Search Results: Titles starting with B from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Dallas, TX: Taylor, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very Good. Dallas, TX: Taylor, 1998. First edition, first printing. 9.25 x 6.5": xviii, 238 pp. Orange and green lettering to glossy pictorial jacket. Orange metallic lettering to spine of blue boards. With epilogue, appendices, acknowledgments and index. INSCRIBED in black magic marker by ORLANDO CEPEDA to front free endpaper. A wee bit of sticker residue to front dust jacket, light edge wear overall. Light corner wear to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A clean, bright looking copy. Told in his own words, Cepeda recounts his years in the major leagues, his successes and his downfall that was turned around by his new-found Buddhist faith.

London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Frances Brundage. London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date, circa 1907. 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches: pp. 40 (unnumbered). Blue cloth with cover titles in gilt with large gilt decoration. Large octavo [9x7 inches]. Illustrated by Frances Brundage with four pages of chromolithographs, black and white text drawings. Gilt is bright, cover has some discoloration and a few small scuffs on the rear. No copyright date, but birth page notes baby girl's name (Esther Mae Bliss) and birth on August 27, 1909. Also some pages list gifts, first smile, visitors, etc. All writing is neatly inked with some fading.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. DuBois, Mike. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First edition, first printing. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. viii, 327. Black, photographic, glossy paper dust jacket with gold, peach and lime type. Black cloth with gold gilt type on spine. With 24 pages of full color photographs. With illustrations by Mike DuBois Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, some creasing, small tear at upper corner of back panel. Boards have edge wear, light rubbing/bumping on bottom corners. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The legendary NBA player and enthusiastic Grateful Dead fan's personal account of his life in Basketball and overcoming catastrophic injuries with tenacity and positive thinking.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939. Left Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1939. Left Book Club Edition (Not for sale to the Public). 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 221. Red cloth boards with black type, titles in black border on spine. Edge and corner wear/bumping to boards. Sun fading at spine and upper extremities. Some light soiling. Previous owner's name and date written inside front cover. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Woolf's contemporary analysis of the Soviet Union, Hitler's Nazi regime and the Churchill administration was the first of the Left Book Club selections to openly criticize the Soviet crackdown on intellectual and personal freedom's.

New York: RHM Press, 1975. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York: RHM Press, 1975. Second edition. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 169, [6]. White photographic paper dust jacket with red and black type. Light blue cloth with gold gilt titles. With bibliography, Openings index, general index, and games and positions index. With 5 pages at back of book devoted to RHM Press books and other publications. Dust jacket has edge, wear, creasing, small tear, and sticker residue on spine. Boards have slight edge wear, corner nudging, and some fading at edges. Spine is slightly cocked. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "International Master Anthony Saidy has chosen eleven of the greatest modern players, and their best games, to illustrate important concepts in the march of chess ideas. His subjects are all Grandmasters whom he has faced across the board or observed first hand in the international arena." From the inner flap. "Considered only as a collection of best games, this is the cream. But in its… Read More

New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1991. 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. (8), 627. Black wraps with purple geometric designs and turquoise, purple and white lettering. Edge and corner wear, light creasing to cover. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. An omnibus edition of three of the author's early novels, including his classic breakthrough fantasy novel, Little, Big.

London: Virgin Books, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. London: Virgin Books, 1984. First edition. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. 160. Photo-illustrated gray wraps, with black and white titles. Light wear to wraps, some discoloration along top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. From 1962-1965, Dezo Hoffman "was the Beatles photographer, responsible for shaping their all-important visual image. His pictures are now recognized as an integral part of the Beatles legend...Along with his entertaining and historical photographs, Dezo provides a detailed commentary, giving a unique insight into how The Beatles quite literally conquered America."- from the back cover.

New York: Scribners, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First edition. 9 x 6 inches: pp. x, 223. Black wraps with multicolored titles. Light edge and corner wear, some nudge on bottom corner. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: Weathervane Books, 1973. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Good/Good. Bihn, Max. New York: Weathervane Books, circa 1973. First edition, first printing thus. 9 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. 283. Black lettering to illustrated tan jacket. Gilt lettering on spine of black boards. Light shelfwear to edges of dust jacket. Edge wear to boards. Some foxing, soiling to page edges and free facing end page. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A facsimile of the 1907 Edition. Edited and arranged by E. T. Roe. Twenty of Shakespeares best loved stories retold by English author, E. Nesbit.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. (4), 296. Red and blue photographic paper dust jacket with vine borders, with red, yellow,white and blue type. Red boards with silver gilt type on spine. With 8 pages of photographs. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear. Unmarked, clean, tight. An intimate memoir by iconic guitarist, Richard Thompson, chronicling his days in Fairport Convention, as a duo with his former wife, Linda, and his embrace of Sufism.

New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Jan Brett. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. First edition, first printing. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches: pp. [30]. Color illustrations on each page. Illustrated paper dust jacket with red and black type. Color illustrated boardswith red and black type. Inscribed, dated and signed by Jan Brett under her name on the title page. A like new copy in dust jacket with a mylar protector. Dust jacket has been taped on to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

Sarasota, FL: Art Instruction Associates, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Sarasota, FL: Art Instruction Associates, 1999. 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches: pp. 127. White and dark blue lettering to grey and light blue pictorial jacket. Silver metallic lettering to spine of dark grey boards. Illustrated. With artist's biographies and index. Dust jacket has light edge wear, creasing. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Mild edge wear, rubbing to boards. Text is unmarked. Clean, bright, tight. The first published collection in the history of the Pastel Society, which received its Federal Charter in 1983.

New Haven and London: The Art Institute of Chicago / Saint Louis Art Museum / Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New Haven and London: The Art Institute of Chicago / Saint Louis Art Museum / Yale University Press, 2009. First edition. 10 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches: pp. 216. Black illustrated glossy dust jacket with white type. Black cloth boards with white type. Light shelf wear. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Catalog of the exhibition, with 145 color photos.

Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheque Universelle, 1818. Paperback. Fair. Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheque Universelle, 1818. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 304. Disbound, in thin, gray, paper wrappers. Articles, discussion, correspondence on various aspects of Agriculture. Third volume. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Library stamp top corner title page. Creasing, age toning. Stitching very loose, and several leaves detached. Some moisture wrinkling to bottom corner. Text is unmarked.

Albuquerque: Gelcour Books, 2012. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Albuquerque, NM: Gelcour Books, 2012. 3rd Edition. 9 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. xii, 645. Red and black illustrated paper dust jacket with yellow type. Grey cloth boards with gold gilt type on spine. With acknowledgements and extensive bibliography. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. 3rd edition of the historical novel, formerly titled JOY OF THE BIRDS, and the first edition under this title. Light shelf wear.Two small spots on fore edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Looks unopened, unread. This is an imaginative revisionist history based on the author's extensive and scholarly investigations into the life and myth of William Bonney and the Lincoln County War.

New York: Delacorte, 1978. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 3rd printing of Wambaugh's fifth novel. Inscribed, signed and dated October 4, 1979 by Joseph Wambaugh. Black cloth, a near fine copy in dust jacket which is complete with original price on inside flap. Some light soiling to jacket, small tear, creasing and crease to inside flap.

Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. xviii, 487. Bound in light colored boards, with black lettering to spine. From the library of Dr. Edwin "Ed" Coleman. Name and date from previous owner written in red on endpaper. Some minor staining, wear to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: Barnes and Noble, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reproduced from the series BODLEY HEAD QUARTOS, published by John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., London, between 1922 and 1926. Dark wine cloth over boards, with cream-colored lettering to front board and spines. A wee bit of shelf wear. Verso of title page bears printed record as to location of original book (British Library, Bodley Head, etc.), Privately owned. Light shelf wear. No markings. Appear unread. Tight, bright Edition of Greene.

New York, London: Oak Publications, 1965. Trade paperback. Good. New York, London: Oak Publications, 1965. Later edition, probably 1970's due to having an ISBN. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 72. Lavender photographic cardboard wraps. with white type. $3.95 price on front cover Cover wear, creasing. Some handling wear. Some scattered pencil notes. Binding tight. An entertaining and highly informative manual of blues history and harmonica techniques written in a down to earth and engaging style. "If you're expecting this book to teach you how to sound exactly like Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Reed, or any other great harp bluesman -- forget it -- cause it won't do that. What it will do is give you a taste of the background and mechanics of several main styles of blues harp -- and the rest will be up to you." (From Chapter 1).

New York, London: Oak Publications, 1975. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. New York, London, et al: Oak Publications, 1975. 11 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 80. White photographic cardboard wraps with lavender and blue type. With flexi-disc record. Cover wear, creasing,some light toning, soiling. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Original $6.95 price on front cover. From the front cover - "A master song collection of classic and obscure Chicago blues, Memphis jug band blues, and down-home styles of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, and others. With hints on the basics, practical harp notation, and a record featuring original master harp breaks and fills." A blues harp masterclass illuminating techniques and blues history in a down to earth and easily accessible style.