Search Results: Authors starting with B from Last Exit Books

E-310. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University/ N Murray, Baltimore, MD. 1888. 540 pgs. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Volume VI. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating record of various co-operative organizations in the U. S. At the time of printing, grouped by geographical area; EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-319. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Essex County Board of Supervisors, Tappahannock, VA, 1985. Vi, 318 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U. S. State of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,599. Its county seat is Tappahannock. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-316. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G P Putnam's Sons, New York. 1929. Xv, 281 pgs. Illustrated with 25 plates (23 double-sided). Second Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "American hunter illuminates his account of a journey to the Chukotsk Peninsula in 1921 with excellent photographs which he claims establish the relationship between the mountain sheep of Alaska and Siberia and with a text filled with many pithy comments on the way description the indigenous people's way of life." . EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-343. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Hachette et Cie Libraires Editeurs, Paris, France. 1869. Xiv, 352 pgs. Text in French. Bound in 1/2 brown leather and matching cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Conferences on Political Economy given in 1867-68 in Bordeaux and Bayonne by Mr. J. -B. Lescarret, Lawyer, member and president of the Philomathic Society EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Instant Publishing, Dickinson, North Dakota. 1976. 63 single sided pages. Ex-US library of Congress stamp present to the front wrapper and the verso page. Issued in stapled wraps. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A biography of the Clark and Noyce families of North Dakota and homesteading in North Dakota in the early 20th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-084: Charles Knight & Company Ltd.. Good. 1832. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Knight. 1832. 320 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Charles Babbage on the FFEP. Bound in half cloth boards. Boards are faded and worn to the extremities and have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Spine has been rebacked. Ex-Lib item with typical marks present (call number to spine, bookplate to reverse of the front board). Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first part of the work is concerned with the physical processes of manufacture, and the second, longer part treats the organization of industry, aspects of commerce, what was later called scientific management, and the application of science to industry. With the publication of On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, Babbage established himself as an expert in political economy. The work influenced both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. E-084; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages;… Read More

EB: Provincial Pr. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. Trade PB. Published by Provincial Press, Portland, Maine, 1998. 128 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The book tells the story of the Great Gale of 1898 and the loss of the steamer Portland and its 192 passengers and crew in the Thanksgiving gale of 1898. Over 500 other vessels, large and small, were either sunk or destroyed in the storm, which ravaged the sea, the coast, and shoreline areas from Connecticut to Maine. This Discovery Edition contains a special appaendix of words and images about the 2002 discovery of the actual wreckage of the Portland on the Steelwagen Bank in Massacachuetts Bay. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages .

A-8: Benno Schwabe & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Third Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Benno Schwabe & Co. 1948. 1177 pgs in 2 Volumes. DJ in VG shape with light shelfwear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. A-8; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1177 pages .

E-252. Very Good. Vellum. Vellum. 12mo. Apud Henricum Wetstenium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1694. (12) , 562 pgs, 61 pp. Ex-library item with spine label present to the spine. Bound in vellum boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown, name present to the FFEP, library stamp present to the second blank page, name present to the title page. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Francis Bacon presents a paradox. He is celebrated by many as the earliest thinker to grasp the implication of the scientific method. Bacon nevertheless rejected the most celebrated scientific discoveries of his own time and opposed the Copernican system with particular severity. Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, remarked that Bacon wrote science more like a Lord Chancellor than a scientist. Bacon, however, persistently attacked scholasticism, for he wished to… Read More

E-356. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 12mo. Bound by William Pickering, London, UK. 1850-51. Xvi, 341 pgs, xxvii, 355 pgs, 323 pgs. Bound in full red leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (spines are darkened and sunned). Previous owner's gift inscription to Robert M Laughlin lexicographer of the Mayan language. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB. Very Good. 0. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Privately Printed, Montreal, QC, Canada. 1945. 54 pgs. One of 500 copies. Typography by Bruce Rogers. Bound in green illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; Books Of The Verulam Club. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB: William Pickering. Very Good. 1834. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by William Pickering London, 1825-1834. 16 volumes. Frontispieces. Bound in 3/4 leather with marble paper covered boards. Leather worn along the extremities esp at the spine. Volume I & 16 have some chipping at the joints and the crown of the spine lightly chipped. No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is free of marks, binding tight and solid. Bacon is credited as founder of systematic scientific thinking for the English speaking world and, with Descartes in France, stands as one of the most important scientific thinkers before Newton. "His pronouncement 'I have taken all knowledge to be my province' is the motto of his work.... Bacon made no contributions to science itself, but his insistence on making science experimental and factual, rather than speculative and philosophical, had powerful consequences." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C2c: Motorbooks Intl. Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Nilton Publishing, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. 1997. 128 pgs. Illustrated. Reprint. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book tells the story of a series of single cylinder four-stroke motorcycles and scooters. It starts with early prewar singles and then go into full detail with the 1937 2H, 2HC and T70 and then on through the bigger 350, 500 and 600 OHV and SV machines. Postwar there are the 150 and 200 bikes best known in the Tiger Cub form. The scooters came as 175 and 100 and the whole finished with the BSA-cloned 250 and 500. EB; 8.7 X 7.7 X 0.8 inches .

E-213: Niton Publishing. Very Good. 1995. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Niton Publishing, London, UK. 1995. 192 pgs. Illustrated throughout. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bacon knows his subject-this book doesn't dwell too long on any one model except Norton's wonderful Manx, but there's info here you won't find anywhere else, and some great photos. The deal is sealed with useful data sheets at the back of the book. EB; 8.6 X 7.5 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages .

E-221: Motorbooks Intl. Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Niton Publishing/Osprey Publishing, Isle of Wight, UK. 1997. 192 pgs. Illustrated. Reprint. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book covers Honda from inception right up to the Gold Wing introduction. The book has a wealth of information with background stories on many key models, including a warts-and-all review of these bikes. There is also a chapter on Honda's racing efforts. Although I never had much interest in this specific subject, the book provides another insight on development that also had an impact on production models. At the back end of the book there is an appendix that has tables on bike specifications, model recognition and production years… Read More

E-352: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1958. X, 342 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Since the publication of Ernst Badian`s groundbreaking study "Foreign Clientelae" in 1958, his emphasis on the personal relations between Roman senators and members of the provincial elites has become the dominant interpretation for studies of the Roman Empire. Accordingly, Rome not only conceptualized her relations with communities all over the Mediterranean in the form and language of patronage (amicitia, patronus, cliens) but also heavily relied upon them in order to control… Read More

E-019. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, Germany. 1929. Xxviii, 547 pgs. Marbled edges. 118 maps and plans. 13th Edition. Text in English. Plain paper DJ present with light chipping and edgewear present to the extremities. Bound in flexible red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Marbled page edges. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. 1 map apparently misfolded but still present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Last English edition and the only edition to appear between the wars, portraying Germany under the Weimar Republic. Baden, the Black Forest and Salzburg are included for the first time. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-019. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Karl Baedeker Publisher, Leipzig, Germany. 1911. Xxxiv, 554 pgs. Illustrated with 69 maps and 59 plans. Text in English. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light chipping present to the top edge of the DJ). Bound in flexible red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Marbled page edges. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. CONTENTS: I. North Part of Rhenish Prussia; II. The Rhine from Cologne to Coblez; Valley of the Lahn; Westerwald; III. West Part of Rhenish Prussia and Lorraine; IV. The Rhine from Coblenz to Mayence; Frankfort; Taunus; V. Grand-Duchies of Hesse (right bank of the Rhine) and Baden; VI. Rhenish Hesse; Bavarian Palatinate; Alsace; Maps. Plans. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-236. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Karl Baedeker Publisher, Leipzig, Germany. 1927. Xxxiv, 612 pgs. Illustrated With 65 maps, 19 town plans and 11 panoramas. 13th Edition Text in English. Last pre-WWII edition in English. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tears present to the spine). Bound in flexible red cloth with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Marbled page edges. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, known universally as Karl Baedeker (3 November 1801 - 4 October 1859) , was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

A-17: Ashgate Pub Ltd. Very Good. 1999. Hardcover. Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-17; Petroleos De Venezuela Sa's; 8.6 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches; 266 pages .