Search Results: Titles starting with B from Kama’aina Collection

London: LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW; J. MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET; JOHN GREIG, UPPER-STREET, ISLINGTON; AND CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH., 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. None. Volume 1. cxxvii + 92 pp + 47 plates. Volume 2. [93] - 209 pp + ci appendices + [11] pp index + 45 plates + frontis and ornamental title pages. Gilt top page edges. Professionally rebound with green calf skin spine and corners with a lighter green linen covered boards. Handsomely done with gilt letting on the spine. Tight binding. Heavily foxed and some circular mold staining throughout. Some fore and aft pages have loss due to insects. Please view all photos as they are a part of the item description. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. John Vassos. Madge Anderson. None Vassos, John (illustrator). First Edition. NY: E. P. Dutton & Co Inc, 1928 Black spine with blue paper boards, Fair. Boards showing on corners. Illustrated by John Vassos, 124 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. 7.5 X 9.5 inches. Tissue guards on every illustration. 16 illustration with tissue overlay. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR

New York: Scribner and Welford, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Carot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, etc. . “With the Authors Compliments. D. Croal Thompson, July 9, 1913” And “A Souvenir also of an evening that will live long in our memories. D. Croal Thompson, Alice M. Thompson. May 8th, 1914”
. None 11 x 14.5 x 2 inches Volume. Very Rare Edition. Contains two letters from the Author to H. Reinhardt, Esq. - the person he gives this book to - who purchased a painting by Corot. The book author discussed the painting purchased. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative brown cloth, small illustration in black and gilt on the front, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, top edge gilt. decorative endpapers, Includes illustrations on plates with guards and additional small illustrations within text.; pages are generally clean though a few small spots can be observed, no foxing. Binding is tight and secure. 130 illustrations glued in by hand as well as lithographs. Book was… Read More

London : Simpkin & Marshall, c.1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Thomas Barber. Three initials in blue ink.. None 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 110 pages; Physical description; [4], 110 p., [40] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., map ; 22 cm. Notes; Spine title: Barber's Isle of Wight. Includes index. Subjects; Isle of Wight (England) - Pictorial works. With an engraved titlepage. Plates engraved by H. Winkles, Thos. Barber, S. Barber, S. Fisher, E. Radclyffe, H. Bartlett, W. Wallis, J. Jones, Jas. Tingle, W. Westwood, and Jas. Bengley; after T. Barber, Thos. Barber, W. H. Bartlett, and H. Winkles. Front several pages heavily foxed, remaining pages clear and clean. Top page edge gilt. Spine and corners dark leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers as well. gilt title. Spine compartments uniformly blind-tooled. Bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are… Read More

London : Academy Editions, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. Berthon & Paul Grasset. None. None Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Victor Arwas. Berthon & Grasset. London: Academy Editions, (1978). First Edition. 11 ½ x 8 ½ in. Crimson red cloth. cloth bright and unworn, few small spots to endpapers and very light toning to page edges. Over 120 illustrations, 65 in color. 144 pages including bibliography, index, and checklists of posters and graphics. First comprehensive study of both artists.; 120 illustrations, 65 in color. 8.75 x 11.75 x 1 inches. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Very clean and intact

London: Bickers & Son, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. Thomas Bewick and Edwin Pearson. None. None The lengthy title continues "".1. Fables Extracted from Dodsley's. II. Fables with Reflections in Prose and Verse. III. Fables in Verse. To which are prefixed The Life of Aesop, and an Essay upon Fable by Oliver Goldsmith Faithfully reprinted from the Rare Newcastle Edition published by T. Saint in 1784. With the Original Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick and an Illustrated Preface by Edwin Person"". Bound with green cloth covered boards and red cloth covered spine, black title plate with title in gilt on the spine. Very neat and clean. Hinge and text-block sound, end papers new. Closed paged edges rough cut and darkened. Contents smooth, darkened towards edges. It is laid out with text and illustration with red line border surround, very wide margins. A very nice clean sound and neat copy. Very Clean and tight pages. Illustrations clear and crisp. Cover tissue over Illustrations. Tear at… Read More

USA: PUBLISHED BY THE KINGSPORT PRESS, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. None. A fine copy of a book tracing the origins and development of book illustrations. The original series appeared in Publisher's Weekly. More than six dozen illustrations, printed on gloss paper. Bound in two-tone cloth, rust and black, and with gilt lettering on spine and ruling to covers. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.

London: Wittaker and Co., 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. Various. In pencil, signed: Sam G. Cond. None Handsomely bound in a light brown grained leather. Gilt edging on the cover, back and spine. Gilt floral design on the leather edge inside both front and back covers. Original marbled endpapers. Spine separated and re-glued along spine/front cover crease. Pages are very clean. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London : Saunders and Otley, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Various. In pencil, signed: Sam G. Cond. None Handsomely bound in a light brown grained leather. Gilt edging on the cover, back and spine. Gilt floral design on the leather edge inside both front and back covers. Original marbled endpapers. Spine separated from front cover, but secure to back cover. Front cover is off Pages are foxed throughout. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Various. None. None Cloth and gilt cover, top page edge also gilt. Some wear top and bottom of spine. 6.75 x 8.25 x 1.25 inches. Pages printed on the right side only. Beveled boards, gilt on three page sides. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2HR

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. C.O. Murray. To Harry A Merry Xmas! J. H. Magonigle 1894. Book plate with HP monogram and Italian text that reads: IF GOD LEAVE YOU, READER, TAKE FRUIT OF THIS LESSON. Introductory essay by Andrew Lang Only 750 copies printed for both America and England. Printed by T. And A. Constable, Edinburgh,Printers to Her Majesty.1895. Quarto, red cloth, 1st edition (1895), 87 pages + 12 etchings. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates. Moderate tanning to pages, with light thumbing throughout. Heavy tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Inserts and inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Inscription written by J. H. Magonigle, the manager and friend of Edwin Booth - the most prominent actor of the 19th century. Booth retired following the April 14, 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by his brother John Wilkes Booth. He feared the public response and worried that theatergoers would blame him for his… Read More