Boardman, John: Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical. Thames & Hudson, 2001. Large 4to. (312 x 242 mm), pp. 409. Illustrations. Hardback: brown cloth. Dust-jacket. Fine. Ref: 53638
Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus; (Bernaerts, Jean, com; Oudaert, Nicolaus, ed.:) De Consolatione Philosophiae, Libri Quinque. Antverpiae [Antwerp]: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1607. 8vo., pp.[xvi], 394, [vi]. Printer's device to title page, to I8 recto and on leaf b8 recto at end; printed marginal notes; tail-pieces; woodcut initials. Colophon at end of 'De consolation philosophiae' (p. [142]) dated 1604. Dampstaining to edges, especially bottom fore-edge corner. Occasional wax spots, worming to bottom fore-edge corner of gatherings F-I, tiny worm trail to fore-edge margin of final gathering, small patch of final leaf stuck to rear paste-down. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, board edges slightly overlapped, edges red. Vellum a bit grubby, some stains, good sound copy. Inscription of William Fleming(?) dated Feb. 18th 1827 to front paste-down. Considered by Dibdin 'an elegant and correct edition'. The second, larger part of the volume contains Bernaert's commentary with separate half title: 'Ioh. BernartI ad AnicI ManlI SeverinI BoetI De Consolatione philosophiae libros V. commentarius. Dedication signed by the editor: Nicolaus Oudaert. Dibdin I (4th edn.), 352; Schweiger II.i. 32-33. Ref: 54590show full image..
Boissier, Gaston: La Religion Romaine. D'Auguste aux Antonins. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1906. 2 vols. in 1. Small 8vo., pp. xiv, 403; 413. Cream cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated, spine label, spine browned, boards grubby, slight shelf wear to edges, endcaps and corners, edges dusted, top edge gilted, foxing to free end-papers, still very good. Gilt-embossed stamp 'Schola Civitatis Londinensis' (City of London School) to upper board. Ref: 48781
Boothroyd, A. E.: Fascinating Walking Sticks. Bracknell, Berks.: Salix Books, 1970. First edition. 8vo., pp. 206. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Boards and contents clean, slight shelf-wear to edges, very good. Dust-jacket sun-faded to spine and portion of upper cover, a little worn and creased to edges otherwise very good. With photographs by Edward Morgan. "Over 280 different sticks illustrated including gun and swordsticks (and) foreword by Sir Gerald Nabarro, M.P." Ref: 53004
Bornholdt, Claudia: Saintly Spouses: Chaste Marriage in Sacred and Secular Narrative from Medieval Germany (12th and 13th Centuries) Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012. 8vo., pp. 239. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53405
Boulton, Maureen B. M. (trans.): Piety and Persecution in the French Texts of England. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2013. 8vo., pp. 228. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Volume 420 in the Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies and Volume 6 in The French of England Translation ACMRS series. Ref: 53718
[Bovet, Honorat] Hanly, Michael (ed. & trans.): Medieval Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Dialogue; The 'Apparicion Maistre Jehan de Meun' of Honorat Bovet. A Critical Edition with English Translation. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005. First edition. 8vo., pp. xv, 275 + plates and index. Laminated decorative boards. Unused: as new. Volume 283 in the ACMRS Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies series. Ref: 54475
Bowd, Stephen (ed. & intro.); Cullington, J. Donald (trans. & annot.): Vainglorious Death: A Funerary Fracas in Renaissance Brescia. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006. 8vo., pp. 232. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53411
Bowd, Stephen (ed. & trans.); Cullington, J. Donald (Latin texts ed. & trans.): On Everyone's Lips: Humanists, Jews, and the Tale of Simon of Trent. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012. 8vo., pp. 250. Hardback: laminated boards. New: unopened in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 53407
Bowersock, G.E: Roman Arabia. America: Harvard, 1983. First edition, second impression. 8vo., pp. xiv, 224 + plates. Maps and illustrations. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine, dusty to edges otherwise very good. Dust-jacket, rather grubby and slightly stained but entirely intact, good. Ref: 54264
