Search Results: Titles starting with B from small volume

Burbank, CA: Know Now Publishing Company, 1984. Wraps. Near Fine. 4to. 127 pp. Red and black pictorial wraps, white titling. Light rubbing along wrapper edges. Interior clean and sound. Illustrated guide to Balisong style knife-fighting.

Joliet, IL: The P.F. Vollard Company, 1920. Twenty First. Hardcover in box. Very Good/Good. Gruelle, Johnny. 12mo. Unpaginated [36]. Pictorial purple boards and original box enclosure, both with colorful clock illustration and yellow titling. Box heavily worn, with soiling to front panel and chipping to edges, lid is lacking appx. 6 in. of one side, but the book has been well protected and remains very clean. Slight fading and rubbing to spine and spine ends, rest of exterior is fine. Bright pictorial endpapers and color illustrations throughout by Johnny Gruelle. Few leaves have light finger marks to fore edge, but mostly a very clean copy in scarce original box.

New York: Vaughan & Gomme, 1914. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. 18 cm x 11 cm. 32 pp. First edition. Faded purple wraps w/ black titling. Bookseller's label from "Walter H. Baker Co., Theatrical Publishers, Hamilton Place, Boston, Ma" affixed to front wrapper. Faint blue stamp to margins throughout reads "for Permission to Produce this Play Apply To, Norman Lee Swartout, Summit, New Jersey". A comedy in one act. Limited to 1050 copies.

New York: Yiddish Scientific Institute, 1952. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. 15 pp. Tan stapled wraps. Toning and discoloration to front and rear wrapper. Interior clean. The Yiddish Scientific Institute was founded in Vilna, Poland, in 1925 for the scientific study of Jewish life throughout the world.

New York: HM Communications, Inc, 1982. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 96 pp. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Scuffing to wraps, heaviest on rear panel. Interior clean and sound. Cover art by Moebius. Thirteen graphic fantasy stories from Heavy Metal magazine, 1977-1979.

[New York]: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Young, Ed. Large squarish 8vo. 38 pp [1]. Green paper-covered boards backed in black cloth with silver titling to spine, illustrated dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge of text block and edges of dust jacket verso. DJ front flap clipped at bottom corner, price in tact. Inscribed by author in black ink to ffep: "To Joe and Joanne Dermont" dated 1/84. Laid in is a 4.5 x 10.5 in. manila envelope addressed to Mrs. Joanne Dermont with Scioscia's return address label, containing a brief autograph letter signed on Scioscia's 5.5 x 7 in. letterhead, thanking Dermont for sending notes and pictures from her students; also, folded 14 x 8.5 leaf of pink paper with a lengthy handwritten note to Ms. Dermont's second grade class, decorated with several animal stickers.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1997. First US Edition. Hardcover in DJ. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 294 pp. Grey paper-covered boards with silver titling to spine, in white dust jacket with front panel design of layered black text with title embossed in white. Light shelfwear to jacket, some creasing and wrinkling to top edge but otherwise fine. Book is near fine inside and out, apparently unread. Gift inscription to previous owner ("Monica" the "journaliste," from "Alain") in black ballpoint to half-title. Signed by Saramago in black ballpoint to title page.

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1956. Hardcover. Good+. Beskow, Elsa. Squarish 4to. 32 pp. Illustrated boards backed in blue cloth. Soiling, slight board exposure to bottom edge front board and outer corners. Splitting to front hinge (lower 2 in), previous owner's ink gift inscription to ffep. Child's pencil drawing of Boston's Logan Airport laid in. Several leaves have tearing at bottom inner margin, most mended. Whimsical color illustrations throughout, 2 extra-illustrated in previous owner's crayon. All text in Swedish. Lisa attends the flower people's Midsummer party with the help of a fairy's magic.

Hollywood, CA: Almo Publications, 1979. Wraps. Very Good. 4to. 61 pp. [3] Pictorial wraps. Light scuffing and soiling to wrappers. Interior clean, binding sound. Music and Lyrics for Blondie's 1978 release, Parallel Lines.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889. Numbered, Large Paper Edition. Boards. Very Good. 390 pp. 8vo. Gray & cream paper-covered boards. Large paper edition, limited to 150 copies, of which this is numbered 40. Illustrations by H. J. Ford and G. P. Jacomb Hood. Toning to spine strip, soiling and chipping to boards, heaviest at spine ends. Discoloration and pencil marginalia to endpapers, otherwise interior clean. Signed in ink by American book collector and Bronte scholar, Henry H. Bonnell (1859-1926) on rear free endpaper, with notation in pencil stating he acquired the book on 8/1/18.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. [i-xiv] xv-li [lii-liv] 169 pp [1]. Yellow paper-covered boards backed in red cloth with gold titling to spine. Lacking dust jacket. Boards soiled, corners bumped. Spine slightly cocked, cloth and gilt faded with chipping to spine ends. Text block top stained in faded red, small soil mark to fore edge. Endpapers have some soiling and offsetting, with markings from two previous owners to ffep- one in black ink dated 1929, the other below in pencil. Rest of text is clean. Binding remains tight and sturdy. Prohibition era reprint featuring classic cocktail recipes from "Professor" Jerry Thomas, formerly principal bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and at the Planters' House, St. Louis. Including several non-alcoholic "Temperance Drinks." Illustrated throughout. Edited, with an introduction by Herbert Asbury.

New York: Ridge Press, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Farrell, John (photographs). Large 8vo. 95 pp. First paperback edition. Pictorial wraps. Scuffing to exterior, creasing to joints. Small sticker removal mark to front wrapper. Text block very clean, with black and white photos throughout.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Small 4to. 427 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and decoration to front board. Cloth heavily rubbed and binding lightly shaken but holding sturdy. Limitation plate to fpd, stating this is number 307 of 1000 copies printed. Small bookseller's label (W.E. Franklin, Newcastle on Tyne) to bottom edge fpd. Bookplate of notable printer and collector Oscar Aurelius Morgner to ffep. Engraved frontispiece, plates, and text illustrations. Some light foxing scattered to tissue guards and nearby leaves, offsetting opposite plates. School report card for a Robert McMurray, dated 1931 laid in at center.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999. First edition. Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 337 pp. Yellow and black paper-covered boards, bronze titling in dust jacket. Very minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Otherwise clean and sound. Comprehensive history of the now defunct bookstore, Books & Co. Signed by founder Jeannette Watson on title page.

Various: Various, 1949. Ephemera. Very Good. Seven pieces of 20th century American sheet music, containing a total of 11 songs. All show minimal signs of use, with some scuffing and few small tears to bottom edges. All but two hold a previous owner's pencil name to front panel. "I Love You Truly" has appx. 3 inch split at foot of spine fold. "My Belgian Rose" is stated to be a War Edition, printed in a reduced size in order to save paper, and "The Rose of No Man's Land" appears to be as well (both measure 10.5 x 7 in.). The rest measure appx. 12 x 9 in., with "Havana Rose" being the largest (13.5 x 10.5 in). Collection includes the following: Jacobs-Bond, Carrie. "I Love You Truly: From Seven Songs As Unpretentious as the Wild Rose." Boston: The Boston Music Co, 1901. Arnold & Brown. "Havana Rose." New York: Standard Music Co, 1912. Benoit, Geo., Levenson, Rob't., and Ted Garton. "My Belgian Rose." New York: Leo Feist Inc, 1918. Caddigan, Jack and James A. Brennan. "The Rose of No Man's Land."… Read More

[New Bedford]: Henry M. Plummer, 1914. First Subscription Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 4to. 103 pp. + 5 maps. Burgundy cloth with black and silver paste-down. First subscription edition limited to 700 copies. Sunning to cloth heaviest along spine, foxing scattered to a few leaves throughout. A Self published chronicle of The Cruise of the Mascot, October, 1912- June, 1913. Captained by Henry M. Plummer, his son Henry M. Plummer, jr., and their cat, Scotty. Illustrated throughout by Alice H. Plummer with typesetting by A M. Lofgren.

Messina: Arti Grafiche Peloritane, 1900. Stapled wraps. Very Good. 48mo (11 x 7 cm). 16 pp. Single-staple binding, with pale blue printed wraps. Wraps faded, lightly soiled, yapping to bottom edge. "Short Prayers to Saint Anthony." All text in Italian. Printed to benefit the Anthonian Orphanage for girls in San Pier Niceto, Messina, one of many homes for children opened by Annibale Maria Di Francia "Saint Hannibal.

Boston: Published by the Author, 1870. Cloth. Good. 8vo. 304 pp. Purple cloth with gilt titling to spine, blind-ruled boards, and gilt text to front board that reads "Free Masonry Developed." Heavy sunning to spine, sunning and discoloration to boards, especially rear board and edges. Light foxing to endpapers, some scattered soiling to mostly clean text block. Small closed tear to lower fore corner of pp 93-94. Binding tight and sturdy, text clean. An account of the events leading up to the mysterious disappearance and presumed death of William Morgan (1774-1826), who threatened to expose Masonic secrets with the publication of his book, "Illustrations of Freemasonry.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 232 pp. Teal paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth w/ gilt titling in pictorial dust jacket. Faint discoloration and edgewear to jacket. Spine ends gently pushed. Interior clean, binding sound. Warmly inscribed by Suleiman on flyleaf. "For Ruth and Arthur, whom I'm happy to meet at last! Love, Susan Suleiman. May 3, 1997". Flyer advertising a reading/book launch at Harvard Book Store laid in.

Boston: Sampson Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 149 [2] pp. Cream colored cloth, black and orange stamped titling and illustration. Discoloration along front board edges, spine ends pushed, POs inscription in black ink on verso of frontis "Edith from James, April 27, 1909". First Edition. Historical account of the fire that occurred in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1908, the events leading up to, the efforts to extinguish it, and the aftermath and its effects on the community.