Search Results: Authors starting with B from Toadlily Books, ABAA/ILAB

Leipzig: Carl Baedeker, 1906. Sixteenth. Cloth. Very good. Small drop of white paint on bottom of front cover. Previous owner's name with date 1935 on front free endpaper. 16th edition. 52 maps, including all the fold-outs, 461 pp.

Leipsic: Carl Baedeker, 1879. Eight. Cloth. Good. 4.5" x 6.5" (11x 16 cm). Red cloth gilt lettering on front and spine. Light white lines on front cover. Part of cloth on back spine is coming detached, but inside hinge is good. Ex libris personal bookplate on front endpaper. Previous owners' names and cities written in pencil on front free endpaper and also on back of half title page. 33 maps, including all the foldouts. 167 pp. Eighth edition.

New York: Lucis Publishing Company, 1970. Second edition. Cloth. Good +. Dark blue cloth with gilt on cover and spine. Spotting on back, some discoloration to end papers and flyleaves. Originally printed in 1951. 304 pp.

1931. Prints. Very good. Leon Bakst. (13) items; (16) costumes The (15) costumes are on pages of various sizes and from different plays. Some have written in pencil "Bakst [year]". This does not appear to be a signature. (10) items are in color, and some are textured with gilt both gold and silver. The two smallest are 6 x 3 (14.5 x 7.5 cm) and 4 x 5.5 (10 x 14 cm). The largest is 10 x 8.5 (25.5 x 22 cm). In addition, there are (3) black and white illustrations, 5 x 3 (13 x 7.5 cm) that are cut from magazines.

New York: H. Dayton, 1859. Later Edition. Cloth. Good.. Brown pebbled cloth, rubbing on spine and corners, paper label with typed title on spine, foxing throughout, front endpaper has written in pencil is S.R. Hackett Library in Alameda, California. Also, name and address label of an individual in Berkeley, California. The rear free endpaper has the name and address of the Hackett Library and the individual's address label is on the rear endpaper. 430 pp. Copyrighted in 1858, this edition is 1859.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. Later printing. Cloth. Fair. Peter Newelll. 7 x 4 3/4 inches (18 x 12 cm), cloth cover with pictorial inset. Cover discolored, spine is darkened and partly missing, obscuring part of the title Front free flyleaf is detached, has writing on it dated 1931. Deckled pages, 10 black and white illustrations by Peter Newell. 170 pp.

New York: Playbill Inc, 2008. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Very good.. March 2008 issue of Playbill. Cover has a picture of two women in the play "Beebo Brinker Chronicles." Top right hand corner has open tear. The play was produced by Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner. 60 pp. As of May 2023 no copies found in the trade.

New York: Arno Press, 1975. Reprint. Cloth. Very good. Orange cloth, with "The Arno Series on Homosexuality" in purple print on front and back cover. White lettering on spine. End pages have age toning. 223pp. This is one of a series of LGBTQ books reprinted by the Arno Press. Orginally printed by Gold Medal in 1960. This one of the Beebo Brinker Books.

New York: Playbill Inc, 2008. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Very good.. March 2008 issue of Playbill. Cover has a picture of two women in the play "Beebo Brinker Chronicles." Signed by Ann Bannon, author of the Beebo Brinker book series. The play was produced by Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner. 60 pp. As of May 2023 no copies found in the trade with or without signature.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications/Gold Metal, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 7 x 4 1/4 inches (18 x 11.5 cm), paperback, tight copy, minor wear to head and tail. small scratch on spine. 208 pp.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1962. First Edition. Pulp paperback. Very good. 7 x 4-1/2 inch (18 x 11.5 cm.) perfect-bound paperback. Nice tight copy, some indentations on front and back cover. Appears to be unread. The last in the classic Beebo Brinker Chronicles series of pulp fiction novels by one of the acknowledged giants in the field. 208 pp.

New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Good +. 7 1/2 x 5 inches, stapled wraps, small tear near one of the staples, age toned. 31 pp. Ella Reeve Bloor was a labor activist, was on the Women's Commission of the Communist Party. She joined the textile workers union to get the women organized and was a member of many other unions. She was involved in various socialist, labor and anti-war movements.

Columbia, SC: R. L. Bryan Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Tan cloth with black lettering on front and spine. Jack Bass explores race relations in South Carolina.152 pp.

Paris: Clamann-Lévy, nd. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. 7.5 x 5 (18.5 x 12 cm) Soft bound book, rebound in soft leather, spine has raised bands and gilt lettering. Volumes I-III, V, VII. Each volume's endpapers has a brown border on cream colored page, deckled edges, top edges gilt and table of contents in back of book. Volumes I & II show wear to front cover. Volume I - Les Fleurs Du Mal, 411 pp.; Volume II - Curiositès Esthètiques, 440 pp.; Volume III Art Romantique; 442pp.; Volume V: Histoires Extraordinaires par Edgar Poe; 524pp.; VII: Aventures D'Arthur Gordon Pym, Eureka par Edgar Poe, 519 pp., last five pages untrimmed. No other volumes have leather binding that I could find as of August 2021.

New York: Winchester Press, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 10 x 7 inches (26 x 18 cm), black cloth with silver gilt on spine, unclipped dust jacket, has a crease on front flap, and fold on back flap. Photographs throughout. 324 pp. First edtion.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. later printing. Cloth. Good+. John R. Neill. Orange cloth with decorative pastedown, black lettering and illustration on spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Wear to extremities, age toned. Front flyleaf has image of an illustrated bookplate. Previous owner's name in green ink with Christmas gift inscription also in green ink, dated 1947. Copyright says 1914, but book is circa 1940's.

Bronxville NY: Nicholas T. Smith, 1979. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Very good/good +. Brick red cloth, with gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket is same color, faded around the edges. 97 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition, Second State. Cloth. Very good. Brown cloth with color illustration including gilt on cover, gilt lettering and picture of a bird on spine, wear to extremities, last name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Inscription on title page: "With sincerest regards, to Rev. & Mrs. Wright from C. William Beebe, Mary Blair Beebe." [Wife's signature in different handwriting.] Frontispiece is a black and white photo with tissue guard of a Mexican motmot. Dog-eared crease on top corner of title page and on frontispiece. First edition, second state with "C. William" on cover. About a trip to Mexico by the author and his wife. Photographs by author throughout.

North Hollywood, CA: Brandon House, 1965. First Edition. Pulp paperback. Good. 4 x 7 inches (10 x 18 cm), pulp paperback. Reddish brown cover with The Three Muses illustration. Diagonal fold on front cover, slight vertical crease on backcover, some foxing to page margins. Appears to be unread. 186pp, plus six pages of ads for other Brandon House books. Case studies on lesbians.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. Advance reading copy, paperback. 367 pp.