The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull, the Clothier. In a Series of Letters to a Friend
by [Belknap, Jeremy] (1744-1798)
Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1792. First Edition, first state of frontispiece (with £150,000,000); Blanck’s state A of footnote at p. 77. Engraved frontispiece, 216pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, with some minor loss to the leather of the spine, small void to the lower corner of the front endpaper, minor foxing, short marginal edge tear to M2.... Read More
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Pencil sketch: Depicting a soldier rushing into the arms of a seated woman
by Bellangé, Joseph Louis Hippolyte (1800-1866, French)
8-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Matted. Illegibly titled, and signed, by the author. Minor waterstain along left side, not affecting main image; else Fine. 8-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches.
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Nouveau Dictionnaire Anglais-Français et Français-Anglais
by (Bell, Alexander Graham) Clifton, E.C., & Adrien Grimaux
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1910. Nouvelle édition Revue et Corrigée. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Quarter red leather and pebbled cloth, gilt spines. Preliminaries a little foxed, mild scuffing here and there, otherwise very good. Nouvelle édition Revue et Corrigée. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. A fascinating association copy, inscribed on the flyleaf of each volume: "Alexander Graham Bell / from... Read More
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Etching: Deux Tigres sautent au-dessus d'un festoon de raisins et de feuilles devignes porté par trois enfants. πlate 116 from Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami
by Bella, Stefano della (1610-1664)
[Paris], 1655. In the second state, the address of Langlois's widow appears in the title plate. Francois Langlois died in 1647 and his widow married Piere Mariette II in 1655. Mariette's address apears on the fifth state of this set. Stefano dell Bella was living and working in Paris from 1639-1650. Signed in plate lower left by artist. on... Read More
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Praefationis ad tres gulielmi bellendeni libros, de statu, editio secunda
by Bellenden, William: [Parr, Samuel, preface]
London: W. Browne & J. Warren, 1788. Second edition. Three portraits with explanatory text leaves. [2], viii, cxxxvii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt. Spine faded, extremities lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing. Some contemporary annotations. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Second edition. Three portraits with explanatory... Read More
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Letter signed to Vice Admiral Shuldham
by Bell, John, Lieutenant General
1778. Single page on a bifolium, docketed. Folio. A little toned and worn around the edges with some splits, generally very good. Single page on a bifolium, docketed. Folio. The letter reads in part: "Having a sufficient number of men at the Division to relieve them, I have to request that your Lordship will be pleased to order... Read More
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Travels from St. Petersburg in Russia to diverse parts of Asia
by Bell, John (1691-1780)
Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. First Edition. One engraved folding map by John Riddell. (Duplicate signature Rr in vol. II.) pp. xvii, [3], 357, [2 pages ads]; 426 [1]pp.,errata slip, subscribers list. 2 vols. Small 4to (240 x 180 mm). Contemporary mpottled calf, conbtrasting leather spine labels. (tiny amount of worming to Siberia foiding map) . handsome copy.... Read More
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The Washington Square Ensemble
by Bell, Madison Smartt
New York: Viking, 1983. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Red boards, black spine. Fine in near fine dust jacket (tiniest scuff at top of back panel). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The author’s first novel, signed by the author and dated on the title page (6 February 1983) and additionally inscribed on the half title “for Jane T—... Read More
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![Autograph Letter Signed ("HBelloc") to Sr ? Deighton (?), SJ, concerning an Autograph Album to be presented to Lord [Douglas] Haig](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/656/748/248748656.0.m.jpg)
Autograph Letter Signed ("HBelloc") to Sr ? Deighton (?), SJ, concerning an Autograph Album to be presented to Lord [Douglas] Haig
by Belloc, Hillaire
London, 1923. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. One page. 1 vols. 4to. Belloc writes to his correspondent: "My Dear Sir, I am afraid there has been a bad contretemps about the autograph Extract you were kind enough to ask me to write for the Album to be presented to Lord [Douglas] Haig. I find ...... Read More
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The Adventures of Augie March
by Bellow, Saul
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. First British edition. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped in gilt on spine, faded; illustrated dust jacket; light edge and shelf wear. First British edition. 8vo.
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Humboldt's Gift
by Bellow, Saul
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. 387 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth-backed boards. Fine in spine-toned dust jacket. Signed by the author. Bookmark from the Chicago 1st Edition Circle laid in. 387 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Burgess 99, p.110
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The Victim
by Bellow, Saul
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1947. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Very good in fair dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo.
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Humboldt's Gift
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Viking, 1967. First edition. 487pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Lacks jacket, near fine. First edition. 487pp. 8vo. Inscribed "For Roslyn Targ with every good wish Saul Bellow." Targ was a successful literary agent who represented Bellow, as well as Samuel Beckett, Italo Calvino, Henry Miller, and Henry Roth, among others. Burgess 99, p.110
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Mr. Sammler's Planet
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First edition. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. 313 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by Bellow on front free endpaper.
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Henderson the Rain King
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Viking, 1959. First Edition. 341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. First Edition. 341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Flat signed by Bellow on the title page.
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![[Kurpfalz. Regierungsrath, Mannheim. Ordinance governing Bell-Ringing] Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Carl Theodor, Pfalzgraf vei Rhein, Herzog in Ober- und Nieder-Bayern … Verordnen hiermit gnädigst, daß in Unsern Kurlanden hinkünftig das May-Geläut gänzlich eingestellet, das Wettergeläut aber dahin eingeschränkt werden solle, daß ausser dem gewöhnlichen zu Anrufung des göttlichen Beistandes bestimmten Englischen Gruß, und dem nach geendigtem Gewitter zur Danksagung abermal zu gebenden Zeichen, nicht weiter in denen Kirchen geläutet werde …](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/185/747/248747185.0.m.jpg)
[Kurpfalz. Regierungsrath, Mannheim. Ordinance governing Bell-Ringing] Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Carl Theodor, Pfalzgraf vei Rhein, Herzog in Ober- und Nieder-Bayern … Verordnen hiermit gnädigst, daß in Unsern Kurlanden hinkünftig das May-Geläut gänzlich eingestellet, das Wettergeläut aber dahin eingeschränkt werden solle, daß ausser dem gewöhnlichen zu Anrufung des göttlichen Beistandes bestimmten Englischen Gruß, und dem nach geendigtem Gewitter zur Danksagung abermal zu gebenden Zeichen, nicht weiter in denen Kirchen geläutet werde …
by (Bell-Ringing)
Mannheim: Kurpfalz Regierungsrath … F. Stamm, 1784. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. Space for name of district unaccomplished. 1 vols. 4to. Law regulating the permissible peals of bells in the territory, the May-Peal, ringing of the bells in thanks after the end of storms, and prohibiting others.
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Songs from the Dramatists
by Bell, Robert, Editor
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1882. Number 40 of 93 Large Paper Copies on Whatman Hand-made Paper. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters green morocco, faded to brown, else fine, uncut. Number 40 of 93 Large Paper Copies on Whatman Hand-made Paper. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Bell News and Ringers’ Record. A Journal of the Ringing Exercise; and Compendium of Information for the Clergy and Churchwardens. Vol. I - Vol. XXXII
by (Bells)
London, 1914. 32 vols. 4to. Cloth. Some wear, spines of vols. 1-4 worn; boards of two vols. detached (29 & 31). Bookplate of Arthur H. Nichols in many vols. With index volume compiled by Cecil Wratten (Alan R. Ellis, 2002). 32 vols. 4to. A massive and nearly complete run of this weekly bell-ringing resource, published in London from... Read More
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The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
by Bell, W[alter] D.M.
London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life," Ltd, 1923. First edition. Illustrated. [x], 187, [1, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth over boards, cloth label on front cover. Board edges rubbed. Very good. First edition. Illustrated. [x], 187, [1, index] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Born in 1880, Bell left school at 14 to make his... Read More
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Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books
by Beloe, William
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814. Mixed issue, with second printing of vols. 1-2 and first editions of vols. 3-6. 6 vols. 8vo. Later half red morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Alfred A. Cohen bookplate. Very good. Mixed issue, with second printing of vols. 1-2 and first editions of vols. 3-6. 6 vols. 8vo. Beloe was Keeper... Read More
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Viking, 1943. First edition, limited issue. One of 500 copies (400 for sale) this is one of 100 copy XCI for prvate distribution , specially bound and numbered, and signed by the author. 4 colour plates by Ludwig Bemelmans (one double-page). [xii], 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth, pictorial onlay, leather spine label. Plates. Near fine... Read More
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Typed Letter, signed (“Ludwig”), to Viking editor Marshall Best, “here comes some weird nightmusic again” with obscene self-caricature
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York, 1947. 2 pp., on New Yorker letterhead. 4to. Very good. Old cellotape repair on verso. 2 pp., on New Yorker letterhead. 4to. A bizarre and notable letter from artist/author Ludwig Bemelmans in the late 1940s when for a time his relationship with Viking was on uncertain terms, and with a remarkable self-caricature: “here comes some weird... Read More
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Venetian Church on a Moonlit Night
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
Oil on canvasboard, signed “Bemelmans” (lower right). 26 x 20 in. Framed. Oil on canvasboard, signed “Bemelmans” (lower right). 26 x 20 in. This artwork exemplifies Bemelmans' extraordinary ability to merge reality and imagination, capturing a serene nocturnal view of a Venetian church bathed in moonlight. A composition of both elegance and subtlety, the painting renders an intimate... Read More
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Viking, 1943. First edition, limited issue. One of 500 copies (400 for sale), specially bound and numbered, and signed by the author. With pictorial endpapers, pictorial list of plates, and four colored plates by Ludwig Bemelmans (one double-page, [xii], 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth, pictorial onlay, leather spine label. Label a little rubbed, near fine... Read More
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The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630
by Benavides, Alonso de
Chicago: privately printed, 1916. From an edition limited to 300 copies, this copy stamped "249. Translated by Mrs. Edward E. Ayer. Annotated by Frederick Webb Hodge and Charles Fletcher Lummis. Forty-four photogravure illustrations. xiii, 309 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original three-quarter cloth over cloth, t.e.g. Bookplates on front pastedown of Copley Libraryb and oif Graf. Minor wear to cloth,... Read More
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