1935. BAKER, Aleta B. SHE THE WOMAN-MAN. Boston: [n.p.] 1935. Illustrated by Gibbs Mason. [10] pp. + 338 pp. Tall 8vo., blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth and gilt lettering bright. Occasional light pencil underlining in the text. Very good, in a good dust jacket with light soil and a...... More
1935. BAKKE, E. Wight. INSURANCE OR DOLE? New Haven: Yale, 1935. 8vo., cloth. Very good. More
1942. BALABAN, Carrie. CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE: THE STORY OF A. J. BALABAN AS TOLD TO HIS WIFE. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. Author's Autograph Edition, number 255 of 500, signed by both the author, Carrie Balaban, and her husband/subject, A. J. Blaban. Illustrated with b/w photo reproductions and, in..... More
1900. BALCH, Thomas Willing. THE ALABAMA ARBITRATION. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane and Scott, 1900. 8vo., red library cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt, t.e.g. Ex-lib. A very good copy that shows light soiling at the boards, embossed and perforated library stamps at title page, bookplate at pastedown... More
1826. [BALDWIN, Charles N.] A UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, CONTAINING THE LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CHARACTERS OF EVERY AGE AND NATION... TO WHICH IS ADDED, A DICTIONARY OF THE PRINCIPAL DIVINITIES AND HEROES OF GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY; AND A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EMINENT LIVING CHARACTERS. Richmond, Vir.: Published by..... More
2001. BALDWIN, Sally. DYING TO LIVE AGAIN: CHANNELED INTERVIEWS WITH SOULS FROM THE OTHERSIDE. Tarentum, PA: Word Association Publishers/Green Parrot Press. 142 pp. Trade paperback, green pictorial wrappers. First edition, March 2001. Minor edgewear to wrappers, light rubbing. Illustrated by Steve Baldwin. Channeling souls from the ancient and enlightened world..... More
1935. BALDWIN, Sidney, ed. STORIES BY MRS. MOLESWORTH. Illustrated by Edna COOKE. New York: The Dial Press, 1935. From the series entitled A Child's Own Library of Finely Illustrated Books. 353 pp. 8vo., top edge red, red cloth with filt lettering and color pastedown illustration on front cover. Edges of..... More
1967. Baldwin, William L. Structre of the Defense Market, 1955-1964. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (1967). 8vo., boards. Most of ffep torn away, else a solid, serviceable copy in a mildly worn, sunned, and price-clipped dust jacket. More
1932. BALET, J.C. MANDCHOURIE. Preface de Francois De Tessan. Bibliotheque Politique et Economique. Paris: Payot, 1932. 8vo., printed wrappers; 222pp. Signatures unopened. Tape-repair at spinal ends. Good, with Kirkwood stamp. More
1880. BALFOUR, Francis M. TREATISE ON COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY, 2 VOLS. London: Macmillan and Co., 1880-1881. 8vo., i-xi,492 pp. + i-xxii (bibliography); i-xi, 655 pp. + i-xxii (bibliography). B/w illustrations throughout text. Green cloth, blindstamped front and aback and stamped in gilt to spines. Cloth of Vol.1 discolored. Vol. 2 slightly..... More
1915. BALL, Eustace Hale. PHOTOPLAY SCENARIOS; HOW TO WRITE AND SELL THEM. New York: Hearst's International Library Company, 1915. First edition. 12mo., white wrappers. Some edgewear and soil to wrappers; one inch loss from top-edge of rear panel. Clean within. Scarce thus. About very good... More
1989. BALLARD, J.G. RUNNING WILD. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989). First American edition. 8vo. Fine, in the dust jacket. More
1855. BALLOU'S PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION. VOLUME IX(-XI). Boston: M. M. Ballou, Publisher, (1855-6). Volumes IX - XI, July 1855 - December 1856: 78 issues in all. [4],416; [4],416; [4],416 pp. Text printed in three columns and illustrated with numerous wood-engravings. Folio. Ex-library; bookplate on front pastedown and pocket at..... More
1888. BALTZ, John D. COLONEL E.D. BAKER'S DEFENSE IN THE BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF, Fought October 21, 1861, in Virginia. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: [Privately printed], 1888. Includes slight biographical sketches of Colonel Baker and Generals Wistar and Stone. Illustrated, including one foldout map. 8vo., brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Some..... More
1663. BALZAC. LES ENTRETIENS DE FEU MONSIEUR DE BALZAC. Amsterdam: Chez Louys et Daniel Elzevier, 1663. 388 pp. + [17] pp. 24mo., speckled calf boards laid down, rebacked with gilt black morocco spine label. New endpapers. Bookplate (pre-19th century) laid down on front pastedown. Joints tender. Lovely engraved title page..... More
1842. BAMBERG, Car(olus) Tim(otheus). DE AVIUM NERVIS, ROSTRI ATQUE LINGUAE. Halle: Halis, 1842.8vo. 38pp. Red paper-covered boards stamped in gilt to front and back. Bookplate to pastedown and ownership in ink to ffep. of J. Amory Jeffries. Top front corner bumped. Boards slightly bowed. Pages lightly toned and foxed. A...... More
1954. BANCO DE LA REPUBLICA. 80 MASTERPIECES FROM THE GOLD MUSEUM. Bogota, Columbia: 1954. Limited edition museum catalogue. 80 photographic plates. 8vo., green and white illustrated paper wrappers printed in black to upper board. Good plus. More
1912. BANGS, John Kendrick. ECHOES OF CHEER. Boston: Sherman French & Company, 1912. First edition, inscribed presentation copy. 1/4 white cloth and blue paper boards, gilt stamped and t.e.g. Slight wear and darkening at spine and edges. Near fine overall. $35.00. More
FE. BANGS, John Kendrick. THE FOOTHILLS OF PARNASSUS. New York: Macmil-lan Company, 1914. Advance review copy, so stamped on the title page. This is a fine copy in a fragile dust jacket with a chip at the front hinge and wear at the extremes. More
1910. BANGS, John Kendrick. MOLLIE AND THE UNWISEMAN ABROAD. Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1910. First edition. Illustrations in color by Grace G. Wiederseim (Campbell Kids). 262 pp. 8vo., red cloth with color pictorial paper panel on front board. Near fine with light foxing to front boards's color..... More
1913. BANGS, John Kendrick. A PROPOSAL UNDER TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, A Farce. New York & London: Harper & Bros., (1918?). 16mo., red wrappers. Ink ownership to front wrap and one leaf. Touch of offsetting to ffep. Some small edge tears due to careless opening. Very good plus... More
1915. BANGS, John Kendrick. A QUEST FOR SONG. Boston: Little, Brown, 1915. Numbered limited edition, one of 500, signed by author. 12mo., grey paper boards backed in white cloth, decorated in gilt. Fine in original glassine dust jacket. More
1969. BANKS, Charles Edward. TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF 2885 ENGLISH EMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND, 1620-1650. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. 8vo., maroon cloth; near fine. More
1936. BANNERMAN, Helen. SAMBO AND THE TWINS: A NEW ADVENTURE OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936. Second printing. 90 pp. 24mo., red pictorial cloth stamped in black. Near fine, cloth perfect, bookplate spanning pastedown and front flyleaf (Boston Public Schools, Degrand gift, 1937). Crease pp..... More