Search Results: Authors starting with B from Quaker Hill Books

London,London,: I.H. And R.Y. 1629 Contemporary Boards. Very Good. Second Edition. 4to. Engraved title-page within ornate architectural border interlaced with vines, decorative woodcut head and tail-pieces and initials.248pp with additional 10pp index. Lacks frontispiece, rebacked. Light toning and aging but a lovely copy of this important historical work based on contemporary documentary evidence..

LondonLondon: Williams, 1639 Contemporary Calf. Very Good. Fifth Edition. Folio. With the portrait and extra engraved title. Book has been recased with newer endpapers. Rubbed, some soiling and foxing. Spine a bit dry. Final leaf a bit wrinkled with some minor splits but quite a good copy of a rare classic by Sir Francis Bacon. (STC 1172).

H. Clark. London, 1706. Full calf. Very Good. 8vo., 101pp with advertisement on verso of final leaf. Minor rubbing and scuffing, front joint just starting. Otherwise a lovely copy inside and out..

London:, 1815. History of the Wars of the French Revolution from The Breaking Our of the War in 1792 to The Restoration of A General Peace in 1815: Comprehending The Civil History of Great Britain and France During That Period. Frontis of King George III; Vol I 539pp., Vol II 595pp. including index. profusely illustrated throughout with maps, charts, engravings. Moderate rubbing and soiling, age toning and some foxing to the contents. Hinges starting but still strong.. First Edition. Full Comtemporary Brown Calf. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 Volumes.

Dial Press. New York, 1964. First Edition. orig. cloth. Very good., Original. 8vo., Dust wrapper rubbed, creased with a few small chipps..

New YorkNew York: , 1836 Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes the large folding color woodcut fron-tispiece which is usually lacking or tattered. Wrappers lacking. Some staining and foxing but nonetheless a highly interesting and lovely item -Howes B63..

Washington, D.C.:: Governtment Printing Office, 1903. Original embossed, brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Includes three wonderful etched portraits of the three presidents. 246pp., t.e.g.. A very lovely copy showing some moderate rubbing and shelf wear.. First Edition. Excellent. Folio.

B.F. Johnson. Richmond, 1900. First Edition. 412pp. Original blue cloth with cavalry solider on horseback embossed in silver on the front cover. Numerous portraits. 8vo., Rear cover and part of spine rubbed. Overall a very sound and clean copy of this well considered regimental history. ." A much consulted memoir by a Virginia Cavalryman; especially good for Baylor's discerning observations: [Nevins].. Excellent.

London, 1925. First Edition. 1/2 morocco. Fine. Engraved frontis/plates etc. 4to., A fine copy of a beautiful book of Beardsley's great uncollected works..

Kincaid, Creech & Bell. London, 1772. Third edition. Full calf. Rubbed, covers loose. 8vo., 514pp., A good copy of Beattie's famous reply to Hume's scepticism. Full polished calf with raised spines decorated in gold..

London:: F. Newberry,, 1769. Translated from the Italian; With a commentary, Attributed to Mons. De. Voltaire, Translated from the French. 179pp., lxxix, Commentary. A beautiful copy with only very light soiling. Previous owners contemporary ink signature removed from upper right corner of the title page. "If we look into history we shall find that laws, which are, or ought to be, conventions between men in a state of freedom, have been, for the most part the work of the passions of a few, or the consequences of a fortuitous or temporary necessity; not dictated by a cool examiner of human nature, who knew how to collect in one point the actions of a multitude, and had this only end in view, the greatest happiness of the greatest number. ". Second Edition. Recent Full Brown Leather. Excellent. 8vo..

BostonBoston: Kneeland, 1750 Contemporary Tooled Calf. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Evans 6462. Covers show wear but are intact. Upper corner of front board bumped with some small loss same for the lower left corner of the rear board. Spine is very good with very small portions missing from the top and bottom. Interior shows scattered foxing and some light browning and dampstaining. Early owner's ink notations on the title and endpapers. Includes a preface by Jonathan Edwards. Highly interesting and very scarce..

LondonLondon: Richard Phillips, 1896 Full calf. Excellent. A beautiful elegant set. 8vo., 12 volumes., Full diced tan calf, spines rulded, decorated in gilt,edges marbled. Tops lightly pulled and light rubbing to spines..

John and H.L. Hunt. London: 1824. First edition. Orig.boards. Excellent - Some old wear and minor rubbing to edges. 8vo., Small circular red ownership handstamps at a few leaves including title pages..

Longman, Rees,Orme etc. London: 1834. First Edition Recent calf. Excellent - Slight aging and wear. Thick 8vo., 2 vol.in 1., A very scarce copy in excellent condition..

New York:: Mother Earth,, 1912. FIRST EDTION - PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BERKMAN - "to Alvan F. Salmon in appreciation of his splendid work "Paris & the Social Revolution...Nov. 21, ". Clipped signature of Berman affixed to the front paste-down. Some minor soiling and foxing otherwise in good + condition. Russian born, anarchist and lover of Emma Goldman, Berkman attempted to assasinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick in 1892. In 1919 he was finally deported to the Soviet Union where he would also be eventually expelled. An important presentation copy of Berkman's famous memoir.. By the Author. First Edition/Presentation Copy.. Original Cloth. Good. 8vo..

NewYork,NewYork,: The Century Company, 1898 Full Blue Crushed Morocco. Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Magnificently bound in full dark blue morocco, heavily gilted, spine in six comparments with gilt designs and lettering. Spine faded to brown but a gorgeous volume of Bicknell's famous biography..

Boston:: The Arakelyan Press,, 1909. xii p.,2 ,400p, frontispiece. A beautiful copy that Nevins describes as: "Among the top dozen unit histories pertaining to the Civil War; Billings uses his own diary, some 300 letters, and a comrade's manuscript as a basis for this book.". First Edition. Original Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine. 8vo..

NewYork:NewYork:: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935 Original Gray Wraps. Near Fine. Consisting of six folio fascicles individually bound in grey paper wraps with printed cover labels and black backstrips. Introduction by Laurence Binyon. Each volume containg water-colours, pencil drawings and engravings reproduced in facsimile. Original black clamshell case lightly soiled and rubbed. A rare and magnificent set especially in this condition..

New York:: Charles Scriner's Sons,, 1945. (322p., 8 illus., roster, index.) Original publisher's burgundy cloth . A highly interesting first hand narrative by the cavalry general’s Chief Engineer. An excellent copy; clean and strong lacking the dust wrapper. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown.. First American Edition. Excellent. 8vo..