THE TICKET THAT EXPLODED
by Burroughs, William
New York: Grove Press, 1967. First edition. First printing. Orange cloth in dust jacket. Some foxing to rear end papers and front edge, else about fine in a bright price-clipped, else near fine dust jacket.
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![The Red Night Trilogy: Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, The Western Lands [Inscribed] [Trilogy Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/974/497/1687497974.0.m.jpg)
The Red Night Trilogy: Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, The Western Lands [Inscribed] [Trilogy Set]
by BURROUGHS, William S.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston / The Viking Press, [1981-1987]. First Edition. Trilogy set, First Printings. Three octavo volumes (23.5cm); variously colored paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt, copper, and black on spines; patterned endpapers; dustjackets; xviii,332; [xii],[2],3-306; [x],258pp. Cities of the Red Night (Volume One) and The Place of Dead Roads (Volume Two) inscribed... Read More
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Naked Lunch [Inscribed]
by BURROUGHS, William S.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, [1962]. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); black paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; xvi,255,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For J. Ed Kabak / William S. Burroughs / 12/14/87." Contemporary owner's ink name to front... Read More
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Early Routines
by BURROUGHS, William
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1981. First, Limited Edition. Regular issue; no. 331 of 349 copies in wrappers, numbered on colophon. Octavo; die-cut printed wrappers with author's inset portrait on front cover; 54pp. Spine slightly darkened; toning to upper 1" of front wrapper, else Fine.
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I DO NOT SLEEP WITH STRANGERS: Confessions of a Tennis Pro
by Burrus, Hari (Harry)
Houston: Black Tie Press, 1987. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author. Issued simultaneously with hardcover. Signed "Harry Burrus," by the poet, who also owns the press. Burrus has also been a tennis pro and dramatist, and lives in Houston but took his MFA at Vermont College. Great photo images interspersed among poems.
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CARTOUCHE
by Burrus, Harry
Houston: Black Tie Press, 1994. First edition. First printing. Softcover poetry collection in stiff wraps. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Often amorous, surrealistic poetry. Easily Very Good.
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Four Aces (Air Combat Stories, no. 2)
by BURTIS, Thomson
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1932]. Second issue (per Mattson), in light green cloth. With frontispiece plus three illustrations on coated paper by J. Clemens Gretta. Tight, VG copy in the original dustwrapper, slightly worn and rubbed with small splash stain at rear panel; just VG. The second book in the series. Jacket lists to "Flying Blackbirds," the fourth... Read More
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![Scotland's Burning [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/571/112/1666112571.0.m.jpg)
Scotland's Burning [Review Copy]
by BURT, Nathaniel
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's typed review slip and folded, typed publicity letter laid in. Octavo (21cm); orange cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 299pp. Light shelf-soil, with faint scratches to rear cover, and light foxing to upper edge of textblock and... Read More
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![Psychotherapy Of The Psychoses [cover title adds: "Perspectives on Current Techniques of Treatment"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/950/298/1328298950.0.m.jpg)
Psychotherapy Of The Psychoses [cover title adds: "Perspectives on Current Techniques of Treatment"]
by BURTON, Arthur (ed)
New York: Basic Books, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards (hardcover); 386pp. Tight, unmarked copy, Near Fine, in lightly worn and soiled dustwrapper, Very Good or better.
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According to the Pattern: The Story of Dr. Agnes McLaren and the Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries
by BURTON, Katherine
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1946. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],252pp. Some minor dustiness to jacket and textblock edges, light shelf wear, else Very Good or better.
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And So Dedicated: An American Novel
by BURTON, Thomas (pseud. of Stephen Longstreet)
New York: Harrison-Hilton Books, 1940. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; 416pp. Two unobtrusive scratches to topstain, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with light edgewear, a few short tears and small nicks. Strike novel set... Read More
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Bloodbird [Inscribed]
by BURTON, Thomas (pseud. of Stephen Longstreet)
New York: Smith & Durrell, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); light gray cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; brick red topstain; dustjacket; 357pp. Inscribed by the author opposite the title page: "Dear Evelyne Love Cooper - This one even I like - Thomas Burton." Light wear to spine ends and... Read More
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Clinical Medicine: a Manual for the Use of Students and Junior Practitioners. With numerous illustrations and plates in colours
by BURY, Judson S[ykes]
London: Charles Griffin & Co, 1894. First Edition. Octavo. Pebble-grained red cloth boards; 468pp; illus. Faint spotting to cloth, else a tight, VG or better copy. Text fresh and clean. Numerous text illustrations, one color plate illustrating spinal nerve-routes. Bury (1852-1944) long-time professor of clinical medicine at the University of Manchester, and a specialist on nervous diseases. This textbook... Read More
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New Daughters of Africa: an international anthology of writing by women of African descent
by BUSBY, Margaret (ed)
Oxford: Myriad Editions, 2019. First Edition. First impression. Signed by Busby on title page; additionally signed by three others (presumably contributors, but all indecipherable). Octavo; black cloth hardcover, dustjacket, 805pp. A fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Updates Busby's landmark 1984 anthology, gathering work from woman writers of four centuries across the African diaspora, beginning with... Read More
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Grammatica Busbeiana, Auctior & Emendatior: i.e. Rudimentum Grammaticae Graeco-Latinae Metricum in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis
by [BUSBY, Richard]
[London]: J. Bettenham for B. Barker, 1732. Octavo (20cm). In contemporary sprinkled calf, with double gilt rule around outer perimeter of boards, titled in gold on leather spine label; plain endpapers; [ii], 222p. Title page printed in red and black. A sturdy copy, complete and internally fresh; rubbed at edges, front joint cracked through but holding, loss at upper... Read More
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I Wanted A Year Without Fall
by BUSCH, Frederick
London: Calder & Boyars, 1971. First Edition. First impression, cloth issue (simultaneously issued in wrappers). Small, slim octavo; black cloth hardcover; dustjacket, 156pp. Fine in a crisp, fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced 35s / £1.75 at base of front flap). The American novelist's first book, which appeared only in this UK edition.
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Day of the Conquerors: A Novel
by BUSCH, Niven
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth-cvered boards with titling and blocking in gilt and black on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 276pp. Light shelfwear, with faint black marks to upper edges of boards; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped (priced $2.50) with modest shelfwear and rubbing, two 1.5" tears to... Read More
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The Gentleman from California
by BUSCH, Niven
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1965. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling, blocking, and facsimile signature stamped in gilt and red on spine and front cover; blue topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [6],7-347,[5]pp. Light sunning to upper edges with faint fading to topstain; Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Paul Bacon, price-clipped with modest shelfwear... Read More
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![Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks [With Four Commemorative Stamps]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/493/927/1306927493.0.m.jpg)
Max and Maurice: A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks [With Four Commemorative Stamps]
by BUSCH, William [alt. spelling Wilhelm]; Charles T. Brooks, trans
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American Edition. Octavo (ca. 21cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered textured cloth; 56,8pp.; illus. throughout. Binding expertly recased and spine laid down, retaining original flyleaves; boards rubbed with some brief loss at corners, textblock rather finger-soiled, else Good and sound, retaining original ribbon bookmark with attached metal trinket embossed with the faces of Max and Maurice.... Read More
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Old Jube: a Biography of General Jubal A. Early. Illustrations and Maps by Timothy T. Pohmer
by BUSHONG, Millard K.
Berryville, VA: Carr Publishing Co, 1955. First Edition. Octavo. Gray cloth hardcover; 343pp; illus; portrait frontispiece. Tight and clean, Very Good or better lacking the dustwrapper.
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Fightin' Tom Rosser, C.S.A.
by BUSHONG, Millard K and Dean Bushong
Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, 1983. First Edition. First printing. Signed by both authors on front endpaper. Small ownership label, else a tight, Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, very lightly rubbed at extremities, Near Fine.
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T. S. Eliot: A Study in Character and Style
by BUSH, Ronald
New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Black paper and blue cloth over boards, in pictorial dj; [xvi],287,[1]pp; illus. Fine. Jacket unclipped, lightly rubbed and chipped at head, minor abrasions to rear, Near Fine.
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The Great Adam: A Novel
by [BUSINESS FICTION] SNELL III, George Dixon
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 449pp. Dustiness to spine cloth, beginning oxidation to gilt, else Very Good+ or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), spine-sunned and edgeworn, with a few short tears and some dustiness to panels;... Read More
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Vietnam: Politics & Hypocrisy - A Tragedy of Errors
by [BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR VIETNAM PEACE] ECCLES, Marriner S.
N.p.: Busines Executives Move for Vietnam Peace, 1968. Single 11" x 25-1/2" sheet, folded to make six 11" x 8-1/2" panels. On glossy paper. Folded in thirds for mailing; light wear, small splash-stain at lower right; Very Good. Address delivered before three meetings of "Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace," in Detroit, Chicago, and New York, June, 1968. Eccles... Read More
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![The Motorman, Conductor and Motor Coach Operator. Vol. 43, no. 11 [Official Convention Report, Sept. 9-14, 1935]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/365/851/1334851365.0.m.jpg)
The Motorman, Conductor and Motor Coach Operator. Vol. 43, no. 11 [Official Convention Report, Sept. 9-14, 1935]
by [BUSMEN] WOODS, John J. (ed)
Detroit: Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, 1935. Octavo. Printed paper wrappers; 114pp. Mailing label to front cover, else a tight, clean, Very Good copy. This issue comprises the full official Convention Report for the union's 1935 convention, held at the Book-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit September 9-14, 1935. Includes a lengthy message from... Read More
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