Titles starting with B from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Pittsburgh, Pa.: Hunt Botanical Library, 1968. 11" x 8.25". 1063. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near fine condition. A reference book on periodicals that are partly botanical in scope, dealing with agriculture, agronomy, bacteriology, biology, ecology, floriculture, forestry, fruit growing, genetics and plant breeding, geography, horticulture, hydrobiology and limnology, microbiology and microscopy, paleontology, pharmacology, pharmacognosy, plant pathology, and vegetable crops. ... more information

Trenton, NJ: Hercules Publishing Company, 1965. Hardback 10.25" x 7.5". 452pp. Illustrated boards with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Spine tips lightly bumped, ownership signature on first leaf, else near fine condition. The dust jacket has light edge wear and general light soiling, else near fine condition. From the front cover, "Baring the breast's intriguing mysteries from its influence (on man, mind and history) to its inspection, analysis, identification, rating and in... more information

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton Publishing, Inc., 1979. Hardback First American edition 11" x 9.75". 392pp. Blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket has a small bit of edge wear and a couple short closed tears. The story of Bavarian Motor Works, from the 1920's through the modern era. With much on the cars themselves, company practice and personnel, etc. With many black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

New York: Random House, Inc., 1948. Hardcover 12" x 8.5". 63pp. Bound in glossy color illustrated paper covered boards. Light rubbing to edges, corners and spine tips, small stamp on the first leaf, else VG+ condition. Another great story of the most famous literary elephant, replete with color illustrations. ... more information

New York: Random House, Inc., 1972. Hardcover 11.75" x 8.25". 26pp. Glossy color illustrated hardback boards, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket has a tiny bit of edge wear, else near fine condition, with the $3.95 price intact. Another great story of the most famous literary elephant. ... more information

New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. First edition 7.25" x 4.75". 401pp., plus ads. Original blue cloth, with orange lettering. First edition, second issue. Lacking dust jacket. Very bright near fine condition. ... more information

Dilltown, PA: willow Square, Inc., 1996. Paperback 8.75" x 11.5". 34pp. Stapled and illustrated paperback loose in illustrated paper wrapper. Some wear to tips of jacket, bend in top right corner, else fine condition. Every page is alive with Penny Russell's illustrations, which complement the oldtime feel of this lovely children's tale. ... more information

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1891. Hardback 10" x 8.75". 62pp. Cream cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Mild soiling, else near fine condition; a nice copy. None of the data fields in the book are filled in. With charming illustrations throughout by Ida Waugh, Eddie J. Andrews and Harriet M. Bennett. With six full page chromolithograph plates. ... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1937. Hardback 7.5" x 5". 141pp. Blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; very nice dust wrapper with just a small bit of edge wear. The jacket is quite uncommon in any case. A charming cookery book, with recipes for soups, fish, meat, eggs, sauces, bread, vegetables, salads, cookies and cakes, and more. ... more information

London: The Soncino Press, 1935. Hardback Thirty - four 6" x 5.75" volumes. Each bound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt. A few volumes have light soiling, a few spines a bit faded, one volume with weak hinges. Bookseller's tags on the front endpapers. Overall a near fine condition set. Published from 1935 to 1948. This set does not include the index, which was issued in 1952. An important English language edition of this central text of Judaism. ... more information

New York: Brentano's, 1891. Hardback 10" x 8.25". 69pp. Beige, red and black illustrated cloth, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Mild soiling, else near fine condition; a quite bright copy. With much of Baby's data neatly filled in the blanks. This book is also interesting in that it features a phrenological chart at the back, with lists of faculties, remarks on the 'science', and an illustration of a head and its various sections. The phrenological section's fields are ... more information

Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1884. Paperback Illustrated paper covered boards with a red cloth spine. Boards somewhat rubbed, else nice VG+ condition. With an advertisement for Cadbury's Cocoa Essence on the rear board. 47 plates by Cruikshank, with humorous text beneath each image. ... more information

(New York): L. B. Fischer, 1945. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5". 220pp. Near fine condition in a dust wrapper with some edge wear and a darkened spine. Surely one of the earliest books to deal with the war veteran's return from combat. With chapters on the soldiers' profile, home life, the country and how the returning veteran views it, etc. Some parts of the book sound naive, especially some parts dealing with the soldier's relationship with his mother. Other sections contain ... more information

New York: Roy Publishers, 1946. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5". 166pp. Mild fading to boards, else a near fine copy in a somewhat used dust wrapper. This copy inscribeed by the author: "For Lee [Travis], The friends thou hast and their adoption tried grapple to thy soul with hoops of steel. William Shakespeare. New York. March, 1951. Jack." The inscription is from Hamlet, act I, scene III. ... more information

Seattle, WA : Superior Publishing Company , 1975. Hardcover First edition 10.5" x 8". 160pp. Green cloth lettered in black. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated after b&w photographs. Very good+ with light wear at bottom of board edges. Dust jacket is very good+. A classic documentation of outhouses in the American West. ... more information

Bismarck, ND: Capital Book Co., 1926. Hardback Second edition 7.75" x 4.25". 99pp. Maroon hardback with gilt lettering. Somewhat soiled and worn, gift inscription; generally VG+ condition. A remembrance in words and black and white photos of the badlands / frontier of North Dakota. ... more information

Bainbridge Island, WA: Driftwood Press, 1960. Paperback 9" x 6.25". 38pp. Illustrated paperback. Spine tips lightly bumped, else fine condition. Second printing. A concise but interesting account of the maritime history of Bainbridge Island. With many illustrations after old photographs, drawings and woodcuts. ... more information

New York: E. P. Dutton , 1983. Hardcover First edition 8.25" x 5.25". 267pp. Brown paper boards with a beige cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket which has a lightly faded spine. ... more information

New York & Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1884. Hardback 7.25" x 4.75". 320pp. Dark yellow cloth. Light rubbing and wear, front hinge a bit weak, ownership inscription, else VG+ condition. A funny book by the distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang. Illustrated by F. Opper. ... more information

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. Hardback 8.75" x 5.75". 352pp. Yellow cloth with yellow illustrated dust jacket. Fine condition; the VG+ dust jacket has minor edge wear and is price clipped. A collection of recipes from Hungary, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania-everything from goulash to shish kebab. ... more information