My War with the United States
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Viking, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. An interesting volume (often mis-identified as having a "pencil sketch" on the title page (in fact a very "pencil sketch-like" printed image...)). A very handsome copy of a rather scarce volume. Tiny crescent of water touch at side of text block lightening... Read More
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Cabala Mineralis
by Ben Cantara, Simeon (Rabbi)
Paris: J.-C. Bailly Editeur, 1986. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Précédé de Alchémie cabale et kabbale: introduction à la "Cabala mineralis" par Jacques van Lennep; "Cabala mineralis": réflexions sur un titre par Nicolas Séd; Créations microcosmique et macrocosmique : la "Cabala mineralis" et l'interprétation alchimique de la Genèse par Sylvain Matton.... Read More
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The Treasurer's Report:. and Other Aspects of Community Singing
by Benchley, Robert; Williams, Gluyas (illus)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, through at tips, head and heel show fraying/splitting, cloth at spine split at rear hinge to about 1/3 and across (creating flap, very repairable), else tight, bright and unmarred. Black textured cloth boards, cream ink lettering and decorative elements, in... Read More
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Anatomical Studies upon Brains of Criminals; A Contribution to Anthropology, Medicine, Jurisprudence, and Psychology
by Benedikt, Moriz; E.P. Fowler, translator; Oliver Sacks, former owner
New York: Wm. Wood & Company, 1881. First Edition. Slipcased. Very Good+. First Edition. Slipcased. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing... Read More
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Happier Days: Collections and Reflections
by Benn, Ernest
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Wonderful biography of this noted publisher. Light shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Full black leather binding, gilt lettering, marbled endpages, silk ribbon bound in, teg. 8vo. 222pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 59 of 100.
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A Practical Guide to American Ninteenth Century Color Plate Books
by Bennett, Whitman
New York: Bennett Book Studios, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece portrait of Lillian Bennett. Covers 19th cent. American books having at least three colored plates (including frontispieces). Includes extensive annotations and plate counts, but no collations. Children's books and books with tinted plates are *not* included. Overall, a handsome copy. Light... Read More
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Aphasia, Alexia and Agraphia
by Benson, D. Frank
New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he... Read More
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Miss Mapp. Including "The Male Impersonator
by Benson, E. F.
London: Heinemann, 1970. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Re-issue of his famous novel. Foreward by Micheál MacLiammóir. Of Benson, Terence de Vere White said, "Whenever I stopped reading to laugh aloud, I measured the pages still unread, not to see how much more I had to accomplish, but from a... Read More
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Riflessioni sopra gli effetti del moto a cavallo
by Benvenuti, Giuseppe
In Lucca: Nella Stamperia di Jacopo Giusti, 1760. [First edition]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [First edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Reflections on the effects of motion on horseback. This is the first edition published in Lucca in 1760 by the doctor Giuseppe Benvenuti on the effects of "horse riding" on various types of diseases, with a historical... Read More
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L'Elixir de Longue Vie et la Pierre Philosophale [Alchemy]. L'Occultisme Simplifie
by Rumélius [Armand Berbault]
Paris: Editions Niclaus, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Born in Champoulet, France, on April 2, 1906 and died in 1982, Armand Barbault was a French chemist and alchemist. Armand Barbault began this work in 1948. He attempted to rework a process described in a 17th-century alchemical work, the Mutus Liber... Read More
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil:. A Savannah Story
by Berendt, John
New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. Hardcover. Edition currently undetermined. Copy bears no numberline typical of RH volumes but in area it would be found is "C9" (this is either a later printing *or* an interation of a pre-pub. edition as it was a gift of the author). Inscription is dated 11/9/94 and was... Read More
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Signs & Wonders
by Beresford, JD
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Third book of the press. A collection of seventeen stories. A rather handsome copy of one of the press's more poorly bound books...difficult to find in good condition. Light shelf/edge wear, minor toning/soiling to the boards, touch of dust staining at top of textblock, else... Read More
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The Creative Mind: A Study in Metaphysics
by Bergson, Henri
New York: Philsophical Library, 1946. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his... Read More
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Construction Plans and Foundational Works on “Simon,” the “First Personal Computer”: Includes: “Simple Simon. A small mechanical brain..." [together with] “World’s Smallest Electric Brain" [together with] Constructing Electric Brain [together with] “Construction Plans for Simon.”
by Berkeley, Edmund, et al.
New York, etc.: Various, 1952. First Editions; Second Edition for Instructions. Original Wraps. Good+ to Very Good+. First Editions; Second Edition for Instructions. Original Wraps. Construction Plans and Foundational Works on “Simon,” the “First Personal Computer” Edmund Berkeley’s “Simon” computer “has been called the first personal computer.” The following items include the fundamental materials that Berkeley used to... Read More
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Sunrise-Land:. Rambles in Eastern England
by Berlyn, Annie; Rackham, Arthur (illus)
London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894. First Edition/First State. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition/First State. Hardcover. Approx. 75 drawings by Rackham (and numerous by others). (Latimore & Haskell, 3) Overall, a handsome copy of this rather scarce Rackham title. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning/sunning to spine, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey cloth boards, black and... Read More
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Francois Villon (1431-1463) Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre
by Bernard, Jean-Marc
Paris: Bibliotheque Larousse, 1918. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Text in French. Light shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, ownership inscription at ffep, textblock evenly toned (typical of the issue), discrete pencil notations throughout, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, black leather spine, marble boards and endpages, five raised bands, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 159pp.
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The Boke of Saint Albans, Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour
by Berners, Dame Juliana; Blades, William (Intro)
London: Elliot Stock, 1881. Fascimile Reprint/First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. Fascimile Reprint/First Thus. Hardcover. Finely produced facsimile of the edition printed at Saint Albans by the Schoolmaster-Printer in 1486. This work was the earliest British sporting book, a cornerstone to any sporting collection. Overall, a rather handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, bottom tips bumped and through,... Read More
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Het Nieuwe Wonen in Nederland 1924-1936
by Bernini, Beatrice
Rotterdam: Titus Eliëns, 1990. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Text in Danish. A rare collection of period images, floor plans and bio. A pristine copy. William Stout Architectual Books bookplate at spine on rear wrap verso, else tight, bright and unmarred. 75pp. 25cm. Illus. (b/w plates).
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Archéologie et Histoire de Sciences
by Berthelot, Marcellin
Amsterdam: Philo Press, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover. Marcellin Berthelot (sometimes spelled Marcelin), born on October 25, 1827 in Paris where he died on March 18, 1907, is a French chemist, physical chemist, biologist, epistemologist and politician. The fundamental conception that underlay all Berthelot's chemical work was that all chemical phenomena depend on the action of... Read More
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Histoire des sciences...La Chimie au Moyen Âge. Ouvrage publie sous les Auspices du Ministerie de L'Instruction Publique [Alchemy] Tome premier
by Berthelot, Marcellin
UMI Pub, 2002. Reprint Facsimile. Original Wraps. Very Good. Reprint Facsimile. Original Wraps. Histoire des sciences traces the history of chemistry in the Middle Ages. Marcellin Berthelot (sometimes spelled Marcelin), born on October 25, 1827 in Paris where he died on March 18, 1907, is a French chemist, physical chemist, biologist, epistemologist and politician. The fundamental conception that... Read More
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Les Origines de L'Alchimie
by Berthelot, Marcellin
Paris: Georges Steinheil, 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover. Marcellin Berthelot (sometimes spelled Marcelin), born on October 25, 1827 in Paris where he died on March 18, 1907, is a French chemist, physical chemist, biologist, epistemologist and politician. The fundamental conception that underlay all Berthelot's chemical work was that all chemical phenomena depend on the action of... Read More
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Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs / publiée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique par M. Berthelot ... avec la collaboration de Ch.-Em. Ruelle [Cotnoir Alchemy Collection]
by Berthelot, Marcellin.; Ch. Em. Ruelle, engraver
Paris: Georges Steinheil, 1888. First Edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. First Edition. Leather Bound. Vol. 1. Introduction avec planches et figures en photogravure + Vol. 2. Tranduction avec notes, commentaires, tables et index + Vol. 3. Texte Grec avec variantes, notes et index. Marcellin Berthelot (sometimes spelled Marcelin), born on October 25, 1827 in Paris where he died... Read More
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Histoire des sciences...La Chimie au Moyen Âge. Ouvrage publie sous les Auspices du Ministerie de L'Instruction Publique [Alchemy] Tome II "L'Alchemie Syriaque" Tome III "L'alchemie Arabe" [2 Volume]
by Berthelot, Marcellin; M. Rubens Duval; M.O. Houdas
Osnabrück / Amsterdam: Otto Zeller / Philo Press, 1967. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good. Reprint. Original Wraps. Histoire des sciences traces the history of chemistry in the Middle Ages. Marcellin Berthelot (sometimes spelled Marcelin), born on October 25, 1827 in Paris where he died on March 18, 1907, is a French chemist, physical chemist, biologist, epistemologist and politician.... Read More
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Ramones: An American Band
by Bessman, Jim
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Ex-libris stamp of Lens. Light shelfwear around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Black/silver lettering in wrappers. 8vo, 202pp. illus (b/w). Sticker on verso.
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Forming The Early Days of L. A. Punk
by Bessy, Claude; Chris Morris; Sean Carillo; Exene Cervenka; John Doe
Santa Monica, CA: Smart Art Press, 1999. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens, with photographs by Jenny Lens and autograph by Lens. Bands like X and the Germs had to scream above the mythic surf and thundering sales of Fleetwood Mac's soft-rock opus Rumours to be heard by... Read More
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