Atkinson, Thomas Witlam.

Oriental and Western Siberia. A Narrative of Seven Years’ Exploration and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. With a Map and Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1858. 25 x 15.5 cm. viii, (4) [TOC], 620 pages. Complete with 20 Lithographs, as listed, and numerous wood engravings in text. Original dark green cloth. Elaborate blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Black end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of spine frayed with minor losses (see images). Binding weak with a few pages coming loose. Map shows some edge wear and closed tears. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Aubrey, John.

Brief Lives. A selection based upon existing contemporary portraits edited by Richard Barber.

London, The Folio Society, 1996. 25.1cm x 16.2cm. 324 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket with Slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Austin, H.W. (Editor).

Moral Rearmament. The Battle for Peace.

First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1938. 21 x 14 cm. 64 pages plus 12 pages with Illustrations. Original paperback. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear and dust dulling. Name of previous owner on title page. Occasional very mild foxing, but generally bright and clean.

Averbakh, Y./ Maizelis, I.

Comprehensive Chess Endings. Volume 4: Pawn Endings. Translated by Kenneth P. Neat.

Oxford, Pegamon Press, 1987. 8°. 296 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. (Pergamon Russian Chess)

Aytoun, W.E.

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers.

Verbatim Reprint of first Edition 1849. London, Bliss Sands & Co., 1896. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. 245 pages. Prize Binding in red calf with gilt decorations. Dentelles. Marbled end papers and edges. Prize Label (Suffield Park School) on front paste down. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

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.

Novum Organum Scientiarum. [New Instrument of Science].

Wirceburgi [Würzburg], Jo. Jac. Stahel, 1779. 17.5 x 11 cm, 386 pages. Original gilt embossed leather hardcover with raised bands. Very good condition internally and only minor signs of wear to boards and spine. Mild signs of foxing only. The beautifully blind-stamped binding very solid. Previous owner’s name on front endpaper.

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.