The batchelor (22 resultados)

xii, 158 pages. Paperback: H 20.25cm x L 13.75cm. Paper covers soiled with foxing and staining; tears at front cover's left corners; shallow wear at spine ends. Foxing and soiling to text block edges; mostly light foxing and some scattered soiling to interior pages; pencil writing on front cover's blank verso. Binding is still firm.…

Glossy Hardback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint 1978. 48 pp, send e-mail for details.NO EXTRA POSTAGE BEYOND OUR STANDARD RATES! Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". John Batchelor, Brian Hley, William Hobson, Frank Friend, Tony Mitchell Jack Pelling (ilustrador). Richard Hill.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. ex-library copy with usual markings, covers have heavy edge wear and soil, corners and ends of spine bumped, binding broken between signatures which are still tightly sewn, pages edge torn with small pieces missing where unopened edges badly cut or ripped, iv + 104 pages, subtitles wherein are exhibited the various customs, odd pranks, whimsical tricks and surprising practices of near one hundred different kingdoms and people in the world, now used in the celebration and consummation of matrimony Size: 5.25 x 7.75. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 6.75 x 9.5"; 191 pages; illustrated laminated boards; dustwrapper; very good copy; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Haysom, John (ilustrador). Book.

Paperback. Condición: Good+. First Edition. Nice Spangles advert. Book.

Condición: Very Good. Large 8vo. hardcover. 363pp. index, colour ilus. Very good=. / Very good d/w.

Soft cover. 1st Edition. Quarto. Pp. 64. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine. ~ FIRST EDITION. Well illustrated comprehensive survey of the Soviet Army. [ADDED:] A set of 8 single-sheet prints of Soviet decorations and insignia. Published in Moscow in 1996, with text both in English and Russian, including the original printed paper band. 009-3. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (ilustrador).…

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A splendid original antique engraving . mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Very good condition . Printed circa 1830 - somewhat uncommon . Shows a fine view of a Batchelor in his study with his guns and his dogs and living in a fine mess - after a painting by G F Lewis. G F Lewis (ilustrador).…

Hard. Condición: Fair. First printing. Fair. Publishers gilt embossed cloth. Sunday school prize bookplate to front pastedown. Text block coming away, quires baggy and with frontispiece detached. Illustrated from photographs, engravings and maps. (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Very good condition, bright and clean. All edges gilt, 120 pages, frontispiece of Ainu men, and numerous illustrations through the text. Publisher's red cloth with an Ainu fisher man blocked in gilt on the upper cover. Batchelor was a British missionary who spent most of his life in northern Japan. He lived amongst the Ainu for 60 years, during which time he devoted himself to the study of their culture and language into which he translated the bible and the book of common prayer. He became the most well-known western scholar working with the Ainu.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo volume, xxvi + 604 pages. Complete with frontispiece and numerous illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth with an illustration of a seated Ainu man, decorated in white and lettered in gilt. Very good condition overall. Batchelor was a British missionary who spent most of his life in northern Japan. He lived amongst the Ainu for 60 years, during which time he devoted himself to the study of their culture and language into which he translated the bible and the book of common prayer. He became the most well-known western scholar working with the Ainu. This is his most comprehensive work on the subject. …

Hardback. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 336pp, frontispiece, 80 illustrations, original blue decorative cloth and clean end-papers. A lovely copy of a scarce book. A trifle toned to the spine but no wear, marks, inscriptions or under-lining. occasional foxing blemish. One section a trifle loose but intact. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. WITH THE RARE DUST JACKET. Blue cloth, decorated in white and gilt. Jacket with photo of an Ainu man. Octavo volume with 448 pages, frontis portrait of the author and numerous plates and illustrations. Near fine condition, bright clean and sharp. Buff colored jacket with two small chips, but VG+. Batchelor was a British missionary who spent most of his life in northern Japan. He lived amongst the Ainu for 60 years, during which time he devoted himself to the study of their culture and language into which he translated the bible and the book of common prayer. He became the most well-known western scholar working with the Ainu.…

Original stapled newspaper type paper 12'' x 10'' with monochrome photograph to the front page and throughout. Contains printed pages of text showing radio programmes for the Home Service, The Light Programme, and Third Programme followed by television programmes for the week. Cheap paper a little browned to the edges. We currently hold in stock 20 other early Radio Times titles. Member of the P.B.F.A. The B.B.C. (Broadcasting).…

Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket. Hardcover. "Glimpses at Missionary Work in North Japan". Decorative front board. Penned dedication on front endpaper. Boards have considerable patchy colour loss. Spine ends are very worn, bumped and nicked, and there is a small tear near middle of right side of spine. Leading corners are very worn and bent. Gilt page block has a few small surface marks and stains. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Pages are very faded with age. First and last few pages are heavily age-spotted, and there are instances of considerable age-spotting throughout. Binding is a little loose at beginning of book. Text and illustrations are clear. AF. Used.…

1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with water staining to a couple of words. Written in a stylish, calligraphic hand. He begins by thanking the recipient for a letter and postal order, before continuing: 'In case you are interested, I also do paintings of antique weapons. An example of my work can be seen in the August 1962 issue of "Guns Review".' He explains that such illustrations can be in either black and white or full colour, and concludes: 'If you have a particular favourite I shall be pleased to quote.'.…

hardcover. Condición: Good. green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear and rubbing to the extremities. pages tanned and clean. profusely illustrated.

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back publisher's original brown leatherette covers, gilt lettering to the spine. Folio 11'' x 8¾''. 84 printed pages of text with illustrated panoramic end papers, eight colour illustrations, numerous drawings, sketches, cartoons and water-colours. SIGNED and dated 1982 presentation copy by the author to free front end paper 'For Edward, Lovingly, Pat, November 1982.' SIGNED by the artist to the title page 'Roland Batchelor.' Roland Batchelor first exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1937, his water-colours have been in demand ever since. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NYC: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1892 336 pp with 80 B&W illustrations. Ex-libe Princeton Theological Seminary. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge cracked but holding. Date of publication is unclear but clearly a late 19th century binding. Boards are a varient on first edition. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are rubbed at extremities. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The blurb on the front of the dustwrapper of the book reads: "The writer of this book is known as the greatest living authority on the language, customs, religion and folk lore of the Ainu people. This book contains some of the results of his observations during more than fifty years. The Ainu were the ancient inhabitants of Japan, driven farther and farther north, until now they are found only in Hokkaido and Saghalien. Even there their numbers are diminishing fast. This book will be of interest to ethnologists and students of folk lore and all those desiring to know something of Japanese beliefs and legends, the correspondences with which are most suggestive and worthy of investigation before it is too late. There are numerous illustrations, chiefly from phographs or in colour, from watercolour drawings by Ainu and Japanese artists." This is a large, thick 8vo book running to 448pp, bound in blue cloth (pattern with gilt to upper borad, gilt lettering to spine) and measuring 9" x 7" x 2.25". 95 illustrations, 15 of which are in colour. VG, with scattered foxing, in original and brittle VG buff-coloured dustwrapper (black lettering, photo of "an old Ainu friend"). Dustwrapper has slight loss at the head of the spine, else all intact with just a couple of tiny closed nicks. A scarce book, and rarely found with its original dustwrapper.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. First edition. A smart fifteen-volume collection of Victorian-to-1950s culinary and domestic works, featuring scarce first editions, period illustrations, and over a thousand time-tested recipes. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. A lovely vintage fifteen-volume collection of cookery, domestic management, and related social commentary works spanning the late Victorian era through the mid-20th century, consisting of: Table Traits with Something on Them by Dr. Doran (1869). This is the fourth edition. The Case for Municipal Drink Trade by Edward R. Pease (1904). This volume is a first edition. The Housewife"s Manual of Domestic Cookery with Special Preference to Cooking by Gas edited by Mrs. H. M. Young [c1905]. Thirteenth edition. The "Best Way" Book (No. 2) A Practical Guide Written by Housewives for Housewives(1909). Simple Cookery: Part I Tasty Dishes and Part II More Tasty Dishes [c1910]. Over 500 tested recipes. This copy is undated, dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at The British Library. The Successful Home Cook by Lucy H. Yates (1910). This volume is a first edition. Keeping House with Elizabeth Craig by Elizabeth Josephine Craig (1936). This copy is a first edition, illustrated with 120 illustrations including a colour frontispiece. Food, Health, Vitamins by R. H. A. Plimmer and Violet G. Plimmer (1936). This is the seventh edition. Illustrated with a fold-out colour frontispiece and numerous in-text diagrams. The Kitchen Companion by The Vicomte de Mauduit [George Mauduit] (1939). This volume is a first edition, illustrated with 7 monochrome plates including a frontispiece. They Can"t Ration These by The Vicomte de Mauduit, with a foreword by D. Lloyd George (1940). This copy is a first edition, with illustrations by Leslie L. Stead. Prize Cookery and Household Recipes (c1908). This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at the University of Leeds Library.This is a selection of 500 recipes, reprinted and published by The Star Newspaper Co. Ltd. How to Cook Eggs and Omelets in 300 Different Ways by C. Herman Senn (1915). This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc, from copies held at The british Library and University of Cambridge Libraries. The Practical Cookery Manual by C. Herman Senn. (1915). This is the fifth enlarged edition. This copy is undated. dated here using Jisc, from a copy held at Oxford Brookes University. Cooking for One by Elinor Parker (1952). This volume is a first edition. Anyone Can Cook by Muriel Goaman (1952). This volume is a first edition, with illustrations by Joy Batchelor. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart. Small sticker to front paste down of "Simple Cookery", and to front free endpaper of "Cooking for One", "Housewife"s Manual". Slight offsetting to endpapers. Spines slightly faded, more so to older copies. Front joint of "Table Traits" cracked, with spine slightly loosened but holding. Joints of "Housewife"s Manual" and "Cookery Manual" reinforced with tape. The odd damp spot to boards of "Simple Cookery". Previous seller"s small sticker to rear paste down of "Kitchen Companion". Bookplate from "martin & Pamela Finch: Exlibris Gastronomique" to front free endpaper of "Kitchen Companion". Small chipping at joints of "Prize Cookery", "Cookery Manual", "Anyone Can Cook!", "They Can"t Ration These", "The Successful Home Cook", "Best Way", and to front paste down of "How to Cook Eggs". Bookplate from The Universal Cookery & Food Association" to front paste down of "Cookery Manual". Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Kitchen Companion", "Table Traits", "How to Cook Eggs", and to front paste down of "Drink Trade". Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with slight age toning heavier to older copies. The odd spot, heavier to fore edges and first and last few leaves. Very Good. Various; Joy Batchelor; Leslie L. Stead (ilustrador). book.…

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1903. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 706, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 706 706.…