Search Results: Titles starting with B from ViewFair Books

NY: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: B IS FOR BURGLAR By SUE GRAFTON 1985 AUTHOR: SUE GRAFTON PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, NY 1985 EDITION: Reprint Edition assumed with none stated and no number line present CATEGORY: Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: BLACK CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good plus condition. The book is in good plus condition. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 185 pages. Good+/Good+ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: A KINSEY MILLHONE MYSTERY. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received.… Read More

NY: MACMILLAN AND CO., 1922 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE BAB BALLADS By W. S. GILBERT 1922 with 350 Illustrations AUTHOR: W. S. GILBERT PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON 1922 EDITION: Reprint Edition with several dates on the copyright page ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: Children, Rare, Classics BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: GREEN SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 564 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; there is the smallest of scuffs to the bottom hinge. The front pastedown has a private bookplate affixed near the upper area. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: With 350 Illustrations by the author. With which are included SONGS OF A SAVOYARD. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer… Read More

LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, 1880 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE BAB BALLADS: MUCH SOUND AND LITTLE SENSE By W. S. GILBERT, ca. 1880s Illustrated AUTHOR: W. S. GILBERT PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, LONDON EDITION: Reprint Edition assumed ISBN: None CATEGORY: Humor, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Light Brown SIZE: 5 ½ x 7 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 309 pages. CONDITION: The outside is in good condition; there are minor rubs to the top and bottom edges of the spine. There is a really minor crease vertical crease line along the top corner edge of the first front free endpaper. There is a small size private ex-libris bookplate affixed to the top edge of the front pastedown. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/None dust jacket condition as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: With 215 illustrations by the author.… Read More

CT: THE EASTON PRESS, 1974 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BABE: THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE 1974 Easton Press COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Decorative, Nice) AUTHOR: Robert W. Creamer PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THE EASTON PRESS, CT 1974 EDITION: First Edition assumed for Easton CATEGORY: Sports, Decorative BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: BROWN WITH DECORATED GOLD CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The outside is in good plus condition. The inside is in good plus condition. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. SIZE: 6 x 9 (approximately) PAGES: 443 pages. Good+/None dust jacket condition as issued. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE. COLLECTOR'S EDITION. There are almost no 1974 copies found for sale on the internet at the time of this research! COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on… Read More

NY: FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. 5 ½ x 8 ½. TITLE: BABEL TO BYZANTIUM By JAMES DICKEY 1968 First Printing AUTHOR: JAMES DICKEY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, NY 1968 EDITION: First Printing stated CATEGORY: Poetry, First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Dark Blue CONDITION: The jacket is in good condition with a slight sunning to the spine that may have come from the publisher. The $5.95 price is still on the front flap. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 296 pages. Good/Good dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Printing stated. FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, NY 1968. POETS & POETRY NOW. There are some 60 poets discussed here. Many include Theodore Roethke, Marianne Moore, Randall Jarrell, and Robert Frost, together forming a personal chronicle of American and… Read More

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1984 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 x 6. TITLE: BABY-SNATCHER By SUSAN TERRIS 1984 FIRST EDITION AUTHOR: SUSAN TERRIS PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - NY 1984 EDITION: First Edition stated CATEGORY: First Edition, Mystery ----- BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket CONDITION: (All defects if any are formulated into pricing by ViewFair Books Books. If ViewFair Books miss any defects or highlights on any book/printings, our policy is to make immediate amends to any customer): Ex-library copy in real good condition. The book has the usual marks and stamps. The inside is really clean and white. Book is without marks or writings other than those of the library, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 170 pages Extra pictures located at the following: BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: First Edition stated. Farrar, Straus and Giroux - NY 1984.… Read More

NY: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, 1939 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BACK OF BEYOND By HAROLD NOICE 1939 AUTHOR: HAROLD NOICE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NY 1939 EDITION: First Edition CATEGORY: Adventure, Ethnic, Regional, BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: GREEN SIZE: 6 x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 247 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good condition; there is some chipping to the top edges (see photo); the inside unseen area of the jacket has some taping. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/Good dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: THE EXCITING STORY OF AN EXPEDITION TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STRANGE PEOPLES OF THE UPPER AMAZON. Many photo illustrations throughout the book. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date!… Read More

NY: THE GREYSTONE PRESS, 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BACK TO MANDALAY By LOWELL THOMAS 1951 First Edition AUTHOR: LOWELL THOMAS PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THE GREYSTONE PRESS, NY 1951 EDITION: First Edition with none stated ISBN: None CATEGORY: Adventure, War, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Green SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 320 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good condition for its age; there is a chip along the top edge of the spine; there is light age freckle foxing along the flap at the edge; the original price of $3.50 is still on the front flap; the back flap has some minor splits at the fold edge; the front has a really really minor white scuff (unnoticeable). Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/Good+ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: This incredible tale of the miraculous conquest of the Burma… Read More

LONDON: GAY & HANCOCK, 1910 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BACON IS SHAKESPEARE By SIR EDWIN DURNING LAWRENCE 1910 AUTHOR: SIR EDWIN DURNING LAWRENCE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: GAY & HANCOCK, LONDON 1910 EDITION: First Edition for Hancock ISBN: None CATEGORY: Poetry, Plays, Literature BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Red SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 286 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; the spine has a light fade (maybe natural from the publisher). The front pastedown has a private bookplate affixed. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: TOGETHER WITH A REPRINT OF BACON'S PROMUS OF FORMULARIES AND ELEGANCIES. Collated, with the original MS. by the late F. B. Bickley and revised by F. A. HERBERT, of the British Museum COMPETITIVE… Read More

NJ: HUMANA PRESS, 1993 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BAD OL' BOY By HAROLD MILES (signed?) 1993 AUTHOR: HAROLD MILES PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: HUMANA PRESS, NJ 1993 EDITION: First Edition with the correct number line present '987654321' ISBN: 0896032671 CATEGORY: Signed, First Edition, Humor, Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Green SIZE: 6 x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 375 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good plus condition; there are no chips or tears present; the original price of $22.50 is still on the front flap. There is an autographed sticker on the front of the jacket, but the signature in blue on the first front free endpaper doesn't seem to match the letters in the author's name. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good++/Good++ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Harold Miles' picaresque new… Read More

LONDON: WELLS GARDNER, 1910 Book. Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE BALL AND THE CROSS By GILBERT K. CHESTERTON 1910 First Edition (The Flying Ship) AUTHOR: GILBERT K. CHESTERTON PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: WELLS GARDNER, LONDON 1910 EDITION: First Edition ISBN: None CATEGORY: Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 403 pages. CONDITION: The outside is in good condition for its age; the front board has a minor slight white cloudy look; the spine has a slight if any tan or browning look. The hinges of the first inside gutters at the front and back pastedowns and free endpapers have been repaired with what appears to be an old tape running veritcally. There are two names on the first front free endpaper with the top one being written in ink and being small in size; the second name has an inscription above it and is written in green ink. Book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book.… Read More

MT VERNON: THE PETER PAUPER PRESS, 1960 Book. Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BALLADES & LYRICS OF FRANCOIS VILLON, ca. 1960 (Decorative) AUTHOR: FRANCOIS VILLON PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: THE PETER PAUPER PRESS, MOUNT VERNON, ca. 1960 EDITION: First Edition assumed for Peter Pauper ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: Poetry, Decorative BINDING/COVER: Hardback with slipcase COLOR: Decorated with flowers SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 63 pages. CONDITION: The slipcase is in good condition; there is a scuffing to the upper edge (possibly from a price tag removal); the bottom edge has a minor flake. The hinges have what appears to be small size age foxing spots to a couple of places. The endpapers have age foxing. There is a private bookplate affixed to the first front free endpaper. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/Good slipcase condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: FOURTEEN… Read More

NY: E. P. DUTTON & CO., 1958 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BALTHAZAR By LAWRENCEDURRELL 1958 First Edition AUTHOR: LAWRENCEDURRELL PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: E. P. DUTTON, NY 1958 EDITION: First Edition stated ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: Rare, Love, First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Black SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 250 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is inside a protective cover; there are really small size wrinkles along the top front edge; the original price of $3.50 is still on the lower edge of the front flap; there is a crease or wrinkle line to the back bottom edge of the dust jacket. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/Good+ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Balthazar is an extraordinary feat of imagination. Writing to a great extent of the same place, the same characters, the same period of events,… Read More

NY: ARBOR HOUSE, 1987 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BANDITS By ELMORE LEONARD (signed) 1987 First Edition AUTHOR: ELMORE LEONARD PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: ARBOR HOUSE, NY 1987 EDITION: First Edition with the correct number line present ISBN: 0877958416 CATEGORY: Signed, Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: BLUE SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 345 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in good plus condition; there are no chips or tears present; the front flap has been clipped at the top corner edge. The author has signed the half title page "For Forest with best wishes - Elmore Leonard." Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good++/Good++ dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Come down to New Orleans and meet the bandits: Lucy Nichols, ex-nun, daughter of a rich right-wing oil man; Jack Delaney, an ex-con who thinks… Read More

REUTLINGEN, BERLOGSBUNCHANDLUNG Book. Fair. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. TITLE: BARFUEKELE VON BERTHOLD AUERBACH (nice color illustrations) BARFUEBLE AUTHOR: MIT DIELEN BILDERN (BOOK IS POSSIBLY IN GERMAN, UNSURE ABOUT CONTENTS!!!!) PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: REUTLINGEN, BERLOGSBUNCHANDLUNG EDITION: FIRST EDITION ASSUMED (BOOK IS POSSIBLY IN GERMAN, UNSURE ABOUT CONTENTS!!!!) CATEGORY: FOREIGN ...---NOT SIGNED---... BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Gray BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: (BOOK IS POSSIBLY IN GERMAN, UNSURE ABOUT CONTENTS!!!!) BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT WITH MANY BEING OF CHILDREN. FIRST EDITION ASSUMED. THERE IS AN 1870s DONE BY THE AUTHOR WITH 75 ILLUSTRATIONS, NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SAME BOOK (BARFUEBLE, BARFUEKELE)! CONDITION: (BOOK IS POSSIBLY IN GERMAN, UNSURE ABOUT CONTENTS!!!!) The outside is in fair minus condition with chipping to the upper and lower cloth along the spine. Light cloth fraying in the hinge area. Very mild spotting to the… Read More

NY: A SIGNET BOOK, 1992 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. TITLE: BASIC INSTINCT By RICHARD OSBORNE 1992 AUTHOR: RICHARD OSBORNE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: A SIGNET BOOK, NY 1992 EDITION: Reprint Edition assumed with none stated CATEGORY: Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Black BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: BASED ON THE MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN By JOE ESZTERHAS. CONDITION: The jacket is in a used condition, two pin sized holes to the side edge, minor split to the upper spines back area. Book has been price clipped. There is some age spotting or foxing on the fore edge and top edges of pages. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 233 pages. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid books will ship immediately without email notification to customer (it's on the way), you are welcomed to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and… Read More

NY: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1945 Book. Good. Hardcover. TITLE: BASS FISHING Technique, tactics, and Tales By JIM GASQUE (signed) 1945 First Edition AUTHOR: JIM GASQUE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: ALFRED A. KNOPF, NY 1945 EDITION: First Edition stated ISBN: None CATEGORY: Signed, Sports, Fishing, Adventure BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Maroon SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 204 plus Index pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in fair plus condition; there is a large chip and crease to the spine area (see photo); there is some age like spotting to the jacket; the front flap has been clipped at the upper edge, but there is a $4.00 Net alongside the area. There are some occasional age brown spots on just a few pages including the title page. The author has signed the first front free endpaper. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good/Fair++ dust jacket… Read More

Washington D.C.: COMBAT FORCES PRESS, 1952 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. TITLE: BATTERY DUTIES By LIEUTENANT COLONEL COCKLIN 1952 AUTHOR: LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT F. COCKLIN PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: COMBAT FORCES PRESS, WASHINGTON 1952 EDITION: REPRINT EDITION WITH 'Revised Edition' stated CATEGORY: War, Reprint ...---NOT SIGNED---... BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: Red BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Revised Edition. COMBAT FORCES PRESS, WASHINGTON 1952 A Ready Reference Manual for Battery Personnel. CONDITION: Ex-U.S. Army library edition with the usual stamps and markings. The jacket is inside a protective library cover. The jacket appears to be good. Book is without marks or writings other than the library stamps, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 7 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 137 pages COMPETITIVE PRICING! Extra pictures located at the following: Once paid books will ship immediately… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899 Book. Good. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. TITLE: THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG By GILBERT PARKER 1899 AUTHOR: GILBERT PARKER PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY - BOSTON 1899 EDITION: Reprint Edition with several other dates on the copyright page. CATEGORY: BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The boards have a very very light speckled look. Mild age foxing/brown spots present on just a few of the pages. There is an old style inscription written in ink on the front endpaper. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 462 pages. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Reprint Edition with several other dates on the copyright page. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY - BOSTON 1899. A ROMANCE OF TWO KINGDOMS. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid books will ship immediately… Read More

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1897 Book. Good. Hardcover. TITLE: THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG By GILBERT PARKER 1898 AUTHOR: GILBERT PARKER PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) /COPYRIGHT: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, BOSTON 1897 on copyright with 1898 on copyright and title page EDITION: First Edition assumed CATEGORY: Love, War BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Green CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket as issued. The outside of the book is in good minus condition with no major detractions present. The title page has a small sized brown spot near the edge that has penetrated a couple of more pages. There is a small sized private book label on the inside board. There is a name nicely written in pencil that can be easily erased from the first front free endpaper. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean, and book is tight and sturdy. The book is really clean and crisp on the inside. SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 466 pages. Good/None dust jacket… Read More