Search Results: Titles starting with B from Magus Books

Panorama West Publishing, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First revised edition. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with one small edge tear. SIGNED BY GEORGE HOEPER on the title page. A beautiful signed copy.

Jamieson-Higgins, 1903. Very Good. Third edition, revised. Very good in black boards with some wear at the corners and spine ends; interior clean and tight. A nice copy of a scarce title.

Prentice-Hall, 1964. 1st Edition . Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear. An excellent copy of a scarce title.

Rand McNally, 1938. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine in illustrated boards with light wear to spine; interior clean and unmarked. In a very good example of the scarce dust jacket (50-cent price intact) with a small chip to the bottom of the front panel and a couple of closed tears. A beautiful copy.

G. W. Dillingham Company, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Likely a first edition, with no additional printings listed on copyright page. Very good in dark blue boards with light wear at spine ends and corners, and a bit of fading to the spine. A bit of edge wear to title page, otherwise clean and tight. With color frontispiece and 288 pages. A nice copy of very scarce title.

Grabhorn Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good plus with slight sunning to top edge of front board. Light foxing to endpapers and a few pages, otherwise clean and tight. INSCRIBED BY ALFRED SUTRO in 1936 on the flyleaf.

Little Brown, 1960. 1st Edition . Near-fine with a touch of soiling to spine and one corner slightly bumped; interior clean and tight. In a very good plus price-clipped dust jacket with a faint abrasion near the bottom of the spine and a touch of rubbing. SIGNED BY MATHESON on the flyleaf. Quite scarce signed.

Binsford & Mort Publishers, 1944. 1st Edition . Near Fine. Near-fine with gift inscription on flyleaf, in a very good dust jacket ($1.50 price intact) with slight wear at the spine ends and corners. A nice copy of this rather scarce title.

London: Gollancz, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First British edition. Very good with light soiling to front board and ownership label on front pastedown. otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket (price intact) with two closed tears at the bottom of the spine and slight tanning to spine. A nice copy of this scarce title which won the Edgar Award in 1956 and was later adapted into a famous episode of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1964.

Tokyo: Japanese Culture Promoting Society, 1937. 1st Edition . Oblong folio, illustrated with color and black & white photographic images of Japanese life, and with mounted lithographs. Text in English and Japanese. Bound in an elaborate sewn Japanese-style binding with beautiful embroidery, a mounted color plate and stamping. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear and light creasing to endpapers, otherwise clean and bright. A beautiful copy of a scarce title.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near-fine with slight foxing to page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a fine dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Basis for the 2001 film that won four Academy Awards.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. very good plus. Very good plus in green boards with slight rubbing to spine. A bit of a crease to top inside portion of first few pages and a couple of tiny stains to fore-edge, otherwise clean and tight. A very nice copy.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. very good plus with a touch of wear at the corners and some foxing to a few pages, otherwise bright and clean.. In a very good plus dust jacket ($1.00 price intact) with light wear at spine ends and a few small closed edge tears. A beautiful copy of Groucho's first book, rarely found in such excellent condition.

Collins, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 1st British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Fowles introduces a selection from the Guardian circa 1982-83. We have the largest selection of John Fowles first editions for sale in the world--please inquire about our multiple-purchase discounts, or if you need assistance with building a Fowles collection.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good copy of this very scarce title. Maroon boards have slight rubbing; gilt titles bright and clear. Name neatly written on flyleaf and stamped (crossed out by line) at top of title page. Clear archival tape repair to front interior hinge and closed tear on title page; remainder of text clean and unmarked. Totla of 260 pages plus advertisements.

Wilhelm Limpert-Derlag, 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in red boards with slight shelf wear. Front endpaper missing and pencil inscription on first blank page, otherwise clean and tight. Laid in is a small card with the signature of the author: "Yours very truly, Maud B. Booth, Volunteers of America.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy, clean and bright inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) with slight rubbing to the extremities. SIGNED BY VAN ALLSBURG on the title page. A very attractive signed copy.

New York: The English Crafters, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good with light wear to spine ends and slight fading to spine; interior clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this scarce title.

Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske and Co., 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in illustrated boards with light wear at corners. Gift inscription on flyleaf and corner piece missing from one page, otherwise clean and tight. Features children's stories and rhymes with black & white illustrations and full-page color frontis. Scarce.

Trident Press, 1971. 1st Edition . A fine copy--bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($7.95 price intact) with a touch of creasing to the flap corners. SIGNED BY HAROLD ROBBINS (signature only) on the title page. A beautiful signed copy. Basis for the 1978 film starring Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones, which Robbins considered the best movie adaptation of any of his works.