Search Results: Titles starting with B from Lippincott Books

Leicester: Galley Press. First Edition . Hardcover. n.d. 189 pp. Laminated Boards. A collection of Doctor Who comic strips, mostly in color, and illustrated stories. My guess is that this was published in the latre 1960s or early 1970s. VG+.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Kurt Werth. 125 pp. Pen and ink illustrations including 6 plates. A modern fairy tale originally published in Jack and Jill magazine. Nice scary story to read aloud. Gift inscription in red ink on front pastedown. Cloth worn along edges of top front and spine, else near fine. Price clipped dust jacket edges are frayed and torn. Bright colorful red, green and white witch flies against lightly soiled gray background on this attractive but flawed dustjacket.

Ellsworth, Maine. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. 1994-2006. Letter J of 26 Lettered copies, a complete set of 100 chaplets, each signed by each poet. An electric, international collection of original poems; poets include Carl Rakosi, Cid Corman, Diane Di Prima, James Laughlin, Anne Waldman, Amiri Baraka, Kenneth Rosen and Robert Creeley. Each poet has signed his or her name usually, but not always on the final page, usually at the bottom. A few have also added a stamp, or the date, or additional writing. Bern Porter's poem is a collage of photos, Anne Tardos' poem is non-verbal, scribbling, Mark Melnicove has a poem made out of uncrossed out words from the Spring 1989 issue of Foreign Policy; there are poems with Hebrew and Chinese and Tibetan calligraphy. All of the leaflets are in Fine condition. In custom box, designed by MaJo Keleshian, who designed the chaplets, and bookbinder Virginia Graham

London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. Hardcover. GVG/Good. 184 pp with index. Numerous photographs by A. Costa. Blue cloth; foxing throughout, boards sunned where unprotected by deeply chipped dustjacket. GVG/Good

Bangor: Samuel S. Smith, 1855. 1/4 Bnd cloth/pictorial Paper. Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 144 pp. Moderate foxing throughout, front pastedown has been rubbed, obscuring the advertising text. Else, sound & complete. Scarce.

n.p., 1976. First Edition . Spiral Bound Paper Wrappers. Very Good. 129, [1] Photo-offset typescript. Includes index. Swett has included a number of church and circuit records.

Littleton, Ma: Flying Yankee Enterprises, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/GVG. xii, 274 pp. Quarto. No. 429 of a limited, signed edition of 600 copies, which has become quite scarce, signed by both authors. Color frontispiece. With Diamond Jubileee B&A Christmas card with color RR photo. The definitive history of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, with numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. With 7 appendices: roster of locomotives, stations, big game shipped, etc. VG+ in GVG dust jacket with color photographs on front and back cover, with some creasing on the back cover and one small tape repair.

Littleton, Ma: Flying Yankee Enterprises, 1986. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. xii, 274 pp. 4to Softcover. Color photographs on front and back cover. Color frontispiece. The definitive history of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, with numerous illustrations and photographs, some in color. With 7 appendices: roster of locomotives, stations, big game shipped, etc. VG

New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Kathie Abrams. 80 pp. Green cloth, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown. Price-intact dustjacket has light edge wear. Illustrated with light-hearted and informative drawings...an accessible guide for every young reader.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Previous owners signature. Dust jacket has light edge wear. VG/VG.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. David Prosser. 349 pp. During production, some dustjackets were fitted to the books before the bookcloth was properly dried. The resulting moisture bled through the jackets as it stuck them to the books. This is one of those copies, and it would have been a near fine book in a very good dustjacket if not stuck together.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. David Prosser. 367, [1] pp. Fine, dustjacket has closed tear on back panel and light soil.

Boston: Forum Publishing Company, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. David Prosser. 373 pp. With dj illustration and 10 plates by David Prossner. Near Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket.

Baltimore, Maryland: University Park Press, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dustjacket has slight edgewear.

Orono, Maine: University of Maine, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. v, 422 pp. Written for those who would like to learn the basics of graphic presentation and cartography. Includes many drawings and tables. Also inserted between the pages of this book is a 1987 Science and Technology article from Business Week magazine about digital cartography, very new at the time. VG+

New York: Stein and Day, 1963. First American Edition . Hardcover. VG+/Near Fine. Red cloth with yellow paper-covered boards, Thomas' signature stamped in gold on front panel. A screen play based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. VG+ in Near Fine dust jacket.

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First Edition . 1/4 Bnd cloth/paper. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215pp. Book with slight fade at top/bottom of spine cloth, gift inscription on ffep - else fine in price-clipped dj with crease on front flap, some modest wear to top edge, in Mylar protector. Oft-reprinted, the first is difficult to locate.

Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, 1886. Hardcover. Good+. xii, 660 pp. Red cloth stamped with black decoration, titles gilt. With appendices. Text is in GERMAN; with quellen, anmerkungen und beilagen. Water stain to lower corners not affecting text; corners rubbed; pencil markings on reverse of ffep; otherwise clean & tight. G+

Indianapolis,: Bobbs-Merrill, 1910. Probable First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Will Grefe. 322, [3] pp. Frontis and 4 black & white plates. Slight spine slant and soiled top edge. Dustjacket is missing lower half of front with creases and tears on the remaining edges. Tears on spine repaired with filmoplast tape.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First edition, Softcover,  issued at the same time as the first hardcover edition. The Continued Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty.  The final volume in the series by Rice, written under her Roquelaure pseudonym.  Fine.