Search Results: Titles starting with B from Alkahest Books

Warner Books, (c. 1994). first printing, as stated.. hardcover. Very good/very good. Oblong quarto (11 1/2" wide by 9" tall) black cloth covers, 88 [8] pages. Color illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Inscribed by the author "Dear Tim / The Best " signed "B" with a drawing of a crown.092108B

Good. North Berwick Me., to Portland, Me., via Kennebunk, Me. and Between Stations on the Kennebunkport Branch. 19 pages. approx. 4 3/8 in. wide by 8 7/8 in. tall. some light creasing on covers; a little spotting on front cover, a few ink marks on rear cover.

New York: Random House, (c. 1972). hardcover. Very good/very good. De Brunhoff, Laurent. Quarto,(approx. 8 1/2" by 12 1/4") glossy pictorial boards. Color illustrations throughout. Translated from the French by Merle Haas. Small bump on top edge of front cover.

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., first published in Germany, 1960., 1960. Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., first published in Germany, 1960., 1960. Hardcover. translated into English, 1963, c. Hodder and Stoughton. Pages 400 pp.,8vo, hardcover, translated into English, 1963, c. Hodder and Stoughton. Translated from the German by Ingeborg Sammet and John Oldenburg. First Winner of the Econ Prize. Illustrated with black and white photos, maps on endpapers, bibliography, index. Book is in Very Good condition; dust jacket has some creasing at edges, still Very Good. #060401A

New York, E. P. Dutton and Co., 1909,, 1909. Hardcover. Very good. Aldin, Cecil. 31 pages,16mo (approx. 5 1/4" w x 6 1/8" h). Pictures by Cecil Aldin. Three color plates plus black and white illustrations. Color inset on cover. Former owner name on front free endpaper, light browning on endpapers, else Very Good. 020207A

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. first edition. hardcover. Good/Fine. Octavo, 82 pages. First edition with number line to "1". A nice copy Except that a previous owner has circled in ink some of the page numbers in the Contents. No other marks in the book. Dust jacket is in fine condition. 071202B

Boston: Herbert B. Turner & Co., 1905. first edition. hardcover. Fine. Octavo, olive green cloth covers with light green and white decorations and gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. Black and white illustrations by I. B. Hazelton tipped in. Green decorative borders around some pages. Cover decoration by Adrian Iorio. No dust jacket. 090617A

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd, , 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. near Fine/very good. 224 pages, octavo. Orange cloth covers, near Fine; dust jacket has slight rubbing and light soil, price sticker over printed price on dj front flap, Very Good. 110504A

Quincy, IL: The Egg-O-See Cereal Co., n.d.. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good. Quincy, IL: The Egg-O-See Cereal Co., n.d.. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, approx. 5 1/4" by 7 3/8", 32 pages. Fmr. owner initials and old price on front paste-down endpaper. Illustrated with photos reproductions of men and women exercising. Includes menus, recipes. Egg-O-See was a wheat flake product of the Battle Creek Breakfast Co., part of the Kellogg cereal fad. 061508B

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. first edition, as stated. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, orange cloth covers, 296 pages + xvii (index) + colophon. No dust jacket. 092508E.

New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. 2nd printing. hardcover. near fine. Large octavo, maroon cloth covers with elaborate gilt titles and design on top cover and spine. Second printing (one month after first printing). xi [1] 302 pages. Liberally illustrated in black and white halftone. Former owner inscription on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Sections include: The Lake Country and Wordsworth; Emerson and Concord; The Washington Irving Country; Weimar and Goethe; The Land of Lorna Doone; America in Whitman's Poetry; The Land of Scott. Studio

New York: The John McBride Co., 1910. hardcover. near very good. Octavo, maroon cloth covers with gilt titles. Spine titles are faded. xiv, 286 [2] pages. Black and white illustrations. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Ciphers, Cryptanalysis 020922C

Louisville: Sarabande Books, (c. 1999),, 1999. first paperback edition. Soft cover. near fine. 72 pages, trade paperback. Book is in near Fine condition. 012306A

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1999. First edition. hardcover. Fine. Signed by the author. One of 1700 signed and numbered copies, this is # 1146. Full teal leather with gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, silk moire endpapers. Includes certificate of authenticity also signed by Vonnegut, and "a note about" laid in. Bookplate attached but not filled in, on page opposite signature. 052507A

London and New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. first edition. hardcover. near very good. Bairnsfather, Bruce. Octavo, orangle cloth covers with pictorial design on top and spine. xiv [1] 236 pages. Eleven black and white plates, plus line drawings throughout. Spine a bit sunned ,roughened edge along bottom of rear cover, else very good. No names or marks in book. No dust jacket. World War I, Humor, Art, Cartooning 092508E

New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / Published for The Bystander by Hodder and Stoughton, no date. hardcover. Very good. Bairnsfather, Bruce. Quarto (approx. 7 3/8" wide by 9 3/4" tall) yellow cloth covers with titles in black. 96 pages. Black and white illustrations. Covers have some light soil, else Very Good. No dust jacket. 092508C

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co., (c. 1962). hardcover. Very good/very good. With a Foreword by Agnes De Mille. Octavo, orange cloth spine over yellow pictorial boards, [17]. 4-240 pages. Includes selected bibliography, index. Remainder mark on bottom edge of book block, else book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has light wear at edges, still very good. 120506A

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1900. first ed.. hardcover. Good +. Red cloth covers, 181 pages. Covers stamped in gilt with black rules. Wear to the spine and bottom edge of front cover. Illustrated with black and white photo reproductions. Includes sections on War Verse, College Verse, Chicago Verse, Miscellaneous Verse, Sonnets on Sculpture, A Trio of Dogs, A Trinity of Chicago, and Sonnets on Shakspere. The war verses include The Ballad of Manilla Bay written about the Spanish American War. Photo of Univ. of Chicago's Coach A. A. Stagg in the College Verses section. Inscribed by the author. 061508B

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, 1892. first thus. hardcover. Very good. Thomson, Hugh. With fifty illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Small octavo (approx. 5 1/8" wide by 7 5/8" tall) maroon cloth covers, bevelled edges, with elaborate gilt design on top cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 89 pages + colophon. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. No dust jacket. Studio

New York: George U. Harvey Publishing Co., (c. 1918). first edition. hardcover. near fine. Octavo (approx. 5 1/4" wide by 7 7/8" tall), dark blue cloth covers with red titles and gilt emblem. 71 pages + 2 pages of the contents and 2 pages of publisher's ads.Inscribed by the author. 092508B