Search Results: Titles starting with B from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Paris: Galerie Maeght Original lithograph poster, 29"h x 21"w, for an exhibition at Galerie Maeght in 1974. Very Good, light creasing. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 29"h x 21"w.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. In a signed contemporary Dawson Bros. Binders fine binding, full dark brown crushed morocco, covers and back bordered in gilt rules, gilt lettering to applied leather label, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt, edges of covers ruled in gilt. Near Fine, rubs at bottom edge and top corners, Frontispiece and 22 full page illustrations with tissue guards drawn from life by Henry Howard, drawn on stone by M. Gauci & J. Lane, the plates Fine. SCARCE in handsome period fine binding and in such lovely condition. . Second Edition Revised. Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

Chicago and New York: P. F. Volland & Co., 1915. SCARCE. 53 pages plus one page ads, printed on recto only. 11" x 5 1/2", each page with a numbered Bedtime Story meant to be read one story per week in the year, with small illustrations bordering titles and a larger illustration across bottom edge. Each bottom illustration signed with printed initial D. Pink corded string-tied pictorial beige wrappers, Very Good, 1/2" triangular chips bottom corners front wrapper, small chip center right side front wrapper, small chip bottom corner rear unprinted wrapper, light soiling to wrappers. Charming and quite scarce in commerce. Worldcat lists only 6 library holdings. . First Printing. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Narrow Quarto .

New York: Dix & Edwards, 1855. SCARCE. The first appearance of this novella about a revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno, appearing in the magazine in three installments on pages 353-367, 459-471, and 633-644. Acknowledged as one of Melville's greatest achievements, it was included with some revisions in his short story collection "The Piazza Tales" published May 1856. Very Good indeed, bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, five raised bands with dark brown calf volume label in gilt, title label missing, marbled end papers and edges. The complete six monthly magazines with title pages, well bound and lacking only the original wrappers. Moderate toning to end papers only, interior pages clean and with no foxing or toning. Quite uncommon, especially so in collectible condition. Basis for the 1969 French film of the same title, winner of a Gold Medal at the 1969 Venice International Film Festival, and the NET Playhouse television episode in… Read More

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. #1459 of 1500 copies printed and SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR Valenti Angelo at Limitation Page, rear of Volume 6. Laid in is SCARCE publisher's Newletter. All 6 volumes are Near Fine to Fine, a bit of darkening to leather at tips of 4 of the volumes. Housed 2 volumes per slipcase, the slipcases Very Good Plus to Near Fine, a bit of fading and discoloring. Overall a quite handsome set. . SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Valenti Angelo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Abbeville Press, 1980. SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 19"w x 26"h, featuring Botero's 1973 painting "House of the Arias Twins". The poster was printed in Japan, and is Fine, as issued. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Fine. 19" w x 26" h.

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1928. Very Good Minus, in original blue cloth with gilt lettering, photographic end papers, illustrated with 31 black and white photos, First Edition stated at copyright page. Lacking the dust jacket. Cloth sunned at spine, wear at spine ends and small rubs at corners, Contents clean and unmarked. A baseball classic. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Laird & Lee Inc., 1918. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, Chicago lawyer, and educator Harry F. Atwood on the half-title page- "To Hon. Wm. H. Hays with the compliments of the author Harry F. Atwood". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Atwood in… Read More

New York: BAHA'I PUBLISHING COMMITTEE, 1930. Very Good, numbers in white base of spine, inked numbers and blindstamp of the State of West Virginia, Dept. of Archives and History at title page. No other markings internally. Hinges starting front and rear yet holding nicely. A SCARCE publication. xv, 377 pp. With illustrations, photographs, map and color frontispiece with tissue guard. . First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: Crosscut Saw Unltd. , 1976. RARE 48 unnumbered pages with numerous illustrations, 6 1/2" h x 5 1/2" w. .Near Fine, paper uniformly browning. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Greenwich, Conn.: The Literary Collector Press, 1905. The Third Edition of this poem. Collector Reprints No. 3. # 66 of 275 copies printed on American hand-made paper. In the original gray paper boards with black lettering and red ruling on paper labels at cover and spine. Very Good Minus, bottom 3 1/4" of paper at spine is gone. Internally clean and tight, last page uncut. [39] pages. SCARCE. . Limited and Numbered Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd. No date (1924) One of 100 copies printed. Very Good, small chip front wrapper at top corner, wrappers uniformly browned. Red string-tied wrappers, [4] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations. Decorations by Alec Buckels. . Limited Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 5" x 3 3/4". Limited Edition.

New York: Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo, 1947. Sergei Denham, director. Cover art by Jean de Botton. Near Fine, wrappers lightly rubbed. Laid in is performance program dated Jan. 16, 1948 for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performance at Page Auditorium, Duke University. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Scribners, 1974. First Printing , with complete # row 1-20. Prior owner gift inscription on front endpage, and dustjacket price-clipped. His 1st picturebook for children.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Wilson, Gahan.

Hollywood, CA: Walt Disney Productions, 1971. #71/81. Near Fine, small tears at center fold creases. "Look Who's Gone Bananas !" Tag line at the bottom of poster reads "The vacation kingdom of the world Walt Disney World Florida opens October 1971". . First Printing. Folded One Sheet Movie Poster. Near Fine. 27" x 41".

Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1936. Very Good, wrappers lightly rubbed, 2" tear at spine. Wonderful illustrations by Milo Winter !. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Ecco Press, 1984. His 2nd book, a Vietnam War novel. Near Fine, small bump top edge front board and tiny rub bottom edge, in a Near Fine dustjacket, very small rubs at tips of flaps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1929. First Edition stated. Near Fine, green cloth boards a bit faded at edges, small stains along top edge of last page. In a Very Good Arthur Hawkins Jr. Art Deco dust jacket, small chips at spine and flap folds, small "50" stamped top edge front flap. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1962. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" With best wishes Stephen Shadegg Dec. 1961" and SIGNED by Barry Goldwater beneath. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, chips and rubbing, mainly at edges. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Camp Custer, Battle Creek, MI: Mock, T.(heodore) F., 1919. Original panoramic photograph, 6 1/2" x 72", unframed, rolled. Near Fine, small corner crease, pencilled indications on rear denoting "officers quarters" and "administrative". The photograph is unsigned and untitled, but is same view as the one located in the Library of Congress attributed to Mock, EXCEPT this photograph is nearly 30" longer than the one in the LOC's collection ! Theodore F. Mock was listed as the Camp Custer Photographer in David V. Tinder's "Directory of Early Michigan Photographers" published by Clements Library, 2013. Camp Custer, at Battle Creek, Michigan, had over 100,000 US Army troops pass through its doors between 1917-1919. A magnificent panoramic photograph spanning 6 feet, and SCARCE. . First Printing. Photograph. Near Fine.