Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Country Bookshop

Worcester, MA: Worcester Historical Museum, 1985. Gravestone Carver and Sculptor. Wear around edges. Foxing on front cover and inside front cover. Slight scratches on back cover.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. Light tanning of pages and end papers. Some edge and corner wear. Introduction by Robert Frost. Comprehensive collection of ballads collected throughout the New England states. 248pp.. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1954. 32pp. Profiles with photographs of some of the memorable Sadler's Wells ballerinas, among them: Alicia Markova, Margot Fonteyn, Mary Honer, Beryl Grey, Moira Shearer, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova. Cover shows some soil at edges and bumping of spine. Jacket chipped and rubbed with two tears, creases at back.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus/Good Plus. 4to -- 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Capetown, South Africa: Barclays Bank, 1948. 212pp. Privately Printed. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.. For private circulation. The story of Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) during the second world war: 1939-1945. Includes a Roll of Honor, staff who enlisted for active service, and balance sheet changes. The dust jacket shows wear at the edges including some major chips on the spine. The book itself is in very good condition. Scratch on front cover.. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Barre, VT: Dean H.Perry, 1928. 117pp. Illustrated with photos of the flood and the damage to cars, railroads, buildings etc. A beautiful near-new copy of a record of the Great Flood of 1927. We have multiple copies available.. Cloth. Near New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Nichols & Co., 1903. Spine sun faded, top of spine crumbled, otherwise Good. 174 pp.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1937. Cloth. Near Good/Fair. Signed by Author. 8vo. 422pp. A remembrance of Rascoe's past, his rise as a man of letters, and his discovery of numerous literary giants. Jacket has chips and though intact, shows wear. Book cover faded, corners rubbed. [loc=literary]. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Acceptable/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas, TX: The American Bell Association, 1980. 175pp. Book was compiled from collective expertise of bell collectors, and ABA members. Included: History of the ABA, collecting mistakes, enjoying collecting, casting of bells, photographs and drawings of bells, etc. Also index of members and bells illustrated with a growth map of regional chapters.This book is now out of print. [Loc=Bells]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Unknown: American Bell Association, 1977. Paper covers with staples. THE BELL TOWER is the official publication of the American Bell Asociation. This Index lists all articles and their authors from 1972 to 1977. Also a chronological list of special subject supplements to the magazine. Although there is no publication date listed we presume 1977.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston., 1970. Easily understood format, with many illustrations by Shelly Sacks. Tales and facts about bells of the world. Unpaginated [48 pp.].. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Shelly Sacks. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Claremont, CA: Author published., 1975. Author signed. 2nd edition, expanded, of author's Master's thesis. Extensive bibliography. Limited to 200 copies. 184 pp. Important because of the bibliography - bibliographic information on bells is hard to come by.. Signed by Author. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1983. 288pp. An encyclopedic account of bells and their role in past and present society from ancient Chinese civilization to the modern carillon. The author discusses bells in both church and secular life, its use as music and for marking the passage of time. Numerous photographs of notable bells and bell towers existing in the world as well as the many sizes and shapes that have served various purposes. A rare and important book. Our copy is in great shape with a like dust jacket - clean, bright and tight. This book is one of the most sought after bell books of recent vintage.. First Ediiton. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4vo.

New York: Dodd, Mead., 1978. Very Good, with Dust Jacket. Well illustrated, for children. Making and uses of bells throughout history; famous bells. 96 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979. 150 pages. Partial contents: Hanging for Ringing; The Town Clock; Post Office Bells; Chimes, Hemispheres and Tubes; The Carillons; Ringing the Changes; The Mystery Bells of Port Arthur; The Bell-Founders; Made in Australia; Appendices; Index. Some light spotting on inside top edge of back cover, otherwise Very Good. [loc=bells]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall-Oblong.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Margaret Arnett MacLeod, 1938. 41pp. Tracing the history of the bells of Red River. Contents include: Lord Selkirk's Bell; Rev. John West's Bell; Two Early School Bells; The Bells of St, Boniface; The Bell of the Lower Fort; The Bells of St. Andrews; St. Johns and Others; Two Upper Fort Bells; Grace Church Bell. [loc=bells]. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Margaret Arnett MacLeod, 1938. 41pp. Tracing the history of the bells of Red River. Contents include: Lord Selkirk's Bell; Rev. John West's Bell; Two Early School Bells; The Bells of St, Boniface; The Bell of the Lower Fort; The Bells of St. Andrews; St. Johns and Others; Two Upper Fort Bells; Grace Church Bell. [loc=bells]. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1906. 338pp. Contains 60 illustrations. Comprehensive text on bells. Contents: Early History, The British Period, The Saxon Period, The Norman Period, The Thirteenth Century, Times of Development, Provincial Founders--Medieval Uses, The Cire Perdue--Hexameters--Ornamentation--Migration of Founders--Power of Bells Over Storms, etc.--The Passing Bell--Angelic Dedications; The Beginning of Black-letter Period; Early Foundries--London and the South-West; From the South Coast Eastward; The Midlands and the North; The Tudor Period; Later Founders; Change-ringing; Signa; Carillons, Hand-bells, and Tintinnabula; Legends--Traditions--Memories; Bell Poetry; Usages--Law--Conclusion. Spine sunned very lightly. Light general wear including some foxing here and there. Overall near Very Good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Kensington, PA: American Bell Association, 1970. 188pp. The American Bell Association's third compilation. With photos and articles about bell collections and bell collectors. Now out of print. [loc=bells]. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Margaret Arnett MacLeod, 1937. 41pp. Tracing the history of the bells of Red River. Contents include: Lord Selkirk's Bell; Rev. John West's Bell; Two Early School Bells; The Bells of St, Boniface; The Bell of the Lower Fort; The Bells of St. Andrews; St. Johns and Others; Two Upper Fort Bells; Grace Church Bell. [loc=bells]. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1985. Near new, with slightly spine sunned dust jacket. This is the only existing scholarly study of Russian bells. Heavily illustrated with photos and reproductions of old prints. It went quickly out-of-print in 1985 and has rarely surfaced since then. Quite scarce. 276 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.