Maskee!" The Journal and Letters of Ruth Bradford 1861-1872
by Braford, Ruth
Hartford: Prospect Press, 1938. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. 350 copies, rough weave tan cloth, pictorial poastedown. Spine a wee tanned, else fine, apparently unused copy. Women's sea travel, to China and back.
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STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION SEASON 5 "CAUSE AND EFFECT
by Braga, Brannan (teleplay by)
LA: Paramount, 1992. Soft cover. As New. CAUSE AND EFFECT" Copy of final draft of episode #218 in season 5 of television series STAR-TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. Brad-bound, red cover, 63 pages.
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ANTHOLOGY OF MAGAZINE VERSE FOR 1915 AND YEAR BOOK OF AMERICAN POETRY
by Braithwaite, William Stanley. Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, et al (contributors)
NY: Gomme & Marshall, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxvii, 286. This annual is most notable for four of Frost's earliest poems: Birches, The Road Not Taken, and The Death of the Hired Man. Modest edgewear and short split in spine edge at top. Internals... Read More
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ANTHOLOGY OF MAGAZINE VERSE FOR 1914 AND YEAR BOOK OF AMERICAN POETRY
by Braithwaite, William Stanley. Vachel Lindsay, Louis IntermeyerEdwin Arlington Robinson, et al (contributors)
Cambridge MA: Issued by W.S.B., 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxiv, 205. Paper spine slightly stained, else a solid clean copy,
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KAI LUNG'S GOLDEN HOURS
by Bramah, Ernest. Belloc, Hillaire (preface)
NY: George H. Doran Company, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Full color pictorial boards and orange cloth over board. Kai Lung was a fictional Chinese character created by Ernest Bramah. Kai Lung's Golden Hours was the second book published in the series.
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BILL BRANDT: PORTRAITS
by Brandt, Bill
London: Gordon Fraser Gallery, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine copy all over. Plainly signed by photographer Brandt on the title page.
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NURSE MATILDA
by Brand, Christina. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrated by)
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The first in the Nurse Matilda series. A lovely little book, near fine all around, save some light abrasions to dustjacket spine. With red ribbon marker. No names, inscriptions or bookplates.
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(The Beauties of England and Wales) Westmoreland (and) Lancashire (and) Cumberland: Original The Beauties of England and Wales: or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of That County. The Result of Personal Survey
by Rev. Mr. Hodgson (and) J. Britton (and) J. Britton and E. W. Brayley
London: Printed for J. Harris, 1818. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presumed first or early editions for delineations of three counties bound as one volume, spine perished, rear cover missing and front detached; reference or rebinding candidate. All maps and plates in each section called for are extant; foldout maps in original folds. Some toning here and there... Read More
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Die Dreigroschenoper. (The Beggar's Opera). Ein Stück mit Musik in einem Vorspiel und acht Bildern nach dem Englischen des John Gay. Übersetzt von Elisabeth Hauptmann. Deutsche Bearbeitung von Bert Brecht. Musik von Kurt Weill
by Brecht, Bert (Bertollt). Weill, Kurt (music by)
Vienna: Universal- Edition A. G., 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rebound copy, lacking paper covers, with 220 stamped in the middle of the right margin on page 31, thus indicating either one of 300 copies of the first printing, or perhaps less likely , one of 500 copies of the second printing. Rebound in 1/4 cloth over dark, beige... Read More
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C. B. CROSS STITCH 2nd ALBUM
by Cartier Bresson Collection
Paris: Cartier Bresson Collection 0. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade catalog, in English, of the Parisian purveyor of laces and embroidery goods, 12 pages (including covers), printed in red and blue, elaborate 19thC graphic design. Undated, likely 1890-1910. This is the 2nd of 4 albums on cross-stitching; others in the Cariter-Bresson Collection promoted on the last page for... Read More
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Phillida and Coridon
by Breton, Nicholas. Blumenthal, Joseph (publlisher). The Spiral Press
NY: The Spiral Press, 1927. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Fiene, Ernest. Some edgewear and shallow loss to paper-backed boards top edge and corners. Early Spiral Press imprint, this #16 of 425 copies, of Elizabethean poetry . Personal copy of its publisher Joe Blumenthal and his wife Ann bearing Joe's very personal inscription to her: "To Ann... Read More
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MOTOR CAR CONSTRUCTION
by Brewer, Robert W.A.
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated second impression on title page. British publication imported for sale in US with Van Nostrand Company NY stamped beneath Corosby Lockwood and Son. 8vo, pub green cloth, xii + 242 + 2p pub list, illustrated, foldout plate in rear. Uncommon and early automobile engineering and manufacturer... Read More
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The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
by Bridges, Robert
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1930. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. White cloth, stamped in gilt. Gift inscription dated 1936 ffe. Dusty top edge, covers and internals quiet nice. With the publisher's note on text bound into the back of spine.
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Young Folk's Book of the Sea
by T. C. Bridges
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stamped cloth with pictorial pastedown a tad soiled in uncommon dustjacket which is moderately soiled and chipped. Still, quite presentable all overall. Part of Little Brown's Young Folk's Book series, typical of American juvenile series of the 1920s.
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The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
by Bridges, Robert. Willam Edwin Rudge (printer)
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1930. 1st Edition This. Hardcover. Very Good. Tan, full morroco, triple blind-ruled, gilt titles spine, aeg, marbleized endpapers. A handsome production, printed by th estimable Mr. Rudge. Covers a wee soiled, mosly at rear. Internals as new.
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A HANDBOOK OF GASTRONOMY (Physiologie du Gout)
by Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Very Good. Special edition, printed at The Riverside Press, limited to 375 copies, this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded, else near fine.
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Twenty-Four Hours
by Bromfield, Louis
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Originally published in serial format as "Shattered Glass". Very good copy, soiled rear cover in striking Art Deco style dustjacket with abstract skyscrapers in bold color. Good chipped about edges with some shallow loss top panel and rubbed/worn most notably at spine. Book store lending stamps ffe, with... Read More
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Atlas of Westchester County, N.Y Pocket, Desk and Automobile Edition Volume 1 an 2 (complete)
by (Bromley, George W.)
NY: G. W. Bromley & Co, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Short 8vo (approx 6.25 x 8.5") neatly rebound in brown cloth with inset of gilt titles from original limp black leather covers affixed to front of each volume, which has a folded map for different parts of Westchester County affixed to each front pastedown. Each map,... Read More
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Novels of the Sisters Bronte. The Thornton Edition. (12 volumes, complete) (Jane Eyre, etc)
by Bronte, Charlotte. Bronte, Anne. Bronte, Emily. Scott, Temple (editor)
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good +. A complete, 12 volume set of the Thornton Edition, in original green cloth with gilt decorations and titles to spine, gte, sides untrimmed. Internals gently toned, as is usually seen. Re-issue of the Thornton Edition first published beginning in 1898. Gilt to spines a tad dulled. Still a solidly bound... Read More
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Horsemanship: The Way of a Man with a Horse
by Brooke, Geoffrey
London: Seeley Service, 1932. Cloth. Near Fine -/No Dustjacket. previous owner marking on ffe, a bit of foxing towards front of book, else clean, binding tight.
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THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE
by Brooke, Rupert
London: The Medici Society, 1919. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, limited, this #623 of 1000 copies, printed in Riccardi fount on handmade Riccardi paper. Published by Philip Lee Warner of The Medici Society. Covers soiled mostly about the edges, corners bumped, paper spine label browned gte, sides untrimmed, internals quiet nice.
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Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts
by Brooke, Rupert, Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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Sedgewick Bros. Catalogue Fences and Gates 1890
by Sedgwick Bros
Richmond IN: Sedgwick Bros, 1890. Soft cover. Very Good. 1890 trade catalogue. On the title page: The Sedgwick Bros Co., Manufacturers of Wire Netting, Fences and Gates. Also Sewdgwick's Wire Stretcher, Summer House, Lawn Furniture, &0., Small catalogue, polished orange paper covers, illustrated back cover. Stapled spine separated from body, torn corner rear cover. 40 pages, richly illustrated.... Read More
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FLORAL GEMS FOR WINTER FLOWERING AUTUMN 1898
by (McGregor Brothers)
Springfield IL: McGregor Brothers, 1898. Soft cover. Very Good. Nursery catalog, approx. 7x10" , with richly detailed floral illustrations, printed on fragile paper in black ink, 32p, satpled spine, covers separating, and some minor loss at spine.
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SONG OF THE SLY MONGOOSE
by Brown, Arthur. Hamady, Walter (book designer, publisher)
Mount Horeb WI: Perishable Press, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. As new copy, with original invoice on Perishable Press letterhead laid-in.
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