valleys which includes the small towns of Blaenavon, Pontypool and Cwmbran. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. Overseas buyers please note a small additional postal charge may be required.

Macmillan, 1999. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, virtually as new other than very slight bump to base of spine. Unclipped dust jacket small nick to top rear edge, very clean throughout. The story of the Mummies of Urumchi,the capital of a region in western China. Dating back some 4,000 years they were found to have European charactersistics which posed the question did Europeans migrate to China in 2,000 BC.

Hempstead: The Mill Press, 1934. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear to edges and water staining to spine. no inscription, foxing to edge of text block but text clean throughout. Binding tight. Revised 2nd edition from the earlier work of 1931 taking into account three anticipated events: The recommendation by the Moyne Committee for local authorities to assume control of slum dwellings, That housing policy should promote one dwelling per family, and that higher buildings should have the provision of lifts. A comprehensive and interesting study in British social history and living conditions in the inter war years. Overseas buyer please note additional postage may be payable

Secker & Warburg, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, removed label mark to inside front flap which also hs a crease top to bottom otherwise fine. No inscription very clean throughout. Baracana, one of the last neglected slivers of Empire is about to be declared independent. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has the plans for transfer prepared, but the discovery of the body of a murdered American on the island threatens to disrupt the smoothly calculated process. Chief Superintendent of the Yard, Owen Smith, is sent out to help the local force clear it up with the minimum of fuss. But murder begets murder and Smith finds that his enquiries lead him from this small island to the heights of a Canadian monument of modern technology. Reduced postal rates apply

London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unclipped dust jacket with creasing to lower front and rear edge and base and head of spine. Repaired tears to lower rear jacket edge. No inscription and otherwise clean. A collection of essays that discuss the contrasts and conflicts between town and country. The modern way of English Life is putting both ways of living under pressure. Since 1995 The Town and Country Forum has discussed these questions in the belief that they demanded open minded, non partisan exploration and debate. These essays extend from the conflict between hunter gatherers and farmers that remain buried in our psyche, to organic farming and the right to roam, to the need for our cities to be once more fit to die in, to the relationship between beauty and democracy, and the consequences of market pressure and government policy. With contributions by, amongst many others, George Monbiot, Ian McEwan, Libby Purves, Jeff Rooker and… Read More

Yale University Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear to base of spine otherwise free from nicks and tears. No inscription. Fore and top edges of text block moderately soiled otherwise internally clean throughout. "What is the function of painting in a commercial society? John Barrell here discusses how British artists and writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries attempted to answer this question, and his provocative and illuminating book offers a new perspective on both art criticism and eighteenth century British culture.

Victor Gollancz, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription but X to top corner of ffep otherwise fine. Street plans to end papers illustrated with black and white plates. A history of the Palace of Versailles from the reign of Louis XIII to Louis XVI. Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges may apply.