Search Results: Authors starting with B from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, signed by Lauren Bacall. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and printed note from the publisher. Memoirs of the American actress whose provocative glamour elevated her to stardom in Hollywood's golden age and whose lasting mystique put her on a plateau in American culture that few stars reach. Octavo. Full red leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, four raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag, 2007. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Inscribed by Bachofner to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy.

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 335 p. Textual illustrations. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is lightly sun faded along the spine, with just a hint of edgewear; otherwise a crisp, near fine copy.

London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Examined with Reference to the Physical, Ethnographic, and Historical Conditions of the Provinces; Chiefly on the Basis of the Revenue-Settlement Records and District Manuals. With a folding map. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Largely uncut, with a tear to p.263-4. An especially crisp and clean copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This is the story of how Norway's gold reserves were taken out of the country in April 1940, under the noses of the Germans, in a gruelling cat-and-mouse journey through the snow by train, by lorries, and finally by three separate ships." Foreword by Sir Laurence Collier, K.C.M.G. 207 p. with textual photographs and maps. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild bump to the spine head. The dust jacket is clean and bright. Better than very good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ...a comprehensive discussion of complexity as it arises in physical, chemical, and biological systems, as well as in mathematical models of nature." Cambridge Nonlinear Science Series 6. Tall octavo: 318 p. with numerous textual figures. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Mansfield Center, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1942 first edition. Original light brown cloth binding, with black titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Wilmette, Illinois: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 346 p. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. Second Revised Edition. Octavo. Original burgundy buckram binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. Some fading and light wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; else very good.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Traces the life of the influential Japanese-American activist from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles to her grim experiences at Manzanar and her postwar struggle to raise awareness of the internment camps. Embrey's passion and advocacy played a major role in bringing this dark chapter of American history into the light of congressional acknowledgement and a presidential apology. Octavo: 192 p. with 14 illustrations. Original black buckram binding, with silver titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Presentation copy, labeled "First Copy 6/5/76" and inscribed by American actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-90) to Bob and Dolores Hope on the secondary title page. Mild dust staining to the top edge, with a bit of sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope, accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Number 616 of 666 copies. Monumental study of the early Dutch houses in New Jersey, on Long Island and Staten Island and in Rockland County, New York, prepared under the auspices of The Holland Society of New York. In his introduction, President Roosevelt writes, "The architecture, the decorations, the furniture of our early settlers have a very definite relationship to the arts of today. It is true that our modern life calls for conveniences unthought of in seventeenth century New Amsterdam; but the charm of line, the judgment of location and the spirit of simplicity of the homes of our ancestors are all a good influence on a civilization which to some of us seems to be reverting to the more humble and honest ideals." Thick quarto: 612 p. with 171 plates reproducing photographs by Margaret de M. Brown. Original blue cloth-covered boards over an orange cloth spine with gilt titles. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Napoleon Bonaparte occupied a central place in the consciousness of many British writers of the Romantic period. In this first full-length study of Romantic writers' obsession with Napoleon, Simon Bainbridge focuses on the writings of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Byron and Hazlitt." Octavo: 259 p. with a frontispiece and 9 illustrations. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some occasional marginalia. The dust jacket is clean and bright.

San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Limited to 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. "In the two decades following 1849, artists and printers in the West produced thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, and these remain the major surviving visual account of California in that era." This catalogue fully describes over 300 California letter sheets and is illustrated with numerous reproductions, including a folding facsimile (housed in the rear pocket). Quarto. Original pictorial paper-covered boards over an orange morocco spine with gilt stamping. Near fine.

Los Angeles: Precocious Publishing, 1992. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Second printing thus. Inscribed by Donald Bakeer on the front flyleaf: "From Soweto to South Central - Oppression is dead. Peace, Bakeer 12/28/93". This novel about the gang wars in Los Angeles served as the basis for the Stephen Milburn Anderson film South Central (1992), which was produced by Oliver Stone and released by Warner Bros. Octavo: 195 p. Original black buckram binding, with gilt titles. Light dust spotting to the top edge. The dust jacket is a touch rubbed at the corners and tips; otherwise very good.

Dordrecht: Springer, 2010. Trade paperback. Fine. Reprinted from Space Science Reviews, Volume 124, Nos. 1-4, 2006. Octavo: 372 p. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited Edition, this is copy 464 of 474 signed by Kage Baker. Set in the Company universe, this is the story of young Edward's creation and recruitment by the GSS, his training, and his first mission. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with bronze titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Volume 140. Octavo: 578 p. with numerous textual figures. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Volume 68. Octavo: 421 p. with numerous textual figures. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Compiled by His Daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, Lucy Ball. Eight illustrations. John Ball (1794-1884) spent just one of his eighty-nine years in Oregon but has been widely recognized as the first school teacher in the Oregon Country. He also made some interesting observations about Oregon in his letters and reminiscences. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Mild bump to the bottom corners. The dust jacket is a trifle rubbed, with the title handwritten in ink on the spine head; otherwise very good.