Search Results: Authors starting with B from The Bookworm

Salt Lake City, Utah:: Bookcraft, 1999.. Trade size paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; a Good book.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) .

London:: J M Dent & Sons, 1984.. 1st U.K. Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: wine colored cloth; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.75 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Alan Hood. ''The story of a man who never knows he has a twin brother, yet whose life is governed by an inexplicable sense of loss. His twin daughters make him feel resentful, and mirrors make him feel peculiar. Set in small-town Ohio, from 1880 to the early 1950s, this is not so much a story about twins as a comment on the search of all of us for the perfect other self who will always love us and understand.'' Originally published in the U.S. in 1982, this is the first U.K. edition.

New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1994.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black boards with black cloth at the spine; a small ink mark on the front endpaper, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket design by Archie Ferguson; front cover photo by Marc Höm. Includes several black and white photo illustrations.

New York:: Burt Franklin, 1971.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with gilt spine text; Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: Includes a frontis plus fifteen additional black and white illustrations. This was originally published in 1912. Sections headings are: The Ohio Company and Other Adventures, 1748 to 1774. The Patowmack Company, 1984 to 1828 (from its unpublished records); and Life of Colo. Charles Simms, Gentleman, with selections from his correspondence.

New York:: Lucis Publishing Company, 1960.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: this is from a series with uniform bindings; dark blue cloth with gilt text; blind stamped ruled borders; with small series device blind stamped on the lower right hand corner; owner's gift note on the front endpaper; Good condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index. Description: Alice Ann Bailey (1880-1949) was an American author and one of the first to use the term 'New Age'; she wrote several books on spirituality and theosophy. She and her husband founded the Lucis Trust (publishers of this book). She wrote on the subjects of -- amongst other things -- The Seven Rays -- esoteric astrology teachings relayed to her by Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul; the constitution of man; and more. This was originally published in 1949.

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1977.. 1st Printing, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Near Fine book, with a Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Note that this book was sold directly from the publisher through mail order without dust jacket. But other issues were sold in bookstores with jacket. If you take the jacket away, there is no difference whatever between the books.. about 11.5 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide . Bibliography, index. Black endpapers. Description: This is a volume from the Time Life World War II series. This volume takes you behind the scenes to meet the men in power -- from aristocratic Roosevelt to Donald M Nelson of Hannibal, Missouri who made good at Sears, Roebuck and went on to head the War Production Board, which regulated the manufacture of everything from refrigerators to rubber balls. America, after Pearl Harbor, was at first worried about air attack. Air-raid drills became a part of life. But the… Read More

Annapolis, Maryland:: Beechcliff Books, 1993.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: plum cloth with silver text and decoration; Near Fine condition.. 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, glossary, index. Description: Well illustrated in black and white and color. This is a history and celebration of the kaleidoscope-- it is NOT a book on making them. Contents: Once Upon a Scope; Modern Kaleidoscopes; Meditative and Therapeutic Values; Contemporary Designers; Scope-related Art and Artists; Color and the Rainbow Connection.

New York:: William Morrow, 1990.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: a Very Good book with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) .

New York:: William Morrow, 1989.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: a Very Good+ book with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) .

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue 'tweed' binding; with the horseshoe device of this series; the top edge tint is a lighter shade; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated in black and white by Pers Crowell, who you may remember as the illustrator of several horse stories by various authors such as The Phantom Roan, Golden Cloud, Horse in the Clouds, and Golden Mare, and of his own horse books such as First to Ride, Cavalcade of American Horses, and Beau Dare. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Ben and Dixie Darby, of Darby Ranch in Idaho, loved and repspecte4d a magnificent wild horse. Suddenly this horse was in danger of being caught, legally, by a horse breeder from Arizona. Their father was a fair man who allowed no sentiment to interfere with his sense of justice, so Ben and Dixie not only were forced to stand by and see their beloved King taken, but they also had to help the man capture… Read More

Chico, California:: Self Published, 1987.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: sturdy dark burgundy binding with gilt text; a few pinpoint white spots on the front cover, otherwise in Very Good condition.. 4to (about 11 inches tall) . References, appendices. Description: A project presented to the Faculty of California State University, Chico; in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree Master of Arts in Special Major: Dance/Education, Spring 1987. This paper presents the thematic, technical, and physical elements that went into a production of a jazz dance recital. Includes a brief history of jazz dance; a review of literature. The remainder of the book details the performance. Includes a fold-out facsimile of a full page newspaper review.

West Chester, Pennsylvania:: Schiffer Publishing, 1994.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: olive-gray cloth with black text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. about 11.25 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide . Marbled pastel endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white; all pages are of a coated stock, yielding clear crisp reproduction of the pictures. This illustrates the hundreds of nautical treasures sought after by collectors. The selection is endless, with many avenues of collecting to pursue. Included are a vast variety of scrimshawed items, sailor-made ship models, nautical instruments and aids, nautical and whaling implements, furnishing and accessories, ship's figureheads, stern boards, and billet heads, ship's journals, ephemera, paintings, and much more. The price guide comprises two pages at the rear; bear in mind the prices shown are well out of date now, but comparative values usually remain consistent.

Chicago:: Rand McNally, September, 1969.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: rust colored cloth with black text; a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: Includes a section of b&w plates.

New York:: Allanheld & Schram, 1977.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light burgundy cloth; a small scuffed area on the front endpaper, owner's gift note on the half-title page, otherwise a Very Good book; the dust jacket has a large chip (about the size of a fifty cent piece) to the rear panel, tears near the chip are externally mended with clear tape, the jacket is otherwise Good. This comes with the original plain, stapled-card slipcase; the slipcase shows edge wear; Fair condition.. Small Folio (13.75 inches tall) . illustrated endpapers. Description: 53 pages of text are followed by a 183-page section of plates, with much in color. A review of the museums of Cracow. Includes: The Collections of the Wawel; The National Museum in Cracow; The Museum of the Jagiellonian University; The Jagiellonian Library; The Archaeological Museum; The Ethnographic Museum; and The Historical Museum of the City of Cracow.

New York:: Scientific American Library, 1990.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; owner's name stamp in three places (top and bottom edges of the text block and the front endpaper), otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 9.5 inches tall by 8.75 wide . Index. Beige endpapers. Description: Well illustrated with much in color. ''Author Thomas Banchoff, a leader in the study of higher dimensions, is well-known for his creation of computer graphics that let us visualize previously inaccessible spaces. His images illustrate how the concept of dimension is a theme that threads its way through mathematic and into the world beyond. When we realize that a dimension does not have to be spatial, but could represent time, temperature, weight, energy or other variables, we see that it has practical significance not only in mathematics, but also in physics, geology, medicine, and modern art. Ranging from Egyptian pyramids to the nineteenth century satire Flatland, to the… Read More

Berkeley, California:: University of California Press, 1973.. Paper covers: plastic comb binding . BINDING/CONDITION: thin paper covers with a comb binding; high-lighting, short note on the cover, otherwise a Good book.. 4to (about 11 to 12.5 inches tall) . Description: Includes a few black and white illustrations.

St Paul, Minnesota:: Hungry Mind Press, 1998.. Trade size paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; a Good+ book.. Small 8vo (7.75 inches tall) .

Washington, D.C.:: American Geophysical Union, 1981.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; well used copy with tape at the spine and other tape repairs to the cover; owner's name stamped on the inside and outside of the front cover: Fair condition.. 11.25 inches tall by 8.25 inches wide . Description: Many figure illustrations, plus one fold-out -- a geological map of the Precambrian rocks of the central St Francis Mountains, Missouri. There is a large folding plate in a pocket at the rear -- a chart showing stratigraphic succession, isotopic ages, partial chemical analyses, and sources of certain silicic volcanic ash beds. This contains a number of papers. A sampling: A Summary of the Geology and Petrology of the Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico by Gail A Mahood. Gradients in Silicic Magma Chamber: Implication for Lithospheric Magmatism by Wes Hildreth. Partitioning of Rare Earth and Other Trace Elements between Sanidine and Coexisting Volcanic Glass by William P Leman and David W… Read More

Berea, Kentucky:: Painted Treasures, 1982.. 1st Printing, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light khaki colored cloth with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. oblong format: about 11.25 inches tall by 14 inches wide . Notes, bibliography. Cream colored endpapers. Description: A large format art book, profusely illustrated in black and white and color with the paintings and sketches of Mitchell Tolle. This first printing was limited to 10,000 copies; this is number 2415. A bookplate affixed to the front endpaper carries the limited statement, and is Signed by both the author and the artist. Laid in is a folder with a signed and numbered print, ''In the Dressing Room'' (number 2415 of 2500).

New York:: St Martin's Press, 1989.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket by Stephen Foster. This is the second Carlotta Carlyle mystery.