Search Results: Titles starting with B from Atlanta Vintage Books

US: Taschen, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good plus. Pages are clean with no markings from previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Boards are lightly rubbed but overall clean, with minor wear to edges, spine ends and corners. Text block is lightly soiled. Dust jacket has some slight edgewear, creases and rubbing at spine ends and corners. Dust jacket covers are lightly scuffed and rubbed but overall clean. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

US: F. A. Stokes & Brother, 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover boards are rubbed, scuffed, soiled and chipped. Corners and edges are rubbed to the underlying board. Green cloth spine is soiled but external binding is sound. Pages have scattered soiling; color illustrations are bright. A few pages are partially detached, or have small closed tears to the edges.

US: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. No additional markings to pages. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean, with minor wear to edges. Text block is clean. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

US: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf ("Faithfully yours: Joel Chandler Harris). Harris's sixth book, a collection of Georgia tales. Bookplate inside the front cover with penciled notation above it ("Autographed by author for"). The bookplate indicates that it belonged to Frederick W. Skiff, a noted collector and bibliophile. Interior text is clean with only faint, sporadic foxing, mostly to endpapers and flyleaf. Text block is faintly foxed. Boards are mostly clean with only a few small marks on the back cover. Binding is tight with slight lean to spine. Pictures available upon request.

US: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Hardback. Very Good -/Good. Translated by Whittaker Chambers and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Lime green cloth over boards with red particulars to spine and red decoration and particulars to front board. Pages have tanning to margins; first few pages have shadowing to facing page of illustrations; illustrations are bright and unmarked. Text block is soiled; top edge sprayed red and slightly faded; fore edge is deckled. Endpages are soiled at gutter. Boards are bright with rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and ends of spine; rear board is lightly soiled; tear to headcap of spine. Binding is tight; spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket has moderate to heavy rubbing and chipping to edges, corners and ends of spine particularly to headcap; previous owner's tape repairs to top edge of front cover, rear edge of spine and fold of rear flap. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

US: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Hardback. Very Good -/Good +. Translated by Barthold Fles and illustrated by Kurt Wiese and Erna Pinner. Emerald green cloth over boards with black particulars to spine and black decoration and particulars to front board. Previous owner's signature to first free endpaper; pages have tanning to margins, but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Text block is soiled; top edge sprayed maroon; fore edge is deckled. Endpages are soiled at gutter. Boards are bright with rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and ends of spine; tear to headcap of spine. Binding is tight; spine slightly leans. Dust jacket has rubbing, creasing, closed tears and chipping to edges, corners and ends of spine particularly to headcap and top edge. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1906. Hardcover. Good +/No Dust Jacket. Illustrations by Maginel Wright Enright. First Edition Thus (?), later printing with tan endpages. Covers are soiled, rubbed and scuffed. Spine has been rebound. Binding is tight and square. Some tape to back endpaper and previous owner's name and address penciled in. Beautiful, bright, colorful illustrations. Scattered soiling and smudging to pages. Tan endpages are toned and soiled; first free end paper corners have been clipped. Pictures available upon request. Scarce Edition of The Twinkle Tales, written by Laura Bancroft (aka L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz Books).

US: SUNY Press, 2022. Hardback. Very Good +. Laminate pictorial boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Light markings to lower edge; otherwise, text block is clean and unmarked. Boards are bright with bumping to edges, corners and ends of spine; rubbing to lower edge. Binding is tight and square.

Routledge, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Scattered light pencil notations. Otherwise, in Very Good condition. Pages and boards are clean; light wear to extremities.

US: Modern Library, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Full grey cloth over boards with gilt-stamped particulars to spine and debossed Modern Library emblem to front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked. Very light shelfwear. Dust jacket is covered in a protective mylar jacket.

US: Easton Press, 1987. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Full gilt-embossed leather. Four raised bands to spine. All edges gilt; moire endpapers; silk ribbon. Contains original Collector's Notes. Boards and gilt are clean and bright. Light scratching to gilt, primarily at top edge. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and bright.

US: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author at half-title page. Maroon cloth over boards with gilt particulars and two bands to spine. Debossed rule to boards with gilt titling and authors name to front board. Shadowing from signature ink to copyright page and following page, book binding tape repair to map page, and soiling to lower edge of page 88. Text block is soiled, all edges deckled, and top edge once sprayed black, but is moderately faded. Boards have soiling at center of front board and rubbing, bumping and light fraying to edges, corners and ends of spine. Soiling to spine. Binding is tight, inner hinges cracked, but still hold. Clear plastic dust jacket has some scuffing to rear cover, but is otherwise clean.

Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1966, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. Pages are clean with no markings from previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Boards are overall clean though lightly scuffed and rubbed. Boards have moderate wear to spine ends and corners, cloth is beginning to fray at both. Text block is foxed and soiled. Dust jacket has creases, chips, closed tears, scuffing, and rubbing along the edges. Dust jacket covers are soiled, scuffed and rubbed. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover. Pictures provided upon request.

US: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Pages are clean and unmarked, binding is tight. Text block is soiled. Covers are clean with rubbing, scuffing and creasing to corners, edges and ends of spine.

US: The Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. slackman, chas b. Full orange cloth over boards with silver particulars to spine. A satirical take on the leisure culture and attitudes of the 1960s, accompanied by illustrations by chas b slackman. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are lightly soiled; light wear to head and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square. Absent dust jacket.

US: Pen and Sword, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Pages are clean with no markings from previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean with minor edgewear. Text block is lightly foxed and soiled. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

New York: The Bodley Head, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable/No DJ. A very worn copy. Contains the following stories: Beauty and the Beast, the Frog Prince, and the Hind in the Wood. Beautiful full-page color illustrations throughout. Green cloth boards are soiled, scuffed and rubbed, with significant wear to edges. Cloth is chipped, frayed, and torn along spine and at corners. Text block is foxed and soiled. Foxing and soiling on end papers and on scattered pages throughout. Interior hinges are cracked and loose but hold. Pictures provided upon request.

US: Praeger, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper. Black imitation leather boards with gilt-debossed particulars to spine and front board; gilt-debossed ISBN number to rear board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is heavily foxed. Boards have soiling to top edge; corners and ends of spine bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is lightly soiled at edges with creasing and closed tears to edges, corners and ends of spine.

US: Fedogan & Bremer, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good plus/Near Fine. George Barr. Pages are clean with no markings from previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean with minor edgewear. Text block is very lightly soiled on top edge. Dust jacket is clean, bright, and unmarked with slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

US: Easton Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/No DJ. Leatherbound edition from Easton Press. Text tight and clean, no markings from previous owners, full leather. Raised bands on the spine, with gold decorations and titles on spine and cover. All edges gilt. Silk bookmarker attached and intact.