Authors starting with B from Birchwood Books

Chicago: Adams Press, 1980 Signed by the Author. White soft cover with black titles and design. Some scuffing to cover. Illustrated frontispiece by author. Signed by author on title page. Interior is clean. 61p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1905 Soft limp green leather with gold embossed titles and design on spine, owl on cover. The Temple Classics, edited by Israel Gollancz. Tissued portrait of Bacon. Sunning to spine and edges. Some rubbing to edges, very small nick in spine on back. Top edge of pages gilt. Stain on leading edge of pages. Includes glossary and index of quotations. 243p.. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1966 H. M. Baggarly, editor of The Tulia Herald, takes a grass-roots look at national politics. Jacket has small chip at bottom of spine and tiny tear at top of spine and another on front. There is another tiny tear on the back. The paper has darkened. There is a long scuff mark through the black on the back of the jacket. Jacket is now in brodart. Beige cloth with blue titles on spine and front. Slightly bumped at head and tail of spine. Cloth is very clean.... more information

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Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1909 One of the must have guides for the well heeled traveler of the 19th and early twentieth century. With 72 maps, 19 plans an 12 panoramas, in color. Limp red cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. Covers are moderately worn. Small white stains to lower edge of front. The edges of some of the foldout maps are tattered because they extend past the edges of the other pages. One of the panoramas is nearly torn in two. Previous owners name and address writte... more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935 Black cloth spine with silver titles and decorations on spine and cover. Half of boards covered with red cloth. Spine is quite faded and has some circular light spots. White scuff mark on black cloth at bottom of rear board. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Red top-stain, foxing to page edges. Board edges are rubbed and foxing. Simple line drawings at head of each chapter. Illustrated endpapers. 303p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Laur... more information

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New York: The P. F. Volland Company, 1923 Dutch children's story. Boards ilustrated with two young people framed by a tulip, rear board has windmill and tuplips. Edges are rubbed and there is some light soiling. Spine is darkened. Illustrated endpapers. Lovely color illustrations. Unpaginated.. Eleventh. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Herman Rosse. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Quanah, Texas: Nortex Press, 1975 Signed by the Author. Poems were inspired by trip to Jerusalem and passages from the Old Testament. Black and white photographs taken by author on pilgramage. Jacket is in brodart. Small amount of chipping to edges, particularly head/tail of spine and corners. Some shelfwer and pencil marks on rear. Inscribed by author and dated 1976. Gold cloth with gold embossed titles. Front board is slightly soiled. 58p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very G... more information

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Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1946 Black cloth with gold title over white background, gold decoration on spine. Docorations are heavily rubbed. Head and tail of spine are pulled and rubbed. Cloth is scuffed and soiled, points are bumped. Binding is loose. Pale top-stain to pages. Twenty-four engravings, black and white with a touch of red. Interior is clean. 266p.. Unknown. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph Barton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company "The only authorized American edition", printed on front panel of dust jacket. Color illustration of Sambo holding umbrella on front panel of dj. One very small closed tear at top of front panel and another very small closed tear at top of rear panel. Jacket is lightly soiled. Bottom inside corner of front flap is clipped, Price of $2.00 is had written at top. A couple of light stains to reverse of dust jacket. Red cloth with black titles on spine and f... more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911 Ralph Barbour was best known for his sports themed books for boys, though he also wrote a series of nicely illustrated romances. They were each highly decorated, came in a decorative box and sold for $20. This is one of those romances, though the box is missing. Decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway. Five full page color illustrations on glossy paper. Beautiful black and white page decorations on every page. . Lovely paste on illustration on front cover ... more information

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New York: The Century Co., 1907 Pale green cloth with black title and tennis racket on spine. Cover has black and orange illustration of three young people. Cloth is soiled and someone has drawn small purple mustaches and goatees on the three faces. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, chip in cloth at head. One bottom corner is soft. Some smudges to interior. Page edges are soiled. Seventeen black and white illustrations. 384p. . Unknown. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by C. M. Relyea. 12mo - over 6&f... more information

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Wichita Falls, Texas: Nortex Offset Publications, Inc., 1970 Signed by the Author. A sticker on the inside cover states this volume was presented to the winner of the William E. Bard Award in February of 1988 for the poem entitled "Wind Came Screaming". The name of the author of this poem is not stated. The book is signed by W. E. Bard, President of the Poetry Society of Texas. Poems are inspired by the old and new west. Cover is in very good condition for a paperback. Heavy yellow paper wit... more information

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Nortex Press, 1973 Signed Plate. Author was past Poet Laureate of Texas. Anthology of previously published poems. No edition stated. Jacket is sunned on spine and edges. There is insect damage, mostly to edges, and some small stains as well as general wear. Gold cloth with black titles on spine and cover. Very slight soiling to cloth, otherwise near fine. Spot of foxing to front endpapers. Interior is clean. 51p.. Signed Plate. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tal... more information

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New York: Bramhall House, 1962 Chapter decorations by E. M. Simon. 'Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained by William S. Baring-Gould & Ceil Baring-Gould.' Red dust jacket with black and white titles and small black and white illustration on front panel. Jacket is moderately shelfworn: scuffed, with small chips and tears. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Yellow cloth with black titles on spine and front board. Boards very slightly bowed. Decorative endpapers. Pre... more information

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New York: Poseidon Press, 1988 Jacket in brodart. Both book and jacket show only minor wear, has been read. Black cloth spine with gold title, red boards. Barcode sticker on rear of jacket. 377p.. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Greenfield Center, N. Y.: Ithaca House Books, 1991 Inscribed by author and dated 7/18/91 San Antonio. Near fine except for some minor scuffing, particularly to back. Poems "meditating on subjects that range from families to fairytales, form childhoods to deaths and death-threats." 69p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1930 Originally published under the title Cattle by Doubleday. Beige cloth with rust colored titles and bull on cover. Cloth is heavily soiled. Bumped at head and tail of spine. Cloth worn trough on bottom edge of front board near spine. Binding cracked at first blank. Twenty-six black and white photos. Chip in ffep, also has bookplate affixed. Red top-stain, foxing to other page edges. A number of pages are dog-eared. 340p. including index. . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket... more information

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Austin: Nortex Press, 1986 Barney was Poet Laureate of Texas 1982 - 1983. Winner of the Twelfth Annual Nortex Press Book Award, sponsored by The Poetry Society of Texas. Beige dust jacket with cover illustration. Small tear at top of front. Two tears on back. Some soiling, crease in front flap. Jacket is now in brodart. Poetry Society of Texas Award presentation sticker on ffep. Faux brown leather cloth with gold title on spine. 58p.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾&... more information

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Austin: Nortex Press, 1986 Collection of poetry. Beige dust jacket with brown cover illustrations. Some soiling, faint red smudges. Tear (<1") at bottom front, very small chip at front flap. Jacket is now in brodart. Brown faux leather cloth with gold title on spine. Poetry Society of Texas Award presentation sticker on ffep. Note to award winner laid in. Front flap is dog-eared. Interior is clean and tight. 58p.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾... more information

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Austin: Nortex Press, 1986 Beige dust jacket, small amount of shelfwear. One inch tear on rear at top. Jacket is now in Brodart. Poetry Society of Texas Award presentation sticker on first paste-down. Interior is clean and bright. 58p.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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