Search Results: Authors starting with B from RC Books

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1953. First Edition . Cloth and Paper. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Harper Novel of Suspense." The tale of a possessed New York city cop. This title and another book were the basis for the 1954 film "Pushover," featuring Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak in her first starring role. Age-toning to paper. Corners bumped with mild loss. Binding tight and staight. Edgeworn dust-jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has rubbing & soiling with a small chip to spine ends, affecting the "r" in Harper at tail of spine. Extremely scarce.

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The compelling story of the New York City riots that began with reaction to the federal draft and spread into a political and racial crisis. 363 pages with 8 pages of illustrations. Scholarly treatment.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dennis Lyall. A limited edition. Sub-titled "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians." Handsome navy leather with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations. All edges gilt. Satin page-maker. Silk end papers. 280 pages. Some foxing to gilt at fore-edges of text block. Laid in is the publisher's twenty-two page "Notes from the Editors."

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2015. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Intriguing fantasy novel filled with magic. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Very mild shelfwear to jacket edges with a small spot of rubbing on back panel. "Signed Copy" sticker on jacket front. 328 pages.

New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition . Cloth and Paper. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the three-year-long King Philip's War, which, in per-capita terms, is the most serious war ever fought on the North American continent. 273 Pages with maps and 8 pages of illustrations. Dustjacket has two one inch closed tears and light color fading to spine. Out of print.

New York: Penguin Group, 2012. First Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. English Christmas mystery. A Berkley Prime Crime publication. SIGNED by author in the orginal year of publication. Unclipped dustjacket has very mild wrinkling. 311 pages.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. First Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. A Clara Gamadge Mystery. 149 pp. Handsome dust-jacket is price-cut.

Franklin, Tennessee: The Dalmatian Press, 2004. Full-Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1847. Attractive brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van Mol. Mild shelf-wear with some scratching to the fore-edge gilt. 324 pages. A beautiful book.

San Diego, New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1986. First Edition . Cloth and Paper. Near Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The life of Mitchell Kennerley, publisher, president of the Anderson Galleries, businessman, and bookman. Presentation copy SIGNED by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Bruccoli (1931-2008) was the writer of several author biographies and bibliographies and was series editior of First Printings of American Authors. Numerous black and white illustrations. 74 effective pages at end of book include an appendix listing expensive items sold at the Kern Sale & the Bishop Sale, an appendix listing the publications of Kennerley, sources and acknowledgments, notes, selected bibliography and index. Remainder mark to top of text block edge. Unclipped dust jacket, now protected in archival plastic cover, is lightly soiled and rubbed with some edgewear. 337 pp. A signed, scholarly work on a fascinating man in a fascinating, bygone world.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1972. First Edition . Paper Wraps. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This issue devoted to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, and especially the University Library's Rossetti Collection of Janet Camp Troxell. Contributions from Troxell, E. Dudley H. Johnson, Robert N. Keane, Robert S. Fraser, R.W. Crump, Rosalie Glynn Grylls, and Virginia Surtees. 117 pp.(numbered 139-256). Five pp. of illustrations, plus several line cuts.Two items are laid in: a four page overview, with table of contents, to Volume XXXIII, which consisted of three publications, and a small announcement that there will be a 300 copy hardbound printing of this issue to be titled "Essays on the Rossettis." Light foxing to edges of text block; edgewear to edges of paper covers. Overall, a clean, bright, and tightly bound copy, sure to please any Rossetti or Pre-Raphaelite scholar or collector. Protected in an archival plastic bag.

New York: The John Day Company, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A British castle, spirits of past ages, and romance come together in this intriguing novel, quite out of Buck's ordinary realm. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Usual aging and shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover has some age-toning and one rubbing mark on cover not affecting any print. 248 pages. Atmospheric and unique.

Privately Printed, 1976. First Edition . Stiff Paper Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Belle Donohue, Jean Kuhns, and Judi Nielson. 44 page guide to the Stratford, Connecticut Great Meadows Marsh, now part of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge. Discusses salt marsh ecology, especially relating to the Great Meadows. Includes drawings of plants and animals, text, glossary and bibliography, as well as an original poem by the author. Ilustrated by Belle Donohue, Jean Kuhns, and Judi Nielson. Tightly bound with no names or marks. Light fading to cover edges. Extremely scarce.

Norwalk, Ct: The Easton Press, 1980. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Ward Johnson. The classic in the handsome Easton Press treatment with full leather cover and gilt markings. All edges gilt. Moire fabric endsheets. Attached page marker. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. 588 pp. Light fading to fabric edges of endsheets.