Search Results: Authors starting with B from Scraps of American History

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 279 pages with index, beautifully illustrated in color throughout. The book resulted from a program by the authors titled "Awake Art, Buddhism and the Dimensions of Consciousness." Illustrated black boards with red titles on front cover and spine, red end papers. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, some light scuffs, spine a bit cocked, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight.

Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts: Babson Institute, Inc., 1921. Fifteenth Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. 436 pages, plus Appendix and Addenda, fold out charts present and appear to be in good condition. A guide to reading economic conditions for long term investments. Flexible red leatherette cover with gilt titles on front cover and spine. Cover in poor condition with large chips in top of spine, edge wear, cracks along edges of spine, back cover detached, scrubbing, small hole in front cover, corners and spine ends bumped and chipped, front hinge weak and showing webbing, end papers stained, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding otherwise tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 347 pages with glossary and index, with introduction and notes by Henry Lewis, M. A., Principal of Culham College, Oxon. Brown cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, advertising on end papers. Some wear and spotting to cover, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, cover scratched, former owner's name and 1990 date on front free end paper in ink, front hinge a little weak and showing webbing at top, former owner's name "Bessie J. Seely from her mother, Sept. 1880" on title page, interior pages tanned with a little staining, binding tight.

Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Company, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 290 pages. A musical novel in English. Tan cloth binding with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover and spine. Spine faded, cloth soiled and a bit spotted, gilt faded a bit on front cover, corners bumped, spine ends frayed, binding tight except for light cracking of front hinge. Interior pages lightly tanned with no obvious markings or notations, book seller's sticker on back fixed end paper.

Washington DC: The Society of Virginia of the District of Columbia, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 127 pages, illustrated with handsome black and white photograph plates of officers and members and others. Biographies of officers include General H. Oden Lake, E. Lodge Hall, Franklin Clyde Baggarly, Isaac C. Foster and many more. This copy is from the personal library of Franklin Clyde Baggarly, as indicated by imprint on the front free end paper that reads "The Baggarly Library, Avon Hall, Washington, Virginia. The imprint is also stamped into the dedication page. Dark red / burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles on front cover. Some spotting of cover, light edge wear, small wrinkle in cloth at bottom of front cover, back cover a little scrubbed and scratched, gilt titles bright, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, printing fault along front hinge with overlapping end papers, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding tight. Measures 7 x 9 1/2 inches.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Poor/No jacket. Baker, Mary. Unpaginated, illustrated with gorgeous silhouette drawings. The adventures of an antique doll that wanted to see the world. Blue cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine, illustrated end papers. Some staining and edge wear to cover, spotting, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's name on frotn free end paper with ink scribbles and stains, cover detached from text block, binding very loose but all pages attached and intact.

New York: American Book Company, 1896. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. 215 pages plus advertising, illustrated with black and white plates. Paraphrased for children, stories from the Old Testament as literature. Green cloth binding with black decorations and titles on front cover and spine, black decoration on back cover. Very light edge wear, minor tanning of cover, light bumping of corners and spine ends, a little spotting, light spotting of end papers, former owner's name on front blank page, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight, small sticker with owner's initials on back fixed end paper. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover with some scrubbing, light edge wear with bubbles in leading edge of front cover, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan with small wrinkles top center, light reading crease in spine, spine cocked a bit, binding tight, light tanning of pages with some darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, some scratches on spine, corner missing on paper label, which is a little tanned and scrubbed, binding tight, small dent in leading corner of front cover with a little bubbling of cloth on leading edge, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, light scratches on spine, paper label a little tan, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan with small wrinkles, binding tight, light tanning of pages, spot on bottom edge. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, light scratches on spine, paper label a little tan, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1900. Limited ed. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 350 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece and three plates with descriptive protector. For the first time completely translated into English. Volume 1 contains sections "The First Ten" and a portion of "The Second Ten." Blue cloth binding with red and black titles on paper label on spine, gilt top edge, rough cut leading edge. Label tanned and darkened with faded titles, some spotting of cover with light edge wear and a few scratches, spine a little cocked, corners and spine ends bumped, a little spotting of top edge, stain on frontispiece guard and title page, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight.

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan with some wrinkles, binding tight, small hole in front hinge, light tanning of pages with a little darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan with a wrinkle top center, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, a little wrinkling of cloth along edges, corners and spine a little bumped, light reading crease spine, paper label a little tan with a little chipping, back cover bowed, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan, light reading creases in spine, binding tight, light tanning of pages with darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. llustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan, light reading creases in spine, binding tight, light tanning of pages with darkening of page edges. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, slight wrinkle in paper label, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!

Saint Louis and Philadelphia: The Thompson Publishing Company, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket as issued. Illustrated with tissue protected black and white plates. Introductions by George Saintsbury. In English. Blue cloth binding with paper title label on spine, gilt top edge. A little spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, paper label a little tan with a wrinkle top center, binding tight, light tanning of pages. Beautiful edition and part of a lovely set!