JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back edge. 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... 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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ISRAEL: A PERSONAL HISTORY
by BEN-GURION, David
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Copy #1902 of 2000 numbered copies bound in full blue padded leather, top edge gilt, and SIGNED by Israel's first prime minister on the bottom blank margin of the frontispiece photograph. Illustrated with photographs.
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MORNING SORROW
by [BENNETT, Arnold] ROTHENSTEIN, John
London: Constable & Co. Ltd, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to first few pages, printed dedication page mostly detached; small nick to spine. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. An Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to writer Arnold Bennett: "For Mr Arnold Bennett,/with gratitude &/affection from John/Rothenstein./November 1930." With... Read More
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THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by BENNETT, Arnold
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Few minor spots of foxing to rear endpapers of second volume; dustwrapper of second volume just slightly darkened and with small ink stroke at spine. Fine in Fine dustwrappers and a Fine slipcase, uncommon as such. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by... Read More
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THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by BENNETT, Arnold
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers and a Good slipcase with a tape repair. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by the author with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Illustrated with handsome color plates by John Austen. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED... Read More
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THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by BENNETT, Arnold
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1941. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dustwrappers with typical darkening to the spines and a Very Good slipcase. John Austen. Two large quarto volumes bound in half green buckram and floral-decorated boards. Preface by the author with an introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Copy #834 of 1500 numbered copies with handsome color plates by John... Read More
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SURVIVAL SONG Part 1
by BENNETT, John
(Ellensburg, WA): (Vagabond Press), (1985). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11". INSCRIBED by the author "For Annie!" and SIGNED "John" on the verso of a front blank.
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ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS BY FRANK W. BENSON. Volume 3 (of 4)
by [BENSON, Frank W.] PAFF, Adam
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and quite uncommon as such. Frank Benson. Folio (9" x 12-1/2") bound in linen-backed boards; xxii, 100 pages. Copy #258 of 525 numbered copies with an ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING by Benson bound in at the front. Illustrated with detailed information about Benson's work. In the... Read More
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GREEN GROW THE LILACS
by (BENTON, Thomas Hart). RIGGS, Lynn
Norman [OK]: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Owner name written on front and rear pastedowns. Spine evenly and lightly sunned. Near Fine in a Good slipcase lacking the backstrip. Thomas Hart Benton. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in boards covered with a heavy canvas and stamped with the title drawn by Will Ransom and with a special drawing... Read More
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GREEN GROW THE LILACS
by (BENTON, Thomas Hart). RIGGS, Lynn
Norman [OK]: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some soiling. Thomas Hart Benton. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in boards covered with a heavy canvas and stamped with the title drawn by Will Ransom and with a special drawing by Thomas Hart Benton; 160 pages. Printed in red and black from... Read More
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GREEN GROW THE LILACS
by (BENTON, Thomas Hart). RIGGS, Lynn
Norman [OK]: Limited Editions Club, 1954. hardcover. Spine evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sticker shadow on one side. Thomas Hart Benton. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in boards covered with a heavy canvas and stamped with the title drawn by Will Ransom and with a special drawing by Thomas Hart Benton; 160... Read More
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SIGNED COLLECTION OF SHEET MUSIC
by BERLIN, Irving
[1981]. Hardcover. Signed page a bit wrinkled not affecting Berlin's writing. Near Fine and possibly unique. Thick quarto (8-7/8" x 11-3/4" x 3" thick) in a plastic-enclosed black pebbled leather 3-hole binder containing 194 vintage pieces of sheet music by Irving Berlin, likely all reprints, specially compiled and arranged alphabetically with a special contents page bound at the... Read More
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OH! HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING
by BERLIN, Irving
New York: Irving Berlin Music Corporation, (1945) but later. wraps. Near Fine. Quarto (9" x 12") in gray and green illustrated wraps; 6 pages. Vintage sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front cover: "For Iris and Jeff/with love from/Irving Berlin/1979."
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I'M GETTING TIRED SO I CAN SLEEP. THIS IS THE ARMY
by BERLIN, Irving
New York & Melbourne: This Is the Army, Inc. and Allan & Co. Pty. Ltd., (1942) but later. wraps. Very Good. Quarto (9" x 12") in green illustrated wraps; 4 pages including covers. Vintage sheet music with words and music by Irving Berlin. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the composer on the front cover: "For Bernard/Rosenstein/from Irving Berlin." ... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on the Rumor that a "Colored Boy" Wrote His Songs
by BERLIN, Irving
14 June 1948. Letter. Faint folds from mailing. Near Fine. On a sheet of his personal stationery (7" x 10") addressed to Michael de Lisio of MGM Pictures, Berlin answers an inquiry about a rumor, prevalent since the 1920s, that his songs had been written for him by an anonymous black boy. In full: "The little colored... Read More
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THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST
by BERNANOS, George
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Close to Fine in a Fine felt-lined slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Quarto (8-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in Oasis goatskin and Belgium linen. Introduction by Robert Coles. This French novel won the Grand Prix by the Academie Francaise. "A man of humble origin with a great love... Read More
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THE HOMELESS: MISSING PERSONS
by BERNDT, Jerry
(Wollaston, MA): Many Voices Press, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Jerry Berndt. Small folio (11" x 12") in printed wraps. Text and photographs by Jerry Berndt. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the photographer on the title page in the year of publication.
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POEMS
by BERRYMAN, John
New York: New Directions, (1942). First Edition. Wraps. Small bookplate under the price-clipped dustwrapper flap. Near Fine. Berryman's first book, SIGNED in full by him on the front free endpaper. A total of 2000 copies were printed, 1500 in wrappers and 500 hardcover, this copy in wraps. Books signed by this sleeping giant of American poetry are uncommon.... Read More
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HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET
by BERRYMAN, John
New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear to the top front edge. Ben Shahn. Pictorial boards and dustwrapper designed by Ben Shahn with his illustrations in the text. SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper. Poet Jerome Mazzaro's copy with his bookplate on... Read More
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STEPHEN CRANE
by BERRYMAN, John
[New York]: William Sloane Associates, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine. Berryman's critical biography of Crane, an important work in the study of the writer of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Part of the American Men of Letters Series. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the... Read More
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HIS THOUGHTS MADE POCKETS & THE PLANE BUCKT
by BERRYMAN, John
Pawlet, [VT]: Claude Fredericks [Banyan Press], 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Very Good envelope with light wear. Gray paper wrappers with title printed in orange, with publisher's printed envelope. Copy #60 of 500 copies. Berryman's uncommon second book, a slim collection of poems, this copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title... Read More
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HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET
by BERRYMAN, John
New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the base of the spine and a small closed tear. Pictorial boards and dustwrapper designed by Ben Shahn with his illustrations in the text. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To Miss Charlotte Thomson/with every good wish of/-- John Berryman" in... Read More
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HOMAGE TO MISTRESS BRADSTREET
by BERRYMAN, John
New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful copy in like dustwrapper. As close to new as possible. Ben Shahn. Pictorial boards. Berryman's early volume of poems about Anne Bradstreet. Illustrated by Ben Shahn with the cover and dustwrapper designed by him.
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LOVE & FAME
by BERRYMAN, John
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. A stylistic breakthrough book for the poet following his award-winning Dream Song books and including his moving "Eleven Addresses to the Lord." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper "To Marcos/very affectionately/& gratefully for many favours--/Have a good... Read More
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