Search Results: Authors starting with B from Classic Books and Ephemera

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [2], xxiii, [3], 126, [2] p., frontispiece portrait of William McFee and 7 leaves of plates; 25 cm. Blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and cover illustration. Board edges are bevelled. Plain blue slipcase. Top page edges are gilt. Fore-edges are untrimmed. This is copy number 320 out of a limited edition of 360 copies. The Introduction is signed by McFee in ink on p. xvi. The page following the index is headed "Additional Collations." A former owner has added in pencil four titles by McFee that were published after this bibliography was issued. William McFee (1881-1966) was an English writer who drew on his lifetime at sea as the basis for his large output of sea stories. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: spine is faded; foxing along edges of title page from contact with frontispiece; otherwise, clean and bright. Slipcase is in Good+ Condition: joints are opening, but slipcase is still functional; fading… Read More

Gig Harbor, WA: J. Steven Babbit, 2010. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], vi, 184, [4] p.: tables; 27 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Cover title: Unlocking the Ancient Hebrew Alphabet Code: Read Hebrew in Living Color. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is lightly soiled; lower corner of back cover creased; pages are clean and tight.

Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816. Hardcover. Poor. Title continued: "who was captured at sea by the British, in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last, at Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations." 228 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary full calf; black leather spine label with gilt-tooled title "Journal." First Edition. Wright, U.S.iana, W155. Stamped on both fixed endpapers and several other pages: "Donated to Historical Society of Montgomery County, Penna. by Dr. W. H. Reed." The former owner, Willoughby H. Reed (1856-1939), was a doctor, pharmacist, and local historian who lived in Norristown, Pa. In Poor Condition: lacking front free endpaper, frontispiece, and pp. 9-12; tear from fore-edge of pp. 59-60 with minor loss of text from p. 60; numerous small closed tears, most from… Read More

Athens, Greece: N. P. Goulandris Foundation-Museum of Cycladic Art, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. 237 p.: illustrations; 30 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Published to accompany an exhibition presenting art of the ancient Cycladic culture and five modern artists who were influenced by it: Henry Moore, Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse. In Very Good Condition: upper front joint is scraped; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: G. Schirmer, n.d.. Paperback. Very Good -. 1 vocal score (66 p.); 27 cm. Light grey paper covers. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. At head of front cover and title page: G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas. In English and Latin; English version by J. Troutbeck. For chorus (SATB) and piano accompaniment. No date of publication. In Very Good- Condition: upper corners slightly creased; pencilled notations throughout.

Vienna: Wiener Urtext Edition, Schott / Universal Edition, 1973. Paperback. Fine. Zehnte Auflage / Tenth Edition. BWV 772-801. "Nach Autographen und Abschriften herausgegeben und kommentiert von Erwin Ratz und Karl Heinz Füssl; Fingersätze von Oswald Jonas. Edited and annotated from autographs and manuscript copies by Erwin Ratz and Karl Heinz Füssl; Fingering by Oswald Jonas." [2], 100, [2] p.: music; 30 cm. Paperback with orange covers printed in black. Facsimile signature of Bach on front cover. Publisher's advertisement on final unpaginated page. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Near Fine. Report by a committee appointed to make a collection of observations on the total solar eclipse of Nov. 30, 1834: Alex. Dallas Bache, Jos. Roberts,Jun., and Isaiah Lukens. [1], 234-247, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on March 6, 1835. The observations were recorded by: Edward H. Courtenay at the University of Pennsylvania; Joseph Roberts, Jr., at Friends' Observatory, 4th St., Philadelphia; S.C. Walker at Philadelphia and Germantown; A.D. Bache of the meteorological conditions; J. Gummere at Haverford School; F.R. Hassler at West-Hills, Long Island; Lewis Brantz at Baltimore; R.M. Patterson at the University of Virginia; Captain A. Talcott at Norfolk, Virginia; Elisha Dwelle at Cincinnati; and James Hamilton at Nashville. In Near Fine Condition: disbound from a larger volume; clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Near Fine -. [1], 408-417, [3] p., 2 leaves of engraved plates (containing 7 illustrations); 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on April 2, 1836. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas. He taught engineering at West Point; served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers; taught natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1843; and served as the first president of Central High School of Philadelphia, from 1839 to 1842. In 1843 he became superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, a position he held until his death. In Near Fine- Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but solid; light foxing; otherwise, clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [1], 428-457, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article was read before the Society on May 6, 1836. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, taught engineering at West Point; served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers; taught natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania; and was superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Edward H. Courtenay (1803-1853) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania; a civil engineer involved in the construction of Ft. Independence at Boston harbor; and professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but solid; foxing; otherwise, clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. 21, [1] p., 3 leaves of engraved plates: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article by Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was read before the Society on Nov. 16, 1832. Bache was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he taught engineering there and became a second lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He was a professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1843 and also served as the first president of Central High School of Philadelphia from 1839 to 1842. In 1843 he became superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, a position he held until his death. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but solid; light foxing, primarily in the margins of the text; the leaves of plates are browning and… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [1], 210-215, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Nov. 7, 1834. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin and grandson of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas, taught engineering at West Point, served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, was a professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1843, and served as the first president of Central High School of Philadelphia from 1839 to 1842. In 1843 he became superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, a position he held until his death. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume; foxing in lower margins; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good -. v, [1], 216, [1] p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece: facsimile; 18 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; blind-stamped decoration on front cover. First edition with appropriate publisher's code on verso of title page. Front free endpaper bears bookplate of George A. & Jennie B. Davies. Former owner's name written on front free endpaper: Jennie B. Davies. Includes a facsimile of a brief by Socrates Potter In Re: America vs. Sundry Feudal Tendencies. A scarce book by the popular early 20th-century humorist. In Very Good- Condition: spine is lightly sunned; cover is clean and otherwise bright; hinges are starting; pages are clean and tight.

Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1922. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. 119, [9] p., 49 leaves of plates consisting of 4 leaves of black card with color plates tipped in and 45 leaves of black-and-white plates: in-text and full-page drawings; 29 cm. Black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title; light grey paper over boards with black bamboo illustration on front board. Original grey dust jacket with black spine title. Top page edges gilt. Book is in Near Fine Condition: tail of spine rubbed; clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: several tears from upper edges, without loss; dampstain on spine; small loss from lower edge of back section.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia City Planning Commission, 1963. Paperback. Very Good. 31, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Paperback, stapled; orange cover printed with a map of the city of Philadelphia in white and cover title in black. The executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission was Edmund N. Bacon. Illustrations include: a chart showing the distribution of renewal funds by program type from 1953 to 1962; a map showing percentage of the population of the city under 5 years old in 1960; and numerous aerial views of areas of change in the city. In Very Good Condition: several small scrapes on cover, primarily on back; clean and tight.

A Londres [i.e. Paris?]: Jacques Tonsson, 1742. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, 180, 224 p.; 18 cm. Signatures: a6 A-O8+4 P6 2A-S8+4 T4 (12mo). Contemporary sprinkled calf with faint remains of gilt-tooled spine. All page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Running title: Essais de Politique, & de Morale. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of P. Daubignard with motto "Tacio quid mihi placet." A few words written in an old hand on title page. Translated from English by Claude Pierre Goujet; imprint is false -- possibly printed in Paris. ESTC, 213884. The second part has separate title page and pagination. In Very Good- Condition: front joint weak; back joint starting at head of spine; loss of leather at ends of spine; corners rubbed; very occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001. Paperback. Fine. [8], 359 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Front cover notes anticipated publication date of April 27, 2001. Back cover notes that the book was already a "National bestseller in Canada" and details the national marketing campaign. ISBN: 1-56512-312-3. A Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award Finalist. In Fine Condition.

Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 228 p.; 21 cm. Light blue-grey cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket in lined cover. Southern Historical Publications #2. "A biography of alabama's first Senator, this book is also the fascinating story of southern frontier life as portrayed in contemporary letters and documents." -- dust jacket. John Williams Walker (1783-1823) served in the Alabama territorial legislature in 1818 and was president of the convention that drafted the state's first constitution in 1819. He represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1822. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: front flap is price-clipped; clean and bright.

Baltimore: George Willig Jr., 1846. Sheet_music. Very Good -. 5, [1] p.: music; 32 cm. Removed from a volume of sheet music published from 1825 to 1850 with former owner's name on the front: "E. C. K. Seymour." Contains melody with keyboard accompaniment. Former owners'names on title page: "Eb. R. Seymour" and "E. W. Bayly." Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: first leaf detached; titlepage lightly soiled; small stain at lower edge of p. 2; second and third leaves starting to separate from tail; clean and intact.

New York: Random House, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. xii, 370, [2] p.; 22 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title; black paper over boards with blind-stamped author's initals on front board. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. A detailed look at the various factors that resulted in a misplaced reliance on microfilm as a replacement for both books and newspapers in many American libraries over a period of several decades. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; very lightly soiled.

Hamburg: Universitätspublikationen, 2001. Paperback. Fine. 515 p.: maps, tables; 22 cm. Paperback. This disseration examines the development, structure, and mobility of the white collar group in and around Philadelphia from 1900 to 1970 through an extended database. This reveals the differences in career paths of men and women, as well as the differences between native-born workers and immigrants, and between whites and those of other races. Comparisons are also made between the Philadelphia region and Los Angeles and Chicago. Entirely in German. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.