Search Results: Titles starting with B from Singularity Rare & Fine

Aerospace Publising Ltd / AIRtime Publishing Inc., 1997. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Aerospace Publising Ltd / AIRtime Publishing Inc., 1997-98. A special issue, assembled from reprints from World Air Power Journal, devoted to the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Quarto, wraps, unpaginated. Near fine; two corners just barely touched, else a gleaming fine. Replete with color photos of the Spirit, and every kind of information - the commands and sqaudrons who fly it, its past, present and future weapons, even a sectional detail. Scarce piece, in this form and condition. L63

Omaha: Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press/The Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, 1974. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine. 10 1/2" x 10. Mall, James W.. Omaha, NE: Abattoir Editions & The Cummington Press/The Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, 1974. First Edition and Limited Edition, one of 430 copies. Illustrated by James W. Mall. Cream/beige cloth with decorated rice paper label on cover. Unpaginated. Faint soil, no salient flaws. Fine. A sharp copy; please see scan. Schwermer (d. 1999), a Belgian immigrant in 1935, became a post-war experimenter in poetry - at the "maximalist" end, say some, because of the diverse and thorough self-education present in his work - and showed native humor and philosophical depth in this and his other best-known works, "The Tablets", "Cantos From Dante's Inferno", and "Selected Shorter Poems". Perhaps over-interpreted - the mark of a poet of texture and substance - Schwerner gets into sensory and cerebral appeal… Read More

Winter Park, FL: Self-published, 1940. Soft cover. Fine. Winter Park, FL: full-page autograph letter signed (ALS) by Irving Bacheller, written to his friend Richard Lloyd Jones, a conservative journalist and long-time editor of the Tulsa (OK) Tribune (Bacheller was himself a journalist as well as a novelist, and was the founder of the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States), and dated February 3rd, 1940. See scan: 8" x 6" letterhead stationery bearing Bacheller's address in Winter Park, Florida; the stationery is four-fold, but is written on only on the first of four sides. The condition of the letter is Fine, though of course it was folded for mailing, and is now tipped in to Jones' copy of one of Bacheller's most popular novels, "D'ri and I", which bears Jones' (presumed ownership) signature. Its condition is otherwise fine. The book is itself an unremarkable Grosset copy, and is ex-lib from the Tulsa Public Library, though in stout and… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New; immaculate. See scans and description. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition. 'Back Home with the Neelys: Comfort Food from Our Southern Kitchen to Yours', by Pat and Gina Neely, with Ann Volkwen. Tall octavo (9 1/4"), illustrated jacket, brown and robin's-egg blue illustrated boards with white and robin's-egg blue spine imprinting, robin's-egg blue endpapers, 221pp. (10 + 209 + 2). New, and immaculate. See all scans. Seriously delicious looking southern chow recipes of all categories (see contents scan), sumptuously color-photographed. Jeeze. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LT31

New York: Berkley Books (Penguin Group), 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. First Edition and First Printing. See scans and description. New York: Berkley Books (Penguin Group), 2013. Scott Haas' memorable tale of a restaurant, "Back of the House - The Secret Life of a Restaurant". Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, xviii + 302 pp. A brand, squeaky New first/first. Collectible. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L25

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brett Helquist. New; signed by author. See scans and description. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. This is a stated First Edition, though this a later printing. 'The Bad Beginning. Book the First of A Series of Unfortunate Adventures', by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler). Illustrations by Brett Halquist.12 mo, illustrated 3/4 semi-gloss illustrated boards with navy blue cloth spine which is imprinted in white, 172 pp. (7 + 162 + 3). Issued signed, and issued without jacket. New. Signature is on the second free endpaper, as "D. Handler", and box there is checked as "Official Representative" (for Lemony Snicket, though Handler, of course, IS in fact Snicket). Date stamped on same page, by publisher, "Nov 24 2017". Confusing, to be sure - but Handler handled signing in a seeming plethora of ways. He is playful in some of… Read More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brett Helquist. New; signed by author. See scans and description. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. This is a stated First Edition, though this a later printing. 'The Bad Beginning. Book the First of A Series of Unfortunate Adventures', by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler). Illustrations by Brett Halquist.12 mo, illustrated 3/4 semi-gloss illustrated boards with navy blue cloth spine which is imprinted in white, 172 pp. (7 + 162 + 3). Issued signed, and issued without jacket. New. Signature is on the second free endpaper, as "D. Handler", and box there is checked as "Official Representative" (for Lemony Snicket, though Handler, of course, IS in fact Snicket). Dated stamped on same page, by publisher, "Nov 25 2016". Confusing, to be sure - but Handler handled signing in a seeming plethora of ways. He is playful in some… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 1st Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition, "California Set-Aside". Signed by Vonnegut. Octavo, 295 pp. Crisp, bright, As-New book & jacket copy of a special set: one of 100 copies of the first edition signed and set aside for California friends of the author, so stated on a set-plate on the ffep (see scan). Bagombo Snuff box is Vonnegut's own selection of twenty-three of his favorite stories never published before in book form, with his 11 page introduction and a 7 page coda in which he recounts his life as an author for periodicals. Preface by Peter Reed, a noted Vonnegut scholar. Includes a number of very early stories from the fifties written for Cosmopolitan and The Saturday Evening Post, including the 1954 title story, as well as several from 1999. A pristine collectible, scarce with the signature and downright rare as one of… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A strong Very Good, and striving hard for Near Fine. See scans and description. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895 copyright (on copyright page), 1909 publishing (on title page). The Ballads and Other Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson (which includes A Child's Garden of Verses, Underwoods, and Ballads; Volume XVI in the overall Scribner's Stevenson series). Octavo, textured red cloth boards with gilt imprinting on front cover and spine, Top Edge Gilt, uncut fore-edge, frontis with tissue-guard, contents + 359 pp. + 3 blank leaves. Better than Very Good, with just a modestly sunned spine keeping this example out of Near Fine condition. No writing or other besmirchment of the immaculate interior, either. Sharp, handsome and more than deserving of a Very Good Plus rank. Firmly bound. See scans. L20n

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. The August 25, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No.8, Whole No. 216, of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Sixteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and a light front-page stain being the only notable flaw. Moderate internal foxing spots, not heavy. Less edge wear than is typical. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 16 sizable engravings, most of these associated with articles or stories. They include the Boston Harbor masthead, a large State of Connecticut scene with the state escutcheon, three illustrations of… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The March 31,1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 13, Whole No. 195. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans),not much to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: Hughes High School, Cincinnati (text and one large engraving); "Secrets From the Cells, or, Leaves From My Diary" (continuation, part four, by Rev.J.H. Ingraham); "A Modern Belle's Career" by Mrs. E. Wellmont; A lengthy article on Arabs, with five impressive… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The July 12, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.2, Whole No. 262. Seventeen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good or better, the inevitable moderate age-toning and occasional moderate foxing spots being the only notable flaws (hardly any foxing in this particular example). Much less edge wear than is typical, as well. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 17 sizable engravings; these include the masthead (nameplate) graphic of Boston Harbor; the Shot Tower in St. Louis; Hug-Seu-Tsene, the 'insurgent chief og China'; Hunt & Webster's clothing factory… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. The July 5, 1856 issue, Volume XI, No.1, Whole No. 261. Nineteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and occasional moderate foxing spots being the only notable flaws. Much less edge wear than is typical, as well. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 19 sizable engravings; these include the masthead (nameplate) graphic of Boston Harbor; a stately portrait of the United States Steam Frigate Merrimac; 'Robin the Gardner" doing his gardening as an illustration of the serialized novel 'The Contrabandist';… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1857. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1857. First Edition. The February 28, 1857 issue, Volume XII, No. 9, Whole No. 297. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good Plus, with very little of the common peripheral darkening, edge wear and toning. Modest amounts of each, thus better than Very Good, not quite Near Fine. See scans. A sturdy and handsome example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, "Winter Scene, Boston Harbor", text with an engraving of the British mail steamer coming through the harbor through ice; The Spanish Moor, or, The Convent of Alcala - A Story of the Throne, The Altar, and The Forest (several… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition [newspaper]. The August 4, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No. 5, Whole No. 213. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans), hardly anything to point to here. One of the highest grade copies I have. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - as follows: Chantrey's Statue of Washington (with large engraving); the continuation (at chapter 10) of "The Ducal Coronet: The Heir and the Usurper/ A Romance of Italy in the 16th Century" by Arthur Morton; "An Indian Legend", by Mrs. M.E. Robinson;… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good Plus. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition [newspaper] . Newsprint wraps, Elephant Folio (large), 16 pp. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Some edge wear and a bit of edge darkening. Better than very good; sharp, healthy, well-preserved copy. This issue contains articles - as well as the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings, accompanying most of them - on the Niagara Suspension Bridge, Persia [fiction], Switzerland, Brazil, Bahia, Roxbury and Brookline Homes [nice engravings], theater, New England, short fiction and poetry and a number of smaller items and engravings dealing with Boston. Maturin Ballou's 16-page newsprint periodical was already a piece of American history when he, as managing editor of Gleason's Pictorial, bought it - the first successful illustrated weekly newspaper in America - from owner Frederick… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition. The May 19, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 20, Whole No. 202. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good Plus; other than modest occasional darkening to places on the covers (see scans), and of course a bit of age-toning to the newsprint paper (not excessive), not much to point to here. See scans. High grade. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - regarding as follows: Ship-Building at East Boston (text and one large engraving); "The King and the Cobbler - A Romance of Ancient Persia" (continuation) by Austin C. Burdick; The Bridge of Cobosac, France (text and one large engraving); The… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Very Good. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. The December 15, 1855 issue, Volume IX, No.24, Whole No. 232, of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. Sixteen illustrations from engravings. Expansive Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good, the inevitable moderate age-toning and some moderate tatter at the bottom of two pages which had been cut overlength. Almost no internal foxing spots. See scans. A sturdy example. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings. Here, there are 16 sizable engravings, most of these associated with articles or stories. They include the Boston Harbor masthead, a group portrait of American authors, two illustrations for the serialized story 'The… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1856. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1856. First Edition. The February 2, 1856 issue, Volume X, No. 5, Whole No. 239. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, sewn newsprint wraps, 16 pp. Very Good Plus, with small areas of peripheral darkening, soil on rear cover, small dog ear without loss at some leaves; standard age-toning to the paper. A sturdy example. See scans. Maturin Ballou's paper was quite supple, not at all fragile, and it shows. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - here, regarding: cover article, Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, with text and one large portrait engraving; The Contrabandists, or The Secret of A Life / A True Story of the South of France (continuation, with of several chapters; one engraving as illustration; author uncredited here); two… Read More

Boston: Ballou, M.M., 1855. First Edition . Self-wraps [newspaper]. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. From Engravings. Boston: M.M. Ballou, 1855. First Edition [newspaper]. The February 3, 1855 issue, Volume VIII, No. 5, Whole No. 187. Numerous illustrations from engravings. Elephant folio size, newsprint wraps, 16 pp. A strong Very Good or better; some edge wear, and a few leaves show some edge darkening. See scans. Paper is quite supple, not at all fragile. Sharp, healthy, well-preserved. This issue contains stories, articles, and / or the diverse and now somewhat legendary engravings - as follows: The month of February itself (cover); "Steel and Gold: The Heir of Glenville" (story by Francis A. Durivage); Rosetta, Egypt (engraving); Birket-El-Ginnah (Cairo, Egypt) (engraving); "The Adopted Son's Bride" (story by Mrs. Caroline Orne); "Review of Holiday Presents." (Mrs. E. Wellmont); State Street (Boston) in 1770 vs. State Street in… Read More