Search Results: Titles starting with I from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book has a tiny bit of very light wear at fore edge corners and spine corners. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Very light wear to head and tail of dj spine. Has one crease down back near fore edge that looks like it was placed by printer (very straight, very clean). Not price clipped. Presumed first edition, 1973. 266 pages.

Moscow, Russia: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatelstvo Iskusstvo, 1943. Soft cover. Good-. Printed in May 1943. Ilya Yefimovich Repin was a Russian realist painter. 14.5 x 21.5 cm. 107 pages. Russian language. Rare.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good+. Early printing (1943). Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Eight illustrated plates, including frontispiece portrait of author. xiii, 108, [2] pages. Thomas Percy Gleave's memoir, recounting his experiences in the RAF 1939-1940 as commander of 253 Squadron, his participation in the Battle of Britain, his encounters with German aircraft, and getting shot down. He describes his severe injuries and relates what happened to him in hospital, including his reconstructive surgery (he was one of the first patients of plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe) and recovery.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1932. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Stated First Edition. Green cloth stamped in black. Bottom of spine softened; top lip of spine faded; speckling on top edge of text block. Interior is bright and clean, pages crisp. Dust jacket has cellophane tape along top and bottom of spine and at corners; soiling on rear panel; in a clear archival sleeve. 286 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. The autobiography of Hans Ormund Bringolf (1876-1951), a Swiss adventurer who had a very checkered life story. From the dust jacket front flap: ''Here is a picaresque tale, all the more amazing for its truth, the story of an actual Jekyll-Hyde personality, who cast aside a good name, an honorable marriage, and a career for--vallainy! Embassy attache, patrron of pawn-brokers, courtier and lover of princesses in Europe and dishwasher in the Argentine: such were the contradictory ups and downs in the career of this amazing adventurer. One day he had handcuffs on his… Read More

London: Nicholson and Watson Limited, 1939. Hardcover. Fair. Second impression, December 1939. Book is bumped and worn at head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. Bottom board edges are slightly worn. Boards have some surface spotting. Spine is cocked. Red ink drip on bottom edge of text block is also on rear paste down and rear fep but does not appear to impact any text pages. Gift inscription on ffep. Uncommon English edition. 307 pages.

New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers / The Nursery Series, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott. Eighth Edition. ''C-T'' code on copyright page (March 1944). Papered boards in a fully illustrated binding. Short gift inscription on ffep. Light dampstain in fore-edge margin of several pages, else clean. Dust jacket has small chip to bottom edge of front panel and slight chipping at corners; not price clipped (75 cents); in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. vii, 63, [1]. Scarce. Children's verse by James Sterling Tippett (1885-1958), with illustrations by Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott (1892-1952). Written from the perspective of a boy who describes how he spent his summer: road trips in a car, going to the farm, going camping, spending time at a mountain lake, visiting Yellowstone Park, and more.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. First American edition, indicated by the (I) on the last page of text. Blue and silver illustrated boards. Bottom edge worn with some exposed board. Sign of pencil erasure on ffep. Dust jacket chipped along its top edge and corners; general edge wear. DJ in clear archival sleeve. Index. 181 pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. A burlesque, purported to be the memoirs of a certain Sir Wickham Woolicomb, by the English novelist Magdalen King-Hall (1904-1971). Dust jacket illustration by Elinore Blaisdell.

Oregon: Willis Eberman, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). Book is a tiny bit bumped at fore edge corners. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket has wear to top and bottom edges. with a few small closed tears to top edge. Faint glass ring on back surface of dj. Book is inscribed by author on ffep. Circa 1972. 64 pages Willis Gilbert Eberman (1917-1979) was the Poet-in-Residence at Idaho State College and was conferred the Order of Saint Genesius by Marylhurst College. His poetry appeared for more than thirty years in leading poetry magazines in the US, Canada, England, India, Ceylon, and Japan.

London: Souvenir Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Book has very light wear to fore edge corners as well as head and tail of spine. Gift inscription on ffep dated Nov 6, 1986. All other pages are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket has rubbing to surfaces. A few small soil spots at top on inside flaps. Not price clipped. Shows 5.95 British pounds on lower front flap. Stated First British Edition, 1978. 223 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition with Scribner's 'A' on copyright page. Light blue cloth stamped in dark red. Light fading along top edge, else fine. Internally clean and unmarked. Pages crisp. Dust jacket illustrated by Eve Rockwell. Jacket taped at head of spine; dampstain on rear panel; not price clipped ($2.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. 213 pages. Multiple murders surround a young Chicago ice-skating enthusiast. Part of the time she collaborates with the detective, part of the time she is a chief suspect. Marion Strobel (1895-1966) was a novelist and poet. She was a life-long resident of Chicago and for 45 years was associated with Poetry magazine, including six years as associate editor. The jacket illustrator, Eve Rockwell (1904-1992), was born in Redlands, California, a musical child prodigy and a self taught artist. She painted murals for the 1939/40 Golden Gate world's fair in San Francisco, worked… Read More

Roma: Centro studi e Scambi Internazionali, Accademia Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci, 1965. Soft cover. Good. Wraps toned, with a bit of edge-curl; some damp stains near spine. Previous owner's name on title page, otherwise interior is clean. 16, [2] pages. 9 x 6.4 inches. Thirteen poems by W. Arthur Boggs (1916-1966), being pieces previously published between 1962 and 1965 by the New York Herald Tribune, The Chicago Jewish Forum, University of Portland Review, Phylon, Snowy Egret, Discourse, Four Quarters, and The Personalist. W. Arthur Boggs (1916-1966) was a professor of English at Portland State College who earned his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley in 1951. He has served as the president of the Oregon State Poetry Association between 1962-1965.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Half vellum with red, pebbled cloth sides; gilt tooling on spine, bound by the renown Florentine bookbinder Giulio Giannini (his ticket on rear pastedown). All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's name and ''Florence 1890'' on flyleaf; light soiling/foxing on a few pages, else internally clean. [358] pages. A bound volume of Tennyson's Arthurian poems, including Idylls of the King, The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail, Pelleas and Ettarre, and The Passing of Arthur. Material published by Tauchnitz circa 1860-70, consisting of portions of The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, Volumes I & VI [Tauchnitz volumes 501 & 1065]. Bound here without original title pages.

Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publishers, 1894. Soft cover. Fair. Printed wraps. Covers chipped. Biopredation (worm holes in top and bottom margins of the first 168 pages). Includes the color map of the Nineteenth District, 1st Ward, showing the locations of brothels, saloons, pawn shops, and lodging houses. 472, [2] pages. A scarce American edition of Stead's detailed review of Chicago and its problems with vice, mercantile and political corruption, poverty, and children's welfare, based on his observations during a residency of several months in 1893 and interviews with leading citizens and ministers as well as with ''unbelievers,'' including bankers and merchants, saloon keepers, and madames. William T. Stead (1849-1912) was an English investigative journalist, reformer, and founder and editor of The Review of Reviews.

La Jolla, California: A Star & Elephant Book from The Green Tiger Press, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. Original 1979 hardcover edition, scarce in gold-papered boards. Front cover has a smaller-than-typical paste-on illustration accompanied by stamped brown lettering. Natural creasing along hinges, else fine. Clean, crisp and unmarked. Colophon at terminus states ''Printing by Commercial Press, San Diego''. [40] pages.

Leipzig, Germany: Amthorsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. Book has a little age toning/fading to spine. Fade marks near top edge of front board. A few very small soil marks. Pages are clean and binding is sound. German Language. Fraktur font. 4.5 x 7.25 inches. 120 Pages.

1971. Soft cover. Very Good-. Staple-bound in card covers. Rear cover has a taped tear. Dampstain along fore-edge of rear endpaper and inside of rear cover. A few minor spots of soiling, but is generally clean. Illustrated. 82 pp. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. One copy noted on OCLC (Augustana University). Primarily a record of Isabel High School alumni (1923-1971), listing alumni by class year. A bit of biographical information is provided for most graduates listed. Includes senior portraits for each class, from 1937 through 1971. Some earlier class photos are also included. Five page list of teachers with a little bit of detail about them. About six pages of material on the history of the school. Also includes a few pages listing the businesses of Isabel (1960-1971) with short histories for each. Some additional detail on the churches of Isabel, the old Community Hall, new (1964) Community Center, Golden Jubilee celebration of 1961, blizzard of 1966, and the communities of Firesteel, Glad Valley, and… Read More

1922. Soft cover. Fine. No date (circa 1922). Staple-bound in yellow, printed wraps. Staples are a bit rusty, otherwise a near immaculate copy. [32] pages. 10.5 x 7.25 inches. A vintage promotional guide to Tillamook County from the early 1920's, describing the social and economic life of the county, highlighting the successful dairy, cheese, loganberry, logging, and beach resort industries. The schools and churches of the county are also given coverage. The book is aimed at home seekers, investors, and holiday visitors. The Roosevelt Highway (aka Highway 101) is plugged as being "nearly complete in Tillamook County.

[Spokane]: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good+. Publisher's original embossed and gilt stamped leather binding. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Previous owner's name on flyleaf (Irwin R. Geddes of Chelan, whose biography appears on page 771). Some light soiling to pages, else in very good condition. 867 pages. An attractive copy of a hard to find book. History of four counties (Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, Chelan) in northern Washington state with more than 700 biographies of pioneers and early settlers (about 85 with portraits).

London: The Bodley Head, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Green cloth with black lettering on spine. Cloth lightly faded around edges. Pages are a bit toned, else interior is clean and unmarked. 28 photographs on plates, plus two maps. Index. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 246, [1] pages. The story of the British military mission to enemy-occupied Albania in World War II. The author, Brigadier Edmund Frank ''Trotsky'' Davies (1900-1952), formerly with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles, volunteered to be parachuted as head of a small British mission to Albania. He was dropped in the field in October 1943, with the Mission to organize the Albanian Resistance and to attempt to unite the opposing Albanian factions of Communists and Nationalists. He organized and led Partisan brigades against the occupying German forces and helped preserve the Allied Mission.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good+. [William] Papas. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed by Bill Martin, Jr. on ffep. Pictorial cloth boards. Pages lightly thumbed, but clean. 32 color illustrated, unnumbered pages. 6.3 x 6.3 inches. A fun time is had by all in these fantastical scenes in the great supermarket where only children are allowed. William Ivan Martin Jr. (1916-2004) was an American educator, publishing executive, and author of more than 300 children's books. In the 1960s he was editor in chief of Holt, Rinehart and Winston's school division. Illustrated by William Papas (1927-2000), an author, illustrator, and political cartoonist. He was born in South Africa, the son of a successful Greek immigrant, and lived and worked in England, Greece, Switzerland, and Oregon. He was published in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and Punch, and had a working association with Oxford University Press.