Search Results: Authors starting with B from Boojum and Snark Books

Babayan's Limited; Toronto, 1925 First edition with dustcover. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering and decoration (moderately faded), 10 3/8 x 7 inches, 80 pp, four color plates with tissue guards, 15 b/w illustrations. Book very good plus (modest fading, front board gilt; pages clean and binding tight). Dustcover about good. A nice copy. (3214003). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Butterworth Scientific, London, 1982 First edition. Glossy boards, 9 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches, 396 pp., index, figures. Near fine (modest sunning, spine, else fine). ISBN: 0407023526 (K082). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Bodet House, Houston, 1983 First edition/first printing. Printed/illustrated wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 44 pp. Fine. Scarce (two OCLC library holdings). (K059). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Dial Press, New York, 1968. First edition. This is the advance/uncorrected proof, in yellow printed wraps. The first trade edition (hardcover) of this book is not uncommon, but the advance/uncorrected proof (which preceeded the first trade edition, of course) is scarce. 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches, 159 pp. VG (browning/sunning, spine; mild soiling of covers; bottom rear corner a little ruffled; pages clean and binding tight). Autobiographical. "This book is dedicated to the flower children". (3214045). F. Soft cover.

Baptist Book Concern; Louisville, KY, 1897 First edition. Scarce. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 177 pp., frontispiece photograph of the Rev. D.Y. Bagby, Ph.D. Good (moderate edgewear and rubbing, boards; mild foxing, endpapers; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). No dustcover. (1722RO002). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

D. Appleton, New York, 1898. First edition. Scarce. Black cloth-covered boards, half leather, gilt spine lettering, 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches, 430 pp., index, 55 illustrations, advertisements in rear. Ex-library, with usual markings, else about good (spine leather previously repaired with clear tape; edgewear with focal erosion and exposure of boards, mostly at tips; binding mildly shaken but still intact; gift inscription, with signature previously obliterated with black marker --- "Given by the Faculty of the Medical College of Fort Worth University."; pages otherwise clean, with no foxing). (3214032). F. Hardcover.

Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1974. First edition. Green cloth-covered boards (giraffe --- with a long cervical spine --- on the front board), 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, 263 pp., index, numerous figures. Ex-library (markings limited to card pocket on rear pastedown), else very good. (3214046). F. Hardcover.

Disney Press, New York, 1998 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book and dustcover as new, flawless. Glossy color-illustrated boards (with dustcover recapitulating these illustrations), 10 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches, 96 pp., index, extensively illustrated in color. No marks of previous owners; pages clean and binding tight and square. Dustcover not price-clipped. (K079). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Prometheus Books; Buffalo, New York; 1989. First edition (advance review copy, with publisher's blurb laid in). Glossy wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 152 pp. Fine. (3214030). F. Soft cover.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois, 1965 An exceptional copy of the first edition, book and dustcover near fine. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches, 192 pp., bibliography, index. (1722RO123). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Constitution Island Association; West Point, New York, 1971 Scarce. Printed, stapled wraps, 10 x 8 inches, 22 pp., b/w illustrations. Very good. (3214034). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Bob Guccione, Penthouse International; New York, 1978 An exceptional, near fine copy (small sticker removal shadow, upper right front cover). Stapled wraps, 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches, 202 pp. Fiction by James Baldwin, "Have Mercy". (K048). Soft cover. Near Fine.

Ball Clinic, Inc.; Excelsior Springs, Missouri; (no date; circa 1950s)., 1950 Stapled wraps, printed/illustrated covers, 8 1/2 x 7 inches, 36 pp., numerous b/w photo illustrations. Good plus or very good minus. Laid in is a printed slip advertising "The Ball Clinic Budget Plan". Contents: History of the Ball Clinic; Types of Rheumatism; Causes of Rheumatism; Home Remdies Bring Only Relief From Symptoms; Rheumatism and Your Doctor; Surgery Seldom Necessary; Chronic Ailments Associated with Arthritis and Rheumatism; Rheumatism Will Respond to Proper Treatment; Causes Can Be Eliminated; Institutional Specialization Necessary; Many Types of Treatment Included in the Ball Program; Associated Conditions Treated; Many Specializing Departments; Mineral Waters and Baths; Excelsior Springs Famous Mineral Water Spa; Free Physical Examination and Diagnosis; Don't Take a Chance --- Face the Facts; General Information: Facts You Should Know About the Ball Clinic; What You Get at the Ball Clinic.… Read More

D. Appleton; New York; 1893., 1893 Copyright 1870, this edition 1893. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering, all edges gilt, 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches, 36 pp. Binding shaken, some signatures starting, and one page loose. Complete. Rare. "I will now offer a few suggestions in regard to the prevention and management of sea-sickness, and the treatment of its results." "Publishers' Notice: The following paper first appeared in the New York Medical Journal of November, 1868. As there has been a great demand for this number of the Journal, the publishers have requested the author to add such prescriptions as he has found useful in relieving the suffering from sea-sickness, and now offer the paper in the present form. New York, June, 1870". (3214002). Hardcover. Fair.

Victor Gollancz, London, 1939. This copy distinguished by what is LAID IN: two copies of a Left Book Club flyer (single tri-folded sheet of pink paper, 20 x 8 7/8 inches, printed both sides, 6 pp.): "The Dire Necessity: Whatever the outcome of the present situation the need for relief for our Republican friends in Spain will be not less, but greater, than ever before. The failure of our Democracy as a whole to help them adequately in the past makes all the greater our duty to relieve their distress now. For every member whose enrolment form is sent to us by an existing member between now & the end of April, we send half-a-crown for Spanish Relief." These flyers are very good. Regarding the book, printed on the front board: "Left Book Club Edition / Not For Sale To The Public". Red paper-covered boards, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, 303 pp., index, maps. Book fair (soiling, boards, spine and edges of book block; erosion of paper, lower 1 inch of spine; mildly musty smelling; otherwise,… Read More

Barrett Incorporated, Chicago, 1923 Satirical treatment of American medicine/surgery presented as a prospectus for investors. Entertaining text and illustrations. Quite scarce. Tan paper-covered boards, printed/illustrated front board, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, 107 pp., illustrations. Very good (some chipping at spine ends; slight spine slant; previous owner's name, front free endpaper (with "D.C." following the name - Doctor of Chiropractic); otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). (1722RO090). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Office of The 'British Weekly', London, 1889. First edition. Tan cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering, 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches, 115 pp. 'Gavin Ogilvy' on the lower right aspect of the front board. About VG- (spine darkening; a little foxing to endpapers; gutter cracked in about middle of book block, but no signatures loose). Contents: Lord Rosebery; Professor Masson; Professor Blackie; Professor Calderwood; Professor Tait; Professor Fraser; Professor Chrystal; Professor Sellar; Mr. Joseph Thomson; Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson; Rev. Walter C. Smith, D.D. This is No. III in the series, 'British Weekly' Extras. Advertisements in the front and rear. 'British Weekly' Extras No. I and II are advertised in the front. No. II is entitled, 'The Second Advent: Will it be before the Millennium? Affirmative, by Rev. Canon Faussett, D.D., Mr. and Mrs H.G. Guinness, Rev. Prof. Godet, D.D. Negative, by Rev. Prof. Joseph Agar Beet, Rev. Prin. T.C. Edwards, D.D., Rev. Principal Brown,… Read More

Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press; Oxford; 1963. First edition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, 387 pp., index, bibliography, 139 figures, 16 plates. Ex-library, with usual markings, else very good. (3214004). F. Hardcover.

Knopf, New York, 1940. First American edition (published in England under the title of My Cousin Justin). The author's first novel, scarce, especially in the first edition in dustcover. A love story set in northern Ireland in the first third of the 20th century, with conflicts centering around Protestant-Catholic divisions, World War I and the Irish Rebellion. Beautiful descriptions of the country. A very attractive binding: boards covered with tan linen stippled with multicolored threads, printing/decorations in purple and pinkish red. The book is very near fine. The dustcover is good plus (moderate edgewear, especially at the spine ends, with a few small chips; two closed tears, front panel, 1 1/2 and 1 inch, respectively); still bright and quite attractive. Dustjacket in a mylar cover. 8 x 5 3/4 inches, 297 pp. (3214010). F. Hardcover.

Carl Barthelemy; London; 1852., 1852 First edition in English (originally published in German in 1851 as Das Schutz- und Heilmittel der Cholera sowie der Pocken oder Blattern auch dienlich bei anderen, sowohl schleunigen als andauernden Krankheiten oder Leiden). Sewn wraps, 7 x 4 1/4 inches, 70 pages. Good. Rare (one OCLC library holding of the German edition, one OCLC library holding of the Dutch edition, none of the English edition). Contents: Preface; Papers handed over for publication, by a Committee of fellow citizens; Declarations made before the Mayor of Elberfeld in support of the petitions presented to the King of Prussia, and correspondence connected therewith; Words by the Author; A few special Certificates; Judgment of the Criminal Court of Elberfeld, in re the King v. Barthelemy, and letter of the Attorney-general renouncing the right of appeal; The different remedies and means used against Cholera; Extract from Dr. Heister's "Surgery," on Inoculation and Small-pox.… Read More