Pencil drawing of man in profile in mask, 3/4 length
by Beaumont, Édouard de (1821-1888)
Signed lower right "E de B.". 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches. Some foxing. Signed lower right "E de B.". 5-1/4 x 3-3/4 inches.
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The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher; The Text formed from a New Collation of the Early Edition. With Notes and Biographical Memoir by The Rev. Alexander Dyce
by Beaumont, Francis & John Fletcher
London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1846. First Dyce edition. Frontispece in Vol 1. 11 vols. 8vo. Original purple cloth, faded, else fine copy. First Dyce edition. Frontispece in Vol 1. 11 vols. 8vo.
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Perrette
by Beaume, Georges
Paris: Librairie Borel, 1897. Illustrated by A. Calbert. With extra suite of illustrations in sanguine preceding title. 134 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Half chestnut morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. by Macdonald, original wrappers bound in. Fine. Illustrated by A. Calbert. With extra suite of illustrations in sanguine preceding title. 134 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Presentation inscription from the author... Read More
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Le Magasin des Jeunes Dames, ou Instructions pour les Personnes qui entrent dans le monde et se marient leurs devoirs dans cet état et envers leurs enfants
by Beaumont, Marie, Madame Le Prince de
Paris: Chez J.-B. Garnery, Librairie, rue de Pot-de-Fer, No. 14, 1823. Frontispiece to each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary full polished brown calf, with Cathredal device in blind on each cover, with a gilt stamped "A' in the center of each cover, gilt floral rules, gilt spine. Frontispiece to each volume. 4 vols. 12mo. Jeanne-Marie Le... Read More
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Australie. Voyage autour du Monde
by Beauvoir, Le Comte de
Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. First edition. Two folding maps and two mounted albumen photographs. x, 363pp. 8vo. Contemporary green calf backed marbled boards. Very Good. First edition. Two folding maps and two mounted albumen photographs. x, 363pp. 8vo. In 1866, at the age of 19, Ludovic de Beauvoir undertook with his childhood friend, the Duke of Penthièvre, a... Read More
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Typed Letter, Signed (“Beaverbrook”), to Alfred Eisenstaedt, acknowledging a “beautiful book of photographs”
by Beaverbrook, Lord (William Maxwell Aitken)
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, 1951. One sheet, signed in ink. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrinkle, else fine. One sheet, signed in ink. 1 vols. 8vo. Canadian-born Beaverbrook (1879-1964) made his fortune from Canadian cement mills. He moved to England and became a Conservative MP the following year. During WWI he was Minister of Information and bought a controlling interest in... Read More
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A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back with an Appendix
by Becher, H.C.R.
Toronto: Willing and Williamson, 1880. First edition. 20 original photographs (many by Killburn Brothers, of Littleton, N.H.), full page map. vii, [i], 183 pp. 1 vols. Original brown beveled cloth, stamped in gilt. Minor wear, else fine. Bookplate of James Torr Harmer. First edition. 20 original photographs (many by Killburn Brothers, of Littleton, N.H.), full page map. vii,... Read More
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Quadruplex missalis expositio: litteralis scilicet allegorica, tropologica et anagogica; sic ordinata, ut etiám populo expediat predicari publice quo ad litteralem sensum allegoricum et etiam tropologicum usque ad oblationem
by Bechoffen, Johannes
Basle: Michael Furter, 1509. Second edition (first printed 1505). [88] leaves, including final blank O8. A-B8 C-O 4-8, alternately. Title printed in red and black with central vignette of cherub; gothic character, with ornamental initial capitals; printer’s device on colophon leaf. 1 vols. 4to. 19th-century half vellum and marbled paper boards; vellum mottled and boards scuffed. Title a bit... Read More
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Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt
by Bechtel, Stephen D.
San Francisco, 1955. Pen and ink on paper. 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Marginal binding holes, else fine. Pen and ink on paper. 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 6-1/4 inches. One of the most influential and beloved men in the engineering and construction industry, the man who as head of the family's Bechtel Corporation built the first nuclear... Read More
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Becker's Ornamental Penmanship. A Series of Analytical and Finished Alphabets
by Becker, George J.
Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son, 1855. First edition. 33 engraved plates, including the illustrated title. 1 vols. Oblong small 4to. Publisher's cloth. Rebacked, cloth a bit blistered. Minor glue staining from the tissue guards, minor toning. Very good. First edition. 33 engraved plates, including the illustrated title. 1 vols. Oblong small 4to. The author was professor of drawing,... Read More
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An Essay on Electricity, containing a series of experiments introductory to the study of that science; in which are included some of the latest discoveries; intended chiefly with a view of facilitating its application, and extending its utility in medical purposes
by [Becket, John Brice]
Bristol: J.B. Becket [et. al.], 1773. First edition. [2], xv, [1], 151, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. Contemporary calf, front cover nearly detached, chips to spine, lacks endpapers. First edition. [2], xv, [1], 151, [1]pp. Half-title. 8vo. "Several Persons in this City, who have lately furnished themselves with Electrical Machines, have repeatedly desired me to give them a few plain... Read More
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Stirrings Still
by Beckett, Samuel
New York/London: Blue Moon Books and John Calder, 1988. Limited edition, number 168 of 200, signed by the author and the artist. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter bound in parchment and natural linen that is stamped in 18 carat gold. Publisher's cloth slipcase. As new. Brocquy, Louis le. Limited edition, number 168 of 200, signed by the author and... Read More
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Waiting for Godot
by Beckett, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, 1954. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition. Illustrated with portrait and three leaves of stills from the stage production. Pagination irregular. [vii] pp.; 7-60 ff. (numbered on left page); [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine, Fine. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition.... Read More
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assez
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1966. First edition, #305 of 450 copies. 29, [1] pp. 12mo. Original wrappers, glassine. Near fine. First edition, #305 of 450 copies. 29, [1] pp. 12mo. Inscribed on the title page, "for William & Roslyn Targ from Samuel Beckett". Roslyn Targ (1925-2017), was Beckett's literary agent. Her husband, William Targ (1907-1999), was an... Read More
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Murphy
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Bordas / Éditions de Minuit, 1954. First edition in French, second issue. 272 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers; glassine; unopened. Text evenly toned, otherwise fine. First edition in French, second issue. 272 pp. 8vo. First French edition, second issue. Inscribed on the title page, "For William & Roslyn Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett." Beckett's first... Read More
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SAMUEL BECKETT: an exhibition, held at Reading University Library, May to July 1971. Catalogue by James Knowlson. Foreword by A. J. Leventhal
by Beckett, Samuel
[London]: Turret Books, 1971. First edition, limited issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Samuel Beckett. Illustrated. 123 pp. 4to. Black cloth. A fine copy, issued without printed dust jacket. First edition, limited issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Samuel Beckett. Illustrated. 123 pp. 4to. Reproduces a few pages of Beckett manuscripts in holograph facsimile,... Read More
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Catastrophe. For Václav Havel
by Beckett, Samuel
[Northridge, CA]: The Lord John Press, 1983. Number 98 of 100 copies, signed by Beckett and Mugnaini. Designed and printed by Patrick Reagh, illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. 22-1/2 x 15 inches, matted to 20 x 14 inches. Fine, matted and framed. Number 98 of 100 copies, signed by Beckett and Mugnaini. Designed and printed by Patrick Reagh, illustrated... Read More
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Molloy
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les editions de Minuit, 1951. First edition, trade issue (one of 3000 copies, after 50 numbered copies of the édition de tête and 500 on alfa). 272, [2, blank], [2, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White wrappers printed in black and blue. Spine faintly toned, text block with usual browning, otherwise very good plus. First edition, trade... Read More
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Imagination Dead Imagine...translated from the French by the author
by Beckett, Samuel
London: Calder and Boyars, 1965. Number 11 of 100 copies signed by the author. 14pp. 8vo. Grey cloth, in slipcase. Fine some foxing on colophon page. Number 11 of 100 copies signed by the author. 14pp. 8vo. Additionally inscribed on title-page "For/ Bill & Roslyn/ their friend/ Sam." William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of... Read More
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bing
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1966. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 73 of 112 copies reserved for publisher of 550 copies on Rives from an edition of 762 (there were 100 hors commerce and 112 reserved for the publisher). 17, [1]pp. 8vo. Original wrappers; glassine. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 73 of 112 copies reserved for publisher... Read More
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Footfalls
by Beckett, Samuel
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. Uncorrected Proof Copy. 13 pp. 8vo. Blue wrappers. Touch of marginal fading, near fine. Uncorrected Proof Copy. 13 pp. 8vo.
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Comédie et actes divers
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les éditions de minuit, 1966. #68 of 80 copies printed on pur fil Lafuma. 99, [5] pp. 12mo. Original French wrappers, glassine; unopened. Fine. #68 of 80 copies printed on pur fil Lafuma. 99, [5] pp. 12mo. Inscribed on the title page: "for Bill & Roslyn in friendship from Sam". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and... Read More
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Stirrings Still
by Beckett, Samuel
New York/London: Blue Moon Books and John Calder, 1988. Edition of 200, with a further 26 copies designated A-Z, all signed by the author and the artist. This is copy J of 26. Inscribed. Illustrated by Louis Le Brocquy with one color lithograph and eight lithographs in black. 1 vols. Folio. Publisher's parchment-backed linen boards stamped in gilt after... Read More
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X. Volume One 1960-1961 [Vol. 1, No. 1 through Vol. 1, No. 4 (four issues in one volume)]. Edited by David Wright and Patrick Swift
by Beckett, Samuel
London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1961. First collected edition of Volume One (complete in four issues), limited to 800 copies. Illustrated. 328pp. 4to. Cream boards, with gilt stamped "X" om upper cover. Binding is lightly bumped at crown of spine, covers are lightly tanned at extremities, rear flyleaf lightly creased and tanned, else a very good copy in worn, price-clipped,... Read More
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The Beckett Country. Samuel Beckett's Ireland
by Beckett, Samuel
Dublin: Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber, 1986. First trade edition. Photography by David H. Davison. Illustrations by Robert Ballagh. Oblong 4to. Original cloth, dust jacket. Minor shelfwear, near fine. First trade edition. Photography by David H. Davison. Illustrations by Robert Ballagh. Oblong 4to. With a slip mounted to f.f.e.p. inscribed, "For Bill [Targ] from... Read More
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