Search Results: Titles starting with B from Books Boheme

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Billy Baldwin, dean of American decorators and one of the world's most versatile designers, tells you how to decorate your house to suit you, your family, and your way of living. :: Bound in publisher's pale gray chambray cloth. Title, author and publisher lettered in white upon spine. 108 pages of illustrations, 72 in full color. Quarto (11 1/2 x 9 inches; 290 x 227 millimeters). 219 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Book has bumping to the crown of the spine, interior is clean & tight. Dust jacket has wear and minor tears at the top and bottom of the spine, a small crease to the front panel at the top near the spine, and a diagonal crease to the utmost bottom of the front panel. Dust jacket colors may be slightly toned.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. :: Story of a wild, hard drinking, professional Marine flyer who was one of the most unconventional heroes of the war. Winner of a Congressional Medal of Honor and Navy Cross for his achievements while leading the Black Sheep squadron in the South Pacific. :: Bound in publisher's jungle-green cloth, title, author, and publisher lettered in red down spine. Octavo (8 9/16 x 5 3/4 inches; 217 x 147 millimeters). 384 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good+ dust jacket. Light wear crown & foot of spine, and at corners. Former owner's stamp on top of text block, and another crossed out on the back of the frontispiece page. Dust jacket has large chips missing at the top and bottom of spine, and at the hinges. Tiny tears, wear and wrinkling along the edges, foxing upon the interior.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 1928 Sensational Bestseller :: Dot lived in the Bronx, and Eddie in Harlem - The movies, Chinese restaurants, and bare hallways provide the background for love, and seduction the impulse to marriage. :: Risqué tale about premarital sex, pregnancy and childbirth. Banned in Boston! :: Bound in publishers viridian-green cloth. Front board bears title and author in deep blue (slight sheen). Title, author and publisher lettered in matching deep blue upon spine. Front fore-edge of text block deckled. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 137 millimeters). 275 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Fair dust jacket. Cloth at crown of spine and a touch along top edge is abraded. Few small wrinkles to cloth on front board. Pages lightly age toned. The Art Deco dust jacket is in faded and in rough shape, having been extensively amateurishly repaired, with pieces of colored paper taped as patches. All four inner panel corners… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1894. First Edition, UK Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 24 of The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Archery. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather with blue and brown marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine, with 'Badminton Library' and 'Archery' stamped in gold lettering. Marbled endpapers and armorial bookplate on front paste down (a lion wielding a star) for Harry Smith Turberville, Cricketer. Top Edge gilt. Plentiful illustrations, and photographs. Duodecimo [12mo] (7 11/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 195 x 150 millimeters). 534 pages. Condition: Very Good. Light foxing throughout. Wearing of leather along hinge, at crown and foot of spine, along bands of spine, and at corners. Bumping to upper right corner of front board.

New York, N. Y.: Pocket Books, Inc, 1942. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. :: A Pocket Book Mystery :: 152 :: A deep mystery surrounds the mansion that was used to harbor runaway slaves during the Civil War- a story of Southern traditions, family secrets, and gold! :: Sextodecimo (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 inches; 164 x 106 millimeters). 315 pages. Condition: Very Good. Some peeling of the clear-coat at the edges and along the spine. Tiniest bit of foxing here & there. Clean, square, tight. A lovely copy.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. :: Originally published in 1873, also known as "Through the Fire", this is an early 1900's edition of this 19th century novel about Victor Hartman, whom is accused of Henry Lytton's murder. :: Bound in publisher's pea-green cloth, front board is illustrated with Edwardian-style art featuring a pretty young blonde lady's face emerging from an abundance of spring lily-of-the-valley. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Duodecimo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 198 x 133 millimeters). 256 pages. :: Mrs. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte (E. D. E. N.) Southworth (1819 - 1899) was a prolific and popular American novelist of the mid to late nineteenth century. Her husband abandoned her and her children to run wild in search of gold, and Southworth began writing to support her family- and became marvelously successful, one of the nation's top earning novelists. She was friends with Harriet Beecher Stowe! :: Condition: Very Good.… Read More

New York 16, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc, 1951. No. 34. Paperback, Pocket-Sized. Very Good. Robert Stanley (Cover Painting). 10 Cent Dell Book . :: Such charming people to be accused of MURDER :: . Sextodecimo (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 162 x 109 millimeters). 64 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Slight wear to edges, cover art colors bright, still has sheen! Pages age-tanned. Nice copy.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Skrenda (Dust Jacket). :: A kiss at a masked ball leads Mona Darien to falling for her closest friend's fiancé - is love more powerful than society, than marriage? :: Alfred Skrenda illustrated dust jacket. :: Bound in publisher's bright orange cloth, front board bears title and author in decorative black rectangle. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 millimeters). 274 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Spine slight slant, light occasional rubbing at tops of boards/corners. Toning to endpapers. Quite nice! Dust jacket has a couple of small tears along the edges, and small chips missing from the hinges at the top and bottom of the spine. Lightly age-toned.

Hamilton, MT: Eagle Editions Ltd, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sundin, Claes. Third volume in a series on WWII aviation. Glossy, photo-filled pages, inlcuding 37 high-quality aircraft color profiles. Bound in publishers thin black cloth. Title, authors and publisher lettered in silver down spine. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 286 x 227 millimeters). 280 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good- dust jacket. Minor shelf-wear.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. :: The Crime Club :: Bodies appear and disappear while murder goes gaily on .. :: Bound in publisher's cerulean-blue cloth. Author's, title, and Crime Club symbol appear lettered in black upon spine. Text block deckled edges. Duodecimo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 130 millimeters). 224 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good+ dust jacket. Book has a touch of toning along edges of boards, foot of spine, and light general wear. Previous owner's stamp on front paste-down. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket has chips missing at top and bottom of spine, light soiling, and small tears along the edges. The inner front panel has been clipped irregularly at the bottom. Abrasions present (above the author's names) on the front that have been darkened-in with an ink pen.

Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. :: A vivid historical account of the contributions black psychiatrists have made to American psychiatry. :: Bound in black paper-covered boards, black faux-leather spine. Title, author and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 157 millimeters). 228 pages. Condition: Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book appears as new, dust jacket has minimal shelf-wear. A nice copy.

1959. Staplebound. Very Good. :: Periodical from the 1959 Cuban Revolution :: in Spanish :: Bohemia: The Liberty Edition :: Honor Y Gloria Al Heroe Nacional (Honor and Glory to the National Hero) :: Quarto (12 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches; 308 x 237 millimeters). 210 pages. Condition: Very Good. Chips along edges and corners broken. Prominent chipping to top and bottom of hinge/spine. Prior owner's name inked on bottom right of front cover and first page. Pages age-toned. Please see our photographs, they best illustrate.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. :: Originally published in 1864, also known as "Rose Elmer", this is an early 1900's edition of this 19th century novel about Rosamond Everard, whom marries to deliver her family from ruinous circumstance- but discovers a tremendous unraveling secret on her wedding night! :: Bound in publisher's (once) sky-blue cloth, front board is illustrated with late Victorian-style art featuring a pretty young auburn haired lady. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Duodecimo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 196 x 130 millimeters). 317 pages. :: Mrs. Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte (E. D. E. N.) Southworth (1819 - 1899) was a prolific and popular American novelist of the mid to late nineteenth century. Her husband abandoned her and her children to run wild in search of gold, and Southworth began writing to support her family- and became marvelously successful, one of the nation's top earning novelists. She was friends with Harriet Beecher… Read More

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bound in publishers blue linen/crosshatch print paper-covered boards with lovely black and red illustration of an Edwardian woman playing tennis. Front board bears title in black. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine around additional illustration of a tennis racket and two balls. Book contains turn of the century advertisements. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 131 millimeters). 222 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Lightly worn at the crown and foot of the spine. Some gentle shelf-wear. Pages are brown and a bit brittle, some chips or small tears from the edges of them here & there. Foxing present. Front endpaper/paste-down cracked at gutter. Dust jacket is age-toned, has chipping along the edges and splitting at the hinges. Amateur tape repairs on the underside. Altogether a nice, pretty, charming copy.

Suffolk: Swift and Bold Publishing, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A Modern Study of British Sniper Equipment 1915-2018. Signed by author on title page, and numbered 1503/2000. Bound in publisher's deep cyan paper-covered boards. Title, author and publisher lettered in pale gold down spine. Full of color, detailed images of rifles and telescopes, blueprints, uniforms, as well as black & white wartime photographs and personal accounts of experiences. Quarto (11 1/8 x 9 inches; 282 x 228 millimeters). 320 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good Dust Jacket. Former owners name, address and date inked neatly on top of front paste-down. Bottom front corners bumped, otherwise quite nice.

Berkely and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: A series of essays on the modern history of the kingdom of Buganda. :: Bound in publisher's red cloth. Title, author, and publisher lettered in gold upon spine. Top edge of text block red. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 146 millimeters). 265 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Book has lightest shelf-wear rubbing on board corners, and corners of spine. Interior faintly age-toned. A nice, tight, clean copy. Dust jacket has wear at crown and foot, and a tiny 5mm tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Dust jacket is price clipped.