Blatchford-Wright's Sozialistische Briefe. Für Amerikanische Verhältnisse Bearbeitet
by BLATCHFORD, Robert and Henry Wright; Victor L. Berger, intro
Milwaukee: Verlag des "Vorwärts, 1899. First Thus. Wrapper issue. Octavo (21.75cm.); original red decorative wrappers; xxiv,188pp. Lacking rear wrapper, upper wrapper with long closed horizontal tear across lower third of wrapper not affecting text, additional chips and shallow losses along extremities, extremities toned; textblock uniformly toned, pp. 187/8 chipped along gutter edge. Fair to Good. This wrapper issue published... Read More
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The Ninth Configuration
by BLATTY, William Peter
New York: Harper and Row, 1978. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth over black paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 135pp. Fine copy, in the original dustwrapper, price clipped, mildliy toned on lighter portions; Near Fine. A Gothic thriller by the author of The Exorcist.
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The Jews of the United States 1790-1840. A Documentary History [Irving Levitas' Copy]
by BLAU, Joseph L. and Salo W. Baron (eds)
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. First Edition. First printings. Three octavo volumes (24.5cm) in glassine and publisher's slipcase. From the library of the noted scholar of Jewish history Irving Levitas, with his printed bookplate to each volume. A Fine set in Very Good slipcase.
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The Theosophical Glossary
by BLAVATSKY, Helena Petrovna
Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918. Second Edition. Large octavo. 25cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 360pp. Bumping to corners and spine ends, a little dulling of the gilt, and some softening and fraying to the head of the spine; internally clean, slightly shaken in its binding, but nevertheless strong and solid,... Read More
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Parted Lovers
by BLAY, J. Benibengor
Aboso, Ghana: Benibengor Book Agency, 1972. Third Edition. Octavo (20cm); thick pink printed wrappers, stapled; 23, [5]pp. Beginning oxidation to staples, with mild tanning to text edges; Near Fine. Brief parable detailing the anguish that can be experienced by parted lovers. Blay (b. 1911) is regarded as a pioneer of popular writing in Ghana, his dozens of self-published works... Read More
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Ghana Sings
by BLAY, J. Benibengor; Kwame Nkrumah, foreword
Accra: Waterville Publishing House, [1965]. First Edition. 12mo (18.25cm.); original green staplebound pictorial wrappers; 78pp. Spine foot bumped, else Near Fine. Folk poetry and songs, described as "Victorian pieties" (Albert S. Gérard, ed. European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, p. 112).
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Stubborn Girl (& Other Stories)
by BLAY, J. Benibengor
Aboso, Ghana: Benibengor Book Agency, 1968. Second Edition. Slim Octavo (20cm); pale blue printed wrappers, stapled; 23, [1] pp. Adverts printed on inside covers and verso of final leaf of text. Cover price of 20 pesewas. Light oxidation to staples, slightly creased, else Near Fine. Short-story collection, first published in 1958. Collects "Stubborn Girl," "Mark of Providence," "Wasted Labour,"... Read More
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Stations
by BLECHMAN, Burt
New York: Random House, Inc, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in purple on spine, and decoration stamped in purple on front cover; purple topstain; dustjacket; [xvi],[2],3-137,[7]pp; illus. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert Giusti, unclipped (priced $3.95), lightly spine-tanned, with tiny chips to lower spine panel, and tiny tears... Read More
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Roots of the 1969 Woodstock Festival: The Backstory to "Woodstock" [Signed]
by BLELOCK, Weston and Julia (editors); Bob Fass (foreword)
Woodstock, NY: WoodstockArts, 2009. First Edition. First Printing, softcover. Octavo (21.5cm); printed wraps; 160pp; black and white photographic (halftones) illustrations throughout. Signed by editor Weston Blelock on dedication page. Book designed by Abigail Sturges (priced $19.95), with bookstore sticker to lower rear cover, and light shelf-wear; Very Good+. Begins with a foreword by Bob Fass, Woodstock Sound-Out emcee and... Read More
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THREE SLEEPS
by Blevins, Richard
Greensburg, PA: The Zelot, 1982. First edition. Printed stapled wraps. 64 pp. Printed as Zelot 8. Blevins was co-publisher of Zelot Press which published Dawson, Irby, Oppenheimer and other notabe poets.
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From Arrowhead
by BLEVINS, Richard
[n.p.]: Privately Published, 1985. Distributed by James R. Lowell at Asphodel Book Shop and published by William D. Shields for Clarel Editions, spiral-bound softcover. Octavo (28cm); pictorial paper wrappers with brown spiral tooth comb; [26]pp. Trace soil to rear wrapper, with tiny crease to lower rear edge; Near Fine. Collection of verse includes "Home, Pennsylvania", "Firing the Stump",... Read More
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Dreams That Wake as Words [Signed Bookplate]
by BLEVINS, Steven (text); Denise Levertov (selected by; introduction)
[n.p.]: Tangram, 1997. First Edition. One of 180 copies, with proceeds donated to a volunteer organization offering meals, housecleaning services, and general support to AIDS patients, softcover. Denise Levertov's signed bookplate laid in. Octavo (25.5cm); terracotta paper wraps, with paper title label on terracotta dustjacket; [48]pp; black and white frontispiece illustration. A Fine copy in Fine dustwrapper. Collection of... Read More
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The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff
by BLIND, Mathilde [Trans.]; [BASHKIRTSEFF, Marie]
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1891. First Thus. Single Volume Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Later black buckram titled in gilt to spine. 694pp. Strong and solid, sunned to spine panel fading the black bag to a dark brown, some scuffing and soiling to boards with some light scratches to the surface of the cloth; internally clean, signs of label removal... Read More
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Jack of Eagles
by BLISH, James
New York: Greenberg, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); yellow boards stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; 246pp.; light foxing to preliminary pages; dusty top textblock; a Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75); light toning to verso, still a Fine jacket. Blish's first novel, overly melodramatic with poor characterization, but an important earlt study of scientifically... Read More
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West Indians in Canada: A Selective Annotated Bibliography
by BLIZZARD, Flora Helena
Guelph: The Library [of] University of Guelph, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original orange printed spiral-bound wrappers; [6],41 typescript leaves. Top edge of upper wrapper a bit toned, else Near Fine. Bibliography Series no. 1.
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Occident, the Last Issue
by Bloch, Chana, Anne S. Perlman, Leslie Scalapino, Charles Wright, Philip Levine, More
Berkeley CA: UC Berkeley, 1975. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Spring 1975 issue, the final one, a great collection of poetry (and some good fiction, too!).
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Natural Law and Human Dignity
by BLOCH, Ernst; Dennis J. Schmidt, transl
Cambridge: M.I.T. Press, 1986. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; dustjacket, xxx,323pp. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper, else tight and fine in the original dustwrapper. A new-appearing copy. Originally published in German as Naturrecht und menschlichte Würde (Suhrkamp, 1961).
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Policewomen on Patrol: Final Report
by BLOCH, Peter B. and Deborah Anderson
[Washington, D.C.]: Police Foundation, [1974]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); original red staplebound card wrappers; [2],vii,[1],67pp.; illus. Fine. Post-Equal Rights Amendment evaluation of policewomen.
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The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism
by BLOCH, Robert, Alfred Bester, and Robert A. Heinlein, et al. (contributors)
Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-160pp. Slight lean, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), shelfworn, sunned at spine and extremities, with some shallow losses and small tears along the upper edge; Very Good. An examination of science-fiction as a... Read More
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Beside Myself
by BLOCK, Allan
New York: Flatiron Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers; [iv, 16pp]. Inscribed inside front wrapper to the Greenwich-village folk-music impresario Izzy Young, dated 1962. Mild discoloration to front wrapper, else Fine. A significant association, joining two of the great figures of the 1960s folk revival. Allan Block (1923-2013) was the long-time proprietor of the Allan Block Sandal Shop,... Read More
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One-Act Plays from the Yiddish
by BLOCK, Etta, trans
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company Publishers, [1923]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth lettered in black; [8],165pp. Spine a shade sunned else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Presumably in a remainder binding with "Appleton" printed at spine foot. Includes three plays by the Artef playwright Peretz (spelled here "Perez") Hirshbein.
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The Spread of Towns. With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P.
by BLOCK, Geoffrey D.M.
London: Conservative Political Centre, 1954. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Octavo (22cm). Pictorial stiff card wrappers; 55pp. Light rubbing to covers, else clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Post-War study of British city planning from a Conservative viewpoint, emphasizing slum clearance, containing sprawl, and preserving agricultural properties.
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![Mona [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/305/707/1504707305.0.m.jpg)
Mona [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by BLOCK, Lawrence
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1961. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [6],7-159,[1]pp ads. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Shallow loss to crown, light wear to extremities, with a small scratch to uper right edge of textblock, and some light erasure to upper... Read More
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The Specialists [Signed, Limited, Lettered Copy]
by BLOCK, Lawrence
Aliso Viejo: James Cahill, 1996. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed, limited to 200 copies, this being letter "R" of 26 lettered, specially bound copies. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 160pp; (4)pp. A Fine copy in publisher's slipcase. "The Specialists are five ex-soldiers, all trained in jungle warfare, each with a deadly specialty.... Read More
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The Specialists [Signed, Limited]
by BLOCK, Lawrence
Aliso Viejo: James Cahill, 1996. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed, limited to 200 copies, this being #125. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 160pp.,(4); a Fine copy. Still sealed in shrinkwrap. "The Specialists are five ex-soldiers, all trained in jungle warfare, each with a deadly specialty. As civilians they lead inconspicuous lives--until... Read More
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