Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de Balopticon Books & Ephemera

Guayasamin, Oswaldo.~ De la Ira a la Ternura.~ OEI, 2001 first edition.~ Hardcover, large format, No. 368 of 500 printed, thick blue embossed boards, illustrated dust jacket, features many works from this Ecuadorian master artist with accompanying text, 66 pages. Scarce.~ In Very Good condition with minor wear, lightly bumped at the bottom of the front cover, nice gift inscription to first free endpaper.

Lawrence E. Alley, III.~ L. E. Alley: "Father of West Virginia Swirls" & Maker of Fine Tableware.~ Marlborough, MA: Alley Cat Images, 2013 first edition.~ Softcover, limited edition, an incredible amount of information on the topic, nicely published with gorgeous photos throughout, sources, index, 140 pages. Alley advertising postcard laid in. Scarce.~ In very good condition with some wear to the covers, a little discoloration to the title page, interior Very Good.

Nehru, Jawaharlal.~ Mahatma Gandhi.~ Calcutta: Signet Press, 1949 first edition.~ Patterned dust jacket with white lettering, black cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorated paper over boards, an important treatment, all photo plates present, 171 pages. Scarce.~ In Very Good condition with bumped corners, final plates facing pages 150 and 151 partially detached at the bottom, interior pristine / Dust Jacket is in Poor condition, largely present but worn and in two pieces.

Kyoto National Museum.~ Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto National Museum, 1969 fisrt edition.~ Printed for the Museum by the Benrido Company of Kyoto. Oversized, hardcover, measures 10" by 14.5", light brown covers with bright gilt spine lettering, plain white dust jacket with black spine lettering, flimsy cardboard slipcase (that did its job well) with black spine lettering, 49-page introduction in Japanese, mostly black and white illustrations (six in color) on glossy paper, list of 59 plates of full sliding and folding screens and list of 34 detailed illustrations from same in English, most owners identified, app. 160 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine condition inside and out / Dust Jacket Very Good (minor wear, receipt? taped to one inside flap will easily pull off) / Slipcase Good (light soiling and wear).

Baldwin Locomotive Works.~ Gasoline Locomotives.~ Philadephia, PA: 1914.~ Softcover, oblong format, on glossy paper, photos and illustrations, tables, list of reps and agents, 26 pages with two detachable data sheets at the rear. Neat Baldwin item.~ In Near Fine condition inside and out.

Phillips, Marian.~ The Palmer Engine Company: Oral History Interview with Raynal C. Bolling, Jr.~ Greenwich, CT: Greenwich Library, 1994 first edition.~ Bright red boards with white spine lettering, frontis photo of Mr. Bolling, oral history interview, fascinating photos and illustrations, index, 27 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine condition with minor edgewear to the covers.

Ludy, Llewellyn V.~ Locomotive Boilers and Engines.~ Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1909.~ Two volumes, red boards with black lettering and decoration, many photos and illustrations, 151 pages total plus examinations at the rear.~ In Very Good condition, with some wear to the covers.

Cunningham, Anthony B. and Terry, M. Elizabeth.~ African Basketry: Grassroots Art from Southern Africa.~ Simon's Town, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 2006 first edition.~ Large format, pictorial dust jacket, thick orange boards with gilt lettering and decoration, very nicely published with loads of information, heavily illustrated, appendix, bibliography, index, 208 pages.~ In Near Fine condition / Dust Jacket Very Good with minor wear.

Levy, David.~ Computer Games I & II.~ NY: Springer-Verlag, 1988.~ Two volumes, silver boards with white and blue lettering and decoration, loaded with illustrations, indices, 456 and 546 pages.~ In Very Good condition with minor wear to the covers.

Moquin, Henry and Richards, Richard.~ Assumptionists in the United States.~ Worcester, MA: Assumption Communications, 1994 first edition.~ Softcover, Assumptionist contact info covers, a detailed history, 118 pages followed by over 100 pages of photos and illustrations. Scarce.~ In Very Good condition with minor wear to the covers.

B. Bradshaw & Co.~ B. Bradshaw's ABC Dictionary to the United States, Canada, & Mexico, Showing the Most Important Towns and Points of Interest.~ London: Trubner & Co., 1886.~ Small format, red limp covers with black and gilt lettering and decoration, marbled page ends, advertising endpapers, two large folding maps in front pocket (touring map of New England and the provinces and Florida on one side and the U.S. showing steamship routes on the other; larger map of Mexico showing Mexican Central Railway and connections), interior maps include the Burlington route of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and a fold-out map of the Fall River line, tables, a wealth of information, 304 pages plus publisher's ads. Nice copy of a scarce work.~ Very Good condition (minor wear to covers, spine sunned, some seam splits to loose maps).

State University of New York at Albany Department of Geography and Planning.~The Battenkill Watershed: An Assessment of Its Natural and Man-made Resources and a Survey of Its Residents.~ Albany, NY: State University of New York at Albany Department of Geography and Planning, 1987 first edition.~ Softcover, light blue laminated covers with black lettering and illustration, black plastic comb binding, sponsored by the Battenkill Conservancy-New York, contains "a wealth of information about the existing conditions and emerging issues important to the Battenkill watershed's human and natural environment," numerous GIS color maps, graphs, charts, and black and white photos, appendices, survey, bibliography, glossary, list of references, 148 pages. A nice Battenkill item.~ Near Fine condition.

Bogdanovich, Peter.~ Fritz Lang in America.~ NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967.~ Pictorial dust jacket, black boards with silver spine lettering, loaded with photos and details, filmography, bibliography, 143 pages. Scarce in hardcover.~ Book and dust jacket in Very Good condition.

Pivnick, Esther Kaplan.~ How to Design Beautiful Clothes.~ NY: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1949.~ Wonderful embossed covers, many illustrations, measurement charts, index, 312 pages. A beautiful copy.~ In Very Good condition inside and out. Missing the reported dust jacket.

U.S. Navy.~ USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) Commissioning Book.~ Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1983 first edition.~ Original 66-page Commissioning book dated 1/22/1983, includes program, explanation of emblem, previous ships by the same name, construction and christening photos, ship's mission and characteristics, officers and crew, photos. Includes two press releases (First AEGIS Cruiser Commissioned at three pages and USS Ticonderoga Commissioning Summary and Fact Sheet at five pages), an eleven-page Command History covering the events of 1983, a 1/19/1985 Change of Command booklet, and an 8" by 10" glossy photo, all sold as one lot.~ In Very Good condition with minor wear.

Zadkiel.~ Tables to Be Used in Calculating Nativities; Comprising Tables of Declination, Right Ascension, Ascensional Difference, and Polar Elevation: Also, Tables of Houses for London and Liverpool.~ London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1834 first edition.~ Hardcover, small format, green boards with paste-down paper label, many tables, 56 pages plus publisher's ads. Scarce in the first edition.~ Good Condition (wear to covers, evidence of dampstaining which extends in a few pages front and back, small holes to spine, interior generally very good).

Koike Aronson Inc.~ The Handbook of Positioneering.~ Arcade, NY: Koike Aronson Inc., 1993 first thus. Softcover, glossy illustrated covers, many photos and illustrations, "Up costs more than down," 104 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine condition inside and out.

Andy Hooper and Lee Clayton.~ Farewell to Upton Park.~ London: Hamlyn, 2016 first edition.~ Large format, pictorial covers and endpapers, a wonderful treatment of this stadium and team, loaded with photos, 224 pages. Scarce.~ Very Good condition with minor wear to covers.

Meng-Try Ea and Sorya Sim.~ Victims and Perpetrators?: Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Comrades.~ Phnom Penh, Cambodia:: Documentation Center of Cambodia, 2001 first edition.~ White boards with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket, red silk placeholder, important documentation loaded with details, maps and photos, 76 pages. Scarce.~ Near Fine Condition, with minor wear to the dust jacket.

Mercedes-Benz Municipal Vehicles.~ Germany: Daimler Benz, circa 1955.~ Original 12 page oblong color brochure, some pages fold out further, many types of heavy-duty trucks, numerous color illustrations, spec chart on rear cover. Scarce.~ In Very Good condition.