ROBERT GORDON, a Story of the Mexican Revolution
by Beadles, J.E.
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 12mo. Illustrated. 444pp. Bound in burgundy cloth lettered in gilt; a beautiful copy. Compiled from the best histories of Mexico, also from the diary of the author's grandfather and a bit of fiction added to make reading a bit more interesting. A fine copy.
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THE STORY OF VENUS AND TANNHAUSER In Which is Set Forth an Exact Account of the Manner of State Held By Madam Venus, Goddess and Meretrix, Under the Famous Horselberg, and Containing the Adventures of Tannhauser in That Place, Etc..
by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey
London: Privately Printed, 1907. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Very Good++/No Dust Jacket. Quarto. Limited to 300 copies on handmade paper. This is No. 186. A very good++ copy bound in gray paper boards with expert repair to spine and new endpapers. In customer made clam shell case. 88 pp. The author's first and only book.
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Moonblight and Six Feet of Romance
by Beard, Dan (SIGNED)
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IN THE HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE LIGHT" BY DAN BEARD ON FEP. Beard is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth; upper fore-corner of FEP with small loss; very light wear at extremities; small University of Virginia... Read More
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MOONBLIGHT and Six Feet of Romance [in Rare Dust jacket]
by Beard, Dan
Trenton: Albert Brandt, 1904. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Good+. Small 8vo. First revised edition, 238pp., (7)pp., ads at rear, illustrated by the author, bound in a green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in black, brown and gilt, corners lightly bumped, in original pictorial dust jacket with edge wear and light chipping, and a 1" loss at... Read More
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Contemporary Political Systems. Classifications and Typologies
by Bebler, Anton and Seroka, Jim
Boulder & London (1990): Lynne Rienner Publishers. First Edition. Fine. octavo, 384 pages; original maroon cloth, printed in white. A fine copy. As issued, with no dust jacket. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on international politics... Read More
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Comptes rendus Hebdomadaires Des Seances De L'Academie Des Sciences Publies....Tome Cent-Vingt-Deuxieme. Janvier-Juin 1896. Sur Les Radiations Emises Par Phosphorescence....Together with 7 Related Papers By Becquerel
by Becquerel, Henri, 1852-1908 (Discoverer of Radioactivity)
Paris: Gauthier-villars, 1896. First Edition. Near Fine. Large quarto, 1,633 pages; black cloth spine, printed in gilt, marbled boards. Becquerel's important work in radio-activity, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics, with the Curies in 1903. The following papers are contained in this volume: Sur les Radiations emises par phosphorescence....pp. 420-21; Sur les radiations invisibles emises... Read More
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Mainly on the Air
by Beerbohm, Max
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1947. First American Edition. Fine/About Fine. 12mo; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust jacket with price of $2.00 on front flap and light tanning at spine. Internally clean and bright, with no markings oof any kind.
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MUSIC BOOK. Bound Sheet Music. (24 Piano Scores)
by [Beethoven, Schubert, Thalberg]
London, Nd. (ca.1830): VARIOUS. Hard Cover. Very Good. Small Folio. A collection of 24 German songs and music by various composers; Beethoven, Schubert, Sphr, Thalberg, etc. Translated and engraved for English use. All bound in contemporary 3/4 brown calf over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, red morocco spine label gilt, brown endpapers. Wear to corners, Contemprary name... Read More
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Peasantry in Revolution. Cornell Research Papers in International Studies - V.
by Beqiraj, Mehmet
New York: Center for International Studies Cornell University, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine. octavo, 119 pages, plus Index. Original gray wrappers, printed in red and black. Internally clean and bright.
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REINHART IN LOVE
by Berger, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 438pp. First Edition with the correct code on the copyright page (A.2.62.[H]). Bound in red cloth, spine lettered in black. A fine copy of the author's second novel, in a fine dust jacket.
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Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. XIth Edition (Africa) Antelope Skin Binding
by Best, Gerald A. (Compiled and Edited by)
London: Rowland Ward Ltd, 1962. Fine. Large octavo, 374 pages, folding conversion table at rear, inches to centimeters. Bound in Antelope skin - one of a small number of copies specially bound in animal hides. A number of each species are listed, where taken and dimensions of horns or antlers. At rear are an Index of Scientific Names,... Read More
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THE HOLY BIBLE: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Together with the Apocrypha. Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
by [Bible]
Brattleboro, VT: J. Holbrook's, 1816. Hard Cover. Very Good. Large Quarto. With Marginal Notes and References. To Which are Added, an Index: an Alphabetical Table of all the Names in the Old and New Testaments, with their Significations: and, what has Never Before been Added, an Account of the Lives and Martyrdom of the Apostles and Evangelists.Third... Read More
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
by BIBLE
New York: American Bible Society, 1847. Full Leather. Very Good. 12mo (7" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2") 691 pages; publisher's full sheepskin, with gilt lettering on black leather spine label. A very good copy.
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THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE POLYGLOTT BIBLE, Containing the Old and New Testaments
by BIBLE
Philadelphia; 1845-46: Sorin & Ball/Thomas Warddle. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. With marginal readings together with a copious and original selection of references to parallel and illustrative passages, exhibited in a manner hitherto unattempted. Engraved half-title, 2 title pages, 2 frontispieces, illustrated with 6 maps(some folding) 7 engravings, and 1 folding chart, all bound in original green morocco... Read More
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BRIDE'S BIBLE. KING JAMES VERSON
by [Bible]
Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1970. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Bound in white limp faux leather, all edges silver, stamped in silver, ribbon book mark. Near fine brides bible with "Presented to" page and witnesses filled in otherwise unused. In original box. 245 pp.
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Bible in English, for the Blind, Printed in the New York Point Alphabet [Braille]
by Bible for the Blind, In English
New York: American Bible Society, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good. First edition of this Bible, volume I only; folio (14" x 13"), 164 leaves, embossed in the New York Point Alphabet for the Blind, which is a system of tactile raised dots, similar to Braille. Contemporary 3/4 calf over tan cloth covered boards, spine ruled in gilt; spine... Read More
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The Dance of Death
by Bierce, Ambrose [Herman, William]
San Francisco: Henry Keller & Co, 1877. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. Second edition. 131 pages + 11 pages of ads. Bound in original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black; brown coated end papers. A very good copy, with light wear at extremities, pencil notation on front end paper.
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CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
by Biggers, Earl Derr
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. 334 pages, 8 pages of ads; original orange cloth, colorful dust jacket. Photoplay edition, issued to coincide with the film, starring Warner Oland. Reverse side of dust jacket is printed with Grosset & Dunlap titles. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities and... Read More
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[Prayer Book] Guia Del Alma Cristiana O Practica Manual De Las Obligaciones Mas Indispensables Al Cristiano. Con La Autorizacion Eclesiastica
by Prayer Book (Binding)
Buenos Aires (1930): Juan B. Majo y Cia, 1930. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 16mo, 192 pages; lovely Bakelite binding, with bronze hinges, clasps and oval medallion on front panel. Color frontis. Neat owner name. A beautiful prayer book, in Spanish.
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Sesshu's Long Scroll. A Zen Landscape Journey
by Sesshu (Binding)
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Bound in wooden boards, with accordian style text. 39 pages. Original publisher's band in red and black, and with publisher's clear acrylic slip-cover. Introduction and commentary by Reiko Chiba. A lovely copy.
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A Merry Band of Murderers (Signed By All 14 authors)
by BIshop, Claudia (ed.), Bruns, Don (ed.) , Bowen, Rhys; Corcoran, Tom; Deaver, Jeffery; Evans, Mary Anna; Fusilli, Jim; Holmes, Rupert; Lescroart, John; McDermid, Val; Moody, Bill; Robinson, Peter; Rosenwald, Robert; Walpow, Nathan
Scottsdale: Poisoned Pen Press, 2006. First Edition. Fine/Fine. number 49 of 300 copies signed by all 14 of the contributing authors on the limitation page; octavo, FIRST PRINTING stated. CD on rear pastedown has not been removed from envelope. A lovely, as new copy.
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SUFI INTERPRETATIONS OF THE QUATRAINE OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND FITZGERALD
by BJERREGAARD, C. H. A.
New York: J, F, Taylor & Co, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. Bound in gray paper covered boards with white lettering spine and front cover, white and green design front cover. French leaves. Color illustrated title page, text printed in red and black. Near fine with white lettering faded spine, light... Read More
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UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS a Guide for Management (Inscribed to the author)
by Blackburn, Thomas W. And H. Warren White
New York; (1969): Clarkson N. Potter, Inv. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER TO THE AUTHOR. A specially bound presentation copy inscribed by the publisher, to the author, Thomas Blackburn, Christmas, 1970. 214pp. Bound in 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and... Read More
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The Whisper in the Gloom
by Blake, Nicholas
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Near Fine/About Fine. octavo, 244 pages; first edition stated; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.75 on front flap. Owner name and date on FFEP.
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Norwegian Migration to America. The American Transition
by Blegen, Theodore C.
New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1969. Fine. octavo, 655 pages; publisher's light green cloth, spine printed in silver. First edition thus; illustrated in black and white. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, expert on international politics and delivered many lectures before the United Nations. An as new copy.... Read More
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