Search Results: Titles starting with B from The Book Shed

New York: By the Author, 1854. fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, clean and unmarked.Autobiography of a nineteenth century blind man. First published in 1847. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Salt Lake City: The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, 1949. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. light wear to the book, previous owner's name and address, binding not quite tight. A handsome copy in 568 double columned pages, indexed in black and blind-stamped gold pebbled cloth. The 1949 printing based on the 1920 revised format of James E. Talmadge. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Everyman's Library, 2020. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Lightest shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket. First printing, no others noted. Memoirs of Babur born Zah r ud-D n Muhammad. He was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian sub-continent. Babur ranks as a national hero in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Many of his poems have become popular folk songs. Babur wrote the Baburnama in Chaghatai Turkic; it was translated into Persian during the reign (1556–1605) of his grandson, the Emperor Akbar. Notice of this editon by The Times laid-in. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Epic, 1987. lp_record. Very Good. Original LP (12" album, 33 rpm), Gatefold sleeve, inner lyric sleeve. Some wear to the outer sleeve edges, top and side. Vinyl very fresh and clean. All lp's cleaned and played. Release date Aug. 31, 1987.Epic – E 40600, Epic – OE 40600 Vinyl, LP, Album, Carrollton Pressing, Gatefold. From Wikipedia: "Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous album, Thriller. Bad was written and recorded over more than three and a half years, and was the final collaboration between Jackson and producer Quincy Jones. The lyrical themes include media bias, paranoia, racial profiling, romance, self-improvement and world peace.---Jackson co-produced the album and composed all but three tracks. Nine songs were released as singles, including one promotional single.… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest shelf wear to the book and jacket; crease to rear flap corner. Second printing. From the flap:"A harrowing, masterfully wrought mystery from the celebrated Karin Fossum.." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905. Fourteenth edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket, as issued. light wear to the book, previous owner's name to title page. Marbled page edges, silk marker ribbons, 30 plus maps and plans. Now called the Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) these areas were devastated and greatly rebuilt as a result of the two world wars largely fought on their territory. This pre-WW1 guide describes them in their historic glory. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: William Morrow Cookbooks, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. Clean and unmarked. 4to. First printing, full number line. From the flap: "With nearly two hundred recipes, and half as many pages of tantalizing full-color photographs, this incomparable kitchen companion goes far beyond what most cookbooks offer. More than fifty pages of illustrated reference sections define basic terms and techniques, and explain the hows and whys of batters and doughs to take you effortlessly through the essential techniques. If you've never made flaky pie crust, your first no-fail experience is at hand. If you've never baked bread, that most satisfying and sensual pleasure awaits the turn of a page. With recipes for breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes—from chocolate to cheesecake, from miniature gems to multi-tiered masterpieces—this cookbook is a total immersion experience in the wonder of home baking." Every effort is made to ship all books and… Read More

New York: William Morrow Cookbooks, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Lightest wear to the book and jacket. Signed "Julia Child" on the half-title page. 4to. Later printing. From the flap: "With nearly two hundred recipes, and half as many pages of tantalizing full-color photographs, this incomparable kitchen companion goes far beyond what most cookbooks offer. More than fifty pages of illustrated reference sections define basic terms and techniques, and explain the hows and whys of batters and doughs to take you effortlessly through the essential techniques. If you've never made flaky pie crust, your first no-fail experience is at hand. If you've never baked bread, that most satisfying and sensual pleasure awaits the turn of a page. With recipes for breads, pastries, cookies, and cakes—from chocolate to cheesecake, from miniature gems to multi-tiered masterpieces—this cookbook is a total immersion experience in the wonder of home baking." Every effort is made to ship all books… Read More

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1970. Hardcover. vg. light vertical crease to spine, light shelf wear; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

New York: G. P. Putman's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. tips bumped, spine faded, legible. Sportfishing around Florida and in the Gulf Stream. Stated first edition, 59 photographs, map eps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1960. Fifth Printing . Hardcover. VG/VG-. John Alcorn, (jacket). light wear to tips and corners; some staining and wrinkling to back of jacket. It does not affect the book. Review of another Durrell novel laid-in.The second novel in the Alexandria Quartet. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover.

Milwaukee : Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1946. First edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. lightest wear to tips and corners, clean and unmarked in plastic spiral binding. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Very light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, gift inscription of 1935; no jacket. As often for the period a bit of racism is injected. This time in the play adapted from Robinson Crusoe. The stereotypical Friday speaks in dialect and is ordered around by a parrot. Sold through department stores using various names. This one being Bamberger's Handy Book for Boys. Bamberger's was a New Jersey chain of stores which ceased operations in 1986. First printing, no others noted. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Random House, 1950. First edition thus. Hardcover. very good/no jacket, as issued. Phoebe Erickson. very light wear to the book, clean and unmarked. Glossy pictorial binding. First printing, not others noted. "Adapted for children 5-10." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

New York: The Newcomen Society, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. VG. light soiling. An address to the Newcomen Society. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled. The Newcomen Society of the United States was a non-profit educational foundation for "the study and recognition of achievement in American business and the society it serves." It was responsible for more than 1,600 individual histories of organizations, from corporations to colleges, which were distributed to libraries and its membership. In 2007, the chairman and trustees announced the society's closure. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Bar Harbor, ME: Bar Harbor Record , 1896. Staplebound. Fair. Elephant folio sized (40 x 30 cm), 40 pages, staple bound town history published by the Bar Harbor Record, the town newspaper. Spine reinforced with clear tape, lacks rear cover, front cover is quite edge worn all around. Quite scarce, the WorldCat locates one copy which is included with a file of Bar Harbor bicentennial archival material at the University of Maine, Orono. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Macmillan & Co, 1892. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, spine darkened a bit, previous owner's initials to the front endpaper. From the Novels of Charles Dickens edition in green and gilt bindings with the CD device on the front cover. Introduction and notes by Charles Dickens the Younger. This set was released over a number of years by the publisher. One of two historical novels by Dickens. The plot concerns the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Barre, VT: Aldrich Public Library, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. very light wear to the book. First printing, no others noted. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! .

Barre, Vt: Barre Daiy Times, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. covers and spine soiled, spotted, edge wear, previous owner's name to front endpaper. Scarce, not in Bassett, among the seventeen citations for Vermont almost legendary flood of 1927; Barre, Vermont, an Annotated Bibliography, no. 22. The Great Flood of 1927 took 63 lives and cost $25,000,000.00 (in 1927 dollars). Illustrated by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, 1961. 11th edition. Hardcover. Good/good. ex-library with usual marks and stamps, shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket; 1/3 of rear endpaper lacking. Map endpapers."Covering the Whole Metropolitan Police Area, With Larger Scale Maps for Central London and Index for Quick Location of Over 59,000 Names." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!