Search Results: Titles starting with B from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA], 1982. Soft cover. Very Good-. Book has bumping to fore edge corners with a little bit of curling. Crease along front spine edge. Lower back fore edge corner had been torn off and has been repaired with clear tape. A few small spots on wraps. Light wear to head and tail of spine. Name stamp to top and bottom edges of text block. Pages are clean. 487 pages.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth spine with illustrated papered boards. Fore-corners worn. Interior is unmarked. The title page has some small areas of surface loss (most noticeably affecting part of the letter M of both the author and the illustrator's name). Light wear to frontispiece illustration. Pages show a few minor smudges, else internally clean. 12 full-page color chromolithographs. 25 leaves, each printed on one side. 9 x 7 inches. 1889 printing of Babes of the Year, first published in 1888. Illustrations by Maud Humphrey (1868-1940), a commercial illustrator, watercolorist, suffragette, and the mother of the actor Humphrey Bogart. Verses by the American poet, Edith Matilda Thomas (1854-1925).

Budapest, Hungary: Kiadja A K. M. Termeszettudomanyi Tarsulat, 1900. Hardcover. Good+. Volume 2 only. All other pages clean. Dark burgundy boards with gilt titling, marbled edges. Book has a little wear to head of spine as well as spine edges. Very light bumping and wear to fore edge corners. Cracked rear hinge. Pencil note on front paste-down. All other pages clean. 412 pages. Termeszettudomanyi Konyvkiado-Vallalat a M. Tud. Akademia Segitkezesevel: LXVI. A X. (1899-1901. Evi) Cziklus, Negyedik Kotete. Professor Alfred Lehmann (1858-1921) was a member of the Danish Society for Psychical Research, and was an early member of Leipzig University's Institute of Psychology. He established the first psychophysical laboratory in Denmark in 1886. English title: Superstition and Witchcraft; Danish title: Overtro og Trolddom. 412 pages. Hungarian language.

London - Paris - New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Frances Brundage. Blue cloth boards with decorative gilt stamped front cover. All edges gilt. Partially filled out. [36] pages. Illustrated by Frances Brundage, an artist best known for her depictions of attractive and endearing children. A few pieces of ephemera laid in. Commemorative of Nora Phila Fracker, born February 17, 1907, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the child of George Cutler Fracker and Nora Rebecca Kephart. Includes a very sweet handwritten letter from her grand-aunt Phila Acenith Cutler Ady (1833-1917), who gave her the baby book. Phila writes about how she suggested Nora'a name at her father's request. [Phila is here called ''Grandma Ady,'' although she was actually a grand-aunt, being the sister of Nora's actual grandmother, Mary Sarah Cutler, who passed away in 1871.] Also included is a post card ''from'' Nora in Cedar Rapids to Grandma Ady in Denver,… Read More

Lausanne, Switzerland: L'Age D'Homme, 1985. Soft cover. Good-. Book has soiling to wraps. Upper fore edge corner is dog eared. Approx. two pages have a few ink notes. All other pages are clean. Binding is tight. A couple light creases to spine. Uncommon book. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 313 Pages. French Language. Luc Dumas was born in Romont, Switzerland in 1927. He studied at the University of Fribourg and later became a Dominican.

London, U.K.: Mills & Boon, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Ex library book has heavy tape stains on end papers where dust jacket is taped to boards. Stamps in front and back. Missing ffep. Dust jacket has scrape mark on front fore edge. Call number label on spine. Pages are age toned but unmarked. First edition (FPu), 1978. 189 pp. 5" x 7.5

Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1880. Hardcover. Fair. Heavy soiling and water marks on boards; Bumping and wear to fore edge corners; a bit of exposed board along the front fore edge; soiling to end papers; a little foxing to fore edge of text block as well as end papers. No date given; ca. 1880. 144 pages. 4 x 6 inches. "Here we have the common sin of evil-speaking viewed in a scriptural light. The subject is presented and carried out in a pleasing interview between a cousin and two sisters. All who wish to understand and shun this widespread and peace-destroying sin would do well to read this interesting, little volume." - Descriptive Catalogue of the Presbyterian Board of Publications (1880). The other stories included in this volume are "The Sinful Laugh," "The Faithful Steward," and "Answering Again.

Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Constance Cole. Goldenrod cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Four plates: frontispiece and one full-page illustration by Constance Cole and two photographs showing stage scenes. 129 pages. Dust jacket has some small chips at corners; light soiling on rear panel; not price clipped ($1.50); in an archival sleeve. A collection of four one-act plays by Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), a playwright and professor who was associated with the Little Theatre Movement in the Pacific Northwest. She had earned her bachelors degree at the University of Washington and did graduate work at Radcliffe and Yale prior to becoming a professor at the University of Oregon, where she taught between 1924-1950. In 1961, the Oregon Historical Society published her book Trouping in the Oregon Country: A History of Frontier Theatre.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Author(s). Limited edition of 280 copies [93/280] signed by the author and the artist, issued for their friends and of which no copies were made for sale. Slipcase with slight wear at corners. Cream and chestnut-brown cloth. Spots of soiling on a few pages. Eight illustrations, including four tipped-in color plates, by Edward Arthur Wilson. 67, [1] pages. An excerpt from Binn's 1934 work of nautical fiction, Lightship.

New York: Carlton & Porter, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good. Publishers brown cloth over boards; covers decoratively stamped in blind and gilt on spine. Light soiling on rear cover. Some foxing to pages. Unmarked. Seven illustrations on plates, including frontispiece. 8vo. pp. 163, plus 9 advertising. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. Scarce. The lightly fictionalized autobiography of the Methodist minister John Henry Pitezel (1814-1906). In the preface, he states that this is a factual story, written from memory and from conversations with those involved, but in telling it has mostly used fictional names for persons and places. The autobiographical nature of this work is revealed through the author and the subject sharing the same birthday and birth location (April 18, 1814 and fifty miles outside of Baltimore) as well as by other biographical details. The story begins with the family background of ''Henry Adolph,'' including the family's move west in 1823 when they made their way over the… Read More

Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed and signed by author in 1975 to his "dear friend Bill Robinson" on the title page. Stated First Edition. Book has very light wear to head and tail of spine. Owner inscription at bottom of title page, else pages are free of marks. Dust jacket has tiny chips and a couple small closed tears; foxing along spine. Some color rubbing along the top of the rear panel; not price clipped; in archival mylar sleeve. 160 pages. 10.75 x 8.5 inches.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Boards in red cloth, lettered in brown and black. Head of spine shows some wear. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else interior clean. Illustrated with frontispiece and three plates showing movie stills. Dust jacket chipped at foot of spine; shallow chipping at head of spine; closed tear to top edge of front panel; light penciling on front flap; in an archival mylar sleeve. 378 pages. Photoplay edition of Booth Tarkington's Bad Sister (1913). This 1931 film adaptation featured the Hollywood debuts of both Bette Davis and Sidney Fox (seen in the stills). The cast also starred Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Nagel, and ZaSu Pitts.

Manizales, Columbia: Editorial La Batalla, 1939. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Pictorial wraps. Light soiling to rear cover. Pages unopend/uncut. 121, [2] pp. 7 x 5 inches. One copy noted on OCLC. The last few pages feature statements of review for Arango's previous novel, El Dilema de un Vagabundo, and indicates that another, Hombres sin Espacio, is at the press. Inscribed to the Chilean critic and professor of literature, Arturo Torres Rioseco (1897-1971). Torres Rioseco was one of the founders of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and a professor of Latin American literature at the University of California Berkeley from 1936 to 1960.

Taos, NM: Carnelian Press, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Catharine Phillips Fels. Book has one stress crease along spine. Light curling/wear to fore edge corners. Pages are free of marks and binding is sound. 8.5 x 11 inches. 104 pages.

Canton, Ohio: Standard Printing Company, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth with black lettering and front cover pictorial. Cloth is worn; corners exposed; biopredation holes near bottom of front outer hinge; general soiling. Bit of a smoky odor. Some pages show heavy foxing. Approximately 70 illustrations, mostly photographs of McKinley High School players and about a dozen play diagrams. 241 pages. Three copies located on OCLC (Oberlin College, U. of Akron, West Chester Univ.). A rare copy of Jim Aiken's football coaching guide. Aiken was one of Ohio's most respected coaches of the 1920s and 1930s. He imparts methods of successful coaching, addressing team dynamics, psychology, strategy, and a broad range of other issues and topics that coaches encounter with their teams. His 1934 state champion team at Canton's McKinley High School are used throughout to illustrate his principles, effectively creating a tribute to his McKinley teams in the years 1932-1934. James Wilson… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. First edition, first printing (with full number line on copyright page).Very light soiling/sun toning to top and bottom edges of boards & spine. Remainder mark on bottom near spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket has slight curling at the edges with a couple small closed tears. Dj not price clipped. 6.25 x 9.3 inches. 316 Pages.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. First Edition. Yellow cloth spine with black lettering; sides are printed in yellow and black. Very slight wear to fore-corners. Previous owner's name and date (1926) on half-title page, else clean. Dust jacket shows edge chipping; tear along upper part of front spine edge; price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 313 pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. A vividly written, "somewhat" biographical story of a modern Japanese man. A culturally insightful account, with discussion contrasting Anglo and Japanese ethics and cultural norms, the story ranges from a mischievous boyhood, family and village life, through an education and time at Doshisha College and Waseda University, to his involvement in the Tokyo street car riots, and the great earthquake of 1923. John Paris was the pseudonym of Frank Ashton-Gwatkin (1889-1976), a British novelist and diplomat. Prior to 1929 he was stationed in the Far East, and served in the… Read More

[Printed by the Holywell Press Limited, Oxford] [Girton College, Cambridge], 1975. Soft cover. Good. Staple-bound booklet in card covers. Covers how some toning and some general wear. Interior is unmarked. 15, [1] pp. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No copies noted on OCLC. A James Bryce Memorial Lecture delivered in the Wolfson Hall of Somerville College, Oxford on 6 March 1975 by Muriel Clara Bradbrook (1909-1993), Professor of English at Cambridge University and Mistress of Girton College.

Soft cover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Two items of Barnaby Conrad interest. 1) art postcard with an original hand-sketched and signed illustration by Barnaby Conrad. The original illustration (a portrait which appears to be of Carlos Arruza) is on the backside of the postcard. The front side features a printed illustration by Barnaby showing a matador and bull inside an arena. Below the sketch is inscribed: Para / Tony ''Er Canoso'' / con un abrago de / Barnabi ''Er Carvo''. [Inscribed to Anthony "Tony" Brand, a Hispanist and former assistant editor of the American Review of Bullfighting.] 2) [book] Carlos Arruza. Author is Lyn Sherwood. Hooper Publishing for Clarin, Phoenix, Arizona. 1966. Soft cover. Light wear to wraps; some soiling to bottom edge of rear cover. Pen markings on a couple pages. pp. x, 19, [50]. 9 x 6 inches. Inscribed to Barnaby Conrad by the president of the publishing house on the half-title page. Barnaby had been a student of… Read More

Mainz, Germany: B. Schott's Sohne, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. Saddle stitched booklet has a little very light creasing to wraps. Spine edge has a few stress creases. Music is unmarked. 30 pp. 23 cm x 15 cm. Score for 2 Soprano and one Treble Recorder.