Search Results: Titles starting with B from Harropian Books, IOBA

New Westminster, BC: Empire Music Co, 1957. Musical Score. Very Good. Musical score, 4to (11-5/8 inches tall), pp. [4] inc. covers. Score is toned with light wear and soil, blue ink stains and "Complimentary" written in blue ink onto front cover, a small ink scribble on back cover. An apparently unrecorded musical score, with no copies to be found anywhere online, written to celebrate the 100 year celebration of British Columbia joining Canada in 1858.

Montreal & Toronto: Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd. Postcard. About Good. Two c. 1910, 4-color halftone postcards showing Chinatowns in Vancouver and Victoria. One postally unused with the upper left corner missing; the other postally used with a crease to the lower left corner, dated 1912.

Vancouver, BC: The Provincial Party of British Columbia, 1924. Archive. Condition Varies from Good Only to Fine. Pickings and Plunder" ; "Kill This System or It Will Kill You." ; "Can a Leopard Change Its Spots?" ; "It's Time to Swing Our Axes" ; "Do Honest Men Burn Their Books?" ; "What About the 1920 Slush Fund?" - these headline issues and other burning questions are all answered within this rare collection of 1924 ephemeral election propaganda. These accusatory items were published by the Provincial Party of British Columbia - a breakaway Conservative party led by Alexander Duncan McRae during their 1924 election bid. Items included are : 1) a seminal Provincial Party of British Columbia 20-page pamphlet titled "Platform and Policy" [near fine w. minor soil and creases] of resolutions and political planks which were adopted at their Convention held in Vancouver on Dec. 4th-6th, 1923. A fiery right wing party, the Provincial Party passed many resolutions at that meeting, including punitive… Read More

Vancouver, BC: University of BC, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Near Fine. Printed card covers, 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 120. Volume with a touch of fading to spine, else unmarked. "Smallpox on the Northwest Coast, 1835-1838" by James Gibson on p. 61-81. Other articles included are "The Labor Relations Board : 1973-1980" ; "Child Rearing in B.C.: 1919-1939" and "A Review Article" being an anthology commemorating Wilson Duff (Curator of Anthropology at the B.C. Provincal Museum) along with the regular features - Book Reviews and Bibliography of B.C.

Vancouver, BC: University of BC, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Near Fine. Printed card covers, 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 96. The Oriental Immigrant and Canada's Protestant Clergy, 1858-1925 ; Vancouver's "Red Menace" of 1935 [waterfront] along with the regular features - Book Reviews and Bibliography of B.C.

Vancouver, BC: University of BC Press, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed card covers, 8vo (9-3/4 inches tall), pp. 72. Volume with light wear and soil, a few penciled brackets noted in margin. "The Emergence of the Socialist Movement in British Columbia" on pp. 3-27. Other articles include "A Report on Health Insurance : 1919" and "European Financial Capital and British Columbia : An Essay on the Role of the Regional Entrepreneur" along with the regular features - Book Reviews and Bibliography of B.C.

1922. Paperback. Very Good. Cover title. Stapled wraps, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. 64, illustrated w. line drawings, tables, index, occasional finger soil and some creasing, back cover lacks aprox. 1/2 inch of upper corner, date "1922" written in blue ink at top of front cover. How to keep your sandlot baseball game running as smoothly as the pros.... in 1922.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Textured orange cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped onto top board and spine, 8vo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 266, [ads], 4 B&W movie stills. Volume with spine ends softened, top edge dusty and lightest of taps to both top corners. DJ with light soil, edge wear and shallow chips to fold edges, 2" closed tear to foot of front panel near spine fold. The first and only edition of this uncommon photoplay.

Sarnia, Ontario, 1927. Flexible Leather. Near Fine. An artistic, and sometimes intimate look at the Canadian Scouting movement (1927-1939) as seen through the eyes of some members of the 7th Sarnia (Ontario) Scout Troop. String bound photo album in black flexible cowhide leather covers, oblong 4to (10 inches tall x 12-3/4 inches wide), 106 pages [53 leaves], containing 456 gelatin silver photographs mounted onto leaves both recto and verso with clear corner mounts. Most photos measure 2.5 x 4.25 inches high or reverse, some larger at 6 x 10 inches or reverse and some earlier photos at 2.25 x 3.25 inches wide or reverse. All photos are in very good condition with a few being RPPCs measuring 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Most photos are captioned either recto or verso with names, dates, events, etc. and explain the pertinent people, places and happenings at hand. Some photos have come loose and have been placed in archival sleeves at their pages. A captivating album, with many varied events being shown including,… Read More

Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. Second Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth over boards, paste-down illustration to upper board with titles in gilt to upper board and spine, top edge gilt with fore and bottom edges untrimmed, 8vo (8 inches tall), (i-iv) , v, {vi mismarked v}, vii-ix, [x], xi, [12-14], 15-146. Ten plates with captioned tissue guards all present. Spine ends softened, corners lightly bumped, rubs and fading to covers, tiny 2 cm crack to bottom of top joint, some marginal browning to paste-down endpapers. Paste-down photo showing said Cheechako (Soloman Albert, who lost all toes from both feet after an heroic rescue) in repose and wearing bears feet whilst holding his gun with a dog alongside. A famous book of poetry written by this master bard of the north having "Contents identical to that of the first Canadian edition" (Mitham, p. 64) and published in the same month/year (Sept.1909) as the first edition. This second edition (first illustrated edition)… Read More

New York, NY: Carl Fisher, 1918. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Elder. Bandanna Sketches" is the first musical composition published by Clarence Cameron White, who "During the first decades of the twentieth century was considered the foremost violinist of his race." wiki. Musical score for piano and violin, both bearing Pl. no. 21177-5, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. [1], 2-5, [6 - ads] ; 1, [2 - blanks], [1 - Introductory Note] Covers slightly toned with a one inch separation at foot of spine fold, a large tear at upper corner of front cover - still held by a small connection, 2 sticker abrasions, light soil and minor edge wear to covers, unmarked inside. "He [the Negro] is the the disguise behind which we may, for a releasing moment, regain that part of ourselves which we have sacrificed to civilization. ... What we dare not say, often, we freely sing." Ref. see American Sheet Music [1978], chapter V, p. 24 'The Black in American Popular Music" by Daniel B. Priest. Uncommon, with no original… Read More

New York: Viking Press Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good plus. Blue paper over boards, quarter white cloth spine, 8vo, pp. 513, Index and map. Volume with spine ends softened, one tiny stain at top of front board near head of spine and slightest fade to board edges. Unclipped pictorial DJ with four closed tears, small chips to edges, staining present around one top edge chip. Clean and unmarked inside. The miracle of the Woodstock music festival.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1917. American Edition. Hardcover. At Least Very Good. Green cloth with title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 8vo (7-7/8 inches tall) pp. [xii], 334, [6] ads, illustrated w. B&W photo plates, frontis, fold-out map, index. Volume w. very occasional spotting and a hairline crack to front hinge. An American edition, following the first UK edition published in London by Macmillan in 1892.

Edinburgh: Bartholomew & Son Ltd, 1925. Paperback. At Least Very Good. [Map title] Two linen backed folding colour maps with printed red cloth folder. Both maps scaled at 1:1,000,000 or 16 English miles to 1 inch, consisting of a Northern sheet and a Southern sheet - both with relief in gradient tints giving spot heights in metres, international and administrative boundaries, railways, roads (4 categories), ferry routes, etc. Northern sheet w. a few ink and pencil notations, folder with edge wear and a partial split on one flap edge. Interesting to note that the Southern sheet has a red printed warning stating "Note to Swiss Roads / Several of the open roads in Switzerland, are available for motor traffic, only on certain days and between certain hours." Cover title "Bartholomew's Contour Motoring Map of France Showing the Best Touring Roads" and with "Price 15s, net" stamped in gilt onto of upper cover of folder.

Saint Louis: The Sporting News / Charles C. Spink & Son, 1955. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Cover title "Baseball Official Guide 1955 Rules Averages". Illustrated paper wraps, 12mo size (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. 544, illustrated w. tables and B&W photo reproductions throughout - including 16 team photos. Volume w. light wear to covers and a minor league curve to text, else an unmarked copy. The official baseball guide for 1955.

Brantford, ON: A. J. Reach Co. of Canada Ltd, 1924. Paperback. Very Good. The less common Canadian edition of this mostly Baseball-oriented catalogue, having 27 pages of Baseball equipment and uniforms, with the rest of the 44 page catalogue filled with Golf, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Handball, Swim Suits and Volleyball equipment. Saddle stapled wraps, small 8vo (7.75 inches tall), pp. 44, index, illustrated throughout. Covers with some wear, soil and a 1/2 inch split at lower spine fold, some rust to staples and a small abrasion near the "O" of "ONT.", internal text is clean and unmarked. This copy with the front cover rubber stamp "Sold By / A. Reeves / Enderby, B.C." "The A.J. Reach Company, also known as A.J. Reach & Co., was the largest manufacturer of sporting goods in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." baseball ref dot com.

Boca Raton, FL: IBM Corp, 1982. 3 Ring Binder. Near Fine. Computer user's manual with "6025010" on binder, "6025013" on title page, "GSS 6081488' on inner lip of slipcase and "Second Edition (May 1982) / Version 1.10 / Copyright IBM Corp. 1981" printed on copyright page. Also included is section "1525298 : Changes A-D" which explains the differences between BASIC release 1.10 and BASIC release 2.0 and how the new page numbers fit in with previous ones. Slipcased cloth bound three ring binder, title printed in white onto upper cover and spine, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. [1-2 title "6025013" & warranty], [3-6 changes A-D], [i-ii title and copyright], iii-xx, 1-1 to 4-300, A-1 to K-2 [appendices], X-1 to X-14 [index], [10 mail-in Product Comment Forms], terminal leaf "6025013", illustrated with tables and line drawings. Minor soil and fading to slipcase, title page with some rubs and creasing to bottom corner else, clean and unmarked throughout. Includes information on how to start, run and do… Read More

Birmingham, UK: Printed by John Baskerville for the Author, 1766. Hardcover. Near Fine. Virgil's epic the Aeneid, here bound together with his Pastorals and Georgic works, all translated into English by Robert Andrews and printed by the legendary John Baskerville in Birmingham. Title page with "Printed by John Baskerville for the Author" (1776) at foot. Half leather over marbled paper boards, title stamped in gilt onto red spine label, headbands, all edges sprinkled, binder's stamp inside corner of front pastedown, 8vo size (text block 9 inches tall - thus slightly trimmed but maintaining wide margins), pp. [6], 1-16, [3]-536], errata. Volume with minor wear, tp. foxed and browned w. tidy period name in ink, scant spotting to balance of text - save last two leaves which are also browned and spotted, pp. [1] (Dedication) with a 2.5 inch closed tear at bottom edge. A nice clean copy in a later binding. "The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary… Read More

London: Battersea Boy Scouts, 1919. Photograph. Very Good Plus and Fair Only. The Battersea troop were one of the earliest scouting organizations "The British Boy Scouts was founded in 1908 as the Battersea Boy Scouts, a local association of Scout troops." wiki. Two gelatin silver photographs measuring 6-1/4 inches tall x 8 inches wide [card mount is 10 x 12 inches ] and 3-1/4 inches tall x 3-1/4 inches wide [card mount is 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches] respectively. Larger photo and mount are Fair Only having pin holes along top edge, scattered soil, staining and edge wear with some silver mirroring to print. Mount with a small water stain and "Stacey Ward's Studios / Willesden Green / & Battersea" at lower right corner. Smaller photo is VG+ with minor toning to card mount and "20th Battersea / S.W. London. / Victory Camp / July 1919. / Conwil S. Wales" written in blue ink on verso. Note that the flag bearer in both photos is wearing the same crumpled, wavy brimmed hat and a shirt with the same white,… Read More

[Vancouver, BC]: n.p., 1945. Photograph. At Least Very Good. An historic gelatin silver panoramic photograph, documenting the large public gathering titled in negative at bottom edge "Vancouver Pioneer Schools Society 1st Annual Picnic - Belcarra Park. - 1945 -" with what appears to be at least 300 war-weary Canadians in attendance, who also may have been celebrating V-J Day, which was Aug. 14, 1945. Photo with a few pin holes and some tape ghosts verso. Belcarra Regional Park is a large 2,700 acre park located north of Port Moody, near the entrance of Indian Arm in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia.