Search Results: Authors starting with B from Resource Books, LLC

Storrs, CT: The University of Connecticut Alumni Association, 1972. A selection of 1972 speeches made by Babbidge, a highly popular college president (University of Connecticut 1962-1972). Inscribed to an individual by the editor, dated, 1972, on the half-title. Linen colored cloth with brown cloth spine, gilt printing, faux marbled endpapers, 181 pages. Book looks and feels about new, with a tiny closed tear to the upper edge of the front free endpaper and corresponding tiny tear, this one with a crease, at the upper edge of the half-title. No other names or markings, a very clean and sound copy.. Inscribed by The Editor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1840. Undated, ca. 1840. Softcover, about 4.25 inches tall, woodcut frontis plus additional woodcuts. Covers and pages curled at the edges, some chipping to the cover edges, binding sound, pages clean with some expected light to moderate foxing, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: S. Babcock, 1850. Worn chapbook dated 1850 about a four year old Edward Jones who lived in a city in Connecticut and who took a trip with his parents to see his aunt on a farm in Massachusetts. Illustrated with four full page wood engravings and an engraved front cover. About 4.5 inches tall, 16 pages including the covers. Front cover detached with several edge chips, binding edge restitched, fairly light edgewear to pages, contents a little age-toned but clean, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Lyon, MS: The Derrydale Press, 1990. Limited edition, one of 2500 copies printed. Burgundy bonded leather/leatherette printed in gilt, all edges gilt, attached ribbon bookmark. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: S. Babcock, 1841. From Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books series, 1841. Illustrated with two full page wood engravings and other wood engravings throughout the text. Printed softcover, 24 pags. Edgewear, light spotting to covers, pages clean, name in pencil on title page.. Soft Cover. Fair. 24mo - 5" - 5¾" Tall.

New York: S. Babcock, 1840. Undated, ca. 1840. Rough copy. Babcock's Moral, Instructive and Amusing Toy Books series. Illustrated with engravings. Disbound, covers have been reattached poorly and stick to the adjoining pages at the inner margins (text not obscured), pages have some light foxing but are in otherwise quite good condition.. Soft Cover. Poor. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1818. First American, from the third London edition. Well-kept copy in full calf with gilt-lettered black spine label, 196 pages. Fairly light rubbing and scuffing to the covers, good hinges, sound text block, front free endpaper present but preliminary blank removed, a few vertical pencil lines in the margins, pages otherwise lightly age-toned but clean, minimal foxing to a few pages.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998. High quality facimile reprint. Thick softcover in very good condition with slightly faded spine, tight binding, clean pages, small name stamp at the top of title page, neat underlines on three pages, no other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gloucester, Massachusetts: F. S. & A. H. McKenzie, 1931. First edition [1931], with personalized inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white line drawings. White illustrated hardcover with white cloth spine, 46 pages. Covers slightly age-darkened with some foxing and soil, mainly at the bottom edge of the front cover and at the top of the rear cover, sound binding, very clean pages with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Stated first edition, 1975. Fine in a very good dustjacket. Printed cloth, Harpercrest binding, with illustrated dustjacket. The book looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings. The myls protected dustjacket is priceclipped and some light edgewear, no chips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Book Sales, Inc., 1984. First edition. Illustrated in both color and in black and white. Dark yellow hardcover wtih brown cloth spine, color illustrated dustjacket. Light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, name at top of front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped has light shelfwear, tiny brown spot at lower corner of rear panel, no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition, 1911. Exceptionally clean copy of this Edwardian era romantic novel that includes the novelty of automobiles. Green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in black, white and red, gilt spine lettering, tissue protected frontis illustration, 158 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Near fine condition with almost no visible wear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with a name and 1912 date on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Maine: Downeast Ancestry; Maine Pioneer Ancestry Project, 1980. Undated, ca. 1980. Softcover with binder tape over stapled spine, 92 pages. Some uneven fading to the front cover, sound binding, clean pages, name and Fall 1980 date written at top of front cover, no other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First edition, first printing. 1985. Blue hardcover with off-white cloth spine, illustrated dustjacket. Very good with some fading to the edges of the endpapers, firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [15.95] and has some minor scuffs to the extremities, no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co, 1994. Published 1994. The horrific story of the Holocaust told in a manner and language suitable for older children. Softcover, 111 pages. Some minimal shelf rubbing, internally fine with no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Stockholm, Sweden: Art Distribution, 1968. Limited edition, 1968, number 78 of 432 copies "dedicated to the Sun" with the poet's facsimile signature below. In English. A selection of works by this noted Swedish poet. Pictorial hardcover, 30 pages plus six plates printed in purple tones. Minor edgewear, mainly a bit of rubbing to the corners and spine ends, lightly age-toned spine, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, Connecticut: Printed for the Author By B. & J. Russell, 1816. Published 1816. Early nineteenth century guide to duties and responsibilities of Justices of the Peace and Constables. The second section, The Complete Constable, is dated 1812 and was printed for the author by Peter W. Gleason and Co., Printers. Full sheep with dark red spine label, 264 + 134, [8] pages. Front cover a bit warped, bottom of front joint split (cover well attached), horizontal crease to spine covering, general external wear, text block sound, pages rippled as if they had been exposed to moisture at some point, but with no damp odor and just a trace of faint dampstaining to a few leaves in the second section, two names on front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. First edition, 1906. Comprehensive history of the river, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, folding color map at rear. Thick volume in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, black and white illustration mounted on front cover, frontis engraving in sepia tones, 463 pages. Light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, foxing to plates but pages clean with occasional foxing to some of the black and white plates, April 1907 date stamp on front free endpaper, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First edition, September 1904. Comprehensive history of the area, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, folding map in color at rear. Thick volume in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, black and white illustration mounted on front cover, top edge gilt, 367 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed, additional wear to spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, old map of the area mounted inside rear cover, clean pages with a 1904 gift notation on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. First edition, 1906. Remarkably nice copy. Comprehensive history of the river, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, folding color map at rear. Thick volume in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, black and white illustration mounted on front cover, frontis engraving in sepia tones, 463 pages plus publisher's ads. Very light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, pages and plates clean and free from foxing, armorial bookplate inside front cover with small name stamp on its upper margin, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.