Search Results: Authors starting with B from Evening Star Books

New York: Dial Press Inc, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [6], v-xiv, [2], 3-407, [1] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine; navy topstain. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Compiled, translated in part, and edited by Frederika Blankner. A study of Scandinavian literature from its origins to the early twentieth century, including Scandinavian-American authors. Toning to the gutters (affecting the endpapers); jacket has a few wrinkles to its rear panel.

[New York]: Dutton (1996), 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [19], 20-466, [14] pp. Quarter beige cloth over orange paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations. The first hardcover edition. This book was first published in paperback format.

Edmonton: M.G. Hurtig LTD. Booksellers & Publishers (1970), 1970. Later edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. [7], viii-xxvii, [2], 2-663, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several black and white plates and with a folding map in the rear of the volume. The first Hurtig edition. A reprint of the nineteenth-century work. Minor sunning to the spine panel and a small crease to the rear panel.

New York: The Modern Library (1955), 1955. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-xxxii, [2], 3-604, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. With an introduction and notes by Hugh G. Dick. The first Modern Library edition. Toledano 256.2. A Near Fine book with a tiny ink smudge on page xxi and minor offsetting to the gutters; price-clipped dust jacket is Very Good with a few traces of edge wear.

London: William Pickering, 1834. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. 16 vol. For pagination, please inquire. Later (mid-nineteenth century) smooth calf with twin gilt borders on each board, gilt decorations to the boards' edges and turn-ins, spines in six compartments, a red and green morocco label lettered and decorated in gilt on each spine; all edges yellow. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by F[rancis] Bedford. With a slip tipped in, stating "Subscription Copy No. 454." Text in English and in Latin. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Bacon and a two-plate facsimile of Bacon's writing; volume two with a folding chart; volume four with a frontispiece portrait, beautifully engraved, and one additional plate; volumes five, six, and seven with a frontispiece; volume eight with a frontispiece and an additional illustration: a facsimile title page of Bacon's Opera from 1623; volume nine with a folding facsimile of a letter of Bacon's; volume ten with a facsimile title… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1873. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [3], iv-xxiv, [1], 2-620, [2] pp. Half maroon sheep over marbled paper boards, boards ruled in gilt, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With Bacon's writings on suitors, atheism, superstition, and other topics relevant to Christian theology. Rubbing to the boards' edges, a few marks of private ownership to the front preliminaries.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1913. Twenty-fifth edition. Hardcover. Good+. Small 8vo. [5], vi-xl, 1-604 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; all edges marbled. Publisher's advertisements on the free front endpapers and pastedown, a map on the rear endpaper and pastedown. With 77 maps, 21 plans, and 14 panoramas (two of the illustrations called for are lacking in our copy). Moderate wear to the extremities and a crack to the front gutter.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1904. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. [5], vi-l, 1-530 pp. Red publisher's cloth over flexible boards, gilt lettering on the front board and spine; all edges marbled. Publisher's ads on the front endpaper and pastedown, maps on the rear endpaper and pastedown. Two ribbon bookmarks bound in. Text in German. Illustrated with numerous fold-out maps, full-page plans, and folding plans (most of which are in color). Hinrichsen D462. A sharp example of Baedeker's guide to Russia and eastern Asia, this edition published after extensive construction was done on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, which would connect Russia to parts of Central Asia (including what is now Uzbekistan, Iran, and parts of China). This iteration of Baedeker's guide to Russia also discusses the Ukraine, Poland, Finland, and other countries near Russia in great detail. A small abrasion to the title page and a bookplate on the verso of the free front endpaper.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1905. Fourteenth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Small 8vo. [5], vi-lxx, 1-474 pp. Red cloth over flexible boards with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. A red and a green ribbon bookmark present. Publisher's advertisements on the free front endpaper and pastedown, a map on the rear endpaper and pastedown. Text in English. Illustrated with 15 maps and 30 plans, most of which are in color. With a Belgian bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. A pleasing example. Minor wear to the crown and the foot of the spine, a small crease to the rear endpaper.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press (1963), 1963. Third printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [4], v-xii, [2], 326, [4] pp. Blue cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine. An exploration of how moral statements contain subtle facts about reality. A Near Fine book with a name on the front flyleaf in a Very Good jacket that is price-clipped and shows minor toning and edge wear.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [1940], 1940. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. Small 4to. [6], 7-160 pp. Quarter blue cloth over pictorial boards printed in purple, brown, lue, red, yellow, green, and white. Maps printed in green on the endpapers and pastedowns. Lacks the dust jacket. Illustrated with full-page and black and white photographs taken by the author. Light rubbing to the boards' edges.

New York: Argus Books, Inc. [1947], 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. [6], 1-341, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. This copy with two dust jackets. The publishing of a dissertation done at the University of North Carolina, a history of speculative fiction starting with the turn of the century. A few spots of darkening on the pastedowns; jackets are price-clipped with a few hints of edge wear.

New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. [1933], 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [6], 7-318, [2] pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Frontispiece black & white portrait of Hamilton from the painting by Trumbull and seven additional plates. Includes an index and a bibliography. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front end paper and small area of discoloration to top textblock in a beautifully preserved dust jacket.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [3], vi-xxvii, [2], 2453, [3] pp. Half contemporary sheep over marbled boards with gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. A scientific analysis and record of social experiments around education and best practices within the field. A touch of rubbing to the spine's tips, three small owner's address labels on the free front endpaper.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company [2003], 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Large 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [3], 3-881, [1] pp. Quarter grey paper over blue paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $35.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several plates of black and white photographs. Bair won the National Book Award for her book, Samuel Beckett, a biography of the writer. A name and bookplate on the free front endpaper, two tape ghosts to each board and a small concavity to the spine.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [10], 13-386 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a frontis portrait of George Rogers Clark. Includes an index and notes. A Near Fine book in a Very Good+ jacket with a few traces of edge wear.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1975), 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [5], vi-x, 1-147, [3] pp. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering and publisher's device on the spine. Baker won the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work generalizing the Gelfond-Schneider theorem (the solution to Hilbert's seventh problem). In this book, he provides an overview of recent results in the field of transcendental number theory, research to which he was a significant contributor. A very attractive copy of this book, and uncommon thus. Fine in a very near Fine dust jacket with a few hints of wear to the extremities.

[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [9], 10-501, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $40 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations throughout the volume by J.K. Potter. A beautiful copy of the celebrated science fiction author's works, released two years after her untimely death. A tiny push to the top textblock, else Fine.

[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [8], 9-114, [4] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $35 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations throughout the volume by J.K. Potter. Signed on the limitation page. Copy 78 out of 1500 signed and numbered copies. A Company short novel.

[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. [6], 7-325, [3] pp. Purple cloth with orange lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $60 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few full-page drawings by J.K. Potter. The deluxe hardcover edition. Number 219 out of 474 signed copies, so designated on the limitation page. An origin story for the Company series, written in the steampunk style.