Quelques Touchants Appels du Génie en Détresse
by [BAUDELAIRE, Charles, Paul Verlaine, Charles Nodier, and others]
[Paris: Maurice Devries, n.d., ca. 1920?]. First Edition. Slim folio (31.75cm.); original string-bound simulated limp pig over cloth; [4]pp. & 9 facsimile documents (including a few bifolia) mounted to stiff stock printed in green and ruled in gilt. Several facsimiles separated but present with tiny pieces of perished tape. Still, About Very Good overall. From the library of Ben... Read More
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Les Fleurs du Mal
by BAUDELAIRE, Charles; Edy Legrand [ill.]
Paris: Editions du Trianon, 1930. Unnumbered trade issue. Square octavo (23cm). Publisher's card wraps with orange and yellow dust jacket; [6], 13-295, [3]pp; 8 pochoir color plates. Spine and edges of jacket lightly faded, upper section of jacket spine mostly detached, short tear (1-in) at upper edge of front, rubbed and lightly soiled: Good. Volume internally clean, plates bright,... Read More
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Flowers of Evil: Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose
by [BAUDELAIRE, Charles] EGAN, Beresford and C. Bower Alcock (text & illustrations)
New York: The Sylvan Press, 1947. Limited Edition. One of 1499 numbered copies. Quarto (27.25cm); simulated black leather, with titling and decorations stamed in gilt in spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket, with printed sheet mounted to front flap; [ii],[6],7-140,[2]pp; illus. Faint foxing to endpapers and text edges, occasionally encroaching into the margins; light wear to exterior;... Read More
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Rennes à la Belle Epoque
by BAUDET, François & Jacques Lefebvre
Brussells: Editions Libro-Sciences SPRL, 1973. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15cm x 21cm). Sage green cloth hardcover, decoratively titled in gilt with applied pictorial cover; (125)pp; chiefly illus. Bit of wear to board corners, else Near Fine. Reproductions of 125 photographic images of the northwest French city of Rennes, mostly from the last quarter of the 19th century.... Read More
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Die Macht in Uns: Entwicklung einer Lebenskunst im Sinne der Neuen Psychologie
by Baudouin, Charles; Paul Amann, trans
Dresden: Im Sibyllen, 1924. Fourth German Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed papier-peint boards, gilt-lettered spine; 177,[3](ads)pp. Spine a bit cocked, boards slightly rubbed, contemporary pencil ownership inscription to title page, else Very Good and sound. German translation of the French-Swiss psychoanalyst's "La Force en Nous" (1923).
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Innere Disziplin. Nach der Praktischen moral des Buddhismus, des Toiizismus, des Christentums, des Mentalen Heilverfahrens und im Sinne der Psychotherapie (Hypnotismus, Suggestion, Rationelle Überredung, Psychoanalyse, Autosuggestion)
by BAUDOIN, Charles & A. Lestchinsky
Dresden: Sibyllen-Verlag, 1928. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth, titled in gilt on front cover and spine; 174pp. Faint soiling to boards, still a tight, very Near Fine copy. Text entirely in German. Baudoin (1893-1963) was the founder of the International Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychology. Translated from the French by Paul Amann.
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Contemporary Studies
by BAUDOUIN, Charles; Eden and Cedar Paul, trans
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1924]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); publisher's dark grey cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 288pp. Ex-Library of the Institute of Psychoanalysis with their usual markings, paper flaw to rear pastedown from previously removed label, corners bumped, else About Very Good.
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Bound volume of three titles: "The Bachelor of the Albany" by Savage; "Peregrine Scramble" by Huntley; "The King and the Countess, A Romance," by Fullom
by [BAUDRY'S EUROPEAN LIBRARY] HUNTLEY, H.V.; Marmion W. Savage; S.W. Fullom
Paris: A. & W. Galignani / Baudry's European Library, 1849. The three titles bound together in a single volume. Octavo; three-quarter gilt-decorated white-dyed calf over marbled boards, with leather spine titles; 103,186,154pp; printed in double columns, original wrappers discarded by the binder. Bookplate to front pastedown of Charles Olmsted Hall (1832-1893), an American-born resident of Nice, father of the... Read More
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Surfboats and Horse Marines: U.S. Naval Operations in the Mexican War, 1846-49
by BAUER, K. Jack
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1969. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo (26cm). Brown cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 291pp; illus. Small spot of soil to upper edge of text block, else a tght, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.95), slightly rubbed along upper margin, Very Good or better. A nice... Read More
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Cornet Music for Plupy Shute [Inscribed to Fred Cogswell]
by BAUER, William [Bill]
Frederickton, N.B.: New Brunswick Poetry Chapbooks / University of New Brunswick, [1968]. First Edition. Square octavo. Original pictorial card wrappers; 26pp. Mild to moderate soil to wrappers, else Near Fine. The American-Canadian poet's first published collection, issued shortly after he joined the faculty of The University of New Brunswick. Inscribed on front endpaper to fellow Canadian poet Fred Cogswell... Read More
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The Holocaust in Historical Perspective
by BAUER, Yehuda
London: Sheldon Press, 1978. First U.K. Edition. First impression. Small octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 181pp. Neat ownership signature on front endpaper. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Four essays, originally delivered as the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington.
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The Ingomar Papers. Reminiscences of the Early Nineteenth Century in a Pensylvania Village
by INGOMAR" [pseud Adam Hummel Baum]
Hummelstown: Hummelstown Area Historical Society, 1976. First Edition. Hand-numbered, no. 126 of an unspecified number of copies in the First Edition. Quarto (28cm); staple-bound wrappers; 82pp; illus. Small scuff and mild ageing to covers, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Collection of articles originally published in the Hummelstown Sun between May 1891 and July 1892, under the... Read More
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Father Goose His Book. Pictures by Wm. W. Denslow
by BAUM, L. Frank
Chicago: Geo. M Hill, 1899. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28cm). Original pictorial gray paper-covered boards; unpaginated [54 leaves, including front blank]. Typical rubbing and soil to covers, occasional mild thumb-soil to text margins, but still a tight, complete, Very Good copy free of restoration. First printing per Bienvenue, with no printed text on copyright page, etc. Verso of... Read More
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Inscribed to Geoffrey Holder]
by BAUM, L. Frank (novel); MOSER, Barry (illustrations)
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Square quarto (24cm); gray cloth and black simulated leather backstrip, with titles stamped in metallic green on spine; dustjacket; [xiv],[7],8-268,[6]pp; illus. Inscribed by the illustrator on the title page to renown actor, dancer, and musician Geoffrey Holder: "For Geoffrey Holder / to whom I owe... Read More
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Tale of Balí
by BAUM, Vicki (text); Basil Creighton (translation)
New York: The Literary Guild of America, Inc, 1938. Octavo (21cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling, blocking, and decorations stamped in gilt and dark gray on spine and front cover; orange topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 417pp; illus. Slight spine lean, with light off-setting to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper has 1" chip to lower spine panel, nick to front... Read More
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PEACE
by Bausch, Richard
New York: Knopf, 2008. Uncorrected Proof. Blue boards with gold lettering; 8vo. 178 pp. Special Preview Edition Promotional copy from uncorrected proofs. Note to bookseller inserted at the beginning. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine.
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![Die Reichskirche nach Konstantin dem Grossen. Erster Halbband: Die Kirche von Kikaia bis Chalkedon [and] Zweiter Halbband: Die Kirche in Ost und West von Chalkedon bis zum Frühmittelalter (451-700)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/734/628/1397628734.0.m.jpg)
Die Reichskirche nach Konstantin dem Grossen. Erster Halbband: Die Kirche von Kikaia bis Chalkedon [and] Zweiter Halbband: Die Kirche in Ost und West von Chalkedon bis zum Frühmittelalter (451-700)
by BAUS, Karl and Eugen Ewig, et al.
Freiburg: Herder, 1975. Two octavo volumes; 461+351pp. Internal library stamps and evidence of card-pocket removal; exterior and text clean, tight and unmarked; a solid and attractive working/reading copy. The two volumes together comprise the second installment of Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte under the general editorship of Hubert Jedin. Texts entirely in German.
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The Witch's Daughter
by BAWDEN, Nina
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1966]. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth in olive pictorial dust jacket, green topstain; [8],181pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with a few short closed tears and creasing; Fine in About Very Good jacket. Paranormal young adult novel twice adapted for television, in 1971 and 1996.
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The Ice House
by BAWDEN, Nina
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1983]. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original boards in pictorial dust jacket; [4],236pp. A couple of soil spots to spine, else Fine.
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The Problem of Reality. Being Outline Suggestions for a Philosophical Reconstruction
by BAX, E[rnest] Belfort
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1892. First Edition. First impression. Small octavo (19.5cm). Gray-green printed cloth, titled in gilt on spine; 177pp. Half-title and rear fly-leaf slightly darkened; mild bumps to board corners, else a tight, clean and attractive copy, Near Fine. Bax (1854-1926), a barrister, historian, and philosopher, was among the leading exponents and interpreters of... Read More
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WEST OF ELY
by Baxter, Charles
New York: New Rivers Press, 1968. First edition. Tape-bound paper wrappers. [31 pp.] Two poems by Baxter, also, poems by Alvin Greenberg, C. W. Truesdale, John Knoepfle, Jim Hiner, and Arthur Bradley. Precedes by nearly two years Baxter's first book published by the same press. Lightly creased else easily very good.
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CHAMELEON [Signed]
by Baxter, Charles; Barry Minor (illus)
New York: New Rivers Press, 1970. First edition. One of 500 copies. Octavo; illustrated card wrappers; 87pp; illus. Signed by Baxter on title page. A bit of soiling and rubbing to the extremities, slight darkening of the spine, easily Very Good. First book by the noted novelist and short story writer. His first two books both poetry, published... Read More
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THE SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDEBOOK [Signed]
by Baxter, Charles
New York: New Rivers Press, 1974. First edition. Blue cloth; dustjacket; 8vo. 86 pp. One of 200 copies in cloth (there were 400 in paper) of the writer's second book a substantial collection of poems, published by the same publisher as his first collection, and all more than a decade before his first fiction was published. Signed and dated... Read More
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The Handy Guide to Amazing People [Signed]
by BAXTER, Glen
New York: Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); offset printed sheets (rectos), side-stapled into decorative card covers; [13]pp; illus. Signed by the author in ink on the title page. Subtle toning and some trivial dust-soil to cover extremities, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Collection of absurdist character studies by the English draughtsman... Read More
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Drawings [Signed]
by BAXTER, Glen
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (28cm); offset printed sheets (rectos), side-stapled into decorative card covers; [34]pp; illus. Signed by the author on the title page. Faint diagonal crease smoothed out at upper corner of first few pages, some wear to lower left corner of rear wrapper; Near Fine. Collection of humorous illustrations by the English... Read More
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