Search Results: Titles starting with B from Berthoff Books

Bramhall House, 1961. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 369 pages, plus 12 pages front matter, with indexes of titles, first lines, and explanatory material; bibliography; key to guitar chords used in the book; introduction. Decorations by William Bars. Sixty-five ballad topics are explored, some with several versions, and matched with Child ballad numbers. Piano settings and guitar chords are given for one of the versions each time, along with multiple verses. All were collected by Niles in Appalachia in the early 20th century. Imperial 8vo (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") green cloth with dark green lettering, dark green end papers have maps of Appalachia in knockout type, wear to crown/heel/corners, edges age-toned, faint foxing to fore-edge and on a few pages. No writing or marks observed. Laid in are two photographs of Niles, one being the trimmed remnant of the front panel of the DJ of this book, the other one evidently clipped from a magazine. Large book, may require shipping surcharge depending on destination. Read More

New Directions, 1967. Soft cover. Good. 192 pages. Translated from French by Martin Turnell. Paperback reprint of 1950 edition. Mass-market paperback, wraps soiled, soil to edges especially top, light shelf war, paperclip damage to page 42-43. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff and date Jan. 1969 written on ffep, his underscoring and notes on approximately 16 pages.

The Anti TV Licence Campaign, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 176 pages, illustrated with b&w photos and drawings (full-page and cuts). Account of how a popular movement turned back a broadcasting fee in New Zealand. Trade paperback, no visible wear, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked.

Gautier-Languereau, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. THIS BOOK IS IN FRENCH. 62 pages, with index. Reprint collection of French comics starring Becassine, the housemaid from the countryside, during World War I. Original copyright 1915. Drawings by J.P. Pinchon, captions by Caumery. Quarto (~9" x 12-1/2"), printed paper over boards with red cloth quarter, faint foxing to boards, water stain at front top corner, colorful geometric design on end papers, comics printed in color. No marks within.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 241 pages. 8vo, red cloth with gilt and silver gilt lettering, corners sharp, top edge decoratively tinted brown, faint foxing to fore-edge, binding tight, in crisp, unclipped DJ with just the hint of a curl to the top of the flaps and an almost-crease at bottom of front flap. Pages bright and unmarked.

Yale University Press, 1965. Soft cover. Good. 106 pages, with index. Fifteenth printing of edition first issued 1955. The book originated with the Terry Lectures, given by the author at Yale University. Trade paperback, wraps soiled/rubbed/lightly worn, more heavily worn on spine which is creased and split (but not separated), foxing to edges. Former owner's name written on half-title, underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 15 pages.

Meridian Books, Inc., 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. PARTLY BILINGUAL EDITION RUSSIAN-ENGLISH. Edited and Introduced by Patricia Blake. Ten pages of explanatory notes. Original Meridian Book, first printing (April 1960). Blake's introduction is a 40-page essay on Mayakovsky's life, death, work, and the politics surrounding him in the Soviet Union. The dozen poems are printed with the Russian originals and Reavey's translations facing; the satirical drama The Bedbug was translated by Hayward. Mass-market paperback, spine faded, light soil to wraps, foxing to edges and end papers, binding tight. Pages bright and unmarked.

Verlag Ullstein, 1971. Soft cover. Good. THIS BOOK IS IN GERMAN. 518 pages, with index of names and glossary of foreign words. Mit einer Einleitung von Hans Mayer. Paperback 11.75 x 17.95 cm, mottled dark brown wraps with title in black lettering on orange paper label with rough edges from wear, 1.9 cm tear to top edge of back cover, edges and pages age-tanned, bookstore price in pencil on front free end paper, binding solid, no markings within.

Tyndale Momentum, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 236 pages. Color illustrations on four double-sided plates. Introduction by coach Frank Reich. Written by the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, and seminary student, in the aftermath of winning the Super Bowl. 8vo, black cloth with silver gilt lettering, practically no visible wear, dust jacket has light shelf wear, pages bright and unmarked.

Ecco Press, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. Third printing. 72 pages. Poems translated by the author and Lillian Vallee. Trade paperback, wraps curled, faint foxing to edges, pages bright and unmarked. Laid-in clipping from the TLS, a review by Michael Irwin of this and two other books, is protected by tissue paper to prevent staining.

Dell, 1961. Soft cover. Good. 160 pages, with introduction, bibliography, chronology. Published in the Laurel Poetry Series. Selected, with an introduction and notes, by John Hollander (Yale). Includes epigrams, "The Forrest", and additional poems (odes and songs). Mass market paperback, minimal shelf wear save tiny tear at crown, crease to back cover, edges stained (faded) green, foxing to end papers and inside of wraps, pages age-tanned and unmarked.

Eyre Methuen Ltd., 1976. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 628 pages, with introduction "Disclosure of a Poet", editorial notes, index of titles in German, chronological list of poems. Edited by John Willett and Ralph Manheim with the co-operation of Erich Fried. Nearly 500 poems, translated from German by 35 translators. Trade paperback, 1-3/4" thick, crease to spine, wraps curled and worn with 1/2" tear to front cover along fore-edge; faint foxing, smudges and small dents to top edge. From the library of Prof. Warner Berthoff, his underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 125 pages and inside back cover. laid-in sheaf of clipped essays and reviews on Brecht published 1960-62, from the TLS, the New York Times, the Listener, and by Prof. Victor Lange in the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin, conveys with the book.

Dover Publications, Inc., 1967. Soft cover. Good. 419 pages plus several-page catalogue of Dover Books. Edited with an Introduction by E.F. Bleiler. Multiple translators listed on copyright page. Illustrated with seven b&w reproductions of drawings by Hoffmann. Trade paperback, outer coating of wraps peeling in a few spots, light crease to front cover at bottom, faint foxing to top edge, ToC page dog-eared, binding supple, pages bright. Name of former owner written on ffep, marks and/or notes in light pencil on approximately 40 pages.

Random House, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 556 pages. First American edition. Essays written by the English critic for the Statesman, the Observer, a dozen other periodicals, and as introductions for books. Sections on Modernism, Classics, Novels, Criticism, and individual contemporary poets. Medium 8vo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2"), beige cloth with copper gilt and black lettering on spine and front board (author's name on front is only half black, in apparent production error), green topstain, minimal wear with sharp corners, slight dust soil along top, foxing to rough-cut fore-edge, in unclipped DJ with shelf wear, 1/2" tear to front panel at bottom, crease in back flap. Former price in pencil on ffep, pages bright and unmarked.

Northwestern University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. POEMS IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 121 pages, with notes on poems and chronology of Ratushkinskaya's life before emigration (both in English). Foreword by Brent, Translator's Introduction by Avins. Poems printed in Russian verso, facing English poetical translations recto. Trade paperback, foxing to wraps, edges and end papers. Little shelf wear, binding tight, pages unmarked.

Studio Editions, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 128 pages, with index and introduction. Classic Natural History Prints series. Sixty color plates display reproductions of drawings of raptors by the 19th-century artist Joseph Wolf, text by S. Peter Dance. 4to (10-1/4" x 14-1/4"), dark blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine, black end papers, printed on heavy stock, fairly heavy foxing to title page and index, but not to plates and text, text block appears slightly wavy at top, pages unmarked. DJ has shelf wear, 1" and 2" tears to top edge of front panel repaired from inside. Heavy book, may incur shipping surcharge.

Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956. Soft cover. Good. 299 pages, with preface by the translator. Mass-market paperback, creases to spine, light shelf wear, edges age-toned with faint foxing to top, pages 43-50 stained tan as from laid-in newspaper clipping. Name of former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff written on ffep, his underscoring and/or marginalia on approximately 40 pages and rfep.

Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966. Soft cover. Good. 183 pages, with chronology of important dates, profiles of contributors, selected bibliography. Edited with an introduction by Northrup Frye. A Spectrum Book, Twentieth Century Views series. Trade paperback, reading crease, wraps rubbed, little shelf wear, faint foxing to top edge. Underscoring and marginalia by former owner Prof. Warner Berthoff on approximately 50 pages, particularly dense in Harold Bloom's essay "States of Being: The Four Zoas".

Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 344 pages, with general index, list of works of art reproduced (arranged by saint). The discussion by Harvard Professor Emeritus of English Kiely of the depiction of saints in Italian Renaissance art is illustrated throughout with color photographs of the art. Ten chapters each deal with one or a few saints, starting with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist and including St. Augustine, St. Francis, and Catherine of Siena. Super 8vo (7" x 10"), brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt end papers, printed on semi-gloss stock, practically no visible wear save a touch of dust to the top edge and smudge to the ffep; in DJ with light shelf wear. Pages unmarked.

Avon, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. 333 pages. First Avon printing of book published the previous year. Public and private biographies of the Bloomsbury set, featuring its major figures: Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, Leonard Woolf, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Desmond MacCarthy. B&w photo section has portraits of them. Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear, edges stained red, text block age-tanned. Light pencil notation on front free end paper, interior pages unmarked.