Bartholomew's British Isles Contour Motoring Map
by Bartholomew, John
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. Map. Very Good. Map. Sturdy stock map with red cover. Folds out to oversized map: scale 1/16 per mi. In very good condition with no fading or edgewear. In 4 colors. Travel Pamphlets. TRAV/1163.
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Nature's Paradise: Africa
by Bartlett, Jen and Bartlett, Des
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st Edition, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. Very good illustrated white paper covered boards with black title to spine. Interior is clean and bright and filled with wonderful photographic illustrations in both full color and black and white. clear dust jacket with gilt and black title to front panel. Large open tear to... Read More
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Nathaniel Tarn, a descriptive bibliography
by Bartlett, Lee
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. American Poetry Contemporary Bibliography Series, No. 2. First Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. 125 pages. Illustrated. BOB/111616.
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Uno Sguardo ai Problemi Triestini. 40 Articoli 1957 - 1959
by Bartoli, Gianni
Trieste, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in oversize blue wraps with black title to front cover. 74 pages. Italian. ITA11172.
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Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
by Basbanes, Nicholas
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A handsome first edition of this fifth book to be written by Basbanes on the world of books, authors, and literary scholarship. This work examines a specific aspect of book culture - what can we know about influential past and present figures by what they read. Bound in a bright... Read More
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The Pilgrims' March
by Bashford, H. H.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Red cloth boards white title to front cover. White titling has chipped off of spine completely and is heavily chipped on front cover. A few small dampstains to covers and spine. Occasional small spots of soiling to interior, but clean overall. 320 pages. LIT/100318.
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Saudi Arabia through the Eyes of an Artist
by Basil, Malin
Falcon Press, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY, signed by the author in Riyadh, December, 1980. Malin Basel was born in Sweden, and she moved to Saudi Arabia in 1968 with her husband. Because of restrictions on opportunities for women, she began an artistic career. She painted local scenes showing the contrasts between ancient Muslim lifestyle... Read More
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Coral Island: Portrait of an Atoll
by Bates, Marston and Abbott, Donald
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This book is a portrait of Ifaluk, an atoll in the Caroline group situated west of the Marshalls and north of New Guinea. The authors spent several months there in 1953 on a scientific expedition to study the relationship of man to his environment in an island setting... Read More
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A Select Bibliography of Modern Economic Theory 1870-1929
by Batson, Harold E. [compiler]
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1930. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Hard Cover. This work is part of a series on Studies in Economics and Political Science, edited by the Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is No. 6 in a Series of Bibliographies by writers connected with the School. Introduction by Liobel... Read More
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Douze Poèmes: Les Fleurs du Mal (Twelve Poems: The Flowers of Evil)
by Baudelaire, Charles; C.A.B. Bantzinger (illustrations)
La Haye: D.A. Daamen, 1939. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Number 221 of 500 copies. With full page erotic illustrations by Bantizinger, in a style similar to Matisse. In cream paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Tape repair to front wrapper near front joint. Chipping and browning to wrappers and spine panel. A few spots of soiling... Read More
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Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland
by Bauernschub, John P.
Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue leatherette covered boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Emblem to front board. Slight bumping tp spine ends. Slight yellowing to edges of pages. Else is very clean with bright text and illustrations. Tight binding. A nice copy. 277 pages. MD/012705. ... Read More
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Baltimore and the Draft. A Historical Record
by Bauer, Wm. E. And John P. Judge
Baltimore: The District Board of Baltimore City, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE TITLE. This is a fascinating historical document published immediately after the end of World War I, documenting the history of the draft in Baltimore that was instituted in 1917 after President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States could no longer remain neutral against Germany.... Read More
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Savage Abyssinia
by Baum, James E.
New York: J. H. Sears & Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. James Edwin Baum (1887-1955) was an American journalist and big-game hunter. He ran away from home as a teenager and he worked as a wrangler before becoming a reporter at the Omaha Daily Bee. He also worked as the hunting and fishing... Read More
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L'Architecture Romane en France
by Baum, Julius
Stuttgart. Hardcover. Very Good +. Hardcover. Very good+ in green cloth with black and gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Profusely illustrated with 432 illustrations (many full-page); 289 pp ARCHIT01/020800.
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the Duke University Library with Hitherto Unpublished Verse and Prose
by Baum, Paul Franklin
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. 276 of 400 copies. Blue cloth backed light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to edges of boards. Interior is very clean overall, though there is a small stain on the verso of the frontis and minor browning to the endpages. Tight... Read More
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Analytical List of Manuscripts in the Duke University Library with Hitherto Unpublished Verse and Prose
by Baum, Paull Franklin
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1931. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dj. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. 160 of 400 copies. Dark blue cloth backed blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Some foxing to exterior cloth on front board, else boards are very clean. Pristine interior with tight binding. Light blue dj with... Read More
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A Place at the Table: The Gay Individual in American Society
by Bawer, Bruce
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Written in the early 90s - "this moving, eloquent work - both meditation and manifesto - on the nature of homosexuality is Bawer's attempt to set things right. He strips away the misconceptions that underlie homophobia, critically scrutinizes the lockstep mentality of the extreme gay subculture, and defines... Read More
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Economica. Published Quarterly. 35th Year, New Series, Volume XXII, Number 86. May, 1955
by Baxter,W.T.; Harry G. Johnson, J. Potter, John Spraos, I.F. Pearce, Frank Whitson Fetter, R.G.D. Allen
London: London School of Economics, 1968. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprint of May 1955 issue for Wm. Dawson & Sons, Ltd., London. Includes seven articles, book reviews, and books received. In orange paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to spine panel and edges of covers, else clean and bright. Pages 99-193. ECO/090815.... Read More
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The Pickwick Papers. Some Bibliographical Remarks. An Address Delivered Before the Caxton Club, January 16th, 1937
by Bay, J. Christian
Chicago: The Carton Club, 1938. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. 1 of 250 copies. Red cloth covered boards with small gilt title to spine. Slight wear to spine ends and corners. Minor fading to spine and one small spot of discoloration to front board. Embossed design to front board. Inscribed by previous owner.... Read More
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Synodus Dioecesana Baltimorensis Octava: Quae antecedentium etiam complectitur Constitutiones; Die XXVII Augusti AD 1875 ad B.M.V. in Seminario S. Sulpitii, Baltimorae Habita
by Bayley, Jacobo Roosevelt
Baltimore: Excudebant Joannes Murphy et Socii, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce. In Latin. Bound in black cloth boards. Lacks cloth along spine. Previous owner name in pen to front free endpaper. Occasional smudge marks, underlinings, and spots of soiling, but clean overall. A few splits to the binding, but it remains secure. Size: thin octavo. 134 pages.... Read More
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Maxine's Day: As Told to Carolyn LaFrance
by [Bay Park Press] LaFrance, Carolyn
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 10 of 10 copies. This is a charming and beautifully produced book by Carolyn LaFrance, a San Diego architect who is affiliated with the gallery at the Bay Park Press. Maxine is Carolyn’s beloved feline friend and companion, and the book describes a day in Maxine’s life through... Read More
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The Water Book: Lanes of Thought
by [Bay Park Press] Rubottom, Sibyl
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 4 of 10 copies. Book artist Sibyl Rubottom grew up on Long Island Sound where Esther Williams was her hero. She grew up watching her movies trying "to relive the fabulous water ballet sequences." As an adult her love of water continued and she began swimming in La... Read More
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The New Rule: A Poem by Rumi
by [Bay Park Press] Rumi; Coleman Barks, translator
San Diego: Bay Park Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 40 of 45 copies. This was the premier publication of the Bay Park Press. Its founders, Sibyl Rubottom and Jim Marachacek, have gone on to create many more wonderful books. This work is based on a poem by the 13th century Suni mystic, Rumi. It is constructed from... Read More
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The English Royal Family of America, from Jamestown to the American Revolution
by Beatty, Michael A.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2003. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. Paper Covered Boards. "For about a century and a half after they arrived from England, America's first permanent colonists considered themselves to be English. They were proud of their heritage and loyal to their country. England's royal family truly was the royal family of America -... Read More
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Oeuvres Choisies de Beaumarchais. Tome Troisieme. Edition Stereotype
by Beaumarchais
Paris: P. Didot L'Aine, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good -. Hardcover. Very good minus full brown leather tiny volume (5.4 x 3.4 x 0.8), gilt tooling around board edges, marbled endpapers and edges. Lacks leather spine, has been reinforced with maroon tape, which also covers the hinges. Handwritten label to spine. Inner hinges have been reinforced with brown tape... Read More
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