Search Results: Authors starting with B from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

Lake Mary, FL: Ernest & Conrad Publishing. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Bachmann, Bill. Inscribed by the author on the first free endpaper. First Printing. 119 pp. 4to. Very light wear to cover, clean within.

New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1930. Seventeenth Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. lxxx, 552 pp. 16mo. Light chipping and wear to dust jacket, small losses at all edges, rear flap beginning to separate at edge, now in mylar cover. Red cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to cover board and spine, ribbon tie. Edges of text block marbled. Clean within.

Lakewood, CO: Dodge Family Association, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Geneaology of the descendents of Tristam Dodge, one of the first 16 families that settled on Block Island, Rhode Island, around 1660. ix, 595, ix, 596-1306 pp. 4to. Clean crisp cop with blue cloth boards, gold embossed titling to spine and cover boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Like new.

New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. Fine/Very Good. An exibition catalog for William Bailey's (1930-2020) show at the Robert Miller Gallery March 16 - April 24, 1999. Inscribed by Bailey on the half-title page while the show was underway. Unpag. 4to. Original glassine dust jacket has minor chipping at edges, some creasing. Stiff carboard wraps with titling to cover, clean and crisp throughout.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxvii, 696 pp. 8vo. Pebbled purple cloth publisher's binding with light scuffing from shelf wear, gold embossed titling to spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Clean within.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxxii, 604 pp. 8vo. Pebbled green cloth publisher's binding with light scuffing from shelf wear, gold embossed titling to spine, slight fraying to head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name and date written boldly on first free endpaper. Clean within.

London: John Murray, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contains Benjamin Baker's (1840-1907) article explaning the now iconic, Forth Bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, north of Edinburgh. Built between 1882 and 1889, this article was published at the outset of construction and contains a 33"x8-3/8" folding plate (VIII) with elevations and cross sections of this elegant cantilevered, suspension bridge. In 2016 the Forth Bridge was voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder; it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also contains article by John Clark Hawkshaw (1841-1921), the son of John Hawkshaw (1811-1891), explaining his father's proposale for a cross-channel tunnel from England to France. The "Chunnel," completed in 1994, follows a very similar path. lxxviii, 716, 94, 32 pp. Burgundy trade binding with blind embossed borders and floral motifs at corners, gold embossed titling to spine, minor staining to rear cover. Front and rear pastedowns beginning to tear at… Read More

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lockhart, James R.. A survey of the work of American classical architect William T. Baker. Inscribed by Baker on the title page with a slight smudge due to signing on a slick page with black marker. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies with slipcase, this is #311 and hand numbered on the title page. 329 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Slipcase with a front panel that replicates the front panel of the dust jacket, has slight scuffing from wear. Heavy item requiring additional shipping.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xiii, 416, 44 (ads) pp. 8vo. Blue cloth publisher's binding with blank ebmossed lines to cover and spine, gold embossed titling to spine. Dark brown endpapers, clean within. Many of the pages uncut at top, full color folding map tipped in at rear is in Fine condition.

Toronto, Canada: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Krieghoff, Cornelius. An early biography and catalog raisonne of the paintings of Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872). 152 pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips and losses at edges, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, minimal sunning at head of spine where dust jacket is missing a piece. Clean and crisp within.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. vii, 302 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First Printing. xviii, 210 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover.

London: Watts & Co, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xi, 131 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket, soiling and sunning to spine, short closed tear at base of front panel, small loss at head and foot of spine, now in mylar cover.

Taipei, China: Southern Materials Center, Inc. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reprint of the 1968 Third Edition.xxxii, 573 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Tucson, AZ: Sylph Publications, 2001. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Steadman, Ralph. One of 100 trade paperback copies, this being #6, signed by the author and the subject, Charles Bowden, on the title page. The definitive bibliography of Bowden's work up to 1990. xv, 235 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with a color color illustration by Ralph Steadman.

New York, NY: Owl Books/Henry Holt, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/very good. Fascinating work on books and collectors! First Printing, Owl Books Edition. xvi, 638 pp. 8vo. Minimal wear to cover, now in mylar jacket. Clean and crisp within.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Baskin, Leonard. Signed by Leonard Baskin on the half-title page. First Printing. 219 pp. 4to. Light wear and darkening to dust jacket from age, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine. Two handwritten, signed letters (ALS) from Baskin to a boat broker in Camden, Maine, in the original envelopes are laid in.

Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. xiv, 324 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xi, 246 pp. 8vo. Green cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed titling to spine, blind embossed boards to cover boards. Light wear and scuffing to boards, bumping to corners. Text pages have darkened slightly from age, overall quite clean, upper right corner of p. 17 is missing, previous owner's blind embossed library stamp at head ot title page.