Search Results: Authors starting with B from CraigsClassics

"A Blind Man's Offering" by B.B. Bowen. 1860 4th edition (stated); B.B. Bowen; New York. With a frontispiece engraved portrait of Bowen. At the front of the book is a biographical "Sketch of the Author's Life." Bowen was a blind music teacher in New England who advocated for the improved treatment and education of the blind. Here are a few examples of the contents: Lines to the Blind Lecturer; Blindness and the Blind; Thoughts on Immortality; Lines to a Blind Beggar; Cheerfulness of the Blind; A Blind Man's Beau Ideal of a Beautiful Lady; The Blind Bride; The Blind Invalid; Observations on the Effects of Blindness; A Night in the Railroad Cars; The Blind Pedler; Eternal Life; A Journey across the Alleghanies; The Infidel and the Blind Man...and much more - please see the photos for the complete list.Condition:Clean covers and spine; cloth tears at the corners of the front cover; the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn down. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Consistent mild foxing… Read More

This is an early copy of "STUART LITTLE" by E.B. White. 1945 3rd edition (stated); Harper & Brothers; New York. The book features illustrations throughout by Garth Williams. Illustrated end papers.Condition:Clean back cover and spine; there is some very light soiling at the right edge of the front cover. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There are minor hinge cracks between pages 102 & 103, and at the front between the end papers and half title page at the top edge near there spine - despite the cracks, both covers remain firmly in place. There are occasional small, light stains and smudges on the pages. The front end paper has a partially erased name written in pencil, and a name/address label at the top-right corner. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

"AMERICAN DAIRYING" - A Practical Treatise on Dairy Farming and the Management of Creameries by H.B. Gurler. 1894 1st edition; Breeder's Gazette Print; Chicago. The book is nicely illustrated with in-text engravings throughout. Decorative floral end papers. Contents include: The Dairy Herd, Selection, Breed and Breeding; Care of Dairy Utensils; Milking; Milk from Cow to Cream Vat; Salting, Working, Packing and Printing; Marketing Dairy Butter; Skim Milk; Care of Milk by Patrons; Ripening and Churning Cream; Suggestions to Those About to Build a Creamery; A Talk with Creamery Employees...and much more - please see the photos for the complete list. There is an Appendix ("An Acid Test of Cream") and an Index at the back.Condition:Light soiling at the top edge of the front cover; clean back cover and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. "State of New Hampshire" gift label affixed to the front pastedown; 4" x 3" label remnant affixed to the rear pastedown. The text… Read More

"Sporting Times - The 'Pink 'Un' World" by sporting journalist J.B. Booth. 1938 1st edition, 1st printing (stated); T. Werner Laurie Ltd.; London. Nicely illustrated with photographs, drawings, and facsimile documents throughout. There is an Index of Names at the back. Founded in 1865, "The Sporting Times" was a weekly British newspaper devoted chiefly to sport, and in particular to horse racing. It was informally known at "The Pink 'Un" as it was printed on salmon-colored paper. This book is a collection of remembrances and anecdotes of the newspaper days by one of the paper's sporting journalists, J.B. Booth.Condition:Clean front cover; there is a tiny, white-ish stain on the back cover; the cloth on the spine has partially faded. Sharp cover corners. There is a cloth tear over the title at the top of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The book leans to the right a bit. Nice interior - the text pages are clean and appear unread with no issues found. Tanning to the end papers… Read More

This is a vintage cookbook, "Buttercup Hill Tea Room Recipes" by Charleen J. Baker. 1935 1st edition; The Barta Press; Cambridge, MA. Hardcover. The recipes are grouped into the following categories: Appetizers; Soups; Vegetables; Meats, Chicken and Duck; Breads; Salads; Desserts; Cakes; Sunday Night Supper Dishes. There is an Alphabetical Index at the back. Baker was the proprietor of the Buttercup Hill Tea Room in Lunenburg, MA from 1928 to 1943.Condition:Light soiling to the covers. There is a 2" tear at the top-left corner of the spine, and a 1" tear at the top-right corner of the spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and mostly clean with only some very light foxing on the title page and end papers, and a tiny stain at the outer margin of pages 4 & 5. The upper-outer corner of pages 16 & 17 have torn away. There are a few small stains at the top and bottom edges of the text block. Overall the book is in Very… Read More

"PLYMOUTH AND THE PILGRIMS" - or, Incidents of Adventure in the History of the First Settlers by Joseph Banvard. 1853; Gould and Lincoln; Boston. The book features an illustrated title page, a frontispiece, a "Map of Massachusetts Bay," and a few other illustrations. Smaller in size - the book measures 6 3/4" tall x 4 3/8" wide. Here are a few examples of the contents: Something Unusual on Board; Death at Sea; "Land"; Cape Cod Harbor; Puritan Pilgrims; See Indians; First Drink of New England Water; Deer; Indian Graves; Encampment in a Stormy Night; Trap Found in the Woods; Mummies Discovered; Wigwams and Contents; Skirmish with the Indians; Landing of the Pilgrims; The First Winter; Return of the Mayflower; Kidnapper; Indians Enslaved; Peculiar Punishment; Plymouth in Summer; Annoyance of Indian Loungers; Visit to Massasoit; Sports; Subordinate Sachems; An Old Squaw; Rumors of War; Dangers of the Colony; Midnight Attack; Voyage to Massachusetts; Mysterious Package for Squanto; Massacre in Virginia;… Read More

This is an antique sporting book, "Practical Hints on Shooting" by '20-Bore' (Basil Tozer). 1887 1st edition; Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.; London. "Being a treatise on the Shot Gun and its Management; Game, Wildfowl, and Trap Shooting; Together with Notes on Sporting Dogs and Ferrets, and Other Useful Information Relative to Shooting." The book features numerous illustrations. The contents are as follows: On the Choice of a Gun; Barrels; Essential Parts of the Gun; On Guns in General; Powder, Shot, and Cartridges; Gun Cleaning, and Shooting Paraphernalia; Shooting - Preliminary Remarks; General Hints on the Handling of Firearms, and Shooting; Partridge Shooting; Pheasant Shooting; Grouse Shooting; Woodcock Shooting; Snipe Shooting; Quail Shooting; Rook Shooting; Ground Game Shooting; Duck, Sea-Fowl, and Fen-Bird Shooting; Miscellaneous Shooting; Concluding Remarks on Game; Pigeon Shooting; Artificial Shooting; Sporting Dogs; Ferrets; Addenda.From the Preface: "In penning these few pages, therefore, we… Read More

This is an inscribed copy of the hunting/fishing book, "Stories of Lake, Field and Forest - Rambles of a Sportsman-Naturalist" by Frank A. Bates. 1899 1st edition; Scientific and Historical Books; South Braintree, Massachusetts. The book features a frontispiece portrait of Bates, nine other half-tone engravings, and an in-text illustration. Author's inscription on front end paper in ink, as follows: "Here's hoping - that you'll have as much fun reading it as I do sending it. Yours, F.A. Bates." There are seven pages of advertisements at the back.The book is a collection of ten stories of fishing, hunting and camping in New England, as follows: Grouse Shooting Extraordinary; Fly-fishing for White Perch; Goose Shooting; Perch Fishing; A Tale of Winnipesaukee; Horn Pout Fishing; The Fox We Did Not Get; Insect Hunting in Winter; Lake Trout Fishing; The Naturalist in the White Mountains.Condition:Soiling to the covers; the spine has darkened. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose… Read More

"PICTURE PUZZLES or, How to Read the Bible by Symbols" - Designed Especially for the Boys and Girls to Stimulate a Greater Interest in the Holy Bible. Published in 1899 by J.L. Nichols & Co. With illustrations throughout by Frank Beard and others.From the Preface: "The plan of Picture Puzzles is ideal; many of the great golden truths - the cornerstones of Christianity - from both the Old and New Testaments, are put in beautiful pictures, hence the eye assists the mind to indelibly impress them upon the heart. These striking passages and beautiful parables, put in the fascinating garb of artistic picture puzzles, will constrain the youth to solve them, and hence he must consult the Bible and unconsciously become familiar with many beautiful passages and at the same time learn where to find any book of the Bible. This little book, it is hoped, will stimulate our young friends to read and love the best of all books - the Bible. It is the hope that, by God's blessing, PICTURE PUZZLES will stimulate young… Read More

"The Castles and Abbeys of England" - From the National Records, Early Chronicles, and Other Standard Authorities by William Beattie. 1844; George Virtue; London. The book is beautifully illustrated with "upwards of 250 engravings" (some of which are full-page plates with tissue guards). Contents include Ludlow Castle, the Border Castles of Wales, Warwick Castle, Haddon Hall, Abbeys in the Fens, Bolton, Northumberland, Glastonbury...and much more - please see the photos for the complete list. There are eight pages of publisher's advertisements at the back.Condition:Light staining at the center of the back cover. There is a 1" cloth split at the top-right corner of the spine, and a 3/4" cloth split at the bottom-right and bottom-left corners of the spine. There is a crack at the front hinge between pages xii & xiii - despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly attached and is not shaky. The back cover is firmly attached. Page xiii is attached to the spine at the top and bottom edges, but has… Read More

Nice chromolithograph front cover on this antique copy of "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN" - Young Folks' Edition by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Circa 1890's (there is no date of publication stated); M.A. Donohue & Co.; Chicago. This edition features a color frontispiece and black & white illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers.Condition:Small, greenish stain at the bottom-right corner of the front cover. The back cover has soiling and some small, light stains. Worn cover corners. Shelf wear along the edges of the boards. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are age-toned (though not brittle) and clean with no issues found. Overall the book is in Good condition.

This is an antique copy of "UNCLE TOM'S CABIN - or, Life Among the Lowly" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1879; Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York. "Universal Edition." There are six pages of publisher's advertisements at the back.Condition:Light soiling to the covers and spine. The lettering on the spine has partially faded. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a minor crack at the front hinge between the end paper and half title page - despite the crack, the front cover is still firmly in place. The back cover is firmly attached. The pages are age-toned though not brittle. Clean pages with no notable issues found. Overall the book is in Good condition.

This is a complete musical score (sheet music) for the opera "NORMA" - Opera del Maestro VINCENZO BELLINI ("Work of the Master Vincenzo Bellini"). The sheets are string-bound within a heavier canvas-type paper wrap. Complete in 85 pages (all pages are present). Circa 1830's (there is no date of publication stated). "Norma" was first produced at the opera house "La Scala" in Milan, Italy on December 26, 1831. Please see the photos for the "Indice" (Index) showing the various parts of the Opera. The sheets are written entirely in Italian. "Riduzione per Piano-forte del M. Luigi Truzzi" (Reduction for Piano-forte by Mr. Luigi Truzzi). "Dall'Editore Dedicata alla Signora Marianna Pollini" (From the Publisher, Dedicated to Mrs. Marianna Pollini). "Edizione Privila da Govern. Risoluzione" (Private Edition by Government Resolution).Condition:Light foxing and soiling to the pages; staining to the lower-outer corners throughout. A few of the pages have pieces missing at the lower-outer corners. There is a… Read More

"How Paris Amuses Itself" by F. Berkeley Smith. 1903 1st edition, 1st printing (May); Funk & Wagnalls Company; New York. The book is profusely illustrated with full-page color plates (with tissue guards), full-page black & white illustrations, photographs, and in-text drawings. The contents are as followed: The Shows of the Champs-Elysees; Paris Dines; Some 'Risque' Curtains with Serious Linings; Bars and Boulevards; In the Cabarets; Circuses and Fetes Foraines; Grease Paint and Powder Puffs; In Parisian Waters.Condition:Clean covers; some very light soiling on the spine. There is a 3/4" cloth tear at the bottom edge of the front cover; the back cover has a tiny cloth tear at the left edge. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only some very light foxing on the blank back-side of the frontispiece, a stain at the outer edge of pages 82 & 83, and a stain at the upper-inner corner of the contents page… Read More

This is an antique copy of "Stories of MOTHER GOOSE VILLAGE" with "Mother Goose Rhymes" by Madge A. Bigham. 1903 1st edition; Rand, McNally & Company; Chicago and New York. The book features color illustrations throughout, including some that are full-page. Illustrated end papers in color. Contents include Cinderella, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Miss Muffet - please see the photos for the complete list. At the back of the book is a separate section titled "Mother Goose Rhymes" that contains 43 classic rhymes such as Little-Bo-Peep, Pease Porridge Hot, Simple Simon, Jack Sprat, Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, Peter Piper, Jack and Jill, etc.Condition:The covers and spine each have some small, light stains; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The pages are mostly clean with only an occasional small stain/smudge; 2 larger smudges at the bottom of page 172. Overall the book is in very good condition.

This is a richly illustrated, antique copy of "Young Folk's Natural History with Numerous Illustrative Anecdotes" by T. Bilby. 1887; John W. Lovell Company; New York. The book features full-page illustrations throughout. Contents include the Dog, Cat, Moose, Wolf, Camel, Elephant, Beaver, Bison, Hyena, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar...and many more.

From the Preface: "In offering the present volume to the public, we are aware that we have been preceded by many others who have written on the same subject; but we are not acquainted with any Work of this kind, in which its author has made it his principal aim to illustrate descriptions taken from the best authorities, by AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL ANECDOTES. Our plan, therefore, as already observed, has been, first, to make our young friends fully acquainted with the peculiarities of Domestic Quadrupeds; and, afterwards, those of the chief Foreign Animals, showing the order to which they belong."

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The front cover has a couple very light stains at the… Read More

Nice condition set of "Twenty Years of Congress" - From Lincoln to Garfield with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James G. Blaine. 1884 1st edition; The Henry Bill Publishing Company; Norwich, CT. Complete set in two volumes. The set features 13 steel portraits (including Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Charles Sumner, Stephen A. Douglas, James Garfield and many others) and a fold out map "showing the territorial growth of the United States." Each volume has a thorough list of Contents at the front and an Appendix at the back; there is an Index of Names at the back of volume II. The volumes have marbled end papers, marbled page edges on all sides, and gilt lettering on the front covers and spines.Condition:Small cloth tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine; sharp cover corners. Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. Bright gilt lettering on the covers and spines. The top of the back cover of vol I has some light finger… Read More

Beautifully illustrated antique copy of "The Horkey - A Provincial Ballad" by Robert Bloomfield. 1882; Macmillan and Co.; London. The book features wonderful color illustrations on every page by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.The name "horkey" was applied to end of harvest customs and celebrations, especially in the Eastern Counties of England. In the introduction to The Horkey, Bloomfield sets the scene..."In Suffolk husbandry, the man who goes foremost through the harvest with the scythe or the sickle is honoured with the title of 'Lord,' and at the Horkey, or harvest home-feast, collects what he can for himself or brethren, from the farmers and visitors, to make a 'frolic' afterwards, called the 'largess spending'." Leaving the hall after the feast, they then shout "largess" so loudly that it it heard in all the farms around.Condition:Some very light soiling to the covers; wear to the corners (the tips of the boards are exposed). Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The inside of the book is in… Read More

Nice condition, signed, limited edition copy of "LONG HUNT" by James Boyd (author of the Revolutionary War novel "Drums") with slip case. 1930 1st edition (stated); Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. Limited edition copy No. 166 of only 260 copies printed. ("No. 166" is hand-written on the slip case.) Gilt top page edges.Condition:Clean covers; light stain at the bottom edge of the spine; sharp corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. The inside of the book is in terrific condition - the pages are clean and white and appear unread with no issues found. Bright gilt top page edges. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The slip case is in great condition with no issues found.

This is a scarce, very early Charles Dickens book that was published when he was only 25 years old. "PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE, ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG" by Boz ("Boz" was the pen name of Dickens). 1837; Carey, Lea and Blanchard; Philadelphia. The book contains "Other Tales and Sketches, from Bentley's Miscellany, and the Library of Fiction" including a story by James Fenimore (spelled "Fennimore" on the contents page) Cooper titled "An Evening of Visits." There are 11 stories in all - please see the photos for the complete list of contents. This is one of the first stories by Dickens published in book form in the United States.Condition:Worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); 1/2" cloth tears at the top edge of the spine, small cloth tears at the bottom edge. The front board bows at the center just a bit. There is a crack at the front hinge between the end papers. The pages are in good condition with only some occasional light foxing (heaviest on the title page - see photo) and staining.… Read More