Authors starting with B from Boston Book Company

1985. Fine. BACH, Carl Phillipp Emanuel. A Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. Toronto: The Aliquando Press, 1985. [20]pp. Translated by A.P. Dierick, Engraved by Pam G. Rueter. French marbled papers over boards, numbered 75 of 100 with interiors in three colors. Privately printed and bound by William Rueter at The Aliquando Press, Toronto in March 1985 to mark the tricentenial of Bach's birth. A fine copy. ... more information

1922. Paperback. BACH, Matthew G. WEILAND'S ATTITUDE TOWARD WOMAN AND HER CULTURAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS. Columbia University Germanic Studies. New York: Columbia University Press, 1922. Wrappers. Pencil underlining. A serviceable reading copy. ... more information

1928. BACHELLER, Irving. THE HOUSE OF THE THREE GANDERS. Indianapolis: the Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First edition. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt, 315 pp.. Boards somewhat bowed, a fair amount of paste action, hinges starting, age discoloration to endpapers. In a lightly sunned and soiled dust-jacket with wear to the edges and a 1" tear to the bottom edge. A reading copy. ... more information

1903. Paperback. BACHELLER, Irving. DARREL OF THE BLESSED ISLES. Boston: Lathrop Pub- lishing Company, (1903). First edition ("April, 1903" on copyright page), in pictorial wrappers. Wear to front cover and spine skill-fully repaired and rear wrapper replaced. Merle Johnson makes no mention of this wrappered edition. ... more information

1911. BACHELLER, Irving. KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition. Green pictorial cloth. A nice, sharp copy in a dust jacket with largish chip and some tears on front panel. ... more information

1920. Very Good. BACHELLOR, Irving. THE PRODIGAL VILLAGE. A Christmas Tale. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1920). 8vo., pictorial paper-covered boards. Review pasted on to fpd; ink ownership. Foxing to boards, edges and endpapers, and first few leaves. About very good, in worm, moderately soiled dust jacket, with a large chip to the crown,among other edgewear. ... more information

1946. Fine. BACHHOFER, Ludwig. A SHORT HISTORY OF CHINESE ART. (New York): Pantheon, (1946). Color frontispiece, 139 pp. + [80] pp. black & white plates. Quarto, black cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine. Ink ownership. Slight wear to cloth, else fine. ... more information

1922. Fine. BACHHOFER, Ludwig. DIE KUNST DER JAPANISCHEN HOLZSCHNITTMEISTER. Munchen: Kurt Wolff (1922). 119 + [7] pp. + 49 color and b/w plates. Color plates tipped in. 4to., yellow-green cloth stamped in dark blue. Light sunning and soil to cloth. Interior fine with original dust jacket (chipped, tattered) laid in at rear. Text in German. ... more information

1829. BACHI, Da Pietro. TEATRO SCELTO ITALIANO. Cambrigia: Hilliard E. Brown, 1829. 8vo., green cloth-backed, tan paper-covered boards. As is: lacking spine label, with sun, overall moderate wear and rubbing/soil to lightly bowed boards. Front hinge starting, foxed throughout. In Italian. ... more information

1817. BACKKER, Madame Metaal. LE CHATEAU DE ST. VALERIE, histoire fondee sur des faits tires de la revolution. Londres: M.M. A.B. Dulau & Co., 1817. 12mo., brown calf stamped in gilt to spine, 172 pp.. Partially disbound, heavily edgeworn, rubbed, soiled, foxing to a few pages, ink ownership to ffep. As is. French literature. ... more information

1902. Very Good. BACON, Alice Mabel. JAPANESE GIRLS AND WOMEN. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, (1902). Revised and Enlarged edition, 12mo., blue cloth, white decoration; xi + 478pp. Inner rear hinge cracked overall very good. ... more information

1812. Fine. BACON, Francis. ESSAYS, MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL, With the Life of the Author. London, Printed at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham for J. Carpenter, 1812, Octavo. xl,295pp. Frontispiece portrait. Nicely bound in green diced calf, expertly and almost imperceptibly rebacked in green leather, gilt, with red label. Small ownership stamp to fly, and offset from frontispiece onto title, else fine. ... more information

1974. Fine. [FROST, Robert]. BACON, Helen H. "IN- AND OUTDOOR SCHOOLING: ROBERT FROST AND THE CLASSICS." [N.P., N.D.] Reprinted from The American Scholar, Volume 43, Number 4. (Autumn , 1974). 12 pp., numbered 640-649, + [2] blank. 8vo., white paper wrapper, wire saddle stitch. Light dust- soiling at top-edge of front wrapper, else fine. (Lentricchia & Lentricchia 632). ... more information

1922. BACON, Louisa Crowninshield. REMINISCENCES. [Salem, MA:] Privately Printed, 1922. 117 pp. 8vo., black cloth, gilt lettered, sunned to brown at spine, brown paper covered boards with printed cover label. A few scrapes to boards, light soil to label. Minor shelfwear. Hinges starting. Deckle edges. Printed on laid paper with plates in black and white: photo reproductions, illustrations. Massachsetts family memoirs. ... more information

1887. BADEAU, Adam. GRANT IN PEACE. FROM APPOMATTOX TO MOUNT MCGREGOR. A PERSONAL MEMOIR. Hartford: S. S. Scranton & Co., et al., 1887. 591 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth and gilt clean and bright, moderate wear to corners and spine. Ink and pencil ownership on first blank recto. B/w illustrations, facsimiles. Bio of Ulysses S. Grant. ... more information

1978. Fine. BADLWIN, James. JUST ABOVE MY HEAD. New York: Dial Press, (1978). First edition. 8vo., maroon cloth. Remainder mark at bottom edge, slight soiling to fore-edge. Still, near fine, in a slightly scuffed and edgeworn jacket. ... more information

1929. Very Good. BAEDEKER, Karl. UNTERITALIEN SIZILIEN, Sardinien, Malta, Tripolis, Korfu. Handbuch fur Reisende. Mit 32 karten, 29 planen und 14 grundrissen. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Sechzehnte auflage. Text in German. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A very good copy; binding slightly cocked. ... more information

1905. Fine. BAEDEKER, Karl. BELGIQUE ET HOLLANDE y compris Le Luxembourg. Manuel Du Voyageur. Avec 17 cartes, 28 plans de villes, etc. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Pub., 1905. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A near fine copy. ... more information

1914. Very Good. BAEDEKER, Karl. BELGIEN UND HOLLAND nebst Luxemburg. Handbuch fur reisende. Mit 18 karten, 39 planen und 8 grundrissen. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914. Funfundzwanzigste auflage. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. Text in German. A very good copy with a small tear at the spine head hinge. ... more information

1913. Good. BAEDEKER, Karl. SWITZERLAND and the adjunct portions of Italy, Savoy and Tyrol. Handbook for travellers. With 77 maps, 21 plans and 14 panoramas. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Pub., 1913. Twenty-fifth edition. 12mo., red cloth, gilt, spine in gilt. A good copy, hinges cracked and repaired with tape externally, ink ownership at prelims. Some soiling at boards. ... more information