Search Results: Authors starting with B from Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB

Oxford: Blackwell's, 1970. First edition. Paper wrappers. Overall very good, some good with notations, a few wrappers creased or torn, but most very good or better, some fine.. Various Sizes. An extensive collection the leading British booksellers including not only the basic catalogues, but most of the inserts, single sheet announcements, with only a few duplicates. From the b/w Catalogue No. 182 (May 1922): Catalogue of the library of the late W. Warde Fowler (1994 items) through the thirties, into the thin catalogues of the war years, to the plea for dollars in the post war era, to the explosive growth of the sixities, and ending with the glossy color covered Catalogue 915(1970): Rare and Interesting Books on Science mainly related to Transport and Technology (101 items). Includes rare and used catalogues: 1920's: 3; 1930s: 20; 1940s: 25; 1950s: 75; 1960s: 59; 1970: 8. Newly published books: 1922-4: 13; 1930s: 2; 1940s: 8; 1950s: 11; 1960's: 10; science: 3. Bulletins: 9. Lists: 6. Other… Read More

n.p.: n.p., 1896. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy, front wrapper soiled, leaves browned.. 22 pp. 8vo. Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850-1909) Republican Representative from Wisconsin, was anti-silver, and dressed his position up as a conversation between four neighbors, much like "Harry and Louise" times two.

Munchen: Kurt Wolff, 1922. First edition. Quarter morocco over wood boards, top edge gilt. A very good or better copy in a good dust jacket with a large chip to front panel.. 125 pp. + plates. Illus. with 4 mounted color & 45 b/w plates + 6 b/w drawings. 4to. Text in German. This was Bachhofer's dissertation. An influential work that covers the social and stylistic prerequisites for the development of wood block prints, followed by an explication of primitive, classic, and late periods, and concluding with an examination of the development of the representation of selected subjects.

[Frankfurt a.M.]: [China-Institut an der J.W. Goethe-Universität], 1935. Offprint. Paper wrappers. Lacking the wrappers, chipped at corner of first leaf, fold throughout, light soiling on last page, contents clean.. [101-128] pp. Illus. 29 drawings. Sm. 4to. Inscribed by the author with his initials. Reprinted from Sinica Sonderausgabe, (Frankfurt a.M.: China-Institut an der J.W. Goethe-Universität, 1935), but published without the two plates in the original serial publication. OCLC locates two copies: Univ. London Sch. Oriental & Africa and BN France (both lacking plates).

Habana: Impr. de P. Massana / Impr. del Tiempo, 1859. First edition. Modern quarter speckled calf over green marbled boards, four raised bands, red morocco spine label titled in gilt, marbled endpapers. A very good copy, title page foxed, owner's stamp on margin, a few small holes to top edge, notations on a few pages, leaves browned and edges foxed, more heavily to the first volume, binding quite fine. A handsome copy of a rare and important work with a distinguished provenance.. 225, 2 pp.; 220, 4 pp.; 247, 1 pp. 8vo. "The most important work published by Bachiller y Morales and containing valuable information on the literary history of Cuba," Trelles ("es la obra mas importante publicada por Bachiller y contiene preciosos datos sobre la historia literaria de esta Isla"). These articles -on schools, higher education, the press, literature, historiography, theater, music, biographies; and also containing a complete list of books printed in Cuba from 1724 to 1840- were previously published in… Read More

Tarrytown: Geo. L. Wiley & Bro., civil engineers and surveyors, 1880. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. About very good, wrappers chipped at edges, front wrapper partially detached, map split at joint, a few small tears along folds, otherwise quite bright.. 24 pp. Illus. with 1 hand colored folding map and 1 b/w engraving. 8vo. Issued on the centennial anniversary of the capture of Major André on September 23, 1780 at Tarrytown, N.Y. "The Andre papers": pp. 12-18. The title vignette which is also reproduced on the front wrapper, is captioned "Monument erected near the spot where Major Andre was captured, September 23d, 1780," and signed E.M. Bacon. The map, which measures 18 x 14 inches, and hand-colored in yellow, blue, and green, is captioned: Tarwe-town in the manor of Phillipsburgh, Westchester Co. N.Y. One hundred years ago. Uncommon and quite fragile due to mounting of map on front wrapper. OCLC locates six copies under two accession numbers: NYPL, NYS Hist. Asn, NJ Histo. Soc.… Read More

Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1968. Second printing. Cloth. A very near copy. No dust jacket as issued.. xi, 273 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w photos and 2 fold-out maps. 8vo. Yakushi B03.

London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, n.d.. n.ed. Cloth. A very good copy with soiled spine. No just jacket.. 267 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 12mo.

Moskva: Akad. nauk SSSR, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.. 371 pp. Illus. with 171 b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. From the history of the Volga forest region in the era of bronze. In Russian.

Chicago: Children's Press, n.d.. First edition. Illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine copy.. 31 pp. Illus. with color photos. Sm. 4to.

Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1870. Fourth Edition, revised and augmented. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. Lacking the spine, front board detached, about half the leaves dampstained on lower half, though noticeable only on a few of the maps, fair to good-.. xliv, 418 pp. Illus. with 21 maps, 7 plans and 7 panoramas. 16mo. The 1869 edition with additions and corrections down to the spring of 1870. Includes 1910 newspaper clipping on the Hospice of St. Bernard, one of the featured spots to visit. Hinrichsen E070b.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1931. Eighth Edition. Limp red cloth with gilt titles. A very good or better copy in a worn dust jacket, a few small chips on spine and at corners, fold on rear panel slit.. xl, 492 pp. Illus. with 34 maps, 41 plans, and 23 floorplans. 16mo. Hinrichsen D414.

Frankfurt: Joseph Baer, 1927. First edition. Paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled and chipped, small holes in rear wrapper, inch chip at spine ends with tear near head, foxing on half dozen plates and others in margin only, text leaves browned, good only.. 84 pp. + plates. Illus. with 46 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 589 items described; Preise in Reichsmark. OCLC shows two copies: Clark Inst. and Stanford.

Washington, D.C.: National Silver Committee, 1896. First edition. Self wrappers. A good copy, first and last leaf detached, with browning leaves and a few chips.. 16 pp. 8vo. Bailey's speech runs fourteen pages, Teller's, two. Both argue for the reintroduction of silver. OCLC locates only three copies of this edition with both speeches: University of Virginia, Georgia, and Wisconsin.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. First edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, map endpapers. Tiny foxing along fore edge else a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. 464 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo.

[Philadelphia]: n.p., 1899. First edition. Paper wrappers. Repaired on front wrapper along fold, chipped, date stamped on front & rear wrappers, first leaf stamped in blind, marginal soiling to contents, gift plate from author on rear wrapper.. 10 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy. "Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 20, 1899." Institutional stamp on first leaf, gift slip tipped into rear wrapper, from Henry Carey Baird, March 14, 1900. Alexander Williams Biddle (1819-1899), grandson Clement Biddle, was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, fighting in many important battles.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1862. First edition. Paper wrappers. Front wrapper chipped, loss to bottom corner, embossed institutional stamp, rear wrapper detached, folded, contents clean, a good copy.. 87 pp. 8vo. Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-18610: "The only sitting United States senator ever to die in combat, Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon was killed on October 21, 1861, in the Battle of Ball's Bluff. He led the regiment he had helped to raise when the Civil War began in the spring of 1861. Baker had practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1845, defeating his friend Abraham Lincoln for the Whig nomination. In 1846, he resigned from the House of Representatives to command a brigade in the Mexican War. Baker moved to Oregon in 1860 and was elected to the Senate that same year. A skilled orator, he made a lasting impression upon the Senate when, dressed in military uniform, he delivered his famous call to arms on August 1,… Read More

Paris: Payot, 1936. First edition. Three quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. Tiny chip to head of spine else a near fine beautifully bound copy.. 308 pp. Illus. with 5 b/w maps. 8vo. A. Lageix, trans. Translation of Charlemagne and the united states of Europe.

New York: G.A. Baker & Co., 1925. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A good copy with chipped corner to wrappers.. 47 pp. 8vo. 1148 items listed.

Paris: Publications de la Conciliation Internationale, 1928. First edition. Paper wrappers. A very good unopened (uncut) copy with sunning on wrappers and spine.In French.. 125 pp. Sm. 8vo. Bulletin No. I, 1928. Four essays. Thomas Baker was President of Carnegie Mellon from 1922-1935.