Search Results: Authors starting with B from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

London: John Murray, 1836. First Edition. 3/4 Leather Binding. Good. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. 8 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. [6], x, [1 - Directions to the printer for the placement of the plates], 663. 3/4 calf leather over marbled paper boards. With 16 plates and tissue guards, fold out map attached in back of book, appendix, and a list of subscribers to the Arctic Land Expedition. Rebacked with recent calf leather around spine. Title, author and date stamped in silver gilt on spine. Original leather on quarter panels and adjacent to spine is worn and rubbed with some cracking. Some wear, scuffing to marbled paper sides. Marbled page edges have some fading. 1836 written in pencil underneath Roman numerals on title page. Spotted foxing, toning to pages.Binding tight. Stamp for A. V. Emmott & Sons Bookbinders, Inc. affixed inside lower edge of back cover. One of the important works of Arctic exploration, being an account of Back's expedition in search of John Ross, who had been missing for… Read More

Colorado College: The Hulbert Center Press, 2002. Paperback. Good. Colorado College: The Hulbert Center Press, 2002. 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches: pp. [23]. String bound stiff purple wraps with black titles. Signed by the author on the title page. Promotional card inset. Wraps are faded, sticker residue (?) on front and back panels. Interior bright, clean, unmarked. Written while Erin Bad Hand was a student at Colorado College.

London: Frederick Warne, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. London: Frederick Warne,1982. First edition. 12 x 8 1/2inches: pp. 95. Orange photographic paper dust jacket with white and black type. Black cloth with spine titles in gold gilt. Over 125 contemporary photographs, index. Nice clean and bright copy in a complete dust jacket with some very light wear, creasing. Unmarked, tight. "The world of tractors in rare photographs and stories" [jacket blurb].

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1886. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1886. Second edition. 8 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. x, 316, plus eight-page publisher catalog. Original brown cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine and gilt alligator on cover. . Corners bumped, titles faded, spine dulled. Chafing to bottom edge, some staining and scratches to binding. Light foxing, some soiling to text. Text is unmarked. Binding sound, Maturin Murray Ballou [1820-1895] was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and popular fiction.

Boston: Noyes, Platt and Company, 1901. First Edition Second State. Hardcover. Good. Peter Newell. Boston: Noyes, Platt and Company, 1901. First edition, second state. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 180, plus 8-page catalogue. Color illustrated tan cloth with black type. Color frontis, 14 color plates by Peter Newell. Corners bumped, titles in black. Some soiling to spine. Cover bright. Textblock square, binding tight. Some light spotting, soiling to endpapers and to some margins. Color illustrations bright.

Medford, Oregon: Commercial Printing Department of the Mail Tribune, 1934. Paperback. Good. Medford, OR: Commercial Printing Department of the Mail Tribune, 1934. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp.190, followed by 7 pp titled Declaration of Principles. Black lettering to front of dark red wraps. Some soiling and thumbing to covers. Light age-tanning to text. Small moisture stain on fore edge of back pages. Text is unmarked. Solidly bound. "A discussion of the theory of a minimum wage for common labor, established by the government employing all surplus labor, and a national currency, unbacked by specie, but redeemable in commodities, the price level of which tends to come to rest," (J. C. B).

London, Edinburgh and Boston: T. Foulis, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Edinburgh and Boston: T. Foulis, 1915. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. [18], 311, plus four page catalogue at end. Navy blue cloth with titles in gilt. Index, 24 plates [23 are tipped-in]. Bottom corners bumped. Cover bright, Textblock square, unmarked. Binding tight. A nice looking copy.

London: Rivington, Payne, Walker, et al., 1811. Leather_bound. Good Plus. London: Rivington, Payne, Walker, et al, 1811. 6 1/2 x 4 inches: pp. xxxiv, 216. Tan calf with gilt decorations to cover and spine compartments. Frontis of Beattie, three plates. All edges gilt. Spine title in gold gilt. Corners bumped, edgewear and outer front hinge chafed. Previous owners names inscribed inside first two recto blank pages, looks to be handed down over a couple of generations. Interior bright, clean. Nice copy. Beattie [1735-1803] was a Scottish poet who was best known for his popular "Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth" and his poem "The Minstrel" which was first published in 1771, and is known for its fine descriptive writing. Beattie gained praise from Samuel Johnson.

New York: Lea Pocket Scores, 1955. UrText Edition (Unedited). Paperback. Good. L.P.S. (Lea Pocket Scores) No. 61. From the "Urtext" edition. Staplebound small paperback book. Salmon covers, Quartet No. 1 in F Major; Quartet No. 2 in G Major; Quartet No. 3 in D Major; Quartet No. 4 in C Minor; Quartet No. 5 in C Major; Quartet No. 6 in B Flat Major Light edge and corner wear. Some rubbing, fading at spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Approximately 5 x 6. Portable!

New York: Lea Pocket Scores, 1955. UrText Edition (Unedited). Paperback. Very Good. L.P.S. (Lea Pocket Scores) No. 64. From the "Urtext" edition. Staplebound small paperback book. Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor, Op. 131; Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132; Quartet No. 16 in F Major Op.135; Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major, Op. 133 ("Grosse Fuge") A bit of fading to pink covers. Tight and unmarked. During the last years of his life, Beethoven concentrated almost exclusively on the composition of string quartetes, beginning with the three commissioned by Prince Galitzin (Opp. 127, 130, 132, written in 1824, 1825-26, 1825, respectively). The composition of Op. 132 was interrupted by an illness from which Beethoven recovered in May, 1825, at the resrot town of Baden, near Vienna. Approximately 5 x 6. Portable!

New York: Lea Pocket Scores, 1955. UrText Edition (Unedited). Paperback. Very Good. L.P.S. (Lea Pocket Scores) No. 63. From the "Urtext" edition. Staplebound small paperback book. Salmon covers. Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, Opus 74 ("Harp"); Quartet No. 11 in F Minor ("Serioso");; Quartet No. 12 in E Flat Major, Opus 127; Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major, Opus 130 Toning, rubbing at spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Approximately 5 x 6. Portable!

NEW YORK: The Viking Press, 1958. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition, fourth printing. 12 1/4 x 9 inches: pp. 56. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white type. Light green boards with graphic depicting Madeline in the Seine, hands up, and her doggie rescuer/savior swimming towards her, with dark blue type. $3.50 price to dj flap, with Caldecott sticker present. Dust jacket shows edgewear, small bit of moisture wrinkling and small closed tears to spine caps. Light shelf-rubbing to extremities, with a tiny bit of fabric loss to bottom of spine. Faint staining along bottom edge of front board and pages. Previous owner's inked name and bookplate to front pastedown. Otherwise text is unmarked. Binding tight. A bright, clean, affordable copy of this timeless children's classic. "This is the story of a canine who saved our little Madeline from the waters of The Seine; All this happened in Paris, France"

NEW YORK: The Viking Press, 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Second printing. 12 1/4 x 9 inches: pp. 54. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white and black type. Red cloth, front board with black graphic of Madeline holding hands with the bad-hatted son of the Spanish ambassador, and black type on spine. Dustjacket, stained on inside, tears and chipping, shows $3.50 price. Boards have slightest bit of rubbing to extremities, and shelf bump to bottom edge. Previous owner's inked name and bookplate to front pastedown. Small stain on bottom edge of some pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A respectable copy with a bump, but otherwise bright and tight.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Second printing. 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches: pp. (8), 300, (4). Brown cloth with gold gilt titles on spine. Edge and corner wear, rubbing, scuffing on boards. Cut along gold line at upper edge of spine. Previous owner's name and date written on upper corner of free facing end page. Vintage bookstore sticker on bottom corner inside back cover. Some age toning, foxing. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

London, England: British and Foreign Bible Society (by the American Bible Society), 1919. Leather-bound. Good Plus. London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1919. 6 x 4 inches: pp. [4], 486. Black pebbled morocco (goatskin). Shelf wear, rubbing particularly to top of spine and back cover. All edges gilt. Slight vertical creasing to flexible leather covers. Front hinge started, but holding solidly. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Some pages age-tanned. Unmarked. Binding solid. Solid copy with many reads left. "isiZulu, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa. It is the language of the Zulu people, with about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa." (Wikipedia.

Honolulu: Privately Printed, 1928. 3rd Printing. Staplebound. Very Good. Honolulu: Privately printed, 1928. 3rd printing. 7 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 15. Illustrated gray card wraps with flaps and red type. Staple bound. Red color illustrations on each page. Small light stain [coffee?] to front wrap and light foxing to edges. Unmarked. "What Lady Lou did for Alaska and what Kipling's Mandalay did for India, perhaps, indeed, this rollicking epical ballad of Virgin Annie may do for Hawaii." - From introduction.

Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2003. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. x, 518. Dark blue photographic dust jacket with red stripes at top and bottom of back panel and white, black and silver type. Blue cloth with titles stamped in gold gilt. With appendices, index. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light shelf wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Volume 1 begins with Bourke's years as aide-de-camp to General Crook during the Apache campaign and his dealings with the Cochise. It also includes Bourke's observations on the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes, the Great Sioux War as well as his writings on the Powder River fight and the Battle of the Rosebud. "Researchers and authors have long turned to John Bourke's insightful diaries as perhaps the single best resource for the final years of the western Indian wars" [jacket notes].

Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 2005.10 1/4 x 12 inches: pp. 192 pages, index. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photos. Black color photo-illustrated paper dust jacket and boards with yellow spine and gold, brown, black and white type. Nice bright copy. Dust jacket in a mylar protector. Small nick on upper edge of front pastedown and end paper. Otherwise, clean, unmarked, tight.

Nashville, TN: Southern Publishing Assoc, 1931. Paperback. Good. CARD COVERS. Sewn signatures. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Age toning, creases on spine. Small tear on bottom left spine. Sticker residue on front cover.Lightly soiled covers. Age-tanned. Name written on upper edge of free facing end page. Otherwise, text is unmarked Binding tight. Black and white photographs, illustrations. Green and gray lettering to red, illustrated covers. 176 pp. Clean and solid. Eleven charming tales involving the exploits of different animals such as The Raccoon, The Swan, The Coyote, Humming Birds, The Opossum and more.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. Early printing. Hardcover. Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1883. 6 3/4 x 5 184 inches: pp. xvi, 296. Tan cloth covered boards with The Library of Political Education logo and design on front and back boards, and black type on spine. Includes index. Reprint, originally published in 1872. Boards have soiling, rubbing to extremities, with one small tear to top of spine. Pages are toned, but unmarked. Binding solid, tight. An offering in the LIBRARY OF POLITICAL EDUCATION, for members of The Society for Political Education, which was in 1881 "organized by citizens who believe that the success of our government depends on the active political influence of educated intelligence, and that parties are means, not ends. It is entirely non-partisan in its organization, and is not to be used for any other purpose than the awakening of an intelligent interest in government methods and purposes tending to restrain the abuse of parties and to promote party morality..."… Read More