Search Results: Authors starting with B from Aardvark Rare Books

London, England: Printed by R[obert]. Y[oung]. and R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]. and are sold by R. Meighen neere the Inner-Temple gate, anno Domini 1641, 1641. Leather-bound. Good. Folio, 11 1/4in. x 7 1/4in. Full contemporary calf double ruled in blind. Scuffing and faint dampstain half-ring to front board. Rubbing to extremities and hinges. Corners moderately bumped. 20 double ruled lines on spine. Crazing to leather toward top of spine. Ink ownership inscription "J.E.R. Hatfield/Nov. 1911" to front pastedown. pp. [14], 248. Lacks frontispiece portrait of Bacon. large chip torn from top of rear free endpaper. Beautiful woodcut architectural title page, trimmed close to outer border. Woodcut decorative initials, headpieces, and tailpieces throughout. Nice wide margins. Pages very clean throughout. (ESTC R11984). The politician and natural philosopher Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626) wrote The Historie of...King Henry in 1621, during the most turbulent period of his life. That same year, he… Read More

Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman and Company, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Kurt Weise. Wide 12mo, 6.8 in. x 8 in. Unpaginated. Pastel green cloth boards with pastedown drawing of boats on a West Virginia waterway to front. Black title to spine. Very light rubbing to board edges. Discrete university library de-accession stamp to front pastedown. Ink stamp price to top corner of title page. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges, with two small closed tears to top-edge. Protected in mylar. One of the "Know Your States" books by Bernadine Bailey/Kurt Weise.

New York, and Canton, Ohio: Periodical House Inc, 1957. Magazine. Good Plus. Introduced in this premier issue in May, 1957, "Hi" is a clever, gimmicky "Men's" magazine, 11 in. x 4 in., designed to be slipped into the breast pocket of a suit-or sportcoat, complete with color and black and white "cheesecake" girlie photos, cartoons, photography, fiction, etc. Moderate shelf wear with a very small closed tear to bottom near spine, but otherwise in very good shape, ready to be slipped into the breast pocket and carried all sorts of places where full-size racy magazines could not be taken. In this very first issue, we find several photo essays by Arthur Fellig (aka "WeeGee"), wa story from Harold Robbins which featured the lead character from Robbins's "79 Park Avenue"; an speculative articles about Elvis Presley; the "Art Students' Ball"; The Lust Market"; a notoriously bloody boxing match which had to be stopped; breast enhancement surgery; and on Virgins. 102 pp. "HI: You're going to have a good… Read More

London, England: Richard D. Bentley and Son, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Recollections of life in the mail-coaching world. Handsomely rebound at some point in three-quarter vellum, ruled in gilt, over original sage-green boards. Contrasting olive spine label with gilt lettering. Publisher's red speckles to edges. Very light soiling to boards and spine. Spotting to frontis.

Edinburgh, Scotland: Excudebant Neill et Socius, 1832. First Edition. Leather-bound. Good. IN LATIN. Octavo, 5.25 x 8.5 in., pp. 33. Full-calf with gilt frame design and tooled floral frame with large graphic design in blind on front and back. Gilt design to spine and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Vertical staining to left third of front board (near front joing). Light moisture stain with tideline (4 in. x 4 in. approx.) throughout upper right quadrant of book. Dissertation for thesis (M.D.) for University of Edinburgh. Text in Latin. Here follows a poor Google translation: INAUGURAL MEDICAL DISCUSSION, COMPLETING ... ABOUT PNEUMONIA; WHICH HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY HIS HIGHNESS, BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVEREND , MR. GEORGE BAIRD, SS.T.P. PRINCIPAL OF EDINBURGH ACADEMY; NOT WITH THE EXTENSIVE CONSENT OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE, AND BY THE DECREE OF THE NOBLE MEDICAL FACULTY; FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR, AND THE HIGHEST IN MEDICINE HONORS AND PRIVILEGES RITERALLY AND LEGITIMATE.

Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1924. 26th edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus Dustjacket. L. Maynard Dixon. Octavo, 5 in. x 7.5 in ., Brick red buckram cover with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover has green/black drawing of canoe reflecting on the water. Very slight rubbing to bottom corners and bottom of spine. Spine and hinges are tight. xii + 280 pp The inscription and owner's name, dated 1926, to front endpaper; no other interior marks. Dust jacket, which includes an illustration by Dixon. occasional shelfwear,and several small chips (missing from) top and bottom of spine, and lower right corner. From the back of dust jacket: "Two hundred years ago a huge natural bridge (the Bridge of the Gods), which then spanned the Columbia Rover at the "Cascades," was the symbol of the power of the Willamettes, then head of the Confederacy of Oregon and Washington Indian tribes. Mr Batch tells the story of the first bringing of Christianity to these Indians by Cecil Grey, a New… Read More

San Francisco, CA: The History Company, 1886. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Thirty-nine matching volumes. Octavo, 9.3 in. x 6 in. ORIGINAL leather bindings with gilt title on two black panels to spine. Marbled edges. Hands down, this is the loveliest set we've come across in nearly thirty years. A few recent nips and tucks in the capable hands of our book restoration guru and this full set looks the masterpiece it is. (See pictures.) Note: We will not compromise on superb and well-protected shipping. "Colossal cooperative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country..." (Howes B 91). Volumes 1 - 5: Native Races Volumes 6 - 8: History of Central America Volumes 9 - 14: History of Mexico Volumes 15 - 16: History of the North Mexican States and Texas Volume 17: History of Arizona and New Mexico Volumes 18 - 24: History of California Volume 25: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming Volume 26: History of Utah Volumes 27 - 28: History of the Northwest Coast Volumes 29 - 30:… Read More

Chicago, IL: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1906. First Editions. Hardcover. Good Only. Maginal Wright Enright. FIRST PRINTING. 12mo, 6.8 in. x 5 in. Illustrated with colored plates. Light tan cloth boards. Hand-lettered top line on title pages read: "The Twinkle Tales". Heavy, blank, red endpapers. Verso of half title page has list of all six volumes of The Twinkle Tales. First lines of title page printed in colored, hand-lettering block style. Copyright ,1906, by the Reilly & Britton Co." to verso of title page. (Bienvenue 288). Tan boards with illustrations and lettering stamped in color to front and spine. Light rubbing and soiling to boards. Cloth tears along both front and rear joints. Well-rubbed but still legible spine. Corners just nudged. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1920, and another previous owner's ink stamp to front free endpaper. Hinges cracked, but threads still holding. Age-toning to pages.

Chicago, IL: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1906. First Editions. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good. Maginal Wright Enright. FIRST PRINTING. Set: 12mo, 6.8 in. x 5 in. Illustrated with colored plates. Light tan cloth boards. Hand-lettered stylized text to top line of title pages reads: "The Twinkle Tales". Heavy, blank, red endpapers. Verso of half title pages have list of all six volumes of The Twinkle Tales. Color title with "hand-lettering" style print to top of title page. List of chapters and "Copyright ,1906, by the Reilly & Britton Co." on verso of title page. (Bienvenue 288). Tan boards with illustrations and lettering stamped in color to fronts and spines. Light rubbing and soiling to all boards. The front boards and interior pages of all six titles are sharp and bright. BANDIT JIM CROW: Bottom corners nudged. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1913, to half title. Hinge showing, but holding, at page 8. Scattered dark stains to rear board. Condition: Good Plus. MR. WOODCHUCK: Corners… Read More

Portland, OR: The Iron Goose Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Octavo, 5.5 x 8.5 in., pp. 63. Beige paper cover with black title to cover. Illustrated with ten pages of black and white photographs. Title handwritten in ink pen to spine. Water stain on front cover and some soiling to rear cover. Thumbing to corners. Scarce. (OCLC finds only one copy in libraries worldwide). Written by Charles Edwin Bannister's son. From the dedication: "To the Old Man and to everybody's else Old Man who worked like hell and struggled like hell but in the end, in spite of it all, didn't amount to a hill of beans, this book is fondly dedicated."

Philadelphia: C. E. Thomas, 1906. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. NOTE: SALESMAN SAMPLE ONLY; NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK: Quarto (app. 9.50 in. x 6 3/4 in.). Red cloth-covered boards, black and gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white paste-on illustration center of front board. Illustrated with many photographs. SIGNED BY OPIE READ at bottom of title page. NOTE: This is a Salesman Sample, which is a specially-printed greatly-abbreviated version of the actual book containing ONLY a sample portion of each chapter. It was designed so that the door to door salesperson could carry similar samples of a great many books. Bound into the back are subscription blanks, and in this particular book, there are ten sales lines filled out. "A Complete and Authentic Account of the Terrible Calamity that befell the City of the Golden Gate, Stricken by Earthquake and Devasted by Fire. Described and Penned by Eye-Witnesses and those who Worked to Relieve the Suffering. A Vivid Account of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Stated First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 471. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Unmarked interior. Light sunning, and light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. "Consider Phlebas is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the first in a series of novels about an interstellar post-scarcity society called the Culture. The novel revolves around the Idiran-Culture War, and Banks plays on that theme by presenting various microcosms of that conflict. Its protagonist Bora Horza Gobuchul is an enemy of the Culture." (from Wikipedia) "Escape seemed impossible: 'there was one bewilderingly complicated and unlikely way out of the concentric shells of erupting energies now opening like the petals of some immense flower between the star systems. It was not, however, a route the Mind of a small, archaic warship could plan for, create… Read More

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1917. Hardcover. Good Plus in Good Dustjacket. John B, Gruell. 24mo. Beige paper over boards (5 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.). Brown lettering, and brown frame with small black child with blue pants, red jacket and green umbrella against a yellow backdrop with knee-high pink flowers Light shelfwear and a bit of rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription to front free endpaper. Eight lovely colored pictures and numerous black and white drawings. Quite rare in Dustjacket. Dustjacket shows Sambo and his father (Black Jumbo) within a large white circle, with white raindrops against a blue backdrop, and red lettering within several additional white circles. A few small chips to dustjacket (corners and top/bottom of spine) and general staining/spotting, with tidelines and a few closed tears. This is Number 8 in the All About/Books for Young Children Series issued by Cupples & Leon, which at book's publication in 1917, sold for 35¢. Rare in jacket. "Bannerman… Read More

Dundonald, Northern Ireland: The Blackstaff Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near fine (slipcase). Quarto, 11.4 in. x 8.2 in., pp. 322. LImited edition #187/200, signed by the author on the copyright page. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Half calf over tan linen boards. GIlt title to black panel, and gilt band lines, to spine. Bindery sticker to rear pastedown. Matching brown slipcase. Jonathan Eric Bardon (born in Dublin, 1941 - died in Belfast, 2020) was an Irish historian and author. He is best known for his critically acclaimed text, A History of Ulster. The book examines, in detail, the cultural, social, economic, and political arenas of the province, beginning with the early settlements and progressing linearly to present-day Ulster. (from Wikipedia).

Bend, Oregon: Maverick Publications, 1992. HARDCOVER. NEAR FINE. First Edition. Chapters on The establishment of the Wallowa County Schools, Academies, Wallowa County School Superintendents, Teachers' Institutes, Wallowa County High School, Schools of Wallowa County, followed by an extensive bibliography, a key to illustrations, maps and an index. Tons of photos. Three corners very lightly nudged. Edited by Cathy Sternbentz.

London, England: Mathuen and Co, 1894. Hardcover. Good Only. Francis D. Bedford. Wide Octavo, 8.8 in. x 6.9 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with ink drawings. Tan cloth boards with burgundyt title and dark green mouse and frog design to front and spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Many top-edges are uncut. Rubbing to extremities; corners bumped. Five-inch closed tear to cloth on rear joint, resulting in a loose flap of the cloth covering spine.. Sunning to spine. Tanning to free endpapers. Jane Barlow (1856 - 1917) was an Irish writer, noted for her novels and poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry, chiefly about Lisconnel and Ballyhoy, in relation to both landlords and the Great Famine. "Miss Barlow" had great success with the collection of stories Irish Idylls (1892), which printed nine editions. When Trinity College Dublin first began to grant degrees to women, Barlow was one of the first "to receive the highest honorary distinction that ancient seat of learning could bestow", a… Read More

London, England: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.4 in. Vol I: pp. xvi, 476; Vol II: pp. 524. Vol I illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Henry Gatton, decorated half title page, and fold-out line drawing of Dublin. Vol II illustrated with frontispiece portrait of James, Earl of Charlemagne, decorated half title page, and fold-out map of Ireland (Vol II). Full calf with embossed copper insignia ("Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow") in oval design. Gilt title and band lines to rebacked spines, with dates in bottom compartments. Rubbing to extremities, with old tape scars to boards. Black topstain to top edges. Newer endpapers. Clean, bright, unmarked interiors.

Salem, Massachusetts: Thomas C. Cushing, Essex-Street, Salem, 1796. Pamphlet. Good. Octavo, 8" x 5." pp. 22. Removed. Leather remnants on spine. Original stab holes present. Gatherings starting to become unbound from top. Edges neatly trimmed. Very small chip to outer corners of first three leaves. One small black stain and some minor soiling to edges of back leaf. Interior pages lightly tanned with some toning around edges. Very clean copy. (Evans 30030). Thomas Barnard, Jr. (1748-1814) assumed the position of head minister of the First Church in Salem in 1770 following his father, Reverend Thomas Barnard's, sudden paralysis. The church split into two over disputes about leadership. Barnard Jr. and his followers formed the North Church in Salem. (Congregational Library and Archives) The present sermon offers a window into the sentiments, fears, and swelling patriotism felt by congregants belonging to the New Republic.r.

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine (slipcase). Hugh Thomson. Small Folio, 12.5 x 9.75 in., pp. vii, [1] (characters), 198. Illustrated with tipped-in water-color frontispiece and twenty-one additional tipped-in paintings by Hugh Thomson. Limited edition, #433/1000. Signed by the artist on limitation page. Contemporary vellum boards ruled with two gilt and three purple frames, gilt title, and an elaborately decorated gilt scene based on Thomson's art to front. Gilt title and decoration to spine. Gilt top-edge; fore-edge and bottom-edge untrimmed. Burgundy silk ties. Very light rubbing to boards. Spotting to right half of spine. Front board very lightly bowed. Captioned tissue-guards to plates. Light age-toning to pages. Includes laid in announcement of Hugh Thomson's 1913 exhibition of the original watercolor drawings for Quality Street at The Leicester Galleries. Olive-green cloth-covered slipcase with red interior. A lavish presentation of… Read More

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo. 8 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration of young boy sitting atop a mushroom playing a panpipe. Gilt lettering to spine. 126 pp. General wear to cloth, rubbing to extremities, Olive green map endpapers on card stock. 23 of 24) lovely mounted illustrations by Arthur Rackham, each protected with captioned tissue-guard some not in stated order. Occasional light spotting to wide margins throughout book, but not to obscure.