Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Parnassus BookShop

San Francisco, CA: Puffin Books/Penguin Books Publisher, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback As New. Cover with French flap. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked. Rough cut. From the Public Television series created by Kiernan Prendiville set in the rural Irish town of Ballykissangel. 222 pages, 5.5 x 8 inches. Bay Books, San Francisco, CA 1998.

U.S.A: The Viking Press, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback BCE Hardcover Book in Good Condition. Section with 14 plates of sepia illustrations before text. Translated by William and Dorothy Rose. The life of one of the world's most notable writers and one of the founders of realism in European literature, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a series of almost 100 novels collectively called "La Comedie Humaine", which provide a portrait of all aspects of French society in the years after Napoleon's fall in 1815. He is known for his very human and realistic characters. His biographer, Stefan Zweig (1881-19420 , was himself a prolific Austrian novelist, and a playwright, journalist and biographer, quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The book is bound in light grey cloth with red script HB on the front panel, red panel on spine with grey and red titles. Clean, corners and… Read More

U.S.A: The Viking Press, 1946. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Edition in Good Condition. No Jacket. Translated by William and Dorothy Rose. 14 plates of sepia illustrations before text. The life of one of the world's most notable writers and one of the founders of realism in European literature, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a series of almost 100 novels collectively called "La Comedie Humaine", which provide a portrait of all aspects of French society in the years after Napoleon's fall in 1815. He is known for his very human and realistic characters. His biographer, Stefan Zweig (1881-19420 , was himself a prolific Austrian novelist, and a playwright, journalist and biographer, quite popular in the 1920s and 1930s. A tight and solid book. Grey tweed cloth with red script HB on the front panel, spine has red panel with grey and red titles. Clean with light… Read More

U.S.A: Anchor Books/Random House, 2001. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated from the French by Ina Rilke. Clean, tight, unmarked, no tears, creased down hinge, light cover edgewear. Spine leans slightly. Unusual, touching, delightful story. National bestseller. 184 pages, 2001, Anchor Books/Random House, New York, New York, USA

China: China Features, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Learn Basic Chinese Words and Phrases with the help of this set of one paperbound book and Two Audio Cassettes in Fine Condition. Packaged in a VCR Like Case. All publication information is in Chinese so publisher and year --or anything else -- are not decipherable to me.

USA: Reader's Digest Association, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. No Jacket. Laminated pictorial cover. Very clean and unmarked, tight and solid. Illustrations throughout the book to illustrate the text. How to help fight infections--contents include The World of Microbes, Disease Organisms, Fighting Infection, Glossary of infection. Very useful, instructive book. 144 pages. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Publisher: Pleasantville, New York. Reader's Digest. 1992.

U.S.A: Boy Scouts of America National Council, 1954. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good+ Condition. Very nice 1954 copy of this interesting cub scout manual, describing the Bear Achievements, Elective activities, How to Join, the Pack, the Den, etc. Very clean, small amt of foxing on fore edge. A few pages have a name in pencil on a signature line, otherwise unmarked. Tight glued binding. 156 pages. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. 1954, Boy Scouts of America National Council.

New York: Vintage, 1971. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Very Good Condition. Includes Baal, Drums in the Night, In the Jungle of Cities, The Life of Edward the Second of England, and Five One-Act Plays. Edited by Ralph Manheim and John Willett. This is the first volume in the new authorized translation of the Collected Works of Bertolt Brecht. Editorial notes are provided including Brecht's own statements and significant variants. Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German theater practitioner, playwright, and poet. 418 pages. 4.5 x 7.25 inches. 1971, Vintage, New York.

London, England: Hermes House/Annes Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket, As New with archival protective cover. Coated paper, with full color illustrations on nearly every page, depicting the topic under discussion so well--the Origins and History chapter have wonderful illustrations; Includes chapters on Famous Golfers, The Great Tournaments, The Great Courses, Collectables and Memorabilia, How To Play Golf, Equipment, Etiquette, Putting, Golf Fundamentals, Chipping,and more, inc. Golf's Six Deadly Sins. 256 pages with index. 7 x 9 inches. 1997, Hermes House/Annes Publishing, London, England. GIFT QUALITY.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Coward-McCann, Inc., 1952. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. An ingenious mystery involving a high-profiile kidnapping, from Edgard Award winning American author, Charlotte Armstrong., first published 1952. Clean, tight, solid, unmarked book in black cloth with yellow titles on spine, edges and corners with light wear.Top edge evenly tinted yellow. Rough cut. Book plate on paste-down. Internals clean, unmarked, lightly toned. 216 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 1952, Howard-McCann, New York, New York, USA

USA: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. A romantic suspense story. 448 pages. 6.3 x 9.3 inches. 2005, G.P.Putnam's Sons, USA

New York, New York, USA: A Thrushwood Book/Grosset & Dunlap, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback A Thrushwood Book. CR 1898. No pub date stated for this edition. c 1950s. Solid, clean, unmarked red full cloth hardcover book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Lower corners gently bumped; frayed on lower rear corner, lightly frayed on upper corner tips, edges rubbed. Spine lightly sunned. Sewn binding is tight and solid. Frontis: b/w illus of a dog in the wind in a field. b/w illustrations throughout. Light foxing on upper edge and occasional foxing spot on pages. Otherwise internals clean, unmarked, no tears, lightly toned. A nice volume of this classic dog story set in the English county of Cumbria. The story centers on the rivalry of two sheepdogs and their masters and the coming of age of a boy who is caught between them. 306 pages. 8 x 5.5 inches. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, c 1950 (CR 1898). USA

USA: The Saalfield Publiching Company, 1940. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Children's Classic Bobbsey Twins Story. 1940 Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Rust colored cloth binding with black titles on front and spine. Wear to head and tail of spine and corners. A small indentation on the upper edge of the front board. 1940 classic in quite nice condition. Yellow and blue head band. Inner hinger cracked, backstrap loosened. Sewn binding tight. Pages are browned, clean, a few tiny nicks to edges. Last two pages in the book are torn. The paper is brittle--over 70 years old. A nice copy of this classic story. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall 1940, The Saalfield Publiching Company

Toronto and Vancouver, Canada: Clark, Irwin & Co, 1966. First Thus. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. First Paperback Edition, 1966. Copyright 1942. Paperback in Good Condition. 168 pages. Delightful story of a little girl growing up in Canada during late 1800s. Cover design by Mort Walsh. Good used small paperback. 168 pages. 7 x 4.25 inches. 1966, Clark, Irwin & Co, Toronto and Vancouver, Canada

U.S.A: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback The Extraordinary Tale of a Great Bookstore Told by the Readers, Writers, and Staff Who Loved It. First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book & DJ with Mylar Cover in AS NEW Condition. 1999, Harcourt Brace & Company, USA

St. James Church, Piccadilly, London: The London Brass Rubbing Centre, 1976. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. . Paperback Pamphlet in Very Good Condition. Stapled binding. B/W Illustrations Stiff Brown paper wraps with gilt title and gilt illustration of a brass rubbing of a medieval king. Compiled by Tim Tiley with reference to 'Facsimilies of Monumental Brasses' by J. A. Goodall. All pages intact, clean, unmarked. Slight wrinkling of back cover. This booklet has been compiled to provide background information and stories connected with all the brasses that were displayed in the Brass Rubbing Centre exhibitions at the time. Includes illustrations of some of the brass rubbings. Unpaginated-but 12 pages. 5.75 x 8.2 inches. 1976, The London Brass Rubbing Centre, St. James Church, Piccadilly, London

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back Hardcover BCE Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Gold cloth binding with silver titles is bright and spotless, unmarked; tight, solid and square. Red remainder mk on top edge, next to spine head. Internals As New. Bright and colorful jacket with orange and green jungle illustration has half inch slit to lower fold, otherwise like new. Set in Rio Brazil where almost anything is possible, if you are young and in love. And so, Tristao, a 19 year-old child of the slums, and Isabel Leme, an 18 year-old child of the upper class, run off and get married. Their flight takes them to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west--and their experiences are for you to read! John Updike is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. 260 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 1994, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Remainder Hardcover BCE Book in Good+ Condition with s Dust Jacket As New. Remainder marks on all three sides of the text block, in heavy black-no other defects. Gold binding with silver titles is very clean and unmarked; internals as new. Set in Rio Brazil where almost anything is possible, if you are young and in love. And so, Tristao, a 19 year-old child of the slums and Isabel Leme, am 18 year-old child of the upper class, run off and get married. Their flight takes them to the farthest reaches of Brazil's wild west--and their experiences are for you to read! John Updike is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. 260 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 1994, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, USA

Columbia Pictures, 1957. VHS. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Columbia Pictures VHS. Sam Spiegel Production starring William Holden, Alec Guiness, Jack Hawkins set against the background of World War II. Captured by the Japanese, British soldiers and their ranking officer, Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guiness), are forced to build a strategic railroad bridge that becomes a matter of obsessive pride to the colonel. A monumental film with an unforgettably explosive end. 1957, Columbia Pictures.

London, England,: Odhams Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back London, Odhams Press, 1948. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fair Condition.16 pages of illustrations and Frontispiece in full color and over 250 photographs. Frontis: full color Constable's 'The Cornfield'. Artists whose landscape paintings are in full color are Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, Hollar, Sandby, Girtin, Crome, Cotman. Steer, Sickert, and Nevinson. These landscape paintings of the masters not only mirror the beauty of Britain but also traces the development of its buildings, its trades, tastes, and manners. It is actually quite a nice book. Bound in green full cloth, gilt titled on spine, blind-stamp structure on front. Most of the front cover is quite clean but there is mottling/fading at spine head and that corner and spine tail, also the back has whitish spots scattered on it. Edges and corners are rubbed not… Read More