Search Results: Authors starting with B from Tannery Books

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1902. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. Irving Bacheller, D'ri and I : A Tale of Daring Deeds in the Secnod War with the British, Being the Memoirs of Colonel Ramon Bell, U.S.A. Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company, February 3d, 1902, fifth printing. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn. Red cloth hc with sepia pastedown illustration, 8vo (19 cm), [xiv] 15-360, 8 illustrated plates [4 ads]. Fair/no DJ: covers loose and worn, minor foxing, ad pages roughly opened, no markings – a good candidate for rebinding.

1983. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. George M. Bailey, The History of Thomasville Masonic Lodge #214, AL 5860 to AL 5983 (AD 1860-1983), no publication data [ca. 1983, First Printing per Worldcat]. Dark red hc with gilt lettering on front, 4to (27 cm), 126 pp, many bw photos. History of the lodge including building, Oxford orphanage, many group photos from 1960s-1970s, many with names identified. Very Good: covers lightly scuffed, some foxing, no markings (handwritten names p. 28 appear to be as published).

New York: Walker and Company, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Barbara Moore, Honor Holland, The Art of Postage Stamps, New York, Walker and Company, 1979, First Printing. Gray hc, 4to (27 cm), 96 pp, illustrated. A visual, international look at stamps from early versions to those commemorating historical moments and national pride, with special affection for flight and airmail. Ex-library (fair-to-good)/no DJ: lightly scuffed, ex-library with stickers and markings, rear fep torn (pocket torn out), light foxing on outer pages. Printed in Japan.

New York: Pocket Books, 1978. Second printing. Paperback. Good +. Bill Barry, Ultimate Encounter, The True Story of a UFO Kidnapping, Plus: Startling details of the investigation that followed, New York, Pocket Books, 1978, second printing, mmpb, 208 pp. G+: covers lightly bumped and scuffed, lightly tanned, text block tight, no markings.

Winston-Salem: John F. Blair Publisher, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John E. Batchelor, The Guilford County Schools: A History, Winston-Salem, N.C., John F. Blair, 1991. Navy cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, xii, 288 pp with index, sources, and list of private schools before 1903, including student gender and race, 30 pp bw illustrations and maps; glossy teal dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good: lightly bumped, tight, bright, no markings; DJ bumped, light scuffing, unclipped. Printed in USA

National Publishing Company, 1873. First printing. Hardcover. Good. J. H. Beadle, The Undeveloped West; or, Five Years in the Territories: Being a complete history of that vast region between the Mississippi and the Pacific, its resources, climate, inhabitants, natural curiosities, etc., etc. Life and Adventure on Prairies, Mountains, and the Pacific Coast. With two hundred and forty illustrations, from original sketches and photographic views of the scenery, cities, lands, mines, people, and curiosities of the Great West. National Publishing Company, 1873, First Printing. The publisher's ad touts Beadle's book as full of useful, first-hand information for those dreaming of moving west, with profiles of "the hardy frontier farmer; the wary hunter andd trapper; the reckless miner; the cruel and degraded savage; the hard-working 'Heathen Chinee;' the 'much-married' Mormon; the strange remnants of the once-powerful Aztec race...." Brown cloth hc with blind-stamped designs and gilt title on front,… Read More

London: F. Bowyer Kitto, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Good. William Beck and T. Frederick Ball, The London Friends' Meetings : Showing the Rise of the Society of Friends in London; Its Progress, and the Development of Its Discipline; with Accounts of the Various Meeting-Houses and Burial-Grounds, Their History and General Associations, London. F. Bowyer Kitto, 1869, First Edition. Red or maroon cloth with blind-stamped borders on covers and gilt lettering on spine, red edges, red-brown endpapers, 8vo (21 cm), xii,396 pp with appendices (no index), 2 fold-out charts. Histories of Friends (Quaker) meetings around London, "Compiled from Original Records and Other Sources," including anecdotes and social history, from statistics on occupations and marriages to extracts of food prices and travel costs. Good/no DJ: covers bumped and rubbed, spine faded, sticker on spine and po writing on endpapers (church library), small sticker residue on front pastedown, cracked behind half-title and rear joint… Read More

Raleigh: North Carolina Division Of Archives & History, 1985. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. David Beers Quinn, The Lost Colonists: Their Fortune and Probable Fate, Raleigh, North Carolina Division Of Archives & History, 1985, second printing. Stapled white paper covers with blue engraving of John White's return on the front, xviii, 54 pp, bw illustrations. Very Good: light bumping, scuff mark and price sticker on back, po signature in ink inside front cover, clean, no internal markings.

Crescent Books, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Ake Gustavsson. Bertil Almgren, et al, illustrated by Ake Gustavsson, The Viking, also The Viking: Settlers, Ships, Swords & Sagas of the Nordic Age, Crescent Books, 1984 (ISBN pulls up 1991), English edition second printing.Burgundy cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, 4to (30 cm), 288 pp with notes, color photographs and bw line drawings thoughout; glossy white dustjacket. Very Good/Good: corners bumped, erasure on half-title and ffep, no internal markings; DJ bumped on edges, large tear on rear corner, light water stain on rear top edge, unclipped (no price). Details from Viking-era life, including villages, clothing, ships, weapons, maps, etc. Printed in Italy

Toronto: The Canadian Centennial Library, 1965. Hardcover. Good. ed. Pierre Berton, Remember Yesterday - A Century of Photographs, Toronto, The Canadian Centennial Library, 1965. Pictorial cloth covers with red spine, 4to (28 cm), 128pp. Photographs, mostly bw, from daguerrotypes and wagon trains to the "nuclear age." Good: corners bumped, smudge on ffep, no po markings.

Richmond, Ind.: Friends United Press, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Michael L. Birkel, A Near Sympathy: The Timeless Quaker Wisdom of John Woolman, Richmond, Ind., Friends United Press, 2003. Trade pb, xviii, 124 pp. Very Good: covers lightly bumped and scuffed, po sticker on ffep, pages crisp, no internal markings.

Berkhamsted, 1972. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Percy Birtchnell, A Short History of Berkhamsted, Berkhamsted, England, 1972 by the author, revised. Navy blue cloth hc, 8vo (22 cm), 128 pp with index, 20 plates of bw reproductions and photographs plus small bw illustrations in the text; yellow dustjacket with 1857 engraving on front and red lettering. Compiled articles on the town and castle history (from the Norman conquest to early 20th century), social history, anecdotes and characters. Very good/good: corners bumped, pages crisp, no markings; DJ faded, spine chipped, unclipped with price.

Greensboro: Guilford College Library, 1973. First edition. Paperback. As New. John J. Blair. John J. Blair, edited by Treva Mathis, Just for the Fun of It: Drawings by John Jay Blair, Greensboro, Guilford College Library and Springfield Historical Museum, March 1973. Brown-gray stapled paper covers with hearth illustration on front, [40] unnumbered pp. Illustrations of items in the Springfield Historical Museum (Quakers, Guilford County, N.C.). Like New: edges lightly faded, crisp, unmarked.

Asheboro, N.C.: Down Home Press, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Jerry Bledsoe, Death by Journalism? One Teacher's Fateful Encounter with Political Correctness, Asheboro, N.C., Down Home Press, 2002, stated First Printing, March 2002 with number line 1 to 9. Author INSCRIPTION to po on ffep. Black boards with red lettering on spine, 8vo, 242 pp; glossy white DJ with black and red lettering. Good/Good: edges bumped and lightly worn, clean, pages crisp and unmarked; DJ bumped and lightly scratched, chipped on front corner, unclipped.

New York: Chilton Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Daniel Blum, Theatre World, Season 1957-58, Vol. 14. Heavily illustrated with bw photos. Lists of actors with biographies, plus annual obituaries, limited index. Season 1957-1958, Philadephia, Chilton Company, gray cloth hc, taller 8vo, 256 pp; glossy blue and white DJ. Good/Good: spine bumped, light tanning and rippling on endpapers, other pages crisp, no markings; DJ scuffed and chipped, faded, unclipped. in lot 4324

New York: Daniel C. Blum, 1948. First edition. Paperback. Good. Daniel Blum, Theatre World, Season 1947-48, Vol. IV. Heavily illustrated with bw photos. Lists of actors with biographies, plus annual obituaries, limited index. Season 1947-48, New York, author - Norman Macdonald, Stuyvesant Press Corp. Paperback, 8vo, 224 pp. Good: Covers coming loose, worn and scuffed, slight miscut with smudge and crease on bottom corner, no po markings. in lot 4324

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1920. Revised. Stiff Boards. Good. A. A. Bohm M.D. and M. von Davidoff M.D., A Textbook of Histology including Microscopic Technic, Edited, with Extensive Additions to both Text and Illustrations by G. Carl Huber, M.D., Second Edition, 1920 reprint, "Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged with 377 Illustrations," Philadelphia and London, W. B. Saunders Company. Black cloth over thin boards with stamped title block, super 8vo (9.5 inches), 528 pp with index, including 377 sketches of microscopic anatomy. Good-/no DJ: This is a well used book, edges worn with boards showing, 1-inch tear at top of spine, lettering faded, po inscriptions on endpapers, chip with no loss inside pp 328-329, no underlining. Made in USA

Kutztown, Penn.: Kutztown Publishing Co., 1978. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Ruth E. Bonner, Quaker Ways: Pictures of Meeting Houses in Current Middle-Atlantic, Kutztown, Penn., Kutztown Publishing Co., 1978, First Printing. Light brown cloth hc, horizontal 4to (26 by 21 cm), photographic endpapers, 96 pp with index, errat sheet bound in, many two-tone photos of meeting houses in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia and North Carolina, plus photos of wedding couples. Good (ex-lib)/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and bookplate, lightly bumped and wearing with mark on top edge, no underlining or obvious internal markings.

McGraw-Hill, 1950. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. James Boswell, ed. by Frederick A. Pottle; Boswell's London Journal: 1762-1763, or The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell; McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; copyright 1950 by Yale University, BCE. Blue boards with dark blue crest on front, dark blue cloth spine with gold lettering, large 8vo (6 3/8 by 9 1/2 inches), 400 pp with index and appendices, uneven cut, two-color 1761 map of London on endpapers; illustrated paper DJ. VG/G+: edges and spine bumped, spine starting to loosen but no cracks, price sticker on ffep, otherwise no marking; DJ lightly bumped and creased, tiny tears at top edge, light foxing on back.

AuthorHouse, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stanley L. Bradley, The Andromeda Affair, The Adventure Continues..., AuthorHouse, 2006. Large 8vo (trade pb) with illustrated paper covers on black, 280 pp. G: corners bumped and worn, cover creased, small inkmark on edges, no internal markings. Reduced