Search Results: Titles starting with B from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Holiday House, 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Beige boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, pictorial endpapers, ix, 126 pp, bibliography, index. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" sticker, otherwise very good. DJ has library stickers on spine, otherwise fine in mylar sleeve applied by library. Biography intended for readers of middle-school age. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . 26 X 20 cm.

New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Half red cloth, half red paper, gilt titles on spine, 319 pp, notes, index. Tail of spine rumpled and slightly worn, else fine. DJ also shows a bit of wear at tail of spine, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Based on a wide range of data sources, Baby Boomers is the first authoritative and accurate assessment of a generation whose size is at once its advantage and disadvantage." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York & London: Thames & Hudson, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth-textured paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & decoration on front board, 215 pp, frontis., 136 figures, notes, bibliography, index. Small spot on rear board. DJ has tiny nicks to spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Two thousand years of Babylonian history are succinctly presented based on archaeological and literary sources. The figures consist largely of plans of ruins and photos of sites & artifacts. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 4th ptg. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 25 X 16½ cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, foil titles on spine & decoration on front board, 186 pp. DJ spine slightly browned; in Brodart archival cover. "Musical comedy without the music," is how P. G. Wodehouse described his own style of writing decades before this novel was written, but the description still applies to this late work. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Fine/Fine. 21 X 14½ cm.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copper-brown boards, blue cloth spine with copper titles, endpaper maps, [xiii], 449 pp, maps, b & w illustrations. Tail of spine sunned. DJ sunned along fore-edge, else fine. Most chapters have a map as a headpiece and a two-page illustration by Yeadon. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by the Author. 24 X 16 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth, gilt & black titles & decorations, dec. endpapers, 384 pp, line drawings scattered throughout, index. Spine ends slightly rubbed. DJ spine is sunned a bit, has a 2 cm tear to top edge of rear panel, and is covered with adhesive plastic. This book, according to the DJ, "traces human origins from the days of the old hunters into the time of the Greek and Roman Civilizations." Contents: the nature of human life; the old hunters; the new farmers; new societies, the new world; cities & bronze. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Theia Books (Hyperion), 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light brown boards, gilt titles on spine, xi, 355 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Winstead, a Minneapolis native, investigates her family's involvement in the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . As New/As New. 21 X 14½ cm.

Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Stiff yellow wrappers, 125, [1] pp, 4 full-page illustrations. First 30 pages lightly creased near gutter, corners very lightly worn. Five "long short stories" originally published in magazines 1979-1983. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd ptg. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. Illus. by R. W. Scholes. 21½ X 14 cm.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full yellow cloth, black titles on spine, xv, 399 pp, 20 maps, 17 tables, footnotes, bibliography, index. Multiple creases in rfep, else near fine. Contents: historical background; Jewish interests in Palestine, by Stamler; the Arabs & Palestine, by Polk; economic framework of the Palestine problem, by Asfour. Shipping weight 2 lbs (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 21½ X 15 cm.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on recto of ffep. Maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, xi, 254 pp, footnotes, end notes, index. Inscription is signed "the author" rather than by name; wording suggests a presentation copy. Price-clipped DJ has large chip from bottom corner of front panel & small chips at other cornes & spine ends, tears up to 6 cm; in Brodart archival cover. A previously unpublished essay on melancholy, "The English Malady," is joined here with four articles originally published in literary journals from 1916 to 1927: "Shaftesbury and the Ethical Poets in England," "The Return to Nature in English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century," "Whig Panegyric Verse: A Phase of Sentimentalism," "John Dunton: Pietist and Impostor." Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Good.… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles, xvi, 487 pp, bibliography, index. A ring and a white stain, possibly paint or milk, on front board, else very good with light edge wear and slight soiling to top edge. Study of the society and forms of government in Germany, Italy, Japan, (Vichy) France, the Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States, written in the waning days of World War 2. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG-/No dj. 22 X 15 cm.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, gilt titles on spine, endpaper maps, xiv, 269 pp, 6 ff b & w photo plates, bibliography, index. Acidic paper already browning, otherwise fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Hyland mixes history with his personal observations as he travels about Portugal, inspired by Henry Fielding. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Healdsburg, CA: Naturegraph Publishers, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial cover, black titles on white spine, [iii], 139 pp, 46 figures. Covers slightly rubbed, sticker stains on front cover and inside rear cover, binding glue brittle. In addition to raccoons, the backyard bandits include a mountain lion, wildcats, foxes, deer, skunks, opossums, weasels, wood rats and mice, reptiles, birds, and insects. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 21½ X 14 cm.

Boston & London: Faber and Faber, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter dark grey cloth with light grey paper-covered boards, [iv], 229 pp. Bottom corners bumped, bottom edge of front board bumped near spine, else fine. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Very Good/No dj. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Bagn: Eget Forlag, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on recto of ffep. Oatmeal cloth, brown titles on front board & spine, 182 pp, b & w photos, notes. Author's inscription dated in 1969. Bottom corners bumped, stray pen mark on fpd. DJ top edge tattered, faint dampstain to bottom of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This is a history of the log church in Bagn, built in 1736-7 to replace a church that had been razed in 1700. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/G+. 24½ X 18 cm.

New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto & London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, blue & red titles, endpaper maps, xxi, 970 pp, 13 maps in text, 8 ff b & w plates, notes, bibliography, index. Bookplate on half-title, a few scattered pencil notes. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. Later printing. . VG+/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue linen, gilt titles on spine, gilt device on front board, xix, 380 pp, 72 figures including 1 fold-out, 89 tables, index. Ink underlining on 4 pages, slight wear to corners and spine ends, faint stain to fore-edge. DJ rubbed, creased, & torn at extremities; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: gathering the data (sources of information; a tour through one bank's financial statements; patterns of data); perceiving the policies of a bank (liquidity, credit risk, interest rate & profitability policies); viewing the management of a bank (banking strategies; management controls); preparing an evaluation (forecasts; market valuation; composite valuation). The author "has seen banks from the viewpoints of a banker, regulator, consultant, and investor. Prior to his current position in the World Banking Division with the Bank of… Read More

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1973 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue-grey cloth, gilt titles on spine, blind decoration on front board, blind device on rear board, decorative endpapers, [vii], 246 pp. Price-clipped DJ has four closed tears, 1 cm to 11cm long, light rubbing at corners and spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Today, like every other working day at First Mutual..., millions of dollars are changing hands; hundreds of thousands of checks are bouncing, kiting, or being cleared for payment; and 10,000 conservatively dressed bank officers and employees are trying to figure out where the money is coming from and where it is supposed to go. And if the friendly people at First Mutual Trust often wonder what they're doing (and they wonder about that a lot), it's nothing compared to the confusion of their customers...." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Truman Tally Books/Dutton, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, white spine with gilt titles, burgundy endpapers, x, 514 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Completely re-written and expanded version of The Bankers, originally published sans subtitle twenty years earlier. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). First Printing. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Columbia University, 1913 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Re-bound by library in full brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, iv, 239 pp. Covers worn, contains all the usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, pencil notes on the contents pages, otherwise internally very good. Text of 21 papers presented at the conference under the general headings of The Federal Reserve Bank Plan (papers by Robert L. Owen; Carter Glass; Robert J. Bulkley; Nelson W. Aldrich; H. Parker Willis; A. Barton Hepburn; O. M. W. Sprague; Arthur Reynolds; Alexander D. Noyes; Edwin R. A. Seligman); The Elasticity of Credit (papers by Frank A. Vanderlip; Joseph French Johnson; E. W. Kemmerer; Edward L. Howe; Irving T. Bush; & A. Piatt Andrew); and Foreign & Domestic Exchange Functions of the Regional Banks (papers by W. M. Van Deusen; Fred I. Kent; Joseph T. Talbert; John E. Gardin; & J. A. Neilson). The establishment of the… Read More