Search Results: Titles starting with B from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo 7" - 7. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Handsomely bound in brown cloth over boards, fine gilt-stamped design to front cover. Bright paper dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, machine-clipped but not price-clipped. Special Limited Edition of 650 unnumbered copies, printed specially by Richard Hoffman, and with six illustrations of Rogers's designs. The book designer Bruce Rogers was born in 1870 and became an influential, important book designer. 65 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Printed By Order of the Trustees, by Harrison & Sons, Ltd. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Offprint by the leading Egyptologist of the day, E.A. Budge. Blue printed wrappers, stapled text, crimped corners, sunned and lightly soiled extremities, bookplate inside front flap, quite inventive, from the Hector and Alliot Memorial Library of Archaeology, a gift of the Ruskin Art Club to the Southwest Museum. Lightly and evenly toned interior. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs of the Epic of Gilgamish as told by the Assyrian tablets from Nineveh and their discovery in 1845-1847 and again in 1849-1851 during field seasons there. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Augustus Hoppin. Twenty-one fine black-and-white illustrations by Augustus Hoppin augment this handsome little tome, including at frontis, tissue-protected, with fetching initials beginning with the first chapter, and with previous owner's inscriptions, neatly rendered, at blank fly-leaf prior to frontispiece and then again at first page, in pencil and pen, being the book of Mrs. Gertrude Hill Gordon, a New York address in 1879. As is the case with other copies and editions, the spelling at front cover and spine and publisher's ad is Back-Log, but on title page Backlog, and the spine also says Houghton, Osgood & Co. Bound in the original publisher's green cloth, a fetching gilt-illustrated device to front cover, stamped and illustrated also in black. Bumping to spine head and foot, forward cock to spine. Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an… Read More

New-York : American Tract Society. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. An uncommon title in the trade, there being no other copies available on-line currently. Another contribution to Christian evangelization by a leading publisher of such, being a lengthy treatise against sin. No publication date is given, but the Introduction by the Reverend John Angell James is dated 1840, written at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, England. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned, minimal rubbing to extremities, being full calf leather, gilt ruling to spine and gilt title over black leather label at spine. 122 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Reynal & Hitchclock, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Edward A. Wilson. Signed by Author. DOUBLE-SIGNED by both the author and artist, at first free endpaper, by the artist, "To Lucile and Billy from Edward & Dorothy," being No. 28 of a Limited Edition of only 200 such copies, and then at Page of Limitation, signed again by him and by the author Archie Binns. Four lovely four-color tipped-in plates, and black-and-white illustrations. Light offsetting to end-papers, very light soiling to oatmeal buckram cloth-backed spine, brigh-red buckram cloth over boards. 68 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston: Little, Brown, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Easy Rawlins novel from the acknowledged mastery of mysteries writing. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Simple, two-tone, brown paper over boards, black cloth-backed, copper lettering to spine. 311 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine Ezekiel (Easy) Rawlins murder mystery. Superior copy, near gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, little worn but for slight crease to front flap, inner. Criminal homicide detection at its finest from an acknowledged master of crime fiction. 311 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at title page. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Another fine Brawly Brown novel of criminal homicide detection from an acknowledged master of crime fiction. 311 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1973. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, slight damp-staining to bottom of first few pages of text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting elsewhere, and faint stain not affecting text. Perfectly readable, usable copy. “Revised Edition” of an original essay, published here as Occasional Papers on Technology, 9, T. K. Penniman and B.M. Blackwood, eds. Original publisher’s beige wrappers. 7 1/4” x 10.” 142 pp. Ninety-two black-and-white illustrations. Sixteen half-tone plates in the back. Covers have extensive smudges but they do not affect readability of the text. A solidly Good copy, but the interior is quite nice. Contents: “Preface,” “List of Illustrations,”… Read More

Chicago / New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Harry N. Abrams, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Enrico Baj. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Glossy pictorial covers, and replete with black-and-white and full-color reproductions of Baj's best works. Foreword by Stephen S. Prokopoff.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris: Panoramas Forces Vives. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall. Enrico Baj. A superior set of two copies in square quarto hardcover format, with unbruised tips, tight bindings, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Catalogue raisonne of Baj's graphic work, Volume I being published in 1970, Volume II in 1973. Volume I is bound handsomely in bright orange cloth, with one of Baj's magnificent cuttings reproduced in black and with black letter to spine, over the linen cloth. Ditto to Volume II, but over red linen cloth. Bright and shiny dust jackets, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by plastic coats, not price-clipped. Each dust jacket is a work of art in and of itself, one being in green and pink, the other, in green, pink and black. Gift-quality condition inside and out both volumes. Bilingual edition, texts en Espanol… Read More

Paris, France: XXe Siecle; G.D. San Lazzaro, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Graham Sutherland. Scarce in the trade, an original lithograph pulled from the pages of the French modernist art journal XXe Siecle, No. 41, for Graham Sutherland, printed in 1972. Measures 12 1/4" x 9 1/2" high and wide, respectively. Fine condition, suitable for framing and hanging. In full, glorious color. A Wikipedia entry devoted to him notes that Graham Vivian Sutherland (24 August 1903 – 17 February 1980) "was an English artist who is notable for his work in glass, fabrics, prints and portraits. His work was much inspired by landscape and religion, and he designed the tapestry for the re-built Coventry Cathedral." One of a Limited Edition of unnumbered, unsigned lithographs, but pulled by Mourlot of Paris. Collectible in this form.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for… Read More

Berkeley, California: Periplus Editions, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Replete with black-and-white and full color reproductions of ethnological, ethnographic and contemporary photographs of gamelan orchestras and musicians. [5], 6-143 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1892. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Clearly enough an early reprint but, thankfully, with the original title page bound in anyway. This edition's title page is dated 1892 (London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane), and the original title page follows (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1887). Bound handsomely in blue cloth over beveled boards, light wear to exterior, bumping to spine head and foot, still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, including "1887-92" to spine bottom, top edge gilt, rough-cut fore- and bottom-edges. Particularly fine previous owner's bookplate inside front flap (George Herbert Wailes). An evocative black-and-white frontispiece inset by W. Strang and with additional black-and-white illustrations hors-texte. Head and tail pieces by J.B. Clark. 72 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for… Read More

New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound as a short octavo format hardcover in First Edition state in the original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, moderate rubbing to tips, edges, scuffed at spine head. Light toning of interior, but clean and unmarked. Previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper. Top edge gilt. 165 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of a very early reprint edition, the first edition having been published the year prior; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Brown cloth over boards, cracking along edges but binding and strings still holding strong, moderate rubbing to, scuffing to tips, edges. Light toning to pages, else clean and unmarked. Printed and published by Bradbury & Evans of Boston. 156 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Variant binding, being an extremely handsome rebind of a First Edition of Thackeray's songs and ballads. New decorated endpapers front and rear, quite fine. Light brown linen cloth over boards, fine brown leather generously over tips, spine, with five raised bands and fleurs-de-lis in compartments in gilt, with title and author in gilt also at spine. Original text-block is tightly bound, clean, unmarked but for a Christmas gift inscription at second, original, first free endpaper, also being decorated. Some slightly heavier foxing at initial endpapers, dissipating thereafter, but lightly so. Several dozen fine black-and-white engravings by H.M. Bock, including at frontis, heads, tails and initials. A fetching, copiously illustrated compendia of poetry from the English satirist Thackeray. Includes The Chronicle of the Drum, The King of Yvetot, Love Songs, German Ditties, Old Friends With New Faces,… Read More

Dundalk, Ireland: W. Tempest Dundalgan Press, 1940. First Edition. Very Good. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in blue cloth, abraded and rubbed a bit at spine head and tail, tips, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover. 95 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper, "To Doris Tindall on the occasion of her wedding with every good wish, fr.: R.L. Gales April 27, 1921." A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Paper title label over front cover, another at spine, abraded and toned. Extensive foxing at front and rear endpapers, dissipating in both directions. A truly scarce First Edition of a poetry anthology by R.L. Gales, priest, poet and folklorist who earned the Newdigate Prize in 1886 for his pastoral poetry set in the English countryside and from a Christian perspective. 69 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: MacMillan & Co, 1972. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Niki Ekstrom. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A touch of discoloration along front board edges near spine, else clean and unmarked, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, and title over burgundy label. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped at front flap, rear flap, too. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs (by Niki Ekstrom) and other illustrations, 51 in total, the book provides a "Unique chronicle of careers, talents, personalities, lives, loves and times of the great dancers from the court of Louis XIV to Pavlova." xv [2], 4-304 pp. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest… Read More