Search Results: Authors starting with B from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

London: The Macmillian Company, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. 189, (10) pages. Hardcover in white and orange dust jacket. Spine is white with green lettering. DJ is lightly rubbed. A faint price sticker residue on upper right corner of DJ. Text is clean.

Richmond, VA: Printed by Whittet & Shepperson, 1968. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 307 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a grey dust jacket. The jacket shows some wear and some smudging from handling and with a toned strip at the top edge of the rear panel. The jacket spine is toned. The top and the fore edges of the text block show heavy foxing. The book is sound and clean within. Published by The Lynchburg Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Co, 1901. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Yohn, F.C.. 12mo. 362, (4) pages. Hardcover in red cloth with illustrated pastedown on front cover. Binding is rubbed. Slight bubbling of cloth on rear cover. Illustration on front cover is rubbed. Bumping/ fraying at headcap/foot. The front inner hinge is cracking. Text is toned. Occasional foxing. Illustrations.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. 222 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a mauve dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket. A sound copy and clean within.

Raleigh: Printed by Bell & Lawrence, Printers to the State, 1826. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 11 pages. Soft cover. Stitched pamphlet with a simple string tie at the spine The binding is worn with creases and chips along the edges. Several dam spots at the fore edge and at the bottom of the title page (which is the front cover). Browning and foxing to the text. The issue was the claims of members and descendants of the Continental Line during the American Revolution who were supposed to receive land grants in the western part of Carolina, afterwards Tennessee. George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) was a superior court judge, Secretary of the Navy, and was a U.S. Senator, originally from New Bern, North Carolina. In 1828 he supported Andrew Jackson as President, but he opposed the National Bank, so he joined the newly formed Whig Party. In 1840 he was appointed as Secretary of the Navy, and he did much to modernize the… Read More

Richmond: Printed by Thomas W. White, opposite the Bell Tavern, 1833. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Fair. 12mo. 21 pages. Soft cover removed from a larger bound volume. Lacks the outer wrappers, so that the first page is the title page. There are some spots of staining on the center of the title page. Text is a little toned but generally clean. The individual gatherings are in danger of separating. Housed in a removable plastic sleeve with a board backing. George Edmund Badger (1795-1866) was a superior court judge, Secretary of the Navy, and was a U.S. Senator, originally from New Bern, North Carolina. In 1828 he supported Andrew Jackson as President, but he opposed the National Bank, so he joined the newly formed Whig Party. In 1840 he was appointed as Secretary of the Navy, and he did much to modernize the Navy, setting the foundation for the Atlantic Fleet and investing in research for new types of Ordinance and weapons. At the outset of the Civil War he was a delegate… Read More

N.p.: American Mathematical Society, 2012. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 94 pages. Blue and yellow hardcover. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Contains several photos.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 263 pages, indexed. Hardcover in colour dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Text is clean.

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Variously paginated. Hardcover in red cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Binding has light wear. The spine is curved inward. A personal ex-libris label on the front flyleaf. Text is clean.

North Carolina: N.p., 1929. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 19 pages. Soft cover bound in tan stapled wrappers. The binding shows some wear and some soiling from being handled. Front cover creased along the fore edge. A sound copy with clean text.

New York: Burr Printing House, 1896. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 583 pages. Hardcover bound in brown cloth with lettering in gilt. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. There is some scuffing at the headcap of the spine. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's signature and notations on the front flyleaf. There is a bit of damping at the bottom edge and bottom of the fore edge with just a thin strip of damping showing on the bottom margin of the pages in the middle of the book. A piece of paper was laying in loosely between pages 430 and 431 resulting in some browning on those pages. The rest of the text appears clean. Illustrated with numerous photos throughout.

Crawfordsville, Indiana: Sugar Creek Poetry Series, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Good. 8vo. 24 pages. Slim soft cover bound in white wrappers. Light wear to the binding, which is a bit foxed. INSCRIBED to fellow poet Ann Deagon by the author on the title page.

Daleville, Indiana: Barnwood Press, 1985. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 57 pages. Slim soft cover bound in white wrappers. Light wear to the binding, which is a bit foxed. INSCRIBED to fellow poet Ann Deagon by the author on the title page.

Columbia, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 241 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a blue dust jacket. There is light to moderate wear to the jacket, which is bumped at the edges and lightly rubbed. The text is clean and sound. Contains photographs and maps.

Boston: Lee & Shepard. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 290 pages. Hardcover bound in green cloth with spine designs in gilt. The binding is rubbed and bumped. Appears to lact the title page. Contains four illustrations, including the illustrated half title. Another similar copy available notes this was published in 1869 and written by George M. Baker, but that information is not in this volume. Text is a little toned but generally clean.

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 122 pages, indexed. Hardcover in rose pictorial dust jacket. DJ has light wear. Text is clean.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xiii, 556 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth. The binding is rubbed and worn. The spine ends show insect damage. The inner hinges are cracking. The text block is generally sound and clean. Complete with 6 folding plates at the rear.

New York: Macmillan, 1974. 2nd Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 846 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a brown and tan pictorial dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Illustrated with historical documents, drawings, maps and photographs. Text is clean and sound.

Raleigh, NC: UNC Sea Grant Publicantion, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 82 pages. Soft cover bound in grey wrappers. Light wear to the binding. NC Civil Preparedness ink stamp on rear cover. A sound copy and clean within.

Atlanta, Georgia: The Franklin-Turner Company, 1908. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 105 pages. Hardcover bound in pale blue or grey cloth. The binding is heavily rubbed and worn. Paper label on the spine is mostly rubbed away. A church ex-library copy with full markings including pockets and pasted paper on the endpapers. Inner hinges secure. A reading copy only.