Search Results: Titles starting with B from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

[Baltimore, Maryland]: B & O Railroad, May 23, 1943. Original stapled pamphlet measuring 8.75 inches by 8 inches folding to 8.75 inches by 4 inches (as issued) with 39 panels of text on 10 leaves. Includes a double-page map (8.75 inches by 16 inches) showing the routes of the railroad. Modest soiling, sporadic minor foxing & age browning, slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good. "On the B & O alone, there are nearly eleven thousand miles of track. Over this vast system the supply trains roll day and night. And 60,000 B & O workers are going to keep them rolling - till VICTORY!"
 ~Excerpted from the front cover.

Goessel, Kansas: Published by the Journalism & Typing II students, 29 issues, 1945 - 1949. First editions. Folio (14" x 85"), variously paginated, occasional illustrations. Stapled, mimeographed sheets printed recto & verso. OCLC finds a single holding of bound volumes, dates unspecified, as of 3/11/2021Folded once horizontally, edge wear including tears, corner creases, & a few small losses, age browned, soiled, previous owner's signatures & dooding, certainly good or better A broken run of this student-published periodical providing poetry, sports reporting, editorials, gossip, & nice graphics: a wonderful & nostalgic view of small town life in the Great Plains as seen through the eyes of its teen-agers just after World War Two. When incorporated in 1952, Goessel had a population of 260 The 2010 census finds a population of 539.

Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Passenger Traffic Department, 1933. Original stapled pamphlet measuring 8.75 inches by 8 inches folding to 8.75 inches by 4 inches (as issued) with 102 panels of text on 24 leaves. Includes illustrations in conjunction with advertising.
Modest edge wear including nicks in the margins, minor stress at staples, otherwise Very Good.
"You will probably never have another opportunity to see a show like "A Century of Progress" Exposition at Chicago, May 27 to Nov. 1, 1933. It's interesting, educational and fascinating. And the trip can be made economically, too, for the B. & O. has very low fares that will appeal to every plan and purse ..." 
~Excerpted from the first panel of text.

Baltimore, Maryland: Published by John H. Wood, elaborate masthead engraved by Torsch & Rea, Volume III, No. 36, Saturday, September 9, 1871. Original broadsheet newspaper, single sheet measuring 28.5 inches by 42 inches folded once vertically forming 4 pages.
Old folds, slightly toned & soiled, brief edge wear, some creasing, short pencil annotation at the top margin, small rubber-stamped mark in the bottom margin, otherwise very good or better.
A short-lived publication providing news, literature, &, of course, advertisements, Baltimore Saturday Night was first issued in 1869 & ceased in 1875. It was apparently continued as the Sunday Herald thereafter.

Seattle, Washington: Hangman Press as presented by Superior Publishing Company, (1970). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Breihan at the ffep. Small4to (10.25" x 7.5"),144 pages, with illustrations from photographs, facsimiles, & portraits.Publisher's pictorial red fabricoid lettered in white on the spine & upper cover.
Brief wear at extremities & tips, otherwise very good.
Author Breihan was a former St. Louis, Missouri County Police Commissioner as well as a prolific writer & signicant collector of materials related to lawmen & outlaws.

New York: Pierpont Morgan Library/ Bibliographical Society of America; London: British Library; New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2006. First edition. Small folio, xiv, 318 pp, illustrated (some in color) Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket
A fine copy in like dust jacket"The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wise and shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realise that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

London: The Victoria and Albert Museum and Frederick Warne, 1985. First edition. Small 4to, 240 pp, illustrated throughout (some in color). Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, with pictorial device of Peter Rabbit on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket Upper cover slightly splayed, faint dampstain affecting the lower margin, dust jacket with trace edge wear, better than good " the most comprehensive catalogue of Beatrix Potter material ever to have been published " ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

Philadelphia: Browning, King & Co, printed by Ferris Bros, New York, 1904. 12mo, unpaginated [32 pp & covers], illustrated (often in color), with pricing. Stapled pictorial paper wraps. Not in OCLC as of 12/23/2022
Lightly soiled, foxed & toned, trace edge wear, rubber stamp of "WM Crozier, Salesman" at title page, rear wrap, & 3 pages, otherwise very good.
"Clothing is a good investment: it always draws interest from the public" ~Beau Brummell to his valet, from the text
A clever catalog for spring & summer of 1904 which summons the wisdom of iconic arbiter of men's fashion, Beau Brummell, by then long deceased. The company quickly points out that their purpose is promote modern attire rather than "exalt that which a century gone has made old-fashioned."

Olympia, Washington: Frank M. Lamborn, Public Printer, 1916. 8vo (9.25" x 6.25"), 110 & [2] pages plus 10 color plates, profusely illustrated in black & white from photographs (full page & in text), with double-page folding map. Publisher's pictorial, coated stiff paper wraps.
Covers soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Contents include: Our Mountains; The Climate; Puget Sound; The Harbor Country; The Columbia River; The Inland Empire; Our Scenic Highways; A Sportsman's Paradise.

Wyandotte, Indiana: Samuel L. Riely Company, no date (circa 1935). First edition thus. Brochure, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 12 inches folding to approximately 9 inches by 4 inches (as issued) presenting photographic illustrations & descriptive text.
Slight edge wear, one corner with shallow diagonal crease, couple of tiny nicks at fold intersects, otherwise Near Fine.
Wyandotte Cave was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972 & is now part of O'Bannon Woods State Park.

New York: Random House, 1980. First edition, this copy signed & dated in the year of publication, with sketch of a Berenstain Bear in ink at the first blank page. Quarto (11.25" x 8.25"), 64 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout in color. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper over boards. Without dust jacket as issued.
One corner lightly bruised, otherwise fine.
A special copy indeed, delightfully written & illustrated by the Berenstains who have now both passed away.
"During the Bears' search for a Christmas tree they are reminded of what Christmas is really about." ~Abstract courtesy OCLC.

Chicago, Illinois: Playboy Press, Four volumes, Numbers 3, 4, 6, & 8, 1969, 1970, 1972, & 1975.First editions. Quartos (11" x 8"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated. Publisher's original pictorial light card covers.
Modest edge wear, light soiling, Marilyn Monroe centerfold with crease & short tear, otherwise Verry Good or better.
Includes interviews with Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro, Ralph Nader, Sam Peckinpah, & others, contributions by James Baldwin, Vladimir Nabokov, Ray Bradbury, etc., pin up art by Alberto Vargas, Kurtzman & Elder's magnificent Little Annie Fanny comic strip, plus, of course, fine art female nude photography featuring Marilyn Monroe, Ursula Andress, the "Girls of Munich," & more!

Los Angeles, California: Rohman Publications, (1982) First edition Quarto (11" x 8.5"), viii & 200 pages, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards in plastic comb binding.
Plastic comb partially broken (still secure), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, brief offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good.
"An important new book for both novice and veteran - for judge and dog fanciers of all breeds …" ~Excerpted from the rear cover.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. "This limited edition ... has been privately printed and individually signed by the author." Octavo (9.75" x 6.75"), [17] & 6 - 733 pages (as issued), with numerous full page illustrations by Charles Reid. Publisher's full brown/ brick leather, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, moire fabric endpapers.
A Fine & apparently unread copy.
A nice copy of Stegner's semi autobiographical novel originally published in 1943.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Company, (1918 copyright), "Twentieth edition" ca. 1946. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.25"), 299 pages, illustrated Publisher's pictorial red cloth lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacket
Light foxing mostly affecting endpapers & pastedowns, bookplate at front pastedown, initials in ink at first blank page, otherwise very good in good dust jacket, browned at the spine, with light rubbing & edge wear including small losses & short tears
"The same drollery and comedy of childhood that made "Miss Minerva" so universally popular is to be found in Billy and the Major Every lover of the earlier story will want to follow the pranks and innocent rascalities of the most delightful group of youngsters in the literature of our day." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket

New York: Socialist Workers Party. New York State Campaign, 1970. Illustrated broadsheet flyer, single sheet measuring 11 inches by 8.5 inches printed recto & verso.
Short diagonal creasing at two corners, otherwise Fine.
In addition to a poignant message provided in part below, this flyer supplies the platform of the Socialist Workers Party and solicits donations.
"Increasing numbers of Black and Puerto Rican people in this city are opening their eyes to the cruel and unjust system that oppresses us. It is this system which sends our sons to die in Indochina for "freedom" and "democracy" - in the name of the very rights denied us here at home. We fight against our Vietnamese brothers and sisters when the main enemy is right here at home.That enemy is capitalism - the system of Nixon, Rockefeller, Wallace and Lindsay. It is the system whose two parties, the Democratic and Republican parties, come asking us for votes every year while Democratic and Republican officeholders send out brothers to die,… Read More

[Boston: Boston: Crystal River Society ?], no date (ca. 1887). Broadsheet, 2 pp., small 4to (10" x 6"), with color-printed "map" from a woodcut on the recto depicting a train en route from "Drunkard's Curve" to the "Black Valley Country." The verso supplies statistics and "Questions for Study in Moral and Political Economy." Small losses at corners, a few tears without loss, otherwise very good.A variant available in various incarnations as early as 1863, this example not currently found in OCLC. The recto offers the "above map enlarged to 18 x 24 inches in colored lithograph sent by mail to any address for 50 cents," the verso offers the handbill at 3 cents each or $2 per hundred, to be ordered from the Crystal River Society of Boston. The map was also advertised in the Home Missionary (volume 60, 1887).

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First edition, this copy boldly signed in ink on the title page by Barbara Neely. Octavo ((8.5" x 5.75"), 232 pages. Publisher's black paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket (art work by John Howard).
Light foxing at the top edge of the text block & very briefly on the front free endpaper, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket.
The second title featuring "black domestic worker extraordinaire" Blanche White. In this book, "Blanche gets an insider's view of the color and class divisions within the black community."
Barbara Ann Neely (1941 – 2020) was named Grand Master in 2020 by The Mystery Writers of America.

New York: Arlington House, (1986). First American edition. Quarto (11.75" x 9.25"), 107 unnumbered pages, profusely & rather graphically illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's plain white cloth-patterned paper over boards, in pictorial dust jacket.
Remainder mark at the bottom edge of the text block, lightly soiled, brief edge wear, corners bruised, otherwise very good in about fine dust jacket.
"You are invited to partake of a pleasure once considered forbidden fruit. Here, in a feast of full color photographs, are scenes of perhaps the most deeply personal of sexual experiences, oral love ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

[Chicago, Illinois]: Cloud Hands Press, (2012) First edition, this copy boldly signed in black marker at the half-title page by photographer Marc Hauser who adds a caricaturish self portrait Tall quarto (12.25" x 9.5"), 71 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color from photographs. Publisher's black cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket Photographer's studio label at front pastedown & adjacent leaf
A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket
"A photographic exploration of some men and women who express their most intimate qualities in the most public way, by etching them permanently on their bodies in tattoos" ~Excerpted from the dust jacket
Celebrity photographer Marc Hauser (1952 - 2018) shot Woody Allen, John Belushi, Eric Clapton, Cindy Crawford, Mick Jagger, Michael Jordan, Sophia Loren, Oprah, Dolly Parton, and Dennis Rodman, among others, & is particularly remembered for the iconic cover for John Mellencamp's Scarecrow album.