![James Shore's Daughter [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/336/472/890472336.0.m.jpg)
James Shore's Daughter [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BENÉT, Stephen Vincent
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. First Edition. Limited to 307 copies of which this is no. 275. Large, thick octavo (24.5cm.); original cream paper-covered boards printed in orange, red topstain, brown paper-covered slipcase, printed paper plate mounted to upper slipcase cover; [10],277pp. Board extremities darkened, slipcase a bit shelf-worn, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the... Read More
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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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Colchester Worthies. A Biographical Index of Colchester
by BENHAM, Charles E.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, n.d. [1892]. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover; folding frontispiece; 70pp + [18]pp publisher's catalog. Minor external wear, small white stain to rear cover, but still a tight, VG copy in original cloth.
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Prostitution and Morality: A definitive report on the prostitute in contemporary society and an analysis of the causes and effects of the suppression of prostitution
by BENJAMIN, Harry and R.E.L. Masters; Walter C. Alvarez, intro
London: Souvenir Press, [1965]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in brown dust jacket; ix,[1],495pp. Light wear to jacket extremities; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First published in the United States a year earlier.
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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings
by BENJAMIN, Walter; Peter Demetz (ed); Edmund Jephcott, transl
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1978. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; xliii,348pp. A distinguished copy, from the library of noted poet-translator Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover and occasional pencil marginalia (easily erasable, but why would you?). A tight, Near Fine copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.95 on front... Read More
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The Loot of Cities: Being the adventures of a millionaire in search of joy. A fantasia
by BENNETT, Arnold
Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1972. First American Edition. 12mo (19cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by William Dixon; 156pp. Jacket spine a bit toned, small paper flaw to spine crown verso not visible to exterior, else Very Good or better. Short novel first serialized in the Windsor Magazine, 1903.
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Our Women
by BENNETT, Arnold
London: Cassell and Company, [1923]. Cheap Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green blind-ruled cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; [6],249pp. General shelf wear, corners rather bumped, spine gilt dulled, interior clean and fine. About Very Good overall. "Chapters on the Sex-Discord" - upper cover.
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![Don Juan de Marana: A Play in Four Acts [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/638/709/1033709638.0.m.jpg)
Don Juan de Marana: A Play in Four Acts [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BENNETT, Arnold
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 140. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's vegetable vellum-backed boards in blue-grey dust jacket, matching printed paper labels mounted to both vellum and jacket spines, replacement spine label tipped in rear; xix,[4],178pp. Light shelf wear, jacket spine a bit... Read More
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The Kenya Papers of General Sir George Erskine, 1953-1955
by BENNETT, Huw and David French, eds
Stroud: The History Press, 2013. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; xiii, 338pp. Trivial shelf wear to boards and spine, mild toning to top edge of dust jacket. A tight, clean, new-appearing copy. Near Fine.
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The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying
by BENNETT, J.A.
Oxford: Phaidon - Christie's Limited, 1987. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; bright blue endpapers; dustjacket; 224pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic (halftones) illustrations, with drawings throughout. Small irregularity to front cover cloth, else Fine. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £45); Fine. Practical guide for scientific instruments, including identification, dating, and explanations. [85002]. ... Read More
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What Manner of Man; A Memorial Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
by BENNETT, Lerone Jr. [KING, Martin Luther Jr.]
MNew York: Pocket Books, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 18cm. Publisher's photographic card wraps. 147pp. A near fine copy with some very light incidental wear and soiling. Internally clean, all edges stained red. Inscribed by the author to the dedication page: "Best Wishes, Lerone Bennett, March, 1974" A very handsome wraps copy of one of "the first major biographies"... Read More
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The Holocaust
by BENNETT, Mrs. Annie E.
Worcester, MA: Augustine Caldwell, [n.d.; ca 1890]. First Edition. First printing. 16mo (15cm). Cover title; 80pp pamphlet. Fine. Unrecorded account of a crisis of faith and its renewal, ending with a quotation from Habakkuk 2:20. Augustine Caldwell was a minister, antiquarian, and an early mentor to painter Arthur Wesley Dow. He was also an independent printer: he... Read More
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![Death In Russian Habit [Presentation Copy to Admiral Arleigh Burke]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/696/147/1586147696.0.m.jpg)
Death In Russian Habit [Presentation Copy to Admiral Arleigh Burke]
by SEA LION" [pseud Geoffrey R. Bennett]
London: John Long Ltd, 1958. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Admiral .. Arleigh Burke / I do hope it may amuse you to read this some time - if you can have any time for relaxation these days. With the very best wishes of the author, "Sea Lion," signed "alias Geoffrey R. Bennett," dated in... Read More
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![[Drop title] Beyond Bureaucracy](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/375/160/1276160375.0.m.jpg)
[Drop title] Beyond Bureaucracy
by BENNIS, Warren
[Washington, DC]: Howard University / School of Social Work, [1967]. Offprint. Quarto (28cm.); paper-clipped and hole-punched document; 10ll. printed from typescript. Rust-soil from paper clip, brief pencil underlining, light soil to rear wrapper, else Very Good. Article by a pioneer of "leadership studies" criticizing "the bureaucratic form of organization [as] becoming less and less effective" (p. [1]), instead describing... Read More
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Status, Power and Conflict in the Kibbutz
by BEN-RAFAEL, Eliezer
Aldershot: Avebury, 1988. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Laminated boards (hardcover); no jacket, as issued; viii,166pp. Mild external toning to spine, from sun exposure, else Fine and unmarked.
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Camposantos: a Photographic Essay
by BENRIMO, Dorothy (photos); Rebecca Salsbury James & E. Boyd (text)
Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Artt, 1966. First Edition. First printinh. Square quarto (10" x 10"; ca 25cm x 25cm). Printed paper-covered boards in publisher's unprinted acetate dustjacket. Slight rubbing at bottom board edges; faint foxing to rear endpaper, still Near Fine; in unworn but mildly spotted acetate, Very Good. From the library of noted poet and... Read More
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference on the Olmec: October 28th and 29th, 1967
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (editor); Matthew W. Stirling, Michael D. Coe, and Ignacio Bernal (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (25cm); orange cloth-covered boards with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 185pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and map illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A... Read More
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The Olmec & Their Neighbors. Essays in Memory of Matthew W. Stirling
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (ed)
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, (1981). First Edition. Quarto. Red cloth hardcover; xii,346pp. Fine copy. From the library of noted poet, translator, and mesoamerican scholar Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover. Edited collection of scholarly essays; contributors include Michael D. Coe, Philip Drucker, Elizabeth P. Benson, Richard Diehl, others.
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Falsifications and Misreconstructions of Pre-Columbian Art: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks October 14th and 15th, 1978
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (organizer); Elizabeth H. Boone (ed.); Robert Sonin, Augusta Molina-Montes (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1982. First Edition. Errata slip laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 142pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. A Fine copy. Collection of essays presented in 1978 at Dumbarton Oaks, including Alan R. Sawyer's "The Falsification of Ancient Peruvian Slip-decorated Ceramics", Christopher B.... Read More
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Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks October 18th and 19th, 1975
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (editor); Heather Lechtman, Julie Jones, and Junius B. Bird (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (25cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 207pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slight spine lean; Very... Read More
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Mesoamerican Writing Systems: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks October 30th and 31st, 1971
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (editor); H.B. Nicholson, Tatiana Prskouriakoff, and Bodo Spranz (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); beige cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red on spine, and decorations stamped in red and gilt on front cover; acetate dustjacket; 226pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to... Read More
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference on Chavín: October 26th and 27th, 1968
by BENSON, Elizabeth P. (editor); Thomas C. Patterson, Seiichi Izumi, and John H. Rowe (et al) (contributors)
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; 124pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A... Read More
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Writers in Arms: The Literary Impact of the Spanish Civil War
by BENSON, Frederick R.; Salvador de Madariaga, foreword
New York: New York University Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xxx,345pp.; map endpapers. Dust jacket a hint worn, corners bumped, remnants of price sticker to upper jacket panel, else Very Good and sound. Authors covered include Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Koestler, André Malraux, George Orwell, and others.
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Pull Devil, Pull Baker
by BENSON, Stella and Count Nicolas de Toulouse Lautrec de Savine
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. First American Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth, spine label printed on orange stock; green pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],275pp. Extremities rather dust-soiled, especially to top textblock edge, jacket spine a hint faded and rather cockled from damp. Very Good in About Very Good jacket. The Russian Count's memoirs as told to British feminist... Read More
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The Far-Away Bride
by BENSON, Stella
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in cream decorative price-clipped dust jacket printed in black and fuscia, top edge stained red; xiii,[5],445pp. Jacket spine toned with narrow 2-inch dampstain, spine ends a bit rubbed, else a Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Historical novel describing the plight of White Russians exiled in... Read More
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