The Pedestrian in France and Switzerland.
by Barrell, George.
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1853. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), 312 pp. Near-Fine.
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Common Exotic Trees of South Florida (Diotyledons).
by Barrett, Mary Franklin.
Gainesville: University of florida Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, cloth, xii, 414 pp. Photos, illus. Very Good; light wear.
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Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands.
by Barrett, Mmichael B.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (2008). Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), 298 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Germans were desperate. The English offensive at Passchendaele had drained German manpower, placing in doubt the success of a planned 1918 offensive in the West. With the city of Riga now in German hands, one hope would be to deliver a final blow to Russian morale, causing a collapse and freeing troops for... Read More
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The Sugar Hacienda of the Marqueses del Vale.
by Barrett, Ward.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, (1970). First Edition. Quarto, cloth, [vi], 147 pp. Illus. The subject of the study is the Cortes plantation, which was established on the outskirts of Cuernavaca, Mexico, in about 1535 by Hernan Cortes. Fine in dust jacket.
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham.
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920. Octavo, green cloth with color illustration pasted on front cover (hardcover), [x], 126 pp. 16 color plates, map. Good; spine faded, some shelf wear, light stain near foot of fore-edge, former-owner signature.
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Auld Licht Idylls.
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1892. The Bijou Series, No. 76, September, 1892. Duodecimo, printed wrappers, 187 pp., ads. Fair; some chipping to front and rear covers, front cover is detaching along front joint.
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, From The Little White Bird by. J. M. Barrie. A New Edition Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
by Barrie, J. M.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1912). A reprint of the 1906 edition with the addition of a new color frontispiece, seven full-page drawings, and for the first time with the plates interspersed appropriately throughout the text. Quarto, gilt-stamped green cloth (hardcover), [x], 126 pp. 50 full page color plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 black & white illustrations. Latimore & Haskell, p. 40. Very Good; spine quite faded, former owner signature and date.
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A Window in Thrums.
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1892. The Bijou Series, No. 77, October, 1892. Duodecimo, softbound, 199 pp. Very Good; several minor chips to perimeter of front cover.
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Bittersweet.
by Barr, Nevada.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, (1984). First Edition of Author’s First Book. Octavo, green boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 339 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+, mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear.
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Blood Lure.
by Barr, Nevada.
New York: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, boards (hardcover), gilt letters, map illus. endpapers, 320 pp. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. From jacket: Anna Pigeon returns to the West, where she is sent on a training assignment to study grizzly bears in Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park, straddling the border between Montana and Canada...Anna must find the beast stalking the trails -- and enter deep into a gripping wilderness life-or-death... Read More
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Black Confederates. Compiled by Charles Kelly Barrow, J. H. Segars, and R. B. Rosenburg.
by Barrow, Charles Kelly; Segars, J. H. and R. B. Rosenburg.
Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 2004. Octavo, softbound (slick, black & white photo. illustrated stiff black wrappers), 191 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Neighter Confederate history nor black studies can afford to ignore the efforts of black Americans on the side of the Confederacy, as this seemingly contradictory behavior reveals and underscores the terrible complexity of the War between the States. This volume contains correspondence, military records, narrative reminiscences, newspaper accounts, and more from these brave... Read More
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Pudgy, the Little Black Bear. Pictures by Clarence Biers. A Glowing-Eye Book.
by Barrows, Marjorie.
New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1948. Square duodecimo; slick, color illus. brown boards (hardcover); bear illustrating cover, diecut with button-shaped 3D bear head poking through. Spine separating, upper hinge weak; otherwise, the book is bright & clean. Pictures gladly sent upon request.
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John Henry Barrows, A Memoir. By His Daughter.
by Barrows, Mary Eleanor.
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1904. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author: “For Clara E. Laughlin, to whom / the ‘Light of Asia’s’ heart went out / from the first time he met her / till the end of his life; with / the admiring love of // Mary Eleanor Barrows / Christmas 1904.” Clara E. Laughlin (1873-1941) was the author of more than 35 books, headed a Travel Service with offices... Read More
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Thread of Life. Curated by Molly Barron, Linda Harkey, Viki D. Thompson Wylder, Teri R. Abstein. Essays by Linda Harkey, Viki D. Thompson Wylder, Teri R. Abstein.
by Barron, Molly; Harkey, Linda; Wylder, Viki D. Thompson; Abstein, Teri R.; Curators.
Museum of Fine Arts, February 10 - March 25, 2012. Large octavo, softbound (slick, full-color illustrated wrappers), slick cardstock pages, [64] pp. Fine (As New). “Thread of Life, as the title of the exhibition suggests, focuses on textiles as art. Textile art, prior to the 1960s, was barely thinkable as a concept in the United States. Art critics and historians categorized textiles as craft. In the 1960s the concept of textiles as art received... Read More
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Flying the North Atlantic: A History in Photographs.
by Barry, Jim.
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (1987). Octavo, black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 144 pp. Numerous b & w photographs. Former-owner bookplate; otherwise, Fine (As New) in a Near-Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. From dust jacket: The North Atlantic is one of Man’s most challenging barriers, and a three-thousand-mile-wide water mass that has only recently been conquered by aviation in this century. After the first direct flight across the North Atlantic by Allcock and... Read More
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White Dwarfs: Advances in Observation and Theory.
by Barstow, Martin A.
Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences - Vol. 403. Octavo, slick white boards (hardcover), xix, 573 pp. Near Fine.
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Buff Facings and Gilt Buttons: Staff and Headquarters Operations in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865.
by Bartholomees, J. Boone, Jr.
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, (1998). First Edition. Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xv + 352 pp. Fine, in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: In performing the myriad tasks associated with organizing, training, equipping, moving, and fighting large armies, military commanders require the assistance of staff officers. Operating in the name of the commander, staff officers perform vital planning and supervisory duties in specialized fumctional areas. They... Read More
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An Illustrated History of Greater Harrisburg: Life by the Moving Road. Pictorial Research by Irwin Richman and John Beck.
by Barton, Michael.
Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, [199]. Quarto, green leatherette (hardcover), gilt letters, 224 pp. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. A remarkable collection of stories, a wonderful inside view of Greater Harrisburg and Harrisburghers as seen on a crucial day that changed history, or merely one that typified it. A meticulously researched chronology, enlivened with fascinating details and period photos, enhances the main text. From ordinary activity to extraordinary accomplishment, author michael Barton gives... Read More
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln. [Two volume set].
by Barton, William E.
Indianapolis: Boss-Merrill, (1928). 2 volumes. First edition. Presentation copy, bearing a bookplate on an endpaper declaring that, “This set of The Life of Abraham Lincoln belongs to the library of [handwritten] Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ballard and is autographed by the Author [and is signed] William Barton.” Above the plate, the author has inscribed, “To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ballard / Who honor the name of Abraham / Lincoln this book is gladly inscribed... Read More
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A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743. Introduction by Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. Illustrations by Nathan Goldstein.
by Bartram, John; Lewis Evans; Conrad Weiser.
Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, (1973). One of a Limited Edition of 1950. Signed by the Illustrator. Octavo, leather-backed marbled boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 132 pp. Very Good, with lightly rubbed edges and embossed stamp to Content page. From Introduction: In the fall of 1742 there occurred in the back country of Virginia one of those unpremeditated, meaningless clashes between an Iroquois hunting party and some white settlers that so often threatened or broke the... Read More
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The Search for Nature’s Design: Selected Art, Letters, & Unpublished Writings. Edited by Thomas Hallock & Nancy E. Hoffmann.
by Bartram, William.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (2010). First Edition. Square octavo, red cloth (hardcover), xvi + 608 pp. Color photos., color illustrations. Near-Fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket.
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Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, The Cherokee Country, The Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and The Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of those Regions; Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.
by Bartram, William.
London: J. Johnson, 1794. The Second Edition in London. Octavo, half polished calf & marbled boards, marbled edges, xxiv, 520, [viii] pp. Frontis. porrtrait, fold-out map, 7 other plates (one folding). Howes B223. Head and foot of spine are chipped, the head moreso; yet generally a clean, tight copy.
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The Operculate Land Mollusks of the Family Annulariidae of the Island of Hispaniola and the Bahama Archipelago.
by Bartsch, Paul.
Washington: USGPO, 1946. Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 192. Octavo, printed wrappers, stapled, iv, 264 pp. 38 photographic plates. Very Good; pages mostly unopened.
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Als der Himmel brannte: Der Weg der deutschen Luftwaffe.
by Bartz, Karl.
Hannover: Adolf Sponholtz, (1955). First Edition. Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), 272 pp. 81 b&w photos. Very Good in a chipped dust jacket.
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Asylum for Mankind: America 1607 - 1800.
by Baseler, Marilyn C.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1998). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth & white boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xi, 353 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Ever since the Age of Discover, Europeans have viewed the New World as a haven for victims of religious persecution and a dumping ground for social liabilities. Marilyn C. Baseler shows how the New World’s role as a refuge for the victims of political, religious, and... Read More
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