Search Results: Authors starting with B from The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing (before publication). Quarter cloth, black board with silver initials on front board. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket - DJ has small crease at foot of front cover and light rubbing/soiling on rear. Julian Barnes is a Man Booker Prize winner. Crisp copy.

Facet Books International, New York 1997, printed in India, pp. 193, 8.75" tall, EX-LIBRARY with typical markings (including withdrawal stamp) in mylar-covered DJ, good in fine jacket. Ex-UN Basu's novel about the plight of the Kashmiri people,

Chicago Tribune / Spadea Press, 1st Edition August 16th 1970. Newspaper section 8A pamphlet in the form of a "Make-It Yourself Book" supplement, 16-page booklet folded from 2 newsprint sheets (quarto), 10.5 x 7.3 in. In Very Good condition, light page toning, clean pages (uncut and unmarked), some separation along perforations where internal folds meet, color drawings are bright. Presented in mylar sleeve with cardboard backing to ensure it arrives undamaged. Written and illustrated by Becky. Section 8A was a Sunday supplement appealing to children's creativity in addition to telling charming stories. Last page has challenge for young readers: "If you go back thru this book you will find on each rainy page 3 spots that washed off Doughnut. See if you can find all 21 hidden spots."

Collins, London, 1955, with personal INSCRIPTION by author. Hardcover with dust jacket, book has light blue boards with gold lettering on spine, jacket has a colorful illustration of criminal on the loose. Very Good in Good: book has some tanning along top edges, small ding on front board, jacket has light edge wear, particularly at spine bottom, tanning on spine. Thriller from the wartime SOE (Special Ooerations Executive) agent.

CTRL-e, 2nd Edition, November 2010. Large format hardcover, issued without jacket, 200 pages, 15 x 11 inches, boards covered in luxurious red velour, glorious colour and black-and-white photos (photography by Frank uit het Broek, Eric Derksen and Nico Meewsen), text in Dutch, English, Italian. This extraordinary volume showcases the talent of Sebastian Bierings in the fields offloral art, styling projects, event decorations, exhibition presentations and decorations for weddings and interiors. He worked for Fendi, Bulgari, Dior and Cartier, among others. He has stlyed the events of many international celebrities, including Stella Mc Cartney, Lady Gaga, Sophia Loren, Elton John and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, 1923 (German language), Band 33 (first edition), pictorial stiff card boards decorated with period geometric design (paper), cloth backstrip, octavo, 20.5 cm tall, portrait frontispiece and 32 black and white plates, 9 pages text. Very Good Condition, shows well, pages clean, backstrip in great shape, cracking before the plates gathering, pages cockling near spine, light wear at extremities. In 1907, the art historian Georg Biermann and the publisher Werner Klinkhardt founded the Klinkhardt & Biermann publishing bookstore in Leipzig. The series "Junge Kunst" (New Art), a modern art-historical collection of bibliophile monographs on the European avant-garde of the early 20th century, caused a sensation. There were already proven but also developing artists such as Max Pechstein, Pablo Picasso, Emil Nolde, Heinrich Campendonk, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Vincent van Gogh or Paul Klee. Othon Coubine (nee Otakar, or… Read More

Klinkhardt & Biermann, Berlin and Leipzig, 1927 (German language), Band 2 (second edition), stiff card boards decorated with titling and device in green, cloth backstrip, octavo, 21 x 15 cm, colour plate frontispiece and 32 black and white plates, 14 pages text. In Very Good Condition - backstrip intact, clean pages, light soil to covers (typical). In 1907, the art historian Georg Biermann and the publisher Werner Klinkhardt founded the Klinkhardt & Biermann publishing bookstore in Leipzig. The series "Junge Kunst" (New Art), a modern art-historical collection of bibliophile monographs on the European avant-garde of the early 20th century, caused a sensation. There were already proven but also developing artists such as Max Pechstein, Pablo Picasso, Emil Nolde, Heinrich Campendonk, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Vincent van Gogh or Paul Klee. Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 30 November 1907) was a German painter and one of the most important… Read More

Another Side of Bob Dylan: Recorded Hits. M. Witmark, New York, 1963. Stapled Paperback (Song Book), pp. 28, 12" x 9", photograph of Dylan on covers, "Words and Music, Chord Symbols, Guitar Diagrams Included" Condition is Very Good: clean pages, light edgewear/tanning to covers . Classic 60s song book - it evokes Greenwich Village in your bedroom!

Chicago Tribune / Spadea Press, July 26th 1970. Newspaper section 8A pamphlet in the form of a "Make-It Yourself Book" supplement, 16-page booklet folded from 2 newsprint sheets (quarto), 10.5 x 7.3 in. In Very Good condition, light page toning, clean pages (uncut and without creases), lightcreasing at corner tips, color drawings are bright. Presented in mylar sleeve with cardboard backing to ensure it arrives undamaged. Written and illustrated by Len Borozinski, the prolific, syndicated cartoonist. Section 8A was a Sunday supplement appealing to children's creativity in addition to telling charming stories. "As he flew gracefully from flower to flower all the animals looked up with envy. Now Clyde could have his choice of any home he wanted. He would never have to hide again. Do you think Clyde was dreaming..?"

Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, 1921 (German language), Band 19 (first edition), pictorial stiff card boards decorated with period geometric design (paper), cloth backstrip, octavo, 21 x 15 cm, colour plate frontispiece and 32 black and white plates, 10 pages text. In Good Condition, pages clean, backstrip has some loss. In 1907, the art historian Georg Biermann and the publisher Werner Klinkhardt founded the Klinkhardt & Biermann publishing bookstore in Leipzig. The series "Junge Kunst" (New Art), a modern art-historical collection of bibliophile monographs on the European avant-garde of the early 20th century, caused a sensation. There were already proven but also developing artists such as Max Pechstein, Pablo Picasso, Emil Nolde, Heinrich Campendonk, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Vincent van Gogh or Paul Klee. Oskar Moll (1875-1947 ) was a German painter best known for his slightly abstracted landscapes, still lifes and portraits (Courtesy Wikipedia). A classic title from… Read More

No publisher nor date indicated, presumed early private publication. Sheet music book, large format, pp. 48, 12" tall, white wraps with impressionistic drawing of guitarist on cover, plastic comb binding for ease of use. Very Good - clean text, light edge-wear at bottom of front cover, store stamp on title page. Well put together, useful work.

Delacorte Press, 1st Edition 2020, 3rd Printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 55 numbered pages, 19 x 14 cm, black boards with silver titling on spine, jacket is white with a Norman Rockwell image ("The Problem We All Live With"), depicting Ruby Bridges' historic walk to school, lavishly illustrated with many (30+) period photographs and illustrations. NEW (unread) book. FINE in FINE DJ. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby's experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans' all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change.

Scholastic, New York, 1st edition, later printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Large format hardcover with dust jacket, 63 numbered pages, 28 x 24 cm, pictorial boards with sepia close-up of Ruby as a child on front cover and photographs from November 14th, 1960 on the rear. The jacket features the same images except with an embossed "Jane Addams Children's Book Award" sticker. NEW, unread book. Condition is Fine in Fine. Surrounded by federal marshals, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black student ever at the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 14, 1960. Sepia-toned period photographs join the sidebars in rounding out Bridges' account. But Bridges' words, recalling a child's innocence and trust, are more vivid than even the best of the photos. Like poetry or prayer, they melt the heart.

Delacorte Press, 1st Edition 2020, 3rd Printing, SIGNED by Ruby Bridges on a publisher's bookplate attached to the half title page. Hardcover with dust jacket, 55 numbered pages, 19 x 14 cm, black boards with silver titling on spine, jacket is white with a Norman Rockwell image ("The Problem We All Live With"), depicting Ruby Bridges' historic walk to school, lavishly illustrated with many (30+) period photographs and illustrations. NEW (unread) book. FINE in FINE DJ. Written as a letter from civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges to the reader, This Is Your Time is both a recounting of Ruby's experience as a child who had to be escorted to class by federal marshals when she was chosen to be one of the first black students to integrate into New Orleans' all-white public school system and an appeal to generations to come to effect change.

The Junior Literary Guild and Alfred A. Knopf, New York, First Edition (stated on copyright page), 1932. Pictorial green cloth cover shows Freddy a la Sherlock Holmes with a false beard, pipe and deerstalker hat. Illustration by Kurt Wiese (cover, endpapers, and multiple in text). Good copy overall, book solid and square, spine faded, soiling to covers, light wear at spine top and bottom, ginge starting to become fragile, soil on front edge, occasional soil on pages. Walter Rollin Brooks (January 9, 1886 – August 17, 1958) was an American writer best remembered for his short stories on Mister Ed the talking horse and children's books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" in upstate New York.

Hamish Hamilton (PRH), UK, 1st Edition, 5th Printing, Foyles Fiction Book of the Year 2021 - SIGNED Exclusive Edition (LIMITED, NUMBERED 130 of 1,000), Hardcover with dust jacket, 100 numbered pages, 21 by 14 cm, dark gray boards with black titling on spine, jacket cover features house ine blue and red "negative effect." NEW (unread) book. Condition is Fine in Fine, packed securely in a sturdy (200# burst test) box. This is a stunning literary debut that takes no prisoners from Natasha Brown, an erudite, succinct, and incisive forensic examination of race, British history, colonialism, slavery, capitalism, misogyny, and the never-ending cuts of everyday micro-aggressions experienced by an unnamed black woman of Jamaican heritage from a working-class background.

Ashdown & Parry, London, 1877. Hardcover, no jacket,19 x 13 cm, iii intro, foldout musical score, 89 pp + 7 pp "Catalogue of Stephen Pianoforte Works", green boards, upper board and spine elaboratedly decorated with blind borders and rose pattern inlaid in gilt, blind pattern only on lower board, tissue-guarded frontispiece features high quality photograph of Heller tipped in, inscribed 'To Aunty Kate from Vera Zmas 1897" on preliminary page. Very Good condition, corners bumped, light wear at spine top and bottom, interior clean and bright. Stephen Heller (Hungarian: Heller István (15 May 1813 – 14 January 1888) was a Hungarian pianist, teacher and composer whose career spanned the period from Schumann to Bizet, and was an influence for later Romantic composers. This is an attractive Victorian tribute and history.

Penguin Books 1990, 1st PB Ed, 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Crisp copy, clean pages (some tanning at edges), tight binding, minor edgewear, crease on front cover

Phaidon, New York, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2022 SIGNED by author David Byrne and designer Alex Kalman. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued), 15 x 21 cm, 160 pp, red cloth boards with "Phaidon" embossed on front cover and gold leaf embossed lettering on spine and both boards, with 115 illustrations. In NEW condition. Through striking and humorous figurative drawings, the iconic artist and musician David Byrne depicts daily life in intriguing ways. His illustrations, created while under quarantine, expand on the dingbat, a typographic ornament used to illuminate or break up blocks of text, to explore the nuances of life under lockdown and evoke the complex, global systems the pandemic cast in bright light. Edited and designed by Alex Kalman in close collaboration with Byrne, this unique book reflects on shared experiences and presents history as a story that is continually undergoing revision.