Search Results: Authors starting with B from Good Books In The Woods

Cambridge, UK: The White Horse Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the first history of Mongolia available in English to draw upon both academic scholarship and upon archival data that only became available in 1990. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes & Noble. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0389208094 . "This is the first book in English to present an interpretation of all seven of his novels. Each novel is discussed in a separate chapter and the homogeneity behind the varying formats is analysed to indicate common themes and attitudes, with recourse to fields such as psychology, feminism, Argentine politics, myth, Camp and popular culture." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine, light brown spot on fore-edge; overall, book is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has minor edge wear and a half-inch tear on tail edge of back jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 285 pages .

San Antonio: Naylor Company. Very Good+. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper, "Autographed with joy for a former pupil whom I remember with pleasure, Charlie Max (Carpenter) Winsett and her family. I hope this finds a favored place in your family library. Vera Featherston Back April 13, 1964." From the introduction, "Feathers, a story of both fact and fiction, is based on the lives of my parents, Edward Baxter Featherston and Mary Jane Elizabeth Moxley Featherston, and depicts a typical Texas family during the turn of the century." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Shallow dent on head edge of back board. Light soiling on edges of pages. Otherwise, free from major defect. No dust jacket. Protected in archival cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Signed by Author .

San Francisco: Ignatius Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 1586175912 . "In this lavishly illustrated book, best-selling author Paul Badde sets out on a journey through Europe and the Holy Land as he traces the rich history of the Shroud." Ships same or next business day. Stamp on full title page. Spine is slightly skewed. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket has minimal edge and shelf wear. Small creases on top corners and spine head. ; Color Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 159 pages .

Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0253150256 . This book "analyzes that connection and its influence on the American writer's life and thought, beginning with Twain's first visit to London in 1872 and ending with his death in 1910." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly tilted, minor edge wear, small bumps on spine ends, very light soiling on tail edge; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear, two small spots on inside of back cover, crease on spine tail. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 394 pages .

Slaton, Texas: Brazos Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by author on half-title page, "For Neva Jackson Many good wishes Hm Baggarly." From the foreword, "Readers in the Tulia area and throughout the Tri-state region and the nation know H. M Baggarly as a political columnist, for more than 30 years a shrewd chronicler of the political wars and an editorial pamphleteer in the honorable tradition of Tom Paine." Ships same or next business day. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine is skewed and loose, bump on spine head, faint age spotting on back endpaper, very light soiling on edges of pages; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear, small hole near spine tail, 1/5-inch chip on tail edge of back cover, tiny tears on spine head and top corners, light soiling on back cover, slightly faded on spine, tape on interior at stress… Read More

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394523954 . This book is "an account of a memorable journey from the Baltic to Trieste - along and occasionally across the dividing line, the Iron Curtain, which continues to split apart not just Europe but the world, almost forty years after the end of World War II." Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's stamp on free endpaper, light fading around the board's edges, light tanning on endpapers. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has some tanning around edges. ; 1.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 Inches; 332 pages .

London: Bloomsbury. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0747512523 . SIGNED and dated by the author on full-title page. "Dr. Esther Potocki, the principal narrator of Paul Bailey's new novel, practices as a senior consultant physician in genito-urinary medicine at a London hospital. [...] She describes her curious friendship with a young man - a 'boy' in his early thirties - who comes to St. Lucy's in search of someone he calls Tonio." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on corners and both ends of spine, light scratch on fore-edge of pages. Overall, book is tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has minor edge wear, lightly tanned along inside head edge. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 228 pages; Signed by Author(s) .

London: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316858676 . "Against the brilliant background of Georgian London, According to Queeney candidly and comically tells a story of unrequited love, passion, rejection and possession, revealing the sexual tensions that lie beneath the ordered surface of everyday life." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bump on head of spine; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has minimal edge wear. ; 7.75 x 5.5 x 1 Inches; 242 pages .

London: Duckworth. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0715628313 . First British Edition. Shortlisted for the Booker prize. "The journey from Liverpool to the battlefield of Inkerman will end for Georgie in front of a camera. It is not only photography that illuminates and distorts simultaneously. What can we really know of others and what are the limits of deceit? Who really knew Master Georgie?" Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine, tiny dent on head edge of front board, faint soiling on head edge; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. DJ has minor edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages .

Alexandria, VA: Stonehenge Press. Near Fine. 1991. Hardcover. 0867065508 . From the Introduction, "In writing this book we have envisaged our 'typical reader' as anybody interested in ancient Egypt. We hope we have succeeded in eliminating the technical Egyptological jargon of our everyday work." Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. No dust jacket. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. Heavy book -- may require additional shipping. ; Color Photographs and Maps; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 240 pages .

New York: Abingdon Press. Very Good-. 1960. Softcover. "This is a book to own, give, and recommend." -- Virginia Kirkus Service. Ships same or next business day. Small markings in pen throughout book and on fore-edge of pages. Book has normal edge and shelf wear, light water stain on head edge, small rubs on spine ends, pages are tanned. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

London: Constable & Company Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 009470130x . INSCRIBED by Paul Sayer on full title page, "To Rolland L. Comstock, With best wishes, Paul Sayer. 1st April 1993." Also includes stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Benson, Anita Mason, Francis King, and others. Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bumps on spine ends and top left corner of back board, head edge is tanned; overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minor edge wear, very lightly faded on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Constable & Company Ltd.. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0094680205 . Has stories by Muriel Spark, Laura Kalpakian, Peter Benson, Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Gardam, and others. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book has small bumps on spine ends, pages are tanned; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear, small creases on spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Constable & Company Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Rose Tremain by her contribution, "Wildtrack," on page 213. Also includes stories by Rachel Billington, James Chatto, Philip Oakes, Joyce Carol Oates, and others. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly cocked, small bumps on bottom corners and both ends of spine, pages are lightly tanned but clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Author .

Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0820313238 . "In this first volume of a projected two-part study, Bak focuses on Cowley's formative years and in so doing contributes significantly to an overall appraisal of his influence as a man of letters." Ships same or next business day. Book's spine is slightly loose, faint soiling on head edge, small bumps on both ends of spine, fabric at spine head is lightly faded. Pages remain clean and tight. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, small crease on bottom corner of front flap. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 626 pages .

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 067086675x . "Emerson Among the Eccentrics is that rarest of accomplishments: a magnificent biography that functions equally as a group portrait and a highly detailed reconstruction of an entire era." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose; otherwise, free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 608 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge At the University Press. Very Good+. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. 0521084865 . "Papers Read At the Tenth Summer Meeting and the Eleventh Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society." Studies in Church History 9. Ships same or next business day. Title is handwritten in script along spine. Spine is slightly skewed and faded. Minor edge wear. Small bump on spine head. Small crease on bottom left corner of back cover. Light soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Overall, pages are clean and tight. ; Studies in Church History; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 404 pages .

London: Methuen & Co. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. "Among the contributors are Gwyn Thomas, T. C. Worsley, Gwyn Jones, Dylan Thomas, C. Day Lewis, Alan Ross, Howard Sergeant, V. S. Pritchett, Daniel George, David Gascoyne, Vernon Watkins, John Heath-Stubbs, Walter Allen, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Paul Potts and Ronald Bottrall." Ships same or next business day. Book has light bumps on both ends of spine, spine slightly skewed and loose, light foxing and tanning to page edges. Dust jacket protected in plastic archival cover. Price clipped. Two pieces at top front of DJ torn out and missing, one 2-inch closed tear at top of spine of DJ, tanned, age spots on back cover . Three pieces of tape in inside of DJ on tail edge, one piece of tape at head of spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 228 pages .

London: Chatto & Windus. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0701159995 . Advance Reading Copy. "Hilarious and totally original, Nicholson Baker's new novel is a triumphant comedy about sexual fantasy and fantastic sexuality." Ships same or next business day. Book has light crease on spine, minimal edge wear. Pages are clean and tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages .