Search Results: Authors starting with B from Hewett's Books

This is a very rare copy of Edward Baldwin's "Pantheon of the Gods". Bladwin provides a history of the Gods of ancient Greece and Rome, providing the historical origin of the gods, the worshipping practices and ceremonies of the ancients and the author attempts to explain the ancient poetry of the classics and the historic mythology that influenced many Greeks and Romans. Fair Condition. Brown leather covered boards. Previous owner's pen inscripton to front free end paper and verso of frontispiece. General pen markings to prelims and rear end paper. Binding is firm and pages are moderately tanned. Very light pencil markings to occasional pages. Rear board is detached but is present, otherwise boards have light edge-wear with some bumping to conrers. Spine is sound with minor scuff to edge. Book is lightly cocked.

'Winged Squadrons' by Cecil Beaton chronicles the author's impressions of the men of the R.A.F. in 1942, accompanied by Beaton's remarkable photographs. Although the book is undated, research suggests it was first published in 1942, two years after the Battle of Britain. Many of the airmen interviewed in the book would have been among those who defended Britain against the German air fleet during that pivotal battle. Fair Condition. Pictorial paper covers. Exlibrary copy with library plate to inside of front paper cover and stamps to copyright page and each plate is neatly stamped to the top right corner. Paper covers have come away from text block. All plates are present. Pages are clean with minor tanning. Binding is mostly firm, except plate facing page 16/17 which is slightly loose. Paper covers have some wear, especially spine which is torn and has minor loss to spine head. Small scuff to top right of paper cover. Notable creasing to edges. Small pencil marks to page 8.