Search Results: Authors starting with N from Bluebird Books

New York: Everyman's Library / Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0679410430 . Stated fifth printing of an Everyman's Library edition of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial classic novel, first published in 1955. Includes Nabokov's essay "On a Book Entitled Lolita" at rear of volume, and an introduction by Martin Amis. With a chronology of events during the author's life. Entry no. 133 in the "relaunched" version of the EL series. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling on black spine block, sewn-in gold satin placemarker. Jacket features an image of Nabokov inspecting a tulip bouquet on cover. --- An About-Near Fine copy: bright, clean, and tightly-bound though with shallow creasing to a few leaves near back of book and mild scuffing to black spine block. Bright, unclipped jacket ($17.00/23.50) also in great shape but with red bleed-off from cloth to verso; protected in removable mylar… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1968. BCE. Hardcover. A book club edition of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, which he wrote while living in Berlin, and which first appeared in 1928. The story is centered around a young man who has an affair with a beautiful married woman who is disenchanted with her husband. Translated by author's son Dmitri Nabokov, with help from his father. Includes a foreword by the author. --- In charcoal and black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt and in blind; orange topstain and endpapers. Dust jacket with Philippe Halsnan photographic portrait of Mr. Nabokov to back panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Jacket with tears and chips to edges but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, 272, (1) pages .

Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1967. Softcover. 0803283512 . A softcover biography of Crow Indian warrior Two Leggings, known for his unusual ferocity and ambition as his tribe fought numerous battles against other tribes of his day in the latter part of the 19th century in present-day eastern Montana. With a section of black & white photos and two maps. This work based on a field manuscript prepared by William Wildschut for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. With a foreword by John C. Ewers. --- In black and white wraps with Kevin Red Star painting of Two Leggings to front panel. --- A clean, bright, newish copy though with minor rubbing to covers and prior owner's signature to first page.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxvii, 226 pages .

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0070457344 . An ex-library copy of the short novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977). This is the story of Hugh Person, an American who visits a town in Switzerland and returns there three more times. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with cover titling in blind, spine titling in yellow. Silver jacket features striking Halsman photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- Signs of ownership by an Illinois community college library consist of rubberstampings, tape removal evidence to endpapers and verso of jacket, and torn-out front free endpaper, otherwise a sound, stable copy. Unclipped jacket with a couple of small tears to edges, else intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; Ex-Library; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (8), 104 pages .

New York: Vintage International / Random House. Near Fine. 2002. Softcover. 037570728X . A softcover edition of V. S. Naipaul's 2001 novel, which is the story of his Willie Chandran character. Chandran is a writer who travels from India to London and eventually to East Africa. This work is a prequel to the author's "Magic Seeds." --- In wraps with image of green-lensed eyeglasses to front panel. --- A clean, bright, newish copy but with retailer's back panel sticker.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (10), 211 pages .

New York: Vantage Books / Random House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1977. Softcover. 0394724631 . The author, born in Trinidad of Indian parents, writes of his perceptions of India after traveling there. In his foreword, Mr. Naipaul writes that "India. . .isn't my home and cannot be my home; and yet I cannot reject it or be indifferent about it. . ." --- A softcover copy in tan wraps. --- A Very Good copy but with slight tanning to leaves.; LK41401; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 192 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394509714 . Nobel prizewinner's novel is an introspective look at his own life; tracks his migration from his native Trinidad to Britain. In black half cloth & turquoise paperboard covers. Interior clean & bright; unmarked. Dust jacket has chips & scuffs at edges. 2" tear at lower front hinge has been taped; now in removable mylar protector. With publisher's promotional bookmark specific to this title laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 354 pages .

Brooklyn: Wm. W. Swayne. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1870]. Hardcover. A collection of Scottish songs and poems in the period following the life and output of Robert Burns. The table of contents lists several dozen authors, prominent among them being Carolina Baroness Nairne, with her tissue-guarded frontis portrait. An uncredited preface mentions 1870, no other date is obvious. Each author is profiled before the songs. Songs presented in two framed columns per page. Back matter includes index of authors, first lines and with an extensive glossary. --- In bevel-edge violet cloth with gilt decoration to cover; fillets in black to front panel, in blind to back panel. All edges gilt, with dark brown endpapers. Spine titling originally in gilt. --- A quite brittle copy with tanned leaves (especially at page edges), at least one leaf with good-sized tear. Spine is heavily faded and with spots of missing cloth, titling can be read.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xx, 507, 24 (ads) pages .

New York: Smithmark Publishers Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 083176788X . A detailed account of the attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese and the resulting war in the Pacific Theater is detailed here. With dozens of photos, drawings and maps. --- In brown textured paper-covered boards with titling in silver to spine. Jacket features painting of the chaos at Pearl Harbor. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Jacket with retailer sticker to spine, else undamaged. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Quarto (11 to 13 in. tall); 304 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1953]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition featuring Mr. Nash's humorous poetry. From the jacket cover: "The author's own selection of 165 of his most representative poems." With index of first lines at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h / verso advertises 365 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1953 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #191.3. --- An about Near Fine copy: clean, unmarked, and lacking noticeable damages. Price-clipped dust jacket with sunned spine and a little chafing to edges, else bright and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xi, 246 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. [c.1966]. Hardcover. 0316598283 . A Modern Library reprint edition offering a selection of the popular American humorist poet's work, selected and revised from six of Ogden Nash's previously published volumes from 1929 to 1959. Volume wrapped in jacket with image to front panel of sharp pencils in a jar. --- In Toledano spine 11 / green cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1959 date appears in book). ML #343.1. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with brownish stains to corner of front free endpaper. Poor, unclipped dust jacket with plenty of tears and chips, plus dark stains to both front and back panels and flaps; in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxxii, 522 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1951. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Author's poetry in a good copy. Some waterspotting on full bright red cloth covers; interior clean and bright. Dust jacket chipped and torn; but now in removable mylar protector, has priceclipped flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0316598305 . Second printing. A collection of over 400 of the popular American humorist poet's work, selected from all of Ogden Nash's previous collections by daughters Linell Smith and Isabel Eberstadt. Includes an introduction by Archibald MacLeish. With Nash's whimsical drawings at chapter heads and indices of first and last lines at rear of volume. --- In ivory cloth-covered boards w/Nash drawing in gilt on cover, titling in red and gilt on spine. Dust jacket repeats the Nash cover drawing. --- Several poems are marked in pencil, boards are just slightly splayed and with a hint of soiling to cloth, otherwise a firm, clean copy. Unclipped dust jacket with a small tear to top edge, lightly sunned spine and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall) ; xxiii, 407 pages .

Littleton, Colorado U. S. A.: New Natives Club. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Plastic comb binding. A wide variety of recipes are offered by this charitable group in Colorado. The recipes are compiled from submissions by the members, and range from appetizers through candies and preserves. --- In plastic comb binding with white covers; cornucopia image on cover. --- Covers are somewhat discolored; interior is clean and unmarked. Scarce in this edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

New York: General Prot. Episcopal S. S. Union. Good. 1851. Hardcover. In this mid-1800s work, "Cousin Alice" tells of the spirituality of "our old friend Helen Morton" with a younger reader in mind. With engraved illustrations by N. Orr, from designs by Matteson. --- With gilt-stamped titling and decorations to spine. --- With general wear to cover edges and near-complete dulling to spine gilding; prior owner's signature to front free endpaper & title page and general age-toning; but binding remains sturdy. ; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; 248 pages .

New York: D. Appleton & Co.. Poor. 1856. Hardcover. In this mid-1800s work, "Cousin Alice" makes the case for Godliness in this compact work. Includes a few black & white engraved illustrations. --- With blind embossed decorations to covers; titling and illustration in gilt to front panel & spine. --- A damaged copy, with a complete split at mid-book, but binder's threads are holding the textblock together. Also with general wear and age-toning.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; 188 pages .

Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. 0803251416 . Stated Fourteenth Bison Book printing, August 1971. Black Elk, the holy man of the Oglala Sioux, tells his life story to poet John G. Neihardt. A second cousin to Crazy Horse, Black Elk was present at both the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Wounded Knee Massacre. With illustrations by Standing Bear. --- In blue and beige wraps with Standing Bear artwork to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy, though with rubbing to front cover, prior owner's signature to half title and binding is somewhat brittle and susceptible to tearing.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xv, [3], 281 pages .

New York: The Macmillan Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Hardcover. Stated new edition, revised. A series of brief biographical sketches, written in Latin, of notable Greeks and Romans by Cornelius Nepos (c. 110 BC – c. 25 BC), a biographer from northern Italy. Intended for the English-speaking student in Latin, this work includes numerous maps and black & white illustrations. Edited by John Edmund Barss, who has provided extensive endnotes, Latin exercises and vocabulary, as well as footnotes (all in English). An entry in publisher's Macmillan's Latin Series, edited by John Copeland Kirtland, Jr. --- In ribbed green cloth backed in red cloth, with cover titling in black; spine titling in gilt. --- An about-Good copy, with somewhat shaken binding, pencilings to endpapers and within the text, else a sound, fully readable copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 316, [4, ads] pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 2011. First US Edition. Hardcover. 0307595862 . A stated first United States edition of Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø's fast-paced thriller, featuring his police investigator character Harry Hole. This work translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. --- In beige and black paper-covered boards with cover snowflake and spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in jacket with image of bloody snowman to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Unclipped ($25.95) jacket with retailer's back panel sticker, otherwise lacks damages and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (8), 384, (6) pages .

Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 11th edition, 1971, of the original 1906 issuance. A compact edition of the New Testament, printed entirely in Latin. With footnotes and marginalia on most every page, along with 2 color maps and gold colored sewn-in ribbon placemarker. A laid-in card, printed in Latin, offers explanations of the symbols used on the marginalia and footnotes. --- In full pale green cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling in darker green. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A little of the cover titling has flaked away, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked, newish copy lacking noticeable damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xix, 657, [2, maps] pages .