Search Results: Authors starting with B from RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA

Boston: Press of Samuel Usher, 1900. History of missions in Oceania and Tierra del Fuego in the 19th century. Compiled and translated by Laura Bridgman. First edition in full brick color cloth with gilt titled cover. vii, 233 pages, frontispiece and engraved illustrations. Moderate wear to covers, spine darkened, prior owner and business stamps, some underlining through page 10. Quite scarce, WorldCat locates only 6 copies. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Leipzig: VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig Tall narrow folio size volume in original cream parchment covered boards with bold facsimile signature of Johann Sebastian Bach in gilt on the front cover and gilt lettered spine. Contains a 46 page facsimile of Bach's manuscript for the tempered clavier. A bright and fine copy. No name, bookplate or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Blue cloth covered boards. Cover gilt lettered and decorated. 178 pages. Illustrated with 97 plates and a fold-out map. Dr. Bachman considers all the theories on the development and technique of bowing stringed instruments, and with the aid of a great deal of newly assembled material (including fresh evidence from Russian archaeological researches) goes far to establish the area in which the development took place, the historical period, and the nature of the instruments and techniques involved; and he traces the spread of bowing throughout the European and Asian world. Only some very light spotting to top edge of textblock esle fine. Clean and tight with crisp text. No name or other markings. Fine dustjacket in a new mylar cover. Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Vantage Press, 1985. Prior owner's blind stamp otherwise bright and fine.. First Edition (Stated). Hard Cover. Fine.

Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company, 1983. Stated First Printing, October 1983. Binding is a brown faux leather with gilt decorated border on cover and spine, gilt spine lettering. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. "With warmest regards from the author. Milton V. Backman." The book is an ex-library copy with remnants of a book pocket on the front endpaper, some highlighting in the text, else very good. The dustjacket is completely unmarked in fine condition with a new protective mylar cover. A presentable copy and quite scarce signed by author. The author was a prolific writer of Church history and the Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University.. SIGNED. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine in mylar cover..

Greenwood, 1996. REVIEW COPY with publisher's letter laid in. As new. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/No jacket as issued.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Colorado Museum of Natural History, 1948. Full blue cloth boards, spine titled in gilt. Map, illustrated with photographs. Clean, unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Denver Museum of Natural History, 1965. Two volume set. Large format bound in publisher's red pebbled leatherette covers with gold lettering on the spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with 124 plates depicting in full color 420 species (approx. 700 individual birds) and over 400 photographs in black and white. The paintings by 23 artists were made especially for The Birds of Colorado. Four color letterpress engravings by Mueller-Krus Corporation. The color plates are printed on 80# Lustro Gloss and the rest of the book on 70# Naopaque. Fine copies. Clean and tight with no markings. See photos. Heavy, extra shipping may apply. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Lucis Publishing Company, 1971. Fine hardcover in full dark blue cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. Appears unread. Clean and bright with crisp unmarked text. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Morro Bay, CA: El Moro Publications, 2001. A comprehensive and profusely illustrated history of Morro Bay, California. Bright and fine.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress, singer and author. She received a Special Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1976, she became the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988. Suitable for framing. From a recently acquired autograph collection. Provenance available on request. See photo. . Signed by Author.

Lewiston, Idaho : Privately Printed, 1984. The REVISED LIMITED EDITION. Red cloth with cover decorated with bright gilt map of Idaho. NUMBER 744 OF A LIMITED EDITION. Printed by Lewiston Printing on 70# Mountie Gloss paper. A bright as new copy. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No jacket as issued.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Folio Society, 2016. Finely crafted to the highest standards by the Folio Society of London. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations, artworks or photographs. Slipcased. With illustrations by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. We recently acquired over 300 Folio Society volumes. Search our listings with "Folio Society" in the publisher field to view all items currently in stock. [May require extra shipping for our international customers] . Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Beryl Bainbridge.

Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House , 1891. Red cloth covered boards, gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Penciled owner name and light spotting on endpapers otherwise very good. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1996. First printing as new in dust jacket. Published at $34.95.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Easton Press, 2013. Signed First Edition in full green leather. Publisher's note and Certificate of Authenticity card laid in. Between 1854 and 1929, "orphan trains" carried thousands of abandoned children from East Coast cities to Midwest farmlands, where their fates were determined by pure luck. Rooted in American history, Orphan Train is a powerful story of upheaval and resilience, second chances, and unexpected friendships.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine.

Austin, Texas: The Steck Company, 1935. Facsimile copy of 1875 Edition. Blue cloth covered boards. This book belonged to W. Henry Miller, author of "Pioneering North Texas," with his light pencil marginalia on rear flyleaf otherwise very good. [search our listings using keyword "Texiana" for other scarce early Texas history titles]. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1875. Original publisher's brick cloth covered bevelled edge boards, with gilt vignette on front cover, gilt illustration and title to spine. Triple frontis, with maps, portraits, and upwards of fifty full-page illustrations by Zwecker and Durand. Old newspaper article stapled to the List of Illustrations page, prior owner penciled name on fep, some foxing. Not an ex-library copy. See pictures. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Princeton University Press, 2011. As new in dust jacket. . First Printing. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Paris: MA Editions , 1988. Prior owner name otherwise a bright and very good copy. . Very Good.