Search Results: Authors starting with B from Pages Past Books

VG Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Canterbury 1934 2nd revised hardcover 8vo, 88 pages, photos, color frontis, index, paste on pictorial cover. Foreword by His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury. Light general agewear.

Good+/Good, Good dj Fiction Grosset & Dunlap New York (1909) Reprint Hardbound 8vo, 332 p + ads, double page b+w frontis illustration, pictorial cover and matching dj Story set in northern New York. Several small chips inside gutters and at rear spine edge. Dustjacket worn at extremities with 2" x 3/4" chip at upper right rear, 1/2" chip at spine head and 1 3/4" chip at spine base. Solid with rare dj in protective cover.

Very Good +/ Very Good- illus by author Watson-Guptill Co NY (1959) 1st assumed hardcover Tall 8vo, 96 pages, index, color and b+w illustrations. Comprehensive volume on marine painting of boats and harbors. Dustjacket price clipped with some edgewear and light soiling, including a 1 1/2" closed tear, but nice and bright in a Brodart protective cover.

VG- AB Frost frontis illus Harper & Bros NY 1897 1st hardcover 12mo, 202 pages + ads, b+w frontis by Frost, decorated binding. Cover lightly soiled, spine darkened. Green cloth decorated in gilt and white. Solid very presentable copy.

Fine/Near Fine price clipped dj, Near Fine dj many color and b+w illus Weidenfeld&Nicolson NY 1989 1st American hardcover 4to, 225pp, Lavishly illustrated record of the medieval tournament with its knights, ladies, rules and regulations, visual splen Also yields "unexpected and lively vignettes of medieval life..."

Good condition Charles Scribner's Sons NY 1932 reprint hardcover 12mo, 103 pages, gilt titling and front cover decoration. Sun fade to spine and bottom 1/3 of rear cover with a touch of discoloration at extremities. Solid and clean.

VG condition/no dustjacket Grosset & Dunlap NY no date circa 1930s hardcover 8vo, 321 pages, pictorial endpapers, 4 photos. Undated; name and June 1937 inked on half title page. Illustrated with 4 full page photos including Katharine Hepburn as Babbie. Inside covers with tape remains; otherwise nice, bright, solid, clean copy.

Good+/Good Doubleday, Doran Garden City 1934 early ptg hardcover 8vo, 396 pages. Romantic history. Light general agewear with browning inside covers. Dustjacket with light foxing to white of rear and a few small edge chips.

Good+/no dustjacket Dodd Mead NY 1925 1st Ltd hardcover 8vo, 371 pages, frontis portrait. Novelized biography of the poet Lord Byron. Limited edition #225/350. Upper corner of last half of book with evidence of insect damage. Light agewear. Solid clean copy.

Fine/Fine Wm Morrow NY 1984 1st US Hardcover 8vo, 324 pp, index, bibliography. Translated and adapted by Mark Howson. Just the lightest dustjacket rubbing; clean solid and bright.

VG/G+ Cupples & Leon NY (1930) reprint hardcover 8vo, 304 pages. Dustjacket has a dime sized internal chip in the spine and a small v- shaped chip at top front. Pages are browning but not brittle. There is a 2 1/2" x 1/2" stain at the spine bottom. Myron Strauss dustjacket shows team of dogs pulling a sled. Solid with dj in protective cover.

VG/G, Good dj Harold Cue illus Juvenile W.A. Wilde Boston 1930 1st Hardbound 8vo, 304 pp, b+w frontis and color dustjacket art by Cue Story of the half-collie son of Spunk who despite his size lives up to his destiny. Name inked on front endpaper. Light cover rubbing. Dustjacket worn at extremities with 2 chips in spine head area. Solid and clean with dj in protective cover.

Near Fine/Near Fine 54 color, b+w illus Paul Hamlyn no place 1969 1st ptg hardcover 8vo, 53, Nicely illus book of "decorative style which was fashionable in France at the end of the nineteenth century. "

Fine/Near Fine illus by authors Northlight Cincinnati 1984 1st North Amer hardcover 4to, 128 pages, color and b+w illustrations, index. Just the lightest rubbing at dustjacket top front; clean, solid and bright.

VG New York State Albany 1879 hardcover 8vo, 459 pages, b+w illustrations, index. Some numbers pencilled on front endpaper. Light extremity wear. Solid clean copy with bright gilt titling and decoration cover and spine.

Good+ condition Denman Fink illus AL Burt NY (1908) reprint hardcover 8vo, 310 pages + ads, 4 b+w plates by Fink. Some light agewear with some light foxing. Name front free endpaper and inside front cover. Solid and clean.

Good+ condition A.L. Burt NY (1908) reprint hardcover 8vo, 310 pages, b+w photos from the play, pictorial cover. Owner's name and address stamps front endpaper. Light general agewear. Solid clean copy.

Good+ Brundage & Kaucher illus Sam'l Gabriel Sons NY 1915 1st hardcover 4to, 32 pages + 4 full page color plates, pictorial covers. From the Chimney Corner series, Gabriel publication No.926. Light soiling to white of covers. Light extremity rubbing. Name and Christmas 1915 date inked on front endpaper. Eddie imagines what he will be when he grows up inlcuding a soldier, farmer, postman, Indian chief, football player, clown,fireman, boy scout, and baseball player. Great color illustrations including a cover of Eddie as a football player, frontis of him as a soldier, painting a fence, with his dog Rex and as a baseball player. Light general agewear. A nice solid copy.

VG/VG, VG 32 color, 106 b+w, +map Hamlyn London 1975 1st hardcover 4to, 128, Antiques which tell the story of America: art and artifacts of pioneers, ex-soldiers, farmers, miners, ranchers, etc. Gift inscription in Dutch at top of contents page.

VG/VG-condition A.S. Barnes South Brunswick/NY 1971 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 127 pages, b+w photos, index, bibliography, glossary. With almost 50 photographs, author "...assembled all the necessary information that will eliminate most of the guess work from channel bass fishing. " Dustjacket price clipped with light rubbing. Inside front cover has a large personal bookplate. Nice solid clean copy.