Search Results: Authors starting with B from First Folio

New York: Braziller, 1969. First edition. Fine in VG d.j.. First edition. 128p. Illustrated. Tall 8vo. Gilt-titled black cloth with gray boards.

W. Yorks: Fleece Press, 1993. Limited tp 220 copies. Fine. Limited tp 220 copies. Folio. Unpaged. 8 leaves including plates and colophon. Illustrated by Betty Pennell with 6 perspex engravings printed on Velin Arches Blanc paper in Van Dijck type set at The Rocket Press. Bound in quarter green cloth over Jane Mansfield's floral paper, paper spine label.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1912. Second reprinting. Moderate foxing to text block edges, owner's presentation in green ink on flyleaf. Binding fine. Second reprinting. xi, 201p. Illustrated with 68 color plates after paintings by Ella Du Cane. B bound by Bayntun Riviere in half black calf with Curwen paper sides, t.e.g., the spine with elaborate gilt panels, two title panels in mauve and yellow gilt.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1981. First edition. Fine in slipcase. First edition. Two volumes. Oblong quarto. 233p; 230p. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Gray cloth with gilt spine titles on a blue ground.

New York: Abingdon Press, 1916. Fourth printing. Very good. Fourth printing. 70p. Illustrated by W.V. Cahill. Terra-cotta cloth with titles and designs in brown. Dialect story of a rich spoiled girl's black maid.

Edinburgh: Oliphants Ld, n.d.. Fine in d.j., preliminaries yellowed. 328p, [i, ads]. Illustrated. Tan cloth with titles in gilt and central device in gilt of dove, feather and sword. Inscribed and signed by "The Author", 1922.

New York: Reinhold, 1954. First edition. VG+ in soiled d.j.'s. First edition. Two volumes. xxii, 513p, [xxiv, tables]; xii, 260p. Gilt-titled red and gray cloth.

Crawfordsville, IN: Wabash College, 1981. Spotting to text block edges, else fine. Three volumes, 4to. In the publisher's bindings of rust-colored cloth with spine titles in gilt on dark brown labels. Biographical sketches of authors who published during the first century of Indiana statehood with lists of their books [with] the continuation containing additional names from the earlier period [with] and additional names from the beginning of statehood. The third volumes contains the index to the entire set.

Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott, 1906. First edition. Fine, just the slightest wear to extremes. First edition. 214p. Illustrated by Frederic J. Von Rapp with many page decorations in color, frontispiece and eight full-page color plates. Publisher;s blue cloth t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the upper cover with titles in black, a mounted oval color plate within a gilt frame with dangling cords.

Paris: J. B. Lippincott, 1907. First edition. Fine and bright as new. First edition. 295p. Illustrated by Edwin F. Bayha with text drawings and four color plates. In the publisher's binding of blue ribbed cloth, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles, the upper cover with overall gilt design similar to a garden gate with central mounted oval color plate. Design by Edward Stratton Holloway.

London: The Folio Society, 2006. Fine in slipcase. 442p. Illustrated. Bound in full art silk printed with a 'Gothic Arabesque' fabric design, brown spine label gilt.

London: Willoughby & Co, 1841. Several plates heavily discolored around the edges, scattered foxing, covers worn and soiled, but quite sound. Good ony. 8vo. viii, 312p. Illustrated with 23 full-page engravings by Robert Cruikshank, and with text illustrations by others. Bound in blue ribbed cloth with gilt spine title. Wolff no. 292 lists publishers How and Parsons, Fleet Street [1841] with 21 plates, 388 pages bound from the parts. Scarce.

New York: Baker & Taylor, 1907. First edition. Fine. First edition. ix, 346p. Illustrated with six inserted plates by Otto Lang. Bound in publisher's light blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles, the upper cover with a rectangular floral design in gilt, green and pink surrounding the title.

Concord, MA: Robert D. Navia, 1975. Limited to 2000 copies. Fine in cloth slipcase. Limited to 2000 copies. Two Volumes. Miniature books (3" x 2"). 43p; 45p. Frontispieces. Letterpress by Enschede. Bound by Reliure du Centre d'Art in full navy blue morocco with red endpapers, a.e.g., gilt spine and cover titles. The only miniature book published by Robert D. Navia - two perspectives on the war for independence in the United States. Subtitles: 1. An Account by Amos Barrett. The Personal Experiences of the Author who Participated in the Fight. 2. Being So Much of the Narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister on the 10th Regiment of Foot as Pertains to His Services on the 19th of April 1775. Bradbury 1.

London: Merivale Editions, n.d.. No. 128 of 500 copies numbered, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Fine. No. 128 of 500 copies numbered, titled and signed in pencil by the artist. Original lithograph in 5 colors Printed by Adrian Lack at the Senecio Press... from plates drawn by the artist at the Curwen Studio, London. . Sheet size 11 1/5" x 11 1/4". Image size 8 1/2" x 6". Each print laid in a paper folder by Merivale.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1982. Limited to 249 copies. Fine. Limited to 249 copies. Miniature book (2 5/8" x 2"). 44p. Blue boards with gilt titles on spine and upper cover. Bradbury, 77.

Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, 1927. Spine with some wear, contents fine. 31p. Illustrated with 17 wood engravings, including vignettes. Bound in quarter canvas over black boards with title in silver on upper cover.

Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. No. 307 of 307 copies signed by H. E. Bates. Spine just a touch faded, else fine. No. 307 of 307 copies signed by H. E. Bates. 8vo. (iv), 40p. Illustrated with nine wood engravings by Lynton Lamb, the frontispiece and title full page, the others around and within the text. Bound by Sangorski & Stucliffe in gilt-titled quarter red leather over cream cloth boards, t.e.g. Golden Cockerel Bibliography. No. 81.

New York and Cambridge, UK: The Cambridge University Press, 1957. First edition. Near fine, no remarkable flaws. First edition. Five volumes, 4to. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth. Standard reference.

New York: William Helburn, 1927. First edition. The binding is worn with frayed spine ends, complete and sound with clean interior, thus good only. First edition. Tall folio. [xii], 191 plates. Gilt-titled blue cloth. Illustrated from photos and floor plans. Foreword by Harvey Wiley Corbett and Introduction and Commentary by Matlack Price. Quite scarce.