Portrait photograph of Adolfo Best-Maugard
by (Best-Maugard, Adolfo) Van Vechten, Carl
New York, 1964. 1 vols. Apx. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. 1 vols. Apx. 10 x 8 inches. Aldolfo Best-Maugard (1891-1964) was a Mexican painter and author of “An Approach to Creative Design” (1925). He established and promoted a new drawing teaching method, based on popular art elements and on the study of pre-Columbian forms, that was part... Read More
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The Maori. Memoirs of Polynesian Society. Volume V.
by Best, Elsdon
Wellington, N.Z.: Printed by Harry Tombs. Limited, 1924. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 528; ix, 637 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. About fine. Signed by Ashley Montagu. First edition. Illustrated. xvi, 528; ix, 637 pp. 2 vols. 8vo.
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The Planet; A Song of a Distant World
by Best, Larry
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press Press, 1869. First edition. 161 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original rust cloth. Some light wear, some discoloration of peach endpapers, some light browning of text, else a good copy. First edition. 161 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The poet longs to live on his chosen planet away from evils but when transported there... Read More
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A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations … To Which is Added The Compleat Fly-Fisher, etc.
by Best, Thomas
London: Printed for C. Stalker, 1787. First edition, with half title. Frontispiece. 112, [4, ads] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary brown reverse calf. Early ownership signature,1788, and gift inscription, 1800, on first blank. Samuel Lambert bookplate on flyleaf, and another on pastedown. Old adhesions on front pastedown, some minor wear to extremities, (one corner with small loss, else near... Read More
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Church Poems
by Betjeman, John
[London]: John Murray, 1981. First trade edition (a limited issue of 100 copies was also produced). Illustrated by John Piper. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf. First trade edition (a limited issue of 100 copies was also produced). Illustrated by John Piper. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by... Read More
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Ghastly Good Taste. Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
by Betjeman, John
London: Chapman and Hall, 1933. First edition, first issue. Wth large folding plate by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh at end (7 x 40 inches) . xi, 186, [3] pp. Errata slip present. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth spine, printed rose paper boards. Spine label refreshed with original duplicate label, minor soiling to boards. Folding plate clean and complete. Very good plus,... Read More
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![A Garland for the Laureate. Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday. [Edited by Roger Pringle]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/447/754/1507754447.0.m.jpg)
A Garland for the Laureate. Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday. [Edited by Roger Pringle]
by (Betjeman, John)
[Stratford-upon-Avon]: The Celandine Press, 1981. First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed on Zerkall by the Whittington Press, signed by the contributors and specially bound. Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter black buckram and marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in slipcase. First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed... Read More
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Ghastly Good Taste. Or, a Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
by Betjeman, John
London: Chapman and Hall, 1933. First edition, first issue. Wth large folding plate by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh at end (7 x 40 inches) . xi, 186, [3] pp. Errata slip present. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth spine, printed rose paper boards, spare label at back. Some soiling, spine label toned and scuffed. Folding plate clean and complete though a bit... Read More
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Boone and Crockett Club's 24th Big Game Awards 1998-2000. A Book of the Boone and Crockett Club, Containing Tabulations of Outstanding North American Big Game Trophies Accepted During the 24th Awards Entry
by Bettas, George A., C. Randall Byers & Jack Reneau, editors
Missoula, Montana: Boone and Crockett Club, 2001. First edition, Number 38 of 50 copies, signed by President, Earl E. Mogenroth, Chair, C. Randall Byers, Jack Reneau, Director, 12 Judges, 3 Consulatnts. Illustrated. xxx, [ii], 559 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Crimson rexine by Roswell Bookbinding. Fine in open-faced cloth slipcase. First edition, Number 38 of 50 copies, signed... Read More
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Boone and Crockett Club's 25th Big Game Awards 2001-2003
by Bettas, George A., Eldon L. "Buck" Buckner & Jack Reneau, editors
Missoula, Montana: Boone and Crockett Club, 2004. First edition, Number 29 of 50 copies, signed by President, Chair, Director, 11 Judges, 5 Consulatnts. 63 color photos, 100 portraits. xxix, 673, [1] pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Blue rexine by Roswell Bookbinding. Fine in open-faced cloth slipcase. First edition, Number 29 of 50 copies, signed by President, Chair, Director,... Read More
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D'homme à homme
by [Bettencourt, Pierre]
[Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan: Imprimé en Normandie pour Pierre Bettencourt], 1957. First edition. Main text printed rectos only and unpaginated. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Wrappers. Fine. First edition. Main text printed rectos only and unpaginated. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Typographic artist book and philosophical anthology from the press of literary prankster Pierre Bettencourt (1917-2006), with passages from Pascal, Michaux, Baudelaire, Borges,... Read More
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![The History of the English Stage from the Restauration [sic] to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses. With Instructions for Public Speaking; wherein The Action and Utterance of the Bar, Stage, and Pulpit are Distinctly considered WITH: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/297/758/248758297.0.m.jpg)
The History of the English Stage from the Restauration [sic] to the Present Time. Including the Lives, Characters and Amours Of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses. With Instructions for Public Speaking; wherein The Action and Utterance of the Bar, Stage, and Pulpit are Distinctly considered WITH: Memoirs of Mrs. Anne Oldfield
by Betterton, Thomas
London: E. Curll, 1741. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Vander Gucht after Kneller. 44 extra woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo. Polished tan calf, gilt spine, a.e.g. by W. Pratt. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Vander Gucht after Kneller. 44 extra woodcuts. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Raggedy Man
by (Betts, Ethel Franklin) Riley, James Whitcomb
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907. First edition, first printing with half-title and final blank. 8 Colored plates and black and white illustrations and borders by Ethel Franklin Betts. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth-backed boards with Betts illustrations on front and back covers. Edges and corners worn, some rubbing, a text leaf with tear in upper margin affecting decorative... Read More
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![“The most Difficult Journey in the World”. A Pilgrimage to Tibet and Back [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/414/402/1503402414.0.m.jpg)
“The most Difficult Journey in the World”. A Pilgrimage to Tibet and Back [Cover title]
by Bevan, Christabel
[Pondicherry, French India: Published by Miss Christabel Bevan, Sri Aurobindhu's Ashram ... printed by D.A.Lakin at the Statesman Press, Calcutta, 1950. Photographic illustrations. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pink wrappers, minor fading. Photographic illustrations. 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Now this year 1950 is highly important as it marks the beginning of a New Era in the... Read More
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Poètes d'Aujourd'hui. Morceaux choisis
by Bever, Ad. van & Paul Léautaud
Paris: Mercure de France, 1929. Cinquante-trosième édition. 3 vols. 12mo. Three quarter brown morocco, gilt spine, original yellow wrappers bound in, 'bound in France for the French Book Shop 566 Madison Avenue, New York.' Fine. Cinquante-trosième édition. 3 vols. 12mo.
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The Life of John Marshall
by Beveridge, Albert J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. Standard Library Edition. Illustrated. 4 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. VG. Ownership signature of Edwin L. Page. Standard Library Edition. Illustrated. 4 vols. 8vo. With 1-1/2 page TLS to Miss Annie F.H. Boyd from Beveridge about the book and a letter she inherited from General Dearborn and Burr's trial and Jefferson's conduct in that matter.... Read More
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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858
by Beveridge, Albert J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1928. Manuscript edition, one of 1000 copies uncut, with page of manuscript tipped in. With Illustrations. Printed at the Riverside Press. 4 vols. Thick 8vo. Publisher's quarter blue cloth ans blue boards, uncut. Very good corners, bumped. Manuscript edition, one of 1000 copies uncut, with page of manuscript tipped in. With Illustrations. Printed at... Read More
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The Life of John Marshall
by Beveridge, Albert J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. The First Reprinting by Johnson Reprint Corporation facsimile of Houghton Mifflin 1916 edition. Illustrated. xxviii, 506; xvi, 594; xxii, 644; xviii, 668 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Quarter green leather and green cloth. Fine. The First Reprinting by Johnson Reprint Corporation facsimile of Houghton Mifflin 1916 edition. Illustrated. xxviii, 506; xvi, 594; xxii, 644; xviii,... Read More
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The History of Virginia, in Four Parts
by [Beverley, Robert]
London: Printed for F. Fayram and J. Clarke ... and T. Bickerton, 1722. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Engraved additional title and 14 plates. [8],284,[24], [4]pp. Ads in the rear. Extra-illustrated with a later portrait of John Smith, newspaper clippings and other related material on the front endpapers and blanks. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, joints worn and starting.... Read More
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Histoire de la Virginie
by [Beverley, Robert]
Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1707. Illustrated. Folding chart. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Worn, lacks engraved title-page. Illustrated. Folding chart. 1 vols. 12mo. An early edition (published the same year as the Amsterdam and Orleans editions) of the earliest history of Virginia, after Captain John Smith’s. Written by a planter who spent most of his life there. It was... Read More
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English Renaissance Woodwork 1660-1730. A Selection of the Finest Examples of Monumental and Domestic Woodwork of the Later Renaissance in England. Chiefly of the Period of Sir Christopher Wren
by Beveridge, Thomas J.
London: Technical Journals, 1921. First edition. 80 plates. 24 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Brown pebbled cloth. Spine ends worn, joints rubbed, corners bumped, else very good (internally fine). First edition. 80 plates. 24 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Monumental study of one of interior woodwork from one of the finest periods of English domestic architecture.
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A History of British Birds. Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick. Part I. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds ... Part.II. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds
by Bewick, Thomas
Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1809. Third edition, first combined edition. Illustrated throughout. xlii, [43]-327, [1]; xviii, [19]-360 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary green pebbled morocco, marbled endsheets, a.e.g, Minor rubbing and scuffs to front board, soiling to a few leaves, engravings nice fine dark. Very good plus. Third edition, first combined edition.... Read More
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Thomas Bewick, His Life and Times
by (Bewick, Thomas) Robinson, Robert
Newcastle: R. Robinson, 1887. With 200 illustrations. xxxvi, [iv], 328 pp. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Lg 8vo. Original olive cloth, paper spine label Fine copy. With 200 illustrations. xxxvi, [iv], 328 pp. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Lg 8vo. A large and handsome study of Bewick's life, with reproductions of his work. ... Read More
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![Select fables: with cuts designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784 ; together with a memoir, and a descriptive catalogue of the works of Messrs. Bewick [by John Trotter Brockett]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/365/917/436917365.0.m.jpg)
Select fables: with cuts designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and others, previous to the year 1784 ; together with a memoir, and a descriptive catalogue of the works of Messrs. Bewick [by John Trotter Brockett]
by (Bewick, Thomas and John)
Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, and Baldwin, Gradock, and Joy, London, 1820. First edition. Portrait frotispiece of Thomas Bewick colored by hand, and woodcuts by Thomas and john Bewick, (mostly) hand colored. xl, 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early boards, rebacked with later cloth and recased with later endpaper; corners chipped. First edition. Portrait frotispiece... Read More
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Bound volume of proof wood engravings to Scripture Illustrated
by (Bewick, Thomas) [Bewick, Thomas, et al]
[London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807. Frontispiece and 80 woodcuts (2 per page), designed by W.M. Craig and cut by Bewick, C. and J. Nesbit, Branston, Austin, Clennell, Hole, Lee, et al. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary full navy straight-grained morocco, covers tooled in gilt with outer roll borders and central ruled panel, flat spine gilt and divided... Read More
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