Authors starting with B from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Published in Philadelphia by the heirs of one of Benjamin Franklin's grandsons "Lightening Rod Junior", whose newspaper bcame an vociferous critic of George Washington's. Principally advertisements, for land in Bucks County, merchants, . Pen notation on page one for James Vanuxem (antecedent of previous owner). 13 1/2 x 21", sml. ear at left margin, evenly tanned, old folds, good+. ... more information

Washington:: Privately printed,. 1960.. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo, 72 pp, vg+. Orig. white cloth, vgc. Songs by Americans involved in International Geography Year. Fine condition. ... more information

London:: G.W. Bacon & Co,. nd, ca. 1890.. Folding map printed in color, in it's original cloth over boards, printed title label. 12mo with guide (27pp.), and 8pp alphabetical and complete index. Three insets of Durban, Port Elizabeth & Cape Town. 66 x 49 cm. Last date mentioned in the text is 1887. Colophon G.W. Bacon & Co, Ltd. 127 Strand, London. Very good condition. ... more information

Leipsic:: Karl Baedeker,. 1900.. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very good+. 16mo, color folding maps, lxii, 268pp, marbled edges. With 10 maps and 7 plans, complete, with a Baedeker's Guide Books price list inside the front cover. Very bright and fresh original red gilt cloth; internally, maps all neatly folded, owner bookplate at front free end paper, very good+. ... more information

Hardcover. Baikie, James. A History of Egypt. From the Earliest Times to the End of the XVIIth Dynasty. AC Black, London 1929, 1st edition. 8vo, 2 vols, xii, 426pp, ills & maps throughout (&) viii, 403pp. Orig. turquoise & gilt cloth, printed djs, some foxing on foredge, some chips on dj, overall vgc. ... more information

Denver:: Denver Museum of Natural History ,. 1962.. First edition. Hardcover. Sml. 4to, 306pp, maps & b&w ills throughout. Maroon cloth as issued, w/o a dj, vg+ condition. Spence 80. Definitive work on the natural history of Campbell Island, also include history & geology. This hardcover is much more desirable than the paper edition. ... more information

Denver:: Denver Museum of Natural History,. 1962.. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp (6), 305, illustrated from photographs. Original front wrapper bound in. Published as Proceedings Number 10 by the Denver Museum of Natural History. Mainly about the birds of the Island. vg. condition. Spence 80. ... more information

Denver:: Denver Museum of Natural History,. 1962.. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp (6), 305, illustrated from photographs. Original front wrapper bound in. Published as Proceedings Number 10 by the Denver Museum of Natural History. Mainly about the birds of the Island. Vg condition. Spence 80. ... more information

Denver:: Denver Museum of Natural History,. 1962.. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp (6), 305, illustrated from photographs. Original front wrapper bound in. Published as Proceedings Number 10 by the Denver Museum of Natural History. Mainly about the birds of the Island. vg. condition Spence 80. ... more information

Denver:: Denver Museum of Natural History,. 1962.. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp (6), 305, illustrated from photographs. Original front wrapper bound in. Published as Proceedings Number 10 by the Denver Museum of Natural History. Mainly about the birds of the Island. vg. condition Spence 80. ... more information

London & Melbourne:: Angus & Robertson,. 1980.. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo,182 pp,colour and b/w illus., front ep. maps, good, d/j. The story of one woman's trip through Antarctica, d/j vg+ ... more information

New York:: Macmillan,. 1923.. First edition. Hardcover. A Handbook of the Coniferous and Most Important Broad-Leaved Evergreens Planted for Ornament in the United States and Canada. Lge 8vo, b&w frontis, 434 pages, b&w illus throughout., top edges gilt Dark green and cream cloth gilt covers; gilt title at cream cloth spine. Cream spine slt marked, o/w very good. ... more information

London:: Pickering,. 1850.. First edition. Hardcover. Bailey's second book of verse after the well received 'Festus' which examined the relationship of man and God. 16mo, b&w frontis, 111 pp, all edges gilt . Marbled end papers. One half red brown leather with marbled boards. Gilt title (Bailey's Angel World) at gilt decorated spine with 6 compartments and gilt raised bands. Front and back covers detached; spine slightly chipped at top. Internally, front hinge previously repaired with st... more information

Baillie-Grohman, W.A. Sport in the Alps in the Past and Present. Scribners, NY 1896, 1st edition. Roy. 8vo, (xv) 356pp, ads, & numerous full page plates. Orig. blue decorated buckram, covers watermarked, spine a bit faded, loose in covers. Complete, but slightly battered. Hunting deer & chamois in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria & Hungary. ... more information

Hardcover. Carroll & Graf, New York, 1991. First US Edition. 8 vo, 189 pp. Hard bound with dust jacket. An imaginative fictional account of the tragic 1912 Scott expedition to the South Pole. vg+. ... more information

London:: Edward Stanford,. 1858.. Hardcover. Royal Geographical Society Journal for 1858, Volume II, Nos. I thru VI, the complete year, bound with the original blue wrappers in half red calf with marbled boards & all edges marbled. The Proceedings were published separately, and because they were not bound with the annual "Journal", they are very hard to find. Includes many articles, including the following articles: T. Baines, Additional Notes on the North Australian Expedition Under Mr. A.... more information

Hardcover. Longmans, London, 1964. First UK edition. 8vo, 328pp 36 b/w plates. 76 maps and diagrams. Hardboard with d/j vg+. ... more information

Baker, Samuel W. Eight Years in Ceylon. Longmans, Green and Co., London & New York, 1891, "new edition". Ex-library with the usual markings. A classic of colonial Ceylon in the mid-19th century. Hunting tigers , elephants, leopards, local stories. 376pp, 6 woodcut plates. Production of rare woods, cinnamon, tea, etc. Orig. red silver gilt, sml. tear at spine head. Very clean & bright other than library markings. ... more information

Livorno:: Giovanni Mazzajoli,. 1854.. Nuova Edizione Toscana. Hardcover. Very good overall. 2 volumes, with the first volume containing a long section on Italy. The second volume contains a long chapter on Asia (which includes pages on Shanghai), America (North and South) and Oceania, with Australian content. The section on Oceania includes an unusually comprehensive list of islands and archipelagoes, including Gruppo della Papuasia, Arcipelago della Luisiade, Arcipelago della Nuova Brettagna, Arcipelago ... more information

Philadelphia:: Allen, Lane & Scott,. 1902.. Hardcover. Very good. Royal 8vo, 230pp, teg, 3 folding maps, original red gilt cloth. Ex-lib with very faint call numbers at base of spine, blind embossed lib stamps of Haverford College at top edge of title page and a few others. Covers slt dusty, o/w very good. Internally fresh and bright, maps very good. Spence 83. ... more information