Search Results: Titles starting with B from Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB

NY: George Rutlledge, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. Squarish, cloth-backed illustrated paper boards, decorated and illustrated by Crane in great detail and color, 56 pages. Undated, no other edition statement, hence 1878, first edition. A very well used copy, covers soiled, edges heavily worn and string-tied binding loosening, so sold as-is. Colored plates and leaves are its best feature, still quit nice.

London: G. W. Bacon & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Undated, but neat previous owner inscription on cover sates "purchased July 1928". Near fine, no apparent signs of use. 36 panel folds out to aboout 38" x 29". Green cloth covers, with 24 page text titled "Strangers' Guide to London" which includes detailed street index. A collectible copy.

NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+. Orange linen stamped in black with uncommon dusjacket dsigne dby Emma Brock, like the rest of the book. Dustjacket toned to spine and chipped here and there, still quite presentable to render a collectible copy. Inscribed by editor Davis on the ffe Christmas 1930, the year of publication.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A finely preserved copy, charcoal, polished linen, beveled edges, gte, sides untrimmed, 8vo, vi (2) 137 (2). Trace spotting to endpapers, else clean interiors throughout. Solid, very attractive copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.

NY: R.R. Bowker, 1970. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. As New. Third edition 1970 (after the first of 1955), this edition issued without dustjacket, as new in publisher's cardboard shipping box.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good -. Sides slightly foxed, internals clean. Dw spine soiled, a few chips at bottom and top edge. Inscribed by Auerbach and dated 1940 on ffe.

NY: A. L. Burt and Co, 1925. First or Early Printing Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Brown cloth covers, titles gold-stamped in pictorial dustjacket. With stills from the silent movie. The nicest copy we have seen - apparently unread in a crisp, bright dustjacket absent any obvious wear.

NY: Macmillan, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sendak, Maurice. First edition. Near fine book in very good dustjacket.

Windham CT: Hawthorn House, 1934. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Holden, Ray (decorations by). Limited to 260 copies. Small 8vo, striped green paperbacked boards over rough linen spine, sides untrimmed. Tiny ownership initials front pastedown. A lovely production. Scarce.

Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Very Good. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner.

NY: John Scheepers, Inc, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, floral patterned, dark green, faux brocaded silk covers. decorated endpapers, 215 pages, loads of full page color prints. Inserted in rear is 24 page Scheepers catalog. Near fine all over. THE collectible copy.

NY: Chaim & Read, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Exhibition catalog. As new.

NY: Harper & Row, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. First US edition, and first edition with the McNully illustrations, the Broitish edition illustyrate dby Quentin Black. Near fine copy - NO NAMES, NOTES or BOOKPLATES in better than very good dustjacket showing a wee bit iof wear at corners. A collectible copy.

Geneva: The Bibliophile Library, 1985. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition in this format and with these illustrations by The Bibliophile Library after the original edition of 1970. Faux leather, aeg, ribbon marker. Plainly signed by author Wiesel on the fly leaf.

NY: Random House, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. Inscribed by playwright and lyricist Adolph Green to Bob and Jane (Emerson) who ran the Drama Book Shop for decades. Signed by co-author and lyricist underneath Green's inscription. Uncommon, Arguably, Comden and Green's most well-known collaboration with Jules Styne who wrote the score. i.

NY: George Braziller, 1957. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Very Good. Shahn, Ben. This #30 of 250 copies, with original print hand colored by Shahn tipped in across from title page. Signed by artist Shahn and author Soby on the colophon. Spine sunned, and slipcase present but broken at seams. Internals of book and print fine.

NY: Dodd Mead, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Each very good+ condition, some browning to paper spine labels, all missing dws except for 1935/36 which is just fair, and 1945/46 which is about good. Some first editions, other later printings.

NY: The Derrydale Press, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited editon, 850 copies. Red clothe covers in slipcase with pastedown title label. Book appears unused. Slipcase is worn and stained with no effect to the book.

NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Rothschild, Judith (paintings of). Inscribed by artist Rothschild. Based on an exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Universe, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An apparently unread/unused copy. Pictorial wraps (not issued in hardcover). Catralog for an exhibition curated by Peter T. Tunney.