John Battley (20 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. PLEASE NOTE: A 1935 Publication. Standard shelf wear; light foxing within; top text edge shows some wear else a good copy. Pages are clean and binding tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, black cloth lettered gilt, a tightly bound copy in a rubbed and creased pictorial dust jacket which has been strengthened to the verso, annotation to the text and thus good only, b&w plates & illustrations, 114pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stiff card covers, 60p., b/w ill. plates, port. of J.R.B. Foxing to end-papers, scuffing to head and tail of spine o/w a clean copy in very good condition. f1451 / m9625.

New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages; 171p. illus., plates; 22cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Parliament. 3 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Westminster City Publishing Co. 1939 first edition. Page clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Reprint (new and enlarged edition). Paperback. 18.5 × 12.5cm, 336pp + fold out map. A history and guide to Clapham in south London, covering the area's churches, politics, boundaries, societies, schools, sports, entertainment, police, trams, and illustrated throughout with photographs. The end of the book has a large fold-out street map. There are also a few adverts the size of a large ticket which have been bound in. Condition: The covers and page edges are quite heavily marked and foxed, but the contents are in very good order. The map is in good condition.

New Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages; 171p. illus., plates; 22cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Parliament. 1 Kg.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First, and likely only, edition. 34pp. In black card covers, with red title label on front panel. 8vo. Card covers rubbed and creased at edges, scuffed and cracked at spine ends, shelf worn. The first leaf has a is creased along the long edge, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Battley was a life-long printer, working out of Clapham in South London; he was also a conscientious objector during the First World War and, latterly, and MP. His views on the art of printing were tempered by his experiences - both beautiful and practical. After a brief historical overview, this book has sections on The Alphabet, The Compositor, Distribution of Type, Printing Presses, Embossing and Relief Stamping, Blocks, Binding, Paper, Ink etc. A hard to find title.

Paperback. Condition: nrVG. 1st Thus. About 175 x 250 mm 51 page stapled booklet in grey and red card covers. Name of owner at start of book. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age BUT somne pencil annotation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 19x13cm,373pp. Complete with folding map. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt band and title lettering on spine and top board. Binding with shelf wear, rubbed corners, light dust dirt markings. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, gift inscription on free end paper, otherwise pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Westminster City Publishing Company, 1949 hardback no jacket, gilt titles to red boards, 171 pages 58 monochrome plates. Tanning to pages edges With covers and inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN READING ORDER. 24 hour despatched via Royal Mail Tracked. Full refund if not satisfied. A scan of the book can be sent on request.

New edition hard back binding in publisher's original ruby red cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 171 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre. Very little wear to the covers. Very Good condition book, corners nice and sharp, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the upper edges, not price clipped 10/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Booklet, stitched. [32]pp. Illus. Printed by Battley Brothers Limited at The Queensgate Press. Covers slightly frayed. Private ownership. (bs138).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Type: Book Card covers.Some marking to front cover.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Paperback in acceptable condition, with fold-out map at rear. Map is clear and unmarked. Cover is shelfworn; discoloured, tanned and faded, with wear to cover, edges and corners. Small closed tear to rear spine foot point, dog-eared corners to rear cover, affecting a small number of pages at associated area. Spine worn. Within, several numbers penned to FEP, leaves tightly bound, and content and illustrations are unmarked. CN. Used.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 41 pages; Physical desc. : 41 p. , 10 leaves of plates : front. , ports. ; 23 cm. Subject: Poor --Great Britain. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 41 pages; Physical desc. : 41 p. , 10 leaves of plates : front. , ports. ; 23 cm. Subject: Poor --Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Small 8vo. pp. 190; illustrations, map. Wrappers, a little soiled.

Small 8vo. pp. 190; illustrations, map. Wrappers, Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. scarce soft cover copy. Fold-out map and underground guide at rear. 336 pp and well illustrated. Third edition; revised andenlarged.