Search Results: Authors starting with B from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

New York: Indianola Productions. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1974]. Softcover. Stiff wraps, stapled, cover image of King and his guitar in orange, text and many b&w photos,ads for available albums and Fan Club. Not dated, but early 1970's; text references 1971 and 1972. Laid in is 1974 ticket stub (not naming the performance, but as found) from the Circle Star Theatre (that was then located in San Carlos, California). ; 9" x 12"; [24] pp; Covers lightly rubbed, light corner wear (esp. at lower right), clean and unmarked. .

Walnut Creek, California: Sufism Reoriented. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. A collection of articles on the nature of Sufism, its relationship with Meher Baba, and the Sufi path, all written by members of Sufism Reoriented. Orange wraps, stapled. This item was originally published at San Francisco; a sticker is pasted over that address on the copyright page providing the Walnut Creek address. Scarce.; 5-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 58 pp; Wraps and pages worn at corners. .

San Francisco. Very Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. Includes pastedown sheets of notes, photocopies of notes with markup pages, a few pages with inked annotations. One photoopy of letter to Norm from author Backhus notes that he was the West Coast Rep for the Hudson Essex Terraplane (HET) Club. There are 7 stapled groups of pages and numerous additional pages of pastedown sections of text. The last stapled group contains extensive inked annotations and bears the signature of author Backhus. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; Paste has toned paper, some pastedowns are loose (paste has failed), minor wear to pages. The precise order of these materials is hard to determine [I have left them is the sequence in which they were found.] .

R.A.M.S., the Restoration of Alchemical Manuscripts Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. Stiff coated card covers, comb binding with handwriiten label affixed to spine, contains 24 separate tabs, each with a separate work and page numbering, text printed on recto only. List of titles on request.; 10" x 11"; "R.A.M.S. , the Restoration of Alchemical Manuscripts Society is a very loosely knit group composed of private citizens around the world who have contributed to the present work and others in one way or another. The goal of the society is to seek out and obtain copies of Alchemical manuscripts, tracts, printed works and other such materials and liiterature. From these, certain items are selected for 'restoration'. This consists of re-typing the material to render it readable, therefore usable. The reading is made more enjoyable by the use of charts, symbols, dictionaries, diagrams, insertion of printed illustrations and other annotations to shed… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Green buckram, gilt lettering to spine, several fold-outs, index follows text, pocket at rear with flap hold two additional plates (maps), as called for. ; 5-3/4"x8-3/4"; 88 pp; AQ few spots with loss to board sheen, little wear, clean and unmarked within. Maps in pocket show some toning and minor splitting at a few folds .

Wolfe Island, Ontario: The Walker Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1975). Hardcover. 0-9690514-0-9 . Volumes are uniformly bound in green cloth with dark green lettering and map designs to front covers, texts are accompanied by many reproduction s of maps. ; 9" x 11-3/4"; xv, 140 + xiv, 312 pp; Lightly bumped at corners, later volume has spine lean, interiors are clean and unmarked. .

New York City: Lucis Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1926). Second Edition; No printing noted. Hardcover. Publishers blue cloth, blindstamped decoration to front, gilt spine lettering, chart: The Seven Planes of Our Solar System. ; 6" x 9-1/4"; 372 pp; Boards rubbed (esp. torad spine), worn at corners. Hinges are both solid though rear hinge shows splitting, Prior owner name inked to FFEP, bookseller stamp inside rear cover, a few pages show slight corner wear, all are clean an unmarked. .

The Dalles, Oregon: Optimist Printers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Softcover. A scarce local history for Wasco County, Oregon. Text by Barbara Bailey, Illustration by Mary Howell, Photographic Reprints by Dr. A. F. Procter. Orange paper wraps and endsheets, stapled, brown cloth spine This copy has two gift inscriptions on the back of the title page, one penned and signed by author Bailey (and signed by several others). In addition, a note is laid in which provides some background about the author. ; Oblong, 12-1/4" x 9"; 36 pp; Covers lightly soiled, handling creases at corner, three pages have inked annotations to the photos. .

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914 (1917). Hardcover. Dark green cloth, front board with circular pastedown illustration of a girl and white lettering, nursery rhymes and stories adapted to music. Dated 1914 on title page and 1917 on copyright page.; 9-1/2" x 12-1/4"; 89 pp; Covers rubbed, edgeworn and lightly soiled, nick to cloth along bottom edge and wear at top/bottom of spine, no writing but pages have the occasional spot of soiling. .

New York, Washington, Hollywood: Vantage Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. An uncommon novel about a public health nurse in a place called Suburbia, California. Green cloth, black spine lettering, pictorial jacket. This copy has a typewritten note presenting "your free copy" and a copy of the publishers advertising flyer laid in (scan available for viewing upon request).; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 249 pp; Corners slightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed and lightly worn along top and bottom edges, in clear protective cover, . .

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth, red design on front and spine lettering, endpapers are map of Mexico in turquoise, text pages are followed by full-page photographs, a few of which are in color. Light blue jacket with b&w photo on front. This copy bears a presentation inscription on the half-title penned in blue ink and signed by the author. Also laid in is a photograph, most likely a portrait of the author. ; 8-3/4" x 11-1/4"; xxii, 126, 163 pp; Book has small area of erasure on FFEP, prior owner bookplate, almost no wear. Jacket is shelfworn with small closed tears and creasing along the top edge and a small piece missing at the lower right corner, not price clipped (retaining original $12.50 price), in protective mylar cover. .

Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0-935180-03-6 . Brown leatherette boards, gilt lettering front and spine with cover photograph pastedown, endpapers are panorama photographs, well-illustrated with many b&w and color photographs. Red dust jacket illustrated with four color photographs. No edition or printing noted. This copy with an inked note on the title page "Inscribed with aloha and best wishes, Robert E. Van Dyke, December 3, 1982." Oversized book may incur additional shipping charges. ; 10-1/4" x 13"; xii, 243 pp; Signed by Editor; Binding slightly cocked, short gift inscription on reverse of FFEP. Jacket is edgeworn, spine and front panel lightly sunned, price clipped. .

Philadelphia: Allen, Lane and Scott. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, map frontispiece and additional maps. Introductory matter notes that this was dated April 3d, 1903 and that "A few corrections have been made in this second edition." The first edition introduction is dated January 10th, 1903. ; 7-1/4" x 10-3/4"; xv, 198 pp; Front board with stain and other soiling, dampstaining to area of rear board. Despite the covers, the text remains VG+, with pages clean, unmarked and bright. .

Chicago: Adams Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1970). Softcover. Yellow card covers, perfect bound, cover with drawing of church, illustrated with a few photographs. This copy signed on the front flyleaf Compliments of Mary G. Balcom. Also, laid in between pp.82-83 is a note penned by the author and with her address label. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 150 pp; Signed by Author; Two small spots to rear cover, clean and unmarked. .

Berne: Benteli Verlag. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1998). No edition noted. Hardcover. 3-7165-1163-3 . With texts by Susanne K. Frantz and Jean Luc Olivié. Light yellow boards, blindstamped spine lettering, decorative endpapers, well-illustrate d-most color, many full-page. Dust jacket with color picture on front panel, b&w on rear. This copy inscribed on the half-title from the artists: October 2001, With our best wishes, Monica + Philip.; 12" x 12-1/4"; 178 pp; Signed by Author; Book has slight wear at spine along bottom edge and at corners, contents are fine. Jacket shows light wear along the edges at the spine and folds and faint impressions on the covers, in clear protective cover. .

Cardiff and London: Free Libraries Committee / Henry Sotheran. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. 1 of 2000 copies, original cloth backed printed boards.; 5.5 x 8.5"; 549 pp; Ex-library with minimal markings or other wear. .

Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1901). Hardcover. A finely bound set, with leather (calf) spines and corners, spines with red labels denoting series title, gilt decorations and individual volume titles on spine, top edge gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, each volume with guarded frontispiece and additional illustrations on plates. Note that this set is heavy. It has been priced to include USPS Media Mail shipping within the continental U.S. for the normal shipping charge. Shipping to other locations or by other methods will cost more. ; 5-1/2" x 8"; Still an attractive set, though with flaws. Individual volume conditions vary from Good to VG+. Many volumes have minor defects, such as nicked corners, wear at spine tops, wear along edges of boards. Four volumes have waterstaining, seen faintly on the spine and page edges, limited within to the first and last few pages, no odor. One volume has two loose signatures. A few volumes show splIts to the… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-8050-5949-0 . Adventures with the sled dogs, and the men and women who participated in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. White paper boards, blue cloth spine with silver lettering, endpapers are maps, four additional maps within.Dust jacket with color illustrations to front and rear panels. This copy signed (without inscription) in blue ink by the author below his printed name on the title page. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; xi, 304 pp; Signed by Author; Tiny spot of soiling to rear board, otherwise fine within and without, unmarked apart from noted signature. Jacket with no wear of note, in clear protective cover. .

New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. Originally published in several volumes, this later edition complete in one. Green cloth, blindstamped decorations to boards, gilt spine lettering.; 5" x 7-1/2"; 559 pp; 1" tear at bottom between front cover and spine, endpapers toned, pages darkening a bit, scattered generally light foxing. .

Mike Ballard / Salman Agah / Skatebook LLC. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2007. Stated First Printing. Softcover. This one goes out to Steve Berra (from Contents page). Stiff wraps, perfect bound, color covers and colorful pages with articles and advertising promoting skateboarding. Heavy, extra for international shipping.; 9-1/2" x 12"; 348 pp; Slight wear along edges, clean and unmarked. .