![Sonnets from the Portuguese [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/466/428/1476428466.0.m.jpg)
Sonnets from the Portuguese [Limited Edition]
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
London: Riccardi Press Books, 1914. Good +. London: Riccardi Press Books, 1914. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 376. Slim octavo; publisher's linen-backed boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt; 27pp.; p. [5] printed within decorative border. Vertical split spanning the length of the rear spine margin, extremities and spine cloth rather toned; overall... Read More
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![Tarzan Big Little Books [Edgar Rice Burroughs Collectors' Treasury]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/369/736/1427736369.0.m.jpg)
Tarzan Big Little Books [Edgar Rice Burroughs Collectors' Treasury]
by Brian J. Bohnett; Robert R. Barrett
Holt, MI: Mad Kings Publishing, 2003. Near Fine. Holt, MI: Mad Kings Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. 53 pp. Illustrations. Glossy illustrated wraps. Publisher's promotional letter laid in. Covers gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Uncle Reuben in Washington
by Charles S. Barrett
Washington, DC: Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. Very Good. Washington, DC: The Farmers National Publishing Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Frontis portrait. Grey cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Barrett's attempt to convince farmers of the importance of pursuing aggressive lobbying efforts to... Read More
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![This Ain't No Healing Town: Toronto Stories [Signed and Inscribed by Arthur Clarke & Barry Callaghan]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/431/062/1610062431.0.m.jpg)
This Ain't No Healing Town: Toronto Stories [Signed and Inscribed by Arthur Clarke & Barry Callaghan]
by Barry Callaghan [ed.]; Margaret Atwood; Austin Clarke; et al [contribs.]
Toronto: Exile Editions, 1995. Very Good +. Toronto: Exile Editions, 1995. First Edition. Octavo (23 cm), 274pp + 4bios. Illustrated card wraps. Some minor scratches and bumping to the cover but nothing has lifted. Front fore-edge of the cover bows up slightly; spine ends bumped. Signed on the half-title by Austin Clarke and on the title page by... Read More
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![On Canaan's Side: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/291/924/1574924291.0.m.jpg)
On Canaan's Side: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Sebastian Barry
London: Faber and Faber, 2011. Fine. London: Faber and Faber, 2011. First Edition, Limited to 105 signed copies of which this is no. 32. Octavo; publisher's black calf over maroon cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine, housed in original matching cloth slipcase; [8],256pp. Just About Fine. Signed by the author on limitation page.
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![Der arme Heinrich, oder, Die Pilgerhütte am Weissenstein: eine Erzählung für die Jugend [Poor Henry]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/962/100/1330100962.0.m.jpg)
Der arme Heinrich, oder, Die Pilgerhütte am Weissenstein: eine Erzählung für die Jugend [Poor Henry]
by Chr[istian] G[ottlob] Barth
Neu-York [New York]: Amerikanischen Tractat-Gesellschaft, 1899. Very Good. Neu-York [New York]: Amerikanischen Tractat-Gesellschaft, [1875-1899?]. Presumed First U.S. Edition. Sextodecimo. 94 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Text in German. Drab brown blindstamped cloth with spine stamped in gilt. General wear and staining to boards. Small holes with brief loss of lettering to spine. Cracked at gutter of title... Read More
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![Come Back, Dr. Caligari [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/556/1570556289.0.m.jpg)
Come Back, Dr. Caligari [Signed]
by Donald Barthelme
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. Very Good +/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First Edition. Signed by Barthelme at title page without inscription. Octavo. 183 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$4.95" price present. Purple boards stamped in gilt; top edge stained black. Dust jacket creased and lightly chipped along edges with some patchy... Read More
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![Snow White [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/802/073/1580073802.0.m.jpg)
Snow White [Signed]
by Donald Barthelme
New York: Atheneum, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1967. First Edition. Signed by Barthelme at title page without inscription. Octavo. 180 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Off-white cloth boards stamped in red, green, and gray. Dark topstain; red endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket lightly edgeworn with some creasing to rear panel; mild spotting to verso. Boards with patchy... Read More
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![Die Transzendentalienlehre der alten Ontologie [I. Teil: Die Transzendentalienlehre im Corpus Aristotelicum] [All Published]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/653/1508653089.0.m.jpg)
Die Transzendentalienlehre der alten Ontologie [I. Teil: Die Transzendentalienlehre im Corpus Aristotelicum] [All Published]
by [Aristotle] Karl Barthlein
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1972. Very Good. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1972. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; viii,415pp. Spine a shade sunned, boards very slightly warped, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Though published as "Part I," we find no evidence of a second.
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The Martyr of Huping: The Life Story of William Anson Reimert Missionary in China
by Allan R. Bartholomew
Philadelphia, PA: Board of Foreign Missions / Reformed Church in the United States, 1925. Very Good +. Philadelphia, PA: Board of Foreign Missions / Reformed Church in the United States, 1925. First Edition. Octavo. 157 pp. 30 photographic plates, including frontispiece; black and white map, complete. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light wear to edges... Read More
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Rev. Anthony Verren, Pastor of the French Episcopal Church of the Saint-Esprit, at New-York. Judged by his Works
by [Peter Barthelemy]
New York: Sold by the Booksellers, 1840. Very Good. New York: Sold by the Booksellers, 1840. First Edition. Octavo. [2], 84, 87pp.; folding facsimile to rear. Second portion of text in French. Original green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Edgewear and spotting to boards. Binding sound. Mild spotting and toning to interior; Very Good. Uncommon, angry,... Read More
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Aphorisms on Men, Manners, Principles and Things. Physiognomy, a Poem: and the Blessings of Poverty
by Joseph Bartlett
Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, 1823. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, 1823. Second Edition. Octavo. 148; 16 pp. + errata. Original sheep and tips over paper boards. Printed dedication to John Quincy Adams. Staining to boards, worn at edges and extremities with brief exposure and shallow loss to crown. Binding is sound. Previous owner's stamp to... Read More
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![My Cruise Diary: North Cape and Russia Cruise 1931 [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed] [Laid in Autograph Postcard Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/323/816/1630816323.0.m.jpg)
My Cruise Diary: North Cape and Russia Cruise 1931 [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed] [Laid in Autograph Postcard Signed]
by Hamilton M. Baskerville
Richmond, VA: Privately Published by the Author / Whittet & Shepperson, 1932. Very Good. Richmond, VA: Privately Printed for the Author for Distribution Among His Friends / Whittet & Shepperson, n.d. [but ca. 1932]. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 53. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 134pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout including maps.... Read More
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Treasures of the Iraq Museum
by Faraj Basmachi
Baghdad, Iraq: Ministry of Information / Directorate General of Antiquities, 1975. Very Good-. Baghdad, Iraq: Ministry of Information / Directorate General of Antiquities, 1975. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's green pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 426pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers rather rubbed and worn, loss at top fore-edge corner of rear free endpaper; overall a Good to Very... Read More
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![Glorious Technicolor: The Movies' Magic Rainbow - Eightieth Anniversary Edition [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/409/733/1427733409.0.m.jpg)
Glorious Technicolor: The Movies' Magic Rainbow - Eightieth Anniversary Edition [Signed]
by Fred E. Basten
Burbank, CA: Technicolor Inc, 1994. Very Good/Very Good. Burbank, CA: Technicolor Inc., 1994. Second Edition. Signed by Basten on half title without inscription. Quarto. 253 pp. Black and white and color illustrations and photographs throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Pink boards stamped in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with a few very short closed... Read More
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![Father's Day [Inscribed to William Safire]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/567/366/1279366567.0.m.jpg)
Father's Day [Inscribed to William Safire]
by John Calvin Batchelor
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Second Printing. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1994. Second Printing. Octavo. 528 pages. Signed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To My Inspiration in the intrigue of the Federal City / Best / John Calvin Batchelor." Unclipped illustrated dust jacket is... Read More
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The Log: USNR 43rd Mobile Power Construction Battalion, 1942-1946
by [United States Navy Reserve] 43rd U.S. Naval Construction Battalion
Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers, 1946. Very Good. [Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers, 1946]. First Edition. Quarto (31cm); publisher's brown pictorial blind-embossed cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt; 153pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, textblock a bit shaken in binding; overall Very Good.
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Le Berger Fidele
by Battista Guarini; Antoine de Torche [trans.]; Jacobus Harrewyn [illus.]
Brusselles: Jean de Smedt, 1705. Very Good-. Brusselles: Chez Jean de Smedt, a la Conversion de St. Augustin, 1705. 16mo (13cm.); full contemporary roan, gilt spine in five compartments, all edges red, marbled endpapers; [16],471,[1]pp.; engraved frontispiece and five full-page illus. signed in text by Jacobus Harrewyn. Leather rather worn and dried with shallow losses at spine ends,... Read More
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![Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae: Band 25 Geschichte des Breslauer Schulwesens vor der Reformation und Band 26 Geschichte des Breslauer Schulwesens in der zeit der Reformation [Collected Documents Pertaining to Silesia: Vol 25 History of Wroclaw Schools Before the Reformation and Vol 26 History of Wroclaw Schools During the Reformation] (Two Volumes Bound as One)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/128/597/1332597128.0.m.jpg)
Codex Diplomaticus Silesiae: Band 25 Geschichte des Breslauer Schulwesens vor der Reformation und Band 26 Geschichte des Breslauer Schulwesens in der zeit der Reformation [Collected Documents Pertaining to Silesia: Vol 25 History of Wroclaw Schools Before the Reformation and Vol 26 History of Wroclaw Schools During the Reformation] (Two Volumes Bound as One)
by Gustav Bauch
Wroclaw (Breslau): Ferdinand Hirt, KGL. Universitäts- und Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1911. Very Good. Wroclaw (Breslau): Ferdinand Hirt, KGL. Universitäts- und Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1909-1911. Quarto; Vol 25 xii + 313pp; Vol 26 xi + 402pp; each volume indexed separately. Original broché quartos with card covers united in institutional reference binding with pale rust canvas spine; shelving info on paper spine label. Clay-colored... Read More
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Marion Alive
by Vicki Baum
London: Michael Joseph, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. London: Michael Joseph, 1943. First Edition. Octavo (19.8cm); illustrated dust jacket with 10/6 net price intact; boards in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering; 452pp. Jacket shows a clean tear along top front joint, with lighter tears and chips at folds and fairly heavy foxing, likely common given the war economy... Read More
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Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville
by Edith Van Dyne [pseud. L. Frank Baum]
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, 1912. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., ca. 1912. 6th printing with verso of half-title listing seven titles in series, up to Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation. Octavo. 306 pp. + advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket with seven titles to rear and "60 cts" price listed. Light tan cloth stamped... Read More
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![Swing Low, Sweet Harriet [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/104/136/1699136104.0.m.jpg)
Swing Low, Sweet Harriet [Inscribed and Signed]
by George Baxt
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1967]. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (22cm); publisher's boards, lilac topstain in acid green pictorial dust jacket by Lawrence Ratzkin retaining original price ($3.95); 173pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few tiny closed tears, spine panel faded with small soil spot, else... Read More
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A Call to the Unconverted, to turn and live and accept of mercy, while mercy may be had, as ever they will find mercy in the day of their extremity, from the living God
by Richard Baxter
Brookfield, MA: E. & G. Merriam, 1828. Very Good. Brookfield, MA: E. & G. Merriam, 1828. 24mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf; xxvii,[28]-192pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, tiny chip mid-spine, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very Good copy in an attractive American binding. Scarce American edition of the English Nonconformist minister's tract first... Read More
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Raft
by Stephen Baxter
London: Grafton Books, 1991. Very Good/Very Good. London: Grafton Books, 1991. First Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 264pp. Boards in blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact illustrated jacket (£14.99). Jacket gently scuffed with minor bumping to margins and dampstaining visible at verso. Board corners and spine ends nudged and all extremities lightly dust-soiled. Page... Read More
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Examen Microscopique du sperme desseche sur le linge, ou sur les tissues de nature et de coloration diverses
by Henri L. Bayard
Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1839. Very Good. Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1839. Side stitched octavo (23 cm); [3],47pp+1 foldout plate illus. Untrimmed pages lightly soiled and creased, particularly at margins, with corners rubbed and rough with shallow tears. Edges toned internally with light soiling and foxing throughout. Minor water damage to bottom corner of pages and foldout plate... Read More
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