Search Results: Authors starting with B from Whiting Books

Berkeley, California: Ariel Vamp Press, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Revised. 8.5 X 10 inches Oblong. 127 pages, Index. Illustrated with historical b&w photos. Signed by the author on the title page..

Boston: The Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1916. Book. Good. Soft cover. Schmidt's Educational Series No. 56. Augmented Edition. 48 pages. Edge wear and penciled notation. A few pages with edge tears. Previous owner name on front cover with ink stamp of Pappler's Music Shop in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Taped inside the front cover music for What Child is This?.

New York: The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1941. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Mild edge wear to the covers. Red pencil notation to the interior pages. Music store ink stamp on the bottom of the first page. Three-page score loose inside the covers..

Allen, Texas: Tabor Publishing, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Light, general reading wear. Signed "Tom Bagby" on the title page. Then U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush contributed one of two Forewords, the other by The Rt. Rev. J. Richardson, D.D. Both are a few paragraphs in length and together comprise one page. An excerpt from Mr. Bush's Foreword appears on the rear cover and is attributed to "The Honorable George W. Bush" instead of George H.W. Bush. Long-time Houston minister, James Thomas Bagby (1911-1998), reflects on his life and ministry. Bagby was a founding rector of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas in 1952, where the Bushes were long-time members and where both had their funeral services in 2018, Mr. Bush's following a national service in Washington, D.C. A signed greeting card from the Bagbys is laid in. 76 pages with black and white photographs, including a photo before the Foreword of Vice… Read More

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Reference note written on the first blank page and lightly bumped upper corner of the text block, otherwise fine. The dust jacket is protected in a Mylar sleeve. 287 pages with Appendix (Credits, Chocolate Resource List, and Conversion Table) and Index. Illustrated with color photographs by Martin Jacobs..

New York: The Junior Literary Guild Corporation and the Viking Press, 1937. Book. Illus. by Grace Paull. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild rubbing wear to the corners and spine ends. Gift inscription on the blank page preceding the half-title page. 193 pages with lithographs by Grace Paull. Actual toys from museums and private collections are featured in stories for young readers. A Directory of the Toys is found at the end of the book..

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Minimal wear to the head of the spine and upper corner of the dust jacket. 254 pages with Selected Bibliography and Suggested Readings, Bibliography, and Index. Numerous illustrations in color and black and white..

Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Decorative boards, letters faded. Light bumping, solid binding. 131 pages with Index..

New York: George Braziller, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing.

Paisley, Scotland: Strokesport Abbey Mill Business Centre, 1992. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4.25 x 7 Inches. Collectible pocket-size distance guide for Gullane Golf Club, No. 1 Course in Scotland. Publication date is 1992. Stapled booklet, about 30 pages. Hole-by-hole illustrated distances. Article about the course by A.C. Baird..

New York: Macmillan, 1978. Book. Illus. by Eric Ingraham. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Top edge only of boards worn, possibly from inscet damage. Rest of the book is fine. Story of a young girl on a quest to save the impoverishe kingdom of Sirrushany. A fast-paced plot that gently spoofs traditional fantasies. 134 pages with a fold-out map. Signed by the author to fellow children's author, and four-time Edgar winner, Joan Lowery Nixon: "For Joan Nixon, who's encountered a few dragons herself. Betty Baker 6/26/90." Formerly in the late Ms. Nixon's collection of association copies from fellow children's authors. See our other listings from this collection..

Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Boards are slightly bowed, otherwise a nice, clean copy with the dust jacket protected in a Mylar sleeve. 80 pages, including Notes and References Cited. Volume 2 in the Baylor University Founders Series..

Houston, Texas: Bright Sky Press, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Printing. 180 pages with black and white photos. Signed by the author on the title page. "Chronicling the life of the wife of politician James A Baker III, this memoir reveals the private world of a wife and mother and how her faith in God helped her through difficult times.".

New York: Atheneum, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Faint smudge or markings to fore-edge of the page block. Upper-corner of fornt free endpaper clipped. Rear panel of jacket has some wrinkling. 223 pages with Source Guide for Quoted Material, Bibliography, and Index. Black and white photos..

2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 219 pages, 966 lots. Color illustrations. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins include the Bryan Cooper Collection of Greek coins and an important group of Jewish coins. French, German, Greek, and Haitian coins are included in the large selection of world coins..

New York: Abingdon Press, 1956. Book. Illus. by Tom Leamon. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild shelf wear to boards. Dust jacket is edge-worn with some large chips and a tape repair on the inside of the jacket's spine in addition to a few short edge tears. Two boys turn detective to solve a mystery at a lumber camp saw mill. 159 pages..

Boulder, Colorado: Paradigm Publishers, 2007. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Updated and Revised Edition. 397 pages with Appendix, Glossary, and Index. Illustrated with color photographs throughout..

New York: HarperCollins, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. Signed by Banks on the title page..

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Faint trace of shelf wear. Top-edge of jacket has a small, closed tear. Protected in a new Mylar cover. Essays on Henry James' classic novel, "The American.".

New York: Vantage Press, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 157 pages. Murder mystery set in Batson, Texas (northwest of Beaumont in Hardin County)..