Authors starting with B from Robert Dagg Rare Books

London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hardcover. Small stain (about the size of a pencil eraser) to preliminary leaves. Very minor rubbing and soiling to cloth. A very good copy, lacking the scarce dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1938]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Review copy with publisher's rubber stamp on half-title page. Cloth somewhat worn at spine ends. Else a very good book in a nearly fine dust jacket, bright and crisp, with a faint crease at spine. The story of the Russian aviator who made the first trans-Polar flight. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1943. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Some slight yellowing to cloth at top edge. Otherwise a near fine copy copy in dust jacket with a few tiny nicks at spine ends and flap folds. Crime Club. Set in Wales. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1938. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a bright crisp dust jacket with a number of small tears and some rubbing at edges, but only a tiny amount of paper loss. Crime Club. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1942. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Minor abrasion to rear pastedown, else a near fine copy in a bright crisp dust jacket with some faint adhesive residue on verso. Crime Club. A Joshua Clunk mystery. ... more information

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, [1931]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Lavender cloth faded at spine. Otherwise a very good book in a beautiful fine dust jacket. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1940. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. A chapter from the volume "Mr. Fortune Here" presumably issued as a promotional item for that volume. 25 pp. Self wrappers. A clean near fine copy. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Cloth gouged at base of spine panel affecting the "CL" in "CLUB." Else a very good copy in a fine bright dust jacket. Crime Club. The first Mr. Clunk mystery. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A fine tight book in a crisp, near fine dust jacket with only minute wear at spine ends. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket (by Politzer). ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1935. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Pastedowns browned (from bleed-through of binder's glue). Otherwise a nearly fine copy in a bright crisp dust jacket with some minor restoration at edges. ... more information

Merion, PA: Barnes Foundation Press, [1931]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor foxing to title page else fine in a lightly sunned, near fine dust jacket with a shallow chip at top of spine panel and one tiny chip at bottom of rear panel. 569 pages, with 156 illustrations. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, [1983]. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine copy in wrappers. ... more information

New York: Frank Hallman, 1974. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. One of 500 numbered copies. This copy, however, is unnumbered and apparently out-of-series. A fine copy in the very uncommon dust jacket, the vast majority of the edition not being issued in jacket. Very possibly one of the publisher's own copies, since it is out-of-series and also in jacket. Two short stories reprinted from early periodicals. ... more information

London: Faber and Faber, [1958]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Precedes American publication. Near fine in dust jacket very slightly tanned at spine panel (one short tear). ... more information

London: Faber and Faber, [1936]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Some minor spotting to endpapers. Otherwise a fine copy with purple cloth bright and unfaded. Lacking the dust jacket. ... more information

London: Faber and Faber, [1962]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket (minutely nicked). ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. Subtitled "The Story of English from Its Obscure Beginnings to Its Present Eminence as the Most Widely Spoken Language on Earth. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A very nice presentation copy, inscribed from the author to his mother-in-law:"For the Mother of my favorite heroine with gratitude and love, Bill. January 6, 1951." Black cloth boards faintly damp-marked along bottom edge, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1943]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in bright unfaded dust jacket with a few tiny nicks and tears. Louisiana setting. ... more information