Billy White, First Edition (23 results)

Boards w/DJ. Condition: G/VG. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Company. G/VG. (2013). First Edition. Boards w/DJ. Sm 4to., 273 pp., Shelfwear, cover edges faded, writing on ffe .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Black, White, Green Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price; 176 clean, unmarked pages/appendix.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. [Arlington Hts.]: [Dark Harvest] 1991 Hardcover. 0913165654 . First edition. Collects 18 original stories of mystery and suspense, plus an introduction by Bill Pronzini. 292 pages. Fine in like jacket. clphE.

Hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: poor. First Edition, no additional pri. NOT an ex library book. Book with beige cloth binding. Please return to label on front endpaper. Dust jacket has large chips, splits, tears, price is clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. illustrated in Black and White (illustrator). 1st Edition Not Stated. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Minor shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by John White. Light edge wear to jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 23pp. No Date. Wide format booklet, minimal creasing, rear lower forecorner chipped. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall JC.

Condition: GOOD. First printing. A "writing out in story form" of some of the humorous adventures (adventures "found on our front doorstep and in our back yard") of Billy and Betty, two children who supposedly published an amateur newspaper, adventures which originally appeared on a radio program with the same title as this book. The Whatsit became a four page cartoon insert in 'True Story' magazine and eventually an immensely popular miniature newspaper "by children for children" which reached a subscription level of almost 4 million children. Als inclues cartoons and illustrations by Joe Banks and humorous verse. 333 pp. Good condition in blue cloth with gold panels - some wear to the ends of the spine the corners, a few foxing/spots to the margins, prev owner's name in pencil.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. cover by Charles Dye (illustrator). First Edition. Philadelphia / New York: Popular Publications Inc. 1949. First edition. Bedsheet-sized magazine in Pictorial wrappers [about 8.5" x 11"], 112 pages, illustrated. Includes "The Affair of the Reluctant Witness" by Erle Stanley Gardner, "The Mad Horse of Lonely Hollow" by Stewart Toland, "Bounty Hunter" by Tom W. Blackburn, "Storm Over Second" by William Holder, "Bayou Bait" by Leslie T. White, "Money to Burn" by Max Shulman, Murderer Abroad" by Gordon Ramsey, etc. Contents page in Photos A very good copy with tearing to the spine head, shallow chipping to the spine heel, cover creasing, text paper toned. See Photos mag9E.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Black and White Photo Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. John Pederson, Jr. (cover); Dave Cockrum, Michael Kaluta, Billy Graham, Steve Harper(interiors) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very Good Plus condition. Signed by Panshin at his short story "A Taste of Immortality" on pg. 6! Signed by Author(s).

first edition. very good a little darker spine, signed by white,

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Condition dust Jacke. 1st Edition First Edition. Ex-Library.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wrappers. Edge wear and soiling. ; 8.20 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 192 pages.

Condition: wrappers. black-&-white illustrations (illustrator). 1st printing. ,8vo,Offered is a stiff card folder (21.5 x 14 cm) on the front cover of which is a b&w photo of Billy Miles in uniform. On the inside front page is a drawing of a Chinese junk, and on the inside rear page is printed the poem 'Till We Meet Again'. On the rear cover is a b&w photo of Vice Admiral Milton ('Mary') E. Miles, the late husband of Mrs. Miles. Laid-in loose is a another folded pamphlet entitled 'Celebrate the Life of Billy Miles', published as a commemorative pamphlet to be handed out to mourners attending Mrs. Miles funeral. The two preliminary pages contain the 'Order of Service', followed by a charming six page account of the life of Mrs. Miles, in the middle of which is a folded portfolio of photos of Mrs. Miles from girlhood to age 89. Inside of the last page is the Miles family tree. The outer folder shows some soiling, else everything is in very good condition. Also included is a typed letter from John Gavin addressed to Murray E. Miles, which accompanied a copy of the remarks which Gavin gave at the service for Mrs. Miles.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book Description: New York, New York: The Macaulay Company, 1935, with illustration by Joe Banks. Very good/No Jacket, solid and secure, 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". 333 pages; blue cloth covers has slight bumping. A collection of humorous short stories, cartoons, verse, cartoons which aoppear in Billy and Betty's newspaper, "The Whatsit". The adventures take place at home, Billy and Betty think of themselves as historians of a year in the 1930s. This is a nice look into the past. Bookseller.

First Edition. Joe Banks dustjacket art and illustrations. Humorous collection of stories of those adventuring children, Billy and Betty, who first gained popularity in contemporary newspapers and magazine. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips and shelf wear, vertical crease at both panels and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket, photos and diagrams by Geoffrey White (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BILLY STEEL, IN BLUE PEN, ACROSS HIS FRONTISPIECE PHOTO, 'To John with best wishes Billy Steel' (John C. Parkinson is the name on ffep). Some edge wear, chipping, small closed tears and rubbing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 3" tear with some small loss to top back jacket, corners and folds rubbed, spine slightly faded, not price clipped (7s 6d), small previous owner's name and date 1948 to top ffep, some spotting to page fore edges, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 206pp, illustrated. William Steel (1923-82), was a Scottish professional footballer who played for St Mirren, Morton, Derby County, Dundee and the Scotland national team. One of Scotland's greatest inside forwards, Billy Steel combined a brilliant footballing brain with a busy work ethic and explosive shot. Steel was the subject of two record transfer fees during his career. As well as receiving 30 caps for Scotland, Steel made four appearances with the Scottish League, was a Scottish Cup finalist in 1952, and was a Scottish League Cup winner in 1952 and 1953. He scored a memorable goal for a Great Britain XI against the Rest of Europe in 1947. He was inducted into Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2006. In 1954 he announced he was emigrating to the USA, where he managed the Los Angeles Danes, before later working in advertising. Exceptionally scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 6 pages. Nice cover art. Average wear. A sound copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Four issues of this uncommon periodical edited / published by C.L. Morrison. Issues from Summer 1982, Winter 1981, Spring 1982, and Vol. 5, No. 3 (1983). Mix of art writing, fiction, poetry, full contributor list in the author field. Some expected age toning to the issues, occasional chipping to edges, particularly to rear cover of Winter 1981 and front of Summer 1982. Staples have been removed from three issues - accompanying break to spine. Altogether intact and attractive.

First Edition. ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE for January thru October, 1914, first editions, 10 volumes, all missing covers and spine and some preliminary material, else mostly very good with better interiors / text blocks. Contains 8 full color, full page illustrations by Arthur Rackam, namely MOTHER GOOSE, THE MAGIC CUP, CHILDREN IN KENSINGTON GARDEN, THE GOSSIPS, WEE FOLK, THE FROG PRINCE, MARJORIE AND MARGARET & jack and the beanstalk as well as one such black & white with some illustrations also within the text in the essay THE WIZARD AT HOME which details the artist in his own residence. Also contains all the installments of THE GAME I LOVE complete by golf legend Francis Ouimet which is illustrated with many photos. (We note no evidence that this was ever published as a book.) Also contains BASEBALL: THE GAME AND ITS PLAYERS by Billy Evans with features and/or photos of Eddie Collins, Frank Chance, Nap Lajoie, "Doc" White, Sam Crawford, Christy Mathewson, Ed Walsh, Walter Johnson, Mordecai Brown, Chief Bender, Eddie Plank, Connie Mack, John J. McGraw, Johnny Evers, Roger Bresnehan, Jake Stahl, Ed Delahanty, Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, "Donnie" Bush, Danny Murphy, Jack Coombs, Jimmy Collins, Larry Gardner, Fred Snodgrass, Fred Markle, Frank Baker, Walter Schang, Joe Bush, et.al. (Again, we note no evidence that this was ever published as a book.) Furthermore, there are contributions by Louisa May Alcott, Palmer Cox, Bennet Cerf (age 15), Stephen Vincent Benet (age 15), Charles Livingston Bull, E. B. White (age 14), et.al.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 142. Square 8vo., measuring 9.25" 9.25". Original blind-stamped tan cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated in colour throughout. Bright, clean, and unmarkded with firm, sound binding; as new. Boldy SIGNED and inscribed by the artist (McCaroll) to the title page.

Condition: Near Fine. 1984. First edition. Ville de Paris & Musee de la Mode et du Costume Palais Galliera. Paris. 1984. First edition. Paperback, quarto; illustrated wrappers. Invitation card to the exhibition opening loosely inserted. 160 pages. 24 colour and many b&w illustrations. French. 245x195mm. 0.55kg. Near fine; slight shelf wear, light reading crease to spine. A catalogue for an extensive retrospective of the work of Elsa Schiaparelli held at the Musée de la Mode et du Costume Palais Galliera in Paris. The catalogue includes essays on Schiaparelli, including one in English by Billy Boy and one on her costume designs for films. There is a selection of interviews with those who knew and worked with the designer, including the embroiderer François Lesage. It closes with a detailed list of all the exhibited designs. Written in French, with some English translation. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.