Love Tragedy of Europe's "Unhappiest Princess
by [WHITE SLAVERY] [BELGIUM]
Rochester: Office of the American, 1904. Broadside extra, lithographed in colors; 18" x 11". Single fold, else fine. Colorful graphic depicting Princess Louise escaping from her asylum cell with the help of her illegitimate lover Geza Mattattich. The caption tempts readers with a White Slavery theme, suggesting that Princess Louise has been lured to her ruin by a "Wolf... Read More
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The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict: the Maori, the British, and the New Zealand Wars
by BELICH, James
Toronto: McGill - Queen's University Press, 1986. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers (softcover); 396; illus. Bit of spotting to upper edge of text block, else tight, unmarked, Near Fine.
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SLANT SIX
by Belieu, Erin
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2014. First edition. Decorated wraps; small 8vo. 68 pp. Fine copy of the poet's fourth book. Issued in paper only. The poet teaches at the famed University of Houston Creative Writing School. Near fine.
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INFANTA
by Belieu, Erin
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1995. Second Printing. First edition, second printing, in decorated wraps; small 8vo. 68 pp. Fine copy of the poet's first collection of poems. Issued in paper only. Inscribed by the poet "For Christine...", additional signed on the title page. Chosen for the National Poetry Series by Hayden Carruth. The poet teaches at the... Read More
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Bombay Gin - Vol.1, No.4 (Summer, 1989)
by BELILE, Elisabeth, Beth Borus, et al. (editors); BUKOWSKI, Charles, Ted Berrigan, and Allen Ginsberg, et al. (contributors)
Boulder, CO: Naropa Institute, 1989. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [vi],109,[1]pp; illus. Some trivial dustiness and a tiny crease to lower left corner of rear wrapper, else very Near Fine. Bombay Gin was originally published at Naropa between 1976-1979, with the "New Series" revived in the winter of 1986. Contents of this issue include... Read More
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Dictionary of Behavior Therapy Techniques
by BELLACK, Alan S. and Michel Hersen, eds
New York: Pergamon Press, [1985]. Fourth (1989) Printing. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's wrappers; x,[2],235pp. Some wear to wrapper extremities including crease to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Pergamon General Psychology Series.
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Identité, Mariage, Mobilité Sociale: Citoyennes et Citoyens à Venise au XVIe Siècle
by BELLAVITIS, Anna
Rome: École Française de Rome, 2001. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's purple pictorial wrappers, French flaps; [6],419pp.; illus. Wrappers slightly creased at edges, with mild bumps to corners; Very Good, internally clean and fine. At head of upper cover: "Collection de l'École Française de Rome - 282." Text chiefly in French, appendices in French and Italian. Social history of... Read More
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The Duke of Stockbridge. A Romance of Shay's Rebellion
by BELLAMY, Edward
New York: Silver, Burdett & Co, 1900. First Edition. Octavo. Green pictorial cloth, blocked in silver on spine and front cover; top edge silver-gilt; [xiv], 371, (4)pp. Old repair to front hinge (internal); light external rubbing and wear; Very Good. Blanck's first printing, with copyright notice in two lines. WRIGHT III:458. BAL 970.
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Crises And Special Problems In Psychoanalysis And Psychotherapy
by BELLAK, Leopold, With Peri Faithorn
New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 249pp. Bit of foxing to text block edges, else fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
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The Broad Scope of Psychoanalysis: Selected Papers
by BELLAK, Leopold; Donald P. Spence, ed
New York: Grune & Stratton, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (26cm.); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; vi,[2],392pp.; illus. Tape mending to verso of jacket spine ends, minor dust-soil, else Very Good and sound.
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![Men Wanted! [Series Title: Harpers Monthly Pulpit]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/129/657/1653657129.0.m.jpg)
Men Wanted! [Series Title: Harpers Monthly Pulpit]
by BELL, Bernard Iddings; Shailer Mathews, introd
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1933. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Slate-blue paper-covered boards with printed foil spine label; dustjacket; xv,85,(3). Straight and tight, with sun-fading to boards at spine and extremities. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $1.00 on front flap), rubbed and toned with a few small stains and scuffs; just VG. Issued in Harper's "Monthly Pulpit"... Read More
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Picturesque Brittany
by BELL, Gertrude (text); Arthur G. Bell (illus)
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1906. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Publisher's decorated ivory cloth; top edge gilt; x,232pp; frontispiece and 24 unnumbered leaves of plates. A tight, well-preserved copy, with the binding unusually bright and clean. Internally sound, with darkening to endpapers and mild foxing to a few plate margins; Very Good+. From the library of noted poet... Read More
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The Inhabited Woman. Translated by Kathleen March
by BELLI, Gioconda
Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1994. First Edition in English. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 412pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper. Near-new. Nicaraguan author; original published in Spanish (Managua: 1989) as La mujer habitada.
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Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan
by BELLI, Melvin M. and Danny R. Jones; [Errol Flynn, foreword]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in pink decorative dust jacket, photographically illustrated endpapers; 320pp.; frontispiece, 12 leaves of photographic illustrations printed on rectos and versos. General shelf-wear to jacket edges, portions of textblock a bit cockled from damp; contemporary bookplate to front free endpaper. Very Good and sound. With a preface by Toshio... Read More
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Cumberland Parish Lunenburg County, Virginia 1746-1816 / Vestry Book 1746-1816
by BELL, Landon C.
Richmond: William Byrd Press, (1930). First Edition. Presentation copy to Churchill G. Chamberlayne, inscribed on front endpaper: "To a veteran genealogical editor, - Dr. C.G. Chamberlayne, - from an amateur, with cordial good wishes," signed, dated in year of publication. Octavo (23.5cm). Publisher's vertically ribbed blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 633pp. A tight, very Near Fine... Read More
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![The Old Free State. A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia [Inscribed Presentation Copy to Churchill G. Chamberlayne]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/793/934/1435934793.0.m.jpg)
The Old Free State. A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Virginia [Inscribed Presentation Copy to Churchill G. Chamberlayne]
by BELL, Landon C.
Richmond: The William Byrd Press, 1927. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of v.I: "To Dr. C.G. Chamberlayne, with kind regards," signed, dated in 1930. Two octavo volumes (23.5cm). Publisher's ribbed blue cloth, titled in gilt on spines; pubisher's slipcase, v.II retaining its original printed dustwrapper (lacking on v.I); 623,644pp; illus, maps, some folding. Both volumes straight and clean,... Read More
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Postcards Out Of The Blue
by Bell, Madison Smartt. Cooper, Wyn. (CD)
Dog Jaw Records, 2007. CD of poetry and moody dark blues/jazz, signed by the poet Wyn Cooper. Has been played one time. In fine condition. (THIS IS NOT A BOOK).
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![The Washington Square Ensemble [Signed, Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/881/1669881308.0.m.jpg)
The Washington Square Ensemble [Signed, Review Copy]
by BELL, Madison Smartt
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's promotional letter folded and laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth spine over red paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 342pp. Signed by author on title page. Faint mark to front cover; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $15.75), with light rubbing... Read More
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The Stone that the Builder Refused
by BELL, Madison Smartt
New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); terracotta paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 747pp; illustrated map endpapers. Tiny soil to lower edge of textblock, else Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Archie Ferguson with photograph by Jérôme De Perlinghi, unclipped (priced $29.95), in Fine condition. Bell's historical fiction novel focuses on the... Read More
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![The Washington Square Ensemble [Signed & Inscribed to Jenn Crowell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/736/1567736461.0.m.jpg)
The Washington Square Ensemble [Signed & Inscribed to Jenn Crowell]
by BELL, Madison Smartt
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); red and black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xii],342,[6]pp. Signed by Bell on the title page, dated July 31, 1983, and inscribed on the half-title to author Jenn Crowell: "For Jenn Crowell / I greet you at the beginning of a brilliant... Read More
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![The Year of Silence [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/910/703/1666703910.0.m.jpg)
The Year of Silence [Inscribed]
by BELL, Madison Smartt
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 194pp. Inscribed on half-title: "For Ashby Denoon - This may not live up to Frank Reford's iron lung romance - but you might find something you like / Madison". Small mark to... Read More
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The Marriage of Simon Harper
by BELL, Neil [pseud Stephen Southwold]
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; red top-stain; dustjacket; 488pp. Tight, Near Fine copy of the book. The dustwrapper has old kraft paper reinforcements to verso; recto shows light rubbing and wear at folds and extremities, bit of soil to lighter portions; Very Good. Little-known (and apparently... Read More
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The Cruise of the "Nona
by BELLOC, H. [Hilaire]
London: Constable & Company, 1925. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm. Blue vertically-ribbed cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xiv,(1)-347pp. Trace of rubbing to joints and board corners, faint foxing to endpapers - still a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy, lacking the dustwrapper.
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Mosby's Memoirs & Other Stories
by BELLOW, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); beige cloth spine over blue paper covered boards; both stamped in black; black top-stain; 184pp. Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket (priced $5.00). The Nobel Prize-winning author's first collection of short stories.
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National Book Award in Fiction, 1971 Acceptance Remarks
by BELLOW, Saul
New York, 1971. Quarto (35.5cm x 22cm); single, unbound, mimeographed sheet with printing on front side only. Light tanning and soil, with horizontal fold crease, nick (effect to text), 1" and 1.5" tears, and creases and tiny tears to edges; Good. Advance for release 6PM, March 4, 1971, with remarks presented at Alice Tulley Hall (Julliard School),... Read More
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