Seize The Day
by BELLOW, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1956. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black and yellow cloth, with titles stamped in dark gray on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 211pp. Dust soil to extremities, but still a straight, Near Fine copy with top-stain deep and even. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), gently spine-sunned, else just mildly rubbed at extremities;... Read More
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The Adventures of Augie March
by BELLOW, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; gray and black cloth, titles decoratively stamped in orange on spine and front cover; 536pp. Mild bumps to board corners, else tight and Fine. In the original Robert Hallock designed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.50 on front flap), gently rubbed overall, more pronounced at spine ends; small snag at crown... Read More
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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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Rebel, Priest, and Prophet: A Biography of Dr. Edward McGlynn
by BELL, Stephen
New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth, silver foil spine, in red and black photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[5],303pp. Jacket rather dust-soiled and worn along extremities, including several closed tears and shallow chipping, including at spine crown; foxing along flap folds; corners bumped and spine silver starting to flake, else Near Very Good in a Good... Read More
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The Democratic Revolution in the West Indies: Studies in Nationalism, Leadership, and the Belief in Progress
by BELL, Wendell (editor; contributor); Vernon L. Arnett (foreword); James Duke, Raymond Mack, (et al) (contributors)
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 232pp; black-and-white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, with his inked ownership to title page. Price stamp to... Read More
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A Business Primer for Negroes [Inscribed]
by BELL, William K.
New York: William K. Bell Publications, 1948. Octavo (21cm); green cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 198pp. Inscribed by author on verso of front endpaper: "For Stephen Crawford with best wishes William K. Bell". "Robert S. Smith" inked on front pastedown. Inked underlining and marks throughout with quote inked on rear endpaper, "Give the people... Read More
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African Bridge Builders
by BELL, William C., ed
New York: Friendship Press, [1936]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's tan pictorial wrappers printed in brown; viii,168pp. Light wear to extremities, occasional unobtrusive red pencil underlining throughout, else Very Good or better. Collection of folk tales and stories by missionaries in Africa.
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Sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a Literary Life
by BELOE, William
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. 19th-century polished calf; spines in six compartments with gilt ornaments; viii,435;380pp. With manuscript key to identities laid in to each volume (see note). Some rubbing to joints (external), but holding strong, and overall and attractive, Very Good set in an attractive contemporary binding. From the library of bibliographer... Read More
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American Unitarianism; or A Brief History of "The Progress and Present State of the Unitarian Churches in Amerca
by BELSHAM, Thomas
Boston: Nathaniel Willis, 1815. Second Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 48pp. Foxing throughout, long shallow crease along fore-edge of title page (serving as upper cover), else Very Good and sound. "Compiled from Documents and Information communicated by the Rev. James Freeman, D.D. and William Wells Jun. Esq. of Boston, and from the Unitarian Gentlemen in this Country" (title page), extracted... Read More
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep [Signed]
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. First Edition. Illustrated limited edition, with 400 copies intended for sale and 100 copies for private distribution, of which this is no.252 and signed by the author. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on leather label on spine and pictorial decoration pasted to front cover; all edges stained light... Read More
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My War With the United States
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig (text; illustrations)
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); tan cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in blue on spine and front cover; all edges red; 151pp; black and white illustrations throughout. Spine-tanned, with light soil; Very Good. Bemelmans describes his war experiences in the U.S. Army beginning in 1917. [84438].
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Fifi
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Tall quarto (31cm); pictorial paper-covered boards; cat and dog patterned endpapers; dustjacket; [46]pp; illus. Wear to spine ends and upper corners, some insect damage to lower board edges (resulting in some spotty board exposure), though contents are immaculate; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently sunned and modestly worn, with... Read More
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Dirty Eddie
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 240pp. Light shelf-wear and soil, spine-faded, with slight spine lean; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.75), tanned, with chip to front panel, tiny tears and rubbing to spine ends and extremities,... Read More
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Berliner Musenkinder-Memoiren: eine heitere Chronik von 1900-1930
by BEMMANN, Helga
Berlin: Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, 1987. Second edition. Square octavo (22cm). Pictorial laminated boards; 215pp; illus. Mild rubbing to spine ends; ink gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper; else a tight, straight copy free of markings or significant wear. Text entirely in German.
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Sex-Segregated Want Ads: Do They Discourage Female Job Applicants
by BEM, Sandra L. and Daryl J.
[Pittsburgh: Know, Inc, n.d., ca. 1970]. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); two typescript leaves staplebound at top left-hand corner. About Fine. Study conducted at Carnegie-Mellon on sex-segregated wants ads as published by The Pittsburgh Press. Unlocated in OCLC as of August, 2018.
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Into the Promised Land: Issues Facing the Welfare State
by BEN-ARIEH, Asher and John Gal (eds)
Westport: Praeger, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 290pp. Fine and unmarked; an as-new copy. No dustjacket as issued.
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OPEN PLACES
by Bender, Eleanor M. (editor)
New York; Columbia, MO: Stevens College, 1966 - 1987. First Edition. Thirty-five volumes (8vo.), a nearly complete run of this excellent literary, mostly poetry, journal begun in NYC, moving after the ninth issue to Stevens College in MO. Early issues staple-bound, later perfect; many distinguished by their covers, photographs of the featured poets: Piercy, Waldrop, Levis & Southwick, Besmilr... Read More
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OPEN PLACES No.1
by Bender, Eleanor M. (ed.)
New York: Bender, November 1966. First Edition. Stapled wrappers; 8vo. 40 pp. First issue of this long-running quaterly, mostly out of Columbia, Missouri, but begun in NYC. Contributions by X. J. Kennedy, Anne Stevenson, Denise Levertov, Reg Saner, Rosmarie Waldrop, and others. Near fine.
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The Anthropology of World's Fairs; San Francisco's Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915
by BENEDICT, Burton
London and Berkeley: Scolar Press [for The Lowie Museum of Anthropology], 1983. First Edition. Tall Quarto. 34.5cm. Publisher's glossy illustrated wraps. [xv]; 175pp.; [1]. Clean and sharp in colorful wraps, some very light wear to spine ends and corners; internally clean, authorial inscription to half title, review slip laid in at the front, illustrated throughout in both color and... Read More
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This Animal is Mischievous
by BENEDICTUS, David
New York: New American Library, 1965. First American Edition. Octavo. Purple & lavender cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 209pp. Near fine in lightly rubbed and soiled dustwrapper. A satire on "racial extremism." Preceded by a London edition the same year.
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Contributions to American Archaeology No. 18: The Food of the Present-Day Maya Indians of Yucatan
by BENEDICT, Francis G.; Morris Steggerda
Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. Softcover. Quarto (29cm); gray paper wrappers; [2],157-188,[2]pp. Preprinted from Publication No. 456 of Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tanned, with pencilled notes to front wrapper, and light shelf-wear and creases; Very Good. Report includes maize products, meats, bread and crackers, and medicinal properties. [87929].
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Les Ziphioides des Mers d'Europe
by BENEDEN, Pierre Joseph van
[Bruxelles]: [M. Hayez], [1888]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm). Modern half dark green buckram and light green buckram, titled in gilt; marbled endpapers; 119,[1]pp. Bookplate of James G. Mead. Rebound with slight external smudges, internally clean: Very Good or better. Mémoires couronnés 41. Treatise on beaked whales from the collection of noted zoologist James G. Mead, Curator Emeritus... Read More
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Psychoanalytic Investigations: Selected Papers
by BENEDEK, Therese; George H. Pollock, foreword
New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co, [1973]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [2],542pp. Light wear to jacket and cloth extremities, some dust-soil and toning, else Very Good and sound.
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The Devil and Daniel Webster
by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent; Harold Denisen, illus
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1937]. Reprint. Slim octavo (21cm.); original cloth in blue and white pictorial dust jacket; 61pp.; illus. Jacket uniformly toned and a bit worn along extremities, some tiny chips and closed tears, spine sunned, price neatly torn away; boards lightly rubbed, some offsetting to endpapers else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Faustian novella... Read More
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