361. Baigent, H.V.

Stage Lighting. Written for the New Zealand Drama Council.

Wellington, The New Zealand Drama Council, 1949. 21cm x 13.5cm. 40 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Includes fourteen black and white illustrations. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Endpaper inscribed in ink by previous owner.

362. Baillie-Grohman, W.A.

The Land in the Mountains – Being an Account of the Past & Present of Tyrol, Its People and Its Castles. Illustrated with Eighty-Two Plates and Maps of Modern Tyrol and Ancient Raetia.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1907. 16 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 288 pages. Errata leaf opposite first page of Introduction. 2 colour maps within text. 80 illustrations in addition to frontispiece. Illustrations with captioned tissueguards. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Design to front board. Gilt top edges. Deckled fore and tail edges. Good- condition. Board corners bumped and rubbed. Lengthy cracks to gutter to between rear pastedowns and endpapers with exposed cloth. Binding tender. Partially loose foxed frontispiece and tissueguard. Textblock still solid. Occasional foxing throughout. Interior unmarked.

363. Bain, F.W.

Heifer of the Dawn. Translated from the Original Manuscript.

Fifth Edition. Oxford, James Parker & Co., 1903. Duodecimo [12 cm x 17,8 cm]. Frontispiece – Illustration, XI, 74 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

364. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun. A Cycle of Birth. Translated from the Original Manuscript.

Second Edition. Oxford, James Parker & Co., 1903. Duodecimo [12 cm x 17,8 cm]. Frontispiece-Illustration of the Moon (with tissue-guard), XVI, 106 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

365. Bain, F.W.

The Descent of the Sun – A Cycle of Birth.

London, James Parker and Co., 1903. 23.2cm x 17.7cm. XIV, 108 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear and some foxing. Tear to endpaper. Rare ! Early illustration of the moon.

366. [Baines, Thomas].

The Birds of South Africa Painted by Thomas Baines (1820 – 1875) – Comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines, together with descriptions from the text of C.J.Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, with a biographical Essay by R.F.Kennedy. [Includes an excellent illustration of the Red-necked Falcon (Falco chiquera) – see image].

Limited Hand-Numbered Edition [No.404 of only 500]. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1975. Quarto (28.4 cm wide x 33.5 cm high). Frontispiece-Portrait of Thomas Baines (see image), 204 pages with 90 colourful illustrations / plates. Original Hardcover with glassine jacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful and now rare publication in excellent condition.

367. [Bairnsfather, Bruce] Holt, Tonie and Valmai.

In Search of the Better ‘Ole. The Life and the Works and the Collectables of Bruce Bairnsfather.

First Edition. Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1985. 20.5cm x 26.5cm. 255 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

368. Baker, Christopher / Henry, Tom.

The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue.

London, National Gallery Publications, 1995. 26 cm x 29 cm. XXIV, 790 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

369. Baker, Christopher (Editor).

Painting the World. Compiled by Christopher Baker to accompany the BBC TV series Painting the World.

London, BBC Educational Developments, 1994. 21 cm x 24 cm. 64 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

370. Baker, David.

The Shape of Wars to Come. The Hidden Facts Behind the Arms Race in Space.

Reprint of First Edition of September 1981. Cambridge, Patrick Stephens, 1981. 21 cm x 24 cm. 177 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.