Search Results: Titles starting with B from LaCelle Rare Books

New York: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1899. Hardcover. Fair. New York: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1899. SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST BY THIS PUBLISHER. 44 pages. Fair. Tight binding; retaining front wrap but not rear (if there was one); pages have a few smudges; bookplate on front endpaper; a few tiny tears; tape and chip to front wrap; moderate wear to hardcovers.  Scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, (1953). Fair. Textblock pulling slightly; a few smudges to pages; lacking rear endpaper; covers are soiled and worn; no jacket. Vintage printing of the beloved Children's classic. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1934). Early Printing. 148 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket has light wear and soil; price not clipped ($2.25). The classic but evergreen writing guide. "Positively the best book for a beginning writer I have ever come across."--William Rose Benet. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Swedenborg Foundation, 1927. Paperback. Very Good. New York: Swedenborg Foundation, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Original wraps. 8 pages. Very Good. Tight binding; staples rusted; clean pages; a little foxing; name written on rear cover. A very scarce booklet of reviews for Keller's My Religion.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1915. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1924). Early reprint. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; slight wear; dust jacket is somewhat worn with a few small tears and chips; a couple small tape repairs to reverse. Scarce mystery in jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1903). Early Printing. 306 pages. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; a few small silverfish holes along gutter of front cover; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with moderate chipping at spine ends.  Extremely scarce in dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. New York: A.L. Burt Company, (1903). Early Printing. 306 pages + ads. Good. Tight binding; a little yellowing else clean pages; some wear. Scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Worcester: Printed for the Author, 1888. Paperback. Fair. Worcester: Printed for the Author, 1888. FIRST EDITION. 32 pages.  Fair. In cardboard folder; front wrap detached; clean text; exlibrary with usual marks; chipping to rear wrap.  Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1937. 417 pages.  Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; name and date on front endpaper; moderate wear; no jacket.  An important bibliography/checklist of Christmas books.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897. FIRST EDITION. Original leather, lettered in gilt.  All edges gilt. 639 pages. Illustrated with portraits. 11 1/2" x 9". Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear. Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1906. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING          with 1906 date on title page, etc. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; foxing to endpapers; slight wear; dust jacket is a bit worn with small tears and chips; moderate soil and foxing. First edition of an early collection of Burroughs' Poems. Quite scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, 1900. Poster. Good. Tuskegee, Alabama: Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, [1900]. FIRST EDITION. Original poster. 14" x 10.5". Some splitting along folds. A very scarce original poster that came with some copies of A New Negro for a New Century. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct 1898 date on title page, correct publisher imprint and no other printings noted.  Fair or better. Hinges cracked else tight binding; small stain at the bottom of a couple of pages else clean pages; covers worn with moderate soil and scuffing; name on front endpaper. First edition of the classic dog story.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

New York: George H. Doran, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: George H. Doran, (1916). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with correct copyright information and dust jacket details. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only light wear; dust jacket is worn with tears and chipping along edges.  A very scarce first edition of an early Carolyn Wells mystery novel. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: Printed by John Darby, 1721. Hardcover. Good+. London: Printed by John Darby, 1721. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF THREE). Leather Bound. 378 pages. Folding tables. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; covers somewhat worn; chipping to spine label. First collected edition of an important periodical that ran from 1713 to 1714 opposing treaties reducing duties on French imports. Interestingly, Daniel Defoe edited the Mercator, which was in support of the treaties.  Very scarce. Three volume set sold at auction in 2006 for almost $5,000. References: Goldsmiths 5943; Kress 3389. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Henry Holt, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. New York: Henry Holt, (1983). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, BILL MARTIN, JR. ON TITLE PAGE. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only slight wear; dust jacket is clean with light wear; price not clipped ($13.95). Listed as one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. As of 2013, it ranked 21st on a Goodreads list of "Best Children's Books," and the publisher claimed that there are over "7 million copies in print in various formats and languages." SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Henry Holt, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: Henry Holt, (1992). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, BILL MARTIN, JR. ON TITLE PAGE. Very Good. Tight binding; pages have some rippling; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with some soil and stains; price not clipped ($14.95). Listed as one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. As of 2013, it ranked 21st on a Goodreads list of "Best Children's Books," and the publisher claimed that there are over "7 million copies in print in various formats and languages." SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated throughout. 469 pages. 9 1/4" x 6 1/2". Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; bookplate of William Tracy Hover - who seems to have been a serious collector on Americana in the early 1900's; moderate wear. "Authoritive plains narrative."--Howes. "The story of Charles Jesse Jones, a remarkable man, who helped to save the American buffalo from extinction."--Luther. References: Graff 2233; Howes I-54. .

Chicago: Continental Publishing Company, 1902. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Photographs (Illustrated with). Chicago: Continental Publishing Company, (1902). FIRST EDITION. Original cloth. 192 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Poor or better. Tight binding; some pages have stains; all have rippling; readable; names on front endpaper; cover cloth stained and rippled; no jacket.  A very scarce antique history of what may be titled the worst Volcanic disaster in history. None on current market at time of listing.  Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. Its most recent eruption was in 1932. The stratovolcano's 1902 eruption destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, killing 29,000 to 30,000 people in the space of a few minutes, in the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING     with 1928 date on title page, no later printings noted on copyright page, etc. 349 pages. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary ownership signature of J.A. McLaughlin - who apparently was a Harvard Law School Professor; some bumping to corners; no jacket.   The Supreme Court Chief Justice's important treatise on the work of the Supreme Court.  Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 - February 22, 1965) was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Secretary of War Henry L.… Read More