Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles
by Aymé, Marcel
Paris: Gallimard, 1946. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. 241, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red and black. Fine copy. Card slipcase. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. 241, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of eight short stories... Read More
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En Arrière. Nouvelles
by Ayme, Marcel
Paris: Gallimard, 1950. First edition, one of 28 copies on vergé de Hollande Pannekoek, this copy number XX. 264, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey wrappers printed in red and black, entirely untrimmed. Fine copy. Marbled slipcase. First edition, one of 28 copies on vergé de Hollande Pannekoek, this copy number XX. 264, [5] pp. 1 vols.... Read More
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An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakspeare; calculated to Point out the Different meanings to which the Words are Applied
by Ayscough, Samuel, Rev
London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1790. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century half calf. Rubbed, else a nice copy of this work. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Jaggard p. 562
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Spiegel der Sibyllen, van Vierderley Vertooningen ... Seer rykelijk verçiert met allerhande raare Kopere platen, waar onder de XII Sibyllen
by [Aysma, Johannes, et al.]
Amsterdam: Gedrukt [by Hendrik Harmensz] voor d'Autheur, waar by dit werk ook te bekomen is, op de Bloemgraft, omtrent de drukkery van d'Heer Blaauw : en by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper in de Nes, naast de Brakke-Gront, 1685. First edition. Engraved pictorial title page and 36 engraved plates (20 folding) by Jan Luyken and others (including the 12 Sibyls).... Read More
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Firmilian A "Spasmodic" Tragedy. By T. Percy Jones
by [Aytoun, William Edmonstoune]
New York: Redfield, 110 and 112 Nassau Street. First American Edition. ix, [1]-165, [12, ads]pp. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth. VERY FINE. First American Edition. ix, [1]-165, [12, ads]pp. 12mo.
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Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems
by Aytoun, William Edmondstoune
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. Later edition (First was 1849). Illustrations by Joseph Noel Paton R.S.A. and Waller H. Paton. [xiv], 268 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later nineteenth century full red morocco, gilt spine, a.e.g. Light rubbing to covers, else fine. Gift inscription on first blank. Pretty copy. Paton, Noel & Walter. Later edition (First... Read More
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Hypnotisme Double Conscience et Alterations de la Personalité
by Azam, Le Dr. Etienne Eugène
Paris: Baillière et Fils, 1887. 283, [1], [4, ads], 8, ads pp. 12mo. Printed wrappers, foxing. VG. 283, [1], [4, ads], 8, ads pp. 12mo.
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EpÍtome Ò Modo Facil de aprender el Idioma Nahuatl, EpÍtome Ò Modo Facil de aprendee el Idioma Nahuatl
by (Aztec Language) Faustino, Chimalpopocatl
Mexico: Tip. de la V. de Murguia e hijos, 1869. First Edition. 122 of 124pp, missing title-page which is replaced by facsimile. 12mo. Quarter green morocco and boards, spine partially perished. First Edition. 122 of 124pp, missing title-page which is replaced by facsimile. 12mo.
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Recherches Zoologiques dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans les regions occidentales de l'Himalaya
by Babault, Guy
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1922. First Edition. 2 folding maps, 2 full-page maps, plates after photographs, half-title. iii, [i], [1]-238 pp. 4to. Publisher's printed pink paper wrappers bound into contemporary black calf and half vellum boards, t.e.g., by P. Mouchion. Very Good, with two bookplates. First Edition. 2 folding maps, 2 full-page maps, plates after photographs, half-title. iii,... Read More
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The Palladium of Conscience or, The Foundation of Religious Liberty Displayed, Asserted, and Established, Agreeable to its True and Genuine Principals, Above the Reach of all Petty Tyrants ... Being a Necessary Companion for Every Lover of Religious Liberty... And an Interesting Appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
by (Babcock, Joshua) [Priestley, Joseph; William BLACKSTONE; Philip FURNEAUX]
Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 1773. First edition under this title, and the third American edition overall. [4], iv, [5]-119, [1], xii, 155, [1,ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern red buckram, spine gilt with title and shelf numbers, closed tear repaired and ex-lib stamp to title page, text lightly foxed throughout, one gathering poorly opened, contemporary... Read More
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The Tarpon
by Babcock, Louis L.
[N.p.: Privately printed], 1936. Fourth edition, no. 92 of 250 copies initialled by the author. 175, viii pp. 1 vols. Publisher's printed green wrappers. Fine copy (small loss at foot of front wrapper). Fourth edition, no. 92 of 250 copies initialled by the author. 175, viii pp. 1 vols. Review of the tarpon in literature, pointers on angling... Read More
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The Tarpon
by Babcock, Louis L.
[N.p.: Privately printed], 1936. Fourth edition, no. 62 of 250 copies initialled by the author. 175, viii, [iv] pp. 1 vols. Green stiff paper printed wrappers, illustration tipped onto upper cover. 2 bookplates of Bruns and Robert Morehead Carrier. Fourth edition, no. 62 of 250 copies initialled by the author. 175, viii, [iv] pp. 1 vols. Review of... Read More
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The Tarpon. A Description of the Fish Together with Some Hints on Its Capture
by Babcock, Louis L.
[N.p., Buffalo: Privately printed], 1951. Fifth edition. No. 37 of 250 copies, signed by the author. With 1 plate and a few figures in text. 157, ii [index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff wrappers, pictorial onlay to upper cover. Spine a bit toned, else fine. Fifth edition. No. 37 of 250 copies, signed by the author. With 1... Read More
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Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room
by Babcock, Philip H.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First edition, No. 681 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. Original leather-grained brown cloth, gilt a little dulled, light rubbing to extremities, back inner hinge started else very good. Ripley, Aiden. First edition, No. 681 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. With... Read More
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Commercial Paper. Text Book for Merchants, Bankers and Investors
by Babson, Roger and Ralph May
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts: Babson Statistical Organization, 1912. First edition. 223, [3, ads] pp. 8vo. Publisher's red leather over flexible covers, titled in gilt. Light edgewear in printed brown dust-jacket chipped. In half blue morocco and cloth dropbox with red leather label. First edition. 223, [3, ads] pp. 8vo.
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Lauren Bacall By Myself
by Bacall, Lauren
New York: Knopf, 1979. First edition, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Printed wrappers. Fine copy, in quarter red morocco slipcase with chemise, by European Bookbinders. Fine. First edition, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. With a Typed Note of presentation from the publisher to "Mr. (Benjamin) Sonnenberg", dated 8 Aug. '78 : " ... I swiped this... Read More
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Autograph Inscriptions Signed ("Best Always, Lauren Bacall" and "to Alfred Eisenstaed / my best wishes/ Kirk Douglas") to LIFE photographer ALFRED EISENSTAEDT
by Bacall, Lauren and Kirk DOUGLAS
N.P. [Hollywood], 1950. On recto of unruled leaf. 1 vols. 7-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches. Marginal puncture holes. On recto of unruled leaf. 1 vols. 7-3/8 x 5-1/2 inches. Bacall & Douglas starred together in YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN (1950), in which Douglas plays a jazz trumpeter involved with the strange and beautiful (and possibly lesbian) Amy, played... Read More
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Voyages de Messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle: Auquel on a joint les Poesies Du Chevalier de Cailly, la Relation des Campagnes de Rocroi & de Fribourg, & les Visionnaires
by Bachaumont, [François Le Coigneux] de et [Claude-Emmanuel Lhuillier] Chapelle
Amsterdam, 1708. Second edition. xiv, 478, [ads] pp. 12mo. Contemporary red french morocco, spine gilt, a.e.g. Fine. Second edition. xiv, 478, [ads] pp. 12mo. A charming copy of Chapelle's best known work. He recounts a voyage through Provence and Languedoc in both poetry and prose. The work also includes poems by the Kight of Cailly and accounts of... Read More
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Eben Holden’s Last Day A-Fishing
by Bacheller, Irving
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First edition. Frontispiece. 60 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green pictorial cloth. Minor edge wear, else fine. Signed by the author on a typed label, inserted on front pastedown. Bookplate. Brown morocco backed slipcase and cloth chemise. First edition. Frontispiece. 60 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. “A fishing story in Yankeeland”... Read More
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“Spinal Irritation;” or, the Causes of Back-Ache Among American Women
by (Back Pain) Taylor, Charles Fayette
New York: William Wood & Co., Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Illustrated. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown flexible cloth boards. Spine chipped, else Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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A sermon, delivered Jan. 1, 1801; containing a brief review of some of the distinguishing events of the Eighteenth Century
by Backus, Charles
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1801. Presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Backus to Sally Kimball. 31, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. Stitched self-wrappers. Presentation copy inscribed by Mrs. Backus to Sally Kimball. 31, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. "As eighteen hundred years from the birth of Jesus Christ have passed, and as we, on this day, according to common computation, begin the Nineteeth... Read More
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![Progressive Rep. Beauty Shoppe [pen-and-ink and wash political cartoon of an injured GOP elephant on crutches knocking on the door of the Progressive Rep. Beauty Shoppe]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/555/1563555487.0.m.jpg)
Progressive Rep. Beauty Shoppe [pen-and-ink and wash political cartoon of an injured GOP elephant on crutches knocking on the door of the Progressive Rep. Beauty Shoppe]
by Bacon, Earl
1912. Signed lower right. Approx. 13x14 inches. Tear from top margin, creases. Signed lower right. Approx. 13x14 inches. Perhaps a commentary on the election losses by the GOP in the 1912 election after the split between the Republican's and Roosevelt's Progressive Republican's.
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In Camera - Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting
by (Bacon, Francis) Harrison, Martin
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2005. First edition. 256 pp.; 257 illustrations, 200 in color. 4to. Publisher's black boards with blind stamped cover and silver gilt title on spine, in illustrated dust jacket; a fine copy. First edition. 256 pp.; 257 illustrations, 200 in color. 4to.
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Novum Organum sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae
by Bacon, Francis
Oxford: e Typographiceo Clarenoniano, 1813. viii, 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full polsihed tan calf, edges uncut. Bookplate. About fine. viii, 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Essaies of Sr Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Aturney Generall. His Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed
by Bacon, Francis
London: [John Beale] for John Jaggard, 1613. Beale piracy, with "Aturney" on title-page. Title within border of printer's ornaments, head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials, "Of the Colours" section title. [232] pp. Collation: A^2-O^8 P^3 (lacking blanks A1 and P4). Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine. Title and terminal leaf soiled and worn, with some small chips at... Read More
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