The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (A Very Short Introduction)
by Bunton, Martin
New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Small Softcover. Fine. 6x0x4. New. An exceptional copy. 2013 Small Softcover. xvi, 132 pp. The conflict between Palestine and Israel is one of the most highly publicized and bitter struggles of modern times, a dangerous tinderbox always poised to set the Middle East aflame--and to draw the United States into the fire.... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress, from This World to That Which is to Come; Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream (The Folio Society)
by Bunyan, John
London: The Folio Society, 1962. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Sturt, John. First thus (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #166). Includes publisher's slipcase. Stain to bottom slipcase corner, split to top slipcase corner, edges lightly foxed. 1962 Hard Cover. 290 pp. Black leather spine over red cloth boards, gilt titles and rules. The plates reproduce some of... Read More
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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; or the Losing and Taking of the Town of Mansoul. Together with the Most Correct, Condensed Life of the Immortal Dreamer Yet Published
by Bunyan, John
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porter & Coates, 1880. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Minor wear to corners, pages toned, ink names and dates on front endpapers. 1880 Hard Cover. viii, [9]-318, [2] pp. Green cloth, black titles. Engraved frontispiece. A religious allegory by the author of The Pilgrim's Progress. Are you ready to immerse yourself in a timeless allegorical... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress, from This World to That Which is To Come
by Bunyan, John; Maguire, Rev. Robert (Notes)
New York: Cassell Publishing Company. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Selous, H.C.; Priolo, M. Paolo. No publisher date. Binder's copy, boards completely loose from text block. Top and bottom edges stained. xvi, 400 pp. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as... Read More
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The Holy War, Made by King Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the Metropolis of the World; or the Losing and Taking of the Town of Mansoul. Together with the Most Correct, Condensed Life of the Immortal Dreamer Yet Published
by Bunyan, John
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porter & Coates, 1880. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Circa 1880 (Porter & Coates was in business 1867-1895). Minor loss from spine head and foot, hinges weakening. 318, 32 pp. Engraved frontispiece and plates, publisher catalog illustrated with engravings bound in following text. A religious allegory by the author of The Pilgrim's Progress. Are you ready to... Read More
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Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy: An Essay (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 32)
by Burckhardt, Jacob; Holborn, Hajo (Introduction)
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. 1954 first thus, Toledano 032.4, binding/jacket style 8i with 374 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in good jacket. Jacket price clipped, rear jacket panel discolored, cover spine slightly faded though jacket spine is not, indicating that this may possibly be a... Read More
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A History of All Religions: with Accounts of the Ceremonies and Customs, or the Forms of Worship Practised by the Several Nations of the Known World, from the Earliest Records to the Year 1872. with a Full Account, Historical, Doctrinal and Statistical, of All the Religious Denominations
by Burder, William; Butler, C.M.; Marsh, W.H.H.; Nevins, Edwin H.; Nevin, W. Channing; Gracey, J.L.; Sturdevant, J.M.; Rawson, Albert L.; Nevin, Alfred; Osgood, Joseph; Brooks, E.G.; Hinkley, Willard H.; Morais, S
Philadelphia: William W. Harding, 1873. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Minor ink underlining and marginalia on just a couple pages, corners rubbed with minor loss, boards lightly soiled, number in white lettering on spine, pencil name and address on front endpaper. Binding tight and square. 1873 Hard Cover. ix, [1], 7-807 pp. All edges gilt. A study of various... Read More
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American Colonial Homes: A Pictorial History
by Burdick, John
New York: Courage Books, 1998. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x0x12. First edition. Edges slightly worn. 1998 Large Hardcover. 80 pp. From Boston's Paul Revere House to George Washington's home in Mount Vernon, a visual chronicle of the evolution of Colonial design illustrates the diversity of American architecture before the Revolutionary War in more than eighty... Read More
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Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x1. Second printing. Jacket spine base lightly soiled, jacket edges rubbed with small tears. Half-inch tear to rear endpaper. 1974 Hard Cover. 365 pp. Napoleon the tyrant, lover, general, and doomed hero are woven together in this story of his life from his early military campaigns... Read More
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The Ice Cream Girl
by Burger, Robert James
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket. 1/2 inch closed tear and 1/4 inch closed tear on top jacket edge, otherwise an excellent copy. 1987 Hard Cover. 348 pp. A historical novel set in Marion, NY during the Great Depression. The author... Read More
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Blacky the Crow (Green Forest Series) (Burgess Quaddies)
by Burgess, Thornton W. (Waldo)
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Cady, Harrison. First edition. Includes all plates. Boards lightly rubbed, front free endpaper neatly removed, indentations from erased pencil address on front flyleaf. 1922 Hard Cover. 206 pp. Illustrations by Harrison Cady. Blue cloth, color picture plate mounted on front board, orange and black... Read More
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The Neatness of Bobby Coon
by Burgess, Thornton W. [Waldo]
New York: Stoll and Edwards, 1927. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Cady, Harrison. One inch chip from spine base, ink name on title page, some pages lightly soiled. 1927 Hard Cover. 29 pp. Pictures by Harrison Cady. "Bobby Coon was a dandy. So many of the forest folk at the Smiling Pool poked fun at him but it had... Read More
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At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps' Approach to the Airplane, 1907-1917 (History of Military Aviation)
by Burke, Laurence M. II
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 7x1x10. First edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2022 Hard Cover. xxvii, 339 pp. At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps' Approach to the Airplane, 1907-1917 examines the development of aviation in the U.S. Army,... Read More
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![The Beauties of Burke, Consisting of Selections from His Works [with] The Beauties of Blair [with] The Beauties of Sterne [with] The Beauties of Johnson](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/548/1489548775.0.m.jpg)
The Beauties of Burke, Consisting of Selections from His Works [with] The Beauties of Blair [with] The Beauties of Sterne [with] The Beauties of Johnson
by Burke, Edmund; Blair; Sterne, Laurence; Johnson, Samuel
Boston: N.H. Whitaker, 1828. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Spine faintly creased, front joint beginning to split but all sewings holding firmly, front and end matter foxed, binding edge of first two pages lightly stained, pencil names on front endpaper. 1828 Full-Leather. 160, 160, 160, 160 pp. Full leather, gilt titles and decorations. Engraved portraits of each author opposite... Read More
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
by Burke, Tarana
New York: An Oprah Book / Flatiron Books, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Pencil name on front free endpaper. 2021 Hard Cover. 258 pp. From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the "me too" movement, Tarana Burke debuts a powerful memoir about... Read More
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Birch, Reginald. First edition, first state (includes DeVinne imprint). Front hinge loosening (first gathering mostly loose), ink stamp on front endpaper, light stain to edges of rear endpapers. 1886 Hard Cover. ix, 290 pp. Eight pages of publisher ads follow text. Dive into the enchanting... Read More
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The Secret Garden (MinaLima)
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Harper Design, 2018. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. MinaLima. New. An exceptional copy. Still in shrink wrap. 2018 Hard Cover. 384 pp. The classic English children's novel of three young friends and one special garden, stunningly reimagined in a deluxe full-color edition, illustrated with beautiful artwork and unique interactive features created by the award-winning design studio behind the... Read More
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A Little Princess (Puffin in Bloom)
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
New York: Puffin Books, 2014. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 7x5x1. Bond, Anna; Gill, Margery. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2014 Hard Cover. 293, [20] pp. Cover art by Anna Bond, illustrations by Margery Gill. Reader's guide follows text, including: a brief biography of the author; a who's who of characters in the book; a... Read More
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A Little Princess (Junior Classics for Young Readers)
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Franklin, TN: Dalmatian Publishing Group, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Faint edge wear. 2010 Trade Paperback. "A Little Princess" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett's most loved stories. It is the story of young Sara Crewe who while growing up in a well to do household suddenly finds herself impoverished when her father, Captain Crewe, dies penniless... Read More
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Iron Man
by Burnett, W.R. [William Riley]
New York: The Dial Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Spine lightly toned, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 312 pp. Burnett's novel Little Caesar inspired the 1931 film, considered the first gangster movie, and starring Edward G. Robinson in his breakout role. "Coke Mason is a tough... Read More
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![The Crosswinds of Freedom (The American Experiment, Volume III [3])](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/012/824/1681824012.0.m.jpg)
The Crosswinds of Freedom (The American Experiment, Volume III [3])
by Burns, James MacGregor
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First trade edition. Minor wear to corners, jacket slightly toned (as usual). 1989 Hard Cover. xi, 864 pp. Burns won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for his FDR biography entitled Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. "The final volume of Burns's classic history of the... Read More
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Rome and the Barbarians, 100 B.C. - A.D. 400 (Ancient Society and History Series)
by Burns, Thomas S
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. First edition. Minimal wear to corners. 2003 Hard Cover. xiv, 461 pp. The barbarians of antiquity, so long a fixture of the public imagination as the savages who sacked and destroyed Rome, emerge in this colorful, richly textured history as a much more complex―and... Read More
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The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romance and Reality: How an Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army. The Career and Achievements of This Masterly Leader of Men in Battle; Realistic Descriptions of the March, Raid, and Charge of the Horsemen; and Graphic Sketches of Other Great Cavalry Leaders
by Burr, Frank A.; Hinton, Richard J
Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1888. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Front hinge repaired by previous owner (not professionally, but relatively neatly), owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1888 Hard Cover. 445 pp. 8vo. Original light olive cloth, gilt titles, burgundy decorations. Illustrated with engravings, including an image of General George Custer. Philip Henry Sheridan was a... Read More
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Logarithmick Arithmetick Containing a New and Correct Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 10,000, Extended to Seven Places Besides the Index; and So Contrived, That the Logarithm May Be Easily Found to Any Number Between 1 and 10,000,000. Also, an Easy Method of Constructing a Table of Logarithms, Together with Their Numerous and Important Uses in the More Difficult Parts of Arithmetick. To Which Are Added a Number of Astronomical Tables, By Which the Different Phases of the Moon,--the Times of Her Opposition and Conjunction, May be Computed with the Greatest Ease and Exactness: and an Easy Method of Calculating Solar and Lunar Eclipses; Illustrated with Geometrical Projections: Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Schools and Academies of New England
by Burritt, Elijah Hinsdale
Williamsburgh: Ephraim Whitman, 1818. Full-Leather. Good. Portion of lunar eclipse plate absent. Some loss to boards, first and last few pages missing, a few small holes in a few pages, light stain. 1818 Full-Leather. 245 pp. A collection of useful methods for calculation of commonly needed figures, and detailed explanations of various mathematical principles, along with an extensive... Read More
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Dry: A Memoir
by Burroughs, Augusten
New York: Picador, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Faint edge wear. 2004 Trade Paperback. viii, 309 pp. "From the bestselling author of Running with Scissors comes Dry—the hilarious, moving, and no less bizarre account of what happened next. You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on... Read More
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