Abide With Me
by Belfrage, Cedric
New York: Guardian Books. Very Good+. 1948. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, very light wear to the extremities, slight offsetting to the endpapers (from the no-longer-present jacket flaps)]. An epic satire of the American funeral industry. Published, oddly enough, in the same year as Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved One," it's ... Read More
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Promised Land: Notes for a History
by Belfrage, Cedric
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.. Good. 1938. Left Book Club. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, probably as issued) [general exterior wear/soiling, bumping and slight exposure of boards at all tips, some surface deterioration and partial splitting of spine covering; a cheaply-produced book, this edition is common (at least in England) but often in even worse condition than this... Read More
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Abide With Me
by Belfrage, Cedric
New York: William Sloane Associates. Very Good in Very Good- dj. (c.1948). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . (price-clipped) [a bit of staining to the rear cover and at the top right corner of the front cover, one-time owner's fancy "ex-libris" stamp on front endpaper, vintage bookseller's label (Levinson's, Sacramento) on rear pastedown; the jacket is edgeworn/rubbed/lightly soiled,... Read More
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Robin Hood: An Historical Enquiry
by Bellamy, John
Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1985). First Edition. Hardcover. [book is in perfect condition, tight and clean; jacket shows just a touch of surface wear]. "Robin Hood: man or myth? Spirit of the woods, literary invention or historical reality? .... In this book one of the most authoritative scholars on... Read More
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My Husband's Friends
by Bellamann, Katherine
New York/London: The Century Co.. Good+ in Fair dj. (c.1931). First Edition. Hardcover. [a sound copy, but with some shelfwear (and slight exposure of boards) at bottom corners, fading to cloth at top of spine, light dust-soiling to top edge of text block; the jacket is a bit on the tattered side, with long splits at several... Read More
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When the Smoke Hit the Fan [*SIGNED*]
by Bellamy, Ralph
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385148607 . [no discernible wear to book; jacket has a tiny nick (insect-nibble) at top corner of front flap, short horizontal crease at bottom of front panel]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED ("To Ann Corio / Thanks for your contribution / I... Read More
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Duchess Laura, Further Days of Her Life
by Belloc Lowndes, Mrs. [Marie]
New York: Longmans, Green and Co.. Very Good in Good dj. 1933. 1st (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. [moderate wear at all corners, very slight fraying to cloth at bottom corners, very light foxing to page edges; jacket worn and soiled, with a few small tears, and a very amateurish tape-repair along the top edge (including a shallow chip... Read More
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The Breed of Basil
by Bell, Thomas
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [nice clean book, appears unread, a bit of wear to spine ends and bottom corners, bottom rear corner bumped; jacket has some minor chipping at spine ends, one-inch closed tear and associated creasing at top of rear panel,... Read More
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Film History: An International Journal (2004) [special issue: 3-D Cinema]
by Belton, John, ed.
Bloomington IN/Eastleigh (U.K.): Indiana University Press / John Libbey Publishing. Near Fine. 2004. (Vol. 16, No. 3). Journal. [minor soiling to rear cover, otherwise as new]. (B&W photographs) Most of this issue of this scholarly cinema journal is devoted to the history, technology and aesthetics of 3-D movies, notably: "The Tragedy of 3-D Cinema" by Rick Mitchell;... Read More
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Film History: An International Journal (2000) [special issue: Colour Film]
by Belton, John, ed.
Eastleigh (U.K.): John Libbey Publishing. Near Fine. 2000. (Vol. 12, No. 4). Journal. [nice clean copy, with the slightest bump to top of spine, no other significant wear]. (B&W and color photographs, facsimiles) Most of this issue of this scholarly cinema journal is devoted to various aspects of the history and technology of colour (color to... Read More
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Sherlock Holmes in Gibraltar: The Abandoned Brigadine -and- The Gibraltar Letter
by Benady, Sam
Grendon (UK): Gibraltar Books Ltd.. Near Fine. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. [very light edgewear to covers, previous owner's name and date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of the inside back cover, otherwise unmarked; encased in a (removable) protective plastic cover]. Trade PB "The true solution to the mystery of the Marie Celeste,... Read More
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No SteadyJob [Steady Job] for Papa [*SIGNED*]
by Benasutti, Marion
New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1966). First Edition. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, mnor shelfwear only, a couple of tiny spot at the top edge of the front cover; the jacket is bright and clean, with minor edgewear only]. INSCRIBED generically and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. Autobiographical... Read More
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The Visitors
by Benchley, Nathaniel
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1965). First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, spine very slightly turned, one-time owner's signature at top of ffep; jacket a bit rubbed and scuffed on both front panel and spine, but otherwise clean and attractive]. Unaccountably scarce comic novel, "a salty New England ghost story [that] is... Read More
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![The Conquest of Deafness: A History of the Long Struggle to Make Possible Normal Living to Those Handicapped by Lack of Normal Hearing [*SIGNED* with an interesting assocation]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/699/752/664752699.0.m.jpg)
The Conquest of Deafness: A History of the Long Struggle to Make Possible Normal Living to Those Handicapped by Lack of Normal Hearing [*SIGNED* with an interesting assocation]
by Bender, Ruth E.
Cleveland: The Press of Western Reserve University. Very Good- in Very Good dj. (c.1960). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [light dampstain to both front and rear covers, several corners bumped and lightly frayed; jacket shows shallow chipping at edges, slight fading along spine and left edge of front panel, minor paper loss at spine ends]. (B&W plates)... Read More
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Murder Without Make-up
by Benjamin, Edla
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1940). First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book, light shelfwear, spine just a bit turned; jacket moderately faded along spine, otherwise colorful and attractive with minor wear only]. Quite uncommon murder mystery about a killing that occurs on opening night of a Broadway play and "involves,... Read More
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Beyond the Fringe
by Bennett, Alan, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moore
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1963). Fireside BCE. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, light bumping to several corners, agency stamp on front pastedown (hidden by jacket flap); jacket shows wear and minor wrinkling along top edge, wear at several corners, minor soiling to front panel, tiny tears at top of spine and bottom of... Read More
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At a Venture
by Bennett, Charles A.
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Fair dj. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, light shelfwear to bottom edge, dust-soiling and rubbing to red topstain; jacket has numerous chips (especially at spine, including loss of most of book title), and is split at rear hinge, but front panel is substantially complete and still attractive]. ... Read More
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Blackmail; a play in three acts
by Bennett, Charles
London: Rich & Cowan Ltd.. Very Good. [1934]. Unstated edition. Softcover. (printed wraps) [modest handling wear, bumping to lower right corner; agency label (James B. Pinker & Son, London) affixed to title page]. This is presumably the first printing of the full playscript of this crime-suspense-melodrama, which made only a modest splash when first produced on... Read More
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Seasons
by Bennett, Edith Wilson
New York/Paris: Empire Books. Very Good+ in Fair dj. (c.1935). First Edition. Hardcover. [light shelfwear to book, top edge of text block a bit dust-soiled, small bookseller's rubber stamp at bottom corner of front pastedown (Bertrand Smith Acres of Books, Long Beach, California); jacket is worn and moderately soiled, with a small ragged chip at right side... Read More
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Bright Yellow Gold
by Bennett, Horace W.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. Very Good in Fair dj. 1935. 1st (unstated). Hardcover. [book has a bit of corner/edge wear, tiny nick in cloth near top of spine, gift inscription on ffep; jacket worn with various chips/tears, 1-1/2" piece missing at fore-edge)]. (color plates) "This book is a biography and historical novel and romance from the... Read More
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Son of the Typhoon
by Bennett, James W.
New York: Duffield & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [minor shelfwear, small faded spot at base of spine cloth; jacket has a few small tears, some soiling/rubbing, small chip at base of spine, tiny chip at bottom of rear panel]. "A powerful story of modern China," centering around the... Read More
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Murder Unleashed
by Bennett, Dorothy
New York/Chicago: A.L. Burt Company. Very Good in Fair dj. (c.1935). Reprint. Hardcover. [moderately shelfworn book, binding solid, no markings in text; jacket is well-worn, with numerous small tears and chips (including a quarter-size piece missing at lower right corner of front panel), spine heavily faded, some paper loss at top of spine (taking away part of... Read More
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Birds; a play in two acts [*SIGNED*]
by Bennitt, Caroline
London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.. Very Good-. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. [some visible wear along edges and spine, short diagonal crease at top corner of rear cover]. Trade PB INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the playwright on the half-title page: "for ___ & _____ / with love from / Caroline / Christmas 1981." (Also laid in is... Read More
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Salt Lake
by Benoit, Pierre (translated from the French by Florence and Victor Llona)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1922. 1st (U.S.) edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [solid enough book with binding intact, but should be considered a reading copy only due to external wear and bumping, an unsightly beverage-ring scar on the front cover (see scan), and internal tape repait to a page that had been ripped in half].... Read More
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Jacob's Well
by Benoit, Pierre (translated from the French by Angelo S. Rappoport)
New York: International Publishers. Poor. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a reading/reference copy only, heavily worn, front hinge cracked, boards exposed at bottom corners, missing ffep, need I go on?]. Novel about "a Jewess born in the slums of a Levantine seaport [who] becomes a courtesan, selling her favors in the shabby cabarets... Read More
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