Authors starting with B from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Milano: Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere, 1927. First edition.. Octavo. Three volumes. Original printed wrappers (softcovers, as issued). I: Le Missioni nell'Antichita Cristiana e nel Medio Evo. II: Le Missioni Nell'Epoca Moderna. III: Le Missioni Nell'Eta Contemporanea. Mild soil & edgewear to covers; text pages sl. tanned at margins; Very Good. ... more information

Paris: Masson et Cie, 1932. First Edition.. Thick quarto. Original printed wrappers; 752pp; portr. Covers soiled; binding cocked; internally fresh. Collects Widal's medical and bacteriological papers, including G-M 2250, 3783; 5034, and 5090.1. ... more information

Boston: Beacon Press, 1952. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 276pp. Neat ownership signature, else clean, tight and unmarked in lightly rubbed jacket. ... more information

London: Low, W. Dawson & Sons, 1921. First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 32pp. Outer wrappers detached; text tanned and somewhat brittle; Fair to Good only, but a complete copy. Series title: "East European Problems no 13". ... more information

New York: George H. Doran, N.d. (ca 1918). First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 31pp. Dusting to covers, else Near Fine. Discussion of Balkanization in Eastern Europe at the close of WWI. ... more information

Memphis: Baptist Book House, 1884. First edition.. Octavo; original gilt-stamped cloth boards (hardcover); viii, (1-10), 11-574pp. Light rubbing and wear; foredge of title page rubbed; still a tight, attractive, Very Good copy. Renewed attack on Methodism, based on Graves's highly influential 1855 work "The Great Iron Wheel." Graves (1820-1893) was the leading exponent of Landmarkism among 19th-c. American Baptists. ... more information

New York: Left and Right, 1968. First edition, as stated.. Octavo. Original printed wrappers (softcover, as issued); 132pp. Mild dusting to covers, small tear to spine near crown, else Fine. Posthumously-published; first appearance of this book-length article by Harry Elmer Barnes, the maverick libertarian conspiracy theorist, so-called "revisionist historian," holocaust-denier, and all-round scary fellow. Includes a 6-pp obituary of Barnes by Murray Rothbard. The essay was later reprin... more information

London: SCM Press, 1956. First Edition.. 12mo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 126pp. Near Fine in price-clipped jacket. ... more information

Paris: Handshake Editions, 1980. First Edition.. Quarto (29.5cm). Original printed wrappers, 50pp, printed recto only. Mild toning to page edges, internally clean. The diary of a journey East, from Paris to Nepal, through Israel and India. Not located via OCLC, none in commerce. ... more information

Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1963. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; 167p. Fine, unmarked copy in lightly worn dustjacket, near Fine but for a small nick at crown of spine. ... more information

Rochester: Office of the American, 1904. Broadside extra, lithographed in colors; 18" x 11". Single fold, else fine. Colorful graphic depicting Princess Louise escaping from her asylum cell with the help of her illegitimate lover Geza Mattattich. The caption tempts readers with a White Slavery theme, suggesting that Princess Louise has been lured to her ruin by a "Wolf of the Underworld." Unlocated. ... more information

Torino: Societa Italiana de Patologia, 1951. Octavo. Original printed wrappers, 52pp, frontis, 7 plates. Very good with mild sunning to spine. Private signature to first leaf, some pen marginalia throughout. Minor yellowing to plates, else fine. ... more information

Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1975. First Edition.. Staple-bound, illustrated wrappers; 27p. Slight toning and creasing to covers; text slightly darkened; Very Good. ... more information

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1888. First edition.. Octavo. Original pebbled cloth boards; 30p. Fraying to board edges; front endpaper clipped at corner; covers slightly pulled; Very Good. A one-act comedy in which novel dramatic use is made of a constantly-ringing telephone. This is an extremely early literary appearance of the telephone, which at this time was still in the first decade of existence and in regular use by less than 1% of the American populace. A rare, privately published item... more information

New York: Angel Hair Books, 199. First, Limited Edition.. Quarto, 29cm (11" x 8-1/2"). One of 464 copies in the regular edition (of a total edition of 500). Original mimeographed wrappers, side stapled; [66]pp. Light wear and minor soil to covers; Very Good. Cover designed by Alex Katz. ... more information

Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1898. First Edition.. Octavo. Modern cloth-backed marbled boards; 447p. Bookplate of linguist Edward Sehrt, else a tight, unmarked copy in an attractive recent binding. ... more information

Chicago: RCP Publications, 1979. First Edition.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 21+22pp. Printed dos-a-dos in Spanish and English. Text slightly tanned, else Fine. Excerpt from a speech by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party. The RCP, an American Maoist party, is one of the many splinter groups descended from the SDS split in 1969. ... more information

New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1869. First Edition.. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth; 127p; frontis. port. + inserted leaf of braille facing t.p. Mild fading & wear to covers; pencil graffiti to endpapers; internally clean and tight. ... more information

Evansville: Unigraphic, Inc, 1973. Reprint.. Thick octavo. Blue buckram; 830pp. Clean, unmarked copy, VG or better. Facsimile reprint of the original 1914 edition. ... more information

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1923. Second Edition.. Octavo. Original linen-backed boards; 422pp. 4 bis 7 Tausend. Spine nicked at crown; bit of soiling and fading to boards; Very Good. ... more information