SWITZERLAND. ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN ON THE SPOT AND EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK BY W. H. BARTLETT
by BEATTIE, William
London: George Virtue, 1836. First Edition. hardcover. Most plates free from foxing, a few with moderate to heavy foxing. Some rubbing to the leather but bindings solid and rather attractive. Very Good. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 11") volumes bound in plum embossed cloth with polished green calf leather spines and corners, matching morocco spine labels. Illustrated with engraved... Read More
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ALL THAT FALL
by BECKETT, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, (1957). First Edition. cloth. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear.
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MURPHY [Publisher's Copy]
by BECKETT, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, [1957]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine without dustwrapper, as issued. Cloth-backed boards. Beckett's first published novel, first published in England in 1938. Copy #22 of only 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and specially bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth and tan boards. Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset's copy with the following in... Read More
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THE NORTH
by BECKETT, Samuel
London: Enitharmon Press, 1972. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Avigdor Arikha. Folio (11-3/4" x 15") in wraps, loosely housed as issued in a paper folder, cloth chemise, and slipcase. Text printed by Will and Sebastian Carter on paper made by J. Barcham Green. Of a total of 137 numbered copies illustrated with 3 original etchings by Avigdor Arikha, each... Read More
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VATHEK, AN ARABIAN TALE
by BECKFORD, William
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. About Fine, lacking the chemise, in a Very Good slipcase with a split at one edge. Valenti Angelo. Duodecimo (4" x 6") bound in full orange morocco gilt-stamped with a design by Valenti Angelo. Each page of text features decorative borders by Angelo, and there are 16 full-page miniatures printed in... Read More
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[VATHEK] AN ARABIAN TALE, From an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory
by [BECKFORD, William]
London: J. Johnson, 1786. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Recent full period calf (5" x 8") with marbled endpapers and likely original gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label; vii, [i], 334 pages with page 48 misnumbered "84" and with errata leaf and final blank (often missing). Contrary to Beckford's wishes this edition of his influential Gothic novel, originally written in... Read More
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THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of the Old and New Testament
by BEDFORD, Arthur
London: James and John Knapton et. al., 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean with a closed tear about 3 inches to one plate with no loss. Early signature of Benjamin Hale on the front pastedown. Leather very dry, front... Read More
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LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT
by BEDIER, Joseph
Paris: L'Édition D'Art, (1928). Hardcover. Near Fine but for the front cover which is neatly detached. Robert Engels. Bound in light brown boards with black stamping with the original wraps bound in (7" x 9-3/4") by Mercier, the front board neatly detached. Illustrated from watercolors by Robert Engels.
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THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT
by BEDIER, Joseph
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Close to Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Serge Ivanoff. Octavo (7-5/8" x 10") bound in quarter red morocco leather, gold-stamped, with mould-made Italian paper sides printed in gold with a design by Adrian Wilson. This great medieval love story is translated by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld... Read More
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GALAPAGOS WORLD'S END
by BEEBE, William
New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to edges. About Fine. John Tee-Van. Sixth printing bound by the Harcourt Bindery in 3/4 blue morocco leather (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") with gilt rules, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with four raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated mostly from photographs by John Tee-Van.... Read More
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A SURVEY
by BEERBOHM, Max
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustwrapper soiled with stain and scorch mark on spine. Very Good in a Good dustwrapper. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") bound in cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with 51 tipped-in caricature plates.
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LYTTON STRACHEY
by BEERBOHM, Max
Cambridge: University Press, 1943. First Edition. Wraps. Owner signature, bookplate. Very Good. Printed wraps; 27 pages. The Rede Lecture for 1943, a critical remembrance of Strachey.
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ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY
by BEERBOHM, Max
Baltimore: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with much of the paper on the backstrip pitted away though the label is present. George Him. Tall octavo (6-1/4" x 11-1/8") bound in blue-gray linen with the lettering and decoration in pink, black, and gold. Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon and printed at the Garamond... Read More
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SPANISH BALCONY
by BEER, Patricia
London: Poem of the Month Club, 1973. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. An 11" x 15" broadside SIGNED by the poet.
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LONGWORTH'S AMERICAN ALMANAC, NEW YORK REGISTER AND CITY DIRECTORY For the Fortieth Year of American Independence
by BEERS, Andrew
New York: David Longworth, 6 July 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Several owner names and annotations on endpapers and front cover. Very Good. Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7") in original calf-backed boards, the rear board printed; 458 pages. Illustrated with a full-page engraving of P. M. Stollenwerk's Mechanical Panorama and a small zodiac text engraving. Contains a wealth of information... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED
by BELAFONTE, Harry
Letter. About a two-inch closed tear just entering the text on the left margin; light wrinkling. Very Good. An interesting SIGNED letter from Belafonte to Brooks Atkinson, drama critic of the New York Times, dated 19 May 1955. In this letter of @250 words, the singer and actor wishes to clarify that a letter sent by him a... Read More
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PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
by BELAFONTE, Harry
Photograph. Ink occasionally light but still very readable. Fine. An 8" x 10" photo of Belafonte with his business manager, Jay Kennedy, and another man, apparently producer Sidney Buchman, Kennedy's partner, at a restaurant table from the early to mid-1950s. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Belafonte to Kennedy: "Dad! Dad!! Dad!!! On this day we released ourselves to further... Read More
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WAITING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
by BELL, Madison Smartt
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Small rough spot on front free endpaper from erasure. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor wear at the spine tips. Advance Review copy of the author's second book with publisher's material laid in.
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THE LAST ANALYSIS. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF SAUL BELLOW'S ONLY PLAY
by BELLOW, Saul
First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine and quite exceptional. An undated early holograph version of Saul Bellow's only full-length play contained in a ledger-type notebook (8-1/4" x 11-3/8") with marbled paper boards and a black cloth spine. Bellow has subtitled this as "A Work in Progress." Acts I and II of this version are complete in 71 pages with... Read More
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HUMBOLDT'S GIFT
by BELLOW, Saul
New York: The Viking Press, (1975). First Edition. Wraps. Some soiling and wear to wraps. Near Very Good. Advance Reading copy in printed yellow wraps of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize and nominee for the National Book Award.
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LES OBSERVATIONS DE PLUSIEURS SINGULARITEZ ET CHOSES MEMORABLES, TROUVEES EN GRECE, ASIE, IUDÉE, EGYPTE, ARABIE, & AUTRES PAYS ESTRANGES
by BELON, Pierre
Paris: H. de Marnef & la veufue Guillaume Cavellat, 1588. Third French Edition. Hardcover. Very Good antiquarian condition. Title leaf with a closed marginal tear at bottom of the inner margin resulting in a partial separation at gutter, but without any loss, and the leaf is still securely attached to binding. First three preliminary leaves with a small marginal... Read More
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MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
New York: The Viking Press, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. A few light spots on front cover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Ludwig Bemelmans. Folio (8-3/4"x 12-1/8") in decorated green cloth. Illustrated with color plates by the author. The First Limited AUTOGRAPH Edition, preceding the Trade Edition by 3 months. One of 985 copies, of which 885 were for... Read More
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine just a bit sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by... Read More
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
Garden City: Doubleday, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good only dustwrapper, missing some small pieces on the spine and split there into three pieces but still with a presentable appearance under mylar. First Trade Edition after the printing of 201 signed deluxe copies of this popular success and Pulitzer Prize winner. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "For... Read More
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine sunned and soiled. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #380 of 1500 illustrated... Read More
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