Search Results: Authors starting with B from Yesterday's Books & Paper

Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911. Probable 1st Ed; 56pp; 8vo; a Source "... of Lists of Soldiers, Sailors, & Marines from New England who served during French & Indian Wars, War of Rebellion, Civil War, Mexican & Spanish America War"; HB (pamphlet bound in card covers); X-Library with usual markings; Fair (beginning pages are torn half-way from binding; fragile pages; should be removed from binding & taped to preserve). United States Military; American Soldiers Prior to 1911; 19th Century List of American Soldiers;c.

WA: Library Of Congress/U.S. Government Printing Office. Hardcover/No DJ, as issued; Very Good; 1960, Presumed 1st Edition, xv,1193 pages, 8"x10 1/2" extensive bibliography with 6,487 entries; Appendix: Selected Readings in American Studies.

Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover (gold-stamped cloth)/DJ; Near Fine (small remainder dot top edge)/DJ-Near Fine; 1985, 1st Edition, 312 pages; illustrated with numerous B&W photos & sepia-toned drawings. "Each section of the book is devoted to a single architectural element, and these span all times and all places. Fascinating relevant quotations, aphorisms, and verses by great architectural writers ... introduce the various segments".

Wash D.C.: United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, 1941. Reprint Ed; x,885pp; tall 8vo; "...it tells briefly the origins of our country and what steps led up to the formation of the Constitution (including) what (it) stands for, its principles and the means by which it operates"; illustrated with B&W photos, portraits, & drawings including portraits & sketches of the signers of the Constitution as well as a catalogue of the loan exhibit of portraits from the Corcoran Gallery of Art; plus 1 color & 30 B&W Constitution-related cartoons; HB; VG (light edgewear). United States Sesquicentennial Commission; United States Constitution; 150th Anniversary of the Constitution;.

Hudson Hills Press, 1991, 1st edition stated, Signed/Inscribed by Artist, 163 pages, oversize - 9 1/4" x 12", with 138 color plates. (Inscribed to Lindsay and David Morgenthaler, major philanthropists in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area.) Hardcover with dust jacket, both in near fine condition (dust jacket is price clipped)."Here is the full range of Safer's work, from the early sculptures in acrylic to recent monumental works in bronze, chrome, brass, and steel. It includes angularly carved yet hauntingly organic forms as well as highly polished forms that perfectly resolve his light-encapsulating style with the 3-D mass and density of traditional sculpture."PLUS LAID IN: a 1970 vintage magazine ad by the Pyramid Gallery of Washington, D.C. for an exhibit titled "John Safer refractions" with a photo of the artist at work (see photo #8).

MO: Mosby. Hardcover/No DJ as issued, Fine; 1994, 1st Edition/1st Printing, INSCRIBED & dated by Dr. John Braasch, xxii,725 pages, 7 1/2"x9 1/2", includes contributions from 65 specialists, "each recognized as an authority in his or her area of expertise"; with 577 illustrations; 5 pages References.

Oberlin, OH: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Softcover/Exhibition Catalog; Very Good; 1992, 1st Edition; 147 pages, numerous B&W illustrations. Ellen Johnson filled her Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home with a diverse collection of art.

Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hardcover/DJ; Near Fine/Very Good+ (light wear top spine area; 1/2" tear rear bottom fold; price clipped); 1983, 1st Edition/1st Printing; 393 pages; profusely illustrated with color & B&W photos, drawings, site plans, floor plans, etc; text in English & German.