The History of Wells and Kennebunk:. from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820, at Which Time Kennebunk Was Set Off, and Incorporated with Biographical Sketches
by Bourne, Edward E.
Portland, ME: B. Thurston & Company, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ (Textblock Very Good+). No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy by the author, possibly a variant binding (complete with gold wax seal at spine). Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, moderate wear/chipping at head and heel, tips... Read More
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Our Island Town:. By Our Townspeople and Friends
by Bousfield, Lillie S.
Bar Harbor, ME: Bar Harbor Times Co, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. A rich, personal history of North Haven from the view of residents and summer folk. A very nice copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth, gilt lettering... Read More
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The Dream Dictionary: The Key to Your Unconscious
by Boushahla, Jo Jean and Virginia Reidel-Geubtner
New York: Pilgrim Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. "Indexed scientific guide to the meaning and use of dreams. The authors, who have specialized in dream research for a dozen years, point out that psychology has found dreams to be among the most effective of all instruments for discovery of... Read More
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One Special Summer
by Bouvier, Jacqueline; Bouvier, Lee
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Fine in Near Slipcase. First Edition (Limited). Hardcover. One of 500 copies signed by Lee and Jacqueline Bouvier. As Lee Radziwill explains in the introduction to the 1951 journal, the book was made as a gift to their mother in appreciation for allowing the sisters to take their first... Read More
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God and the King
by Bowen, Marjorie
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1911. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Third Edition. Hardcover. Marjorie Bowen (1 November 1885 on Hayling Island, Hampshire - 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Marjorie Bowen's tightly plotted dramatization of the era, which focuses on the period following William and... Read More
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Silver Gate
by Bowen, Peter
Ovando, MT: Peter Bowen. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. First Edition. Broadside. A pristine copy of this very scarce broadside (only other publicly available copy appears to be located in the Special Collections of a Western university). Bright and unmarred. 12"x20". Illus. (pen sketch). Inscribed by author to noted Hollywood producer, Monty Montgomery.
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Yellowstone Kelly:. Gentleman & Scout
by Bowen, Peter
Ottawa: Jameson Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of the author's first book. Signed by the author on the half-title. Signed by the author on the half-title, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows a small closed tear at the head, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, burgundy cloth... Read More
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Harrison Fisher. Identification, descriptions of pictures of postcards by America's most famous illustrator of beautiful women
by Bowers, Q. David, Budd, E. H., & Budd, G. M.
Cincinnati, Ohio: Privately Published (by authors), 1984. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Outstanding copy of rather scarce volume. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and apparently unread. 372pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Inscribed by author to friend.
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Separation: Anxiety and Anger. Attachment and Loss Volume 2
by Bowlby, John
Ann Arbor, MI: Penguin Books, 1975. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks, p. 393, p.477. 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 life, celebrated for... Read More
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An Album of the Attorneys of Maine:. With a Portrait and Brief Record of the Life of Each
by Bowler, E. C.
Bethel, ME: ews Publishing Co, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, decorative endpages, aeg. 4to. 316pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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Japanese Rainmaking and other Folk Practices
by Bownas, Geoffrey
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket (Unclipped). First Edition. Hardcover. "The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book. The story of rainmaking ceremonies begins with personal experience and then draws on the work of Japanese folklorists to... Read More
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Vladimir Nabokov, The Russian Years; The American Years [Two volumes]
by Boyd, Brian
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Trade Paperback. Original Wraps. 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... Read More
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Plagued by the Nightingale
by Boyle, Kay
New York: Cape and Smith, 1931. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good- DJ. Second Printing. Hardcover. Author's first novel. A rather handsome copy. Fading at spine and edges, spot of toning at heel matching DJ chip, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very light shelf wear, faded at spine, light chipping (one moderate at heal),... Read More
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The Sceptical Chymist [Alchemy]. Everyman's Library 559
by Boyle, Robert
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Chipped and Torn Dustjacket. Reprint. Hardcover. From the personal library collection of Brian Cotnoir, alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. Author of Practical Alchemy: Guide to the Great Work, The Emerald Tablet, a series of Alchemical ‘Zines, Alchemical Meditations, Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter and most recently On... Read More
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The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle [Complete Volumes I-VI] [Alchemy]
by Boyle, Robert
Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle (1627–1691) as the person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the famous Boyle’s law. A leading scientist and intellectual of his day, he was a great proponent of the experimental method. Born... Read More
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History of Kennebunk Port:. From Its Discovery by Bartholomew Gosnold, May 14, 1602 to A.D. 1837
by Bradbury, Charles; Gosnold, Bartholomew
Kennebunk, ME: James E. Remich, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good (textblock Fine). No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Seldom found "unrestored." Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of this scarce volume. Lighgt shelf/edge wear, moderate wear/chipping at head and heel, light rubbing/chipping at hinges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown patterned cloth boards, paper label at spine, black... Read More
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The Stories of Ray Bradbury
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Alfred A Knopf/Borzoi, 1980. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ.. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. A short letter, in Bradbury's hand and on his personal illustrated letterhead, to Lewis Turco, noted poet and author. While Bradbury signs a great deal, the stationary and association sets this rather apart. One hundred of Bradbury's renowned... Read More
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Quicker Than The Eye
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Avon Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Tipped in letter from Bradbury, on RB Enterprises letterhead (wonderfully illustrated), to noted poet and author, Lewis Turco. Bernie Fuchs illustration on the DJ. A handsome copy with a nice association. Tipped in letter from author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright... Read More
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A Singular View: The Art of Seeing with One Eye
by Brady, Frank B.
Pittsburgh, PA: Michael O. Hughes, 2004. Sixth Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Sixth Edition. Original Wraps. Underlined by Oliver Sacks in orange, with annotations on rear endpapers. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He... Read More
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de Meyer
by Brandau, Robert (ed)
New York: Knopf, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good + DJ. First edition. Hardcover. Fifty-one B&W photos from 1900-1921: some ads and still lifes; many portraits including Edward VII, Nijinsky, Ruth St. Denis, Anna Pavlova, Gloria Swanson, Charles Chaplin. Adolphe de Meyer was the leading fashion photographer of the 1920's. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ show... Read More
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The Atlas of Archaeology
by Branigan, Professor K. (ed)
London: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minimal shelf wear, small crease at rear, else bright and clean. Black textured paper boards, gilt lettering. 4to. 240 pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Gazetteer. Glossary. Index.
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What, Then, is Time
by Brann, Eva
Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001. First paperback edition. Original wrappers. Very Good+. First paperback edition. Original wrappers. 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... Read More
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The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
by Brann, Eva T.H.
Savage, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Chipped and Torn Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 life,... Read More
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Picturing Time: The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
by Braun, Marta
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1992. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on title page. 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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Herreshoff of Bristol: A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat Builders
by Bray, Maynard
Brooklin, ME: Wooden Boat Publications, 1989. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Second printing. Hardcover. A nice copy of this minor classic. Minor shelf/edge wear, hint of foxing at the endpapers, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. 4to. 241pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
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