Search Results: Authors starting with B from johnson rare books & archives

Charlotte, North Carolina: Main Street Rag, 2007. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Inscribed by Bachofner to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy.

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 335 p. Textual illustrations. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is lightly sun faded along the spine, with just a hint of edgewear; otherwise a crisp, near fine copy.

London, New York, and Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Examined with Reference to the Physical, Ethnographic, and Historical Conditions of the Provinces; Chiefly on the Basis of the Revenue-Settlement Records and District Manuals. With a folding map. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Largely uncut, with a tear to p.263-4. An especially crisp and clean copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This is the story of how Norway's gold reserves were taken out of the country in April 1940, under the noses of the Germans, in a gruelling cat-and-mouse journey through the snow by train, by lorries, and finally by three separate ships." Foreword by Sir Laurence Collier, K.C.M.G. 207 p. with textual photographs and maps. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild bump to the spine head. The dust jacket is clean and bright. Better than very good.

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A Comedy in four Acts by Warren Baer reprinted from the rare edition of 1856, to which is added a sketch of the Early San Francisco Stage by Jane Bissell Grabhorn, and Illustrations by Arvilla Parker. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. First edition thus, one of only 550 copies printed. The first volume of the third series of Rare Americana. Linen spine over decorative paper-covered boards, with a printed paper spine label. Typical mild offsetting to the flyleaves, with a bit of light sunning along the extremities; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.

Mansfield Center, Connecticut: Martino Publishing, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1942 first edition. Original light brown cloth binding, with black titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Wilmette, Illinois: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 346 p. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. Second Revised Edition. Octavo. Original burgundy buckram binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. Some fading and light wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; else very good.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Focusing on Auden's poetry after 1939, including his major long poems, Bahlke explores the persistent intellectual themes and recurring poetic devices in the poet's work. Jacket price-clipped and slightly rubbed; otherwise very good.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Presentation copy, labeled "First Copy 6/5/76" and inscribed by American actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-90) to Bob and Dolores Hope on the secondary title page. Mild dust staining to the top edge, with a bit of sun fading along the spine of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope, accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author.

New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with photographs. An allegory of life by the American actress and singer. Presentation copy, labeled a "Pre-Release Copy" and inscribed by Pearl Bailey to Bob and Dolores Hope on the title page. A fine copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Provenance: From the library of Bob and Dolores Hope, accompanied by a letter from the Hope Foundation. Inscribed by Author.

New York: Bridgehead Books, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frontispiece photograph, with a woodcut engraving. Original reddish brown cloth binding, with black lettering. Fingerprint smudge to the table of contents page. The dust jacket is rubbed and a bit edgeworn; otherwise a very good copy.

London: Sylvan Press, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket design and illustrations by Sheila Jackson. Includes "The Fourteenth Ward" by Henry Miller, "What Dreams May Come" by Walter de la Mare, and "The Girl and the Hashish Smoker" by Albert Cossery. Some mild fading along the extremities of the original cloth binding. The green dust jacket is moderately rubbed and soiled, with a bit of minor edgewear. A very good copy.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited Edition, this is copy 464 of 474 signed by Kage Baker. Set in the Company universe, this is the story of young Edward's creation and recruitment by the GSS, his training, and his first mission. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with bronze titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Tor, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Kage Baker on the title page. The seventh novel in The Company series. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Five color plates from paintings by John Spurling, with numerous textual illustrations. "A documentary of the development and history of the British tea clippers culminating with the building of the Cutty Sark." Two small indentations to the front board, corresponding with a slender chip to the front panel of the dust jacket, which is a touch sun faded along the spine. A crisp, very good copy.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated with figures by Gerhard Bakker, Jr. and photographs by Philip Hyde, with three maps, one folding. Inscribed by Bakker on the front flyleaf. An illustrated natural tour of the Golden State that explains the interaction of the various elements that comprise its diverse ecosystems, from the Pacific coast around San Francisco, east through the Central Valley to the High Sierra, and southward to the Mojave Desert. Jacket somewhat rubbed, especially at the folds; otherwise very good. Signed by Author.

Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - still sealed in the original shrink wrap.

West Olive, Michigan: Early American Artistry - Trading Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 349 illustrations, including several in color. West Olive, Michigan: Early American Artistry - Trading Company, 1995. First edition, numbered (#737) and signed by the author (no limitation stated). Quarto. Original brown leatherette binding, with decorative. gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. The spine head is very ligthly bumped; else fine.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Compiled by His Daughters: Kate Ball Powers, Flora Ball Hopkins, Lucy Ball. Eight illustrations. John Ball (1794-1884) spent just one of his eighty-nine years in Oregon but has been widely recognized as the first school teacher in the Oregon Country. He also made some interesting observations about Oregon in his letters and reminiscences. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Mild bump to the bottom corners. The dust jacket is a trifle rubbed, with the title handwritten in ink on the spine head; otherwise very good.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition, first printing. With a body of work unparalleled in twentieth-century literature, Ballard (1930-2009) is recognized as one of the greatest and most prophetic writers in the world. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. Octavo. Light fading along the extremities of the boards, with just the slightest hint of edgewear to the dust jacket; else near fine.