Search Results: Titles starting with B from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1969. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine(-) with very light wear to exterior.. Small 4to in biege buckram, x, 251p, indexes. "The present volume is a continuation of that published for the National Library of Ireland in 1913 by H.M. Stationery Office"--Preface. || Irish literature -- Bibliography. Irish language -- Bibliography.

Sparkford: Haynes, 1998. Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. DJ has some rumpling to top edges, minor chip at corners and light shelf-rubbing but is bright, clean and free of creases and tears; small bump to corner of rear boards at top open edge; else excellent copy; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and foxing; edges are clean with no remainder marks; binding is tight and square.. Quarto in black cloth in red dust jacket; 345 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. In English. Scarce in 9 libraries world wide. "No other British motorcycle manufacturer produced a greater variety of models and achieved the same degree of success for so long. The author has gone to great lengths to bring home this forceful fact, and in doing so, leads the reader to the inevitable conclusion that collectivly in trials, scrambles, motocross and road racing, BSA was one of the most successful in world motorcycle sport. In British events alone, BSA riders won no less than 60 national titles..."… Read More

Tabriz: Nida-yi Shams, 2003. Chap-i 1. Paperback. Barely worn spine head/foot, faint scratches to covers, bright pages; binding is tight. Near fine(-).. Green octavo; 71 p ; 21 cm. In Persian. || Poetry.

New York: Random House, 1963. Book Club Edtion 1958" printed to rear board. Hardcover. Slight edgewear. Slightly bumped and chafed corners. Minor stains to front board. Else overal about very good(-). Binding tight.. Yellow illustrated quarto 48 pages : color illustrations ; 37 cm. An early printing in respectable condition. Contains color illustrations on every page ll Translated from French by Merle Haas. ll Abstract: After making peace with the rhinoceros, King Babar and Queen Celeste plan a model city and live happily with their friends and subjects in the country of elephants. SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Elephants -- Juvenile fiction. Babar.

Praze: I.L. Kober. Levne illustrovane vydani. Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy. Very Good thus, with usual markings. Tight and clean overall. Low circulation. Octavo in dark blue-black polished cloth boards; 1 p. l., 240 p. illus. 19 cm. In Czech. Uncommon in this somewhat early undated edition. (Appears to be 1900s). Nemcova's most famous work, translated into English as: The Grandmother. Originally published in Czech in 1855. Autobiographical novel about a young girl growing up in the Bohemian country village of Ratiborice, along with her parents, siblings and her influential maternal grandmother Magdalena Novotna. || Women writers ; Bohemian Literature (Bohemia) ; Czech Literature ; Eastern European Literature of the late19th Century.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. First Thus ("First included in Everyman's Library in 2020"). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket in archival mylar. Very faint signs of external wear.. lxxxviii, 938 pages ; 21 cm; bibliographical references and indexes. "A hardcover edition of the colorful memoirs of Babur (1483-1530), founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty in Central Asia and India. With a chronology, bibliography, and introduction by William Dalrymple."-Publisher. A wonderful read! Everyman's Library, 399. Bāburnāmah. ¶  Contents: Section I. Farghana -- Events of the Years 899-908 AH. -- 1494 to 1503 AD. -- Translator's note on 908-910 AH. -- 1503 to 1504 AD. -- Section II. Kabul -- Events of the Years 910 to 914 AH. -- 1504 to 1508 AD. -- Translator's note on 914 to 925 AH. -- 1508 to 1519 AD. -- Events of the Years 925 to 926 AH. -- 1519 to 1520 AD. -- Translator's note on 926 to 932 AH. -- 1520 to 1525 AD. -- Section III. Hindustan -- Events of the Years 932 to 934 AH. -- 1525… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very mild wear to spine head and foot, gently bumped corners, light soiling to boards, else Very good.. Yellow octavo, cardboard pages, unpaginated, approx. 24 pages, color illustrations ; 21 cm. Out of print. Uncommon. || Domestic animals -- Juvenile literature.

New York, Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good(+) copy. Light bumps and wear to board corners and edges; light foxing and discoloration to first few pages; else very nice copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is solid; charming secondhand copy.. Octavo in tan, decorative cloth boards; 286 p., 21 cm.

[Clwyd, Wales]: Number 9 Books, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Author inscribed in ink to front free end paper. Fine.. Paperback octavo in large plastic cassette case. 1 volume (unpaged) : b/w illustrations ; 20 cm + 1 cassette. Gift inscription by author (Alf Bicknell) to front free end paper. Abstract: Recollections of Alf Bicknell, chauffer to The Beatles, 1964- 1966, and information about the discovery and sale of five reel-to-reel candid tapes of The Beatles made in 1963 and 1964. || Foreword by George Harrison.

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine copy in fine, unclipped dust jacket protected in mylar; cloth is clean; DJ is clean with only faintest shelfwear but free of edgewear; pages are clean; crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a very gently used copy./fine. Octavo in green cloth in off white illustrated dust jacket; 107 pages ; 23 cm. In English. || Signed by author on half title page; Contents: The window effect -- Conditions in general -- The course of the river -- Modern rustic -- Side effects -- House painting deal -- The Hunsaker blood -- Rat reunion summer -- Cat Island -- Woman talking to a cow -- Graffiti on the rocks. Winner of the 1988 Utah Arts Council Publication Prize; "The eleven stories in this stunning first collection playfully explore the rustic yet literary self-awareness of a post-pioneer Idaho woman who is both trapped and enlightened by… Read More

Palo Alto, Calif: Science and Behavior Books, 1977. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely gentle wear to spine foot and head, utterly tender rubbing to corners, ownership sticker and soiling mark to front free endpaper, bright pages, binding is tight, light cup ring to front DJ, very mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, faint soiling and fading to DJ, less than quarter-inch tear to rear DJ flap, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good DJ.. Octavo in blue DJ, gilt to spine, 165 pages ; 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Contents: West meets East -- The yoke that frees -- The fundamental requirement -- Assuming the posture -- Beginnings and endings -- Changes -- Impasses -- Phases and basic interventions. Psychotherapist and patient.

New York: Brentano's, 1921. First US edition. Hardcover. Tight very good(+) copy with personal contemporary bookplate to front paste-down. Minor external wear and toning. No jacket. ciii, 300 pages ; 20 cm. Nice clean copy. "Five linked plays that expound Shaw's philosophy of creative evolution in an extended dramatic parable that progresses through time from the Garden of Eden to AD 31,920"-Encyclopaedia Britannica / Contents: The infidel half century -- In the beginning: B.C. 4004 (in the Garden of Eden) -- The gospel of the brothers Barnabas: present day -- The thing happens: A.D. 2170 -- Tragedy of an elderly gentleman: A.D. 3000 -- As far as thought can reach: A.D. 31,920. Longevity. scripts (documents) Plays (Performed works). Drama. Drama. English drama Plays -- Ireland -- 20th century. Théâtre. Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950.

New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co, 1977. Second printing. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine foot, extremely mild wear to spine head, faint soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly gentle rubbing to three corners, very gentle bumping to front board-top corner, bright pages in tight binding, quarter inch closed tear to DJ spine head, less than quarter inch closed tear to frayed DJ spine head, less than quarter inch clipped tear to frayed DJ spine foot, less than quarter inch tear to DJ corners, less than quarter inch clipped tear to front DJ-top edge, half inch tear to rear DJ-top edge, two less than quarter inch clipped tears to rear DJ-top edge, very mild rubbing to DJ edges, faint soiling to DJ, else Very Good(+) in Good DJ./good. Quarto in black DJ, color illus to front DJ, xii, 404 pages, b&w illustrations, only x's are green, 27 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Backgammon, Games, Sports and Recreation.

London: W.H. Allen, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Several faint scratches to lightly worn DJ protected in archival brodart, extremely gentle wear to spine head & foot, faint rust mark to front free endpaper, else near fine(-) in very good+ DJ.. Large octavo in black multicolored DJ (light orange, red, and blue spine); 171 p, b&w illus ; 25 cm. Games; Sports & Recreation.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small personal owner name (last name only) to front free endpaper else fine thus in a near fine(-) gently sunned jacket, witha few small fold creases to front flap./near fine(-). Small quarto in yellow jacket; xiii, 383 pages ; 24 cm; indexes. "This is a critical and up-to-date review of the origins, development and current problems of the science of ecology, with emphasis on the major concepts and theories shared in the ecological traditions of plant and animal ecology, limnology, and oceanography." — Publisher. / Contents: Antecedents of ecology --; A transformed natural history --; What is ecology? --; Sources of ecology seen by biologists --; Sources of ecology seen by historians --; Who founded ecology? --; Self-conscious ecology --; The crystallization of ecology --; Nuclei for ecology --; Plant ecology, physiology, and plant geography --; Marine ecology --; Limnology --; Terrestrial animal ecology --; The institutionalization of… Read More

New York: Abrams Image, 2006. hardcover. Near fine with a lightly bumped corner and an exremely tiny superficial nick to spine gutter. Still smells good!. Pink oblong octavo with yellow spine; unpaged, chiefly color illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm. Girls -- Humor. Groupies -- Humor. Girls. Groupies. Scratch and sniff books.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1969. Hardcover. Near fine copy; Dr. Glaser's spine label at spine tail which will not be removed to prevent damage; very light shelf rubbing; light bumps to boards; o/w boards are clean; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy.. Octavo in blue boards; illus.; 268 pp., 24 cm. In English. || from the library of Nobel laureate, Dr. Donald A. Glaser with his UC Berkeley name and department stamp to front paste down and fore edge of leaves; search keyword DGLSR for more collectible titles from the Glaser library; Symposium on Bacterial Episomes and Plasmids; Contents: What are episomes and plasmids? / W. Hayes -- The concept of prophage / Allan Campbell, Sankar Adhya and Karen Killen -- The Escherichia coli sex factor / Neil Willetts and Paul Broda -- Genetic regulation of early functions in bacteriophage [lambda] / Harvey Eisen -- Control of replication of genetic material in… Read More

Salzburg: Residenz-Verlag, 2010. Third edition. Hardcover. Medium-sized scuff to spine head, small scuff to spine foot edge, extremely mild wear to rear-rear edge, extremely gentle rubbing to spine head DJ, very bright pages in tight binding, else Near fine(-) in near fine(-) DJ.. Grey-cloth octavo in yellow-white DJ, 277 pages ; 21 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. || Uncommon. || In German. || Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, Mystery. || In Bad Fucking, something is brewing: First, Vitus Schallmoser (nerd) lies dead in his living cave. Then gets Camilla Glyck (Federal Criminal Police Office) to search for Maria Sper (Interior Minister), who wanted to build as a contractor in Bad Fucking as a part-time asylum shelter. And while a group of cheerleaders are training on the sports field of Bad Fucking, Jagoda Dragicevic (cleaning lady), Dr. med. Ulrich (dentist) to blackmail. Meanwhile, in Vienna, Ludmilla Jesenska (burglar) flees from her pursuers: she has photographs of mysterious cave… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good(+) copy in Very Good(+) dust jacket. Light bumps to corners and edges to boards; light bumps and creaes to dj corners and edges; very nice copy; pages are bright and free of marks; binding is tight./very good +. Octavo in brown boards; 276 p., 24 cm. Travesuras de la niña mala.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. First UK edition. Hardcover. Amply foxed jacket, text-block edges and, to a lesser degree, leaf margins; price-clipped jacket. A tight copy nonetheless; in an archival mylar. Small personal owner signature to top edge of FEP./Good(+). Quarto in b&w illus jacket; 254 pages ; 21 cm. The uncommon UK first edition, with b&w cover art by Robin Jacques. Psychological fiction. ¶ "The best-selling inspiration for the chilling movie starring Patty McCormack and Nancy Kelly. What happens to ordinary families into whose midst a child serial killer is born? This spine-tingling tale investigates a mother's concerned suspicion surrounding several mysterious accidental deaths that all connect back to her eight-year-old daughter, Rhoda. Tremendously impacting the thriller genre, this masterpiece of suspense generated a whole crop of creepy kids, and it's as chilling, intelligent, and timely as ever before. Originally published in 1954, this National Book Award-nominated classic… Read More