Adams, Geoffrey Pharaoh.

No Time for Geishas.

First Edition. London, Leo Cooper, 1973. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 217 pages. With B&W photos. Original cloth with gilt title on spine. In original, unclipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy.

Anon.

A Nurse’s Indian Log-Book. Being actual Incidents in the Life of a Missionary Nurse. With 24 Illustrations by Mabel R. Peacock.

Second Impression. London, The Missionary Equipment and Literature Supply Ltd., 1925. 18 x 12 cm. iv, 122 pages. Illustrated. Stiff brown decorated cardboard. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and age darkening. A nice copy.

Arnold, Edwin.

The Light of Asia. Or the Great Renunciation (Mahabhinishkramana) being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism. As told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist.

London, Truebner & Co., 1884. 21 x 14 cm. xv, 238 pages. Six pages publishers list. Rebacked in 2020 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked sound binding. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and binding age darkened. Small part of old spine missing (see images). 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.

Bain, Arthur.

Life and Explorations of Fridtjof Nansen. A New Edition Revised and Considerably Enlarged. With numerous Illustrations and a Map.

London, Walter Scott, Not dated (ca. 1899). 20 x 14 cm. xix, 449 pages plus 18 pages publishers list. With 15 plates and Illustrations in text (complete). Original red cloth with gilt titles and decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Spine worn and frayed with minor paper losses. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

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.

Baly, Monica E.

Florence Nightingale and Nursing Legacy. Signed.

First Edition. London, Croom Helm, 1986. 21 x 14 cm. (6), 237 pages Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. A bright and clean copy.

Barfoot, C.C. / D’haen, Theo. [ed].

The Clash of Ireland: Literary Contrasts and Connections.

First Edition Amsterdam / Atlanta, Rodopi, 1989. 22.5cm x 15cm. 281 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bates, H.E.

The Vanished World. The Blossoming World. The World in Ripeness. An Autobiography.

First Editions. Three Volumes. London, Michael Joseph, 1969 / 1971 / 1972, 23 x 15 cm. 188, 181 & 152 pages. Illustrated. Original cloth bindings. Hard cover. In original decorated dust jackets. Very good in very good dust jackets, now inside archival jackets. Minors shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Some edge wear to dust jackets. One jacket price clipped. Name of previous owner on half title of two volumes. A nice set.