Search Results: Titles starting with B from Boojum and Snark Books

(Simon Lonergan?); Broadway, Australia; (no date). Two issues of a rare Australian rock & roll magazine. Stapled wraps, color-illustrated covers, 10 7/8 x 8 inches, 64 pp. (issue #21), 56 pp. (issue #24), b/w illustrations. Very good minus. Keywords: History, Rock Musicians, Mudhoney, Meat, Sonic Youth, John Murphy, Discography, Lazy Cowgirls, Rob Younger, Toys Went Berserk, King Snake Roost, Cosmic Psychos, Slub, Fear & Loathing, Captain Beefheart, Harry Butler, Big Black, Lime Spiders, Bloodloss. (3214034). F. Soft cover.

Random House, New York, 1995 An exceptional copy of this first edition thus (first printing, with complete number line). Softcover with glossy covers, 8 3/4 x 8 inches, 43 pp., color photo illustrations. Near fine (small remainder mark, top edge of book block; slight rubbing, covers; otherwise, pages clean, with no marks of any kind, and binding tight). (K079). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois; 1955. First edition. Flexible black boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 89 pp., 71 figures. Very near fine. (3214025). F. Hardcover.

Liguorian Pamphlets, Redemptorist Fathers; Liguori, Missouri; 1957. First edition (first printing). Rare Catholic pamphlet (one OCLC library holding). Stapled wraps, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, 32 pp. Good plus. (3214028). F. Soft cover.

The Marine Research Society; Salem, Massachusetts; 1930. First edition in dustcover. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches, blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), top edge blue, 192 pp. Slight edge wear to tail of spine, else fine. Dustcover very good (mild fading; area of dampstaining on lower left aspect of front panel noticable over an area about two inches in greatest dimension; dampstaining also present on anterior spine aspect of dustcover, over about 4 3/4 vertical inches; mild soiling, mostly spine aspect; two tiny edge chips, the largest 1/8 inch; no tears). Multiple plates and plans. This is an important title which is quite scarce with a dustcover in any condition. The defects are described in detail for completeness, but this is a very attractive copy indeed. In particular, the area of dampstaining on the front panel of the dustcover is of modest size and in an area which reduces its visual impact.. F. Hardcover.

S. A. Institute of Race Relations; Johannesburg; 1943. Aqua printed wraps, 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, 60 pp. Very good. Scarce. (3214031). F. Soft cover.

Prentice-Hall, New York, 1946 An excellent hardcover copy of the second printing of the first edition (December 1946), with dustcover. Light tan cloth-covered boards, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 324 pp. Book and dustcover near fine. Pages clean, with no marks of any kind; binding tight and square. Dustcover very good plus, with modest sunning, mild edgewear/rubbing and a few small chips (largest 1/4 inch); not price-clipped; in a mylar jacket, still quite attractive. (K036). Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Freedom Press, London, 1948 FIRST EDITION. Off white paper-covered boards, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, 68 pp., bibliography. Book and dustcover very good plus. Front flap of dustcover clipped; dustcover in mylar jacket. Errata slip laid in. Scarce. Contents: the sexual problem in coercive societies; marriage and sexual freedom; sexual aberration and behaviour in society; venereal diseases and prostitution in contemporary society. (K082). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, 2001 19 issues of this high-quality periodical from the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Vol.17 No.2, 2001; Vol.18 No.1, 2002; Vol.18 No.2, 2002; Vol.18 No.3, 2002; Vol.19 No.1, 2003; Vol.19 No.3, 2003; Vol.19 No.4, 2003; Vol.20 No.2, 2004; Vol.20, No.3, 2004; Vol.22, No.1, 2006; Vol.22, No.2, 2006; Vol.22 No. 3, 2006; Vol.22 No.4, 2006; Vol.23 No.1, 2007; Vol.23 No.2, 2007; Vol.23 No.3, 2007; Vol.23 No.4, 2007; Vol.24 No.1, 2008; Vol.24 No.2, 2008. Wraps, color-illustrated front covers, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, extensively illustrated in color and b/w. Fine. (K012). Soft cover. Fine.

Baseball Digest, Chicago, 1947 Stapled wraps, illustrated covers (Buddy Kerr, Giants, on front cover), 8 x 5 3/8 inches, 64 pp. Fair.(3214027). Soft cover. Fair.

Baseball Digest, Chicago, 1946 Stapled wraps, illustrated covers (Bob Feller on front cover), 8 x 5 3/8 inches, 64 pp. About good minus.(3214027). Soft cover. Good.

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1934 Early reprint edition. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 439 pp., bibliography, index, figures. Private library markings, else good. No dustjacket. (K078). Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

U.S. Government Printing Office; Washington, D.C.; July 1, 1941. Brown printed wraps, 9 x 5 7/8 inches, 342 pp., index. TM 1-219. Very good (modest spine slant; very mild soiling/darkening of wraps; very mild ruffling of corners). An attractive copy of this title.. Soft cover.

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000 Stiff card covers, spiral bound, 9 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 434 pp., index. Near fine. (K081). Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Macmillan, New York, 1964 An exceptional copy of the first edition/first printing: book fine and dustcover as new. The book has a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and the previous owner's name in neat script on the front free endpaper --- otherwise it is flawless, clean, crisp and tight. The dustcover has the first edition points (price $2.75 and 74762 on the front flap). The dustcover is as new. Light brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, blind-stamped front board, 9 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches, 42 pp., Sendak's wonderful illustrations, and Jarrell's great poetry and prose. An outstanding copy of a fantastic children's book. (1722RO006). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New.

Orion Books, New York, 1989., 1989 Uncorrected Proof, with publisher's letter to reviewer laid in. Scarce. Green wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 289 pp., source notes. Fine. "'The Green Hell.the Death Factory.' These names were used to describe a fifty-square mile woods called Hurtgen Forest, located on the Belgian-German border. One of the worst disasters in U.S. military history occured here in World War II-- a campaign so mismanaged that the U.S. Army tried to cover it up. Whiting, a noted military historian and veteran, provides information on the campaign that was previously known only to a privileged few. 30,000 American soldiers were killed or wounded during the period from September, 1944, to February, 1945. Graphic battle scenes and the well-researched text bring the tragedy of Hurtgen Forest alive. Among the details: --Thousands of cases of combat fatigue, frozen hands and feet, and trenchfoot; --Thousands of cases of self-inflicted woulds by soldiers desperate to escape the… Read More

(No publisher; no place), circa 1980. Poster, 24 x 19 inches. Very good. Nine very entertaining cartoon panels, green line drawings with white background. The Baylor Bear gets the best of caricatures from Texas Tech, TCU, Arkansas, Texas (Longhorns), SMU, Houston, Rice and Texas A&M. The center panel shows an "X" through all of these characters, with "Cotton Bowl 1980" in the lower right corner.. F. Soft cover.

Pharmacometrics Press; Rockville, Maryland, 1985 This was Ferid Murad's copy (signed "Murad" on the front cover). Ferid Murad is the distinguished physician and pharmacologist who was a co-winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1998. Murad won the Nobel Prize for his discovery concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. Softcover, red wraps, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, 101 pp. This is a very early edition of this book. Very good. (K059). Signed by Author(s). Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Pharmacometrics Press; Rockville, Maryland, 1985 Softcover, red wraps, 8 x 5 1/2 inches, 101 pp. This is a very early edition of this book. Near fine. (K020). Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Oddbins A narrow, laminated advertising poster, 16 1/2 x 6 inches, printed on one side. A great Ralph Steadman illustration ("The Beers Are In Here"). Two small, inconspicuous staple holes near top edge, else fine. (1722RO091). No Binding. Fine.