Search Results: Authors starting with B from Odyssey Books

University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 262 pp., black cloth bdg. with gold-stamped spine. Created in the 1970s and 1980s Bachardy's drawings and prose sketches capture many celebrities near the end of their careers; illustrated with 55 b/w portraits on plates. AS NEW copy in AS NEW DJ.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Editions Monotype Hazan, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 140 pp., silver paper covered hardcover bdg. Titling in red on front and spine of high gauge mylar DJ. Piort Kowalski who started out as a mathematician and architect, changed course in the late 50`s and devoted himself to sculpture from then on; his work is informed by his scientific experience which he translated into active forms. (light shelf wear) VG+Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

James Nisbet & Co. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Type: Book 124 pp. + 14 pp. of adverts. at the rear, crimson cloth bdg. with full colour design stamped on front board and spine, titling gilt-stamped on front board & spine, black-stamped back board. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with 4 b/w reprod. engraving plates and a decorated title page. (scuffed edges spine & corners, slightly soiled bdg., paper browned at edges) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Dundas, Ontario.: Carrswood. 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dedicated and Signed By AuthorI. Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Book Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Limited Edition Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Limited Ed. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 332 pp. bordeaux cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. This is the deluxe edition signed & dedicated to Senator Hosie Quart by the author, and numbered 159 also in author's hand. Illustrated throughout with b/w phototypes this was a centennial homage to Canada's outstanding women. (slightly scuffed edges spine & corners, owner Hosie Quart inscribed front end paper, paper slightly yellowed at edges, back end paper cracked at back hinge, but book tight)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are… Read More

London - Boston: Hodder and Stoughton, 1907. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Type: Book 312 pp., midnight blue leather spine and corners with gilt-stamped edges and titling within design on spine, teg, marbled end papers. VG+(apart from faded colour of spine, this copy has only light shelf wear and very slight yellowing on paper, clean and tight) In custom made high gauge mylar DJ.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

London - Boston: Hodder & Stoughton, 1901. 1st. Edition. Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated By Hugh Thomson. Type: Book 463 pp., cornflower blue cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped medallion 'tea party' on front board with blind-stamped 'stitch' at edges board, and titling gilt-stamped on spine. Illustrated with 18, including frontispice, annotated tissue-guarded full colour tipped-in plates VG+(slightly scuffed edges spine, lightly sunned spine, pages faintly yellowed at edges, otherwise a tight clean copy) In a custom-made high gauge mylar DJ.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Henry Holt and Company/Owl Editions, 1996. 1st Paperback Ed. 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 654 pp., superb heavy back-laminated cover decorated with gilt-stamped decorated boards and spine with titling both in cream and gilt. "A Gentle Madness" is an adventure among the afflicted. Richly anecdotal & fully documented, it combines the perspective of historical research w/ the immediacy of investigative journalism. Above all, it is a celebration of books & the people who have revered, gathered & preserved them over the centuries. Author Nicholas Basbanes, a dedicated bibliophile himself, begins his book 2,200 years ago in Alexandria, when a commitment was made to gather all the world's knowledge beneath one roof. In a series of lively chapters the continuum then passes through the Middle Ages & the Renaissance to the 20th century with a special emphasis on book lore and book culture in Great… Read More

George Allen & Unwin, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 210 pp. tan cloth bdg. with white-stamped spine, tec. Illustrated with 8 b/w phototypes on semi-gloss paper plates, as well as one line drawn map at the front. (very slightly scuffed edges spine & corners, paper edges slightly yellowed)DJ price clipped(scuffed edges spine & corners with tiny chips at edges spine & corners, slightly browned at spine & edges)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

NuAGE EDITIONS, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dedicated and Signed By AuthorI. Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Book Dedicated and Signed By Author 58 pp., illus glazed cartonage bdg with black & white titling on front board & spine. Beausoleil won the Grand Prix du Festival de la Poésie 1997 and the prestgious Alain Grandbois prize from the Académie des Lettres du Québec for this book of poetry. Signed and dedicated by author on title page.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Routledge, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 9x6x0. Type: Book Very bright, tight and clean throughout.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. No underlining or highlighting.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Thoemmes Press, 2002. Facsimile Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book sage green cloth bdgs. with gilt-stamped spines. Volumes 1-3: Moral and Religious Works. Vols 4-6: The Role and Rights of Women. No jackets as issued. Edited and introduced by Therese B. Dykeman, Dorithy G. Rogers. Near FINE condition; weight:3.6900 Kgs. or 8 lbs. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Musee Du Quebec/Fides, 1986. 1st Edition. Buckram. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 199 pp., silver buckram bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. Illustrated 15 full colour phototype plates, and in b/w phototypes both plates and in text. Catalogue raisonne of this 19 th century French Canadian master sculptor, text in French. Weight 1.250 kg. or 2 3/4 lbs.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Canada: Noroît (Du), 1982. Limited Edition. Card Cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s)I. Signed by Author(s) Type: Book French text. Ltd. Ed to 100, this No 43 signed by artistr. Includes laid in Lithograph, 'clown lumaire' 43/100 signed by artist. Cinquante dessins accompagnes d'un texte de Marcel Belanger. 4to,123pp.Stiff cartonnage cover. Included in sale is Canadian Art magazine May 1959 which has a 5 page article on the artist.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Montréal, Canada: Musée d' Art Contemporain De Montréal, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. . Type: Remainder 591 pp.,printed glazed paper covered hardback bdg. which is exact repeat of DJ. This book assembles the entire collection of artworks acquired by the museum since its inception in 1972.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Ga Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dedicated and Signed By AuthorI. Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Book Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Chap Book Five Chapbooks - each with the author's fingerprint; dedicated and signed on front top edge of titled paper cuff. Each individual booklet has a title: "Myth", "History", "Knowledge", "Ritual", and "Revelation". White card covers with black titling and black illustration, red fingerprint of author in black frame, staple binding, the volumes have 10 to 37 pages each, illustrated paper cuff plus a brown paper band on top. In FINE condition.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

England: Penguin Books, 1945. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Type: Book 12mo - 18 x 22 cm.; 16, (32) pp. 32 plates, half b/w and half coloured. A series edited by Kenneth Clark and imbued with his presence, i.e., Bell refers to him as the "fairy godfather of young artists". Pasmore (1908-1998) is a pioneer of abstract art in Britain, however, this covers his early development before 1945. Saddle-stapled binding. Covers age toned with water stain top right. Internals VG= except for a 1/2' bump to top right.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

University of Toronto Press, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s)I. Signed by Illustrator(s) Type: Book Signed by Illustrator 283 pp. saffron cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. Signed & dedicated by Ken Bell. Illustrated history of the National Ballet of Canada with hundreds of photographs both in full colour and b/w, lots of full plates.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Les Editions Stromboli, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 162 pp. + adverts at rear, gold linen cloth bdg. with sepia-stamped front board & spine. Lavish publication created to mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the 1st francophone social club in Montreal; illustrated with lots of monochrome phototypes and facsimiles, it provides one with a visual history of the city's developments as well as the figures that made these possible. In a sepia linen cloth hardcase with blind and gilt-stamped front board.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Architectural Association, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 80 pp., illus. pale grey mattec cartonage bdg. with black titling on clear high gauge mylar DJ. Produced to coincide with an exhibition of original drawings by young soviet architects held from 10 November to 10 December 1988 at London's Architectural Association; a fascinating look at what the future of architectural design inspired these young Soviets. A FINE copy. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Claymont Communications, 1989. 3rd Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 57 pp., illus glossy white cartonage bdg with forest green and black titling on front board and spine. Bennett's works entails the possibility of a fusion of the ideas of East and West, as well as science and religion. (apart from a slight yellowing at spine, VG+ near FINE)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.