Search Results: Authors starting with B from Old Saratoga Books

Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Printing. Hardcover. 1559630930 . Inscribed by Babbitt on the half-title. Index, selected readings. Author photo on rear jacket flap. Babbitt advocates for a pro-active role in designating critical environmental habitats as part of an amended Endangered Species Act. He is a former Governor of Arizona and U. S. Secretary of the Interior, as well as a former Democratic candidate for President. ; 200 pages .

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780374327453 . Red cloth binding. A young adult novel written and illustrated by the late Natalie Babbitt. Seal on front jacket panel indicating that this was a 1971 Honor Book at the Book World Children's Spring Festival. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages .

NY: Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0062050664 . A retelling of this fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm by the late Newbery Honor winning author Natalie Babbitt, with illustrations by the late Caldecott Honor winner Fred Marcellino. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802021425 . Black cloth binding. x, 292 pp, illustrations and photos. Bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago: The New Voice Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner signature on front . free endpaper, corners bumped.. 1900. Hardcover. Many illustrations. Tan cloth binding. A novel about a family who suffers hardships because of their father's drinking. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 115 pages .

Berkeley, CA: Ariel Vamp Press. Very Good; Covers lightly worn.. 1994. Softcover. 0961875224 . Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Photos. The author, who grew up on Alcatraz where her father served as an associate warden, profiles the famous murderer known as the Bird Man of Alcatraz. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages .

Paris: Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, pages toned.. [1890]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Gray boards decorated in color and in gilt. All edges gilt. Text in French. Children's book depicting life for aristocratic 18th century ancestors. Many color plates and other black and white illustrations. Interesting illustrations at the hair dresser, apothecary, cocoa vendors, beggars, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 82 pages .

Milan, Italy: Carlo Orsi. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly scuffed.. 2016. Hardcover. 9788894112016 . Many photos and illustrations, including many in color. Bibliography. Text in English. Gallery catalogue describing history and artistic qualities of two fine art busts sculpted by Rondoni and Balassi. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 87 pages .

NY: Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385297785 . A collection of Bible stories rewritten for young readers. Color jacket art and many black and white illustrations by the Caldecott medalists, Leo and Diane Dillon. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages .

NY: G. Schirmer, Inc.. Very Good; Owner name label on front cover and title page.. 1986. Softcover. Vocal score in Six Parts. Translated and adapted by Rev. J. Troutbeck and edited by Max Spicker. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages .

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered.. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative green cloth binding with embossed curlicues and gilt lettering on front boards and spine. Front cover art of young man leading horned cattle with two children riding atop in a basket. A vintage novel about a North Country orphan who leads his two young siblings on the road to seek their fortune. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages .

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, bookplate on front free endpaper, sectional maps waved at top edge. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth titled in cloth and photo reproduction mounted to front boards. Top edges gilt. xii, 590pp. Index. Folding sectional maps in pocket at rear. 100 black and white illustrations and photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

NY: National Publishing Co.. Fair with no dust jacket; Front hinge cracked, pages toned, boards worn.. 1904. Hardcover. Blue illustrated cloth binding. Many hand illustrations. A vintage palmistry book. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 57 pages .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed.. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395505976 . Bader's retelling of 19 of Aesop's fables with black and white illustrations by Geisert. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages .

Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Slightly shaken.. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0896585204 . Badger on lizards of all kinds. Many color photos by John Netherton. Index. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages .

Boston: Silver, Burdett and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Owner name on front pastedown, front hinge . cracked, front free endpaper removed, boards heavily worn.. 1897. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Many engravings and photos. "Glimpses of the Dark Continent" written as a geography text for young readers. .

NY: Japan Society. Very Good. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0913304387 . Foreword, black and white and color photographs, chronology, bibliography, and index. A highly illustrated exhibition catalogue featuring several essays on the fine arts of Japan. Newspaper article on the exhibit laid in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages .

San Diego: Academic Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Page tops and fore-edges foxed.. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0120724057 . xix, 380pp. Index, references, illustrations, photos. "This is the first comprehensive treatment of Aotus, the nocturnal New World owl monkey often used in behavioral and biomedical studies. Found in tropical forests from Nicaragua to Argentina, owl monkeys have been used in laboratories as model organisms for studies of diseases, such as malaria and various forms of cancer, as well as studies of reproductive physiology and neuroanatomical structure and function." From rear cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Very Good; Covers very lightly scuffed.. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0884010813 . Many plates and photos, including many in color. Catalog from a traveling exhibition of costume and scenery design from the 1920s for the Swedish Ballet. Essays about various artists, the Swedish Ballet, dancers, performing arts and cultural history by a number of contributors. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages .

Washington DC: National Gallery of Art. Very Good. 2000. Softcover. 0894682482 . Illustrated softcover with French Flaps. Many color reproductions. References, notes. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, April 16-August 6, 2000. ; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 159 pages .