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Entrails: the magazine of happy obscenities and captured dragons [V1 #2]
by Bloom, Gene, ed
New York: Whisper Shit Press, 1966. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Includes poems by Charles Bukowski, Clarence Major, Douglas Blazek and Harvy Tucker, among others. Also includes Tuli Kupferberg's "prevue Fug song," "Street Fuck" Light shelf/edge wear, light even toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed yellow wraps. 4to. 86pp. Illus.... Read More
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The Brotherhood of Money:. The Secret World of Bank Note Printers
by Bloom, Murray Teigh
Port Clinton, OH: BNR Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good+ DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Murray Teigh Bloom is described in a 1993 New York Times article as "a freelancer's freelancer," is the quintessential independent journalist. His writings have appeared in almost every major magazine and he has written several books, including Rogues to Riches,... Read More
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Twenty Poems by Georg Trakl
by Bly, Robert; Wright, James (trans)
Madison, MN: The Sixties Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Early work by two of the country's luminaries. Does not show the bowing of the boards so typical of this issue. An uncommon issue generally, quite scarce in this condition. Ownership signature at ffep, hint of glue toning at endpages,... Read More
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African Hunter II [Inscribed]
by Boddington, Craig T; Flack, Peter [eds]
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Sequel to James Mellon's "African Hunter." This large and richly illustrated work includes writings from noted hunters from Southern Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, North Africa and West Africas. A handsome copy. Small bump at top edge of front... Read More
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The Structure of the Atom [Bohr's Nobel Prize]. Supplement to Nature, no. 2801
by Bohr, Niels, Prof
London, 1923. First Edition (Reprint). Staplebound. Very Good+. First Edition (Reprint). Staplebound. From the Library of Oliver Sacks. Reprinted in Nature from a lecture delivered by Niels Bohr at Stockholm, December 11, 1922, on the occasion of the receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics for the year 1922. English translation by Dr. Frank C. Hoyt. Niels Bohr... Read More
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Hallucinations, or, The Rational History of Apparitions, Visions, Dreams, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnambulism
by Boismont, A. Brierre de
Philadelphia, PA: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1853. First American Edition, from the Second Enlarged and Improved Paris Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First American Edition, from the Second Enlarged and Improved Paris Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on rear endpapers. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From... Read More
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Personal Reminiscences of the Late War
by Bolton, H.W.
Chicago, IL: H.W. Bolton, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Author tells of the 16th Maine Volunteers. A handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tail), ownership signature at front pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, brown cloth spine, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering, silver gilt and... Read More
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Punk: Chaos to Couture
by Bolton (Andrew), John Lyndon, Richard Hell and John Savage
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013. First Edition/No DJ as issued. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition/No DJ as issued. Hardcover. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's exhibition on punk fashion, featuring essays on punk performers Richard Hell and John Lydon, richly illustrated. Light shelfwear, else tight, bright, and... Read More
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Small is Beautiful
by Bondy, Louis W.
Morro Bay, CA: Miniature Book Society, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpapers. 65x58mm. 41pp. Limited edition of 400.
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Condillac's Treatise on the Sensations
by Bonnot, Etienne, Abbe De Condillac [Translated by Geraldine Carr, Preface by H Wildon Carr]; Oliver Sacks, former owner
Los Angeles, CA: USC School of Philosophy, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 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,... Read More
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Spanish America:. or A Descriptive, Historical, and Geological Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere
by Bonnycastle, R.H.
Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Abraham Small, 1819. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Very Good+].. First American Edition. Hardcover. (Sabin 6333) First US Edition following 1818 London edition in two volumes. R. H. Bonnycastle (1791-1848), an Englishman and officer int he Royal Engineers, relied heavily on other primary source volumes (e.g. Humboldt) in developing this work,... Read More
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Speaking in Faces: A Type Specimen Book / featuring the largest collection of moveable type in Virginia available for use by the public
by Members of the Virginia Center for the Book
Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Center for the Book, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Designer and printer: Lucas Czarnecki. Editor and printer: Kevin McFadden. Master printer: Garrett Queen. Consulting compositors: Bonnie Berstein, Richard Cappuccio, and Aurora Nichols."The first pages of this volume were printed more than a decade ago in a daunting attempt to produce a complete... Read More
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Rolling Stone Rock'n'Roll Reader; Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll; Rock 100 [3 volumes]
by Jenny Lens Rock and Roll Reference Books
New York, 1977. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Wrappers worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present, evidence of light water damage, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers. illus. (b/w, color).
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Punk: The Illustrated History of a Music Revolution
by Boot, Adrian and Chris Salewicz
New York: Penguin Studio, 1997. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Toning and shelfwear around edges, light wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color paper wrappers. 4to, 158pp. illus (b/w, color).
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Dear Sarah:. Incidents from the Journals of Captain Charles Barry
by Borden, Jr., Norman E.
Freeport, ME: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Good DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. A very presentable copy of this wonder look into the life of a sail captain. One small area on front board lightly toned, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light/moderate shelf/edge wear, several small chips (mostly at head and heel),... Read More
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Lamsprinck, Pojednání o filosofickém kamenu. Altus, Mutus liber. Libavius, O kamenu filosofu [Alchemy]
by Bor, Dr. Ž
Praha: Trigon, 1993. Reprint. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Reprint. Original Wraps. Treatise on the Philosopher's Stone (Lambsprinck), Mutus liber (Altus), On the Philosopher's Stone (A. Libavius). D. Ž. Bor prepared for publication in this book Lambsprinck's Treatise on the Philosopher's Stone with reproductions of the original engravings, Libavius's explanation of the paintings of Heinrich Kuhdorfer and... Read More
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Raising the Supine Dome
by Borezo, Amy
Hanover, NH: Amy Borezo, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "The artist's book 'Raising the Supine Dome' depicts the visionary architect Buckminster Fuller's first attempt to construct a geodesic dome with a class of students at the experimental school, Black Mountain College, in 1948. The actual construction was a failure because the... Read More
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Collection of Jorge Luis Borges works [5 volumes]
by Borges, Jorge Luis.; Oliver Sacks, former owner
New York. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Original Wraps. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Includes: Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges by Richard Burgin, Avon Books, 1969. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings, New Directions Paperbook, 1964. Jorge Luis Borges: This Craft of Verse, in his own Voice, complete Norton Lectures delivered at Harvard University. 4 disc CD., 2000. ... Read More
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The Terezín Requiem
by Bor, Josef; Edith Pargeter, trans
London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Chipped and Torn Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on flyleaf: "Oliver, with love from Ma + Pa, May '64" 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... Read More
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Pennsylvania German Bookplates: A Study
by Borneman, Henry S.
Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. Hardcover. Volume 54 of the Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society. Minimal shelf/edge wear, minor glue toning at pastedowns, emboss mark of note printer Walter Thompson, else tight, bright and unmarred. 169pp plus np plate and description pages. Illus. (color plates).
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.:. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, In Chronological Order; A Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of his Composition ... In Three Volumes. The Second Edition, Revised and Augmented
by Boswell, James
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, 1793. First Edition Thus (Second Revised and Augmented Edition). Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus (Second Revised and Augmented Edition). Hardcover. Engraved portrait frontispiece, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (by J. Baker). Includes the fold-out 'Round Robin' plate (Vol. II) and a fold-out plate... Read More
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Een Laatste Groet: Uitvaart- en Rouwrituelen in Multicultureel Nederland
by Bot, Marrie
Amsterdam / Rotterdam: Maart, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Last Greeting: Funeral and mourning rituals in multicultural Netherlands about death photography. In "Een Laatste Groet" (A Last Greeting), Marrie Bot offers a compelling glimpse into how death is dealt with in the multicultural Netherlands. It is the result of years... Read More
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
by Botz, Corinne May
New York: Monacelli Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Detailed exploration of the miniature crime scene dioramas made by Frances Glessner Lee created in the 1940s and 50s assist in training detectives in forensic procedures. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, small chip... Read More
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A Voyage Round the World; Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766-69
by Bougainville, Lewis de
Dublin: J. Exshaw, 1772. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Near Fine]. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. Period bookplate of "Buchan Hepburn Bar't". Pencil notation at rear reads, "collated & perfect [??] B.. Quaritch" A handsome ocpy of the smaller Irish imprint, published contemeraneously to the larger London edition. (Sabin 6869) From the collection of Edouard Stackpole, renowned... Read More
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Guy Bourdin (Stern-Fotografie, Portfolio No. 61) [English and German Edition]
by Bourdin, Guy
Germany: Neues Publishing Company/Stern, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in German and English. "Guy Bourdin was one of the most acclaimed fashion and advertising photographers of all time. No stranger to controversy, his bold, stylized images constantly broke new ground. Bourdin's sophisticated aesthetic made dramatic use of shapes and color and his subtexts... Read More
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