The Delight Makers
by BANDELIER, Adolf F.; Charles F. Lummis (introd & illus)
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1918. First Thus. Second edition and first illustrated edition (originally published 1890). Octavo. Publisher's pictorial cloth; yellow topstain; xviii,490pp; portrait frontispiece and fifteen unnumbered leaves of plates (halftones) from original photographs by Charles Lummis. Square, tight copy with mild external rubbing and wear; internally fresh and free of markings; Very Good. A novel of... Read More
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Tamasburo Bando, Onnagata
by [BANDO, Tamasburo] OHKURA, Shunji, photography
[Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1983]. First Edition. Folio (37cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers, French flaps; unpaginated; chiefly color photographic illus. Spine and bottom edge of upper cover rather sunned, spine crown very slightly pulled, old price sticker to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Photobook devoted entirely to the career Bando Tamasburo, one of Japan's most popular "Onnagata," Kabuki actors... Read More
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Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot
by BANGS, John Kendrick
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. [New Edition]. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green cloth, decorative spine stamped in gilt and brown; vii,[3],221pp.; frontispiece, 45 leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Spine a bit cocked and ends rubbed, corners slightly bumped, small soil spot to rear cover, additional finger soil to textblock; still Very Good and sound. Two short humorous... Read More
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Past Present: Photographs
by BANIER, François-Marie
[New York: Hearst Books, 1996]. First American Edition. Large folio (37.5cm.); publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated; chiefly photographic illus. Light wear to jacket extremities including small chip at bottom fore-edge corner of jacket and board, faint dampspots to rear panel, a few surface scratches, else Very Good and sound.
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After Pentecost: (An Epistle to the Romans) [Review Copy]
by BANKOWSKY, Richard
New York: Random House, Inc, 1961. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip laid in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver, yellow, and copper on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 302pp. Pencilled note to front endpaper, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert Galster, unclipped (priced $4.95), spine-faded, with rubbing to spine... Read More
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A Glass Rose [Review Copy]
by BANKOWSKY, Richard
New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip and promotional T.L.s. laid in. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 308pp; illus. Pencilled note to front endpaper. Faint sunning to spine and board edges, and... Read More
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Walking On Glass
by BANKS, Iain
London: Macmillan, 1985. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm.); black boards stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 239pp.; Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95); a Fine jacket. Author's second book. Walking on Glass is formed of three storylines that initially do not appear to be linked, but eventually come together. The extent to which these stories are... Read More
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Walking On Glass
by BANKS, Iain
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); cream paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-239,[1]pp. A few tiny indentations to lower board edges, else Near Fine in a lightly edgeworn, Near Fine dustjacket (priced $15.95). The Scottish science fiction author's second novel.
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Walking on Glass
by BANKS, Iain
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 239pp. Fine in a crisp, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $15.95 on front flap), barely noticeable sunning to spine else Fine. Banks' second published novel.
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An End to Running
by BANKS, Lynne Reid
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original simulated cloth in price-clipped dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey; [8],303pp. Jacket spine rather toned, a few shallow chips and closed tears, corners a bit bumped; Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Satirical novel addressing the era's avant-guard movements with a description of life on a kibbutz. ... Read More
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Metropolis; or, The Destiny of Cities
by BANKS, Paul
London: C.W. Daniel Company, [1930]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original tan cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, dark brown topstain; 86,[2](ads)pp. Contemporary ownership inscription on half title, minor foxing to preliminaries and textblock fore-edge, else Near Fine. Brief study of the cities of Great Britain in the early years of the economic depression, with special emphasis on London.
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FICTION INTERNATIONAL 6/7
by Banks, Russell et al.; Joe David Bellamy (ed.)
canton, NY: Bellamy, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers; 8vo. 180 pp. Signed by Russell Banks at the beginning of his contribution a story "The Perfect Couple" pp.46-53. There is also an interview with Banks. A magaizne under the auspices of St. Lawrence University. Very good copy.
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SNOW Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by BANKS, Russell
Hanover: Granite Publications, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (23 cm.) decorative gray & white wrappers by Andrew Tavarelli; unpaginated [25pp.]; toning to edges, mostly at rear cover along spine; priced $2.00 at rear; a Near Fine copy. Author's second book of poetry.
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LILLABULERO Number 7: A Journal of Contemporary Writing
by Banks, Russell; William Matthews (editors)
Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; 102 pp. Overlapping edges creased, else Near Fine. Work by the editors as well as by Ammons, Berry, Kuzma, Simic, and Snyder (two poems including "Smokey The Bear Sutra" and a photo).
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SNOW: Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter [Signed]
by Banks, Russell
Hanover, NH: Granite Publications, 1974. First edition. According to the author only about 300 copies printed; stapled wrappers. Signed by the author. Spine worn, pages yellowing at edges, about Very Good. Bank's second book, a collection of poetry.
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LILLABULERO 2-5 (First series): Being a Periodical of Literature and the Arts
by Banks, Russell (ed.)
Chapel Hill, NC: Lillabulero, 1967-1968. First Edition. Vol. 1, no. 2,3 & 4; vol. 2, no. 1. Printed wrappers, three side-stapled, one glued; 4to. Essentially Very Good copies of these fragile (due to their size) volumes. The first (vol. 1, no. 2) only Good with coffee stains and additional wear in part to its even larger size. ... Read More
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LILLABULERO Number 9: A Journal of Contemporary Writing
by Banks, Russell and William Matthews (editors)
Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; 100pp. Overlapping edges creased, else Near Fine. Work by the editors as well as by Bly, Creeley, Harrison, Merwin, Simic, Tate, Wakoski, and others.
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LILLABULERO Number 8: A Journal of Contemporary Writing
by Banks, Russell and William Matthews (editors);
Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, Winter 1970. First Edition. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; 96pp.Overlapping edges creased, extremities toned, else Very Good. Essays/reviews by the editors as well as work by Wendell Berry, Robert Bly, Bill Knott, and Robert Creeley among others. Elsa Dorfman photo of Creely.
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Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall; Existencilism; Cut It Out
by [ART] [COUNTERCULTURE] BANKSY
London: Banksy/Weapons of Mass Distraction, 2001-2004. Mixed Impressions. Three volumes. 12mo. 14.5cm. Publisher's black stiff card covers. Unpaginated. Clean and strong; slight scratching to the laminate of "Cut It Out", price stickers to the rear panels of two vols; internally clean and fresh; A bright, strong, near fine set. A mixed set with "Banging Your Head Against a... Read More
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Storia della Borghesia Italiana. L'età liberale
by BANTI, Alberto M.
Rome: Donzelli, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Paper-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 395pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustwrapper.
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Terra E Denaro: Una borghesia padana dell'Ottocento
by BANTI, Alberto Mario; Raffaele Romanelli, preface
Venice: Marsilio Editori, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; xx, 333pp. Text in Italian. Old bookseller stamp to rear free endpaper. Minor external wear to wrappers, slight split at front wrapper, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good.
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EIRENIKON
by Bantock, Gavin
London: Anvil Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth in dust jacket; square 8vo. 31 pp. A long poem in the form of a Euclidean theorem. Near fine in a lightly toned and about near fine dust jacket.
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The Newton Letter
by BANVILLE, John
London: Secker and Warburg, 1982. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm.); black boards stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 82pp. This book is in Fine condition. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £5.95 net); light edgewear, a few wrinkles with toning/soiling to spine; "50c" written very small on corner of front panel. A Very Good+. The Newton Letter... Read More
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Doctor Copernicus
by BANVILLE, John
London: Secker and Warburg, 1976. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22 cm.); Publisher's dark blue boards titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 242pp. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners, and a series of small dents to the cloth of the front board, solid and strong; internally clean and fresh, top-edge a little dusty; in a strong, clean... Read More
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Black World, Vol. XXIV, no. 1, November, 1974
by [BARAKA, Amiri, contr.] JOHNSON, John H., ed
Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Small, slim octavo (19.5cm.); original white, red, and black photo-illustrated wrappers; 97pp.; illus. Contemporary mailing label to upper cover else Very Good and sound. Includes Amiri Baraka's contribution to the Black Politics Series "Toward Ideological Clarity" and Chestyn Everett's "Eulogy for the Massacred Soledad and Attica Brothers.
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