Titles starting with B from Royal Books, Inc.

New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, several leaves with corner creases. Jacket extremities moderately toned, with slight loss at the spine ends and corners. Indispensable for the Goodman collector, as noted on the rear jacket flap. ... more information

New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. First American Edition. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light laminate lift at the spine hinges of the book, spine slightly cocked. Jacket has laminate lift at the spine hinges and extremities, a few chips and closed tears to the extremities, a small dampstain to the bottom edge of the front panel, largely affecting the verso. A presentable copy. ... more information

New York: Crown Publishers Inc, 1985. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing, first published in Great Britain in 1983 as "The Sheep-Pig." Slight spine lean, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a touch of rubbing, and a tiny closed tear at the top front panel. Basis for the 1995 film directed by Chris Noonan, with Christine Cavanaugh as the voice of Babe, the pig. A nice copy. ... more information

New York: Monarch No. 172, 1960. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good to Fine condition, with a small tear at the middle of the front panel, starting from the spine. ... more information

Taschen, 2006. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED on the title page by the film's director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, and composer of the score, Gustavo Santaolalla (winner of the Academy Award for his score to "Brokeback Mountain"). "Babel" is the third (and apparently final) film by this team, ending a widely-praised trilogy that included "Amores Perros" (2000) and "21 Grams" (2003). A... more information

London: Methuen, 1980. First Edition. Four minature volumes. First Editions, first printings. All volumes Near Fine in Near Fine dust jackets and a Very Good plus illustrated slipcase. Some rubbing to the spines and panel edges of the dust jacetsThe four books are Babar's Book on Earth, Air, Water and Fire. ... more information

New York: New Directions, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. Fine and unread in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket. A play that was the basis for the dark 1958 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Karl Malden and Carroll Baker. ... more information

New York: Mysterious, 1994. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by the Irvine Welsh on the title page. Fine and unread in perfect-bound pictorial wrappers. ... more information

New York: William Morrow, 1961. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to his niece on the front endpaper: "To Nordie / With lots of the best from / Your Erle / Erle Stanley Gardner / Feb 1959." Binding slightly cocked, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A Bertha Cool and Donald Lam mystery. ... more information

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "-- / All Best / Robert B. Parker." Spine ends lightly bumped, affecting both book and jacket, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A Spenser novel. ... more information

New York: William Frederick Press, 1951. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper with an address, "931 N. Washington St," written underneath in her hand, presumably making this the author's personal copy. Very Good in wrappers. ... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1943. Original pressbook for the 1943 film, "Background to Danger", directed by Raoul Walsh, based on the 1937 novel "Uncommon Danger" by Eric Ambler. Written for the screen by W. R. Burnett, and starring Gerge Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Brenda Marshall, and Peter Lorre. An American intelligence operative (George Raft) in neutral Turkey must prevent a Nazi agent (Sydney Greenstreet) from releasing forgeries of a Russian invasion plan. 19 pages, saddle stitched... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the First American Edition. Very Good in publisher's standard card wrappers, stating "SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY: For private and confidential use only." Tipped on to the front wrapper, as issued, is the full-color illustration from the first edition jacket. Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the screen by W.R. Burnett, and starring George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and ... more information

London: Digit Books No. R-380, 1955 [Presumed]. First Edition. Vintage paperback. First printing of this UK edition. Very Good plus condition. Spine cocking at the crown, spine crease, light dust-soiling to the page edges. A very presentable copy of a scarce publication. Not in Holroyd. ... more information

New York: Hyperion, 2004. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. One outer corner lightly bumped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Publisher's advertising sticker to the front panel of jacket. A Hitchcock Sewell mystery set in Baltimore. ... more information

New York: Midwood Books No. 17, 1959. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus condition. Slight spine lean, very faint dampstain at the bottom page edges, bindery crease, corner crease to the rear wrapper as well as a minor horizontal hairline scratch. A very presentable copy. ... more information

Greenwich CT: Gold Medal No. 889, 1959. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. Near Fine. Slightest lean, else a brilliant copy. Cover art by Barye Phillips. ... more information

Paris: Flammarion, 2005. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A lovely book that explores Picasso's influence on Bacon's work; includes 180 plates, and a selected bibliography. 239 pages. ... more information