Authors starting with B from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

New York: Revell, 1927. First Edition. Near fine. ... more information

Paris: Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1878. First Edition. Bound with the front wrapper; printed on rectos only; minor penciling; very good. Bound with an excerpt from the Bulletin of the Boston Public Library, April, 1891, “Jean Jacques Rousseau: A Finding List of works by and relating to Rousseau in the Bates Hall.” Bound into a single volume of red half-morocco and marbled paper boards by Rose, Boston. Very good. ... more information

East Aurora, New York: The Roycroft Shop, 1901. Publisher’s full red suede; hand-illuminated and signed by the artist Maud Wells. A fine copy. Scarce in this condition. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First Edition. Inscribed by the author in 1916; recipient’s bookplate; Doheny bookplate; very good to fine. ... more information

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1935. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to another artist, “Much love to Isabel [Bishop] from her admiring friend, P.B.” Below the inscription is a detailed, half-page pen and ink drawing of a girl rummaging through a trash barrel, a cat peering around the corner, and a woman who is clearly upset at this scene. Captioned in the author’s hand, “Forbidden Fruit.” ... more information

New York: Scribner’s, 1952. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with some chips and stains. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to another artist, “For Isabel [Bishop], with love and gratitude for all her wise and helpful suggestions from her devoted and admiring friend, Peggy.” Below the inscription is a drawing of a woman’s legs and a cat. ... more information

New York: Franklin Watts, 1957. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to another artist, “For my dear helpful wonderful Isabel [Bishop], the most cheering and constructive critic and friend - with love from Peggy.” ... more information

New York: Parents’ Magazine Press, 1970. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with some fading. ... more information

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author and signed in full on the title page. A wounded soldier hovers between life and death on the battlefield. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1935. First Edition. Very good to fine in a very good dust jacket with some chipping and wear. ... more information

New York: Dutton, 1899. First Edition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; minor soiling; very good. Printed in different colors on various pages. ... more information

London: Mathews Miller Dunbar, 1973. First Edition. Signed by Bailey; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket ... more information

Garden City: Crime Club, 1940. First American Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with tape along the upper and lower outside edges. Cover illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele. ... more information

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. First American Edition. Back hinge cracking, else a fine, bright copy in the rare dust jacket, which has minor wear and tear. An adventure story by a writer who would go on to become famous for his mysteries. ... more information

New York: Neale Publishing, 1913. First Edition. A near fine copy; presented by the publisher. A story of Egypt, illustrated with photographs. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1919. First Edition. About fine in a very good dust jacket with very minor chips, stains and tears. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. Shasta is an Indian boy brought up by wolves. The flap copy compares this to the Jungle Book and The Call of the Wild, both of which deserve credit as inspiration, as should the unmentioned Tarzan of the Apes. ... more information

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. First Edition. Some foxing; very good. Despite strenuous and sincere efforts, nothing really got settled. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1964. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket with a little soiling to the back panel. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1968. First Edition. A fine, clean copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1964. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information