Search Results: Authors starting with B from Turn and Temper Books

Crown Publishing Group (Clarkson Potter/Publishers), 2004. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Fine. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Pages and spine crisp, likely never read.  First Edition stated; First Printing. Full number line. ; 224 pages.

Beacon Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Plate from the library of former Secretary of Defense, Caspar W. Weinberger . Light edge wear to jacket.

HarperCollins, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gently used hardback and jacket. Only slight wear. No owners' names or labels. Dust jacket is enclosed in a clear protective cover. Text is clean, unmarked. Binding is tight. First edition, 1st printing. Full number line ending in "1".

Henry Holt and Co., 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No owners' names or labels. Text has some pencil marks in different sections. First edition. Full number line ending in "1".

Columbia University Press, 1966. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1966* FIRST EDITION, Second Printing. Published by Columbia University Press. Hardcover with clipped Dust Jacket. Dj shows rubbing on front/back cover, edgewear and two small tears on the front and back covers (top). DJ shows some chipping at base and top of spine. The book itself is in pristine condition. No bumping, rubbing and clean text (with the exception of previous owner's last name on inside back board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Strong binding.

Simon and Schuster, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine text with blue boards and silver letters on spine, with title on front board (blue indentations). Crisp and clear. Dust jacket has tears and missing pieces at the top and bottom and chipping. No number line or "First Edition" stated, which is how first editions of Simon and Schuster books were treated from 1937-1973, with some exceptions beyond then (this was published in early 1974). There is no price on the dust jacket, which may indicate a BOMC, but that is unlikely because the S&S BOMC editions were labeled as such (this is not labeled that way). It seems to be a true first edition of this classic and seminal work.

Brittany Press, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Brittany Press. No dust jacket. 1948. . Hardcover. Slight wear to edges/tips and spine. Contents clean and tight.

New York: Basic Books, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK IN JACKET 2004. 24x16cm. xv+271 pages. Clean & tight, crisp--feels unread. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: $26. Rare in this condition with a dust jacket.

Pantheon Books, 1989. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition (stated). A study of several centuries of outstanding diaries and diarists, often those of leading artists, writers, and intellectuals, reflecting a unique literary art form in and of itself, providing fascinating insightful portraits into their lives, times, and contemporaries. Near Fine hardcover with Very Good dust jacket, illustrations, sources, 388pp. Unclipped price, no tears or blemishes on dust jacket or boards. A very nice copy. First American Edition (stated). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece: The Rosetta Stone. Editor's Foreword by Lancelot Hogben.682 pp. plus Index. Red cloth covered boards have black title box on spine with gilt text and decorations. Book is illustrated with 46 illustrations, mostly photographic b/w plates. Book is tight and square with minute scuffing.

Harpercollins, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Harper and Row, 1987, New York. Stated First Edition. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 9-1/2" tall, 332 numbered pages includes "Acknowledgments" and "Index". This edition is pristine: the exterior is square, spotlessly clean, free of corner bumps and edge dings with undamaged spine ends; hinges are strong and feels crisp as if unread. The interior is perfectly clean and completely free of writing, marks, or stains. The dust jacket is clean and free of tears and fading, with only very light scratches on the back. A collection of Boorstin's best articles from his 40+ year career.

Random House, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin brings to life more than three thousand years of achievement in the arts. His work is dedicated to his wife, Ruth, who provided invaluable research for his books. Boorstin was Librarian of Congress for twelve years. Correct full number line sequence and stated First Edition, no writing, marks, or underlining. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Crisp and feels unread. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, fine condition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Good/Good. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some chips and small tears, jacket flap clipped with price intact. Protective mylar cover. 1969 Hard Cover. Boards have scuffing and wear, but spine lettering is intact and clean. Front free endpaper has stamps and numbers (possibly ex-library). xxvi, 415, xiv pp. Black-and-white fold-out map follows text. The Portuguese pioneered the maritime expansion of Europe which, above all else, marks off the modern from the medieval world. Follows the vicissitudes of the Portuguese on three continents during four centuries of tempestuous and dangerous sailing, trading, preaching, and fighting.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The binding feels crisp as if unread. The dust jacket has no chipping or tears, but has scuffing along back (none on front, sides, or top). "Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction. Widely known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) , and his science fiction and horror story collections, The Martian Chronicles (1950) , The Illustrated Man (1951) , and I Sing the Body Electric (1969) , Bradbury was one of the most celebrated twentieth- and twenty-first-century American writers. While most of his best… Read More

New York: MJF, 2014. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Boards and DJ in pristine condition. Crisp binding.

Indiana University Press, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author (who was a founder of the University of the District of Columbia and noted civil rights activist) on the front free endpaper. Inscribed to a prominent educator and consultant.

Oxford Univ Press, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket. Content is clean, except for previous owner's name lightly written on blank inside of front board.

BBC Books, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 448 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Protective Mylar covering. This Is The Book Of The Programmes Previously Broadcast In The BBC Series.

Oxford University Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition with a full number line. DJ is in protective Mylar. A very clean copy but for light soiling or scuffing on the spine and boards. Interior is clean and overall quality is crisp. Dust jacket price is unclipped and pristine.

The Free Press, 1958. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 7th printing. Binding quite sound and sturdy, with some light underlining in various sections, and previous owner's name on front inside board. Bumped corners and fading spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition with no tears or chips, but is price-clipped.