Various Catalogue of The Paintings, Drawings and Miniatures in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts University of Birmingham
Cambridge, 1952 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. In stock. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design ; Inventory No: 0027733. (Book ref. 0027733) £20.00
Bird, Vivian A Short History of Warwickshire and Birmingham
Batsford, London, 1977 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. jacket clipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Countries & Travel ; Inventory No: 001041. (Book ref. 001041) £5.50
Trott, Anthony No Place for Fop or Idler: The Story of King Edward's School, Birmingham
London: James and James [Publishers] Limited, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original cloth and dustwrapper, 145pp, illustrated. (Book ref. 015169) £25.00
The Institution of Water and Environmental Management. IWEM 89. "Technology Transfer in Water and Environmental Management" Birmingham.
Birmingham: Technical Papers., 1989. This is the First Edition. Card Covers. Near Fine (NEAR NEW)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" EX PUBLIC SECTOR LIBRARY BLACKED OUT STAMPS. CARD COVERED PAPERBACK IWEM 89. Held 12-18 September 1989.This book is part of a large purchase from a Public Sector Library and except where mentioned are for the most part LIKE NEW! MOSTLY the ONLY flaws are the blacked out (they insisted) Library stamps which show many of them to be UNUSED! This copy is Near Fine (NEAR NEW). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! (Book ref. 33333336485) £50.00
Jones, Douglas V.: EDGBASTON AS IT WAS
(Westwood Press 1986) Pbk, demy 8vo, 88pp inc. b/w ills. Clean tight copy, covers rubbed, no dw, ow V.Good (Book ref. 9969) £5.00
Jay, Leonard: LETTERS OF THE FAMOUS 18TH CENTURY PRINTER JOHN BASKERVILLE OF BIRMINGHAM TOGETHER WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS PRINTED BY hIM AT BIRMINGHAM
(Birmingham School of Printing 1932) Tall demy 8vo black cloth. 55pp.Boards just a little bumped (VG+), intyernally fine. (Book ref. 9712) £50.00
Thomas. David A.: THE CANNING STORY
(Springwood Books, London 1985) Pbk 9" x 7" 195 pp Green covers with gold lettering, Very Good (Book ref. 4823) £6.50
Kemp, T.C: BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE
(Cornish 1943) 8vo viii+151pp. bw photos. ffep missing. Boards badly stained & bumped. Top of outer hinge ripped o/w Good (Book ref. 1182) £7.50
SMILES, Samuel, 1812-1904. [ Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809. Watt, James, 1736-1819. ] 'Frederick Straker' Lives of Boulton and Watt : Principally from the original Soho mss., comprising also a History of Invention and Introduction of the Steam Engine. By Samuel Smiles. FIRST EDITION : 1865 [ Lives of the Engineers ]
London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1865. Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Large Octavo FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1865. Hardback. Salmon textured cloth, gilt lettered spine. Blind stamped decorative covers. Bevelled boards. Brown end-papers. Untrimmed edges as issued. With a half-title. With engraved portrait frontispiece and a further engraved portrait. Plus metal-engravings throughout text; total of 76 illustrations. Originally published as the author's final volume of Lives of the engineers. Tight, bright and clean. Slight dulling to spine. Minor wear only. Tight, bright and clean. A few fox spots. Armorial bookplate of 'Frederick Straker'. No owner markings. A couple of neat internal markings. VERY GOOD. (xv),(i), 521,(vi adverts) pages. Index. Heavy book; extra postage required. **Book now in an archival quality clear protective jacket**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian Literature, Theology and History ]. The Lives of Boulton and Watt is an account of the most important partnership of the Industrial Revolution; the engineering firm of 'Boulton and Watt'. James Watt transformed steam engine technology in the eighteenth century by inventing the more powerful and efficient condensing engine. He collaborated with businessman Matthew Boulton to form a successful engineering firm in 1773, which went on to monopolise the production of steam engines in England for the rest of that century. Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a campaigner for Parliamentary reform and a journalist. He was secretary of the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association and editor of the Leeds Times before becoming secretary of Leeds & Thirsk Railway and, later, of the South Eastern Railway. He wrote biographies about a number of engineers, including George Stephenson and Thomas Telford. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian Literature, Theology and History ]. (Book ref. 0015898) £32.00
DALE, R. W. [ Ronald William Dale (1829-1895) ] A Manual of Congregational Principles. LONDON : 1889.
London: Congregational Union, 1889. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo LONDON : 1889 (first issued 1884). Hardback. Brown sand-grained cloth, gilt lettered spine and cover. Decorative borders. Lemon end-papers. Contents tight and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED. No owner name or markings. Minor wear only. An uncommon title. (xi), 247 pages. **Book now in clear archival quality protective jacket.** **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books - for Antiquarian books, Literature, History & Theology ] (Book ref. 0015885) £30.00
Anon BIRMINGHAM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR THE YEAR 1916. No.185. Birmingham and Midland Institute
. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Book has been rebound. Front board has some foxing. The free endpapers to title-page have a small light brown stain by the top inside edge. About 4 pages have one or two spots of foxing. Bookseller's label pasted inside front board. A very good tight book. 89pp. With 19 black-and-white illustrations and one map. Contents: Ancient Bridges, Fords and Ferries - Worcestershire Low Side Windows - Street Names, Birmingham - Notes at Open Meeting: Ancient Stone Roods, Assyrian Seals and Tablets, African Flints, and Local Finds - Proceedings of the Society 1915-16 - List of Officers - Annual Reports and Accounts. (9"h x 6"w) approx. (Book ref. 7661) £40.00
Harper Charles G The Holyhead Road Vol 1 London to Birmingham, Vol 2 Birmingham to Holyhead
Chapman & Hall, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 314pp, 333pp, pages uncut, both volumes clearly unread, only fault is both spines are uniformly sunned although the titles are not affected, boards are excellent in original blue cloth with illus to front boards. Digital image available on request. (Book ref. 004666) £70.00
Brazier R H and Sandford e Birmingham and The Great War 1914-1919
Cornish Brothers, 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 350pp, index, illus, story of the City, the Battalions, the Territorials, manufacturing of munitions, corners sharp, badge to front board, original red cloth covered boards, spine lightly sunned (Book ref. 001197) £52.50
Anon Birmingham : Pocket Atlas and Guide
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, 1949. Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st Edition. Burgundy Cloth. Near Fine/N/a. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall A super copy in well preserved, near fine condition. Contains 64 full page colour map plates and 30pp of index street names.Bound in burgundy red cloth boards with slight fading to the spine strip. A couple of slight foxspots to the front fore edge. The cloth binding to the rear board has been cut slightly short, revealing the underlying extreme front edge of the board - a printers flaw. Fresh, clean and tight. A near fine copy. (Book ref. 227051) £25.00
Western, Maurice Diary of an Edwardian school: Slade School the first 100 years
Studley: History into Print, 2008. 9781858583204 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is slightly faded at the spine. Appears little used. xvi + 328 pages, many b/w, sepia & colour photos, notes, index (Book ref. 36118) £22.50
BENNETT L.G. The Wholesale Trade in Horticultural Produce in Smithfield Market, Birmingham
University of Reading, 1957 30p, 8 tables, a VERY-LOW-POSTAGE paperback*, a very good ex-library copy (*Please ignore the default postage figure as POSTAGE AND PACKING on this book will be VERY LOW) (Book ref. 111385) £10.00
WILLIAMS Kenneth: THE STORY OF TY-PHOO and the Birmingham Tea Industry.
London. Quiller. 1990. lst edn. Large format hardback. 132 pages. B.w. and colour illustrations. Fine in navy boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine d.w. Unread book from new stock. Ken Williams has cleverly entwined the early days of the tea trade with a graphic sketch of Birmingham from the time it was a small town with 15 streets, 900 houses and 5,500 souls. ISBN: 1-870948-289. (Book ref. 1401) £11.95
FLETCHER Ronald Frank: MEDICINE, MARRIAGE AND MOUNTAINS. The Life and Times of a Birmingham Consultant Physician.
Litchfield. Page One. 2002. Hardback. 240 pages. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering to spine, in a fine unclipped d.w. Dedication signed by author on front fly-leaf. No.138 in same hand written beneath front flap of d.w. (Book ref. 8178) £12.00
MATTHEWS Tony (Ed) The Encyclopaedia of Birmingham City Football Club, 1875-2000
Britesport Publishing Solutions Limited, 2000 258p, numerous tables and b/w illustrations in the text, 8.3” x 11.6”, paperback, top-edge of spine bruised - otherwise a very good+ copy [0953928802] (Book ref. 103112) £15.00
Dryden, John; Davenant, Sir William; adapted from William Shakespeare The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island. A Comedy. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. MDCLXX. - facsimile edition of the version from 1670, from the copy in the Birmingham Shakespeare Library -
London: Cornmarket Press, 1969. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. Bright red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Superb facsimile edition of Dryden and Davenant's humorous reworking of The Tempest, which for many years in the late 17th Century was more popular in theatres than Shakespeare's original. 91 pages, all direct facsimiles from the 1670 text, including Dryden's preface, and the play with prologue. Superb, 'as new' condition. FINE. (Book ref. 04251) £20.00