Search Results: Titles starting with B from Thorn Books

London: James Flesher, 1662. Emblem frontispiece of the Royal Arms; Engraved title by Hertochs; 3 double-page engravings. Original full leather boards tooled in a Cambridge design; modern reback in matching leather, 6 raised bands, spine in 7 compartments, red leather lettering piece, gilt. The textblock is darkened around the edges, a few of the later leaves have a light dampstain along the top margin; some soil occasionally; but still a very good copy. With the signatures of William Morgan of Oxford dated 1682. Contains: Life of Charles I ; Eikon Basilike ; Papers concerning Church government, V ; Prayers used by His Majesty, VII ; Messages for peace, XXXVIII ; Declarations, III ; Letters, XLII ; Speeches, LIX. Madan, 65, who reports that the greater portion of this edition perished in the Great Fire. Wing C0275; ESTC R9377. .

New York: Random House, 1940. First edition in English. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Illustrated by the author.. Large thin folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Light edgewear else a fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped, has some wear at edges and folds and some light staining on the rear panel, else is in very good condition.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 4to. Unpaginated. Blue cloth printed in dark blue. Spine sunned, light wear to corners and edges else a very good copy. The scarce dustwrapper is present. It is rubbed at the edges and folds, and has a horizontal crease else is in very good condition and quite presentable. It is not price-clipped. Signed on the title page by the Disney animator-authors, both from the golden age of animation. Joe Grant He led the development of Pinocchio and co-wrote Fantasia, Dumbo and Saludos Amigos. After developinh Koko the Clown for Fleischer, Huemer joined DIsney where he was involved with Fantasia and Dumbo. .

London: Macmillan and Co, 1889. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. viii, 227pp. Finely bound by Sangorsky & Sutcliffe in full tan polished calf. Spine in six compartments intricately gilt and with pale lettering labels, gilt. All edges gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Extra-illustrated with 40 extra plates. And with the circular leather bookplate of Doris Louise Benz showing a gilt sailing ship. .

(Beijing): Wen Mei Zhai, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 4to. Two volumes, complete. One hundred woodblock illustrations of flowers intricately printed on one side of the page only in full color and bound in Oriental style, with three pages of introductory matter in Volume I. Basically these constitute illustrated paper for the writing of poems. Issued in two versions: red monochrome and full color. This is the full color version. This edition was printed in the third year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) of the Xuangtong Emperor. (i.e., 1911). An ephemeral piece used as stationery; only a few copes have survived in any form. This copy has not been used in any way and is complete with 50 illustrations in each volume. One plate in Volume II has an old repair of a closed tear with some loss to the margin and wrinkling of the paper; one plate in Volume II has a few light gray color spots; the remaining 98 illustrations are fine and bright. Rare, Only a few copies of… Read More

Tokyo: Okura Magobei, 1884. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Volume 2 of the three volume set: "Chi" (Ground Birds). Printed paper covers bound in the Japanese style with folded leaves. Japanese text followed by exquisite depictions of a variety of birds in their natural environment, not only those native to Japan, but also exotic birds. The illustrations are subtle colored woodblocks, esteemed for their beauty and realism. A very copy light soil and wear to the covers. .

Tokyo: Okura Magobei, 1884. First edition. Wraps. Very good. Three volumes. Printed paper covers bound in the Japanese style with folded leaves. Japanese text followed by exquisite depictions of a variety of birds in their natural environment, not only those native to Japan, but also exotic birds. The illustrations are subtle colored woodblocks, esteemed for their beauty and realism. A very good set with only light soil and wear to the covers. Volume I, "Ten" (Sky) lacks one double page corner affecting the frame and the tip of the first character, else this is a very good set. .

(Tacámbaro, Michoacán): Taller Martín Pescador, 2023. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Fine. 8vo. (14)pp. Stiff wraps with a printed paper label on the supper wrap. Finely printed by hand by Juan Pascoe. One of 100 numbered copies. A fine example. Twelve glosses by González taken from the quatrains of Para las Seis Cuerdas, and issued in honor of the centenary of the first book by Jorge Luis Borges, Fervor de Buenos Aires. In Spanish. .

Hudson (New York): Harry Croswell, 1804. Hardcover. Good. Volume III for 1804, with 52 issues of this weekly newspaper. Contemporary binding in quarter leather with paste-paper boards. The free endpapers have perished, as well as the paper covering to the boards. The paper is soft and spotted reflecting its poor quality. Number 8 lacks the final six pages; Nos. 37 and 38 each lack the final 2 pages, and No. 41 lacks the final four pages. An article in No. 49 at page 391 has been excised, as well as a signature on the title page. This is otherwise a complete issue of Volume III. In 1804 Jefferson was President, and his Address to Congress is included. There are references to the Louisiana Purchase, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Alexander Hamilton met his death in a duel with Aaron Burr in that year, and not only is his Funeral Oration by Governeur Morris published, but also Hamilton's letters to Burr on the night before his death. Anti-slavery sentiment is obvious in many articles, including… Read More

Kent: Ebenezer Press, 1969. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Large folio, approximately 21 by 14¼ inches. English yew boards by George Coulter, Ltd., natural hide spine, gilt block lettering by Ted Robbins of the Royal College of Art Bookbinding. Sixteen loose folios of text and illustrations, each signed or initialed by the artist. A fine copy in the original purple cloth chemise, now a trifle sunned. Accompanied by the original prospectus approximately 14 by 20 inches and framed behind acrylic. A fine copy of Clarke's first hand printed artist book, memorializing a little known Arthurian legend.

(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of 140 copies. A fine copy in its clear acetate wrapper. An edition of the Christian legend of the Buudha, translated and first published by William Caxton in 1484. With a letter laid in from Lewis Allen to the original purchaser. Allen Press, #52. .

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 8vo. xiii,(1),177pp. Dark gray cloth, spine printed in white. Illustrated throughout with photographs. A near fine copy with only a trace of war. The dustwrapper is not price clipped and shows the original $5.00 price. It is a little rough along the edges with two tiny closed marginal tears. It is in very good condition, "The folk roots of American jazz are in the deep South, and this is a book about those roots." --- dustwrapper. .

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1881. Softcover. Fine. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Page corners rounded and all edges gilt. Illustrated by Darley, McCutcheon, Frededricks, Perkins, King, Riordan and Northam.Printed on one side of the page only, with with an illustration on each page. Bound in a thick vellum-like wraps, tied with a ribbon, and with the title hand lettered in gilt on the upper cover, with handpainted illustration of a bell, and flowers. Ribbon renewed else a fine copy. .

Syracuse: Syracuse University, 1968. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Oblong 4to. 85,(3)pp. Cream-colored cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Dark green end papers. Authored by Martin H. Bush but with an essay and commentary by Ben Shahn. Illustrated, One of 200 signed copies, of which this is number 126. Signed by Ben Shahn on the half title and by Martin H. Bush on the title page. A trace of aging else a fine copy. in a near fine dust wrapper. Celebrates Shahn's remarkable mural at Syracuse University.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Printed cloth boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by the author. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has only a trace of sunning and wear and is fine as well. It is not price-clipped. Signed by Robert Lawson on the half title. Copies of this title signed are very scarce. .

Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. 189pp. White cloth printed in black. Frontispiece of the author. Light rubbing and soil to the cloth else this is a very good copy. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: To Mr. & Mrs. Grice in memory of a pleasant visit Oct. 1925. H. H. Proctor. Autobiographical sketches by an important civil rights leader. Rare signed. .

London: Merryweather, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thin 8vo. 218pp. Title page in red and black. A fine copy. The binding is by Bartlett of Boston. Full polished calf. Six compartments with raised bands, gilt; red leather lettering labels, gilt. Gilt border rules on the boards, and gilt floral rule inneer dentelles. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Merryweather covers various aspects like book production, collection, and ownership practices during the period, and includes the role of monasteries in copying and preserving manuscripts, the development of libraries, and the emergence of universities. .

London: Proprietors of Collection, 1815. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. viii,481,(i)pp. Contemporary half leather, spine in 6 compartments tooled in gilt, marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers. Woodcut pictorial initials. Extensive synoptical index. Nicely rebacked retaining most of the original spine and the endpapers. The bottom compartment of the spine has been tooled in blind to style of the missing compartment. Wear to the edges else a very good copy. Lowndes, p. 200, observes that this is an extremely useful catalogue of the rare and curious collection made by T. Park and added to by T. Hill. It affords intresting information about the works of the early poets.

Cincinnati: Published for the Author, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. vi, (7)-267,(1)pp. Contemporary brown sheep nicely rebacked to style. Red and black lettering labels, gilt. Occasional light foxing, board edges worn, else a very good copy. A collection of biographies of four early settlers of the American West. The subjects of the biographies were all important figures in the early history of the region, and their stories provide a valuable insight into the challenges and opportunities faced by pioneers. General Nathaniel Massie was a prominent military leader and politician in the early 19th century. He served in the War of 1812 and played a key role in the development of Ohio. General Duncan McArthur was another important military leader who served in the War of 1812 and the Indian wars. He was also a popular governor of Ohio. Captain William Wells was a scout and spy who played a vital role in the American victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe. General Simon Kenton was a… Read More

Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Vellum spine, gilt; drab paper over boards. A Romantic Drama. A very good copy showing only light wear. First published in 1898, this is the second printing. BAL 9387. .