Search Results: Titles starting with B from Bailey Bonzo Books

Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press , 1960. Book. Illus. by Nicolas Sidjukov. Fine. Cloth. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Gray cloth covers with dark gray decorative design front and back with dark gray lettering to the spine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, " To Dana Ericson N. Sidjukov ", the Illustrator. This copy is FINE. No DJ. 1961 Caldecott Award winner. Signed Sidjukov's are SCARCE. Exterior is rich. lettering is crisp as are edges. Decorative EPs. Inside is unmarked. Lovely..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth wth silver tiles to the spine. This copy is VG+, in a VG, unclipped ( 12s. 6d. net), DJ. Exterior is pristine; bright and clear with only hints of wear. Inside has PO book plate on FEP, seller's stamp on inside front cover, and modest toning where DJ did not cover. Otherwise, minimal even toning, unmarked, and tightly bound. DJ has three small closed tears(<1") , a small (1/2 a thumbtack) hole on upper right front in the center of a small scuff, and a minimally sunned spine..

Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1905. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Published August 1905 , so stated. Brown hard cover with tan cloth wrap spine. Gilt lettering to front and brown lettering to spine. This copy is VG. Boards are clean and rich. Gilt is bright. Spine lettering largely faded but still legible. Spine moderately sunned. Edges, tips, and spine ends are modestly/moderately worn. Inside has PO armorial BP of a noted Indiana University Folklore Professor. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and lightly toned. SCARCE in current commerce. No such others on Abe as of September 2021. .

Los Angeles, CA: Academy Publishers, 1954. Book. Very Good. Pictorial Cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second Printing, February 1954, so stated. SIGNED by Mike McMahan on the half title page. Pictorial hardback, no DJ, as issued. This copy is VG. Exterior is modestly rubbed; two small tape repairs to top and bottom of spine; moderately worn edges. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and firm. SCARCE SIGNED, no other such by McMahan as of September 2022.Illustrated with photographs..

Bucuresti: Editora Pentru Literatura, 1964. Book. Fine. Quarter Leather and Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quarter tan calf with 6 raised bands and green tiles with decorative embossed beige covers. Clear plastic DJs. This set is FINE. White ribbon sewn in bookmarks, decorative yellow EPs. 464, 512, and 536 pp. Only a hint of any wear. These look and feel unread. Folklore Institute Reading Collection. Introduction by Al.I. Amzulescu. Text in Romanian. Redactor responabil : Andre Rusu. Tehnoredactor: ida Marcus. RARE. The only U.S. copy as of November 2020.

New York, NY: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1928. Book. Illus. by Hogarth, Jr.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Yellow hard cover with black lettering /design to the front in a like yellow , Mylar protected, price clipped DJ yellow with black. Unpaginated. Illustrations by " Hogarth, Jr.", who was in fact, Rockwell Kent. This copy is VG in a NEAR FINE DJ. Exterior has a small, horizontal closed tear on the spine about an inch down from the top. Otherwise , exterior is clean, rich with only hints of edge wear.Inside is unmarked, crisp, and modestly toned. DJ is colorful with minimal wear at spine ends and tips. Lovely..

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1904. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green paper covered boards with paper title labels to front and spine. One of 950 copies printed on hand made Van Gelder paper and the type distributed. IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE. Copy is FINE. Slipcase is VG. Exterior is clean. Paper titles crisp. Edges sharp. Inside is unmarked, tight, with almost no toning. Slipcase is olive with imprinted black titles to bottom front and spine. Some spotting to covers, a bit of wear to edges. SCARCE in slipcase..

Dallas, Tx: Pressworks, 1980. Book. Illus. by Bill Komodore. Fine. Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Marbled boards with quarter black cloth and gilt lettering to the spine. This is an unnumbered copy. SIGNED by BOTH the author and illustrator. Laid in is the musical score by Alexei Haieff along with the publisher's explanation letter for the missing three illustrations by Komodore. This copy is FINE. No noticeable blemishes ( perhaps a bit of rubbing to front cloth. .

New York, NY: Heritage Press, 1937. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Patterened Leatherlen gray cover with gilted tiles on spine. This copy is Fine in a VG red slipcase...Some modest toning throughout , but otherwise unmarked clear, crisp, and tight...looks and feels unread...Original book prospectus ( Heritage Club/ Sandglass) laid in...Slipcase is VG with minor wearing at the points and a little soiling to cover.

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1874. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Mary Clemmer Ames. Green cloth with gilted decorations, rules, and tiles along with black embossing and rules. No other copies found on Abe or Biblio as of July 2020. This copy is VG+. Exterior has modest signs of edgewear, tips, and top/bottom of spine. Interior is unmarked, clear, crisp, and firmly bound. Minimal foxing and minimal, even toning throughout. SCARCE. 189 pages with illustrations. Published shortly after both sisters died in 1871. The sisters wrote much of their poetry together . This is one of their most notable works..

London: Ariel Press, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Beige hard paper covers with black lettering to front cover. and spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, unclipped ( 25/-NET) pictorial front cover. Exterior has modest toning around the edges, but otherwise clean with only a hint of any wear. Inside is unmarked, tight, with only modest toning. 15 pp. of text plus 12 full page color plates. DJ is clean and colorful, but does have moderate to significant chipping around edges. Quite uncommon as a soft cover and especially so in the DJ.No other such found on Abe as of April 2022. Very Lovely..

New York: Charles Scribner Sons, 1922. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilted tiles, gilted designs, and pictorial of squirrel family to the front. Gilted tiles to the spine. This copy is VG.Front cover is bright and clean. Gilting on spine has mostly faded . Minimal wear to spine ends and tips. Inside is clear, unmarked, and firmly bound. Small book importer sticker at bottom of FEP ( Chas. E. Lauriat Co. , Boston). Illustrated with over 100 drawings and, pictures. 265 pp. Minimal scattered foxing and minimal/even age toning to text block.Very nice..

Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers Limited, 1957. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. Red cloth with gilted tiles to the spine with decorative burgundy DJ. This copy is VG in a VG , unclipped ( 10/6) DJ. Exterior is rich and clean with minor edge wear. Inside has armorial, PO BP on front board, otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tightly bound. Scattered foxing and modest/even age toning to text. DJ is clean and rich with modest sunning to the spine.minor wear to spine ends and one 1/4" triangular chip at top/ leading edge. 107 pp..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy blue cloth with gilt design/lettering to front and spine. Top edges gilt. First edition, matching dates to title and copyright pages. This copy is VG. Covers are rich. Gilt is bright. Modestly rubbed all over including edges/tips/spine ends. Inside has dime sized paste residue on FFP, small PO notation on rear paste down . Otherwise unmarked, firmly bound with expected toning. Illustrated with photographs/drawings. Tissue guarded frontispiece of Teddy Roosevelt. Second printing in December 1902 after the first in October 1902.Some uncut pages..

New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1883. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Taupe cloth with gilt/ brown design and brown tiles to the front and gilt tiles to the spine. 85 pp. with 16 pp. of advertising to the rear. Top edges gilt.This copy is VG. Exterior is clean and rich. Gilt is bright. Upper fore edges front and back have about 2" of fading along the edge.Modest sunning to spine. Minimal edge wear. Frontispiece with tissue guard. PO neat gift inscription signature at top of Title page dated Christmas 1883. Otherwise unmarked, clear, and tightly bound with minimal toning.Very nice..

New York, NY: A. M. Kelley, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt lettering /rules to fronts and spines. Volume I, 258 pp. plus Index. Volume II, 252 pp. plus Index. Light brown EPs. These copies are FINE. Pristine. Rich, bright gilt, only hints of wear to exteriors. Insides are crisp, unmarked, and tight. Look and feel unread. Reprint of the 1752 First edition with a new Preface..

Chicago: The Women's Temperance Publishing Association, 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Memorial Edition. Gray cloth with gilted tiles/ design to front and spine. This copy is VG. Exteriot has moderate soiling , primarily to edges and spine. Front gilt somewhat faded, spine gilt moreso. Modest rubbing to spine edges, modest wear to top tips, three small dents on board edges. Inside has a small , PO bookplate on inside/top of front board. Otherwise is unmarked, clear, and firmly bound. Scattered minimal foxing throughout. Double sided frontispiece portrait and more than two dozen plates. 416 pp..

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. First printing, so stated. Red cloth with black tiles and designs. This copy is FINE in a VG DJ. Exterior is clean and bright. Interior is crisp, unmarked and tightly bound. Hint of toning to page edges . Even, minimal toning throughout text block. DJ minimal chipping along edges and modest even toning..

Lychburg, VA: Warwick House Pub, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by James W. Morrison. " To John, With Best Wishes to an old friend. Thanks for your service to the nation. All the Best, Jim Morrison, 8/25/04 ". This copy is FINE. Black hardcover with gilted tiles. In a FINE DJ. Looks and feels unread. No noticeable blemishes..

New York: D.Appleton and Company, 1898. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Salmon cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE. Exterior has very minimal rubbing around the edges and a modest sun darkened spine. Gilt is bright with a touch of rubbing. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight with many uncut pages. " With Thirty-Two Illustrations in the Text and Three Plates." Minimal toning throughout. Lovely. .