Search Results: Authors starting with B from Trench Books

New York: Newcomen Society of England, 1947. First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. Light wear/soiling to covers, date stamped on back; interior clean and unmarked. A collection of short essays by the author, who lived in Norwalk, CT. A booklet of forty pages. Included is a brochure (with numerous photos of early inventions) that consists of the opening remarks of Col. Frederick H. Payne at a Society gathering in 1947 at the Pierre, N.Y.

Tucson AZ: Univ. of Arizona, 1968. Lavender Cloth. Very Good+/Good+. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket edgeworn, small tears. "Legends of Treasures and How They Grew".The author was curator of the Arizona State Museum for many years. Illus with many B&W photos. Review copy.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1934. First American Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Minor shelfwear, moderate soiling, otherwise unmarked, two 1" tears to page 171/2. "An Exaggeration". "One half of the world knoweth not how the other half liveth".

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1926. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Light wear to covers, spine a bit faded, sound and unmarked.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1956. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good+/Fair. Clean and unmarked copy. Jacket quite worn, 1 x 3" chip bottom of back, chips at spine ends and folds.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Good. Clean reading copy. Jacket and cover have several small dents that appear to have been made by a dog. After all, this IS a dog story.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1924. Second Printing . Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Very slight lean, light shelfwear to corners, orig. dealer tag on flyleaf (Old Corner Book Store, Boston), clean and unmarked.

New Yor: Alfred A Knopf, 1932. First American Edition . Yellow Cloth. Good+/Fair. Top corner, back cover, appears to have been "snipped" off, otherwise this would have been a near fine copy. Jacket shows edgewear, 1 x1 " chip bottom back, tear to spine about halfway down, then across. Interesting artwork.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Bros., 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Orange boards/blue cloth spine. Bumps to corners, foil title label on spine tarnished, otherwise a clean unmarked copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Bros., 1940. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Bumps to spine ends and lower corners, shelfwear to black cloth, clean and unmarked. Jacket worn at edges, corners and spine ends, still quite presentable, not price clipped.

New York: Stein & Day, 1977. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Minimal wear, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows a bit of edgewear, not price clipped. Third volume of the author's autobiography.

New York: Harper, 1938. First Edition . Black Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Moderate wear to covers, clean and unmarked. "An Adventure".

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Bros., 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A nice, compact volume in original slipcase. The book shows some fading to spine, sharp corners, binding a little loose, pencil erasure to flyleaf, orig blue ribbon bookmark intact. Slipcase shows shelfwear, fading to spine, one corner and two edges show fraying. Part of the "Pleasures of Life Series" that Mr. Priestley edited.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Bros, 1951. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. A nice clean, unmarked copy. Jacket shows wear to edges, not price clipped.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Bros., 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bumps to spine ends, clean and unmarked. Jacket IS included, but is in pieces and in need of serious help.

New York: Harpers, 1929. First Edition . Purple Cloth. Very Good/Poor. Both volumes are in nice shape, light shelfwear, finger smudges to endpapers, unmarked. Vol. one jacket is missing; Vol two jacket is edgeworn, tear to top of spine, chips to top front (affecting part of title). Housed in a well worn black slipcase. Extra postage required outside the USA.

New York: Harper, 1933. First Edition . Burgundy Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. John Alan Maxwell. Light wear, spine faded, foxing to endpapers. Sound copy, nicely illustrated.

New York: Stein & Day, 1976. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Minimal wear to bottom edge, clean and unmarked, possibly unread. Jacket shows light soiling, slightest bit of wear to edges.

New York: Chilmark Press, 1967. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Slight bumps to lower corners, clean and unmarked. Jacket shows light shelfwear, not price clipped. A collection of twenty essays the author read over the radio to the British during WWII. Introduction by Eric Sevareid.

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1947. First Edition . Yellow Cloth. Very Good/Good+. Bookplate inside front cover; clean, bright, and unmarked. Jacket shows light edgewear, minor rubbing. The English theatre world, many photos and charts.