Buckley's History of the Great Reunion of the North and the South, and of the Blue and the Gray. An Impartial, Non-Political Account of the Beginning of Reconciliation and the End of Sectional Strife in the United States
by BUCKLEY, William
[Staunton, VA]: privately Published, 1923. Sole edition. Small octavo. Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 244pp; frontispiece and 11 unnumbered leaves of double-sided plates. Front cover stained; text clean and sound. A good or better, solid reading copy. A call for reconciliation between the northern states and the former Confederacy, built around... Read More
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The Chinese Novel: Nobel Lecture Delivered Before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm, December 12, 1938
by BUCK, Pearl S.
New York: The John Day Company, 1939. First Edition. Advance Issue, one of an unspecified number of copies signed by Buck on the front endpaper, and sent with "Dear Bookseller" letters (roughly a month prior to publication) with the compliments of The John Day Company. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on... Read More
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Kinfolk
by BUCK, Pearl S.
New York: John Day Company, [1949]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in red and black pictorial dust jacket; [8],406pp. Two tiny closed tears to jacket spine crown else Fine. "A Novel of China" - upper jacket panel.
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Sons [Inscribed and Signed to Amy Schwartz Oppenheim]
by BUCK, Pearl S.
New York: John Day Company, [1932]. First Trade Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's brown cloth in yellow and red decorative dust jacket, red topstain; [6],467pp.; pictorial endpapers printed in red. Crown gently nudged, some pinpoint wear to gilt titling on spine, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty, with light wear to extremities, and... Read More
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Specimens of Chinese-English Translation; or, Selections from English Translations of Chinese Classics
by [BUCK, Pearl S., contr.] WAN, S.Y. [alt. spelling Hsin-Yuan Wen], ed
Hong Kong: World Book Store, [1959]. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 19cm.); publisher's blue decorative card wrappers; xviii,163pp. Wrappers a bit cockled from exposure to damp, light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Text in Chinese and English throughout. Date of publication based on date of Foreword (p. xv). Includes examples by James Legge, Herbert Giles, Arthur Waley,... Read More
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THE SALON A Journal of Poetry & Fiction, Issue #2
by Budbill, David; Greg Delanty; Ben Aleshire (ed.)
Burlington, VT: Honeybee Press, Autumn 2010. First Edition. Stapled, photographic wrappers; 8vo. 59 pp. Issue number Two of this literary magazine with work mostly by Vermont writers. Covers letterpress printed. As new.
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PULP CUTTERS' NATIVITY. A Christmas Poem in Two Acts, Being a Contemporary Adaptation of the Medieval English Miracle Play, the Second Shepherds' Play
by Budbill, David
Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed by David Budbill on the title page.
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PULP CUTTERS' NATIVITY; A Christmas Poem in Two Acts, Being a Contemporary Adaptation of the Medieval English Miracle Play, the Second Shepherds' Play
by Budbill, David
Woodstock, Vt: Countryman, 1981. First Edition. First edition. Trade paper issue of this early volume of verse by the VT poet. Inscribed to a VT journalist/writer, with a typed, signed postcard regarding doing an interview and/or review. The inscription in the book is at a later date '82, than the card, with "gratitude for your hospitality", so presumably all... Read More
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FROM DOWN TO THE VILLAGE [The Ark 15]
by Budbill, David
New York: The Ark, 1981. First edition. Association copy. Postcard laid in from the press addressed to VT journalist/writer. Additionally inscribed to the writer and spouse. Presumably used for a review as there is ink underling with short notes in the rear. Lightly but unevenly toned covers, and excepting underlining about very good in illustrated wrappers.
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The Path of Purification; ("Visuddhimagga")
by BUDDHAGHOSA, Bhadantacariya
Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: R. Semage, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's pale grey cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. [xlix]; 886pp. Bumping to lower corners and spine ends, strong and durable, some light soiling to pale cloth and toning to the spine panel, dulling of the cheap title gilt; internally clean, some offsetting to endpapers.... Read More
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The Adamantine Essence of Life; Which is the Long Life Practice of the Dākinī of Immortality
by [BUDDHISM] NORBU, [Chōgyal] Namkhai
For The Author, 1986. First Thus. Quarto. 28.5cm. Comb-bound with red card covers. 147pp. printed rectos only. Clean and strong, very little wear; internally clean and fresh, with the blindstamp of Nathaniel Tarn to the contents page. A very good, bright copy. Essentially a xeroxed text examining a very specific part of the observances and discipline of Dzogzen... Read More
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Beneficial Factors for Meditation: An Elementary Guide to Vipassana Meditation Preferably for Beginners
by [BUDDHISM] DHAMMASUDHI, Chao Khun Sobhana
Hindhead, Surrey: Vipassana Foundation, [1970]. Second and Enlarged Edition. Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; 72pp. Wrappers a bit creased and rubbed, light foxing to extremities, else Good to Very Good.
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Wind Bell, Vol. XIX, no. 1, Summer, 1985
by [BUDDHISM] BAILEY, Peter et al, eds
[San Francisco]: Zen Center, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 51pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Brief biopredation to upper cover slightly touching text without loss of sense, some uneven toning, else Very Good. Contents include lectures by Dainin Katagiri-roshi, Tenshin (Reb) Anderson, Sojun Mel Weitsman, and Shunryu Suzuki-roshi.
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People's Capitalism: Stock Ownership and Production
by BUDISH, J.M.
New York: International Publishers, [1958]. First Edition. Octavo (19.75cm.); original yellow card wrappers printed in green; 64pp. Near Fine, partially unopened copy.
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FUBBALO, Vol. 1, No. 2
by Budowski, Edward (editor); Robert Creeley et al.
Buffalo: Fubbalo Press, 1965. First Edition. Stapled glossy pictorial wraps; square 16mo. 34 pp. Black & White illustrations. Literary magazine featuring poetry by Ed Dorn,Robert Creeley, Mac Hammond, John Weiners, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, Gregory Corso, David Roth, John Keys and others. Easily very good.
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Biology of Hard Tissue: Proceedings of the Second Conference
by BUDY, Ann M. (ed.)
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Softcover in pink paper wrappers; [x],386pp; black and white illus. and diagrams. A straight, sound copy, rubbed at edges, creased and sunned at spine, slightly dusty, with black marks to front wrapper: Good or better. NASA SP-161. Proceedings of a conference sponsored by NASA, the Office of... Read More
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The Return of Ansel Gibbs
by BUECHNER, Frederick
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 308pp. Signed by the author on a laid-in bookplate. Fine, tight copy in a bright, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $3.75 on front flap), just a trace of wear to extremities, a very Near Fine example. Buechner's third published novel.
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The International Opium Conferences. With Relevant Documents
by BUELL, Raymond Leslie
Boston: World Peace Foundation, 1925. First Edition. Small octavo. Original side-stapled, printed paper wrappers; pp 39-194,(3). Mild toning to page edges, still clean, tight and unmarked, Very Good or better. Resolutions and source documents relating to this series of conferences on the international opium trade, sponsored by the World Peace Foundation between 1912 and 1925. Issued as... Read More
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Paintings of the Prado
by BUENDÍA, José Rogelio et al.
Boston: Bulfinch Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, [1994]. Fourth (2002) Printing. Thick quarto (30cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 652pp.; color illus. throughout, including some folding. Light wear to jacket else Very Good or better.
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Paintings of the Prado
by BUENDÍA, José Rogelio et al.
Boston: Bulfinch Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First North American Edition. Thick quarto (29.5cm x 25.5cm). Black cloth boards (hardvover) with blind-stamped titling on cover and spine; pictorial dustjacket; 656pp; illus. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to corners, else fine. Near Fine dustwrapper; shelf wear to extremities. Historical overview of the Prado Museum in... Read More
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Iredyński
by BUGAJSKI, Leszek; Ewa Ćwirko-Godycka, trans
Warsaw: Authors Agency and "Czytelnik, 1979. First English Language Edition. Slim 12mo (18.5cm.); original red and white photo-illustrated card wrappers; 55pp.; illus. Minor wear, else Near Fine. Short literary biography of the Polish poet Ireneusz Iredyński (1939-1985).
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La Notion de ou de Sapience Selon les Perspectives du : Part de la Connaissance et de L'inconnaissance dans L'anagogie Bouddhique
by BUGAULT, Guy
Paris: Editions E. de Boccard, [n.d.]. Reprint, softcover. Octavo (25cm); gray paper wrappers; red and white title jacket band; [9],10-289,[1]pp. Publications de L'institute de Civilisation Indienne, Série In.-8, Fascicule 32. Text in French. Trace shelf-wear, with faint soil to rear wrapper; Very Good+. Jacket title slip has light rubbing, else Very Good. Author and specialist of philosophy of India... Read More
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Millennium's End (Inscribed Presentation Copy)
by BUGEJA, Michael
Santa Maria: Archer Books, 1999. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 110pp. Presentation copy, inscribed on title page to Minnesota poet John Calvin Rezmerski: "To John / Thank you for loving knowledge, and sharing it, poetically, with others;" signed, undated. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper.
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Giuliano Bugialli's Foods of Tuscany
by BUGIALLI, Giuliano; John Dominis, photographs
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, [1992]. First Edition. Folio (31.5cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 304pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities, crease to jacket spine, corners gently bumped, else Very Good, internally fine.
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Praktische Kinderpsychologie
by BÜHLER, Charlotte
Wien: Otto Lorenz Verlag, n.d., ca. 1937. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's linen in tan dust jacket; 252pp.; illus. Jacket chipped along extremities, upper flap neatly separated, rear panel additionally starting to separate, contemporary ownership to front pastedown, else Near Fine in a Good copy of the jacket.
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