Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Sensible Magpie

New Delhi, India: BAHA'I†PUBLISHING TRUST, 1973. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Handbook outlines the Baha'i organizational structure (Baha'i Spiritual Assembly), as well as the spiritual character of Baha'i elections, news letters, summer schools, and teaching institutes which focus upon spiritualism, reincarnation and related subjects, and a second teaching institute on music. Scarce Baha'i title. Former owner's name ffep. Softcover original. Very scarce

Kansas City, MO: Ariel Books / Andrews and McMeel, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book measures just under 1.5 x 2". Dustjacket near fine. A small, very light fade spot to rear cover. White lettering to spine of brown illustrated boards. Brown-toned marbleized endpapers. Over 30 color and black and white illustrations. Clean, tight, bright. Unpaginated, (128 pp). "Tiny Tomes". Contents are Watson and Holmes : A Chronology ; The Complete Tales ; Answers to Our Quiz ; Favorites ; Things You Never Knew.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. FINE IN VERY GOOD PLUS DUST JACKET. Conerstone Writings about Sherlock Holmes

Philadelphia, PA: Macrae Smith, 1957. HARDCOVER. GOOD PLUS / None.. "Presented here are four of the world's most renowned ballets: La Sylphide, Le Pas de Quatre, Cinderella and The Nutcracker. The author retells the story of each, and then...tells how to look at and listedn to them and gives biographical notes on composers, choreographers and dancers. Included also are a short history of ballet and a glossary of ballet terms. Illustrations are from productions by the Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Ballet and the New York City Ballet. Boldly inscribed "For _____ _______, Olga Maynard (January 26, 1968) on front pastedown. Maynard was a well-known dance writer, art critic, researcher and bibliographer whose work proved enormously helpful to major ballet companies and individual artists. She was married for a time to "The Mouse That Roared" author Leonard Wibberley. Foreword by Agnes de Mille. Sunning to boards. Else a nice clean signed copy of author's first book.

London: Methuen & Co., 1960. Hardcover. Good. Extensive pencilling throughout. Foxing to endpapers. Faded gilt lettering, lightly debossed to spine of green, cloth-covered boards. Would still consider bright. Solid binding. 177 pp with appendices and index. "In Bartholomew Fair, written and acted in 1614, Jonson produced his first comedy since The Alchemist in 1610," (introduction)

New York: Macmillan, 1972. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Light ripple. Complementary Copy stamped to title page. Mild shelfwear to extremities. Exercises, tests, and answers. Clean, bright, solid. 188 pp. This teaching guide is broken down into five elements : small steps, active response, immediate reinforcement, self-pacing and low error rate. The book is organized into eleven units. At the end of each unit is an objective test for your use and after completion there is a comprehensive examination at the back of the book.

Oakland, Oregon: Norman Dennis Schlesser, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. STAPLEBOUND. Very mild shelfwear. Black line illustrations and lettering to front of tan covers. Maps. Black and white photographs, charts, illustrations. Clean, bright, solid binding. 44 pp with footnotes, bibliography and index. A survey of the history of the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Umpqua and the fur trade in Douglas Count, Oregon.

New York: Ballantine, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Large Quarto. Book itself is unopened, and unread. Minor edgewear and creasing to folder. Three transparencies and vinyl shower chart in fine condition. Complete. Scarce.

New York: Ballantine, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Large Quarto. Book itself is unopened, and unread. Minor edgewear and creasing to folder. Three transparencies and vinyl shower chart in fine condition. Complete. Scarce. Priced to Sell!

Philadelphia: International Bible House, 1910. Hardcover. Near Fine. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings, often captioned with quotes. Frontispiece has Roosevelt declaring, "I'll give them all the fight they want!" There are photos of Roosevelt greeting the Rough Riders, with his family, with other presidents like McKinley, as a governor, as a colonel, as an ex-president amoung Africa's natives and wildlife, and many others. Over 400 pp (unusually numbered) with "Publisher's Guarantee" and 8 pp for notes on who wishes to purchase the book to rear of text. Previous owner's name to FPDEP. Makeshift DJ of newspaper, The Evening World Daily Magazine, from September 27, 1910. Lightly bumped corners, a 1" dent to front lower board. Gilt (a bit rubbed) and black lettering debossed to front and rear board, red cloth-covered boards. Paste-on to front board, illustration of Roosevelt to rear board. A very nice book.

Cologne: Konemann, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. HEAVY. Ever so slightly bumped corners. A small 1" wrinkle crease to middle of DJ spine, a couple very tiny closed tears to upper DJ edge. Silver lettering debossed to spine and front board, black boards. Bright glossy DJ. Very clean, bright, tight. Full of gorgeous illustrations and photographs, many in stunning full color. 640 pp with Bauhaus chronology, selective bibliography, exhibitions at the Bauhaus, glossary, merchandising appendix, the authors, index and picture acknowledgements and thanks. "The dynamism of the Bauhaus still fascinates us today, 80 years after its foundation and brief 14-year existence. With its roots in the Arts and Crafts movement, influenced by the German Werkbund and other reformist currents of thought, the Bauhaus was founded in 1919 and rapidly became known far beyond the borders of Germany, not least as a result of its great exhibition of 1923, launched under the slogan,… Read More

Rottach-Egern, Germany: Birgit Stock, 2005. Paperback. VERY GOOD PLUS. AVAILABLE TODAY IN THE U. S. A. Several lightly indented lines and tiny dings to front cover are seen if in the right light. Extremely tiny corner curls to front cover. Pages illustrated in comic book form. Bavarian History Comic, English, and a blue oval stating The Official HB Comic are printed on a glossy illustrated front cover. Very clean, bright and solidly bound. 48 pp. English language editing by Patrick M. Kessler. "With a great passion for detail, this humorous comic tells the story of the Hofbr‰uhaus' origins. It describes a key period of real Munich history. This is a loveable story full of superbly drawn and written jokes. And reading the comic a second time provides a whole new portion of wit and subtle double meanings," (rear cover).

Middlesex, England: King Penguin, 1953. Hardcover. VERY GOOD in Good Plus Dustjacket . REPRINTED WITH REVISED COLOUR PLATES. Light wear to extremities. Sunning to spine of jacket. Small chips and tears to spinecaps and edges. Book and like jacket are illustrated with colorful, detailed rows of images such as animals, bowmen, people. 8 color plates, 81 black and white illustrations. 78 pp. Clean and tight. The tapestry depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

Hialeah, FL: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1982. Paperback. Good Plus. Sheet music with lyrics for piano, guitar, and/or voice for 73 of the Beach Boys' good-time, surfin'-in-the-sunshine, driving-around-with-girls, life-is-great-when-you're-young songs. Contents include: Barbara Ann, Be True to Your School, California Girls, Chapel of Love, Don't Worry Baby, 409, Fun Fun Fun, Help Me Rhonda, In My Room, Little Deuce Coupe, Palisades Park, Surfer Girl, Surfin' Safari, When I Grow Up (To be a Man), and Wouldn't It Be Nice. Previous owner's name to FFEP. Light edgewear, mild shlefwear scuffing, spine creasing. A tiny nick to upper spine end. White lettering to spine, Silver lettering and surf board symbol to front cover, bright blue covers. Unmarked text, very clean. Solid binding. 195 pp. Designed by Frank Milone, edited by Audrey L. Kleiner, produced by Frank J. Hackinson, printed by Central Litho (Miami).

LONDON: Pitman Press, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good Plus. Part of Pitman's Craft-for-All Series. "The craft of the metalworker, practised from primitive times, has considerable possibilities for the home craftsman... much can be done with the simplest equipment." 98 pp with 16 pp ads to rear of text. Very slight edgewear and lightly bumped top corners to book, tape ghost to DJ spine, light soiling to front panel, light creasing and tiny chips to edges of DJ, with one closed tear 1.5" on rear flap seam, and a few other smaller closed tears at other seams. Color picture to DJ front panel. Book is tight, bright, clean and fresh, with color frontispiece and many clear diagrams.

Dublin: At the sign of the Three Candles, 1949. Third Edition. HARDCOVER. Good Plus / No Dust Jacket. An abridged edition by Colm O Lochlainn of the 1849 original, with art which appeared in the original by artist W.F. Wakeman and wood engravings by George Hanlon. It doesn't appear that the work has been revised all that much; excisions include a long discursion on 'The Ethnology of the Ancient Irish', 'The Battle of the Boyne', and "the pruning of a paragraph here and there". Fold out map attached in rear. Darkening to spine and edge of boards. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper, and rubber stamped address to rear free endpaper. 243 pp., plus 8 pp. index.

Eugene: Sawmill Ballroom, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Campbell, David. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half-title page. Dustjacket very good plus. Very light shelfwear to glossy, pictorial jacket. Gilt lettering debossed to spine of burgundy, cloth-covered boards. Illustrated. Clean, bright, tight. 403 pp. Tales of a Cinamatic Wanderer. An imaginative novel filled with people, places, and stories drawn from a seldom-revealed America as told through the eyes of Jake Spinner. "An astounding cast of characters makes sure that Jake's purpose will not only bring light to others, but deliver him to an awareness of his own origins and heart's calling," (front flap).

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Top Edge Gilt. Front hinges starting, slightly shaken, but still solid. Light sunning to spine and extremities. A few wrinkles to spine with spine caps gently folded under. Corners lightly worn and nudged. Page edges soft and untrimmed. Gilt lettering debossed to spine, lovely cameo-type impression to front of dark green, grosgrain covered boards. Beautiful black and white portraits. Clean text. 386 pp with index. "The memoirs of "Mrs. Clay, of Alabama," by which title Mrs. Clement C. Clay, Jr, (now Mrs, Clay-Clopton), was known during the period comprised by 1850 --87, begin in the middle of the second decade of the nineteenth century, the scenes being laid among the affluent plantations of North Carolina and Alabama, and, continuing through two brilliant administrations at the national capital, close, as she emerges from the distresses which overtook her and her husband after the… Read More

New York: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, Publishers, 1916. REVISED EDITION. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Light scuffing to boards. Corners bumped.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Very mild shelf and edgewear to covers. One light crease to front bottom cover. Black lettering on white spine and red and white front cover. Clean, bright, solid binding. 502 pp with bibliography. A Norton Critical Edition. This volume includes the three greatest and most accessible comedies -- Volpone (1606), Epicoene (1609), and The Alchemist (1610) -- along with the seldom-reprinted unfinished pastoral comedy The Sad Shephard (1640), plus several masques such as The Masque of Queens (1609).