The Martini Book: 201 Ways to Mix the Perfect American Cocktail (Revised & Expanded)
by Berk, Sally Ann
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007. Revised and Expanded Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4x0x9. Oelbaum, Zeva. Revised and expanded. Spine base bumped and torn. 2007 Hard Cover. 192 pp. It's classic, sublime, and America's favorite indulgence' the martini. As the symbol for sophistication and "cool," it stands alone. The traditional "dry martini," made with... Read More
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Living for Brecht: The Memoirs of Ruth Berlau
by Berlau, Ruth; Bunge, Hans (Editor); Skelton, Geoffrey (Translator)
New York: Fromm International Publishing Corporation, 1987. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. First American edition. Jacket spine toned. Smudge on top page ridge. 1987 Hard Cover. 292 pp. The author recounts her life as an actress and her twenty-year relationship with the playwright Bertolt Brecht, and describes Brecht's relationships with actors and fellow writers... Read More
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Milton Berle: An Autobiography
by Berle, Milton; Frankel, Haskel
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. Signed by author. 3rd printing. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper ('To Ray & Dottie Van Zandt, With Love, Milton Berle, 1/4/75'). 1 inch closed jacket tear, jacket lightly toned. 1974 Hard Cover. vii, 337 pp. "When Milton Berle died in the Spring... Read More
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Letters, 1928-1946
by Berlin, Isaiah; Hardy, Henry
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x2x9. Remainder mark, ink mark on half-title page, some ink underlining. 2004 Hard Cover. xlviii, 755 pp. Isaiah Berlin is one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, the most famous English thinker of the post-war era, and the focus of growing interest and discussion. Above... Read More
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Victory Over the Wind: A History of the Absolute World Air Speed Record
by Berliner, Don
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x0. First edition. Sticker on rear jacket panel and two stickers on front jacket flap. Remainder mark. 1983 Hard Cover. xiii, 141 pp. "This book is the first complete chronicle of the attempts--successful and unsuccessful--of fliers and their machines to better the air speed... Read More
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The Female World: A Brilliant Exploration of a Previously Uncharted Region--the Special World of Women
by Bernard, Jessie
New York: The Free Press, 1981. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x5x1. Signed by author. 2nd printing. Signed by author and inscribed: "For Elizabeth O'Hera with best regards, Jessie Bernard 10/19/81." Crease to front and rear jacket panel and spine. 1981 Hard Cover. x, 614 pp. "A sociological look at the sphere of women examines its... Read More
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The Principles of Palaontology (Extracted from Bernard's Elements de Palontologie, Paris, 1895) (From Fourteenth Annual Report N.Y. State Geologist, 1895, pp. 127-217)
by Bernard, Felix; Brooks, C.E.; Clarke, J.M
New York, 1895. Soft Cover. Good. Front wrapper loosening but still holding, small chips and small tears to wrapper edges. 1895 Soft Cover. 91 pp. Extracted from Bernard's Elements de Palontologie, Paris, 1895. From Fourteenth Annual Report N.Y. State Geologist, 1895, pp. 127-217. In the last years of the 19th century, Félix Bernard (1863–1898), a young and bright... Read More
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The Way to Shambhala: A Search for the Mythical Kingdom Beyond the Himalayas
by Bernbaum, Edwin
Boston: Shambhala, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Pages 173/174 torn along margin and does not obscure text. 2001 Trade Paperback. xviii, 316 pp. Black-and-white illustrations and plates. For centuries the people of Tibet and Mongolia have believed in the existence of Shambhala, a mythical kingdom hidden in the remote mountains of Central Asia. There, it is said,... Read More
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The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book [Cookbook]: Wartime Edition, with Victory Substitutes and Economical Recipes for Delicious Wartime Meals
by Berolzheimer, Ruth
Chicago: The Culinary Arts Institute / Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc, 1943. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8x6x1. 1943 wartime edition. Boards soiled, front hinge weakening, a few pages soiled, lacks MacArthur frontispiece present in some copies. viii, 816, A-H, 1-64 pp. 8vo. Delightful American cookbook with a wartime theme, printed during World War II. Extensive index follows text.... Read More
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America's Utopian Experiments: Communal Havens from Long-Wave Crises (The Nelson A. Rockefeller Series in Social Science and Public Policy)
by Berry, Brian J.L
New Haven: Dartmouth College / University Press of New England, 1992. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First paperback printing. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1992 Trade Paperback. xviii, 273 pp. A comprehensive investigation of America's utopian communities, revealing the links between economic cycles and the building of communal experiments.
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Maryland Skipjacks (Images of America)
by Berry, David
Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. Ink name on title page. 2008 Trade Paperback. 127 pp. Chesapeake is an Algonquian word meaning "great shellfish bay," and for decades, the oyster was the undisputed king of Chesapeake Bay shellfish. Early settlers reported them to be as large as dinner plates,... Read More
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His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Faint edge wear. 1968 Hard Cover. This book continues and concludes the poem, called The Dream Songs, begun in 77 Dream Songs, which was published in 1964 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. It is a much longer volume than... Read More
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Art Thou the Man?
by Berton, Guy
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Macauley, Charles R. First edition. No jacket. Front free endpaper missing, front hinge mended with tape, rear hinge starting, some pages soiled. 1905 Hard Cover. 288 pp. Tan boards with black text and red floral decor on front board. Frontispiece and illustrations by Charles R.... Read More
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The Great Lakes
by Berton, Pierre
Toronto: Stoddart, 1996. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x1x10. First edition. Faint edge wear. 1996 Large Hardcover. 222 pp. Few natural resources affect the lives of so many Americans and Canadians as do the Great Lakes. These immense bodies of fresh water have shaped the political, commercial, geographical, and cultural history of the two nations and... Read More
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Like the Phoenix: A Novel
by Bertram, Anthony
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1936. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. First American edition. Chips and tears to jacket. Boards lightly soiled. 1936 Hard Cover. 312 pp. Dedication page dedicated to Ford Madox Ford. "...written by a man who, in a world of chaos, still has faith in that spark of human courage, human... Read More
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The Secret of Everlasting Life: The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality
by Bertschinger, Richard
London / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Singing Dragon, 2011. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2011 Trade Paperback. vi, 293 pp. The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century "Can Dong Qi" This ancient work, the earliest known text on transformation and immortality,... Read More
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A Fountain Sealed: A Novel
by Besant, Walter
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1897. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Burgess, H.; [Rand, Amy]. First American edition. Boards lightly soiled. 1897 Hard Cover. 300, [2] pp. Grey cloth, gilt titles, gilt, red, and cream decorations, frontispiece and seven plates by H. Burgess, cover design initialed AR (probably Amy Rand). A novel by the... Read More
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The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
by Beschloss, Michael
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. 1st printing. An exceptional copy. 2003 Trade Paperback. A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi... Read More
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Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair [May Day]
by Beschloss, Michael R
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x6x2. First edition. Owner bookplate and sticker remnant on front endpapers. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1986 Hard Cover. xvi, 494 pp. "Uncovers the story of Francis Gary Powers's flight in a CIA U-2 spy plane into Soviet airspace two weeks... Read More
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Spain Again
by Bessie, Alvah
San Francisco, California: Chandler & Sharp, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Covers lightly rubbed. 1975 Trade Paperback. 228 pp. Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House... Read More
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Battenberg Lace: Book II [2] - Victorian Treasures
by Best, Dianna
UK: Youngman Hughes, 1992. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8x5x0. Second edition. Wrappers a bit faded. 1992 Soft Cover. Patterns and exercises for period lacework from the 19th century. Includes assembly instructions, supply lists, helpful tips, and detailed illustrations of 35 designs.
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The Demolished Man
by Bester, Alfred; Harrison, Harry
New York: Byron Preiss / Vintage Books / Random House, Inc, 1996. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x8. Book club edition. Minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1996 Hard Cover. x, 243 pp. Includes new introduction by Harry Harrison. In the year 2301, the wealthiest man in the... Read More
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The St. Lawrence (The Rivers of America Series) [Saint]
by Beston, Henry; Benet, Stephen Vincent; Carmer, Carl
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Jackson, A.Y. First edition. Edges lightly rubbed and toned with a few creases and small closed tears along rear jacket edge. 1942 Hard Cover. xi, [3], 274 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and rules. Jacket art and illustrations in text by... Read More
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State and Society in the Dominican Republic (Latin American Perspectives Series, No. 15)
by Betances, Emelio
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. First printing. An exceptional copy. 1995 Trade Paperback. xviii, 162 pp. This book offers an analysis of the formation of the Dominican state and explores the development of state-society relations since the late nineteenth century. Emelio Betances argues that the groundwork for the establishment of a modern... Read More
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A Ring of Bells: Poems of John Betjeman
by Betjeman, John; Slade, Irene
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Ardizzone, Edward. First American edition. Jacket edges rubbed, front jacket flap price-clipped. Board edges lightly faded, ink name on front free endpaper, ink notes on title page. 1963 Hard Cover. v, 129 pp. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Selected for young readers. This book has... Read More
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