Titles starting with B from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Denver:: Sage Books,, 1966.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall, in red cloth. 156 pages illustrated by photos and drawings. An important cache of letters regarding the business of the Baltimore & Ohio during the war respecting the movement of troops and equipment. The most minimal of extremity wear to the book which is clean, bright and soundly bound but for a "V" stamp on the front endpaper. The jacket has very light extremity wear as well, light soiling to the rear ... more information

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1937.. No edition indicated. Hardback square octavo (about 8 inches tall). 30 pages, with illustrations in black and blue (several with a spot of red). A neighbor's Siamese kitten enchants "Chatty". Modest edge and extremity wear to the book with some loss of almost an inch at foot of spine, previous owner name on front endpaper. Otherwise clean, bright and soundly bound. The jacket price on front flap has been blackened, and the jacket has a triangula... more information

New York:: Dial,, 1983.. First Edition. Hardcover. A humorous novel set in Northern Georgia. In lovely condition with a slightly worn dustjacket with to-die-for cover art. ... more information

Newton NJ:: McLoughlin Brothers,, No date (ca. 1900).. Reprint. Hardcover. Squarish octavo, about 8 inches high by 9 inches wide. Green cloth spine on illustrated paper covered boards with the cat and the fiddle on the left with red background; the title on the right with an orange background. All edges red. 63 numbered pages including 10 full page color illustrations, with words and music surrounded by color illustration as well. First published in England in 1877 (see Maase, p. 30; Houfe, p. 103), t... more information

Chicago:: Henry Regnery Company,, 1952.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9 inches tall. 690 pages which includes an extensive bibliography and index. Jacket notes states "Based on an examination of the State Department confidential correspondence and the manuscript collections of the National Archives and the Library of Congress." Minor wear to the spine ends but clean, bright and sound inside. The jacket has shallow chipping at the edges of the jacket with light extremity wear and mil... more information

New York:: Doubleday,, 1968.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in cream cloth spine on brick red cloth covered boards. 192 pages. Map endpapers. The book is clean, bright and sound, but there is very light wear to the tips. The jacket is attractive and complete but for a tiny chip at the foot of the spine. There is clear tape reinforcing the head of the spine and modest wear to both ends of the spine; two short edge tears to the rear panel; and a two inch tear from the top fro... more information

New York:: Lyons & Burford,, 1995.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 9.5 inches (24 cm) tall, in burgundy cloth spine on green-blue paper covered boards. 198 pages illustrated by photographs including some color plates, drawings. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER WITH AN INSCRIPTION TO SHANE STALCUP, WELL KNOWN PRODUCTION FLY TYER, DESIGNER AND PRODUCER OF INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS. A fairly thorough look at game fish along the gulf coast inlets and tidal flows. Note that the dustjacket... more information

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, 1965.. 4th ed.. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Minor extremity wear and very minor soiling to front cover. Title page torn significantly, but all present. ... more information

New York:: Lion Books,, 1953.. First Edition. Softcover. Small mass market paperback, about 6.5 inches tall, in illustrated wraps, predominantly yellow background. 160 pages. Cover come-on: "He crammed 20 furious years into the search for new thrills." But it's Jim Thompson so it's OK. Paperback original. Very slight lean to the spine; light edgewear; and a couple of creases to the cover visible only in the right light. No spine creases. ... more information

Oxford:: University of Oxford / Pitt Rivers Museum,, 1960.. First Edition. Softcover. Softcover quarto, a bit short of 10 inches tall, in gray wraps. 140 pages plus 16 photographic plates, each with multiple photographs. A scholarly study of European bagpipes from the collection of Henry Balfour which had been left to the Pitt Rivers Museum. A clean, lightly worn copy with some minor tearing ato the wraps at head of spine; the text block is beginning to separate at the top of the interior hinge. Otherw... more information

Scotch Plains NJ:: Morning Sun Books,, 2002.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11 inches tall, in copper gilt stamped black faux leather. 128 pages illustrated by contemporary color photographs. A nice pictorial on the company's diesels at work for various railroads and yard work for manufacturers. A bright fresh, unworn copy. The jacket is likewise crisp and unworn. ... more information

New York:: Arbor House/William Morrow,, 1990.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, gilt stamped. 1230 pages. Book is clean, bright, unmarked, soundly bound, and barely a hint of extremity wear. Jacket has a two inch jagged tear at lower right corner of front panet, and two tiny chips to back panel. ... more information

Scotch Plains NJ:: Morning Sun Books,, 1998.. First Edition. Hardback quarto. Blue cloth stamped in yellow. 128 pages, illustrated with color photographs taken McCaleb over several years showing the B&O operations in Ohio after the War at the end of the era of steam. One in a series of pictorials from this publisher. Wonderful production values. Both the book and jacket are bright and crisp and unworn but the jacket front foredge has an abrasion that looks like it may have been rubbed by whitewash.... more information

Silver Spring MD:: Old Line Graphics,, 1993.. First Edition. Hardback quarto. Gilt stamped blue cloth. 128 pages illustrated by color photographs, maps. Primarily a pictorial, but with some informative history. Clean, bright and sound with a hint of shelf wear. The jacket is lightly edge and extremity worn, but with a couple of short tears and associated creasing at head of spine. ... more information

Lynchburg VA:: TLC Publishing,, 1993.. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. 114 pages illustrated by photographs, some in color, with map on cover verso and cover art by Andrew Harmantas. A nice history-rich pictorial on the B & O's various trains between Baltimore and St. Louis. Inside is clean, bright and sound, but there is a noticeable crease on the front cover, top to bottom, and some wear to the tips. ... more information

Lynchburg VA:: TLC Publishing,, 1994.. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in photo illustrated wraps. 78 pages including a one page bibliography illustrated by color photographs. A good selection of photographs, some in color, showing well maintained EMDs. Clean, sound, and unmarked. No sign of wear. ... more information

New York:: Quadrant Press,, 1984.. First Edition. Softcover quarto, about 11 inches tall. Quarto in red wraps illustrated by photographs. 96 pages with maps and photographs. A well illustrated history of mass transit in Baltimore with thorough captions. Clean, bright, sound with minimal edge wear to the covers. ... more information

Norman OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, 1956.. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY HUTCHINSON ON THE HALF TITLE. Octavo in sage green cloth with spine title in red on a white field. 432 pages. A very favorable literary biography of the western writer, Particularly interesting are the references to Rhodes' dislike of the "Young Intellectuals" in the person of Mencken and his friends. Clean, bright, sound and unworn. The jacket is complete with just a touch of edge wear. ... more information

Gainesville FL:: University of Florida Press,, 1951.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, about 12 inches tall, with yellowish faux leather covers decorated in orange and brown. The covers are thin and somewhat flexible. Limited edition, #109 of 999 copies. Of the original published in 1723, it is said to be "the principal authority on Florida itself during its two centuries of Spanish supremacy. . . ". Howes, B130. The lengthy subtitle notes, among other things, that this book covers... more information

Chicago:: University of Chicago Press (Oriental Institute),, 1931.. First Edition. Hardcover. Wide quarto, about 12 by 9.5 inches, in brown cloth spine with yellow gold cloth covered boards. 393 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM GRAHAM TO EDGAR JOHNSTON GOODSPEED. Goodspeed is best known for the Goodspeed Bible, published in 1935, and several other books of religious scholarship. Goodspeed, in turn, inscribed the book to Charles Kraft, probably the Kraft who was president of the Midwestern branch o... more information