Room at The Top
by BRAINE, John
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); green spine over red boards with red stamped on spine; dustjacket; 301pp.; light foxing to right edge of textblock; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) Fine dustjacket. Author's first book. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret. (Oscar winner).
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Mind, Perception And Science
by BRAIN, W. Russell
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1951. First Edition. 12mo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 90pp. Tight, clean and unmarked but for previous owner's name to front endpaper. Near Fine in slightly soiled and aged dustwrapper, Very Good.
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To Sir, With Love
by BRAITHWAITE, E.R.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1959. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; tan boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and decorative elements in black on front panel; tan topstain; dustjacket; 216pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped, with a few short edge tears and an old dampstain that runs the length of the rear flap fold. Braithwaite's highly-acclaimed... Read More
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Paid Servant
by BRAITHWAITE, E.R.
London: The Bodley Head, 1962. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo; green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 219pp. Hint of a forward lean, with some rough erasure to front endpaper; very Near Fine, without a trace of foxing. Dustjacket is price-clipped, else Fine. The Guyanese author's second book, recounting his experiences at the London Department... Read More
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ANTHOLOGY OF MAGAZINE VERSE FOR 1915
by Braithwaite, William Stanley (editor)
New York: Gomme & Marshall, 1915. First edition. 296 pp. Brown cloth-backed boards, with paper labels, t.e.g. The first book appearances of many important poems: Wallace Stevens "Peter Quince at the Clavier" (Edelstein B5), Robert Frost "The Road Not Taken". "Death of the Hired Man" and "Birches", Sara Teasdale, Edward Arlington Robinson, James Weldon Johnson, .H. D., Vachel Lindsay,... Read More
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Our Lady's Choir: A Contemporary Anthology of Verse by Catholic Sisters [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BRAITHWAITE, William Stanley, ed.; Hugh Francis Blunt, foreword; Ralph Adams Cram, intro
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1931. First Edition. Limited to 50 copies on Kelmscott Handmade paper of which this no. 72. Octavo (22cm.); full crimson brocade-like cloth, brown gilt spine label, top edge gilt, red cloth slipcase, printed paper label to slipcase spine; [2],xxx,213pp. Just a hint of spotting and wear to slipcase, else Fine. Signed by Braithwaite, Blunt, and Cram... Read More
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The Brakhage Lectures. Georges Méliès, David Wark Griffith, Carl Theodore Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein
by BRAKHAGE, Stan
Chicago: The Good Lion, 1972. First Separate Edition. First printing. Octavo. Flexible card covers; 110pp; illus. Slight external wear and soil, with closed split to covering paper at upper front joint and small loss on rear panel; internally clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Collection of essays originally appearing in issues 11-16 of the magazine Caterpillar.
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The Eyes of Max Carrados
by BRAMAH, Ernest
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's vivid golden yellow boards titled in orange to spine and front board. 354pp. Very minor wear and scuffing to extremities and spine ends, a little darkening to the cloth of the spine and perhaps some very light thumbing in places, bright and fresh; internally clean with... Read More
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Kai Lung's Golden Hours
by BRAMAH, Ernest; Hilaire Belloc [preface]
London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Original green cloth, stamped in black on front and spine; plain endpapers; [i]-[viii],312pp. Bookplate of Canadian collector Charles Boddy Fisher to front pastedown. Straight but lightly rubbed, spine sunned, chips to head, scattered foxing: Good or better. The second collection of Kai Lung stories.
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I.N.R.I.
by BRAMLY, Serge & Bettina Rheims; Sarah Parsons, trans
New York: Monacelli Press, Inc, 1999. First English Language Edition. Quarto (29.5cm x 26cm). Black paper boards (hardcover) with yellow titling embossed on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 218pp; illus. Near Fine copy; gently bumped corner and slight shelf wear to extremities; else appears new. Very Good dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities; rubbing to cover and back panels; small... Read More
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Charles Olson and Alfred North Whitehead: An Essay on Poetry
by BRAM, Shahar (text); STEIN, Batya (translation)
Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2004. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-164,[4]pp. Two faint scuffs to rear cover, else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, showing only a the most trivial surface wear. "Through a detailed and thoughtful study of the impact of Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy... Read More
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An Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842
by BRANCH, Melville C.
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. Second edition. Landscape folio (33cm). Brown paper over boards, gilt titles, cream dust jacket; [viii],[103]pp; color plates. Ownership inscription of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Straight, sound, and clean, bumped at edges, lightly faded along edges: Very Good. Jacket rubbed, minor creases at top edge, faded: Very Good.
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Y Aun Hay Mas: Dreams and Explorations New and Old Mexico
by BRANDI, John
Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1972. First Edition. First printing; edition of 1000 copies. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers, 87pp; illustrations by the author. Light dusting to wrappers, still a bright, Near Fine copy. Laid in is a postcard/broadside by the author ("From the Seat of a Farmall Super A Tractor," 1974), addressed to poet/translator Nathaniel Tarn, from whose collection the... Read More
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Diary from Baja California
by BRANDI, John
Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Chapbook in pictorial card wrappers, [15]pp, illustrated by the author. Fine.
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Narrowgauge to Riobamba
by BRANDI, John
Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1975. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers (only format issued); 62pp; illustrations by the author. Publisher's complimentary card laid-in. Travelogue in prose-poems of a journey through central Ecuador.
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Towards A Happy Solstice, Mine, Yours, Everybody
by BRANDI, John
Santa Barbara: Christopher's / Tree Books, 1971. First Edition. One of 100 copies. Slim quarto (25.5cm); string-tied pictorial card wrappers; [20]pp; illus. Three faint, tiny spots to front cover, else Near Fine. A long poem by Southern Californai poet John Brandi, produced as an end-of-year / New Year's greeting for friends of Christopher's Books and Tree Books. 87006. ... Read More
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Desde Alla
by BRANDI, John
Santa Barbara: Christopher Books / Tree Books, 1971. First Edition. Edition of 500 copies. Octavo; pictorial printed wrappers; 75pp. Yapped edges slightly creased at corners, else a Near Fine copy. In the "Tree Books" series, edited by David Meltzer.
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The Extraordinary Exploits and Experiences of Munchausen, M.D.
by BRANDEIS, Julian W; William Gropper (illus)
[New York]: Quip Publishing, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 229pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy in the very scarce original dustwrapper, toned and slightly ragged along edges, with small losses as head and heel of spine panel; just about VG. Bleiler-listed pastiche of humorous fantasy vignettes featuring... Read More
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Little Rose of the Mesa
by BRANDEIS, Madeline
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed color-pictorial boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 155pp; photo illus (halftones). A tight, clean copy, boards lightly scuffed on bottom edge, else Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper; shallow chips at spine ends, a closed tear at upper edge of front panel; Very Good. Didactic fiction for children, chronicling the life... Read More
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The Jackson Trail
by BRAND, Max [pseud. of Frederick Schiller Faust]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); original yellow cloth, upper cover and decorative spine printed in black; [6],285pp.; title page vignette. A Fine, vibrant copy. Western novel originally serialized in four parts as "The Giraldi Trail" in Western Story Magazine (1932). A later edition (1942) once again renamed the novel The Outlaw Trail. ... Read More
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare
by BRAND, Max [pseud. Frederick Schiller Faust]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original orange cloth lettered in black, orange topstain; [6],227pp. A hint of shelf-wear, else a Fine copy lacking the scarce dust jacket, topstain still brilliant. Features the popular fictional character Dr. Kildare, who would inspire a number of television series and films.
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Dr. Kildare's Search and Dr. Kildare's Hardest Case
by BRAND, Max [pseud. Frederick Schiller Faust]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow-green pictorial dust jacket; [6],216pp. General wear to jacket extremities, including closed tears and chipping, some light dust-soil, spine a bit cocked, else Near Very Good and sound. The last of the Dr. Kildare books, comprised of two novellas.
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
by BRAND, Max [pseud. Frederick Schiller Faust]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; vi,[2],206pp. General wear to jacket extremities, including tiny chips, crease to upper panel, red spine portion quite faded, tape repair to jacket extremities verso not showing through to exterior, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Publisher's office copy... Read More
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Calling Dr. Kildare
by BRAND, Max (pseud. Frederick Schiller Faust)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; chickpea-colored cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 223pp, [1]. Mild wear to base of spine, some darkening to endpapers, and scattered foxing to title page; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), moderately edgeworn, with scattered foxing to flaps... Read More
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use
by BRANDE, W. T.; Joseph Cauvin
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1845. Third edition. Octavo (25cm). Modern brown cloth, with original red spine label, all edges marbled; brown endpapers; [iv], 1352pp; in-text wood engravings. Nineteenth-century bookplate of Connecticut school principal T. W. T. Curtis; twenty-first-century bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Straight and sound, but rebound, rubbed, foxed, and lacking front free endpaper: Good.... Read More
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