Search Results: Authors starting with B from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Boston: Heath & Graves, 1853. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. "A Tale of the Puritans and the Babtists.".

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1911. Book. Very Good. No Binding. LOVE SONNETS SONNETS from PORTUGUESE by E.B.BROWNING London, Arthur L. Humphreys; 1911 64 pages Full Sandorski and Sutcliffe leather binding, stamped Sandorski and Sutcliffe. Size 4 1/2 by 5 3/4" Very good condition, minor wear and foxing .

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed Saul Bellow. Family fiction and the fiction-of-ideas are two competing concerns in Bellow's work. Those seemingly contradictory roles-- the darkly comic memoirist, and the thorny essayist-- are on display, occasionally even blending in a richly charming way. One story, "A Silver Dish," is the memoirist/ family side of Bellow, virtually undiluted: a 60-year-old South Chicago businessman reacts exuberantly to the death of his old father-- in a memory-montage that showcases Bellow's boisterous, visceral, ironic warmth. But, in other pieces, chunks of zesty family/friend reminiscence and personal psychology are shaded with cultural musings or implications. "Zetland: By a Character Witness" recalls the early life of a Chicago intellectual/bohemian, rebelling against his old-fashioned Jewish family; the subtext is a gently mordant view of all intellectual idealism. In "Cousins," the narrator is a… Read More

Olathe, KS: Cookbook Publishers Inc, 1992. Book. Good. Audio Book (Cassette). Elva Beltz was a key player in the reorganization of the Cherokee Tribe that by ...1995 had been through many traumas-- an almost permanent loss of identity, loss of citizens through natural and man-made disasters and laws and had almost completely lost hope of ever being a people who could be proud of and celebrate their culture as a united people. Through the election of Elva Beltz and soon after the election of Chief Carl 'Grey Owl' Griggs in 1995, a new page was turned... The Green, Sac and White River bands were united once again and a concerted mutual effort was made to 'bring the children home'....

AU216 Corp., 2005. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The 2000 year old story of the Maccabees is a story about the heroism of the Lions of Judea and the miracle of the everlasting light. Ravid Ben-Tsur's epic retelling of the Jewish world most important moment of battlefield valor is presented here with exciting details and illustrations. Excellent, as new condition.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾. 1959, EARLY PRINTING, SIGNED --LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S 'THE JOY of MUSIC'-- Bernstein's pioneering work is in very nice condition. The dust jacket has some shelf wear but presents well. JSA certificate of authority included..

Akron, OH: The Bookseller, Inc, 1983. Book. Good. Printed Wrapper. 1st Edition. 1983. FIRST EDITION. --"SCRIBNER ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS: A COLLECTOR PRICED"-- by Jim Best. Excellent concise bibliographic reference; however, price guide may be dated. Staple-bound printed wrapper, 24 pp - a previous fold crease but still very nice..

Philadelphia: J & W Kite, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo. black bds. rule & gilt. Quakers. The writer of these memorandums was well known to many persons in the religious Society of Friends, as a useful and consistent member, and an elder whose example was instructive and edifying. It is not intended by the present publication to eulogise her character, but to magnify the power of Divine grace, which made her what she was, and to hold up to view the blessed effects of humble, unreserved submission to its heavenly visitations, as an encouragement to others, to pursue the same path, which led her safely through all the dangers and temptations of this chequered life, to a peaceful and happy close. Her parents, Thomas and Jane Temple, lived in Pennsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania, which was the place of her nativity, and where she resided until her removal to Philadelphia. .

New York: Collier Books, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾. The Chinese Parrot (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot. The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. The handsome young son of the jeweler is assigned to shepherd the transfer of the pearls to the financier's vacation home in a desert area of California. Because of his long association with the owner of the pearls- before joining the police force, he was her houseboy-Charlie Chan travels from Hawaii to California with the pearls. After two mysterious deaths, first of a Chinese-speaking parrot and then of the household's Chinese man-of-all-work, Charlie Chan masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook named Ah Kim and works underground to… Read More

Boston, MA: Meador Publishing Company, 1945. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. William H Murray / Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma. Signed 1st edition First Edition. Complete in 3 volumes. 8vo. 400, 570, 713, [48] pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. Blue cloth. Memoirs of the controversial Oklahoma politician William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956). A Democrat, he helped lead Oklahoma to statehood in 1907, served as the state's first Speaker of the House, was elected to the national House of Representatives, then served as Governor from 1931-35. At that time cultural bias, & racial caricatures were ubiquitous hence Murray believes... "The Negro has very little book learning, but he has wonderful practical sense. That is why he makes such a good servant and porter. You take the ordinary Jew. He is wonderfully 'smart' in certain lines . . . but he does not possess the common, practical sense that the Negro has." .

Los Angeles: Brooke House Publishers, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Circus Clowns 1976, multi-signed 1st edition. This book SIGNED by several performing clowns! The World of Clowns, larger sized hard cover with jacket by George Bishop, 1976, 1st printing with 184 pages. The author is a big clown fan who went to many a circus and made many friends in the Clown world. I'm not sure if this was owned by the author (he was local) but either he or another fan got several clowns to sign. The owner is identified as 'Speed-O' and may also have been a performer. There are also a few marginal notes...i.e. "Met him at.... Signed by Benjamin the Clown Squeeky (a friend of Bill Bailey) Hamm Holiday (?) Bobby Kay Bob Levent Prince Rippo. Harold Simmons Also signed by Dyer Reynolds, an artist known for his portraits of clowns (and might also have been a clown named Ichabod) An evocative circus and clown book. Nice collectible condition. .

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1984. Book. Illus. by With Photos. Fine. Hardcover. The official mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion was built in 1799 by shipping merchant Archibald Gracie, and enlarged in 1966. Ten mayors have lived here since it became the official residence in 1942, though Michael Bloomberg stayed in his own 79th Street town house during his three terms as mayor. He poured millions into renovations at Gracie Mansion, rejuvenating both the interior and exterior and turning the second floor into a house museum..

NY: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. An ambitious, absorbing saga of family and community relations, set in present-day New Mexico. The town of Persimmon, which lies just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican-American colony of Apura, is inhabited by such harmlessly distracted souls as 30ish Gay Schaefer and her adolescent daughter Rita; Gay's cousin Heart, a remote woman who's a recovering cancer patient; and Denny Redmon, the high-school basketball coach Gay dallies with-- and strings along-- while living apart from the husband whom she's never divorced and with whom she has frequently reunited. Apura houses more desperate and dangerous people, such as 19-year-old Rudy Salazar, a powder keg whose anger and resentment over his culture's second-class status will flame out and touch the Schaefers . Boswell creates a vivid and disturbing picture of a society tested by the pressures of assimilation, in which the proud declaration that… Read More

Wichita Falls, Texas: Possum Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Folio - over 12. This handmade book was printed in the winter of 1979, in the MSU (Michigan State) Typography lab........Type used in the text is 14 point Craw Modern. The photographs are printed on grade 2 & 4, F surface Kodak Kodabromide single weight paper......This book is number 1 in a limited edition of 17. SIGNED Mark Boyd 2/6/80. .

NY: Knopf, 1996. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. As up-to-date as the current cosmography, as steeped in tradition as ancient agriculture, George Bradley's The Fire Fetched Down overflows with energy, humor, and intellectual curiosity. Readers will find the aesthetic detachment and technical proficiency they have come to expect of Bradley's work, but they will discover other, more immediate attractions as well. The poet sounds new notes in this book, among them the bemused intimacy of "Ode to Absent-Mindedness" and the uneasy excursion of "Frug Macabre". From lyric outburst to contemplative essay, from myths of origin to postmodern manifestos, the work assembled here is a heady variety of subject and style. Bradley manages to effect an equilibrium between inspection and introspection. By turns exuberant and wistful, informative and sly, The Fire Fetched Down is also serious fun. Bradley offers those most human of pleasures, the cultivation of… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. Book. Illus. by with maps and photos. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory--Omar Bradley, the "GI General," was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier's Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our the tremendous manpower at work, the unprecedented stakes, the snafus that almost led to defeat, the larger-than-life personalities and brilliant generals (Patton, Eisenhower, Montgomery) who masterminded it all. One of the two books on which the movie Patton was based, A Soldier's Story is a compelling and vivid memoir from the greatest military tactician of our time..

London: C. & J. Temple Ltd., 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed By Henry Brinton.

NY: Random House, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾. 1st edition, third printing. Signed on the front cover by Arlo Guthrie.Excellent collectible condition. The "Alice" from the Arlo Guthrie song "Alice's Restaurant". "Alice" was restaurant owner Alice M. Brock, who with husband Ray Brock lived in a former church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where the song's Thanksgiving dinners were actually held. Both worked at a nearby private academy, the music- and art-oriented Stockbridge School, from which Guthrie had graduated. In 1969, Random House published The Alice's Restaurant Cookbook, which featured recipes and hippie wisdom from Alice Brock, as well as photos of Alice and Guthrie, and publicity stills from the movie. A tear-out record was included in the book with Brock and Guthrie bantering on two tracks, "Italian-Type Meatballs" and "My Granma's Beet Jam"..

NY: Doubleday and Company, 2013. Book. New. Hardcover. Limited Edition. A tenth anniversary limited edition in the publisher's slipcase, and in original shrink wrap. While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci- clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion-a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci- and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle- while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move- the explosive, ancient truth will be lost… Read More

New York: Brentano's Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 1/2 leather & gilt. TEG. Bound by Stikeman for Scribner's.