Authors starting with B from The Bookpress, Ltd.

1964. BAAL-TESHUVA, Jacob. ART TREASURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, (1964). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. Frontispiece, 71 (3) pages, 50 plates. First edition. Being a guidebook to the paintings, murals, sculptures, mosiacs, rugs, and tapestries in the United Nations. Very good in lightly used dust jacket. ... more information

1897. Paperback. BABBINGTON, Charles. TUNING AND REPAIRING PIANOS. London: L. Upcott Gill, (1897). 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. (iv), 28, 15-advertisements pages. First edition. How to tune a piano, with a wonderful drawing of a piano tuner working on an upright piano. Professionally respined, else very good. ... more information

1891. Paperback. (CALIFORNIA) CORONADO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, "A UNIQUE CORNER OF THE EARTH." Portland: E.S. Babcock, (1891). Oblong 8vo. Wrappers. 31, (1) pages. First edition. Promotional pamphlet for the Hotel De Coronado--the largest resort hotel in t world, featuring testimonials by Charles Dudley Warner, Charles Nordhoff, and others. The hotel was located near San Diego. Very good. ... more information

1887. BABIN DE GRANDMAISON, M. le Commandant. RESUME DE L'HISTOIRE ET DES PROCEDES LA GRAVURE. Paris: Imprimerie du Service Geographique, 1887. 8vo. Red contemporary quarter-morocco. (vi), 76 pages. First edition. Devoted to wood engraving, metal engraving, etching, and several photographic processes, including heliogravure. Very good. ... more information

1861. (MAP) BACHE, A.D. PETALUMA AND NAPA CREEKS, CALIFORNIA, FROM A TRIANGULATIO SURVEY. Albany: (1861). Map (32 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches). First edition. Being a detailed pilot's chart of the Napa Valley in California. Light brown and wear to a few folds, else very good. ... more information

1969. BACHMANN, Jul, and Stanislaus Von Moos. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SWISS ARCHITECTURE New York: George Braziller, (1969). 8vo. Cloth spine, boards. 128 pages. Fir edition. Emphasizes the role of architecture in Swiss society, and new trends in moder Swiss buildings. 123 illustrations, with plans and measured drawings. Dust jacket creased, else very good. ... more information

1658. BACON, Francis. SYLVA SYLVARUM: OR, A NATURALL HISTORY. London: A.M. for William Lee, 1658. Folio. Contemporary full -calf. Frontispiece, engraved title leaf, (xvi), 218, (22) pages; (iv), 36 pages; (viii), 64 pages. Seventh edition. Three works bound together also incorporating New Atlantis, and History Natur and Experimental. First published the year after his death in 1626, this edition was edited and published by William Rawley, and is considered the bes and most complete representation of the s... more information

1971. BACON-FOSTER, Corra. EARLY CHAPTERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATOMAC ROUTE THE WEST. New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). 8vo. Cloth. Frontispiece, viii, 277 pages. Reprint of the 1912 edition. Very good. ... more information

1966. BADAWY, Alexander. ARCHITECTURE IN ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE NEAR EAST. Cambridge: M.I.T., (1966). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. x, 246 pages. First edition. A study of architectural development in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, North Syria, the Levant, Persia, and Cyprus from earliest times to the Hellenistic Period. With four hundred illustrations. Very good in a lightly chipped and sunned dust jacket. ... more information

1927. BADELEY, J.F. BOOKPLATES. London: Print Collectors' Club, 1927. Small 4to. Cloth spine, boards. (ii), pages. First edition. One of 500 copies. "Being a Lecture Delivered to the Print Collectors' Club on Wednesday Novembe 18th, 1925," containing three original plates. Light edgewear, else very go ... more information

1954. BAER, Eleanora A. TITLES IN SERIES, PUBLISHED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1953. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1954. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. "A handbook for librarians and students." Very good. ... more information

1889. BAES, Jean. TOURS & TOURELLES HISTORIQUES DE LA BELGIQUE. Bruxelles: E. Lyon-Claesen, (1880s). Folio. Portfolio. (xvi) pages, 50 plate First edition. A charming collection of color illustrations based on the watercolor painting by Jean Baes. Baes' illustrations show a selection of Belgium architecture, including Notre Dame, Anvers, l'Hotel de Ville (Fleche), la Chapelle de la Madeleine, l'Eglise des Riches Claires (Brussels), and Batiment de la Bibliotheque (Gand). The plates are ... more information

1879. Paperback. (VIRGINIA) (BAGBY, G.W.) HEPSIDAM. Richmond: West, Johnson, (1879). 16mo. Original printed wrappers. 66 pages. First edition. [BAL, 571]. Written under the pseudonym of George Washington Meekins, this satire on Virginia is extremely rare. Jacob Blanck "assumed" the work to be in wrapper while Wright only cites two locations. The work reflects on the "mountains, men, manners, and morals" of "readjusters, funders, and Virginians generally. Almost fine in protectiv... more information

1989. Paperback. BAILEY, Colin B. THE ANNENBERG COLLECTION. Philadelphia: Museum of Art, 1989. 4to. Wrappers. 204 pages. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post- impressionism. No lover of art can fa to be deeply impressed by Walter Annenberg's collection; shown in New York, L Angeles, Washington, and Philadelphia. Very good. ... more information

1973. BAILEY, James (editor). NEW TOWNS IN AMERICA; THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. New York: John Wiley, (1973). 4to. Cloth. xii, 165 pages. First printing. A series of essays by American architects on city planning. Some neat highlighting in text, else very good. ... more information

1857. (LITHOGRAPHY) BAILLIE, Caroline R. I. II. ONE-TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE, 10 DESIGN DRAWN ON STONE. (Edinburgh): W. & A.K. Johnson, 1857. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. 10 lithographic leaves, 10 lithographic plates. First edition. Featuring ten stylized mid-nineteenth century domestic scenes depicting of interior furnishings and dress. Cover very lightly spotted; still very good. ... more information

1906. BAILLIE SCOTT, Macay Hugh. HOUSES AND GARDENS. London: George Newnes, 1906. Folio. Publishers green cloth, top edge gilt. x 247 pages, 17 colored plates including frontispiece, 12 halftone plates. Firs edition. In 1906 Baillie Scott published House and Gardens, an illustrated survey of h works which gives a detailed account of his work and ideas at this time in hi career, and elegantly describes his philosophy of design. The work is divide into two sections, the first containing Baillie Scott's ... more information

1979. Paperback. BAIN, Robert, and others (editors.) SOUTHERN WRITERS, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1979.) 8vo. Wrappers. First paperback edition. Wrappers lightly worn. ... more information

1868. (BAIRD, Henry Carey). CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Small oblong folio (7 x 10 3/4 inches Later cloth. Printed title leaf, leaf listing plates, 48 lithograph plates. First edition. Baird's pattern book was the third such work published in America and one of most pivotal books in shaping American taste. It included a comprehensive ra of items from bureaus, desks, wardrobes, chairs, bookcases, tables, and beds. The style incorporated American coloni... more information

1868. BAIRD, Henry Carey. CABINET MAKER'S ALBUM OF FURNITURE. Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Small oblong folio (7 x 10 3/4 inches Publisher's cloth. Printed title leaf, leaf listing plates, 48 lithograph plates. First edition. Baird's pattern book was the third such work published in America and one of most pivotal books in shaping American taste. It included a comprehensive ra of items from bureaus, desks, wardrobes, chairs, bookcases, tables, and beds. The style incorporated America... more information