Search Results: Authors starting with B from Old Editions Inc.

Toronto: Babayan's Ltd.. 1925. Stated: "Edition One". VG+/Fair, former owner's signature on endpaper just above presentation, corners slightly bumped. DJ small chips missing around edges and corners, some tearing to corners (but still intact) , darkening to spine. Overall a solid copy (despite mylar protected DJ) with clean text and unmarked illustrations. ; 8vo, maroon dec. Cloth over limp boards, DJ, 80pp. Illustrated with numerous examples of oriental rugs (some in color) . This is a PRESENTATION COPY which reads "A gift from BabayanÕs/ Toronto 1942" on fep. .

Washington D. C.: The Smithsonian Institute. Very Good+. 1913. First Edition. Softcover Wraps. 1913, 1st Edition, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 59, Number 19, Original Softcover Wraps, 8vo (17 cm x 25 cm) , [iii] 213pp. With Index and 10 Illustrated Plates. In Very Good+ condition, with a strong spine showing no cracking or splitting, strong hinges showing no separation or starting, and no loose or missing pages, annotations, foxing or mold. Book appears largely unread and many pages remain uncut. Outer covers show some general rubbing and edge-wear, with occasional chipping to the edges of the cover. Internally very clean. ; 10 illustrated plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages .

Higginson Book Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. N.D.. Reprint. Blue cloth covered boards with trace soil only. Corners and spine ends sharp. Binding sound, text clean. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Illustrated in b/w. "A study of camp life in the union armies during the civil war". ; Large 8vo, hardcover, 110 pages. .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover, slightly chipped/deteriorated around edges and corners, white back-cover of jacket faded. Orange buckram boards' color mildly faded, corners slightly rubbed, ends of spine fraying, spine somewhat bent. Front hinges guttering, back hinges in good shape. Binding well intact but worn. Pages yellowing, but text block clean and unmarked. Text includes photos of Babel throughout different periods of life. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall`; 402 pages .

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, corners slightly rubbed and bumped, spine slightly cocked (but able to stand on its own) , couple minor rubbed spots front board, few light spots rear board. Otherwise a clean tight solid copy. ; 8vo, blindstamped green cloth, 302pp. .

Book Thug. Near Fine. 2009. Second Revised Edition. Softcover. 1897388403 . Matte wraps with trace wear. Binding tight, spine uncreased, interior clean. No ownership marks, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 109 pages .

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press. 1980. F, beautiful tight solid sound copy. ; 4to, brown genuine leather, gilt dec. Covers, gilt dec. Spine with gilt lettering, raised bands spine, all page edges gilt, moire eps, color frontispiece, ribbon place marker, 190pp. Intro by A. S. W. Rosenbach. .

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. Very Good. 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fore edge gilt very lightly scratched in a couple places but otherwise a tight solid sound copy. ; 8vo, gray genuine leather, gilt dec covers, gilt dec spine with gilt lettering, raised bands spine, all page edges gilt, moire eps, ribbon place marker, 391pp. .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "Roger Burlingame from his friend the author" to ffep in fountain pen. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Slight wear and bumping. Jacket in archival plastic protector has light edgewear, rubbing and soil. Several tiny chips/tears. Flaps are not clipped. Date code of "D-I" indicates a printing in April 1934; an early if not first. Interior lightly toned and foxed. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Biography of Arthur Rimbaud in poetical form. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 71 pages; Signed by Author .

Frankfurt AM Main: Joseph Baer & Co.. Good+. 1933. Softcover. Thin brittle tan wraps with light soil and edgewear, creasing, small chips and tears, and a bit of writing to rear cover. Binding sound, text clean. Text in French. Interior moderately toned. B/w illustrations. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Scarce bookseller's catalog of rare books on a wide variety of topics, including incunabula. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 69 pages; Do not ship media mail .

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover, edges deteriorating somewhat (especially on back and at top and bottom edge of spine) , some faint rubbing marks from shelfwear. Cloth boards, corners sharp, edges of spine rubbed, a few trivial markings on rear-board surface. Hinges somwhat worn. Spine straight. Binding remains in good shape. Text block clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 385 pages .

New York: Automobile Quarterly Inc.. 1962. VG, minor rubbing head/foot & edges of spine, minor rubbing green cloth front/rear boards near spine. Overall a solid clean copy. ; Oblong 8vo, green cloth spine with gilt lettering, photo illus. Boards, 304-327pp. Profusely illus. Containing many outstanding color photographs. .

New York: Automobile Quarterly Inc.. 1962-63. VG, minor rubbing head/foot of spine and along top edge front/rear boards. Overall a solid clean copy. ; Oblong 8vo, black cloth spine with gilt lettering, photo illus. Boards, 332-435pp. Profusely illus. Containing many outstanding color photographs. .

New York: Bonanza Books. 1956. Seventh Edition. NF/NF, book top edge pages lightly foxed. DJ spine and panels somewhat stained, but overall a beautiful tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; Folio, navy cloth, fold out frontis (illustrated by L. H. Cresswell) , DJ, 518pp. , appendices, index. A historical and descriptive account of the different styles of clocks and watches of the past in England and abroad containing a list of nearly fourteen thousand makers. Includes diagrams by F. Janca and illustrated with b&w photos. .

Buffalo, NY: The Heacock Publishing Corp.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. Cloth covered boards. Binding sound with a good spine. Text clean and free of annotations, with some minimal fading to the pages. DJ in Mylar with light shelf-wear, some small chips from corners. .

Nekton Books. Very Good. 1993. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 1897995008 . Glossy wraps with trace wear. Binding tight, spine lightly creased, interior clean. Small price sticker to rear cover. No ownership marks or stamps. Not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Yale University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear, chipping, bumping and patchy fading to pictorial brown boards. Solid binding and clean text. Gift inscription in ink on ffep. Offsetting to eps. No ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages .

Clarence Center, NY: Diane C. Baker. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with trace wear and barely bumped spine ends. Previous owner names stamped in gilt to front cover. Binding sound, text unmarked. B/w photos and frontis map. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Uncommon. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 620 pages .

Scarborough, ME: Punch Press. Very Good+. 2015. Pamphlet. Covers clean with slight bumping to corners. No stickers, stamps or ownership marks. Spine tight. Inner text clean with no annotations, foxing or mold. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

New York: A. J. Balaban Foundation. 1964. First Paperback Edition. VG++; Tall 8vo, illustrated wraps with inside flap, in a clear mylar DJ, LIMITED TO 5000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS NUMBER 3201, authorÕs memorial edition. Abraham Balaban, midwest impresario of the 1920s movie palace era who operated on the idea that theaters should be "a thing of beauty, a fairyland" and with his brother. Later president of Paramount Pictures, built a 100 theater chain in the Arabian Nights decor. .