Search Results: Titles starting with B from World of Rare Books

University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. 72 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Edited by Laurence Gilliam. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild crinkling and light tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with light rubbing and crushing. Some light marking and tanning. Gilt lettering is darkened slightly. There is bumping to corners. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine.

The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is bright and clear.

British Compressed Air Society, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. No Edition Remarks. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages are bright and clear with moderate cracking to gutters exposing netting; pages remain attached. Light foxing and staining to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

The British Compressed Air Society, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 2nd Edition. 194 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Separately paginated Buyers Guide section to rear. Photos embedded in text. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's sticker to front pastedown. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards rather rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Gilt is slightly dulled and worn.

The Educational Press, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. First Published. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations with block coloured illustrations throughout. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Binding is shaky, first few pages are loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket is in two parts and has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Fawcett Gold Medal, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. Reprinted. Unpaginated. Paperback book with illustrated cover. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Sticker to reverse of front cover. Thumb-marking present. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with curling to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front cover. Light scuffing to edges.

Coronet Books, 1979. Paperback. Good. 1979. 4th Impression. Unpaginated. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Book is slightly curled.

Hilger & Watts, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. 368 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.

James Parker and Co., 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1896. 9th Edition. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Newspaper clipping about architecture inserted to front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

The British Drug Houses Ltd., 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. Sixth Edition. 100 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with darkened gilt lettering to front board and spine. Pages are moderately tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Slight creasing to rear pages, with a water stain on rear paste-down. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and considerate rub wear to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine, with liquid drops on all surfaces. Book has a subtle forward lean and bow. Chip to joint with exposed netting.

Little, Brown, And Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 439 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to top edge of some pages, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining and holes to rear board. Wear marks overall.

PH Press Limited, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 85 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with in text photographic black and white images throughout. Comes in a wrapper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have light rubbing and mild bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends as well.

Collins, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with very heavy tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine. Inscriptions on rear.

British India Steam Navigation Co printed by Colli, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. No Edition Stated. 272 pages. Blue dust jacket with B&W lettering over blue cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Presentation plate to front paste down. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate foxing, with minor staining and soiling to DJ.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee, H.M., 1111. Paperback. Good. No Edition Remarks. 153 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Blue paperback report. Full title: B. I. O. S. Final Report No. 1149 Item No. 22 - I. G. Farbenindustrie - the Manufacture of Certain Fast Bases and Their Intermediates. Text is typed not printed. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Covers have mild edge-wear with curling to corners. Visible tanning to spine and edges with scuffing to spine ends.

British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee, H.M., 1111. Paperback. Good. No Edition Remarks. 33 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Blue paperback report. Full title: B. I. O. S. Final Report No. 1100 Item No. 21 - German Aluminium Foil Industry . Text is typed not printed. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Covers have mild edge-wear with curling to corners. Visible tanning to spine and edges with scuffing to spine ends.