Search Results: Titles starting with B from BiblioStax

Puffin Books , 1986. Front cover neatly clipped along spine edge. Pages very good. Good reading copy. 208 pages. Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants. The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to help her! Evidently not even Roald Dahl could resist the acronym craze of the early eighties. BFG? Bellowing ferret-faced golfer? Backstabbing fairy godmother? Oh, oh ... Big Friendly Giant! This BFG doesn't seem… Read More

Warwick Square, London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited - George H. Doran, 1920. Large folio 9" x 13 1/4" design. Pictorial wraps, moderate cover, corner, edge wear, closed tear, rub, spine heel chip. Cover and frontispiece plate each feature Leo Bates painting 'Mary Rose' in the deep cosmos. Thick heavy stock leaves, near fine. Illustrated throughout with presentation plates, prints, portraits, photos, illustrations, etc. in many formats. Bind good, intact. Large soft cover tome weighing over three pounds. Features a collection of authors, illustrators and books featuring coverage of the Peter Pan phenomenon and author J. M. Barrie. Culture, history, architecture, archaeology, literature, theater, and art, but most especially the books about these pursuits, are honored here. Also, set in is three plate portfolio of Jessie Willcox Smith in illustrated cover folder; one w/discoloration to lower edge. XLI pages of adverts at front and back of various publishers'… Read More

1935. Vintage postcard sent January 31, 1934 from Antarctica and delivered to San Francisco on March 25, 1935, to commemorate and promote the second Byrd expedition. Signed by Capt. Robert A. J. English who captained the Bear of Oakland on this expedition. The card was carried to Antarctica and delivered upon return. Intriguing postage stamp, date stamps, and sepia image of flight wreckage to face of card. Near fine rarity. The English Coast of Antarctica is named after Robert A. J. English and is located between the northern tip of Rydberg Peninsula and the Buttress Nunataks, on the west side of Palmer Land. It was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund and from the air by other members of the East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Originally named after Captain English, US Navy, and Captain of the Bear of Oakland on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. The second Byrd expedition visited Little America with the aim of mapping and… Read More

1935. ANTARCTICA SIGNED POST CARD. Vintage postcard sent January 31, 1934 from Antarctica and delivered to San Francisco on March 25, 1935, to commemorate and promote the second Byrd expedition. Signed by Capt. Robert A. J. English who captained the Bear of Oakland on this expedition. The card was carried to Antarctica and delivered upon return. Intriguing postage stamp, date stamps, and sepia image of flight wreckage to face of card. Near fine rarity. The English Coast of Antarctica is named after Robert A. J. English and is located between the northern tip of Rydberg Peninsula and the Buttress Nunataks, on the west side of Palmer Land. It was discovered and explored in 1940, on land by Finn Ronne and Carl R. Eklund and from the air by other members of the East Base of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. Originally named after Captain English, US Navy, and Captain of the Bear of Oakland on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933–35.In 1933–35 the second Byrd expedition… Read More

New York: Random House, 1972. Cloth pictorial boards, moderate corner, edge wear, discoloration. Pages very good, no writing. Reinforced bind design. Charming illustration. Pattern illustration endpapers. Babar and his family are kidnapped and taken to a strange planet in this science fiction twist on the series. Apprx. 40 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Oxford, United Kingdom: Boulevard Books, 1999. Slight shelf wear. The original guide to the greatest novels and short stories from Scandinavia & the Baltics available in English. Some of the greatest writers of the 20th Century -- August Strindberg, Knut Hamsun, Karen Blixen, Hans Christian Andersen -- came from the rich and varied lands of the North. Travel their world with the Babel Guide, discover the classics of Scandinavia and the Baltics as well as younger writers like Peter Hoeg, Jostein Gaarder, Agneta Pleijel and Jaan Kross who follow in their footsteps. 221 pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Rutherfordton, North Carolina: Oak Tree, Publisher, 1987. Lt. shelf wear. Pattern very good.. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Amscan, 1995. Lt. blue pictorial wraps, moderate corner, edge wear. Pages good, no writing. Good, useable copy. 38 pages. Few bookstore marks.. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Brooklyn, New York: Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, Publisher, 1963. Red pebbeled boards, gilt cover and spine titles, slight shelf wear. Pages very good, no writing. Endpage maps of Babylon, the city, an artist depiction, and at back, map of Middle East and the area around Babylonia at time. 704 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. First printing; full numberline beginning w/1. Stated: "First Published in Great Britain in 1998 by Hodder & Stoughton." Beautifully signed with bold underscore by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King". Very attractive. Includes original Waterstone's bookstore ticket for Writers at Waterstone's signing event; numbered and dated in hand: "67" and "25/8/98." Blue boards, bold gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, clean. White pictorial dust wrapper, near fine; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Dramatic jacket design with profile of screaming woman with lake cabin in background. Back flap features laid back author's photo in brown bomber by Virginia Sherwood; back panel repeats vignette motif of small cabin on lake. Rare near fine signed British first edition in same wrapper. A haunted love story set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, 'Bag of Bones'… Read More

New York: Scribner, Publishers, 1998. First printing; full numberline beginning w/1. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Stephen King at title page: "To Michael - Stephen King". Very attractive. Features PSA/DNA Certificate of Authenticity card and numbered oval label adhered at copyright page. Certificate number AJ36346 may be confirmed a their site. Also includes additional signed certificate from another authentication source. Burnt orange boards, white textured spine wrap, bright gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, discoloration. Interior text, pages, near fine. Moderate discoloration to outer corners of front and back pastedowns and endpapers; diminishing to page adjacent title page and at back prior to final page of text. White dust wrapper, light shelf wear, discoloration; unclipped 28.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Dramatic jacket design with profile of screaming woman with lake cabin in background by John Fontana. Back flap features laid back author's photo… Read More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1996. Stated first edition; full numberline. Beautifully signed by Julia Child and co-author Dorie Greenspan at half-title page: "Julia Child, Dorie Greenspan". White cloth boards, blindstamped cover titles and gilt embossed spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Heavy stock semi-gloss pages, fine; no writing. Beautiful full-page color photography throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Dj fine; unclipped 40.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Very attractive. Savor the joys of baking with America's best bakers. Sift, knead, flute, and flour. Hands-on baking w/recipes and techniques that teach you how to make great breads, pies, cobblers, cookies, cakes, and pastries, both sweet and savory. A world-class course in baking. For new and practiced bakers alike. Baking with Julia is not only a book full of glorious recipes but also one that continues Julia's teaching tradition. Here, basic techniques come alive and are made easily comprehensible in… Read More

London - Bombay - Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 1929 at colophon; no other dates, indications. Stated at limitation page: "Edition limited to six hundred and twenty copies for England and America. This copy is No. '504'. Printed in Great Britain." Cream pictorial wraps appearing to be of fine Japon paper, gilt cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Front cover features vignette of Van Hunks puffing on his pipe in large Dutch hat with titles below. Deckled leaves near fine; no writing. Bind fine, intact. Illustrated by the inimitable Monro S. Orr with impishly humourous imagery and vignettes throughout. Features an introduction to this piece, Rosetti, Swinburne, the milieu of these poets and humour in poetry by MacKenzie Bell. Stated at back page: "Cambridge: Printed in August, 1929 by W. Lewis, M. A. At the University Press." 43 pages. Insured post.. Limited Edition . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Orr, Monro S. . 12mo - over… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts: Bankers Publishing Company/Bank Administration Institute, 1985. Slight shelf wear. Pages as new. Bankers Management Series. 195 pages.. Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: AuthorHouse - Stewart Education Services, 2009. Learn the inside tips from the author who successfully bankrupted 54,000 in student loans. 285 pages.. Third Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Exposition Press, 1966. Stated first edition. Gray full-cloth boards, red stamped cover and spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Dj lt. edge wear, rub; unclipped 6.00, protected in new, clear sleeve. The finest research that has ever been done on the subject of bankruptcy, it's use and abuse and implications for finance and society. Explains the Federal Bankruptcy Act written during the 1960's and a prediction of the disastrous consequences from a culture of debt. 182 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Il Battello a Vapore, 2007. The Barbapapa clan goes to Mars in this Italian version of the original French. Never released in English. New, more vibrant than ever, art by Talus Taylor. Another classic adventure. Extra-wide original 11" x8" design. Rare. Inscription at endpaper.. Hardcover. Fine. Illus. by Taylor, Talus. Book.

Ontario, California: Scholastic - TAB Publications, 1979. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good. Giant oversize 10" x 12" design. Ultra rare, out of print. In French. Over one hundred pages.. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Illus. by Taylor, Talus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Bath, United Kingdom: Bath Museums Service - Phillips & Jollys, 1986. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good. Filled w/text and art exhibit image. Printed on fine heavy stock coated pages. Oversize design. 64 pages.. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

London and Glasgow: Collins, 1953. Maroon cloth boards, slight wear, fade. Pages fine, no writing. Crisp, clean. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens. With a new introduction by Kenneth Hayens. 576 pages. Printed in Italy by Officine Grafiche. 'What dark history is this?' This is the question that hangs over Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century. Set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Barnaby Rudge tells a story of individuals caught up in the mindless violence of the mob. Lord George Gordon's dangerous appeal to old religious prejudices is interwoven with the murder mystery surrounding the father of the simple-minded Barnaby. The discovery of the murderer and his involvement in the riots put Barnaby's life in jeopardy. Culminating in the terrifying destruction of Newgate prison by the rampaging hordes, the descriptions of the riots are among Dickens's most powerful. Written at a time of social unrest in Victorian… Read More