Published by London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 1979
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Barker, Frank Granville. The Flying Dutchman: a guide to the opera. Foreword by Norman Bailey. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 159pp., very good hardcover with illustrated covers, attractive copy. Masterworks of opera. - Presents the background history, plot synopsis, description of the musical style, the story of the original production, a survey of performances and recordings and libretto of The Flying Dutchman. - CONTENTS: Background to the opera -- Variations on a legend -- Synopsis of the plot -- Wagner's advice to the players -- Music -- Survey of performances and recordings -- Libretto -- Chronology -- Major compositions. 9780214206559 ISBN 0214206556.
Published by London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 1979
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Gammond, Peter. The magic flute: a guide to the opera. Foreword by Benjamin Luxon. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 159pp., very good hardcover with illustrated covers, a few minor scuff marks, 4cm short cut in front endpaper near hinge, previous owner's name. Masterworks of opera. - Includes libretto in English and German - Discusses the background of the opera, synopsis of the plot, music, survey of performances, chronology and major compositions by Mozart. 9780214206818 ISBN 0214206815.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins (1979), London, 1979
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Illus by Ian A. R. Price (illustrator). 1st ptg. Recommended in the foreword by John A. Jackson, Director, National Mountaineering Centre, North Wales. Mark where sticker removed front endpaper.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1979, 1970
ISBN 10: 0257652272 ISBN 13: 9780257652276
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1970) 1979 reprint. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Top edge spotted. Good-plus in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. ".Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T. Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mansfield. Preface by Peter Scott, C.B.E." This is a heavily revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization of wildfowl; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, Peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .
Published by London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 1979
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Carner, Mosco. Madame Butterfly: a guide to the opera. Foreword by Victoria de los Angeles. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, 160pp., very good hardcover with illustrated printed covers, attractive copy, photos in black and white, school for creative learning stamp on front endpaper. Includes libretto with English and Italian in parallel columns. 9780214206801 ISBN 0214206807.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0214205703 ISBN 13: 9780214205705
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
24.0 x 16.0cms, 248pp b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustrappwe (lightly sunned spine) This book offers a cavalcde of prime donne, from the time when women ousted the castrati throught o the glories of opera's Golden Age'.
Published by London: Barrie and Jenkins 1979., 1979
Seller: Saintfield Antiques & Fine Books, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 248 pp. illustrated, very good in a price-clipped dustwrapper. Melba, Malibran, Tetrazzini, Patti, Lind and other Divas. Tofts, who played Queens in operas so often she became deranged and believed she was one, Faustini and Cuzzoni and their bitter feud, Gabrielli, the most dangerous siren of the eighteenth century, shot by the French Ambassador in Vienna but mercifully saved by her whalebone stays. Quelle relief! A cavalcade of larger than life Prima Donne superstars.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979., 1979
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 8vo, 326pp. Very good condition, in good dustwrapper (general wear and scuff marks; large sticker mark at front cover; wor, chippedn and discoloured at edges; price-clipped). ISBN: 0214205835.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979., 1979
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 8vo, 326pp. Very good condition, in very good dustwrapper (general light wear and scuff marks). ISBN: 0214205835.
142pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrappe. Foxing to tope edge. A very good copy. First edition.
Published by London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1979, in-4 hardcover with dj, 209 pp, illustrated., 1979
Seller: LE SERPENT QUI PENSE, PRECHAC, France
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. VERY GOOD CONDITION.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, Reprinted 1979., 1979
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardback, 14.5x22cm, 251pp. Very good condition, in very good dustwrapper. General light wear. ISBN: 025765027X.
Published by 4to, 96p, Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979., 1979
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Illustrations within the text; gilt-stamped boards, typographic dust-jacket (a little chipped). A very good copy indeed.
160pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, name on ffep. A very good copy.
248pp. 4to. Original cloth, b&w photographic illustrations, endpapers decorated with music, dustwrapper slightly chipped and torn at front flap, with attempted mending tape, backstrip faded, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Details the lives and careers of various female opera singers.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0214206548 ISBN 13: 9780214206542
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
24.5 x 16.5cms, 160pp, b/w illusts, very good hardcover & dustwrapper (1 sealed tear) The chapters are: background to the opera; from 'le roi s'amuse to Rigoletto; plot synopsis; the music; a survey of performances; libretto; chronology; major compositions by Verdi.
First Edition; 8vo; pp. 248; illustrated endpapers, 16 pages of illustrations; select bibliography, index; original board, torn dustjacket, flecking to page edges, a good copy.
First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), [vii], 248pp. 16pp plates. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition (minor nick to one fold of the dustwrapper). Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. ISBN 0214205703.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins for Hutchinson, London 1979, 1979
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
28.0 x 25.0cms, 112pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper (foxed first pages) The chapters are: the Romantic movement; Bonington's early life; Bonington's development as a painter; Bonington's last years; lithographs.
Published by Published by Barrie & Jenkins 24 Highbury Crescent, London First Edition . 1979., 1979
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 160 pp ISBN 0214206548. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. OPERA.
Published by Published by Barrie & Jenkins Limited, 24 Highbury Crescent, London First Edition . 1979., 1979
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 159 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0214206556 OPERA.
Published by Published by Barrie & Jenkins, Hutchinson Publishing Group, 3 Fitzroy Square, London First Edition . London 1979., 1979
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 160 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Foxing to the top and fore edges. Very near Fine clean condition book in near Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper with minimal rubs and creases to the corners and spine ends. 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. ISBN 0214206807 OPERA.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979, 1979
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 100 illustrations from drawings by the author; Foreword by George Savage; "Practical information for everybody about the care, repair and re-finishing of furniture . with easy-to-follow directions"; Hardback: black cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Near fine in price-clipped dustwrapper. Book.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0214204936 ISBN 13: 9780214204937
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, spotting to edges. Good-plus in like dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0214204936 ISBN 13: 9780214204937
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight lean to spine, boards slightly bowed. Good copy in dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .
Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1979, 1973
ISBN 10: 0214653765 ISBN 13: 9780214653766
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
30.0 x 24.0cms, 210pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good hardcover & dustwrapper (small chips at top of spine; some foxing; owner's bookplate) The chapters are: youth; Oxofrd; Rossetti; foundation of the firm; towards the aesthetic movement; Italy; acclaim; Avalon; influence.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0214204936 ISBN 13: 9780214204937
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 240mm). Pp256. B/w photographs, illustrations, photograph end-papers. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, book-seller's stamp to half-title else internally clean. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. Volume One 1850 - 1870 traces the evolution of the shotgun during its formative years in Great Britain. Extensively and painstakingly researched, this highly regarded work gives an invaluable insight into the developments that took place during this innovative period. Chapters include; The origins; The Great Exhibition and its aftermath; John Henry Walsh, The Field and The Field Trials; Inert actions; Slide and drop actions; Side opening actions; Daw, Schneider and the Centre Fire; Sliding bolt single bite snap actions; Rotating bolt single bite snap actions; Multiple bite snap actions; Bizarre actions; The gadgetry of the centre fire; Hammerless actions. Appendices include: Small arms at the 1851 Exhibition; Programme and results of the Field Gun Trials 1858, 1859, 1866; Patent law and specifications; British shotgun patents 1850-1870. .
Published by Barrie & Jenkins London 1979, 1979
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition dust jacket Very Good lge. octavo vii + 152pp., col. & b/w pls., index, Information & illustration drawn from 15 aircraft profile publications.
Published by Barrie & Jenkins London 1979, 1979
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine octavo. 794pp., Fading to spine o/w nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.
Published by London, Barrie & Jenkins, reprinted 1979., 1979
765pp. Small 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations throughout; map. A near finecopy.