Franz Brentano's Analysis of Truth
by [BRENTANO] SRZEDNICKI, Jan
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; xviii,150pp. Neat ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else a tight and unmarked, Near Fine copy.
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Decoding the Contract: Progressive Perspectives on Current Economic Policy Debates. A Dollars and Sense Reader
by BRESLOW, Marc and Betsy Reed (eds) w/ Dollars and Sense Collective
Somerville, MA: Dollars and Sense / Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. Side-stapled wrappers; 64pp. Fine and unmarked. Selection of articles on contemporary political-economic affairs by the progressive-left economic collective Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc., publishers of Dollars & Sense magazine. Chapters on federal spending, tax policy, poverty & welfare, health care, defense spending, etc.
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Les Manifestes du Surrréalisme, suivis de Prolègomènes à un Troisième Manifeste du Surréalisme Ou Non
by BRETON, André
Paris: Éditions du Sagittaire, (1947). First trade issue, on ordinary paper, after a numbered edition of 450 copies on Alfa. 12mo (19cm). Printed paper wrappers; 211,(3)pp. Spine mildly creased and toned, light soil; else a clean, unmarked, VG copy. Collects the First and Second Manifestos of Surrealism (1924 & 1930), with the Prolegomena to a Third Manifesto (1942). Text... Read More
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Le Surréalisme et la Peinture suivi de Genèse et Perspective Artistiques du Surréalisme et de Fragments Inédits
by BRETON, André; Robert Tenger (ed)
New York / Paris: Brentano's, 1945. First Thus. First printing of the Brentano edition (expanded from the 1928 edition, and adding Breton's 1942 essay "Perspective Artistiques du Surréalisme." Large octavo (26cm). Original black cloth boards with applied photographic cover decoration (after Renée Matgritte); 203pp; 38 unnumbered leaves of plates (including six in color). Tight and square, with board corners... Read More
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Poésie & Autre
by BRETON, André; Gérard Legrand (ed)
Paris: Le Club du meilleur livre, 1960. First Edition. First Impression, trade issue, one of 4,850 copies. Square octavo (20.5cm); bright orange linen boards titled in gilt, with author's facsimile signature embossed onto front cover; pictorial endpapers; [iv],329,[59]pp; illus.; text is entirely in French. Light wear to lower board edges, else a clean, Fine copy. A selection of poems... Read More
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Anthologie de L'Humour Noir
by BRETON, André
Paris: Éditions du Sagittaire, 1950. Second Edition. Regular Issue. Octavo (22.75cm); original pictorial wrappers with French flaps; [6],7-352,[4]pp, with 23 plates of illustrations; text is entirely in French. Sunning and a few faint vertical creases to spine, with some toning to front wrapper and rear wrapper extremities, with mild tanning to text eges, and a small closed tear to... Read More
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La Lampe Dans L'Horloge
by BRETON, André; Toyen (illus)
Paris: Éditions Robert Marin, 1948. First Edition. One of 2000 copies on Alfaa (but this copy out of series and unnumbered). 12mo. Pictorial paper wrappers; 81,(5)pp; illus. Crisp, clean copy in the original wrappers; text notably fresh and free of toning. Frontispiece illustration by Toyen [aka Marie Čermínová]; one photographic plate. GERSHMAN p.10.
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Die Bekämpfung des Alkoholismus im Freistaat Sachsen: Zum 3. Deutschen Alkoholgegnertag anlässlich der Internationalen Hygiene-Ausstellung 1930 in Dresden
by BRETSCHNEIDER, Richard, ed
Dresden: Verlag Sächische Landeshauptstelle gegen den Alkoholismus, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's blue cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; 152pp. & 8 leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos. Corners gently bumped, boards rather dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally fine. Publication of the third congress of the Saxonian anti-alcoholism league. OCLC locates no copies in North America as of... Read More
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An Amateur Corpse
by BRETT, Simon [Simon Anthony Lee Brett]
London: Gollancz, 1975. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 192pp. Spine ends lightly pushed. Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.95) with sunning to the spine and a thin strip of toning along upper jacket edge; Very Good+. Fourth installment in the Charles Paris series. "Dear Old... Read More
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Murder in the Title. A Crime Novel
by BRETT, Simon
London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced £6.95 at base of front flap). The ninth novel featuring Brett's fictional detective Charles Paris.
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So Much Blood. A Crime Novel
by BRETT, Simon
London: Gollancz, 1976. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. Brett's second novel and the second appearance of his fictional detective Charles Paris. An especially clean copy.
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The Dead Side of the Mike
by BRETT, Simon [Simon Anthony Lee Brett]
London: Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 160pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; small ding to rear cover; Near Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped; else Fine. The sixth Charles Paris mystery: "Charles Paris has started a new career as a radio actor for the BBC. He... Read More
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Murder Unprompted
by BRETT, Simon [Simon Anthony Lee Brett]
London: Gollancz, 1982. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 160pp. Minor spot of soil to the right edge of textblock, else Fine. The dustjacket has been priced clipped, else Fine. Eighth entry in the Charles Paris series. "This time as understudy to the lead in a... Read More
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Not Dead, Only Resting. A Crime Novel
by BRETT, Simon
London: Gollancz, 1984. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 176pp. Fine in a price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. The tenth novel featuring Brett's fictional detective Charles Paris.
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A Comedian Dies
by BRETT, Simon [Simon Anthony Lee Brett]
London: Gollancz, 1979. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 160pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; mild sunning to board edges; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.95) slightly faded with sunning to the spine and jacket edge; Very Good+. Fifth in the Charles Paris series. "About to... Read More
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LADY ONE. Of Love and Other Poems
by Breytenbach, Breyten
New York: Harcourt Brace, 2002. First American edition. Review copy with promo material laid in. "Obviously the greatest Afrikaner poet of his generation." - The New Yorker. Fine in like dust jacket.
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Passionate Paradox: The Life of Marie Stopes
by BRIANT, Keith
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1962]. First American Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth in grey-black decorative dust jacket; 285pp.; 4 leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos. Jacket extremities chipped and worn, corners slightly bumped else Fine in About Very Good jacket. Biography of the British women's and reproductive rights activist.
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Précis de l'Organisation du Travail, Extrait de "L'Organisation du Travail et l'Association
by BRIANCOURT, Math
Paris: A la Librairie Sociétaire, 1846 [but 1848]. Second Edition. Small 12mo (15cm.); original blue printed stitched wrappers; vi,[7]-63pp. Minor wear to extremities, tiny chips to spine ends, some faint ink splatter to upper cover, else a Very Good or better, unopened and beautifully preserved copy. Upper cover imprint: "Paris: A la Librairie Phalanstérienne, 1848." French dyer's proposal of... Read More
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The Dark Moment: A Novel
by BRIDGE, Ann
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); teal cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; 376pp. Tanning to boards and spine ends, with rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Irene Hawkins, unclipped (priced 15s net), tanned, with light soil to base of spine, 3" vertical tear to rear... Read More
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No. 12,597, Sept. 6, 1952: Harry Renton Bridges, Henry Schmidt, and J.R. Robertson, appellants vs. United States of America, appellee
by BRIDGES, Harry Renton, Henry Schmidt, and J.R. Robertson
[San Francisco: Pernau-Walsh Printing Co.], 1952. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's staplebound and hole-punched self-wrappers; 52pp. Light toning and a hint of wear to extremities, else Very Good or better. Appeal made by Australian-born union leader of the International Longshoremen's Association and two fellow union members for "conspiracy to fraudulently secure Bridges' naturalization" in 1945. At the time Bridges... Read More
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John Keats: A Critical Essay
by BRIDGES, Robert [Seymour]
[London]: Privately Published, 1895. First Edition. First Impression. 250 copies, this being #94. Octavo (18.5cm). Maroon cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; tissue guarded portrait frontispiece; top edge gilt; deckle edges; 97pp. Mild rubbing to boards; spine cloth sunned a shade lighter, but gilt titling still perfectly legible; slight fray to spine ends; Very Good+. The essay... Read More
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Plant, Animal & Anatomical Illustration in Art & Science: A Bibliographical Guide from the 16th Century to the Present Day
by BRIDSON, Gavin D. R.; James J. White
Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies in association with Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1990. First American Edition. Quarto (29cm). Brown cloth, with white dust jacket; [xxx],450,[2]pp. Bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead. A straight, clean set, lightly rubbed: Very Good. Jacket much rubbed at edges, with tiny tears at head: Very Good.
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Shock and Renewal: The Christian Mission Enters a New Era
by BRIDSTON, Keith R.
New York: Student Volunteer Movement for Christian Missions / Friendship Press, [1955]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 64pp. Light edge wear, else Very Good or better.
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THE ANATOMIC WORKS
by Bridwell, Tom
Markesan, WI: Pentagram, 1987. First Edition. Sewn printed wrappers; narrow 4to. One of 242 press numbered copies signed by the author. Prose, printed in five colors. Bridwell himself printer at The Salt-Works Press. Spine sunned, else fine.
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Honing Down
by Bridwell, Tom
Markesan, WI: Pentagram, 1981. First Edition. Broadside printed on green Ingres-Fabiano, a single poem; approx. 8 34/ x 5 /14 in. Bridwell the publisher of Salt-Works, another fine press. Creased, else very good. Scarce.
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