Random Remarks on a Random World (Reprinted from The Western Humanities Review, Vol. XV, No. 1, Winter, 1961)
by Birney, Earle
Signed association copy. SIGNED. 10-page article stapled in the top left corner. Inscribed by the Canadian experimental poet, novelist, and critic, Earle Birney, to fellow poet Bill Stafford at the head of the article. Birney taught at the University of British Columbia, where he founded and oversaw the first Canadian creative writing program. William Stafford is... Read More
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Zealots of Zion
by Birney, Hoffman; Drawings by Charles Hargens
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 317pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with dark brown stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Slight roll to the spine and a bit of staining to the top edge of the text block (does not affect the pages internally). In a... Read More
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Petroglyph, A Journal of Creative Natural History Writing. Reading Fundraiser. Monday April 16, 1990. Eccles Conference Center Auditorium, 7:00 P. M. Gary Nabham, Stephen Trimble... Presented as Part of Natural Resources Week. Free and Open to the Public, Donations Accepted, All Proceeds Will Benefit Petroglyph. Sponsored by: The Provost's Office, The Honor Society, College of Natural Resources, Convocations Lecture Series, College of H.A.S.S., The Ecology Center
by Bissland, R. P. [Broadside]
Hardcover. Near Fine. Xerox poster [11 x 17"] printed in red and black. Utah graphic and fine press book artist, R. P. Bissland has designed catalogues, brochures, and announcement cards for many museums and similar cultural organizations. This event poster is signed by Bissland at the foot.
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New World Coming; Frontline Voices on Pandemics, Uprisings, & Climate Crisis
by Bitsóí, Alastair Lee; Brooke Larson (editors)
Salt Lake City, UT: Torrey House Press, 2021. First edition. Paperback. New. 269 pp. Octavo [20cm]. Illustrated wraps. "New World Coming" documents this distinct moment in history through personal narratives and intergenerational imaginings of a just, healthy, and equitable future. Writers reflect on what movements for justice and liberation can learn from the response to COVID-19, uprisings for... Read More
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Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies
by Bitton, Davis
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. SIGNED. 417pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Brown cloth over boards stamped in gilt. Rubbing and fading to the spine and covers; weak hinges. Signed by the author on the front pastedown, with the date "1/4/82.
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United States. Pacific States, Including California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory &c
by [Adam and Charles Black]
Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1873. Map. 24 3/4" x 17 1/2". Drawn and engraved by J. Bartholomew. Very good. With a vertical center fold line. From "Black's Atlas" P. 44B. In addition, the map shows Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Dakota, Montana, Nevada, and northern part of Texas.
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The Rediscovery of America
by Blackhawk, Ned
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023. Reprint. Paperback. New. 596pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their... Read More
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Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840 - 1845. Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois (seven volume set)
by Black, Susan Easton & Harvey Bischoff
Provo, UT: The Center for Family History and Geneaology, Brigham Young University, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Seven volume set. 391pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Dark blue cloth with gilt stamping on front board and backstrip. Near fine. Vital statistics now identify most proxies and the relationship between proxies and the deceased, a relationship that cannot be found anywhere else. There... Read More
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Play, Games, and Sport: The Literary Works of Lewis Carroll
by Blake, Kathleen
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 216pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth over boards. In a dust jacket, with very moderate sunning to the spine. From the dust jacket- "Ms. Blake views the whole of Carroll's imaginative writing in the light of play, through the card game, the croquet match, the... Read More
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Visions of the Daughters of Albion
by Blake, William
London; Château de Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1959. Limited facsimile edition. Leather bound. Very Good +. Thin folio [37.5 cm] 1/4 orange leather with marbled paper over boards. Top edge gilt. With very trivial soiling at the head of the spine and insignificant cocking of the boards. Internally clean and bright.... Read More
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The Book of Thel
by Blake, William; Geoffrey Keynes (Introduction)
Paris: The Trianon Press, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unpaginated. Quarto [29cm]. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Title is stamped in gilt on spine. Foot of spine gently bumped; spine very subtly faded. In publisher's marbled slipcase, with one small bump and abrasion at foot. This is 134/380 of the numbered copies, from an edition of 426. ... Read More
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Like a Running Dog Volume One: Los Angeles, 1970-1973
by Blake, Michael
Tucson: Hrymfaxe, 2002. First Volume One Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. 107pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. With light rubbing to the spine and boards. Signed by the author on the title page.
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Illustrations of the Book of Job by William Blake (Reproduced in Facsimile) - 6 volumes
by Blake, William; Introduction by Laurence Binyon and Geoffrey Keynes
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935. Facsimile edition. Paperback. Very Good. Folio [40 cm] Issued in six fascicles. Blue cloth spine with gray wraps and printed paper title labels on the front wrap. With minor fraying to the cloth at the spine ends, and light foxing to the covers and free endpapers. Housed in the publisher's portfolio... Read More
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The Notebook of William Blake: A Photographic and Typographic Facsimile
by Blake, William; Edited by David V. Erdman and Donald K. Moore
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1973. Facsimile published by the Clarendon Press. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 105pp. Quarto [28 cm] Charcoal gray cloth over boards. With multiple dings to the spine along the joints. In the dust jacket, with periodic chipping along the edges and folds, along with two tape repairs, and very subtle sunning to the... Read More
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All Religions Are One
by Blake, William; Geoffrey Keynes (Introduction)
Paris: The Trianon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Unpaginated. Small folio [31.5cm]. 1/4 green leather over marbled boards. Title is stamped in gilt on spine. Spine mildly faded. In publisher's marbled slipcase, with two lightly bumped corners. This is 213/600 of the numbered copies, from an edition of 662. A beautiful facsimile edition printed... Read More
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Vagabond's House
by Blanding, Don
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. Twentieth printing. Hardcover. Very good +. SIGNED. 114 pp. Octavo. [19.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with silver stamped title on spine, silver stamped illustration of beach scene on front board. Corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped. Dust jacket is in very good condition, toned with a handful of small... Read More
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Vítr v Ohrade [Wind in the Corral]
by Blatny, Lev; Helena Bochorakova-Dittrichova
Prerov: Obzor, 1923. Presumed first edition. Paperback. Good. 61pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] in wraps. Light wear to toned wraps; ink name and initials on title page; two signatures completely disbound (but present); occasional light ink underlining throughout. The first collection of prose by Lev Blatny, Czech playwright and founding member of the Expressionist literary society 'Literarní skupina'. ... Read More
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Vítr v Ohrade [Wind in the Corral]
by Blatny, Lev; Helena Bochorakova-Dittrichova
Prerov: Obzor, 1923. Presumed first edition. Paperback. Good. 61pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] in wraps. Soiling and light wear to toned wraps; two closed tears to spine extend into rear wrap; ink note on rear wrap; last signature completely disbound (but present). The first collection of prose by Lev Blatny, Czech playwright and founding member of the Expressionist literary... Read More
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Stone Song: A Novel of Crazy Horse
by Blevins, Win
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1995. Advance reading copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 400pp. Octavo [21 cm] White and black printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are lightly soiled, and very slightly stained. Label stain on rear wrap. Spine ends bumped. Remainder mark in black pen on the bottom edge of the text block. Internally very clean. Inscribed by... Read More
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Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men
by Blevins, Winfred
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing Corporation, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 349pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Boards are mildly rubbed. Prior owner's exlibris sticker on the front free endpaper and small gift inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper. In a price clipped dust... Read More
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Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men
by Blevins, Winfred
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 349pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown hardcover with a bold gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The edges of the covers are very lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. Subjects include John Colter, Hugh Glass and Jed Smith.
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A Long Line of Dead Men
by Block, Lawrence
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 285pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 red cloth with black paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with general mild rubbing. A Matthew Scudder Novel. Signed by Lawrence Block on the title page.... Read More
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Eight Million Ways to Die
by Block, Lawrence
Arbor House, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. SIGNED. 319pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 red cloth with black paper over boards. Gentle bruising at head of spine. Endpapers show very minor toning. In a dust jacket with moderate rubbing to the panels. The fifth installment in the Matthew Scudder suspense thriller series. Warmly inscribed by Block... Read More
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Lawrence Block: Bibliography, 1958-1993
by Block, Lawrence; Charles Ardai; Philip Friedman; Wendy Hornsby; Phil Parks
Royal Oak, Michigan: An Airtight Seels Allied Production, 1993. Limited Edition. Very good +. SIGNED. 104pp. Octavo [22cm]. Illustrated wraps with a heavily stained spine. In an acetate slipcase with mild scratching and staining. An intensive bibliography of noted mystery author Lawrence Block. In a limited edition of 50; this copy is 41/50. Signed by Lawrence Block, Charles... Read More
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A Long Line of Dead Men
by Block, Lawrence
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 285pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 red cloth with black paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well, with slight rubbing to the rear panel. The dust jacket is in very good... Read More
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