Search Results: Titles starting with B from Rulon-Miller Books

Philadelphia: published by B. B. Hopkins and Co. and sold by W. P. Farrand, no. 170, Market-Street. Printed by T. & G. Palmer, Market-Street, 1807. 8vo, pp. xxiii, [1], 275, [1], 40 (explanation of the tables), 16, 15*-16*, 17-220 (tables), [4] advertisement and directions to the binder; 7 engraved plates; tables in the text; contemporary full calf, red morocco label on spine; rubbed, worn, stained, front joint starting, rear joint partially broken, half-title loose, but present, free endpapers wanting; a fair to good copy. With the bookplate of Joseph Cassin, Jr., U.S.N. and a subsequent inscription in ink on the half-title: Joseph Cassin Esq. / my friend and shipmate." Cassin (1794-1826) was "appointed Midshipman on January 16, 1809, and was promoted to Lieutenant on July 24, 1813. He died November 30, 1826 while on board the United States Schooner, Grampus [almost certainly of yellow fever] on her voyage from Pensacola to Havana. At 4:00 PM on the afternoon of November 30, his remains were… Read More

New York: printed by Richard W. Ellis, the Georgian Press, 1927. Edition limited to 500 copies, 12mo, pp. [4], 12, [3], 8 full page illustrations not in pagination, printed in green and black; unopened, "P. B. Morris" stamp on pastedown, fine copy in original green printed paper-covered boards, paper wrap-around label on spine, slightly worn glassine dust jacket.

n.p., n.d. [Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. Edition limited to 300 sets, 24 sheets of wrapping paper, each 11" x 17" and folded twice, the pack of them in a printed sleeve; accompanied by a printed 8½" x 11" note from Henry Morris explaining the genesis; fine. This copy annotated by Henry Morris on the 8½" x 11" note on the top in ink: "Paul - See the ad from 'Limited Editions Ltd.' (Randle was not too amused)." And on the printed sleeve: "I forgot to thank your Ma for the great review." Paul in this case is Paul Wakeman, son of Frances and Geoffrey Wakeman of the Plough Press who at the time was working for Oak Knoll in Delaware. Randle, of course, is John Randle of the Whittington Press. Forty-Four C-31.

Metuchen & London: the Scarecrow Press, 1985. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 594, [1]; fine in original red cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in white. Review copy with slip laid in. Nearly 400 American directors of the 1930s and 40s in more than 11,500 feature films, with complete filmographies for each director.

Brussels: Em. Rossel, 1904. 8vo, pp. xx,528; illustrated throughout, original pictorial wrapper preserved; contemporary black cloth, green morocco label, very good; ex-MHS. Issued in conjunction with the Belgium exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.

London: Elliot Stock, 1881-1883. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo; pages slightly browned, some signatures starting, extremities rubbed, covers and spines soiled and stained, spine bottoms frayed, tops of spines chipped to level of pages, spine of vol. I partially detached, else good in contemporary white paper covered boards, paper printed levels on spine. Three volumes dating from December 1881 to May 1883. Ex-MHS.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, n.d.. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. [10], 52, [1]; frontispiece illustration and 4 plates; near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. The Bohemian Flats lay along the Mississippi just below the falls of St. Anthony, between Minneapolis and St. Paul, where settled many northern European immigrants. This is its brief history.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, n.d.. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, [ix] & 52pp., frontispiece illustration & 4 plates; near fine in the dustjacket (chipped and toned). The Bohemian Flats lay along the Mississippi just below the falls of St. Anthony, between Minneapolis and St. Paul, where settled many northern European immigrants. This is its brief history.

Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1973. First edition, 8vo, xxv-[xxvi] & 294pp., 143 illustrations, fine copy in very good jacket. Volume 46 of the Society's publications. Review copy with slip laid in.

Boston: Printed for the Society, 1930. First edition, 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. xii, 117-[120]; ornamented title-p., 40 full-p. illus. (mostly portraits); original olive green cloth-backed rose paper-covered boards, gilt-titled spine and front cover, t.e.g., printed presentation plate at inside front cover; extremities worn, revealing boards at lower corners, else very good. Smith 707.

N.p.: Book Club of California, 1981. Edition limited to 650 copies, Book Club of California Publication no. 166, 12mo, pp. 64, [2]; title-page vignette, illustrated with facsimiles throughout; fine in original brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. From the library of Kim Merker. The second book to be published by The Book Club of California supported by the Special Fund established in memory of Dorothy & David Magee. Designed by Ward Ritchie and printed by Richard Hoffman,

New York: Sully & Kleinteich, 1900. 16mo, pp. x, [2], 184; text illustrations throughout; contemporary three-quarter dark red morocco over green buckram, gilt lettering and decorative stamping to spine, very small loss mid-spine, extremities a bit rubbed; endpaper edges toned, else interior fine. A very good, attractive copy.

[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1991. Edition limited to 80 copies, 7½" x 11" poetry broadside, signed, baby-blue paper.

[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1991. Edition limited to 80 copies, 7½" x 11" letterpress broadside, signed by Codreasu, burnt-orange/pink paper.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Co, 1878. First edition, square, thin 8vo, pp. [44]; wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine, and in gilt and black on upper cover, beveled edges, a.e.g.; spine ends worn, else very good. BAL 298: "Reprinted from The Ballad of Babie Bell..., 1859."

Omaha: Abattoir Editions & the Cummington Press, University of Nebraska, 1974. First edition limited to 430 copies, square 4to, pp. [20]; 8 drawings by Mall; original tan cloth, illustrated paper label on upper cover; fine. Printed by Harry Duncan, with Robert Fritzmeier and Nicholas Wees on Ragston paper.

Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1989. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 8vo, pp. xvi, 184; illustrated; fine copy in a fine jacket.

Saint Paul: [no publisher, no date, 1984. 10" x 14" print services broadside, on Kornblum's arrival in Saint Paul from West Branch, Iowa.

Saigon: Dai Ngã, 1969. First English language edition, small 8vo, pp. 383; title page printed in black and tan; original white wrappers printed in black and green, edges quite foxed, spine browned, pages uniformly toned; a good copy. "First English version one nine six nine" - publisher's imprint verso. Combat novel by a former member of the ARVN.

New York: Interim Books, 1963. First edition, narrow 4to, unpaged; original tan printed staplebound wrappers; near fine.