Search Results: Titles starting with B from Popeks Books, IOBA

New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. Ballantine U6092 - "Dr. Charles Howard Gilley was a brilliant man. And he was in charge of a very remarkable, very expensive computer. So expensive, and so remarkable that the authorities were much concerned with his proper use of its time. They of course couldn't know that to Dr. Gilley the computer had ceased to be an "it"." Some mild wear to covers. Pages a bit browned. Good clean copy. 4.25 x 7 inches with 191 pages.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Random House Inc., 1949. This book has a yellow hard cover with red and black lettering and a color cover illustration. Book is in good condition with slight edgewear, faint cover soil; inner pages clean and bright, binding tight, glue remnant or stain on frontispiece. This edition includes politically incorrect drawings of the natives Babar and his family encounter on their picnic; list of titles doesn't include "Visit to Bird Island," c. 1952. 40 pages, approx. 8"x10".. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Laurent De Brunhoff.

New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1947. This book has a gray cloth cover with orange spine lettering. Cover is soiled, edgeworn; heavy wear at spine, inner pages browned at edges, but most are clean. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos, this book looks at the spectacular baseball career of George Herman "Babe" Ruth. 180 pages; approx. 6"x8".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrated.

Utica, NY: William T. Smith & Co., 1905. This antique hardcover book has a dark green cloth cover with bright gilt spine lettering. Some slight cover soil; gift inscription on front endpaper which reads "Mr. William O. Ames, Dec. 25th, 1913, to Father from Earl". Contains Hamilton College's commencement sermons of 1893-1905. 150 pages, plus corrections; approx. 6"x8".. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Yonkers Book Company, 1939. Signed by Author. 5.5x8.5. A blue book with white ltg. It has 261 pgs., inscribed and signed by the author on front endpaper, dj has onion-skin paper protector.This great book unveils the philosophy on which Fasism, Naziism and Communism have been built. . Author. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1895. This antique hardcover book is bound in dark blue cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering and etching on the front and spine. Spine ends are worn, but cover is mostly clean, tanned pages, wear, and soil. Hinges cracked. Top page edge is gilt. Frontispiece of the author, and small illustration on title page. The author uses the image of the hearth to evoke the idea of days gone by, and writes about the changing times in America on the eve of the 20th century. 262 pages; approx. 5"x8".. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

Syracuse: Baldwin-Hall Co., 1944. This catalog is bound in dark green cloth with bright yellow lettering. Book is in good condition with edgewear, browned pages, wear and soil.. Thumb-indexed, with lovely, bright color illustrations on the divider pages; more black-and-white illustrations throughout. This is a catalog of industrial supplies. 588 pages; approx. 8"x10".. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1925. This antique, 5.5"x7.5" hard cover book has a black cover with gilt lettering on the front and spine of the cover. The owner's name is written on the inside, and there are clippings pasted to the front innerboards which have stained the end paper, edgewear, browned pages, wear and soil. A book of poetry and lyrics. 107 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1913. This hard cover book has a blue cover with green lettering on the front and spine of the cover. There are cover stains and foxing within the book and the pages are browned, mild ex-library markings. The secret of Cedar Island. 304 pages.. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Yes. 5"x7.5".

Rome, New York: Edward Barnard Co., 1938. This catalog has a grey-green heavy paper cover with yellow lettering on a black background. Front cover has soil, edgewear; creased at lower edge. Spine chipped, missing about one inch. Lovely detailed black-and-white illustrations appear throughout this catalog, which includes horse equipment, hand tools, buckles, belts, automobile tires, lawn sprinklers, luggage, rubber cement, shoe trees, pots and pans, and athletic equipment, including basball bats signature gloves for a number of major-league players including Lou Gehrig. Included is a typewritten letter to a Frank Elgelhard Jr. of Tenafly, N.J., from the Barnard Co. dated March 26, 1938. 223 pages, including index; approx. 8"x10".. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

Illinois: Century Publishing Company, 1985. This 5"x7.5" soft cover book has a white and color illustrated cover with red and black lettering on the front and spine of the cover. Black and white photo illustrations throughout the book. A annual guide to baseball for the year of 1985 featuring Hoyt Wilhem, Lou Brock and Enos Slaughter on the cover. 50 pages. Book is in good condition with edgewear, some cover creases and browned pages.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York: C. C. Sprink and Sons, 1952. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6x9. A white book with red/blue ltg. and comic like ball players in color. It has 312 pgs. The games 400 past and present Present day players, managers and coaches, former stars and major league umpires. It is illustrated in b/w with pictures of players. Book is in good condition with owner's name, wear, soil and tanned pages. Rear cover coming loose.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

C.C. Spink & Son, 1941. This 1941 Basball Register is bound in blue cloth with a library-made white and gold patterned dj, black spine lettering, call number on spine. Ex-lib stamps on inner boards, endpaper; foxing, browned pages, edgewear and soil. Contains information about baseball players of the past and present, illust. w/black-and-white photographs and other images, as well as facsimile signatures for many players, which appear alongside their statistics. Also included are numerous advertisments, most with illustrations. 255 pages, incl. index; approx. 5"x8".. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York: The Sporting News, 1942. This book has a white library-made jacket with a gold printed pattern and hand-lettered spine. Book is edgeworn, with some library marks, but inner pages are mostly clean. This 1942 issue of The Sporting News' Baseball Register has a feature story on Lou Gehrig and the Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as detailed statistics and more. 286 pages; approx. 6"x9".. Ex-Library. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Illustrated.

Illinois: Riley Company, 1972. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4x7. A green/white phamplet with white lettering and b/w picture of a ball player. It has 48 pgs. It is illustrated in b/w with seating of different parks and stadiums. It has 1972 schedules. Book is in good condition with browned pages, wear, small spine tear, rubbing and soil.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

Kenosha WI: The Society for the Preservation and Encouragment of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, 1974. This 8.5 x 11 spiral bound book has the title in white lettering on the green cover. The intent here in the Basic Barbershop craft manual is to include only the knowledge and skills which will help the average individual to improve in understanding music notation and singing. 86 pages. Owner's name. Few pencil markings, light cover wear. Clean copy.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

London: Bassett-Lowke Railways Ltd., 1968. This book has a white soft cover with a color illustration and blue lettering. Cover has some soil, slightly browned; some foxing to first few pages, most other pages clean and unmarked. Included is a loose price list for 1969-70. The catalog is illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos, drawings and diagrams of the company's model railroad supplies and products. 136 pages; 12"x8". Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. 12"x8".

New York: Appleton Century Crofts inc., 1950. This 5.5"x8" hard cover book has a color illustrated dj with white and blue lettering on the front and spine of the dj. Book and jacket are both in good condition with some foxing, edgewear, rubbing, wear and soil.. 314 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None.

New York: Phoenix Press, 1948. This book is bound in maroon boards with gold spine lettering. Wear to edges and along spine, corners a bit bumped; inner pages browned as common in Phoenix Press titles. The book is autographed on the front endpaper with the following inscription: "To Jack Whitney with every good wish, Sincerely, Wright Williams 'Bill'", dated 6/29/48. 255 pages; approx. 5"x8". . Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket.

London: The Grolier Society, 1900. Two volume limited edition set from the "Beaux and Belles of England" collection; "a fine biography written many years after the first biography written by Doctor Maty in 1778. The purpose of the book from the author was to arrange this material in the form of a consecutive and faithful memoir of Lord Chesterfield's life." This deluxe edition was limited to 1000 copies, this volume is numbered 660. Illustrated with engravings and two color frontispieces. Covers show soil, heavier on rear covers, which show spotting. Spines worn, spine labels chipped. General wear and soil, bindings secure. 334 & 354 pages. 6 x 9.5 inches each.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.