Search Results: Authors starting with B from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 2000. Reprint from another Publisher, First Printing via number line. AS NEW/AS NEW. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents WE, THE PEOPLE "American history through the words and documents that have shaped the nation and that continue to embody the principles upon which it was founded." (Barnes and Noble) Reprint of the 1998 book entitled 'Words that Make America Great," which was published by Random House. This is a First Printing via the the number line. As New/As New. 7 5/8" x 9 1/2", 587 pages, large and heavy, requires extra postage. Cover = navy blue quarter bound cloth over tan boards, with particulars in gold gilt on spine only. Unclipped glossy dust jacket with mottled light gray and cream background, and an off white frame containing illustrations of documents plus particulars in two-tone blue. A particularly BEAUTIFUL book to own.

Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover. AS NEW. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents an AS NEW copy of MICROCOSMOS, THE SHAPE OF THE ELIZABETHAN PLAY by THOMAS STROUP. "The world's a stage,/ And all the men and women merely players"--a universally recognized line from Shakespeare, but here it becomes a fascinating overall concept to which all of Shakespeare's writings appear to conform. 6 1/8" x 9 1/8", 235 pages, including notes and index, with no dust jacket. Overall condition is AS NEW. Owner's name and date written neatly in pen on front reverse cover.

New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1958. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD/GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE COPY of LEO BAECK'S GOD AND MAN IN JUDAISM. 5" x 7 1/2", 77 pages, together with THE ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall the book is VERY GOOD. Pages = Good Plus: owner name and address on first fep, underlining on some of the pages, glue process stains on first fep, else very tight, sharp, clear. Cover (blue cloth boards with particulars in gold gilt) = Near Fine: rubbing to top and bottom edges, else tight, sharp, clear and square. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (beige paper with design and particulars in red) = Good: original price sticker on front, chipping to top and bottom, 1/4" tears at top and bottom of spine, sunning to front designs, else whole, clear, colorful.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969?. Presumed Reprint. NEAR FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents TWENTIETH CENTURY ART by MICHAEL BATTERBERRY. From Matisse to Chagall and beyond, this unique art book provides full color plates of the Masters along with explanatory notes about the work of each artist. 9 5/8" x 12 1/8" (may require additional postage), 191 pages, including index, 244 full color photos of the paintings, with no dust jacket. Per Worldcat, photos are copyright 1969, but book could be either 1969 or 1971. HARD TO FIND in this condition since book has never been reprinted since the early 70's. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = Fine: slightly dulled, yet clear colors, tight, sharp, no marks. Cover (charcoal cloth boards with silver gilt design and particulars) = Very Good: moderate rubbing to front and back, corners and spine still sharp, tight, square.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of FROM CENTAUR TO CROSS, THE UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE & THE CENTAUR by MAURICE DE GUERIN, translated by H. Bedford-Jones, with an Introduction and Notes by Gilbert Chinard. Out of Print, Rare. While the above title appears on the Title Page, the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET carries a different title: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MAURICE DE GUERIN (with the "CENTAUR" complete). That same jacket tells us that the packet of letters was discovered in the smoking room of a Westbound Ocean Liner. 6" x 9", 213 pages, with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. No subsequent printing number, hence a first. Overall book condition is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good Plus, with mild tanning to all, owner name and address plus old pricing info on first fep, else no marks, tight, square, clear. Cover (orange cloth boards small black particulars on spine only) = Very Good, with moderate rubbing front and back, else clear,… Read More

New York: Shorewood Publishers Inc., 1965. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. VERY GOOD/FAIR. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents CAVE TO RENAISSANCE: DRAWINGS OF THE MASTERS, compiled and narrated by Harvard Professor Benjamin Rowland, Jr., 141 pages, We start in Pre-History and follow the progress of pictorial art all the way to the Renaissance, when paintings as "works of art" actually began. "The panorama of drawings in this volume provides a necessary background for all who would understand the sources and development of our Western art tradition." 8 1/8" x 9 1/2", 141 page hardcover, with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. 93 plates (most in color). Overall condition of the book is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good: liquid damage to bottom of first 70 pages, particularly noticeable front reverse cover through end of Table of Contents, foxing to last fep and back reverse cover, else very tight, sharp, clear, white, very colorful, with… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. FIRST EDITION THUS. Hardcover, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET . NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION of THE BERLITZ SELF-TEACHER: SPANISH. While this may or may not be the First Printing, 1949 is the year for the FIRST EDITION. "Berlitz says: 'If you speak English, you can speak Spanish--the natural Berlitz way." This is the Full-size (5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 282 pages) hard cover book, with the ORIGINAL PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET. Overall condition of the book is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges are tinted red) = Near Fine: very slightly yellowed, fep's slightly browned on edges, penciled old pricing on first fep, else very tight, sharp, clear, with no additional markings. Cover (red cloth boards with lack design and black particulars) = Near Fine: sunned top edge of front, somewhat rubbed top of spine, 1/2" scratch on back, else tight, sharp, fresh, square, with original color and print.… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY RARE ASSOCIATION COPY of FANNIE B. BLUMBERG, VOL. NO. 2, A SEQUEL. "July 9, 1965 we embarked on the publication of (Volume No. 1) as a testimonial and memorial dedicated to preserving various letters, unpublished stories manuscripts, memos and comments...This (Vol. 2) is needed to complete the record…"(Benjamin Blumberg) 6" x 9", 315 page paperback, including numerous b/w photos, illustrations and painting reproductions. Cover is brown marbled heavy paper with gold gilt design and particulars. Condition = Near Fine. On title page appears an INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR to friend & fellow artist (sculptor) RALPH H HUMES, who spent 42 years in south Florida. Noted appraiser James Beattie gave this book a value of $260.

New York: The Culture Press, 1929. First Limited edition of 2000 stated. Fine. Bob Lafferty. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A TRUE COLLECTOR'S EDITION: SCORES OF CHEERFUL EPIGRAMS IN HAI-KAI FORM. This is #358 of a stated limited FIRST LITHO MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE EDITION numbering 2000. SIGNED by the author. Bob Lafferty came from Wheeling, WV--a genius, visionary, author, architect, steelworker, and "...general crank, who later in life went to prison in a Wall Street stock fraud." (from The Wheeling Rare Book Collection by the Ohio County Public Library). 6" x 9", 123 pages plus a Forward and book ads by Harry E Owen. This is volume one of a projected 9 volume set of the thoughts of Bob Lafferty. Page 66 herein contains "The Lafferty Plan: transit, traffic, freight; a comprehensive true transportation system of airway and speedways for large cities." Book is FINE, no dust jacket as designed. Pages = fine: moderately tanned, owners' names in pen on the author… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Third edition stated, First printing thus. Hardcover w/ ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the completely revised and rewritten THIRD EDITION of HERE'S ENGLAND, a travel book written specifically for the American tourist BY RUTH MCKENNEY and RICHARD BRANSTEN. "History comes alive in these stories of Thomas Beckett, Old Sarum, and the War of the Roses." With this volume, HERE'S ENGLAND enters its third decade. 5 3/4" X 8 1/2", 336 page hard cover, including map endpapers ("England" at front, "London" at back), several captioned interior illustrations, a "Master Chart of English History" (26 pages), a "Brief Resume of English Architectural Styles" (four pages, includes a Glossary). Sir Osbert Lancaster, cartoonist, painter, theatre designer, and architectural historian, adds a great deal to this book via his illustrations. Includes the ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Overall condition of the book… Read More

New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996. FIRST EDITION THUS, SECOND PRINTING STATED. AS NEW/AS NEW. Gennady Spirin. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents this ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FIRST EDITION copy of THE NUTCRACKER, using "Arches Watercolor Paper" from France to produce the brand new full color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Includes AS NEW ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. The familiar tale literally comes to life on the pages. The perfect CHRISTMAS GIFT, the end papers alone are DESIGN WORKS OF ART! 8 1/2" x 12 1/4" (oversized, may require additional postage), 99 pages, in an impeccable ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. The hard cover book is AS NEW. The cover features the famous color painting of The Nutcracker on flat "Christmas" green stiff paper, with a beautiful script in Gold gilt for particulars. The unclipped dust jacket (also AS NEW) is an exact replica of the cover, but even shinier!

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER presents "BY LAND & WATER, A Trip Personally Conducted by McLoughlin Bros., 623 Broadway, New York, the Pictures by R. [Richard} Andre, Copyrighted 1889." 10" x 12 ¼", 18 pages (first and last of which are pasted to the reverse covers), no dust jacket. Extremely scarce Victorian children's book with fanciful illustrations by well known British artist of the time, Richard Andre. McLoughlin Brothers hired as many as 75 artists for their factory and experimented with color reproduction. Each illustrated page contains a small poem. Half the illustrations are full color, and the other half shades of black, white, and tan. Overall condition = FAIR. Pages (heavy paper) are held to back cover by threads, front cover nearly separated, thin red binder tape present but no longer functioning. Pages 14/15 has 2" tear to bottom, designed rounded corners are worn, else whole, bright, and clearly readable. NOTED APPRAISER JAMES BEATTIE has attributed a… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents No. 65/1000 of the Doubleday Doran Limited Signed Edition of THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by SAMUEL BUTLER in its Original Labeled Slipcase. This copy is signed by the book's Illustrator, Famed American Artist ANDRE DURENCEAU. 6 3/4" x 9 3/4", with 429 pages, this book is FINE, and its accompanying Original Slipcase (maroon boards with glued on red label with white particulars) is VERY GOOD PLUS.