BANCROFT-HUNT, NORMAN (TEXT); FORMAN, WERNER (PHOTOS)

People of the Totem the Indians of the Pacific Northwest

New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0872261999. The way of life, artifacts, and beliefs of the native peoples of the northwest North American coasts are profiled here. With numerous full color photos by Mr. Forman. In excellent condition, published on quality papers and with clean, unmarked interior. Jacket has minor creases. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 74445

Keywords: 0872261999 >>American Society, Life in the Us >>Photography >>Art / Architecture / Fashion

BANKS, ARTHUR

A World Atlas of Military History, 1860-1945

New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc, 1978. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0882544543. First American edition. A series of black & white maps showing principal theaters of war and/or battle sites of the world from 1860 through 1945. Indexed. This work published simultaneously in Britain by Seeley, Service & Co, Ltd. --- In red paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in red jacket with composite image of military men to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy lacking apparent damages. Unclipped ($22.50), bright jacket also very nice, though with mild rubbing.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; [10], 160, [22] pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 87984

Keywords: 0882544543 >>History >>Military and Military Leaders

BANVILLE, JOHN

The Sea

London: Picador, 2006. Softcover. ISBN: 0330483293. A UK softcover edition of John Banville's novel, which is the story of a retired art director who is recovering from a recent loss. This work is described by the Booker Prize jury chair as "A masterly study of grief, memory and love recollected." Mr. Banville was awarded the Man Booker prize in 2005 for this work. --- In wraps with image of an asphalt ramp leading into the sea to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with prior owner's sticker to front endpaper.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (8), 263 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 84696

Keywords: 0330483293 >>Fiction

BARBER, MICHAEL

Anthony Powell: A Life

London / Woodstock, New York: Duckworth Overlook, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1585676187. A first edition of Michael Barber's unauthorized biography of English novelist Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Mr. Powell is best known for his landmark, 12-part novel "A Dance to the Music of Time." He also wrote several other novels and an important biography of John Aubrey. With a section of plates bearing b&w photos of Powell, his family & friends and a few drawings. This work jointly published in both the UK and the US. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with spine titling in silver. Jacket features photographic portrait of Powell and one of his cats to front panel. --- A bright, newish, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket (£20/$21.95) lacks damages worthy of mention; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 338 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 87044

Keywords: 1585676187 >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Writers, Writing & Literary Criticism

BARCLAY, DONALD A.; MAGUIRE, JAMES H.; WILD, PETER (EDITORS)

Into the Wilderness Dream: Exploration Narratives of the American West 1500-1805

Salt Lake City, Utah U. S. A.: University of Utah Press, 2002. Trade Paper. ISBN: 0874804442. The writings of early European and American explorers and travelers in the American West are offered here. With inked gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked and firm. Volume is faintly curled from improper storage. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 74350

Keywords: 0874804442 >>American History & Politics >>American Society, Life in the Us

BARICH, BILL

Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California

New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679421513. First printing. A transplanted New Yorker, author Bill Barich makes his home in San Francisco. In this work, he travels from the northern parts of California all the way to its border with Mexico. Along the way, he describes the people and places he sees, along with historical tidbits about California's past. With map of California to endpapers. --- In green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, with spine titling and author initials stamped in silver. Jacket features color reproduction of David Hockney's Nichols Canyon. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright, and newish but with inked gift inscription to front flyleaf. Bright, unclipped jacket also nice but with slight creasing to edges and minor rubbing.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (14), 546 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 84361

Keywords: 0679421513 >>American Society, Life in the Us >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure

BARILE, SUSAN PAULA

The Bookworm's Big Apple: A Guide to Manhattan's Booksellers

New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. Softcover. ISBN: 0231084951. A guide to the booksellers of Manhattan, as of the publication date of 1994. Each listing includes information about the specialties of the particular bookseller. Includes specialty sellers, such as Asian or Science. Sadly, many of these businesses are no longer operating in the 21st century. --- In stiff wraps with image of bookish street scene to cover. --- With inked underlinings and some annotations, and with curled cover corners; else a clean copy. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall ; 234 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 70038

Keywords: 0231084951 Booksellers Bookselling Directories Language Arts >>Books About Books and Words

BARKER, KENNETH L. (GENERAL EDITOR)

Niv Study Bible: New International Version (with Full Color Photos, Charts and Maps)

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2011. Hardcover. ISBN: 0310438926. This hefty study Bible offers modern explanations, notes, and other information to clarify the text of the Bible, which is presented above the notes on each page, alongside 400 color maps, illustrations, charts and photos; uncompleted presentation page at front of book. Words of Christ in red in New Testament. With concordance and indices at rear of volume. --- In blue and white paper-covered boards covered in clear glossy skin. Printed on very thin, tissue-like paper stock. Dust jacket matches the blue and white covers. --- A brown substance which might be coffee has been spilled along textblock fore-edge, leaving stains to edges and inside book on a few leaves, and with prior owner's signature to front paste-down, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Dust jacket with a few superficial scratches and a bit of scuffing to edges, else bright and intact. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xxix, 2530 pages. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 86231

Keywords: 0310438926 >>Religion and Spirituality

BARKER, PAT

Union Street (Virago Modern Classics #414)

London: Virago, 1997. Softcover. ISBN: 0860682838. A softcover copy of Pat Barker's first novel, which is the story of seven women who each live in a working-class English neighborhood. The women range in age from eleven-year-old Kelly to Alice, a dying woman in her seventies; all struggle with poverty and other challenges. The movie "Stanley and Iris" was loosely based on this often-reprinted work. --- In green wraps with illustration of a neighborhood with what looks to be a nuclear plant in the distance. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with retailer's large circular sticker to cover.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; (6), 265 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 84692

Keywords: 0860682838 >>Fiction

BARR, GLADYS H.

The Pilgrim Prince: A Novel Based on the Life of John Bunyan

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Hardcover. A novel based upon the life of the 17th century English author of "The Pilgrim's Progress". --- In light grey cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on black spine block. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with some soiling to back cover.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 288 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 82570

Keywords: >>Fiction >>Religion and Spirituality >>Writers, Writing & Literary Criticism

BARR, ROBERT

A Rock in the Baltic

New York: The Authors and Newspapers Association, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. A 1906 first edition of Robert Barr's seafaring adventure novel, which also offers the reader a generous measure of romance. With four plates bearing watercolor illustrations by Hermann Hever, and a blue-tinted leaf with a facsimile of the author's manuscript of this work. The title page bears the statement: "Chas. A. Heer Dry Goods Co. Special Edition, For Sale exclusively by us in Springfield, Mo." --- In olive cloth-covered boards with image of a steamer to cover, titling in white to cover & spine. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With complete loss of white tint to spine, near-complete loss of white to cover, prior owner's embossed circular stamp to front free endpaper, rubberstamping to front paste-down, otherwise a tightly-bound, sturdy copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 321, (2, ads) pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 86296

Keywords: >>Fiction

BARRETT, DANIEL & BETH R,

High Drama: Colorado's Historic Theatres

Montrose, Colorado: Western Reflections Publishing Company, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1932738185. Stated first edition of a summary of historic theatres and opera houses, as well as theatre people in Colorado. The authors begin in Central City, and travel to cities such as Denver, Colorado Springs, Leadville, Aspen and elsewhere. With black & white photos throughout, and a map. Back matter includes a chronology of Colorado's theatres, notes and index. --- In full black paper-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume wrapped in jacket with an image of the interior of one such theatre. --- An excellent copy: bright and newish but with a ding to lower cover edge. Intact, bright jacket lacks damages.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 205 pages. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 84390

Keywords: 1932738185 >>Drama/Theatre; Movies/Tv >>History of Colorado & the Old West

BARRIE, J. M.

The Little Minister

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. An American reprint edition of J. M. Barrie's 1891 novel. This is the story of a young minister in a small Scottish village whose congregation face low wages and poor working conditions. With a black & white frontis plate bearing a Bernard Partridge illustration. Mr. Barrie is best known for his "Peter Pan" books. --- In dark green cloth-covered boards with 'JMB' device in blind to cover; spine titling in gilt. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Spine titling has dulled nearly completely, and with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper; else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; ix, 510 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 85208

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature

BARRON, T. A. (PROSE & POETRY); FIELDER, JOHN (PHOTOGRAPHY)

To Walk in Wilderness: A Rocky Mountain Journal

Englewood, Colorado U S A: Westcliffe Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 1565790383. The extraordinarily talented nature photographer John Fielder teams up with the noted writer of fiction and environmental works, Tom Barron in this chronicle of their multi-day hiking trip in the Rockies south and west of Aspen, Colorado. Loaded throughout with stunning full-color landscape photos by Mr. Fielder as well as the distinctive writing of Mr. Barron. With map of their route near the front of the volume and a foreword by T. H. Watkins. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on spine and titling in blind to cover; green endpapers. Jacket features one of Fielder's photos on the cover. --- A bright, tightly-bound, clean copy though with mild sunning to cover edges. Unpriced, unclipped jacket with slight sun-caused discoloration to spine, else bright and intact. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 168 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 87551

Keywords: 1565790383 >>Poetry >>Photography >>Outdoor Pursuits & Recreation

BARTLETT, JOHN

Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and Phrases in Common Use (Author's Edition)

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, [c.1970s]. Hardcover. ISBN: 0710010567. An undated UK edition (likely c.1970s) of John Barlett's famous compilation of notable quotations. The phrases are grouped by author, such as William Shakespeare, Alfred Lord Tennyson or Jonathan Swift. Includes a section of quotations from the Old and New Testaments. Key words indexed at back of volume. --- In rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in simple pale yellow typographic dust jacket. --- The typeface is rather small in this edition, with prior owner's embossed circular stamp half title page, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Jacket flap has been clipped, but the £2.00 net price is intact, and with a couple of tears at crease points; else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; viii, 524 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 86248

Keywords: 0710010567 >>Favorite Books for Sale >>Books About Books and Words >>Reference Books, Dictionaries, Translators