Search Results: Authors starting with B from Furrowed Brow Books

Duke University Press, 1988. First Edition. hardcover. Babine, Alexis Vasilevich [author] and Raleigh, Donald J. [editor] : A Russian Civil War Diary: Alexis Babine in Saratov, 1917-1922. Durham (NC) : Duke University Press, 1988. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain red endpapers. [i-vii], viii-xxiv, [1-4], 5-240. Editor's preface; diary by year; select bibliography, index; b&w photos and maps. Notes passim. Condition notes: light wear with rubbing and a half inch closed tear to head of rear dust jacket. Light wear to boards, slight warp noted; interior shows price stamp to head ffep, along with penciled name of former owner, else unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 1996. Paperback. Baggley, John : Doors of Perception: Icons and Their Spiritual Significance. Crestwood (NY) : St. Vladimir's, 1995. Second printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. [2] pp not accounted for in pagination, [i-vii], viii-xii, 1-160, [161-162] blank. Map, color illus/18 color plates of icons w commentary; appendix on icon painting by Richard Temple. Condition notes: Not ex library. No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002. First Edition. hardcover. Bailey, Anne J. : War and Ruin: William T. Sherman and the Savannah Campaign (The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era). Wilmington (DE) : Scholarly Resources, Inc, 2003. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Lacks dustjacket. Plain white endpapers. Xvi pp prelim material, 152 numbered pp. Other books in the series, about the author, list of maps/illus, nine chaps, epilogue, bibliographical essay, index. Footnotes, b&w photos/illus/maps. Condition notes: a lovely tight, square, unmarked copy; lacking only the dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

S.J. Durst. hardcover. Baldwin, Agnes : Symbolism on Greek Coins. New York : Sanford J. Durst, 1977. Republication of material that originally appeared in American Journal of Numismatics in 1915. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.25"/26cm h. Bound in publisher's green/blue leatherette, silver lettering to spine and front board. Lacks dj, possibly published without. Plain white endpapers. [Iv] pp prelim material, 112 numbered pp. Foreword to 1977 edition by Cornelius C. Vermeule III, the Fish Symbol in Christian Art, Psychological Interpretation of Myths and Symbols, Jung's Theory of the Libido Symbolism, The Fish - a Libido Symbol; The Swastika, the Triskeles, the Ankh, and the Winged Disk; and more. Numerous b&w drawings and photos. Condition notes: a generally tanned and worn copy, with foxing to edges and numerous pages. A good reading copy with solid binding.

Hansen Publications, Inc. Paperback. Ball, Ernie : The Guitar World of the Dave Clark Five [Songbook], Pacific Popular No.37. [?] : Hansen Publications, Inc, 1965. Quarto (4to) size stapled booklet, 11"/28cm h x 8.5". Bound in matte color wrappers, photo of Clark and band to front, ads to back. 24 numbered pp. B&w photos (some full page) mixed in with music for nine songs, incl "Glad All Over." The band were the second to appear on the Ed Sullivan show (after the moptops), were very successful members of the British Invasion. Condition notes: typical wear and tanning; no rips or notations noted in text. Quite a nice artifact of the early 60s music scene. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Univ Pr of Mississippi, 1991. Hardcover. Ballard, Michael B. : Pemberton: A Biography. Jackson (MS) : Univ Pr of Mississippi, 1991. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj features illustration of Pemberton on front. Plain dark blue endpapers. xiv pp prelim material, 250 numbered pp, plus eight pp unnumbered, glossy b&w photos/illustr to center. Notes, bibliographical notes, index. Condition notes: A fine, unmarked copy, tight and square, dj wrapped in mylar. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Barbour, Philip L. : Dmitry: Tsar and Great Prince of all Russia 1605-1606. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, red title band to spine with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Glossy color pictorial dj. Identical endpapers show color map of "Dmitry's Route to Moscow". Deckle edge. Xxviii pp prelim material (plus frontispiece), 387 numbered pp, plus one blank; additionally, two sections/24 total pp glossy b&w illus. Author's preface, list of historical figures, chronology, prologue, 16 chaps, epilogue, appendices. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a very nice condition first printing, binding square and tight, light soiling to top edge, good color retention to cloth. Dj merely acceptable with rubbing and numerous small tears and chips, with a tear to front/remains of price sticker removed. Interior tanned but clean and unmarked. We personally… Read More

Wargames Research Group, 1981. 4th Edition Revised. Paperback. Barker, Phil : The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. (Worthing, Sussex? UK) : Wargames Research Group, 1981. Revised fourth edition. [1], 2-148. Numerous b&w line drawings (no color, no photos). Not ex library. No notes or highlighting; no spine crease. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Pelham. hardcover. Barker, Ralph : The Hurricats. London : Pelham Books, 1978. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.875"/22.3cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xii pp prelim material, 207 numbered pp, plus five blank; 12 pp glossy b&w plates. List of illus/maps, acknowl, 16 chaps, appendices (sequence of events in firing the catapult; tac notes for Hawker Hurricane engaging Focke-Wulf 200, index. Condition notes: lovely copy of the first impression, with the following flaws: mylar-sheathed dj is price-clipped; spine is cocked; pages lightly tanned. Else excellent, clean, unmarked. Story of Britain's "suicide" fighters, the first to launch by catapult from ships at sea to do battle with German bombers when Britain stood alone. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1996. hardcover. Barrett, John Gilchrist : Sherman's March Through the Carolinas. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1990. 8th printing of the 1956 edition. Size is octavo (8vo),9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine/title set against gilt framed black band. Glossy orange pictorial dj. Identical endpapers feature b&w map of Sherman's march from Savannah to Raleigh, with inset of battle of Bentonville. X pp prelim material, 325 numbered pp, plus one blank. Preface, abbrev, notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a lovely unmarked copy of a solid volume. All clean tight and square, light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Timken Pub, 1988. Hardcover. Barrette, Bill [Editor] : Letters from H.C. Westermann. New York : Timken Publishers, 1988. Size is quarto (4vo), 11.25"/28.5cm h. Bound in publisher's brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dust jacket, art by H.C and Joanna Beall Westermann, design by Louise Fili. Plain tan endpapers. [1-8], 9-189, [190, 192] blank, [191] colophon. Preface (by publisher and editor); editor's intro (leading with "This is a book of letters and drawings sent as letters"); letters by period; list of letters; biographical sketch; colophon. Color and b&w illustrations. Condition notes: Excellent with VG+ unclipped dust jacket, mylar-wrapped. Binding solid and square; pages clean, no notes, highlighting or inscriptions. Light toning to pages. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Philopolis Press, 1916. Hardcover. Bartlett, Harriet Tuttle : An Esoteric Reading of Biblical Symbolism. San Francisco : Philopolis Press, 1916. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to spine and front board. Lacking dust jacket, possibly published without. Plain white endpapers. [x] pp prelim material, 1-166, [167] last printed page, [168-170] blank. Author's foreword, intro, plate ("Involution and Evolution of the Spirit of Man") w/author's explanation; 14 chaps, glossary. Condition notes: spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, spine ends rolled; edges tanned. Former owner's name inscribed to head front flyleaf, else no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. First American Edition. hardcover. Bartlett, Rosamund : Tolstoy: A Russian Life. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. First American edition/printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's rusty cloth boards/black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Matte/glossy color photographic dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-xv, [xvi], 1-544; glossy set of b&w images, unpaginated, to center. Map, chronology, family trees, note on conventions, intro; 12 chaps, epilogue. Notes, further reading in English, bibliography, illus list/credits, acknowl, index. Condition notes: a very good plus sound solid copy with light wear to the unclipped dust jacket; light tanning to pages, interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The Bobbs-Merrill Co, [192?-193?]. Baum, L. Frank : The New Wizard of Oz. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [192?-193?]. Fifth edition, second state (per Bibliographia Oziana). Size is octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth, black lettering to spine, black lettering and illustration to front board. Yellow topstain. Plain white endpapers. [i-x] prelim material, [1], 2-208; an additional 15 sheets contain full page illus to recto and lack pagination. Eight full page color illus and eight full page b&w illus, plus many b&w illus throughout added to text pages, all by W.W. Denslow. Condition notes: A worn, collectible pre-movie edition of the classic work, with the following flaws: spine cocked, spine ends rolled and corners bumped; general wear/staining/discoloration to the green boards. General soiling to edges. Binding loosening with fabric showing at verso front free endpaper. Former owner's name, neatly, in blue pen to head ffep. Interior generally tanned but unmarked, with… Read More

Blue Acorn Pr, 1996. Hardcover. Baumgartner, Richard A.; Strayer, Larry M. : Echoes of Battle: The Struggle for Chattanooga : An Illustrated Collection of Union and Confederate Narratives. Huntington (WV) : Blue Acorn Press, 1996. Demy quarto (4to) size, 11.75"/29cm H. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth, bright gilt lettering to spine. Glossy dark blue dj with red framing, gilt and white lettering, three photos each to front and back, period illustration to spine. Plain tan endpapers. [viii] pp prelim material, 483 numbered pp, five blank following. Timeline; sources, acknowledgements, image credits, bibliography, index. Following index is one page 'about authors' and two pages 'of related interest', ads for other Blue Acorn Civil War books. Lavishly, and we do mean lavishly, illustrated - no page is without a photo, illustration, or map, often more than one. Condition notes: A beautiful, clean copy without markings, square and tight. DJ shows moderate wear, mainly on the edges where there are… Read More

Ballantine, 1977. Mass Market Paperback. Beagle, Peter S. : The Last Unicorn. New York : Ballantine Books, 1977. 12th U.S. printing of the 1969 edition. SBN listed on copyright page as 345-25484-8-175. Mass market paperback - duodecimo size (12mo), 7"/18cm h. Bound in publisher's semi-glossy color wrappers, art by Gervasio Gallardo. gilt stain to all three edges. Viii pp prelim material, 248 numbered pp. Condition notes: Moderate wear to cover, with separating beginning at hinge tail of spine and front wrap. Light soiling, occasionally, to edges. All pages show tanning, light foxing to inside covers and adjacent pages. Else, a nice specimen - no notes or highlighting, staining, loose pages: and it's a good read. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Beattie, Dan; Hook, Adam [Illustrator] : Brandy Station 1863: First step towards Gettysburg (Campaign). New York : Osprey, 2008 (2013 printing). Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, further reading, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Apud Aedes Universitatis Gregorianae, 1950. Beck, Henry G. J. : The Pastoral Care of Souls in South-East France During the Sixth Century (Vol LI - Series Facultatis Historiae Ecclesiasticae, Sectio B/no. 8). Rome/Romae : Gregorian University, 1950. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's matte wrappers. Lxxii pp prelim material, 414 numbered pp; w/o pagination - two blank, four other volumes in the series. Map, author's intro, abbrev, bibliography; Part I - The Corps Charged with the Care of Souls...(The Hierarchy, The Clergy); Part II - The Exercise of Pastoral Care... (The Maintenance of Divine Worship, the Communication of Sacramental Life, Provision of Inspirational Guidance, the Procuring of Material Benefits); Epilogue; Appendices (the Christian Archeology of Sixth Century Arles, Marseilles, Vienne, and Lyons); index of proper names, general index. Notes passim. Condition notes: a notably fragile and tanned softcover volume; heavy tanning and chips/cracking to spine; former… Read More

Dodd, Mead, & Co, 1941. Becker, May Lamberton [ed] : The Home Book of Christmas. New York : Dodd, Mead, & Co, 1941. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and front board. Top edge stained red, fore-edge deckle. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-xx, [xxi-xxii] prelim material, 1-746. Acknowledgements, contents; sections arranged thus: The Bible story (from Luke, Matthew, Isaiah); Christmas Eve; The Shepherds; The Magi; The Preparations; The Great Day; The Stockings; The Tree; Santa Claus; Reading Aloud to Young People; Food and Fun; Songs and Verses; Carols; How They Spent Christmas; There'll Always Be a Christmas; Indices of titles, first lines, authors/sources. Condition notes: a worn but still serviceable copy with the following provenance: to front pastedown neat blue pen ownership signature "Josephine Park Pillsbury" (who has a UC-Berkeley acting award named in her honor); to ffep "Brother Kevin Berntson, FSC/April 7, 1974".… Read More

Phaidon, 1961. First Edition. hardcover. Beckwith, John : The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453. London : Phaidon Publishers, (1961). Size is octavo (8vo), 10"/25.3cm h. Bound in publisher's coarse tan cloth, red lettering to spine and front board. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-viii prelim material, 1-184 coated/glossy pp. Acknowl, foreword, six chaps; notes, glossary, chronological table, index. B&w photos/illus throughout. Condition notes: mylar-sheathed, unclipped dust jacket shows light wear with chips and tears to folds; textblock edges light soiling, spine ends rolled. Interior unmarked, but for ffep warmly inscribed by author Beckwith to Mildred Bliss. Bliss cofounded the Dumbarton Oaks research library and was the original owner of the home named "Dumbarton Oaks" (1879-1969). A rare association copy. We personally inspect every book we offer.