Search Results: Titles starting with B from InkQ Rare Books LLC

Minor shelfwear to boards, jacket rubbed and torn. A fine copy in a good jacket. YLN-10. Barbara Morgan. Peter Bunnell, introduction. Barbara Morgan: A Morgan & Morgan Monograph. New York: Morgan & Morgan, Inc., 1972. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated, with b/w photos by Barbara Morgan. Publisher's maroon leatherette, stamped in gilt to spine an front cover, endleaves in grey, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $12.00. .

A fine copy. CDK-88. Philip José Farmer. A Barnstormer in Oz. Huntington Woods, MI; Phantasia Press, 1982. Limited edition, No. 158 of 600 numbered copies. Signed by Author. Octavo. 278pp. Cloth. Dust jacket. Slipcase. .

Extremities gently rubbed and edgeworn, light scattered insect loss to front board; slight offsetting to endleaves; minor uniform toning throughout; white-out to upper corner of title page; jacket a bit sunned and chipped. Very good. LMM-277. Peter Fleming. Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion on Tibet in 1904. London: Rupert-Hart Davis, 1961. Second impression. Octavo. 319pp (indexed). Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, top edge stained red, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of 30s net. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Light wear to spine; bookplate to front pastedown; slipcase sunned and rubbed. Very good. SJK-416. Robert Louis Stevenson . Millard Sheets, illustrator. The Beach of Falesá. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1956. Limited edition, No. 1,417 of 1,500 numbered copies.  Signed by the illustrator.   Quarto. 113pp. Illustrated in color by Millard Sheets. Publisher's brown quarter cloth over beige pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in brown, original custom card slipcase. .

Rubbed to boards, with slight surface loss to front cover; light foxing and offsetting to endleaves; minor toning throughout. Very good. YLG-15. Mr. Gay. Claud Lovat Fraser, illustrator. The Beggar's Opera. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Limited edition, No. 21 of 30 presentation copies. Signed by Claud Lovat Fraser.     Small quarto. 93pp. Illustrated, with mounted color plates by Fraser. Publisher's black pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt. .

Minor shelfwear; light toning; jacket creased and torn, with slight loss at spine and front cover panel. A very good copy in a good jacket. SJK-37. Lew Wallace. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1925]. Photoplay edition. Octavo. 491pp + 7pp ads. Illustrated with b/w photo stills from the 1925 MGM film. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover, Harper's imprint to spine tail, housed as issued in original illustrated Grosset and Dunlap jacket. .

Extremities rubbed and bumped, top edge slightly sunned, end papers faded, pages lightly toned, dust jacket browned especially at edges, lightly chipped, lightly soiled. Very good. LMM-227. Susan Sontag. The Benefactor. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1963. First edition. Octavo. [274]pp. Publisher's black paper-covered boards, black cloth spine stamped in teal and white, top edge black, teal end papers, original unclipped dust jacket showing list price of $4.50. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Fine. JBS-347. Joan Bello. The Benefits of Marijuana: Physical, Psychological and Spiritual. Boca Raton, FL: Lifeservices Press. 2000. Revised edition. Octavo. 160pp. Yellow pictorial wraps with cover art by Steve Willis.  .

Boards gently rubbed, bumped, and soiled; lightly foxed to endleaves and textblock edges; bookplate to front pastedown; jacket a bit sunned, creased, and torn, with tape repairs to verso. A very good copy in a good jacket. YLN-6. Giulio Benedetto Emert. Benvenuto Disertori Incisore. Trento, Italy: G. B. Monauni, 1967. First edition. Quarto. 63pp + lxvii illustrated plates. Publisher's beige cloth, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket. .

Covers rubbed with spots of fading, light foxing, dust jacket damp stained, chipped and torn, neatly repaired. Very good. JBS-121. Wallace Smith. Bessie Cotter. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1935. First edition. 12mo. 272pp. Publisher's blue cloth hardcover boards, original unclipped dust jacket showing retail price of 7/6. Scarce first edition of Smith's novel depicting the life of a Chicago prostitute, banned in England and withdrawn from publication after an obscenity charge led to a fine for the publisher. From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. .

Rubbed, to boards, very good. JHN-154. Merritt, A.  Hannes Bok. The Black Wheel. New York: New York Collector's Group, 1948. Limited edition, No. 882 of 1000 numbered copies.  Quarto. 115pp. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to cover. .

Lightly sunned to spine; rubbed and soiled to boards, with slight loss at corners and spine ends; slight offsetting to endleaves; small tear to front free endpaper; lacks dust jacket. Still, very good. SJK-404. Dr. Seuss. Boners: Being a Collection of Schoolboy Wisdom, or Knowledge as It IS Sometimes Written, Compiled from Classrooms and Examination Papers by Alexander Abingdom, and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. New York: The Viking Press, 1931. First edition. Sixteenmo (approx. 6.25 x 5.25 inches). Illustrated with cartoons by Dr. Seuss. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover.  First edition of Dr. Seuss' first published book.  .

A fine copy. SJK-410. Michael Hague. The Book of Dragons. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition. Signed by Michael Hague.  Quarto. 146pp. Illustrated in color by the author. Publisher's blue quarter cloth over red hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in blind, illustrated endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.  .

A fine copy. SJK-409. Michael Hague. The Book of Pirates. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First edition. Signed by Michael Hague.  Quarto. 155pp. Illustrated in color by the author. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, illustrated endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.  .

Light soiling and wear to boards and jacket. Very good. JHN-197. A. E. Van Vogt. A. J. Donnell, illustrator. The Book of Ptath. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. First edition. Octavo. 227pp. Illustrated by A. J. Donnell. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, patterned endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket.

Darkened to spine; boards lightly foxed and toned; offsetting to endleaves; lacks dust jacket. Very good. SJK-45. Dr. Montague R. James, introduction. W. Russell Flint, illustrator. The Book of Tobit and the History of Susanna: Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha. London: Haymarket Press, 1929. Limited edition, no. 176 of 875 copies. Quarto. 47pp. Illustrated with four color plates by Flint. Publisher's cream-colored Japan vellum, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, top edge gilt. .

A fine copy. CDK-65. Phyllis Eisenstein. Born to Exile. [Sauk City, WI]:Arkham House, 1978. First edition. Octavo. 202p. Illustrations by Stephen E. Fabian. Cloth. Dust jacket. .

Minor wear to boards; pencil gift inscription to front free endpaper; bookplate to front pastedown; jacket slightly soiled, chipped, and torn. Very good. SJK-395. Nora Archibald Smith. Jessie Wilcox Smith, illustrator. Boys and Girls of Bookland. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. First edition. Quarto. 100pp. Illustrated with color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black to spine and front cover, illustrated pastedown to front board, original unclipped dust jacket. .

Light foxing to cloth, especially at spine and board edges; slight offsetting to endleaves; minor toning throughout; jacket sunned and chipped. Very good. LMM-209. Peter Fleming. Brazilian Adventure. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American edition with Scribner's imprint and letter "A" to copyright page. Octavo. 412pp. Illustrated. Publisher's beige cloth, lettered and decorated in black and green to spine and front cover, map endleaves, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $2.75. First US Edition of this accomplished author's first book; elder brother of James Bond creator Ian. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor wear, else fine. JBS-401. Art Spiegelman. Breakdowns: From Maus to Now. An Anthology of Strips by Art Spiegelman. New York: Belier Press, 1977. First edition.  Large quarto (approx. 14 x 10 inches). Unpaginated. Publisher's glossy hardcover boards, illustrated endleaves. Original promotional catalog laid-in. .