Search Results: Authors starting with B from Borg Antiquarian

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Natalie Babbitt. SIGNED by the Author in red ink facing the title page, 8vo, light red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with B&W image of a man standing before the fence of a elaborate Victorian building, cover art and 16 B&W sketches as chapter headings by the author-illustrator Natalie Babbitt, brown endpapers, 176 pages. Natalie Zane Babbitt (1932 - 2016) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.<br /> <br /> Tight copy. Light soil and edgewear to dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription facing half title. No other markings.

New York: Borzoi Book / Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1994. First Edition. Gilt-stamped cloth. Fine/Fine. photos. INSCRIBED by "Lauren Bacall" in thick black pen (Sharpie?) on the title page; tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 7 3/8"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering over black boards, illustrated with more than 35 personal B&W photos by LB and others, dust jacket with photo (unclipped by Marc Hom), 214 pages. Boldly SIGNED & briefly inscribed to "Linda" by Lauren Bacall. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! No remainder marks.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920. First edition thus: FRENCH TEXT. Cloth. Good. Maps, Panorama, plans. 16mo (6 1/4" x 4 1/4"), black cloth with gilt titles & blind-stamped rules, embossing & blank rules; illustrated with 85 maps, 1 B&W panorama of Mt. Blanc & assocs., + 22 plans; silk / rayon page-marker; map endpapers; lxxx + 659 pages in French. Weight: 1 lb. 1 oz. Very useful, well illustrated, and SCARCE French imprint of LES ALPES FRANÇAIS: just after the Great War & still theirs, Hooray!<br /> <br /> Backstrip reinforced with clear tape; binding holding well though somewhat shaken; corners slightly curled; title and preliminary pages becoming loose; internally unannotated apart from recurrent stamps of "Frank J. Guscetti" of "Chicago, Illinois, October 8, 1938" in red or black--on title page & many on the backs of maps: otherwise clean; a scarce though moderately and uniformly age-toned copy (most toning to page… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1887. Twelfth Edition. Cloth. Very Good/None. Maps, panoramas, & plans. 16mo (6 1/2" x 4 7/8"), red cloth with blind-stamped rule borders, gold lettering on spine and front cover embossed bands, illustrated with 36 maps, 10 plans, and 10 fold-out panoramas, red ribbon page-marker, Index, marbled page edges, 484 pages. Very useful illustrated guide for SWITZERLAND and Adjacent portions of Italy and the Tyrol.<br /> <br /> All illustrations and colored maps are present and in near fine condition. Volume is solid, clean, with previous owner's light pencil writing on front free endpaper; corners and cover have typical minor wear.

Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1900. Fourteenth Revised Edition. Limp cloth. Near Fine/None. Maps & plans. 16mo, red limp cloth with glt lettering & blind-stamping, illustrated with 45 maps and 25 plans of towns, xxxiv + 448 pages. A useful pre-WW I guide that appeared before so many sites in Germany were destroyed. Clean and bright and complete copy of an essential guide for those who might yearn to cruise the Rhine.

London: George Allen, 1904. Sixth Edition. Cloth. Good +. Giacomo Brogi. 16mo (6 1/2" x 4 7/8"), black cloth with red embossed bands, 32 zinco-type photogravures from photographs by Brogi of Florence, 309 pages. Very useful guide for 19th century & earlier studies; all illustrations present and in near fine condition, volume somewhat shaken but holding well; corners and cover with typical minor bumps and wear.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920. Reprint in 1920 of 1914 edition. Cloth. Good +. 16mo (6 1/4" x 4 3/8"), blue cloth with gilt embossing & blank rules, 61 maps & 15 plans, xxxvi + 610 pages in French. Very useful postwar French imprint (Hooray!) of Brittany in 1914 before "Le Boche" and battles destroyed so much. [The disparaging French slang "Boche" means approximately "Swine" < "Obstinate" or, as we would say, "Pig-headed."] Somewhat shaken; internally a clean and slightly age-toned copy with numerous colored maps (1 foldout) & B&W illustrations. Front endpaper-xiv becoming detached though rest of text block remains secure, though lacking the folding map in the rear pocket.

Stamford: Studio Books, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man descending into a danger-filled cave painted by Paul Youll, 405 pages. Roger Bagg is a practicing veterinarian and outdoor enthusiast near Boulder, Colorado. This SCI-FI & adventure novel suggests an updated version of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, only here two adventurers search for lost ones from opposite ends of the earth via an enormous danger-filled portal. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects. No remainder marks.

Toronto, Ontario: A Canadian Living / Quantum Book, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. Color Photographs. Quarto (8 7/8" x 11 1/4"), red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with picture of a turkey dinner, profusely illustrated with color photos of food, ornaments, and holiday objects, maroon endpapers, 191 pages + [192] Credits 2 kbs, 5 oz. "Hundreds of Ways to make the Holiday Season truly memorable!" "Featuring over 230 Wonderful Holiday Recipes / 18 Special Christmas Menus / Fabulous Features on Decorating your Home Beautifully Inside and Out / A "Just for Kids" Section Chock-Full of Easy-to-Make Gifts and Decorations / Creative Christmas Ornaments, Packages and Wrapping / Invaluable and Make-Ahead Tips and Shopping Shortcuts -- And Much More" EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! A remarkably useful… Read More

New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED 7 SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with clothspin, 530 pages + [2] About the Author + [2] About the Type. Ellen Baker (born 1975) is author of Keeping the House, which won the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award. It is a heartfelt treatment of a home-based family's reactions to World War II. An interesting character is Grace Anderson who works as a welder in a Wisconsin shipyard.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR Condition: Tight, bright, clean copy. Bright, clean dust jacket (unclipped) with slight crimping to the spine's foot. No previous owner or remainder marks.

North Liberty, Iowa: Ice Cube Books, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, pale yellow speckled cloth over boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a man and boy in swimsuits by the ocean, illustrated with several B&W half-tone photographs, 259 pages + [6]. "A story about talk radio, love, music, politics, God, the ocean, and food...." INSCRIBED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION!

New York et al.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Photographs. Thick 8vo, black cloth with silver spine lettering, illustrated with 16 B&W glossy plates, Mylar-protected typographic dust jacket (unclipped), vi + [ii] + 567 pages. Excellent "dual" bio of two great Supreme Court savants and Progressives by the Pulitzer Prize winning author, Leonard Baker. Excellent Condition!

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. Later printing--expanded. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo, black cloth with gilt-stamping on spiine, numerous charts & tables, corrected and expanded with an extra chapter on South-East Asia, dust jacket (clipped), 573 pages. Important study of human adaptations--physiological and genetic--to different environments around the world; among them: Sub-Saharan Africa, Australia & New Guinea, India, and Israel. Binding solid, tight, and bright; pages bright. DJ (Brodart-protected) a trifle worn and very slightly chipped at edges, else a Fine Copy.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Photos. SIGNED by the Author on the free front endpaper, tall 8vo, maroon quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, lllustrated with 16 pages of glossy B&W photos, archival polyester-protected lettered blue dust jacket (unclipped: $12.95); Index, 351 pages + [2] About the Author. Weight: 1 lbs. 7 oz. Krochs & Brentanos' "1st Edition Circle" bookmark included. Chronicles the growth of Baker's journalistic career, from newsboy in Virginia, to police reporter and White House correspondent, to columnist, during the 1950s and early 1960s. Successor volume to Growing Up.<br /> <br /> SIGNED & in VERY FINE Condition! COLLECTIBLE COPY! Tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with bright red lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting spider web surrounding the earth, 406 pages + [1] Acknowledgements. David Baldacci (born 1960) is a #1 New York Times Bestselling American Author! <br /> <br /> Shaw & Reggie pursue a dangerous businessman to Provence in this gripping Thriller! <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! As New! No remainder markings.

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing [Barnes & Noble Special Edition], 2017. First Edition, First Printing (Special Edition). Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Tall 8vo, pale blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over bright blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man in silhouette atop a glob, [viii] + 436 pages. Special Edition with Exclusive Content. David Baldacci (born August 5, 1960) is a #1 New York Times Bestselling American Author! EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! As New! No remainder markings.

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on a front endpaper, 8vo, red boards with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Art Machine protected in an archival quality clear cover, 420 pages + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author. By the New York Times Bestselling Author David Baldacci (born 1960). The author has written 36 novels for adults and 6 for younger readers. THE FALLEN stars Memory Man, Amos Decker, who strives to solve four murders.<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally and externally. No remainder markings.

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, powder blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), viii + 417 + [1] + [2] Acknowledgements. By the New York Times Bestselling Author. Special Agent John Puller seeks to find out if his father, a former general now suffering from dementia, murdered his mother long ago. A tiny spot of rubbing at the lower right corner of the dj, else Very Fine internally and externally.

New York: Warner Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, black quarter cloth over purple boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of partial clock face, [viii] + [438] pages. New York Times Bestselling Author! Exceptional condition!

New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Like New/Like New. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a gold D.C. police shield, 456 pages. David Baldacci (born 1960) is a #1 New York Times Bestselling American Author! <br /> <br /> "Mace" Perry strives to solve a murder and regain her identity as a "true blue" cop in this gripping Thriller! <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! As New! No remainder markings.