Search Results: Titles starting with B from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A nice early reprint edition 'with scenes from the photoplay'. In blue cloth with orange type and tite box. Some lightening/wear to edges, but still nice and bright. Short gift inscription to ffep dated 1925. Scarce jacket has chipping/short tears to edges, especially at corners and spine ends.

New York: Orbit Books, 2016. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Volume 6 in The Expanse series. In black boards with silver type. Full number line 1-10. Light wear to heel of spine, otherwise in great shape with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped with light wear to top of rear panel.

New York: Orbit Books, 2016. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Volume 6 in The Expanse series. In black boards with silver type. Full number line 1-10. Bump to heel of spine with wear at ends and a little to board edges. Corners sharp, interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped with 1/4 inch tear to top rear corner, some edgewear and moisture stain to inside heel of jacket onto front panel and some splash drops.

New York: Archipelago Books, 2004. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition stated. Terra cotta boards and grey spine cloth with ivory type. In beautiful shape with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped and pristine.

London: John Murray, 1949. First UK Edition/9th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/N/A. Beautifully rebound and recut in India in the 1960's with leather spine and corners with gilt, marbled paper to covers and endpapers and silk ribbon marker. Some rubbing/nicks mainly at corners, edges and spine ends. Previous owner's name to page following ffep. A lovely one-of-a-kind edition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good + . Signed by author on title page.. By the author of Stone Soup and many other classic children's books. In yellow pictorial cloth with green design and type. Foxing mostly to top edges of boards and top page ends with some to front and bottom page ends. Wonderful illustrations in green throughout book. Narrow vertical stain to rear board and white stain to bottom edge near corner of same board. Jacket is price-clipped with tiny chip to bottom of spine.

Los Angeles: 2.23.61 Publications, 1990. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Paperback. Fair/N/A. Trade paperback. First Printing stated. Unfortunate coffee? Spill with some staining to top and front pages and affecting mostly edges of first several pages and another batch about 40 pages in as well. Sticker scar to front cover and fading to spine and spine edges of covers.

New York: Random House, 1949. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. An early printing in red pictorial boards. Top corners dinged/rubbed with rubbing at bottom as well. 1/2 inch tear to top of front spine crease and rubbing to bottom of spine. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket unclipped with 295/295 to top of front flap. Chipping to corners/spine ends, creases and along spine. Some tears to same and ends of front panel, general edgewear and nicks. 16 titles listed on rear flap with some pencil marks.

New York: New Directions, 2004. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The magnificent author's first novel to be translated into English. In black 3/4 cloth with grey spine and silver type. Small abrasion and creasing to top front corner and creasing to top half of rear board. Small moisture stain to bottom inside corner at front pastedown. Jacket is unclipped with a few moisture stains to inside of jacket flap creases and a few spots of light ripple.

New York: New Directions, 2004. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The magnificent author's first novel to be translated into English. In black 3/4 cloth with grey spine and silver type. Small abrasion and creasing to top front corner and creasing to top half of rear board. A beautiful copy in unclipped jacket with some dye transfer to inside of flap creases from printing process common to this edition.

New York: Random House, 1966. First US Edition/20th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In beige buckram cloth with red title panel and gilt to spine. Tinted top pages faded to pink with some pale spotting. Bottom corners bumped with some other light dings to board edges, head of spine and top rear corner. Light wear to heel.A couple marks notes in pencil and short tears to top of rear endpapers. Binding solid. Jacket is price-clipped with chipping - especially to head of spine, but also corners and flap creases. Some tears, especially at head of spine and top of rear panel, marks, tanning, etc. Mark to ffep.

Paris: Mercvre de France, 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Good/N/A. In wraps. Printed March 14, 1953. Some creasing to spine, tanning and foxing primarily to top page ends and to a lesser extent covers. Clean with solid binding. Deckle edge. In French.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. An early reprint edition in green cloth with gilt to spine that is a little dulled. Small spot to bottom of same and previous owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($4.50) with small nicks/short tears mainly to spine ends, corners and bottom of front panel. Fading with light soiling to spine. Moisture stain to bottom edge of spine and adjacent panels.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First US Edition/Early Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. Stated 'Published March, 1922' with colophon to copyright page as per typical first issue of this period, but according to common knowledge - the true first issue did not have the colophon. As well, the second issue is supposed to have the colophon back in place, but with two pages of ads at the end of the book which this book does not have. In dark green cloth with blind stamp titling to front cover and gilt to spine which has dulled a bit. Corners still fairly sharp, but heel of spine shows a few spots of fraying. A few nicks to board edges as well at bottom and front edge of front board witha deep, but short cut/scratch to top of rear board and a chunk out of same at top edge about the diameter of a pencil eraser. Some light tanning to pages and page ends. Top page ends have a moisture stain that is barely visible to tops of pages about a third across and 1/2 inch deep in spots with some light rippling… Read More

Amherst: PYR, 2008. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. The first hardcover edition which followed the trade paperback original by several months. In dark grey boards and silver type to spine which is a little rubbed. Vertical creasing to spine which is common to this edition, more evident at ends which have a few nicks. Light ding to bottom rear corner, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Crease to front board towards hinge which also appears due to bindery and crease to first two pages. Small nick to rear pastedown where paper is glued under which also occured at bindery. Jacket which is made out of a cheap material typical to these book club editions is glossy with just a couple nicks to top edges and very light edgewear.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good +. Same date on title and copyright page. In green cloth with black type. Some foxing to top page ends with a few spots to front and bottom page ends. Includes woodcut illustrations. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Unclipped jacket ($2.00) has some small chips at corners and spine ends, nicks/short tears and wear to edges and fading to spine. Some creasing to rear panel - Good +.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. Signed by author on title page.. First Edition stated. In blue boards with dark blue spine cloth and silver foil. Slight cock to spine, otherwise nice copy in unclipped jacket. Small loss of lamination to bottom of front jacket panel.

New York: Philomel Books, 1994. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by the author.. First American Edition stated with full number line 1-10. Inscribed by author 'To Bill' on half-title page. In grey boards with red spine and gilt lettering. bump to head of spine and front board and light ding to bottom rear corner, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped ($17.95) with some wear/abrasions to top of spine and small spot to front flap that happened at printer.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition stated. A lovely copy in linen cloth with silver foil to illustration on front board and type on spine. Deckle edge to front page ends. Clean with sharp corners and tight binding. Jacket is unclipped, glossy and unfaded with just a shallow dent/ripple towards bottom of spine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. In black boards and beige spine cloth with silver foil to illustration on board and type on spine. Top rear corner bumped/split. Clean interior and soild binding. Some edgewear with several nicks to head of spine and adjacent portions of panels and short tear to bottom rear corner.