Bridges, Robert.

The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.

Second Edition, with the Author’s final corrections. Oxford, Clarendon Press, [1930]. 22 x 17 cm. 175 pages. With a frontispiece showing the author and a losely inserted ‘Publisher’s note on the Text’. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Hard cover. In original dust jacket. Very good with good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket shows some edge wear with minor paper losses and a few tears. Now in protective archival jacket.

Briggs, John Joseph.

The History of Melbourne, in the County of Derby. Including Biographical Notices of the Coke, Melbourne, and Harding Families.

Second Edition. Derby & London, Bemrose and Son & Whittaker and Co., ND [1852]. 25 x 16 cm. 205 pages. Complete with a frontispiece and another 10 Plates, as listed. Original brown textured cloth. Gilt titles on spine and front board. Blind decorations. Very good condition. Rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Edges age darkened. Occasional mild foxing, otherwise clean.

Bright, Robert.

The Travels of Ching. Written and Illustrated by Robert Bright.

First Edition. London, Collins: Publishers for the Children, [1945]. 20 x 14 cm. Oblong. Title page plus 54 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Original stiff decorated cardboard covers. Spine repaired with new spinal tape in 2020. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. A litttle dust dulled. Small Children’s Ex Libris with handwritten name opposite title page. Neat hand colouring on three pages. A nice copy.

Brin, David.

Existence.

First Edition. New York, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2012. 8°. 556 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition.

Brinkley, David.

Everybody Is Entitled To My Opinion.[Signed].

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 13.5cm x 19.5cm. XII, 176 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

Brivio, Ernesto (Editor).

Index of the Gothic Cathedrals / Repertorio Delle Cattedrali Gotiche.

First Edition. Two Volumes – Complete. Milan, Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano / NED – Nuove Edizione Duomo, 1986. 30 x 21.5 cm. Vol.1: xv, 447 pages / Vol.2: pages to 1009. Illusttrated thoughout in B&W. Original green textured cloth. Inside original dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex Libris and gift inscription in both volumes. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean set.

Brockedon, W.

Finden’s Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. With original and selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockedon.

Two Volumes. London, John Murray, 1833. 23 x 16 cm. Unpaginated. Contemporary half morocco over red cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Toned end papers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding a little worn (see images). Internally mildly damp stained, mainly to edges (see images). Ex Libris. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Binding weakened. Loose gathering in volume 2.

Brockhaus, Albert.

Netsuke. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Mit 272 Schwarzen und 53 Bunten Abbildungen.

First Edition. Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905. 28 x 20 cm. xiv, 482 pages. Illustrated throughout. Complete with 53 coloured Plates and numerous B&W Illustrations. Original full grey soft leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations. Top edge gilt. Silver decorated end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped with some wear and minor material losses to extremities (see images). Somewhat discoloured. Internally a bright and clean copy. A few of the tissue guards torn, but all tissue guards are present. See notes below. Overall a very good clean and complete copy.

Broder, Patricia Janis.

Taos: A Painters Dream.

First Edition. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1980. 25.5cm x 28.5cm. 321, (1) with 60 colour illustrations and 255 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, price-clipped dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Dustjacket a little pale / Name of previous owner on the endpaper.

Brodrick, James.

Saint Peter Canisius.

London, Geoffrey Chapman, 1963. 15 x 23cm. (15), 859 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dust dulled.