Search Results: Authors starting with B from Brenner's Collectable Books

New York: Penguin, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott, 1925. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 85pp. Beautiful Stated Second Impression. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A hint of off-setting to end-papers from dust-jacket. Sharp, scarce, unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has edge-wear and mild soiling. A few tiny nicks and chips. Still quite fresh and bright. An "...imaginary romance of the escape of (John Wilks) Booth" after the Lincoln assassination. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite uncommon in this condition.

New York: Scarlet, 2021. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 476pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Tight, solid and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($25.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of the author's first novel.

New York: Walker & Co, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful, unread 1st US Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A sharp collectable copy.

New York: St Martins Press, 1991. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful, unread 1st US Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper with a 1/2" closed tear. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A sharp collectable copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 214pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket ($23.00), is fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. Signed by Bacall on the title page at a book signing event upon the release of the book. A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 178pp. Sharp 1st Printing of the reissue of the 1963 edition with a new preface by the author. Tight, solid and clean throughout with a bit of wear to the spine ends but mild. Small remainder mark on bottom. Equally attractive unclipped, ($5.95), protected wrapper. Very light edge-wear and some mild soiling on the rear panel but still fresh and bright with no creases, chips, tears, etc... A beautiful collectable copy.

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Jeff Hill. 12mo., 62pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and quite clean throughout with bright unmarked pages and little or no wear. Very well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($1.95), has a hint of edge-wear and a tiny pen mark on the rear panel but is bright and fresh with no chipping, creases or tears. Book of quotes from notable people through history about the joys of music. A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: Hastings House, 1978. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Oblong 17" x 11.25" 87pp. Beautiful Second Revised Edition, limited to only 350 copies of which this is number 14. Bound in tan woven cloth with color title labels on front board and spine. Color illustrations throughout. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Front hinge starting but firm. Housed in full color publisher's slipcase that has mild edge-wear and some light soiling. Remnants of price and stock # stickers on back panel. A sharp, well-preserved collectable copy of an uncommon book and at a great price.

Cambridge, MA: Moses King, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo., 518pp. plus ads. Fold-out map. Sharp First Edition bound in olive cloth with titles and decoration stamped in black and red. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild edge-wear and rubbing to spine ends. A few tiny tears where uncut pages were roughly opened. A very pleasing collectable copy of this early guide to Beantown.

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1928. Revised Edition. Soft cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Revised by LeRoy Phillips. Original blue soft cloth, titles in gilt on cover. 11 pages of maps, photo illustrations throughout. Light surface and shelf wear.

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1928. Revised Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Revised by LeRoy Phillips. Original blue soft cloth, titles in gilt on cover. 11 pages of maps, photo illustrations throughout. Minimal wear to extremities. A very sharp, collectable copy.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo., 190pp. Beautiful Unread First "Collector's Edition", one of Easton's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Bound in full leather with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on both boards and spine. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1894. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 6.25" x 4.5". 336(2)pp. Sharp Second Revised Edition. Flexible red covers with gilt titling, Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 8 maps, 15 plans and 2-page fold-out panorama of Athens. Large fold-out traveling map present in the rear pocket. Square, tight and clean throughout. Spine toned. Front hinge starting but firm. Mild edge-wear. Front end-paper detached but laid in. Very little interior toning. Laid in is a contemporary postcard of the Hotel Apollon in Delphes. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. Soft cover. Near Fine Minus. 6.25" x 4.5". 388pp. Sharp Twelfth Revised Edition and the last edition to be published before WWI. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling, Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 37 maps and 50 plans. Square, tight and clean throughout Very mild rubbing and toning to spine ends. A few errant spots on the bottom front cover. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6.25" x 4.5". 474pp. Sharp Fourteenth Revised Edition. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling, Titles stamped in gilt. Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 15 maps and 30 plans. Square, tight and clean throughout Very mild rubbing and toning to spine ends. Small, neat contemporary name and date on the front end-paper. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1892. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6.25" x 4.5". 396pp. Sharp Twelfth Revised Edition. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling, Titles stamped in gilt. Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 39 maps and 21 plans. Square, tight and clean throughout. Corner clipped from front end-paper. A touch of softness to spine ends and tips. Spine lightly toned. Very well-preserved. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Hamburg, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6.25" x 4.5". 146pp. Sharp First Edition. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling, Borders and decoration in blind. 1 maps and 2 plans. Square, tight and clean throughout save some light toning to page edges. Some light wrinkling to front panel. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6.25" x 4.5". 364pp. Beautiful Eleventh Revised Edition. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling. Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 36 maps and 45 plans. Square, tight and clean throughout Very mild rubbing to edges and spine ends. Contemporary ownership signature on half-title page. Some notes in pencil, (easily erased), on the verso of the front end-paper. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6.25" x 4.5". 254pp. Sharp Fifth Edition and the last edition to be published before WWI. Bright flexible red covers with gilt titling, Borders and decoration in blind. All edges marbled. 7 maps and 24 plans. Square, tight and clean with fairly minor wear to spine ends and touch of rubbing. Toned end-papers as is inevitable. Neat contemporary ownership signature on half-title page. Blind stamp of C.C. Hammond & Co map Specialists on the title page. Fresh and bright. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.