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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Off With Their Heads!
by Bacon, Peggy
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1934. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Two-toned cloth. Minor wear to spine ends a corners, a little sunned, else very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. A collection of sketches of various people, with humorous descriptions. Laid in: ALS to "Mr. Wescott" from Peggy Bacon: "Thank you for your kind note.... Read More
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Old Age, and Preservation of Youth. By Roger Bacon, A Franciscan Frier. Translated out of Latin; with Annotations, and an Account of his Life and Writings. By Richard Browne, M. L. Coll. Med. Lond. WITH: A Physical Account of the Tree of Life, by Edw. Madeira Arrais. Translated likewise out of the Latin by the same Hand
by Bacon (1214-1294), Roger
London: Printed for Tho.[mas] Flesher at the Angel and Crown and Edward Evets at the Green Dragon, 1683. First English edition. [20 leaves] (beginning with general title, A1, followed by the title for The Cure of Old Age .), 156 pp., [3 leaves] (beginning with title page for Arbor Vitae; or, a Physical Account of the Tree of Life... Read More
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First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years' residence in Bengal and the Doab, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI
by Bacon, Thomas
London: Wm. H. Allen and Co. Leadenhall Street, 1837. First edition. Full-page map, frontispieces, plates. [xx], 406; [xvi], 436 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in half contemporary blue morocco and marbled boards. First edition. Full-page map, frontispieces, plates. [xx], 406; [xvi], 436 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "An officer in the Bengal Horse Artillery, Bacon recounts his assignment to... Read More
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Floral Belles from the Green-House and Garden. Painted from Nature
by Badger, Mrs. Clarissa M.
New York: Charles Scribner & Company, 1867. First edition. Hand colored lithographed frontispiece and fifteen hand colored lithographed plates, hand colored by Mrs. Badger. Folio. Publisher's dark green morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, worn at edges and scuffed on rear cover. Early owner's name in gilt on upper cover dated May 1874. First edition. Hand colored lithographed... Read More
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Switzerland
by Baedeker
1870. Volume II only pp. 253-456 with the 50 mounted photographs placed opposite the appropriate text and captioned neatly in cluding Zermatt and the Mattehorn. Thick 12mo. Contemporary brown morocco, front hinge started. bookplate of Marshall Solomon Snow of St. Louis. Volume II only pp. 253-456 with the 50 mounted photographs placed opposite the appropriate text and captioned... Read More
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Annotationes in legm II. De captivis & postliminio reversis, in quibus tractatur de re navali, per authorem recognitæ. Eivsdem annotationes in tractatum De auro & argento legato, quibus vestimentorum & vasculorum genera explicantur. His omnibus, imagines ab antiquissimis monumentis desumptas, ad argumenti declaratione subiunximus. Item Antonii Thylesii De coloribus libellus, à coloribus vestium non alienus
by Baif, Lazare de
Basel: Johann Froben, 1541. Second edition (first printed 1537). 299, 305-323, [8] pp. a-r4 s6 t-z, A-E4 F6 G-M4. Prnter's device on title-page and verso of final leaf; profusely illustrated with woodcuts, many full-page. 1 vols. Small 4to. Modern half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Institutional bookplate, and earlier library stamp on title-page and p. 100.... Read More
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A Book on Hackles for Fly Dressing. With an Introduction by W. Keith Rollo
by Baigent, Dr. W[illiam]
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Privately printed, 1937. One of approximately 40 copies. Portrait frontispiece and 4 photographic illustrations. 31 pp. With 11 card mounts containing 164 sample hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Text in blue morocco gilt, hackles in 11 captioned mounts, in original blue morocco folding box. Circular angling bookplate of F.W. Sims. One of approximately 40 copies. Portrait... Read More
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Waldimar. A Tragedy, in Five Acts
by Bailey, John J.
New York: privately printed, 1834. 124, [2], 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original forest green diapered cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Minor staining to six or seven leaves, a little wear at head of spine, f.f.e.p. removed, otherwise very good. 124, [2], 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A copy in the original cloth of... Read More
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Portrait photograph of Pearl Bailey in "St. Louis Woman
by (Bailey, Pearl) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten (from this print). Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm (13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches). Fine. Atelier stamped on verso, docketed by Van Vechten in ink, recording the subject of the photograph ("Pearl Bailey takes a call after singing A Womans... Read More
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Die Beförderung der Künste, der Manufacturen und der Handelschaft oder Beschreibungen der nützlichen Maschinen und Modellen ... : Erläutert durch Abriße auf fünf und fünfzig Kupferplatten
by Bailey, William
München: Mit churfürstlich akademische Schriften, 1776. 55 copperplates in Volume 2. [20], 422pp. text volume. 2 vols. 4to. Quarter modern calf and marbled boards, edges red, Fine. 55 copperplates in Volume 2. [20], 422pp. text volume. 2 vols. 4to. German edition of Bailey's Advancement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce with 55 plates in Volume II. Goldsmiths 10861 (English... Read More
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A Collection of Poems, chiefly Manuscript, and from Living Authors
by Baillie, Joanna, editor
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and |Brown, 1823. First edition. xliv, 330, [2], 2pp. 8vo. Drab boards, uncut, spine splitting. First edition. xliv, 330, [2], 2pp. 8vo.
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Miscellaneous Plays
by Baillie, Joanna
London: printed for Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme, ater-Noster Row, 1804. First Edition. xvii, [i], 432, [2, ads]pp. 8vo. Original drab paper spine (perished), marbled boards, uncut. First Edition. xvii, [i], 432, [2, ads]pp. 8vo.
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A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript, and from Living Authors
by Baillie, Joanna, edited for the benefit of a Friend
London: Printed for Longmans, Green, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. First edition. xliv, 330, [2], [2, ads]pp. 8vo. Original drab grey boards, with printed title label, head of spine chipped. Bookplate of William Middleton. First edition. xliv, 330, [2], [2, ads]pp. 8vo. Subscriber's list (p. ix-xliv) includes The King, Duke of York. Alexander Boyd who took 10 copies... Read More
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Camps in the Rockies: Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier, and Sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an Account of the Cattle Ranches of the West
by Baillie-Grohman, William A.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882. First Edition. Folding map at the beginning. Illus. 438pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. First Edition. Folding map at the beginning. Illus. 438pp. 8vo. MAP: "Map of a Portion of the Rocky Mountains based on the Latest U.S. Government Survey. Additions by Wm. A. Baillie-Grohman. 1882." Travels in BC, Wyoming and... Read More
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The Fly Fisher's Guide
by Bainbridge, George C.
Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers, 1816. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece and 7 hand-colored plates "representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies, accurately copied from nature". viii, 150pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary pebbled half green morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Bookplate of Dean Sage. Slight rubbing, else fine. First edition.... Read More
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The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines. First Journey 1869-1872
by Baines, Thomas
London: Chatto & Windus, 1946. Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia. Opphenheimer Series: 3. 3 vols. 4to. Red cloth. Fine in Very good tan printed slightly chipped djs. Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia. Opphenheimer Series: 3. 3 vols. 4to.
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ALS to A. Macdonald
by Baird, David, General Sir
Ferntower [Scotland], 1819. Single page on a bifolium. 4to. Very good with old folds, seal intact and postage marks, traces of being removed from an album. Single page on a bifolium. 4to. A brief letter with instructions to settle two outstanding accounts. Having served with distinction against Napoleon's forces at Seringpatam in 1798, Baird was later instructed to... Read More
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California's Pictorial Letter Sheets 1849-1869
by Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr.
San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. One of 475 printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 59 full page reproductions of original letter sheets, with one in rear pocket. 171, [3] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in red Niger goatskin spine and decorated boards. Very Fine in dj, with prospectus. First Edition. One of 475 printed by... Read More
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Recueil de Documents de Styles...tirés des Principaux Musées, Palais, Châteaux, Grandes Collections, etc.
by Bajot, Ed
Paris: Charles Schmid, [n.d.]. 180 Plates (60 in each Volume). Motifs relevés et dessinés sous la Direction de Ed. Bajot. 3 vols. Folio. Original cloth. About fine. 180 Plates (60 in each Volume). Motifs relevés et dessinés sous la Direction de Ed. Bajot. 3 vols. Folio.
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The Gentleman’s Companion
by Baker, Charles H., Jr.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1939. First edition, no. 478 of 1250 copies. 220; 217 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth, oxblood buckram spines. Bookplate. A near fine copy, lacking the card slipcase. First edition, no. 478 of 1250 copies. 220; 217 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Vol. I: Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, Around the World with... Read More
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![The Gentleman's Companion. Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask [WITH:] The Gentleman's Companion Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, around the World with Knife, Fork and Spoon](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/019/182/1439182019.0.m.jpg)
The Gentleman's Companion. Being an Exotic Drinking Book or, Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask [WITH:] The Gentleman's Companion Being an Exotic Cookery Book or, around the World with Knife, Fork and Spoon
by Baker, Charles H., Jr.
New York: Crown at 419 Fourth Avenue, 1946. With new foreword dated 10 January 1946. Frontispieces. xix, [i]217; xix, [iii], 220;; pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in publisher's full brown calf by Brown & Bigelow, Saint Paul and with the name "Louis B. Migliorini" on upper cover in gilt on each cover. Almost fine in original slipcase. rare thus.... Read More
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![Biographia Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Playhouse: containing historical and critical memoirs, and original anecdotes of British and Irish dramatic writers from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions; amongst whom are some of the most celebrated actors. Also an alphabetical account of their works, the dates when printed, and occasional observations on their merits. Together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British Stage [edited by Isaac Reed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/086/760/248760086.0.m.jpg)
Biographia Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Playhouse: containing historical and critical memoirs, and original anecdotes of British and Irish dramatic writers from the commencement of our theatrical exhibitions; amongst whom are some of the most celebrated actors. Also an alphabetical account of their works, the dates when printed, and occasional observations on their merits. Together with an introductory view of the rise and progress of the British Stage [edited by Isaac Reed]
by Baker, David Erskine
London: Printed for Messr. Rivingtons, 1782. New Edition, usual cancels. Lacking half-title. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, red morocco labels (chipped). Rebacked, new endpapers, rubbed, some marginal browning of text, generally light, else a very good copy. New Edition, usual cancels. Lacking half-title. 2 vols. 8vo. Arnott & Robinson "English Theatrical Literature" 31
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The Companion to the Play-House: Or An Historical Account of all the Dramatic Writers (and their Works) that have appeared in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Commencement of our Theatrical Exhibition, down to the Present Years 1764. Composed in the Form of a Dictionary, For the more readily turning to any particular Author, or Performance
by [Baker, David Erskine]
London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1764. First edition. A6, a-c6, d3 [π]2 (ads), B-Dd6, Ee4, [*]1 (ad); A-Ii4 [last leaf is a blank]. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, new red morocco title labels. Heads a trifle rubbed, front board of vol. I rehinged, else a clean, very good plus set. ... Read More
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Indian Pigeons and Doves
by Baker, E.C. Stuart
London: Witherby and Co, 1913. First Edition. 27 colored plates from drawings by Grönvold and G.E. Lodge. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Half olive-green morocco (faded) and cloth, a bit soiled. Very good. First Edition. 27 colored plates from drawings by Grönvold and G.E. Lodge. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Intended as a guide for the sportsman as well as... Read More
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