The Long Walk at San Francisco State and Other Essays
by Boyle, Kay
New York: Grove Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Boyle on the front endpaper to editor Morris Rubin. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.00), generally toned, some pulling to the laminate. Red cloth with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of essays about the student... Read More
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Jane Austen and Her Predecessors
by Bradbrook, Frank W.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), faintly rubbed, a stain at the front panel. Green cloth, tidemark at the head of the spine and top edge of the back board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work of Austen criticism that studies the... Read More
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Dinosaur Tales
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Bantam Books, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Cover illustration by William Stout. Very Good. Wraps lightly toned, creased at the front wrap near the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name and date on the first page, clean otherwise.
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
by Bradley, Alan
London: Orion, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Bradley on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£12.99). Black buckram with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first Flavia de Luce mystery, winner of the CWA Dagger Award.
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The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Bradley, Alan
New York: Delacorte Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Bradley on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.00). Quarter black cloth with purple paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second Flavia de Luce mystery.
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Havana: Cinderella's City
by Bradley, Hugh
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.50), rubbed and with some short tears and chips at the edges. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, clean internally. Bradley's illustrated history of Havana.... Read More
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The Burroughs Cyclopaedia; Characters, Places, Fauna, Flora, Technologies, Languages, Ideas and Terminologies Found in the Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs
by Brady, Clark A.
Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. With a post-it note on the front endpaper reading "Joan's Copy." Fine. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. From the collection of Joan Bledig.
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Brainard-Freeman Notebooks; GQ 1112
by [Brainard, Joe; Freeman, Herm; Ashbery, John; Demeyes, Phil] Smith, Phil
New York, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Gegenschein Quarterly 1112. Introductions by John Ashbery and Phil Demeyes. Inscribed by Ashbery at the end of his introduction. Near Fine. Wraps lightly toned, red ink lettering faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, some erased pencil markings on the first leaf, clean otherwise. A collection in two parts,... Read More
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Scientific Explanation; A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science
by Braithwaite, R.B.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second American Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, toned at the spine, a chip at the head, a strip of loss at the rear flap fold. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name inside the front... Read More
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The Passion of Ayn Rand
by Branden, Barbara
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Branden on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95), bumped and with a short closed tear at the top edge of the back panel. Quarter blue cloth with grey paper on the boards, lightly rubbed gilt lettering on the spine. Square and... Read More
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American Colossus; The Triumph of Capitalism 1865-1900
by Brands, H.W.
New York: Random House, 2010. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Large Print Edition. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, stains at the edges, clean internally.
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Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand
by Branden, Nathaniel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($21.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter brown cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, former owner's stamp on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini
by Brandon, Ruth
New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.00), bumped at the edges. Quarter red buckram with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Brandon's work that explains Houdini's famous escapes but also explains his various obsessions.
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The Mystery of Iniquity Exposed: Or, The Reality of the Serpent Race and the Subterrain Origin of UFO's
by Branton
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1990. Unbound Sheets. Very Good. 31p., contemporaneous photocopies bound with a binder clip. Very Good. First two leaves with creases and curls at the bottom corners, faintly worn otherwise. The pseudonymously published report that blends together religious studies with ufological history, hollow earth and lizard people theories, as well as other popular conspiracies. From the collection... Read More
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The First Heretic; The Life and Times of Ikhnaton the King
by Bratton, Gladstone
Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally soiled, a few shallow chips and short tears at the edges. Quarter grey cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square, bound with some reading wear, foxing at the edges, clean... Read More
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An Unfortunate Woman
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.95). Pictorial boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Brautigan's long-unpublished novel written as a travelogue of one man reflecting on a woman's suicide and a friend's death.
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Parables for the Theater: The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Brecht, Bertolt
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. English version by Eric and Maja Bentley. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped but struck-through ($3.50), generally toned and rubbed, a chip at the bottom edge of the back panel. Black boards, rubbed at the bottom edge, with white ink lettering on the spine... Read More
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Civil Blood
by Breckenrige, Jill
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Limited to 500 copies. Engravings by R.W. Scholes. Signed by both Breckenridge and Scholes on the title page. Presentation copy additionally inscribed by Breckenridge opposite the title page and with a laid-in thank you note to Rosellen Brown. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($19.50), flaps... Read More
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The Black Vanguard; Origins of the Negro Social Revolution 1900-1960
by Brisbane, Robert H.
Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), generally rubbed, bumped and with some creases and chips at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, bookplate inside the front board and matching signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.... Read More
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The Invisible Host
by Bristow, Gwen; Manning, Bruce
New York: Mystery League Inc, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very Good in a Fine jacket, lightly rubbed. Black cloth, rubbed and bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, darkened at the top edge, clean internally. This marks the first collaboration between Bristow and Manning, which was adapted into the 1934 pre-Code murder film The Ninth... Read More
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Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
by Brodkey, Harold
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), rubbed and bumped at the top edge, one small chip at the back panel. Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A representative collection of Brodkey's stories presented in... Read More
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Johnny Crow's Garden
by Brooke, L. Leslie
London: Frederick Warne and Company Ltd. Hardcover. Fair. Black-and-white and color illustrations by Brooke. Fair. Quarter grey cloth with red paper on the boards, heavily rubbed and soiled. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's name on the endpapers, some tape repairs throughout.
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Johnny Crow's Party
by Brooke, L. Leslie
London: Frederick Warne and Company Ltd. Hardcover. Good. Black-and-white and color illustrations by Brooke. Good. Quarter cream cloth with green paper on the boards, rubbed and soiled. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's name and bookplate on the endpapers, some tape repairs throughout and with one of the colored plates laid-in.
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1914 and Other Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Limited to 87 copies published in anticipation of the American publication rights. Good, housed in a quarter-leather slipcase. Brown leather, rubbed at the spine, especially the front joint. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, clean internally. Brooke's most important collection of poetry,... Read More
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1914 and Other Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. First Edition. Leather Bound. Good. Good in the fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, rubbed at the edges and hinges, about three-quarters inch of a split starting at the bottom front hinge. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, and a sewn-in bookmark. Brooke's most important collection of poetry,... Read More
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