Search Results: Authors starting with B from Glenn Books

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. AEG. Covers and spine decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written:. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. First published in 1597. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English statesman and philosopher. He served as Lord Chancellor of England and provided a strong influence in the scientific revolution. 190pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Royal 32mo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1973. LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, number 321/350, of this special edition. Padded leather cover with front cover cameo of Benton, spine lettered in gilt. Green marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with Benton's works, 101 plates in full-color. This copy is presented with its ORIGINAL MAILING BOX FROM ABRAMS. 281pp. We have offered this special edition a number of times through the years, but never a finer copy! Benton (1889-1975) was a Missouri-born painter and muralist, and a major influence in the Regional Art movement.. Signed by Subject. Limited, Sign Edition. Full Cream Modern Calf. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Oblong Quarto.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1917. Front cover illustration, lettering in red and black. From the Grosset and Dunlap series, "Tuck-Me-In Tales". Color frontispiece illustration by Harry L. Smith. A clean and crisp copy. 120pp.. First Edition. Ivory Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped. Small Octavo.

Worcester, Boston: The Davis Press, School Arts Publishing, 1908. Fourteen volumes uniformly bound. Some spines chipped at extremities but no loss of lettering except Volume 8 #7.. An incomplete run from November 1908 until September 1911. including Volume 8, #3,5,6,7,10; Volume 9, #1,2,3,4; Volume 10, #6,8,9,10; and Volume 11, #3. Replete with drawings, color frontispieces. Asverts from the period front and back. See photos. . First Edition. Tan Wrappers. Light Wear and Soil/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Philadelphia: L.C. Baker, 1867. Cloth is blind-stamped. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine is sunned to tan. Previous owner's signature in old hand on front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Full-page illustrations scattered through the text. Lafayette Curry Baker (1826-1868) was a U.S. investigator and spy. He served in the Union Army under Lincoln and Johnson. He helped track down Lincoln's assassins, was later fired by Johnson who thought Baker was spying on him. 704pp. See Nevins 1:53.. First Edition , First Issue. Brown Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thick Royal Octavo.

London: Figurehead Signed by th author and dated Nov. 1930 on title-page. Eight full-page photographic illustrations. Dust jacket tape-repaired, several large pieces missing, BUT has kept the underlying book in essentially fine condition. 64pp.. First Edition.. 1/4 White Cloth, Green Boards. Nearly Fine./Chipped Dust Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1932. From the Goldsmith "Junior Fiction Stories". Evidence of old water-staining of spine and part of rear cover. BUT the dust jacket is nearly pristine, with brilliant cover art. See photos. 120pp.. First Edition. Orange Cloth. Water-stain/Almost No Wear. Thin Octavo.

London: Transactions of the Japanese Society, 1894. A reprinted article from the fifteenth ordinary meeting, June 26, 1894, pp.53-74. Paper front cover label. (53-74) pp. . Tan Wrappers. Light Edge Wear./No Jacket.. Thin Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Sewn-in silk bookmark. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Illustrated by Rene ben Sussan. First published in 1833, the novel was revised into a second edition which became part of his major project, "The Human Comedy". Balzac, a French novelist and playwright, lived from 1799-1850. 271pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Green Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Super Royal Octavo.

New York: R.H. Russell and Son, 1896. Corners worn. Spine rubbed, but title is reradable. Front cover color vignette is still bright and viviv. See photos. Illustrated throughout in black and white. The author (1862-1922) was an American author, editior, satirist. BAL 730. 84pp.. First Edition. Gray Paper-covered Boards. General Wear/No Dust Jacket. 6" x 4".

Chicago, New York: M.A. Donohue and Company With 24 full-page color illustrations. Colorful endpapers. Quite clean throughout. Undated but circa 1945. Gift inscription on preliminary page dated Dec. 25, 1946. Part of "The Peter Rabbit Series" , titles listed at end of the book. . Later Reprint Edition. Orange Cloth. Moderate Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Square Octavo.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1944. Staple binding. 2" tears at top and bottom of spine without paper loss. Each story is eight pagers long. This is Whitman Book #929. Covers just a bit soiled, internally clean with a couple of small smudges at periphery.. Later Edition. Color Pictorial Wrappers. Moderate Soiling. Quarto.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Engraved and printed at the Racouet Court Press by Edmund Evans. 27 full-page color illustrations. Front cover pictorial in orange and black. Small closed fore-edge tear of front free endpaper repaired with archival tape. Front joint weakened with small nick in cloth. Offset from newspaper clippings on endpapers (clippings enclosed). Occasional and minor page stains not affecting text or illustrations. Bookplate on paste-down and inscription on front free endpaper dated "June 1909". This is a Dumpy Book for Children No. 4 in the series, in the same format in which the first edition was published. An overall complete and sound copy of an early edition of Helen Bannerman's landmark tale. 113pp.. Tenth Edition. Apple Green Cloth. Moderate Corner and Edge Wear/No Jacket. 5" x 3 1/4".

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1942. One of the publisher's "Cloth-like" editions. This is #1980. Cover illustrations are by Eleanor March. Seven text illustrations, all in color, by Florence White Williams. Ten pages. The story was first published in England in 1899 by Grant Richards.. Later Edition. Color Decorated Wrappers.. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. 8" x 10".

New York: Golden Press, 1958. A Little Golden Book #331. A bright copy with very little corner and spine extremity wear. Adapted from the story by Robert L. May. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Letter "I" in gutter of last page indicating ninth printing. Owner's stamp front pastedown. The story was first published by Montgomery Ward department store in 1939. . First Golden Edition, Ninth Printing. Color Pictorial Boards. Light Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Richard Scarry. Thin Square Octavo.

Salem, Oregon: David Barker, 1984. Stapled binding. Spine lightly sunned. Front cover drawing of Mr. Steinbeck. This is copy #17/200 in the first printing, signed by the author. 40pp.. Limited, Signed Edition. Blue Wrappers. Minor Soiling/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Kansas City, Kansas: S.I. Meseraull and Son, 1915. Spine extremities slightly frayed. Short biographical sketches of 83 Kansas authoresses, many with photographic portraits. 40pp. with alphabetical index at the conclusion.. Second Edition. Tan Wrappers. Minor Wear and Soiling.. Octavo.

New York: D. Van Nostrand ., 1864. Cloth faded to tan at corners and spine. Ruled in blind. Front cover lettered in gilt, still bright. Large fold-out map in excellent condition, some off-setting onto title page. Two small tears in substance of paper on front free endpaper. Evidence of prior removal of bookplate from front pastedown. Paper stained at binding junction of map page and title page, possibly due to glue used to tip-in the map. Errata slip is present. Text is exceptionally clean. 16-page advertisement for other military publications at end. This is the first bound edition of the review of the campaign, having earlier been published as a magazine article. 96pp with 16-page catalogue of books at conclusion.(See Broadfoot 236).. First Edition. Red Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.

Monumenta Serica, 1972. Small fold bottom corner of rear cover. This article is reprinted from Volume XXX, 1972-1973 of the Monumenta Serica, pp. 439-525. Illustrated with 12 plates. Concerns the possible forgery of Chinese bronze casting. With the sticker of Han-Shan Tang, famed London dealer on back flap. . Reprint. Grey Wrappers. Almost No Wear./No Jacket.. Octavo.

London: Wm. S. Orr and Co. , 1855. Contemporary half-calf over watered silk. All edges gilt. Rebacked with original spine fragments laid down. Gilt panels and title. Marbled end papers. The contents are fine, with twenty-six designs, color diagrams, woodcuts and chromolithographs illustrating this classic treatise on watercolour, using the Leighton brothers' chromatic process. These are found following the text. 43 woodcuts are used within the text for further illustration. 175pp. of text. . First Edition.. Moderate General Cover Wear/No Jacket. Tall Octavo.