Search Results: Authors starting with B from Bygone Books

Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. Museum Pamphlet Series, Number 2, on the famed (and fabulous!) quilt collection at the Shelburne Museum. 8vo, wraps, 96 pages, b/w illustrations, 1 in color, bibliography. Condition is VERY GOOD: light spotting to pages edges and on title and last page, the paste-on title label to front cover is missing,owner address label inside from cover, light pencil notation inside rear cover.

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK: Baros Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no additional printings noted). 8vo, blue boards, 149 pages, b/w photographs throughout, bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: small stain to top page edge, otherwise looks unread. The author discusses the history and development of visiting cards and their cases with more than 300 illustrations of the various cases and the materials of which they were made (silver, mother-of-pearl, ivory, lacquer, papier mache, Tunbridge wear, etc) and the decoration with which they were embellished, reflecting the social history of the Regency and Victorian periods (from the jacket). Georgette Heyer would have made great use of this book.

London: Blackie & Son, [n.d.]. Hardcover. VG+/VG. Possible first edition (no date, price on jacket is 1/6; jacket panel lists to "A Flower Fairy Alphabet," published in 1934). 24mo (5 1/2" tall), 48 pages, color and b/w illus; illus eps; paper-backed boards with linen-look and checkerboard design, pictorial paste-on. Condition is VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has sl. edgewear at spine head and tail; sm. (1/4" closed tear at margin of page 39; Jacket has lt. edgewear with very small chips and tears at edges, sl. discoloring to white. A lovely book with Barker's delightful illustrations...

London / New York: Frederick Warne, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book. With verses by Mrs. Sale Barker. London / New York: Frederick Warne, no date [circa 1970s]. Printed in Great Britain. Description: 32mo, beige cloth,126 pages (only the pages with verses are numbered, not the opposite blank page with lines for entering names), illustrations throughout with small one-color illus. next to each date, and 12 full-page color plates. Blank lined pages for birthday notes. Originally published in 1880, this is a reprint edition from the mid 1970s or later - price on jacket is $2.95. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: book is like new (there were two penciled names that have been erased leaving no markings); jacket is like new excepting it is clipped on the lower front flap (but not the price), very light toning to edges. A lovely copy.

Edinburgh / London: John Bartholomew & Son, 1920. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Automobile Association Touring Map of Scotland. Engraved and published by John Bartholomew & Son, no date (circa 1920s). Bartholomew's Quarter-Inch Great Britain Automobile Map. Original price 4/6. Description: Color folding map with cloth backing, folds into a 7" x 4" booklet with drawing on front and information on back pasted onto the cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD: very light wear and discoloring to edges; map is in nearly new condition.

Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st edition. 12mo, contemporary blind-stamped red cloth with gilt titles and decoration on spine, 327 pages, [8] pages publisher ads, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard of Mary and William Howitt (they are described beginning on page 144. The Howitts together wrote over 180 books! - though Bartlett repeatedly states: "you would not take her for an authoress." She is most famous for her poem "The Spider and the Fly."). Condition is VERY GOOD -: ex-library with class # on spine in white, some residue and "discarded" stamp on rear endpapers, front endpaper has "Property of Avon Free Public Library, Avon, Conn" and a penned name of Thomas Williams, light rubbing and small tears to extremities, light general soiling to boards, light scattered foxing, Take a tour of London with Bartlett, where you will meet all manner of people, places, and tales.… Read More

New York: Soho Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st, edition, Signed by the author on the title page, 329 pages. Condition: FINE book / FINE jacket: new. In 1763, James Boswell and Samuel Johnson take a boat down the Thames to visit Greenwich. Unknown to this pair, they are being stalked by John Boswell, James's younger brother, who has recently been released from an asylum for the insane. A perfect literary thriller set in 18th century London.

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, 1967. Soft cover. VG+. 8vo, wraps, 148 pages. VERY GOOD+ with sl. edgewear.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition, 8vo, gray cloth, 320 pages, bibliographies.VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: slight spotting to top page edge, otherwise appears unread; jacket has very light edgewear, toning to spine.

Montpelier, VT: Privately printed by Norman and Lyn Lear/ Leahy Press, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. J. J. Lankes. Originally printed by Norman and Frances Lear for Christmas 1984; this edition reprinted by Norman and Lyn Lear, Christmas 1999 and updated by the author. 8vo - an oblong almost square, stiff wraps, 160 pp, illustrated with woodcuts by J. J. J. Lankes based on material he found during his stay in the Gulley during the summer of 1929, b/w and color photographs, references. Condition is NEAR FINE: like new. A history of The Gulley in South Shaftsbury Vermont starting in 1783 with John Millington through 200 years of ownership including Robert Frost, artist Kenneth Noland, and finally Norman Lear in 1979. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Philadelphia: Daniels & Smith, 1846. Hardcover. Near Fine. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Altered from the original work of Rev. John Hill, by G. T. Bedell, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Phil'a. Reprint ed, originally published in 1832-3. 32mo (4 ½"), brown blind-stamped publisher's cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine, all pages gilt, yellow eps, 109 pages. Condition is NEAR FINE: slight bumping to spine head and tail and corners, otherwise this little book is like new - somebody took very good care! It is Well; or, Faith's Estimate of Afflictions seems to be a companion piece to Bedell's work "Is It Well? or, Three serious and interesting Questions to Wives and Mothers" also first published in 1832-3.

London / NY: Routledge, 1996. First paperback edition . Soft cover. VG+. 1st softbound edition, 8vo, 242 pages, b/w illustrations, extensive bibliography, index. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with little wear, a slightly sunned spine. "A lively and revealing historical exploration of the immensely popular ladies' magazines of the 19th and early 20th century; Beetham investigates how these magazines deployed visual images and a range of written forms to define the femininity of their readers and to address their desire.

London: George Routledge, 1905. First paperback edition . Hardcover. G+. No additional printings noted. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt, 380 pages, xxxvii - introduction by Ernest A. Baker. Condition: GOOD+ / no jacket: fading to the black at edges and spine, rubbing to extremities with 1" tear to top spine gutter, corners bumped, webbing exposed at endpapers but book remains tight, toning to endpapers, internally clean except for faint spotting to first few pages and an owner name on the fep. Contents: The Royal Slave; The Fair Jilt; The Nun; Agnes De Castro; The Lover's Watch; The Case for the Watch; The Lady's Looking-Glass to Dress Herself By; The Lucky Mistake; The Court of the King of Bantam; and The Adventure of the Black Lady. [ Aphra Behn, 1640-1689, a poet, spy, playwright, and novelist - Baker in his introduction begins with "To most people nowadays the name of Aphra Behn conveys nothing more intelligible that certain vague associations of… Read More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. G/G. 1st editon. 8vo, 334 pages, index, bibliography. Condition is GOOD book / GOOD jacket:: general wear; some underlining and margin notes. DJ: soiling, edgewear, creasing.

Minneapolis, MN: T.S. Denison, 1971. Hardcover. VG-. 13th printing (August 1971; first published in 1959). Quarto, illustrated boards, 64 pages, b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD- book / no jacket: ex-library [has a bookplate, a stamp on front endpaper, number on title page, pocket and stamp on rear endpaper, no other markings or spine label]. light edge and cover wear, internally clean and tight excepting the library remains. The story of Barnum & Bailey's famous elephant, the biggest elephant the world has ever seen; written and illustrated by the author.

NY: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/VG. 0517538431 1st edition, 8vo, tan / burgundy hardcover, 296pp, bibliography. VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has lt. spotting to top page edge; jacket has sl. edgewear, sunned spine.

London: Phaidon Press, 1956., 1956. Hardcover. VG/G. 4to, 4th printing, 124p. b/w illustrations. Condition is VERY GOOD book / GOOD jacket : sl edgewear; sl browning to pgs. DJ: edgewear, rubbing; soiling; price-clipped. (in mylar).

London: Michael Joseph, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. Folio Miniatures. 1st edition [First published in 1975], 12mo, pictorial boards, 48 pages, b/w illustrations and color plates. Condition: VERY GOOD+ with a small dink to bottom edge of front cover, the coating on the paper is pulling away in a few places in the spine gutter (but is not torn - see image], internally clean and tight. The illustrations are reproductions of works by the great landscape and botanical artists of the day.

Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. William E. Degarthe. Will R. Bird. Historic Nova Scotia. Drawings by William E. Degarthe. Halifax, NS: Government of Nova Scotia, no date. [Originally published in 1935]. 8vo, stapled wraps, 115 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, color illus on front and rear covers (lithographed in Nova Scotia). Condition: VERY GOOD with small chip at spine tail, slight edgewear, staples on title page slight rusty. A terrific piece of Canadian memorabilia. On the cover: "Nova Scotia has the proud distinction of being the only Province of the Dominion of Canada and the first Colony of Great Britain to possess a flag of its own. The Flag of Nova Scotia traces its origins to the Charter of New Scotland granted in 1621 to Sir William Alexander (afterwards the Earl of Stirling) by King James VI of Scotland and I of England.

NY: John C. Winston. Hardcover. VG. Preface to the 20th edition is dated 1882. 2 volumes. 8vo, red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on front and spine, top edge gilt, ribbon bookmark, 565, 516 pages, photogravure frontis and illustrations in each volume (illustrations by Charles L. Mitchell, F. Firth & Co., and photogravures by A.W. Elson.) Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: . light edgewear to boards, spines are very slightly darkened, internally clean and tight with a faint yellowing to the pages. A very nice set of this classic romance.