Search Results: Titles starting with B from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

New York: Vintage Books, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Byatt returns to the protagonist of two previous works, using a novel within a novel structure. Solid paperback reading copy with no major flaws--only a touch of edgewear.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of this sad, beautiful story by a Newbery Award-winning novelist. Book has no flaws, but jacket has a small tear at rear top of spine and a crinkle just starting to tear on the front top right corner. Won't be very noticable in Brodart. Price ($13.95) is intact. Overall a lovely copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Very nice book club edition of Maynard's first novel. Light soil/shelfwear to jacket, else fine.

Harper & Row, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good. Fourth book in the author's popular Tales of the City series. Paperback, generally in very good condition - minor wear to edges, slight curl to bottom right corner, very small closed tear to rear. Internally clean

New York: Delta, 1998. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Well done mystery centering on the always popular theme of big city corruption--a Boston DA tries to ucover the mystery behind a priest found dead on a Logan airport runway. Near fine paperback.

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A nice copy of this book from the author of Nickeled and Dimed, this time dealing with the difficulty of finding a normal midldle class office job when downsized. Near fine in a like jacket--mnimal shelfwear, small ink dot to bottom edge.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. Advance Reader's Copy . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. The true story of bank heists, ice hockey, Transylvanian pelt smuggling, moonlighting detectives, and broken hearts. An Advance Reader's Copy, in near fine, unread condition. Tiny mark to bottom page edge.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing of book of young reader's short stories--Mr. Bambert sends a group of stories out into the world, and he incorporates the settings into the stories as he receives them back in the mail. Fine in a fine jacket.

New York: Picador USA, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Assorted tales of best laid plans gone wrong, a wonderful work of quirky history. First printing, Fine in a VG jacket--a small semi-circular scrape to top front, faint crease to rear panel.

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. Nice copy but cover does show some wear, stain across the bottom page edge, something sticky was here at one time and caused some pages to stick together. Carefully cleaned and all pages seperated, one slightly torn page (does not affect text in any way). A great reference for Barbie colectors, beginners or veterans.

Contemporary Books, 1989. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A fun paperback featuring black and white photos of Barbie chronologically over the years. Book is an odd trim size, 5" high x 8" wide. Cover is great, no bends or bumps.

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Very clean copy of this stats text. No markings, clean and square. No jacket. Second edition of this title--basic methoology of these statistics will not have changed.

DC Comics, 2013. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An excellent copy of this title, which follows the events of Vol 1, The Court of the Owls. Fine in a NF jacket with a bare minimum of shelfwear. No edition stated, but likely a first.

Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.: Univ of Georgia Pr, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An examination of the boundary-stretching use of language by Baudelaire--he argues that he adapts aspects of caricature for use in his poetry. First printing, fine in a fine jacket, in protective mylar. Beautiful copy.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st US edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Spine slightly cocked, otherwise very nice copy.

Northbrook, IL: Hubbard Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. A totally groovy psychedelic hardcover collection of sheet music for children's songs. NOT a comb binding but a standard hardcover. It's all about smiles and friendship and rainbows and all that other great stuff that made the 70's such a happy time. Fully illustrated by the author in the colors of my mother's kitchen circa 1973, orange and brown with an occasional burst of pink or blue. Includes classic songs like Kumbaya and Froggie Went a-Courtin' as well as a groovin tune called Smoo, about "traveling down a river of dreams and feelings." No jacket, as issued, full-color picture cover in as-new condition, You, like, totally won't be disappointed, man.

New York: American Book Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Nice clean copy of this weird 70's primer. Second printing, with typical school stamp (typical of the front of textbooks) inside front cover, but totally unmarked internally. Ding to rear board near spine, a little wear, overall VG+. Seriously pretty odd--someone must have a fond memory of this title.

Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fortnum, Peggy. Stated "Tenth Printing C" of the original US edition, so probably circa 1962. A tight, lovely copy with no markings, illustrated throughout with Fortnum's line drawings. Bright yellow jacket is price-clipped and has a few bumps and one closed tear but is in displayable condition. A really nice copy.

New York: Dutton Childrens Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown, Ruth. A wonderfully illustrated children's picture book about a grumpy old man who rescues a circus bear from captivity. Fine in a jacket with a significant tear to the top of the spine, extending to the front panel.

Scholastic, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy of this teen novel from noted young adult novelist. Fine in a fine jacket, save for a tiny bump to upper rear corner of jacket. First edition, first printing.