Search Results: Authors starting with B from R & A Petrilla

Ithaca, NY: Babcock's Hatchery, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 23pp; illustrated from photographs. Contains detailed descriptions of breeding methods, etc. for White Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires, Barred Rocks, Barred Cross, and Red Rock Cross chickens. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers. 11" x 8.5". Laid in are five related printed items.

Boston: William Collier and Lincoln & Edmands, 1829. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp, including Appendix. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.25" x 5.25" Babcock was associate pastor of the First Baptist Church of Salem. The Appendix here comprises the Constitution of the Education Society of Young Men of Boston, formed in 1819. [American Imprints 37531].

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, 1850. Original edition. Very Good. Contains four verses, in part: "When first I saw sweet Peggy, / 'Twas on a Market Day, / A low Back'd Car she drove and sat, / Upon a tuft of hay...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.75" x 5.75" [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 1332b.].

Peoria, Illinois: Manual Arts Press, 1923. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 128pp w/ index; full-page and text illus from photographs. Light shelf wear to corners. 8.75" x 5.75" Chapters: The Art of Entertaining and Being Entertained; The Choice of Equipment for the Dining-room; The Rules of Table Service; Principles of Menu Making; Menus and Service for Social Occasions; How to Serve Food Attractively.

Victoria, Australia: Gregory Young & Associates, 1970. Original edition. Very Good. 6.5" x 8.5" black-and-white group portrait of the Australian quintet with their instruments. Identified by a faded label on the verso. When this photo was taken, circa 1973, band members were: Paul Trenwith, Colleen Bain (Trenwith), Alan Rhodes, Graham Lovejoy, and Miles Reay. It is said that the group modeled their sound after the Flatt and Scruggs band.

NY: H. Metzinger, Photos, 1890. Original photograph. Good. Sepiatone photo, 5" x 6.5", mounted on larger photo-board. The Waffenfoofen Band, named on the verso in pencil, is posed in front of a painted, village-street backdrop. Metzinger's studio was at 81 Sixth Avenue, NYC, as shown by his stamp on the verso. Two chips from edge of photo-board do not affect the image.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1911. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. 205pp; complete with five plates in color, including frontispiece; vignettes throughout text. Burgundy cloth, stamped white and gilt, color illustration mounted on cover, top edges gilt, designed by Edward Stratton Holloway with his initial in white. 8.5" x 6

Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 11pp. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5" [American Imprints 27332].

Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1671. Early edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: 569, (2), (5) index; pictorial title-page, headpiece and tailpiece. Bound in blue morocco and marbled boards, ribbed spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and edges, place-marker ribbon. Signature of Guido Carolus Aubry on verso of title-page. 5.25" x 3" Text in Latin. Barclay was a Scottish writer, satirist, and poet. This book is his political allegory or historical romance re the religious conflict in France under Henri III and Henri IV, as well as touching on events in England, including the Overbury scandal.

Philadelphia: E.C. & J. Biddle, 1850. First Edition. Very Good. 66pp. Contents: Constitution of the American Association for the Advancement of Education; Report of the committee on evening schools; Report by Samuel M . Hamill, A.M., of Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Report by R. L. Cooke, of New Jersey; A report by the committee on moral and religious instruction in common schools; Report by Professor Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution on school architecture. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8" x 5.25

NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. First Separate Edition. Printed Stiff Wrappers. Very Good. Offprint. pp: 289-319. Gray wrappers, side-stitched; spine sunned. 9" x 6" Presentation copy, inscribed on cover: "For Bob Goheen / with / warmest regards / Vince." [Dr. Robert F. Goheen (1919-2008) served as President of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972, and US Ambassador to India, 1977-1980.] [WorldCat does not record this title.].

Philadelphia: T.M. Scroggy, 1860. First Edition. Very Good. Seven verses and a chorus, in part: "Attend ye 'Bugs' and 'Corkers,' to a fact I will relate, I'll tell you how we passed the 'Yellow Hickory' of late, The streets were very muddy, and the fire it was Nor'West, We rolled the 'Raven' out and each resolved to do his best...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 5.75". Minor chips from top edge. Sealed in archival mylar. [Wolf, American Song Sheets,122.] This song refers to the Philadelphia fire-company riots of the 19th century, which led the City Council to eliminate the volunteer fire-company system.

Frankfurt: G. Blumlein, 1880. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Very Good. 24 lithographed views from photographs, printed on 12 panels, accordion-fold (leporello) format. Brief captions in French. Views include: Theatre Royal; La bourse; Hotel de Ville; Place du Congres; Anciennes maisons des corporations; Maison flamande; Le Jardin botanique; Hotel des Brasseurs; Porte de Hal; &c. Folds into cloth-backed blue boards, decorated in gilt and blind. 5.5" x 4.5" [WorldCat finds only a computer-file holding at Auckland Museum Library.].

[Anvers, Belgium]: s.n., 1870. First Edition. Decorated Boards. Very Good. 24 Albertype, photographic views on 24 plates, accordion format, folding into embossed green boards, gilt cover title. Contains exterior and interior views of: Anvers Place Verte et Cathedrale; birdseye views; La Bourse; Cour du Mussee Plantin; Musee Steen; Le Puits de Quentin Mestis; La Banque; Maison de Charles-Quint; Eglise des Jesuites; Bassin de Kattendyk; Theatre Flamand; &c. 4" x 6" Precedes the 1885 Universal Exposition at Anvers. [This title not found in WorldCat.].

Paris: Librairie Theophile Belin, 1911. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (iv) with errata, 197; illustrated throughout the text. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine title; original wrappers bound in, the front one serving as the title-page, with small corner chips. 9.5" x 6.25" A priced catalogue of 582 titles illustrated from wood engravings. Text in French.

New York: H.J. Wehman, 1860. Early edition. Very Good. Three verses and chorus, in part: "Soon beyond the harbor bar Shall my bark be sailing far; O'er the world I wander lone, Sweet Belle Mahone...." Vine and floral border. 9" x 6" Sealed in archival mylar. [Not in Wolf, American Song Sheets.].

London: J. Wenman, 1777. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. 22pp, double-column format. Removed from a nonce volume; spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.25

San Antonio, Texas: Branch Office, Texas Wool Grower, 1883. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, large folio (unopened broadsheet). Contents include: mutton and beef production; the wool market; sheep-breeders exchange; herd law; From Comanche County--Herding Sheep, On the Prairie; real estate and livestock listings of the Texas Investment Company; illustrated adverts; etc. [Unrecorded by WorldCat.].

Baltimore: Parsons & Preston, 1844. Early edition. Original Cloth. Good. 216pp; woodcut headpieces and tailpieces throughout the text. Bound in blue cloth, covers decorated in blind, gilt spine decorations and lettering. Spine ends worn, spotty foxing. 6.25" x 4" Provenance: Written in ink on free-endpaper, "Sarah K. Hain / presented by her grand / mother Sallie Hain / Nov 2nd 1844." First publshed at New York in 1807. [Hamilton, 287, "Contains 37 cuts by Anderson." American Imprints 44-633 records two holdings of this Baltimore edition: Boston Mus Fine Arts and Tacoma Public Lib.].

Hannover: Hahnschen Buchhandlung, 1798. Second Edition. Original Boards. Good. pp: (viii), 76; tables and geometrical drawings in the text. Bound in textured boards; covers scuffed, paper spine covering peeled, joints and hinges intact. 6.75" x 4" Knowledge of Arithmetic for the Use of School Teachers. Early signature of G. Tappert and 1829 signature of Ernst Tappert on pastedown. Small stamp of E.G. Tappert, Pastor on title-page.