BEATTIE, CAROL

THE BRIER AFFAIR

Revell/Hewitt House, 1969.. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, appx 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches, 224 pages, VG- in VG dj (dj now in protective mylar). Book cants forward slightly. Crisp & clean endpapers (black endpapers) and crisp & clean throughout interior excepting for ballpoint previous owner's name/address/date across the top edge of the title page. DJ generally very nice including interior flaps with price corner intact, short tear head of spine taped on the unprinted side. 8-page section of b&w photos on glossy stock. No index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 06855

Keywords: Strange But True Bert Brier Hoarding Garbage House Psychology Psychopathology

BEATTY, CLYDE WITH EARL WILSON

JUNGLE PERFORMERS

NY, McBride, copyright 1941, 3rd printing (1944). 1944. Hardcover . Hardback, 8vo, gilt on navy blue cloth, 320 pages, Near VG/no dj. Only minor signs of wear, spine-ends bumped, gilt (spine only) very readable, but slightly dulled. Navy blue dulled just slightly at the spine, as well. Edges tanned a little, one short tear (bottom edge) within. Binding sound with hinges intact. Anecdotes and appx 16 plates of photos of Beatty and his animals: elephants, lions, tigers, chimps, hippo, etc. Includes chapters concerning: Beatty's favorite animals, Hollywood, Cole Brothers, an incident in Milwaukee, Harriet Beatty (his wife - "a superb lion trainer in her own right"). Earl Wilson (co-author) must be an entertainment journalist of some sort. I believe I've seen one of his own books called Hollywood Laid Bare or some such, featuring a half-dozen photographs taken during an interview he did with a naked woman. Very Good.

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Book number: 01669

Keywords: Circus Performers Big Top Animals Animal Trainers Pets Hollywood Cole Brothers

BEATTY, RICHMOND C.

A Vanderbilt Miscellany: 1919 - 1944

Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press, 1944. 1944. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, 8vo, 397 pages, VG to VG+ in G dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book is generally quite clean inside and out with a little rubbing at corners and at head of spine. DJ edgewear: mostly small tears and numerous chips out with appx 3/8 inch missing from head of spine. A little soil to back panel of dj, a little fading to spine of dj. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 01969

Keywords: Literature Tennessee Colleges & Universities Vanderbilt University

BEATY, MARY D.

THE HISTORY OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE

Davidsion, North Carolina, Briarpatch Press, 1988.. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, xii + 433 pages, Fine in Near Fine dj (dj now in protective mylar). Book itself flawless incl no names, no writing, no bookplates & the exceptional condition dustjacket is about entirely flawless. Scattering of b&w photos, 6-pg Bibliography, 23-pg Index. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 07084

Keywords: American Colleges & Universities

BEATY, JEANNE KELLAR

Lookout Wife

Random House, 1953. 1953, 1st Edition. Hardcover . Hardback, octavo, appx 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, orig illus gray-green cloth covers, [vi] + 311 pages, VG-/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Snug binding, clean covers with a little wear but rather minor, clean throughout all printed pages. Light green textured endpapers. FFEP neatly affixed trimmed down dj flap synopsis. RFEP lending library slip remnant (Field-Schlick, St. Paul dept. store) with no other library signs. Very Good.

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Book number: 07066

Keywords: Natural History U.S. Forest Service Salmon National Idaho

BEAUJOUR, ELIZABETH K.

The Invisible Land - A Study of the Artistic Imagination of Iurii Olesha

Columbia University Press, 1970. 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, 222 pages, Very Near Fine in price-clipped o/w VG+ dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book itself tight binding, entirely clean & about entirely flawless (maybe spine-ends bumped). Almost no signs of wear or soil at all to the dj. Bibliography and Index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 01364

Keywords: Russian Literature Russia Ussr Soviet Union

BECK, BILL

Methodist Hospital - A Tradition of Caring

St. Louis Park, Minn. Methodist Hospital, 1992. 1992, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, quarto, appx 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, vi + 340 pages, VG+ to Near Fine in like dj (dj in new protective mylar). Great condition, both book and dj. DJ two tiny edge tears and a tiny puncture hole o/w like new. Book essentially flawless, though a Methodist Hospital executive has signed an extensive and interesting presentation inscription on ffep in which he offers profuse thanks and appreciation to the book's previous owner. Great deal of photographs throughout (halftone and duotone), many vintage. Indexed. Book published upon the 100th anniversary of the hospital's founding. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 05539

Keywords: Medicine Helath Care Hospitals Regional Interest Minnesota

BECK, ELEONORA M.

Singing in the Garden - Music and Culture in the Tuscan Trecento

Innsbruck-Wien, Studien Verlag, 1998.. (ISBN: 3706512394) Soft cover . Trade pb, appx 6 1/4 x 9 inches, color reproduction front cover o/w white type on green background incl. spine & back cover, 179 pages, VG+. Very clean inside and out, no names, no writing (except price in Lire bottom corner of first blank page). Very minor kink top corner back cover but light top corner kinks also appear within (appx last half of the book). Illustrated with numerous b&w reproductions. Footnotes, Appendix (of Decameron Musical References), extensive Bibliography, Index. Very Good.

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Book number: 06862

Keywords: Italian Music Art Literature History Culture Renaissance 14th Century Italy Historical Musicology 3706512394

BECKER, GARY S. (UNIV. OF CHICAGO)

Human Capital - A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education (2nd Ed.)

NY, National Bureau of Economic Research (Distrib. by Columbia Univ.), 1975, 1st printing of 2nd Edition. 1975, 1st Edition. Hardcover . Hardback, octavo, white titles on gray cloth, xx + 268 pages, VG to VG+/no dustjacket. Externally near fine. Book sound, hinges intact, endpapers are clean (no prev. owner names). Eight pages of the two introductions (Introduction to the First Edition and Introduction to the Second Edition) contain neat underlining in black ballpoint. Otherwise the interior is crisp and clean. Numerous charts, graphs, equations and tables. Indexed. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 03652

Keywords: Economics Education Personal Income Investment Job Training Wages Earning Wealth Sociology Statistics Math Mathematics

BECKWITH, HENRY L., JR.; MAPS & ILLUSTRATIONS BY DAVID IRELAND

LOVECRAFT'S PROVIDENCE & ADJACENT PARTS

West Kingston - Hampton Falls, Donald M. Grant, 1990. 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. As per title page statement this 1990 issue is the Second Corrected Printing of the Second Revised & Enlarged Edition that was first published in 1986. Hardback, octavo, appx 6 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches, 94 pages, gilt titling on red cloth, Fine in Good dj (dj now in protective mylar). Flawless book incl no names, no writing. DJ good only. If you use your imagination, the fire-breathing dragon on the front panel has exhaled a large plume of smoke over the small church and onto the surrounding grounds, but in reality it's moisture staining & dj o/w some front panel rippling + back panel a few specks & a short top edge tear. Book not affected at all by the moisture and there's no red stain from the cloth on the dj. B&W maps & photos. Fine/Good.

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Book number: 07552

Keywords: Literature Science Fiction Fantasy Biography Regional Interest Rhode Island

BECKWITH, B.K.

The Story of Santa Anita - The Great Race Place

Los Angeles Turf Club/Bobbs-Merrill, no date, circa 1975. 1975. Hardcover . Hardback, quarto, appx 8 3/8 x 11 inches, 64 pages + cover, VG+ to Near Fine/no dj (probably as issued). Sewn binding. Interior consists of 64 pages as well as stiff card covers, all in about 100% immaculate condition. Outer hardback covers are paper-covered boards duplicating the f&b card covers within (back cover black on white & front cover color photo of large fountain and front entrance). Externally, very clean & only very light rubbing at extremities. Numerous photos within, including vintage b&w and some use of color. Very Good.

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Book number: 04651

Keywords: Sports Recreation Entertainment Horse Racing Betting Gambling California History

BEE, BROWNE AND LUECKE

THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN IN MINNESOTA

Anoka, Blue River Publ s, 1984. 1984. (ISBN: 0930431006) Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong hardback, quarto, appx 8 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches, [ii] + 107 pages, VG- in Near or About VG dj (dj will be fitted w/ protective mylar sleeve). Book itself pretty much entirely flawless incl no names/writing/bookplates excepting first blank page 2 inch square notched out at lower corner. DJ generally very clean, 1/2 inch tear lower edge front panel & 3/4 inch tear lower edge back panel. Lots of b&w photos + maps, 4-pg section of color & Index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 07913

Keywords: Transportation Trains Railroads Railroading Regional Interest Local History Minnesota 0930431006

BEEBE, LUCIUS & CHARLES CLEGG

LEGENDS OF THE COMSTOCK LODE (Signed by Both Authors)

Oakland, Calif. Grahame H. Hardy, 1950, Stated First Printing. 1950, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, pp 79, [i], Very Near Fine in VG to VG+ dj (dj now in protective mylar). Firstly, just took photos (8/18/22) of this old listing, and Ill have to re-take the last three that show some tanning/yellowing thats not really there at all (the 2 right-hand pages and along the gutter near where the authors have signed). Book itself tight & clean incl crisp and clean throughout interior. DJ clean, price corner intact, only a few minor edge flaws. Numerous vintage b&w photos. Vignette illustration chapter heads in rust brown. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Both authors have signed the ffep. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 639

Keywords: Nevada American Western History the West Silver Mines Mining Signed

BEEBE, MAURICE, EDITOR; JOHN KUEHL, DONALD A. YATES, ROBERT F. MCDONNELL, A.E. DYSON, MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI, ETC.

Modern Fiction Studies, Spring 1971, Volume Vii, Number 1 - F. Scott Fitzgerald Special Number

Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University Department of English, 1971. 1971, 1st Edition. Soft cover . Trade-sized, perfect-bound softcover, 6x9 inches, 96 pages + cover, VG+. Book is very clean and shows hardly any wear whatsoever (top corner of front cover has a very light crease). Eight articles + 13-page "Criticism of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Selected Checklist" which is in two parts, General + Studies of Individual Works. Very Good.

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Book number: 03218

Keywords: Literature Criticism Contemporary Fiction

BEECH, JASON

Global Panaceas, Local Realities - International Agencies and the Future of Education

Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, 2011.. (ISBN: 3631594771) Hardcover . Hardback, octavo, appx 6 x 8 1/2 inches (15x21.5 cm), blue background photo-illustrated covers, 279 pages, Near or About Very Good/no dj (as issued). Tight square binding, externally very clean, square corners, 5 very small edge dents (2 top, 3 bottom). Internally no names/clean endpapers but very lightly penciled text throughout (overall moderate amount). Incl case studies of Argentina & Brazil. Footnotes, Index. Very Good.

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Book number: 07837

Keywords: Schools Schooling Teachers Teaching Educational Philosophy Social Psychology 3631594771