Search Results: Authors starting with B from De Coux and Associates Books

NEW YORK: AMERCAN NEWS COMPANY, 1872. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. H. L. STEPHENS. 221Pp. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLUE CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE COVER. DIMENSIONS: 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: GOOD; PARTIAL/TORN FRONT & REAR BOARD PAGES, PENCIL NOTES & MARKS ON BOARD PAGES, SPINE ROLLED, 1 3/4" CROWN SPINE HINGE AREA CLOTH TEAR, SPINE CROWN/HEEL FRAYED, INNER BOARDS EXPOSED AT CORNER AREAS, SOME PENCIL MARKS ON A FEW TEXT PAGES, STRONG SPINE AND HINGES.

LONDON: LUZAC & CO. LTD., 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 460 Pp. 1949. 118 ILLUSTRATIONS, 16 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES, FIVE PAGE FOLD OUT MAP OF EGYPT with ANCIENT NAMES OF CAPITALS and POINTS OF INTEREST. DESCRIPTION: TAUPE PUBLISHERS CLOTH, DARK BROWN TITLE STAMP ON SPINE COVER. DIMENSIONS: 9 7/8" x 6" x 1 5/16." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; MINOR AGE TONING OF PAGES, CRISP CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND, SLIGHTLY COCKED SPINE, GENTLY SUNNED SPINE AND 1" TOP SECTION OF FRONT BOARD.

San Francisco: QuickSilver Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Yoon, Yongki. 325 Pp. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. MAY 1997. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE, AUTHOR AND OWNER INSCRIBED ON FRONT FREE END PAPER. BOOK DESCRIPTION: COLOR ILLUSTRATED PAPERBACK, STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 5/8." BOOK CONDITION: AS NEW.

LONDON: JOHN BEALE, 1639. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1639. Description: 4to, TITLE WITHIN WOODCUT BORDER, CONTEMPORARY CALF HARDBOUND. Dimensions: 7 1/8" x 5 1/2" x 1." Condition: VERY GOOD; LACKS FIRST AND LAST BLANKS, K5 CLOSED TEAR, ONE OR TWO FF. STAINED, SOME BROWNING, BOOKPLATES ON FRONT PASTEDOWN AND FRONT FREE END PAPER, FRONT HINGE BROKEN (PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED).

London: The Folio Society, 2004. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 219 Pp. 2004. Description: Brown cloth hardbound, pictorial publisher's cloth boards, gilt title on spine cover, brown paper covered slip case. Dimensions: 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 1." Book and slipcase condition: As new. A crisp and clean volume.

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. PETER HURD. 347 Pp. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLUE CLOTH HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, PASTED COLOR PICTORAL/TITLE ON FRONT BOARD, COLOR PICTORAL END PAPERS, TEXT ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL COLOR PLATES. DIMENSIONS: 9 3/8" x 7 1/4" x 1 1/2." CONDITION: NEAR FINE; GENTLY SUNNED/BUMPED SPINE CROWN/HEEL.

SECAUSUS, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.: Wellfleet Press, 1989. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 192pp. BLACK LIZARD EMBOSSED/STAMPED HARDBOUND WITH GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE WITH IMAGE OF TIMEPIECE AND CAPTION FEATURED ON FRONT CENTER BOARD AND OVERSIZED TITLE ON SPINE COVER. DIMENSIONS: 13" x 9 1/2" x 1". CONDITION: AS NEW.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 313 Pp. First Edition. 1964. Copyright 1963. Book description: Orange cloth hardbound, gilt/black title/design stamped/embossed on spine cover/front board, black/white illustrated text, red tinted upper leaf edge. Dimensions: 9 1/8" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/4." Book condition: Very good; minor rubbing of corner tips and gently bumped spine crown/heel, minor spotting of sunned upper leaf edge, ownership inscription on front free end paper.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 254 p. First edition, June 2004. Book description: Glossy publishers paper covered hardbound, title/design stamped on spine cover/front board, matte color illustrated dust jacket. Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 1". Book condition: Very good; Gently bumped spine crown/heel, (1) coffee spot on upper leaf edge, (4) coffee spots on lower leaf edge (neither effect text pages), strong square and tight spine/binding, bright clean text pages. Dust jacket condition: Near fine; gently bumped spine crown. /heel edge lightly sunned, "faintly" sunned dust jacket spine cover, springy boards, strong square spine/binding, bright clean text pages, (otherwise "Extra-fine"). A nice copy.

Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing (printed and bound in Italy). ISBN: 978-0-8109-3030-8 Description: Unpaginated, Red publisher's cloth hardcover folio size book and matching slipcase, gold gilt title/decoration stamped/embossed on spine cover and front board, bronze metallic endpapers, illustrated text. The work conjoins the artist's visual work with the first lines, poetry and prose of notable authors throughout the book; e.g. Dante Alighieri . The love of God, unutterable and perfect, Sophocles . Love is a pain with the purest joy combined, Wang Wei . Such a radiance of green . Me in the mountains, and now you've left. Note: This book explores "What Color is Love?" "Most of us would not dare to ask such a question, much less presume to answer it. But Marielle Bancou operates by her own rules; it would never occur to her the everyone does not see the world around them, and feel everything in their hearts and minds, as awash in color. She does. . " (Dominique Brown - Foreword). Marielle Bancou-Segal… Read More

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 676 p. Signed by author on front free end paper. Copyright 2001. First edition. First printing. Book description: 1/3 black publishers cloth hardbound, gilt title stamped/embossed on spine cover, gray boards, black/white illustrated dust jacket, transparent mylar protector over dust jacket. Dimensions: 9 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 1". Book and dust jacket condition: As new. A gift quality copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Pr, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 497 Pp. COPYRIGHT 1989. 1/3 BLACK CLOTH HARDBOUND, BLUE BOARDS, ILLUSTRATED TEXT, GILT TITLE ON SPINE COVER, ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET, MYLAR PROTECTOR OVER DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2". BOOK AND DUST JACKET CONDITION: FINE. A NICE CLEAN COPY.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A.: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. COPYRIGHT 1903. DARK RED CLOTH HARDBOUND FEATURING DECORATIVE CIRCULAR TITLE WITH BLACK BACKGROUND, GILT GOLD EMBOSSED/STAMPED TITLE/DESIGN ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE COVER. 325pp. DIMENSIONS: 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 1 1/2". CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; SMALL RUBBED AREA OF BLACK TITLE BACKGROUND, GENTLY BUMPED SPINE CROWN/HEEL, LOWER CORNERS GENTLY BUMPED, SPINE COVER GENTLY SUNNED.

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 393 p. COPYRIGHT 2007. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLUE PUBLISHERS PAPER COVERED HARDBOUND, BLACK BOARDS, GILT TITLE ON SPINE COVER, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK AND DUST JACKET CONDITION: FINE. A NICE COPY.

PARIS, France: NELSON, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. COLLECTION NELSON. La France d'Aujourdhui, 1909. 382 pages. French Text. By Barrett Wendell translation by Georges Grappe, Paris, Nelson, Editors, 189, rue Saint-Jacques Londres, Edinbourg et New-York. Condition: Excellent; strong very tight book with exceptional cover and quality of internal book. Spine is in excellent shape as are pages; only area of weakness is last page where spine is visible at fold (minor), mild discoloration of outer page of front and rear of binding only. Lettres De Mon Moulin, 1910. 283 pages. French Text. By Alphonse Daudet, Introduction by Charles Sarolea, Paris, Nelson, Editors, 189, rue Saint-Jacques Londres, Edinbourg et New-York. Condition: Very Good; moderately bumped spine ends, light-moderately bumped upper right corneres, all corners of book very lightly rubbed, hardback boards are very lightly spotted, inner front page has name of previous… Read More

This early 20th century decorative leather book comprises the collected works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a prominent Victorian era poet, finely rebound.Title: The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning with Two Prose EssaysAuthor: Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPublisher: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Millford, London.Edition: Published 1932.Binding/description: Finely rebound circa 1930s, full black leather hardcover, gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands, light blue endpapers, upper gilt leaf edge, frontispiece portrait of author opposite title page.Author Note: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Romantic Movement. During the Victorian era, she was very popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth wrote prolifically in the early 1840s, producing poetry, translation and prose. Her volume Poems (1844) brought her great success. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson and candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth.… Read More

This early 20th century decorative leather book comprises the collected works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a prominent Victorian era poet, finely rebound.Title: The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning with Two Prose EssaysAuthor: Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPublisher: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Millford, London.Edition: Published 1932.Binding/description: Finely rebound circa 1930s, full black leather hardcover, gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands, light blue endpapers, upper gilt leaf edge, frontispiece portrait of author opposite title page.Author Note: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Romantic Movement. During the Victorian era, she was very popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth wrote prolifically in the early 1840s, producing poetry, translation and prose. Her volume Poems (1844) brought her great success. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson and candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth.… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Philomel Books, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 305 Pp. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. COPYRIGHT 2008. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLACK PAPER COVERED HARDBOUND, GILT TITLE ON SPINE COVER, COLOR ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1." BOOK AND DUST JACKET CONDITION: NEAR FINE; BLACK MARKER STRIKE AT LEAF BASE AT SPINE END.

LONDON, United Kingdom: J. M. DENT & CO., 1910. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2179 TOTAL Pp. COPYRIGHT 1910-1920. [IVANHOE; 519 p.], [KENILWORTH; 475 p.], [QUENTIN DURWARD; 475 p.], ROB ROY 391 p.], THE TALISMAN; 319 p.]. DIMENSIONS: 7" x 4 1/2" x 1" (EACH BOOK). DESCRIPTION: FINE STAMPED RED LEATHER BINDING EMBOSSED IN GOLD OVERLAY WITH INTRICATE FLORAL/VINE DESIGN ON SPINE EDGE AND ORNATE STENCIL PATTERN 3 3/4" x 1 1/2" SIMILAR DESIGN WITH INTERLACED QUOTE, "EVERYMAN WILL GO WITH THEE AND BE THY GUIDE. IN THY MOST NEED TO GO BY THY SIDE", BEAUTIFUL ORNATE DESIGNED INNER BOARD PAPER, BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION ON OPENING PAGE WITH QUOTES, PUBLISHING INFORMATION, AUTHOR, TITLE OF WORKS. Book condition: Fair; detached front board of each volume (Kenilworth; both board affected; last glossary text page separated with rear board) light scratches affect front & rear covers, leather brittle at board edges (exposed… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Nation Books, 2003. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 400 Pp. COPYRIGHT 2003. FIRST PRINTING. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BLACK CLOTH SPINE COVER, GRAY BOARDS, BLAKC/WHITE/RED ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/2." BOOK & DUST JACKET CONDITION: EXTRA FINE.