The Singing Circle A Picture Book of Action Songs Other Songs and Dances
by Bell, Lady Florence (collected and arranged by). Broughton, Hilda (illustrator)
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine -/Poor. Beautifully preserved copy, blue cloth with pictorial pastedown, titles stamped in black. Trace wear spine tip, internals as nice as we might see. With printed brown dustjacket, with chunks missing along spine, re-pieced together. Whimsical, charming illustrations by Broughton, in a primitive Greenaway mode.
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Representative Painters of the XIXth Century
by Mrs. Arthur Bell (N. D'Anvers) (Nancy Bell)
NY: Dutton, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J. W. Turner, James Whistler, Claude Monet, Jean Manet, et al). 4to, decorative binding (signed SI) gilt-pressed acorn and oak leaf design, rust cloth, get, sids untrimmed, x + 200p, illustrated with 6 photogravure plates and about three dozen half-tone blocks. Rear covers have small remnants... Read More
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The Stone Mason of Tor House; The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers
by Bennett, Melba Berry. Jeffers, Robinson
The Ward Ritchie Press, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/NF-. Foreword by Lawerence Clark Powell. Near fine.
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Q. Horatius Flaccus, Ex Recensione & cum Notis atque Emendationibus Richardi Bentleii
by Bentley, Richard
Cambridge, 1711. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Presumed first edition. Lesser known work of the prolific classic scholar Richard Bentley (1662 1742) critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellenism. Bentley became Master of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1700. Old calf, detached, broken binding with some loose... Read More
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Quacker-Greuel : das ist: abscheuliche, auffru?rische, verdammliche Irthum der neuen Schwermer, welche genennet werden Qua?cker. Wie sie dieselbe in ihren Scartecken, Allarm, Standarte, Pannier, Ko?nigreich, Eckstein, und sonst schrifftlich und mu?ndlich mit grossen Ergerniss ausgebreitet. Auf Anordnung eines edlen hochweisen Raths der Stadt Hamburg. (Quakers)
by Johann Muller. Johann Hansen. Johannes Lassenius. Johann Berckendal
Hamburg: Auf Begehren hoher Personen auffs neue, 1702. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio, 367, double-columned text, amply illustrated with decorated capitals and devices throughout, and 7 full page engraving copper plates plates (at 112, 118, 168, 192, 230, 244, and 276. There is also a loose plate, uniform in engraved format, at page 227. This rare... Read More
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THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE: OR THE GROANS OF SAMUILE SENSITIVE, AND TIMOTHY TESTY; WITH A FEW SUPPLEMENTARY SIGHS FROM MRS. TESTY
by Beresford, James
London: Printed for William Miller, 1807. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Ninth edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, period full calf, spines partially perished and one cover detached on each volume thus a rebinding copy, each still with the foldout frontispieces, one with a closed tear that is repaired with archival tape on its verso. Internals quite nice.
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L'Espagnole
by Bergerat, Emile
Paris: Librarie L. Conquet, 1891. Limited Edition. Half Leather. Near Fine -. Vierge, Daniel. Navy blue moroccan half-leather over marbleized boards, bound by Champs. Limited edition. 482 of 500 copies on Velin du Marais, initialed in ink by publisher under limitation number. 12mo, with original bright red pictorial wraps bound in front and rear and striped place-keeping ribbon.... Read More
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ERNST NEIZVESTY
by Berger, John (text)
Zurich: Galerie Ernst Scheidegger, 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Scarce exhibition catalog of Neisvestny's sculpture with text by Russian Revolutionary Art authority John Berger. Published as part of the Begegnung series, this No.8, April/May 1977. Five large stiff sheets, folded, for a total of 10 pages, amply illustrated with b&w photos of Neisvestny's sculptures plus his... Read More
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RHYMES FROM DIFFERENT CLIMES
by Bergholz, Mary Marancey
Boston: Cornhill Company, 1918. 1st Edition (Limited). Hardcover. VG-. Scarce, privately published collection of poems and other letters and musings from 1894 to 1918 by Mary M. Bergholz (1839 -1926) of Waterbury Center VT about her life and foreign travels to visit her son Leo on his assignments as US consul in various stations in Canada, Armenia and... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF THE LIVES OF ABEILLARD AND HELOISA; COMPROMISING A PERIOD OF EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS FROM 1079 TO 1163 WITH THEiIR GENUINE LETTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AMBOISE. A NEW EDITION (2 volumes)
by Berington, Rev. Joseph
Basil: J. J. Tourneisen, 1793. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon early edition from the Tourneisen printers of Basil, Switzerland. Rebound, early 20thC half leather over blue moire silk covered boards, sides untrimmed. Leather over spines moderately faded. Internals quite nice. Spines darkened and some. 8vo. lvi (2) 252 (1); (iv) 368. Bookplates front and rear pastedowns... Read More
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Wartburg-Klänge und Gesänge. (Wartburg Songs and Chants)
by Berkemeier, Gottlieb Conrad
NY: E. Steiger, 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Presumed first edition. With lyrics by Gottlieb Conrad Berkmeier. Short 8vo, green cloth, stamped in gilt and silver, 86pp, each page with red border, many decorated capitals and vignettes throughout text. Covers moderately worn, more so at spine ends, leaves lightly foxed. Rev. Berkemeier (1855-1924), an American Lutheran,... Read More
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Recueil Dramatique; or Choix De Petites Pieces De Theatre De Berquin; Avec Une Liste Alphabetique Des Idiotismes Qui S'y Trouvent: a l'Usage Des Etadians De La Langue Francaise
by Berquin, M. Arnaud (1747-1791)
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1838. First Edition. Publisher's Binding. VG-. Scarce American publication, derived from Berquin's "L'Ami Enfans', constituting an instructional manual for young people, using French drama (especially Moliere) to elucidate moral and historical principle. 12mo, 330 pages, in original publisher's binding, pebbled cloth and gilt-ruled leather spine. Some loss at spine head, still firmly bound. Internal spotting... Read More
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His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. fine in fine dw, not price clipped, no previous owner markings, a beautiful first edition.
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PELLE'S NEW SUIT
by BESKOW, Elsa (Translated by Marion Letcher Woodburn)
Stavanger, Norway: Dreyers Grafiske Anstalt), 1929. 1st English-lanquage Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First English-language edition, undated. Oblong, pictorial cover and leaves gently toned about edges, with "Please Date for Review Nov 7 1929" lightly stamped front cover, this a review copy which evidences year of publication as 1929.
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High and Low
by Betjeman, John
London: John Murray, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.
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A Few Late Chrysanthemums
by Betjeman, John
London: John Murray, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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APPLAUSE
by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (book by). Strouse, Charles (music by). Adams, Lee (lyrics by)
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good - Near Fine/Very Good -. Signed on the title page by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Previous owner name ffe. Slight stain bottom edge rear panel. Based on the movie "All About Eve
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The Innocence of Pastor Muller
by Beuf, Carlo
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1951. First Edition. Yellow Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Beuf, Carlo. Inscribed at ffe to Winthrop Sargeant, noted New York music critic and Sanskrit scholar and signed by Carlo Beuf. Dj slightly soiled. Text clean. Solid copy.
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THE MERRYMOUNT PRESS A Centenary Keepsake
by Bianchi, Daniel Berkeley
Bridgewater CT: Daniel Berkeley Bianchi/ Stinehour Press, 1993. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As New. As new copy, #41 of 200 copies, in fitted clear acetate wrapper (and in shrinkwrap before we opened it to confirm all four tipped-in items, including the sample pigskin were present, and they are). Signed by author Bianchi on the colophon.
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The Office of Surrogate: and Executirs and Administrator's Guide: with Precedents and Forms; Suited to all Cases in Relation to the Duties of Executirs and Administrators
by (Bidgen, Thomas Atwood)
Albany (and) New York: William Gould and Co (and) Gould and Banks, 1825. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, original binding, waurte calf, red leather title, over paper-backed boards, 8vo, 192pp. TExt - 106 pages, Appendices 107- 189, Pub List 190-192. Some spotting here and there, but a solidly bound, unsophisticated copy.
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Backwoods Sketches
by Bijou, Ernest St. Clair
New York: Plandome Press, 1929. First Edition, Limited. Half Cloth. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Inscribed by Bijou. "For Mrs. James L. McConaughy,/ with sincere good wishes/ Erenst St. Clair Bijou/ 16 June 1930." Numbered 257 of 500 copies. Some soiling to covers, otherwise really fine.
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William Strang Catalogue of His Etched Work 1882 -1912
by Binyon, Laurence (introductory essay). Strang, William
Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1912. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Good. This edition limited 130 copies, this number 10 and initialed by Strang on the limitation but missing the frontispiece, an etching of Mr. Granville Barker, signed by the artist. This edition is an update to the 1906 which includes all the contents of that catalogue, plus 73... Read More
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Quelques Poemes & Chansons De Bjornstjerne Bjornson
by Bjornson, Bjornstjerne. (Dagny Bj. Bjornson and Georges Sautreau, translators)
(Paris): Privately Printed, 1948. First French Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Uncommon edition of 300 copies, this # 76, of a French translatiion of a collection of the Nobel laureate's poems that had either never appeared before in this form or that were written in the last years of his life. Large 8vo, printed on Papier Hollande,... Read More
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The Second World
by Blackmur. R.P.
Cummington MA: The Cummington Press, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. #288/300, bound in black cloth stamped in blue at spine, in original glassine wrapper. 29 pp.
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FROM JORDAN'S DELIGHT
by Blackmur, R. P.
NY: Arrow Editions, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Inscribed by Blackmur on title page with inscribee's ownership and Christmas 1943 date on ffe. Covers and dustjacket tanned about edges, dustjacket chipped about edges with a few closed tears. Internals quite nice. Blackmur's first book of poetry. Set in type by Walter L. Goodwin and Bruce... Read More
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