Search Results: Authors starting with B from Robert Dagg Rare Books

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1930]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Stated first. Small abraded patch to front flyleaf. Very good book in a fine bright dust jacket illustrated by N.C.Wyeth. A novel of the settling of New England.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, [1962]. FIRST EDITION. Lovely presentation copy from the authors to Sheila Graham ( and F. Scott Fitzgerald's companion during his final years) -- "Dear Sheila Graham, Aren't you glad you're a success and don't have to attend those dreary luncheons. Besides you know my speech by heart. We'll miss you darling. Jim Backus." Beneath Jim's inscription Henny has written: " We've got it all in here, even the Golden Door! Love & Kisses [heart drawing] Henny Backus." Fine book in a near fine dust jacket withonly very minor edgewear.

New York: John F. Rider Publisher, [1950]. FIRST EDITION. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: "To ______ / who stores bits longer than / anyone else! / April 1958 / Arnold B. Bailey." A fine book in a superb fine dust jacket, virtually as new.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. FIRST EDITION. Some browning to pastedowns (from binder's glue bleed-through) else a near fine book in a near fine dust jacket slightly faded at spine panel with some very minor edge wear. Author's first book. Crime Club. Mystery set in the world of advertising

Merion, PA: Barnes Foundation Press, [1931]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor foxing to title page else fine in a lightly sunned, near fine dust jacket with a shallow chip at top of spine panel and one tiny chip at bottom of rear panel. 569 pages, with 156 illustrations.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, [1937]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A fine fresh copy, unfortunately lacking the dust jacket. T.S. Eliot's introduction appears first in this volume.

New York: The Dial Press, [1983]. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine copy in wrappers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. Subtitled "The Story of English from Its Obscure Beginnings to Its Present Eminence as the Most Widely Spoken Language on Earth."

New York: John Day Company, 1929. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a fine bright dust jacket with a two-inch split in the center of the front panel. slight crease to spine of jacket. World War One novel.

New York: Random House, [1953]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Although Barzini published an earlier edition in Italy, this edition is not a translation, but was completely re-written in English. Barzini was one of the leading journalists in Italy. The front flap copy states "This book is a sympathetic, incisive interpretation of America's unsought role as the reluctant leader of the free world."

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. A very good only copy with the blue cloth significantly faded at spine and edges, in a fine bright dust jacket, completely unfaded, with a small chip (half-inch triangular piece) in upper corner of front panel. Basis for the noted film.

[Paris]: Les Editions de Minuit, [1957]. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Paperback. Fine copy in wrappers. F & F 146. Published in English as

New York: The Mystery League, 1931. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Some foxing to page edges with some light scattered foxing to text.. A very good to near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Signed by Beer on half-title page. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some shallow chipping at spine ends. Author's first book. Uncommon in jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1931]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket.

New York: The Viking Press, [1964]. FIRST EDITION. First Issue, with poorly printed grey initial letters at start of each chapter and no reviews on jacket's back panel. Some light foixng to page edges, else a near fine book in a veru nearly fine dust jacket (bright and unworn). Nice crisp copy. This was the second of three Bellow novels to win the National Book Award.

New York: The Vanguard Press, [1944]. FIRST EDITION. Minor soiling to cloth otherwise a near fine book in a near fine dust jacket, slightly faded at spine panel with some very minor restoration at spine ends and corners. A very attractive copy of the author's scarce first book.

New York: The Viking Press, [1968]. FIRST EDITION. Fine bright copy in dust jacket .

New York: Henry Holt And Company, [1927]. FIRST EDITION. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with some restoration at extremities. Nice copy of the author's scarce fourth book.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1961]. First Edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Basis for the popular film, "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming."