Search Results: Titles starting with B from Furrowed Brow Books

Pentland. First Edition. hardcover. Hayter, Alethea [editor] : The Backbone: Diaries of a Military Family in the Napoleonic Wars. Edinburgh : Pentland Press, 1993. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Color glossy pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xii pp prelim material, 343 numbered pp, plus five blank. Foreword, Part I - A Military Family, 1669-1798; Part II - Campaigns in Ireland and the Med, 1798-1807; Part III - War in Portugal, 1807-1809; Part IV - Campaigns in the Adriatic, Italy, Belgium and France, 1808-1816. Epilogue, sources, index. Condition notes: fine copy, clean, unmarked. Dj sheathed in mylar cover. Diaries of the Slessor family. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Doubleday, 2014. First Edition. hardcover. Golinkin, Lev : A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir. New York : Doubleday, 2014. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.625"/22cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's red paper boards, black cloth spine, silver lettering to latter. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-ix, [x-xii], 1-307, [308]. Author's note, prologue, memoir in three parts, epilogue, acknowl, about the author. Condition notes: light wear/remains of price sticker to front of unclipped dust jacket; interior lightly tanned but unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Robert Grant & Son, Ltd, 1947. Darling, Will. Y. : The Bankrupt Bookseller. Edinburgh : Robert Grant & Son, Ltd., 1947. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top-edge stained red. Matte color pictorial dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [1-4], 5-351, [352] blank. Preface to the first combined edition, by Harold Forrester; Book 1 (The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller), Book 2 (The Bankrupt Bookseller Speaks Again). Condition notes: An excellent copy: nice color retention to boards and dust jacket; binding slight cocked, spine ends rolled; price-clipped jacket shows light wear with several small closed tears and chips. Interior tanned but unmarked. Among the chapter titles: The Bookseller's Cat; An American Lady; When I am Dead; Books no Decent Bookseller would Keep; Regret; and so on. Delightful. Originally published in the 1930s as two separate novellas. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Longmans, Green and Co, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Nedoncelle, Maurice : Baron Friedrich von Hugel: A Study of his Life and Thought. London : Longmans, Green and Co, 1937. Marjorie Vernon, Translator. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [i-vi], vii-xii prelim material, 1-213, [214] blank; unpaginated frontispiece b&w photo of subject. Author's foreword, seven chapters, bibliographical index. Condition notes: a solid but rather heavily worn copy: clipped dust jacket heavily worn with numerous chips and tears, protected with mylar. Spine ends rolled and corners bumped; edges lightly soiled. Former owner's name, neatly in pen, to front free endpaper. Green Foyle's book label, circa 1940s/50s, to front pastedown. Binding sound, slightly cocked. Pages clean and unmarked, with tanning/foxing throughout, more pronounced in opening and closing pages. We personally… Read More

Ash Tree Pr, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilchrist, R. Murray : The Basilisk And Other Tales Of Dread. Ashcroft (BC, CAN) : Ash-Tree Press, 2003. First edition, limited edition, one of 500 copies. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Color glossy dj illus by Paul Lowe. Red endpapers with subtly patterned "Ash-Tree Press" repeated throughout. Xvi pp prelim material, 187 numbered pp, nine wo numbers following, including colophon and (helpfully), a four page list of Ash-Tree Press "Titles Published" 1994-2003, including forthcoming titles. Introduction by John Pelan and Christopher Roden, 22 tales of dread (plus two more excerpted in an appendix), sources. Condition notes: A clean, tight, unmarked, square copy with light wear to dj and boards. Pp 167-174 show a crease from an historic and unfortunate fold. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Savas Publishing, 1996. hardcover. Bradley, Mark L. : Last Stand In The Carolinas: The Battle Of Bentonville. Campbell (CA) : Savas Publishing, 1995. Third printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [Two pages unaccounted for in pagination], [i-x], xi-xxii, [xxiii-xxiv], [1], 2-575, [576-582] blank; 8 pp coated b&w photos, unpaginated. T-o-C/lists of maps/illus; "introduction to the maps", acknowl, foreword (by Edwin C. Bearss of the NPS), author's intro, 17 chaps, afterword; appendices (OBs at Cheraw, Monroe's Crossroads, Averasboro, Bentonville; photographic views of the battlefield). Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: A very good plus, handsome copy: light wear to mylar-sheathed dust jacket; light wear to boards, bookshop penciled notes to ffep, else unmarked. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer.

University Press of Kansas, 1999. Sixth Printing. Paperback. Glantz, David M. and House, Jonathan M. : The Battle of Kursk (part of Modern War Studies series). Lawrence (KS) : University Press of Kansas, 1999. 8th printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's matte b&w pictorial wrappers. [xvi] pp prelim material, 472 numbered pp, [473-476] blank; plus two sections b&w photos, 19 pp plus one blank total. Lists of maps, etc; authors' preface, acknowl, prologue; Part I (Background); Part II (the German Assault); Part III (Stopping the Blitzkrieg); Part IV (Counteroffensive and Conclusions); appendixes [sic]. Notes, bibliography, index. Maps, charts, tables, photos. Condition notes: Light wear to wrappers, clean & tight, no markings, but for House's signature on title page. An exhaustive study of the pivotal battle set up by the Wehrmacht's Operation Zitadelle/Citadel. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The History Press, 2014. Paperback. Price, James S. : The Battle of First Deep Bottom (Civil War Series). Charleston (SC) : The History Press, 2014. Foreword by Hampton Newsome. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color stock wrappers glued to textblock; front features b&w Harper's illustration by William Waud of Grant's troops in action, 1864. 156 numbered pp, plus four unnumbered following. Numerous maps and photos; notes, bibliography, index, about the author. Condition notes: all unmarked, clean and bright; due to stacking, slight temporary curve to volume. We personally inspect every book we offer.

W W Norton & Co Inc. hardcover. Hough, Richard Alexander; Richards, Denis : The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II. New York : W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989. Book Club Edition/BCE. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Blue and white photographic endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 413 numbered pp, plus one blank; 16 sheets b&w/4 sheets color photographic inserts w/o pagination. List of illus, abbrev and codenames, authors' preface, 23 chaps in three sections - Before the Battle, the Battle, and After the Battle. 12 appendices (e.g., chronology and stats on aircraft involved, balloons, fuel usage, etc); notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a nice copy of an above-average quality BCE. Light wear to dj, boards/spine lovely and sharp. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Fordham University Press, 2004. First Edition. hardcover. Whitehead, Don; Romeiser, John B. [Editor] : Beachhead Don: Reporting The War From the European Theater, 1942-1945. New York : Fordham University Press, 2004. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, blue lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Xxxii pp prelim material, 384 numbered pp, plus eight pp glossy b&w photos w/o nos. Foreword (by Fred Brown), acknowl, editor's intro, parts one through eight, from 1942 prelude to June 1945; index. Notes, photos. Condition notes: first and foremost, this is a former library copy, with all the typical downsides - markers, stickers, etc; no matter what its overall condition, ex-library status is rated no better than 'good'. Dj is covered in mylar. Else, it is tight, square, clean, very serviceable. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Hanson, Jeanne K. : The Beastly Book: 100 Of the World's Most Dangerous Creatures. New York : Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993. Illustrated by Glenn Wolff. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Viii pp prelim material, 232 numbered pp. About these creatures; 100 creature illus/entries from the Blue-ringed Octopus to the Flying Squid ("not really airborne"); bibliography. B&w illus. Condition notes: No notes or highlighting. Pages clean, binding sound. Light wear to cover, with a crease and a bit of curling to the front wrapper. This copy is warmly inscribed by illustrator to former owner, a friend, on the half title page. We personally inspect every book we offer.

White Mane Pub. hardcover. Priest, John Michael : Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain. Shippensburg (PA) : White Mane Publishing, 1992. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red leatherette, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xxii pp prelim material, 433 numbered pp, [434] blank. Foreword (by Edwin C. Bearss), list of maps (70!), list of photos/illus, t-o-c, appendix (list of engagements and known casualties Sept 5-15, 1862. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: an excellent condition, unmarked copy, tight and square; light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Economy Printing Concern. paperback. Stephanou, Rev. Eusebius : Belief & Practice in the Orthodox Church. Berne (IN) : Economy Printing Concern, 1983. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color pictorial wrappers. 124 numbered pp, four blank following. Intro (by Archbishop Iakavos, Greek Orthodox Church of the Americas), author's preface, chaps on a wide range of topics. Condition notes: unmarked with tanning to pages; light wear to wrappers, solid binding. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Cambridge University Press. 3rd Edition. hardcover. Chambers, R.W. : Beowulf: An introduction to the study of the poem with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1967. Reprint of the Third Edition. With a supplement by C.L. Wrenn. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Handsomely bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color dj. Plain white endpapers. Xviii pp prelim material, 628 numbered pp. Prefaces to 1-2-3 editions; genealogical tables, Chapters on historical and non-historical elements, theories as to the origin, date, and structure of the poem; documents illustrating the stories in Beowulf and the Offa-saga; the Fight at Finnsburg; appendix covering nine loose ends, "recent work" on Beowulf to 1930, "recent work" to 1958; additional notes, bibliographical materials, updated to 1958, and index. Condition notes: A lovely unmarked copy of this classic reference work on the poem, with the following flaws - slight sunning to top… Read More

Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, 1993. paperback. Foulke, R. D., et al : Bermuda Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History, vol. 5. Mangrove Bay (Bermuda) : Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, 1993. Scholarly journal. Size is octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. Vi pp prelim material, 285 numbered pp, plus one blank. 17 papers of the 1993 joint conference of the Council of American Maritime Museums and the North American Society of Oceanic History, plus two additional papers. B&w maps/charts/photos. Condition notes: A sound, unmarked copy: no spine crease, light wear to wrappers. From the library of late travel writer and English professor Robert D. Foulke, whose paper on Joseph Conrad and the British Merchant Service is included. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Oxford University Press, 1968. First Edition. hardcover. Sproat, John G. : "The Best Men": Liberal Reformers in the Gilded Age. New York : Oxford University Press, 1968. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering and black ornamentation to spine and front board. Glossy color dustjacket. Plain white endpapers. [I-vi], vii-ix, [x-xii] pp prelim material, 0 [1-2], 3-356 numbered pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a very good first edition, tight and sharp, warmly inscribed by the author on the ffep. Flaws noted: several small closed tears/chips to dj, with several small spots to front where perhaps tape removal has pulled away the glossy coating, revealing the white paper beneath; light soiling to edges; light tanning to pages. Else lovely. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Fantasy Press, 1948. hardcover. Heinlein, Robert : Beyond This Horizon. Reading (PA) : Fantasy Press, 1948. First edition/First impression. Robert Breck illustrations. Duodecimo size (12mo), 7.75"/19.6cm h. Bound in publisher's burnt orange cloth, gilt lettering/ornamentation to spine. Lacking dust-jacket. Plain white endpapers. [Xii] pp prelim material, 242 numbered pp, plus two blank; frontispiece plus three additional sheets b&w illus on coated paper. Condition notes: a worn but solid and noteworthy copy of a collectible early Heinlein novel. Lacking dust-jacket. Boards worn and stained, loss of brightness to spine gilt; a private/handwritten catalog number to spine. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Spine cocked. Light soiling/tanning to textblock edges. Interior tanned but clean. Tail front pastedown retains classic/historic book label ("Hampels Bookshop Milwaukee"). Former owner's name to front free endpaper - "R.A. Greiner" - longtime University of Wisconsin electrical and computer… Read More

Avalon Books, 1965. hardcover. England, George Allan : Beyond the Great Oblivion. New York : Avalon Books, 1965. First edition/First impression. Jacket design by Gray Morrow. Small octavo (8vo), 8"/20.1cm h x 5.5". Bound in publisher's orange cloth, black lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 190 numbered pp, plus two blank. Foreword by Robert A.W. Lowndes. Condition notes: a worn but nice collectible copy: spine slightly cocked, spine ends rolled, corners bumped and fraying; decorative black wraparound printed band to head and tail of boards/spine has mostly worn off; light wear and a few small closed tears to unclipped dj, now in mylar. Interior lightly tanned but clean an unmarked. "...the gripping sequel to 'Darkness and Dawn'." We personally inspect every book we offer.

Eau Claire (WI): Eau Claire Book and Stationary Co, 1942. First. Softcover. Very good. Eastvold, Rev. S.C. : Beyond the Grave. Eau Claire (WI) : Eau Claire Book and Stationary Co, 1942. First printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.375"/21.2cm h. Bound in publisher's tan glossy textured wrappers. [1-13], 14-176. Author's preface, t-o-c, intro (by Prof Philip S. Dybvig of St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN), 12 chaps/sermons. Condition notes: very good. Binding slightly cocked, light wear to wrappers, light soiling to edges. Former owner's marks to interior (Dr. R.A. Peterson, owner of The Out of Print BookShoppe on Chicago Ave in Minneapolis): inventory number stamp to half-title and title pages; signature to title page and again to inside rear wrapper, with date; also included is a bookmark from the BookShoppe. An occasional typo struck out with pen, else unmarked. Pages lightly tanned. The author was pastor of the First Lutheran Church in Eau Claire and these sermons were delivered by radio during… Read More

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018. First Edition. hardcover. Holland, James : Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018. First/first. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's dark blue paper to boards, light blue paper to spine. Matte color photographic dj. Plain dark red endpapers. Xxviii pp prelim material, 402 numbered pp, 14 glossy pp b&w photos inserted, plus two blank to end. List of maps and diagrams; personalities; prologue; Sections on: Crisis; Turning Point; Big Week. Glossary, appendices, timeline, notes, sources, acknowledgements, index. Condition notes: A very nice, tight, square, unmarked copy with the following flaws that drop it to 'good': several fairly deep scratches to back board, also affecting dj (no punctures to latter), two small but noticeable (grease?)stains to front endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy. The Big Week was in February '44. We personally inspect every book we offer.