Friends and Relations: Photographs by Tina Barney
by Barney, Tina; edited by Constance Sullivan and Susan Weiley
Washington/London: Smithsonian Institution Press. Fine. (c.1991). First Edition. Softcover. [nice clean book, as-new with no discernible wear]. (Photographers at Work) Series Trade PB (color photographs) This entry in the Smithsonian's excellent "Photographers at Work" series contains an interview with the photographer, a one-page biographical essay, a half-page of technical information, and 24 photographs. Barney: "I'm... Read More
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Indian Film
by Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy
New York/London: Columbia University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice tight copy, minimal shelfwear, faint musty odor from long storage, tiny inked date on ffep; jacket very slightly rubbed, faint foxing on flaps, some insignificant wrinkling in the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A full-scale history of the first fifty years... Read More
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Barnum's Own Story: The Autobiography of P.T. Barnum, combined & condensed from the various editions published during his lifetime
by Barnum, P.T. (combined & condensed by Waldo R. Browne)
New York: The Viking Press. Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn copy, spine turned; binding intact; spine lettering darkened almost to the point of unreadability, large custom bookplate of playwright Alden Nash on front endpaper]. (B&W frontispiece portrait + 5 B&W plates) The extended title pretty much tells it all, and an "Editor's ... Read More
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Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself; including his Golden Rules for Money-Making; brought up to 1888
by Barnum, Phineas T.
Buffalo NY: The Courier Company, Printers. Good. 1888. Updated edition. Hardcover. (brown embossed boards, gilt and black lettering & decoration on spine; no dust jacket) [a decent copy, the front hinge cracked but still holding, modest bumping at most corners with occasional slight fraying]. (B&W engraved illus., incl. frontis. portrait) An updating of Barnum's autobiography,... Read More
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The Paper Cap: A Story of Love and Labor
by Barr, Amelia E.
New York/London: D. Appleton and Company. Good. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, dust-soiling and age-darkening to edges of text block, bumping and slght exposure of boards at all tips, one-time owner's pencil signature on front endpaper (color frontispiece) A very late-in-life novel by this prolific British-born novelist and teacher --... Read More
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Derricks
by Barr, James (pseud. for James W. Fugate)
New York: Pan Books. Very Good in Very Good- dj. 1957 (c.1951). 3rd printing. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear to book, old bookseller's rubber-stamp on front endpaper (Al's Books & Magazines, Los Angeles); the jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled, with a small chunk missing from the top right corner of the front panel, a little paper loss at... Read More
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Love in Atlantis
by Barrett, B.L.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. [a touch of shelfwear to book; jacket has a teensy nick at top of front panel, minor paper loss at lower extremities]. Novel about a 14-year-old girl, specifically of "her sexual awakening and admission into the never-changing mysteries ('the lore girls need... Read More
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The End of The World: A Post-Mortem by Its Intangible Assets
by Barrett, James W., ed.
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+. 1931. 1st Edition (D-F). Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, lightly shelfworn, spine lettering a bit dulled, faint beverage ring on rear cover, large vintage bookplate on front endpaper (apparently pasted on top of the same individual's ownership signature; see Notes)]. (B&W photograph, facsimiles, cartoon) A collection... Read More
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The Swiftest Thing in Life
by Barre, Jean
New York: H.C. Kinsey & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [good solid clean book, minor shelfwear only; jacket has small tears and minor paper loss at a couple of corners, fading to spine, short closed tear and associated diagonal crease at bottom of front panel]. An Italian... Read More
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Madam
by Barrett, Richmond
New York: Liveright, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1932). First Edition. Hardcover. [a tight clean book, minor wear to cloth at spine ends, vintage price sticker (from The White House, San Francisco deparment store) on rear pastedown; jacket moderately edgeworn, a couple of tiny chips at bottom of front panel, light soiling to rear panel].... Read More
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The Lovomaniacs
by Barrett, Rona
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid clean book, light age-toning to page edges, minor shelfwear; jacket has various tiny nicks along top edge, 1/4" triangular chip at base of spine, spine slightly color-shifted]. The only novel by "Miss Rona," at the time one of Hollywood's best-known columnists/commentators. Film... Read More
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The Sign of the Cross [Photoplay Edition]
by Barrett, Wilson
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good dj. [1932] (c1896, 1924). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [nice clean book with the faintest touch of shelfwear, vintage retailer's small label (Elder's) on rear pastedown; the jacket is bright and attractive, despite some edgewear, a few tiny tears and small bits of paper loss at the extremities,... Read More
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War in Heaven
by Barry, Philip
New York: Coward-McCann. Very Good+ in Very Good- dj. (c.1938). 2nd impression. Hardcover. [a decent solid copy, light soiling and age-tanning to edges of text block, light shelfwear, old tape marks on endpapers; the jacket has some shallow chipping and a couple of small tears along top edge, and appears to have been slightly trimmed along the... Read More
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The Animal Kingdom: A Comedy
by Barry, Philip
New York/Los Angeles: Samuel French. Very Good-. (c.1931). Unstated ed.. Softcover. [some age-toning at edges of covers and along spine, small bump and slight tear at lower front hinge, a couple of short diagonal creases at bottom right corner of front cover, long faint diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover, stamped on both covers (and... Read More
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Paris Bound: A Comedy
by Barry, Philip
New York: Samuel French. Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1929. 3rd printing. Hardcover. [nice clean book with no discernible wear; the jacket is lightly worn, with a few tiny scrape marks on the front panel, a small tear with just a bit of paper loss at the upper left corner of the rear panel]. Barry's first... Read More
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The Innocent Empress: An Intimate Study of Eugénie
by Barschak, Erna
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. [a very nice copy, with just the barest trace of shelfwear; the jacket is also quite nice, with just a bit of wear to the extremities]. (B&W plates) "A biography which is not fictionized" (well, there's a relief) of the... Read More
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Born to Be Bad: Postcards from the Great Trash Films, Volume II
by Barson, Michael, comp.
New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine. (c.1989). First Edition. Softcover. 0679725555 . [virtually as new, with just a touch of handling wear]. Trade PB (color reproductions) Oversize-postcard size reproductions (approx. 5"x8") of one-sheet posters or lobby cards from 31 B-movie classics, including TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE, DETOUR, GUN CRAZY, CRY BABY KILLER, BLONDE SAVAGE, PRIVATE HELL... Read More
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Los Angeles in 7 Days; including Southern California
by Bartlett, Lanier, and Virginia Stivers Bartlett
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Fair. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [worn at extremities with exposure of boards at tips, light external soiling, a bit of fraying to cloth at both ends of spine, front hinge cracked]. (frontispiece map) One of a series of such city guidebooks -- "The Seven Days Series"... Read More
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A Woman's Woman
by Bartley, Nalbro
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Fair dj. 1919. Reprint. Hardcover. [a good sound copy with intact binding, some soiling to edges of text block and offsetting to endpapers; the jacket is pretty rough, with small tears and bits of paper loss at all extremities, split and nearly separated along front hinge, spine panel mottled and... Read More
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The Mediocrat
by Bartley, Nalbro
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1928. Later Printing. Hardcover. (in A.L. Burt reissue dust jacket) [minimal shelfwear, top corners a bit bumped; jacket edgeworn, a bit of paper loss at spine ends, a few small edge-tears]. Proto-feminist novel that grapples with the burning question: "Is there a... Read More
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Second Flight
by Bartley, Nalbro
New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company. Good. (c.1932). Reprint. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [decent enough reading copy, binding solid, some staining to covers, age-toning to edges of text block, bumping to several corners]. Novel about a woman who remarries following a Reno divorce, and moves with her new hubby to Hooperstown, Ohio. On the basis of her... Read More
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The Rise of Massive Resistance: Race and Politics in the South During the 1950's
by Bartley, Numan V.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1969). First Edition. Hardcover. 0807108480 . (price-clipped) [moderate shelfwear to book, previous owner's commercial bookplate on front pastedown; jacket a little edgeworn, a bit of paper loss at both ends of spine, light soiling to rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A history of the early... Read More
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The Long Walk
by Barton, Betsey
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Very Good in Fair dj. (c.1948). First Edition. Hardcover. [some wear to book at spine ends, small bookstore stamp on front pastedown; jacket heavily worn, spine sunned, irregular fading to front panel, small pieces missing at top corner of front panel and top corner of rear panel near spine, top half-inch... Read More
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The Red and the Blacklist: The Intimate Memoir of a Hollywood Expatriate [*SIGNED*]
by Barzman, Norma
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books. Fine in Fine dj. (c.2003). First Edition. Hardcover. [a lovely, as-new copy, with no significant wear to either book or dust jacket]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "For ______ / With friendship / & fondness / Norma." One of the best... Read More
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The Great Sale
by Bascom, John
New York: Alfred H. King. Near Fine. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a nice clean copy with only faint shelfwear, vintage bookplate on front pastedown, small vintage bookseller's label at lower corner of rear pastedown (Stern Brothers)]. Novel about the efforts of the young owner of a department store in an unnamed Midwestern city... Read More
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