Search Results: Titles starting with B from Tannery Books

Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. Paperback. Good. Perry Manley. Larry Davis, with Don Greer and Perry Manley, B-24 Liberator in action, Carrollton, Aircraft Number 80, Carrollton, Texas, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. Horizontal 4to (21 x 28 cm), 58 pp, many bw and some color illustrations. Good: covers scuffed (writing pad), light warping (could be weighted), crisp, no markings.

Durham, NC: Moore Publishing Co., 1977. Second printing. Paperback. Good. John Foster West, The Ballad of Tom Dula: The Documented Story Behind the Murder of Laura Foster and the Trials and Execution of Tom Dula, Durham, NC, Moore Publishing Co., 1977, Second printing. ISBN 0877160198. Foster includes news stories and contemporary court records in his investigation of the legendary tale.Trade pb with light blue covers, 212 pp, few illustrations. Good: covers and back pages creased, covers lightly scratched and scuffed, no markings.SKU 3596

New York: Scribner, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones: A Novel, New York, Scribner, 2003, First printing. Black paper boards and quarter brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, 8vo hc, 308 pp; glossy DJ with gold lettering and leaves on front. VG/VG: spine lightly bumped, pages crisp and clean, unmarked; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

Denver: Sage Books, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library/very good. Major-General Grenville M. Dodge, The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Denver, Sage Books, 1965 reprint of 1911 edition. Brown cloth hc, 8vo, [xviii] 9-182, bw illustrations; chamois-colored DJ with blue portrait and lettering. Ex-library (Very Good)/Very Good: ex-library with stamps and stickers, pages crisp, no internal markings; DJ taped to book, spine sticker, light scuffing, unclipped.

New York: Alfed A. Knopf, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Alfred Hoyt Bill, The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865, New York, Alfed A. Knopf, Second printing, March 1946. Red cloth hc with gilt design on front and blind-stamped publisher's seal on rear, 8vo (21 cm), [ii] xvi, 314 pp with bibliography, xviii index [ii], 33 plates including frontispiece and 2 fold-out maps. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: ex-lib with stickers and stamps, no noticeable internal markings, tiny tear on rear map fold.

Cerridwen Press - Ellora's Cave, 2008. Paperback. New. McCullough, Karen, Eden Robins, Ariana Dupre; Beneath a Christmas Moon; Cerridwen Press - Ellora's Cave, 2008 trade pb (ebook 2007). Trade pb with illustrated cover, 298 pp. Compilation of three stories: Lander's Moon, Paradise Designs, and Vampire's Christmas Carol. SIGNED by Karen McCollough with inscription appropriate for Christmas. New: light shelf wear, clean, crisp, no po markings.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Seamus Heaney, translator and former Nobel prize winner in literature, Beowulf, A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney, Bilingual Edition, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000, eleventh printing. Black boards with quarter black cloth and silver lettering on spine, xxxii, 214 pp, [viii including family tree]; black dustjacket with chain mail illustration. Bilingual edition with Old English on versos and modern English on rectos, subtitle notes in margins. Very Good/Good: spine bumped, light scuffing on rear cover, first few pages very light creasing, otherwise crisp and bright, no markings; DJ lightly bumped, scratch on front cover, unclipped. Printed in USA

Westport, Conn.: Arlington House, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. James Robert Parish, Gregory W. Mank, Richard G. Picchiarini, The Best of MGM: The Golden Years 1928-1959, Westport, Conn., Arlington House, 1981. Yellow cloth hc, 4to (28 cm), xxviii, 260 pp with index, bw photos; glossy yellow dustjacket with black film silhouette. Lists MGM movies alphabetically by title. Very Good/Very Good: corners lightly bumped, slight spine skew at bottom, crisp, no markings; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

The John C. Winston Company, 1932. Third printing. Hardcover. Good. J. L. G. Ferris, Edwin John Prittie. Edwin Satterthwaite Parry, lineal descendant of Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross, Quaker Rebel : Being the True Story of the Romantic Life of the Maker of the First American Flag. The John C. Winston Company, 1932, third printing. Illustrations by J. L. G. Ferris and Edwin John Prittie. Blue cloth hc with gilt illustration on front, 8vo, color frontispiece, xx, 252 pp with affidavits and index, bw illustrations and color plates. Good/no DJ: covers bumped and wearing, DJ flap pasted inside front cover, no markings.

New York: Macmillan, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Charles Higham, Bette: The Life of Bette Davis, New York, Macmillan, 1981, First Printing. White cloth spine with red metallic lettering over orange paper boards, 8vo, xx, 316 pp with index, 32 pp bw photos; glossy color dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good: corners bumped, small stains or foxing on spine cloth, crisp, tight, no markings; DJ bumped with light crease on front, unclipped. printed in USA

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888, First American Edition. Red cloth hc with gilt lettering on spine, 8vo (19 cm), dark gray endpapers, xiv, 322 pp, 8 pp ads, 12 illustrated plates including frontispiece. Good/no DJ: covers wearing, spine torn and chipped, front hinge and joint cracked, po name on flyleaf, no internal markings.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Cyril Davenport, The Book: Its History and Development, London, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1907, First Printing. Dark green buckram HC (library binding), 8vo (20 cm), [x, counting frontispiece] 258 pp with index, illustrations throughout, plus six plates. Ex-library (Very Good)/no DJ: ex-library with stickers, pocket and minor markings, still tight, no underlining/internal markings, pages crisp.

McGraw-Hill, 1950. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. James Boswell, ed. by Frederick A. Pottle; Boswell's London Journal: 1762-1763, or The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell; McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; copyright 1950 by Yale University, BCE. Blue boards with dark blue crest on front, dark blue cloth spine with gold lettering, large 8vo (6 3/8 by 9 1/2 inches), 400 pp with index and appendices, uneven cut, two-color 1761 map of London on endpapers; illustrated paper DJ. VG/G+: edges and spine bumped, spine starting to loosen but no cracks, price sticker on ffep, otherwise no marking; DJ lightly bumped and creased, tiny tears at top edge, light foxing on back.

Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends, ca. 1888. Reprint. Leather_bound. Fair. Bound collection of 43 tracts, Philadelphia, Tract Association of Friends, undated reprints [ca. 1887-1888]. Leather hc with gilt-stamped 'Friends' Tracts' in black title box on spine, 8vo (18 cm), individually paginated. Forty-three selections from the first 97 tracts published by the Tract Association, memoirs of John Woolman, Caroline Smelt, Abigail Blenning, Sir Matthew Hale, Dr. John D. Godman, George Hardy ("a coloured boy"), Sarah Lidbetter (aged 9.5 years), Mary Jane Graham, Charles Dunsdon, Andrew Underhill, David Barclay, Anzionetta Rebecca Peters, Isabella Campbell, Thomas Shillitoe, Joseph Pike, William Edmundson, William Penn, Humphrey Bache, William Tyler Barling (aged 10-11), P. W. Hall (aged nearly 15), Thomas Story, Daniel Wheeler, Samuel Neale, Frederick Smith, Thomas Chalkley, Thomas Lurting ("The Fighting Sailor"), George Fox, and John Stickland. Fair: Front cover detached and parts of spine… Read More

Boston: Loring, 1863. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. By the author of "Faith Gartney's Girlhood." [A. D. T. Whitney], Boys at Chequasset ; or, "A Little Leaven." Boston, Loring, 1863, second edition. Mauve cloth hc with blind-stamped covers and edges and gilt-stamped spine titling, 12mo (16 cm), buff endpapers, 28 pp. Good/no DJ: covers wearing with small black dots on back, spine chipped, tiny tear inside rear hinge paper, neat po inscription on ffep dated "Christmas 1863," no internal markings, pages fairly crisp.

London: Quaker Peace and Service, Friends House, 1984. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. East-West Committee of Quaker Peace & Services, Alun Davis, Colin Hunter; Bridging the East-West divide: Quakers share information, experience and perspectives; London, Quaker Peace and Service, Friends House, June 1984, First printing. Stapled paper covers with blue photograph of Kremlin, tall 8vo (25 cm), map of U.S. offensive scenario against U.S.S.R. inside front cover and map of Soviet regions inside rear cover, 48 pp including reading list and addresses, bw photos. Very Good: covers lightly scuffed, light pencil marks, pages crisp.

Simon & Schuster, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Jeffery Deaver, The Burning Wire - A Lincoln Rhyme Novel, Simon & Schuster, First Printing, June 2010. HC, dark blue paper boards and quarter black cloth with gold lettering on spine, [x], 418 pp; glossy DJ with lightning skyline illustration on front and author photo on back. SIGNED by author on title page. VG/VG: bumping on spine, crisp, clean, no other markings; DJ lightly bumped, light scuffing on back, crisp, no stickers, unclipped with price.

American Book Company, 1930. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. Edward H. Eldridge, Business Speller and Vocabulary, American Book Company, 1930 and 1913 copyright dates. Brown cloth with black lettering and design, sextodecimo (6 3/4 inches), plain endpapers, xiv, 206 pp including index/vocabulary. Interesting vocabulary includes machine parts and other occupations including medical and electricity, cities and other common terms (siesta, bologna), with a review at the end. Fair/no DJ: spine torn with one side loose, frayed at head and tail, corners bumped, covers spotted and worn, po name in ink on ffep, minor markings including ink on contents page, some corner creasing, light foxing.