Authors starting with B from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1967. 134 pages of text. Paperback binding with minor shelfwear. Text is clean and unmarked. First edition, 2nd printing. From the collection of Louis Marder, Shakespeare historian and collector of books by, on or referring to William Shakespeare.. First edition, 2nd printing. Paperback. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

Southfield, MI: Specifications Service, 1994 Books about books; Russian literature; exhibition catalog (not illustrated); 4 un-numbered leaves (8 pages); 28cm; red stiff paper binding (not hardbound). Includes books in Russian, English, other languages, and books about the author.. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1948 Americana; politics and government; Michigania; xi, 372p.; 23.5cm; original blue cloth; d/w badly torn; pictorial endpapers; frontis. chronology and photo of Grover Cleveland 1837-1908, U.S. pres. 1885-89 and 1893-97; co-editor Lewis G. Vander Velde 1890-1975; chronologies and photos of subjects before each chapter; biographical notes and photos of authors p. 357-372; owner marks.. Hardcover. ... more information

Lima, Peru: Libreria Studium, 1973 268 pages of text including an index. Paperback binding with moderate shelfwear. Illustrated with 735 color figures on 199 plates. With a foreword by Josefina Ramos de Cox, a Presentacion by Luis E. Valcarcel, and text and introduction by Jenaro Fernandez Baca Cosio. Beautifully illustrated in full color. Ceramics, Pottery, Incan Civilization.. First (presumed) edition. Paperback. Very good condition. Quarto (4to). ... more information

Stuttgart, Germany: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1990 510 pages of text including an index. Hardcover white cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Text is in German; this is the first Leipzig edition. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white and full color photographs. Kunst Bergbau Ausstellungskataloge Dresden Sachsen Kultur Museen Albertinum Geschichte Geistes.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Qu... more information

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. x, 367 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine condition/Near fine condition (DJ). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Detroit: Not published, 1834. One page letter, handwritten and signed by Electus Backus Jr. Dated Detroit May 31st 1834, and addresssed to Nathan P. Ames Esqr Chicopee Factory near Springfield Mass. An extra attached blank sheet contains the addressee name, postmark of Jun 4 from Niagara Falls, and the price of 18 3/4; folded for mailing. The letter reads "Sir, I have to request that you will send me, at this place, an Infantry sword. As I have not seen any of the swords, of the established form I can ... more information

New York: Abrams, 1975 [vi], 42 pages of text, followed by 180 illustrations. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is moderately tanned on spine, with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Includes 140 full-color plates, some of which are fold-out.. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Quarto (4to). ... more information

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1900. lxii, 268 pages of text including an index. Red hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and soiling, including a minor bump to one corner; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. The rear endpaper is creased, and the top corner of the pages have a minor crease from bumping. No dustjacket. Illustrated with 10 maps and 7 plans, of which many are fold-out or double-page, and in color. Endpapers are moderately browned, and text is slightly browned. Text is in English.. Se... more information

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1911 xxxiv, 554 pages of text including an index. Red hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Minor crease to spine. No dustjacket. Illustrated with 69 maps and 59 plans, of which many are fold-out or double-page, and in color. Text is in English.. Seventeenth revised edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ... more information

Leipzig, Germany: Karl Baedeker, 1928 xl, 488 pages of text including an index. Red hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear, and slight rubbing to spine extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with several small chips, small tears and creases, with slight darkening of spine, protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's name on front panel of dustjacket. Illustrated with 93 maps and plans, many of which are fold-out or double-page, and in color. One map is misfolded. Text is in English.. Third revised editio... more information

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Abbeville Press, 1982 132 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Top edge of closed pages is slightly spotted, not affecting text or illustrations. Contains hundreds of color and black & white photographs of historic postcards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good+ condition (DJ). Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1977 xvi, 362 pages of text including bibliography and index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with several small chips, tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Minor pencil underlining scattered throughout text. Illustrated with numerous photographs and sketchs.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ). Tall octavo (8vo). ... more information

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1946 416 pages of text, followed by 8 pages of advertisement. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated with 8 color plates, 60 photographs, and many diagrams. Color plates include: Nectarines, Peaches, Hybrid Berries, Currants, Grapes, Apples, Cherries, Pears, and Plums. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper. Natural History. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896 [ii], 354 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is slightly shelfworn, with minor staining to top edge. A few pages are slightly discolored, but overall this is a sound reading copy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

Denver, CO: Denver Museum of Natural History, 1956. 130 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear and soiling, including minor rubbing. Contains one color plate and numerous black & white photographs. Contains essays by E. H. Bryan, Jr. Includes a narrative of Bailey's 1912-1913 expedition. Museum Pictorial No. 12. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition.. First edition. Paperback. Very good- condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1929 xvi, 118 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 [iv], 59 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and slight sunning to top edge. Unclipped dustjacket is moderately browned on spine and top edge, with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on the title page "Love, Pearl Bailey." Stated "First Edition.". Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition/Very good condition (DJ). Oblong octavo (8vo). ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1971 xiv, 233 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to top edge and slight shelfwear. Price-clipped dustjacket with minor browning to spine and a few creases and tears; protected in archival mylar. Signed on the half-title page by the author "Love Pearl Bailey." This book is actually signed by the author. Every one of these books has a facsimile inscription on the dedication page, which reads "Dedicated To Humanity In Love Pearl." . S... more information

Delhi, India: Archna Publications, 1976 58 pages with index. Stiff paperback binding is slightly shelfworn. Ink notation on reverse of half-title.. First Edition. Paperback. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo). ... more information