Search Results: Titles starting with B from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Krigstein, B. [Bernard]. 233 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 372 pp. 8vo. Green marbled paper boards with black leather spine and gold embossed titling that has chipped and faded, light scuffing from shelf wear. Interior pages have age toning, otherwise quite clean.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. In graph theory, R. Leonard Brooks' (1916-1993) theorem states a relationship between the maximum degree of a graph and its chromatic number. According to the theorem, in a connected graph in which every vertex has at most neighbors, the vertices can be colored with only colors, except for two cases, complete graphs and cycle graphs of odd length, which require + 1 colors. (Wikipedia). vii, [1]-445 pp. 4to. Black cloth with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean, crisp copy. Ex-library and barely noticeable.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. xxii, 242 pp. 8vo. Slight darkening to edges of dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Interior pages have darkened, as well, due to quality of paper. Very clean.

London: The Prayer Book Society, 1988. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Reprinted from "The Sunday Telegraph" Unpag. 8vo. Small green publication in wraps. Clean, crisp copy.

New York: Ben Abramson, Publisher, 1946/1947/1948. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Founded in 1946, The Baker Street Journal is still being published and investigates all things Sherlockian. This collection consists of the first three years of publication and is exceedingly rare in a complete three-year founding run.+. 516, 507, 528 pp. 8vo. Yellow paper wraps with light soiling but quite clean overall. Housed in custom made slipcases and labeled by calendar year.

London: Royal Society of London, 1878-1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains William James Prescott Joule's "New Determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat" (pp. 365-383). iv, [2], v, [2], [1]-826 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

London: Royal Society of London, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Also contains Arthur Cayley's "A Supplementary Memoir on the Theory of Matrices" (pp. 25-35). v, [4], 25, [1]-886 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Italo Calvino's (1923-1985) scarce second novel. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 217 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, slight sunning to the spine, now in mylar cover. Minimal staining to front and rear endpapers due to quality of glue used in production, clean within.

London: V&A Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Gardiner, ME: Tilbury House, Publishers, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fine. An important dual biography of the father and son who continue to have a lasting impact on the State of Maine. xii, 340 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket crisp and clean, now in mylar cover. Very clean within, light spotting along head of text block.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Heavily illustrated catalog from the exhibition of the same name. 279 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.

Garden City, NY: Dophin/Doubleday, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 159 pp. Folio. Some wear and scuffing to udst jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean within.

Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xiii, 328 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

London: Ben Weinreb, 2000. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Ben Weinreb (1912-1999) was a legendary English bookseller who specialized in Architecture. 130 pp. 8vo. Gray paper wraps with the Weinreb logo in red on the front cover. An illusrated collection of Weinreb's writings on books, the book trade, and his life compiled and published posthumously. An increasingly scarce volume.

New York: New York University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. xii, 197 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New Haven, CT: William Reese Company, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. From the publisher's website: "The latest bibliographical list from the William Reese Company, this work describes 250 classic works of Western Americana. Based on nearly fifty years of experience, it spans the whole of early literature of the American West, from Cabeza de Vaca to J. Frank Dobie, and everything in between. It is arranged chronologically and indexed by author and title. An essential reference guide for any collector or student of Western Americana." vii, 321 pp. 4to. Terra cotta cloth covers, faux leather spine with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Rizzoli, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lautner, John. What has become a highly collectible book on the life and work of the legendary architect, John Lautner (1911-1994) who was known for his mid-century architecture that tested the boundaries of curves and reinforced concrete. Lautner was one of the few architects who studied with Frank Lloyd Wright that created their own, distinctive style, separate from Wright's influence. First Printing. 234 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fascinating design of the book is that the front cover board has a very slightly raised embossed sketch by Lautner of one of his most iconic houses, the Chemoshphere. Thin line dimple across the front board from a binding anomaly, same to rear. Does not impact the book in any way.

Santa Monica, CA: Arthur Secunda, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Odd, just odd. 28 pp. Minor scuffing to covers, clean within.

Niles, MI: Ralph A. Casperson Books, 1997. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very Good. Autobiography of Southwestern Michigan's legendary bookseller, Ralph Casperson (1919-2009). 271 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with minor sunning to the spine.