Mode et Musique dans les Costumes de Sylvano Bussotti. Texte de Aldo Premoli
by [BUSSOTTI] MORINI, Luciano
Paris: Dessain et Tolra, 1986. First French Edition. Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 139pp; illus. Clean, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustwrapper. Text in French (translated from the Italian by Luisa Broussard).
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The Minority Presence in American Literature 1600-1900. A Reader and Course Guide (Vols I & II)
by BUTCHER, Philip (ed)
Washington DC: Howard University Press, 1977. Softcover issue. Two octavo vols; pictorial card wrappers; xv,452; xiv,421pp. A tight, very Near Fine set, free of markings or notable wear. Issued in the series 'Morgan State Series in Afro-American Studies"; the series editors were Walter Fisher and Benjamin Quarles.
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![The Military Profession in the United States, and the Means of Promoting Its Usefulness and Honour; An Address, delivered before the Dialectic Society of the Corps of Cadets of the Military Academy, Westpoint, at the Close of the Annual Examination, June 19th, 1839 [Half title: Mr. Butler's Address at Westpoint]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/661/952/1356952661.0.m.jpg)
The Military Profession in the United States, and the Means of Promoting Its Usefulness and Honour; An Address, delivered before the Dialectic Society of the Corps of Cadets of the Military Academy, Westpoint, at the Close of the Annual Examination, June 19th, 1839 [Half title: Mr. Butler's Address at Westpoint]
by BUTLER, Benjamin F.
New-York: Samuel Colman, 1839. First Edition. Octavo (ca. 23cm.); disbound; 46pp. Rather dust-soiled and a bit foxed, coin-sized dampstain at top margin of final few leaves, else Very Good and sound, retaining half title. Address delivered by twenty-one year-old Benjam Franklin Butler, who later went on to serve as major general in the Union Army during the Civil War.... Read More
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A Year of Consolation
by BUTLER, Fanny Kemble
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847. First American Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Two volumes bound together in half black leather and dark brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; [vi],136,[1]-171,[1]pp. Sound and tight, rubbed at edges, mild foxing throughout: about Very Good. Fanny Kemble was a popular British-American actress and... Read More
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![Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water and Air. With 89 Illustrations [Inscribed Presentation Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/931/647/1714647931.0.m.jpg)
Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water and Air. With 89 Illustrations [Inscribed Presentation Copy]
by BUTLER, Frank Hedges
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1921). Second impression. Inscribed on front endpaper: "Colonel Eric Dillon...with the Author's best wishes," dated October 9, 1922. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover with applied front-cover illustration; 421pp; frontispiece and 67 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Mild aging and wear; rust-stain and offsetting to front endpapers from a paper-clipped news clipping; Very Good. ... Read More
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Sketches of Universal History, Sacred and Profane. From the Creation of the World, to the Year 1818, of the Christian Era. In Three Parts. With an Appendix and a Chronological Table of Contents. Second Edition, Corrected by the Author
by BUTLER, Frederick
Hartford: Cooke & Hale, 1819. Second edition (revised). 12mo. Contemporary full sheep with red leather spine label; iv,407pp; frontispiece and two unnumbered leaves of wood-engraved plates. Front free endpaper torn, with upper portion lacking; else a tight, sound copy in a well-preserved contemporary binding with expected aging to text; Very Good. An unremarkable world history, beginning with... Read More
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Collected Poems
by BUTLER, Guy; Laurence Wright, ed
Cape Town: David Philip Publishers, 1999. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; xi, 272pp. Old price sticker to rear cover. Some superficial scratching to rear cover, affecting text. Minor shelf wear, bottom corner of front corner mildly pulled, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Very Good.
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Home: Femme Heroic and Miscellaneous Poems
by BUTLER, Jessee H.
Boston: Colby and Rich, 1875. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative gilt-embossed cloth; 236pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, tissue guard. Boards rather rubbed, upper cover soiled and gilt unevenly dulled, some foxing to textblock edges and frontispiece, else About Very Good and sound. Chiefly amateur nature poetry by a San Francisco author. From the Preface: "He [the author]...like the... Read More
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The Star of Seville: A Drama. In Five Acts
by BUTLER, Mrs. [Fanny Kemble]
London: Saunders and Otley, 1837. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm). Half calf with marbled paper boards; [vi],146pp. Bookplate of H[iram] Scofield. Tight and straight but rubbed, with wear to edges, front board detached, internally clean: Good only. The second of two plays written by popular British-American actress and memoirist Fanny Kemble (1809-1893), known for her abolitionist Journal of... Read More
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![The Alleys of Eden [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/234/883/1617883234.0.m.jpg)
The Alleys of Eden [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by BUTLER, Robert Olen
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); green paper and blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-256pp. A bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $12.95), showing some trival external wear. The Pulitzer Prize-winner's first novel, which is based on... Read More
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Sun Dogs
by BUTLER, Robert Olen
New York: Horizon Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); gray cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-218,4pp.; illus. Text edges and upper board edges foxed, two board corners gently tapped (though still sharp) and spine ends gently nudged; faint spot on pp.9-10; Very Good+. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $12.95) with... Read More
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![They Whisper [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/147/800/1423800147.0.m.jpg)
They Whisper [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BUTLER, Robert Olen
Huntington Beach: Cahill Books, 1994. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.108. Octavo (23.5cm); marbled paper-covered boards and pale blue leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's slipcase; 333pp. Fine, still sealed in the publisher's shinkwrap. Handsome edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's seventh... Read More
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![Countrymen of Bones [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/472/120/1671120472.0.m.jpg)
Countrymen of Bones [Signed Bookplate]
by BUTLER, Robert Olen
New York: Horizon Press, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); brown cloth spine over beige paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 217pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $13.95), faintly spine-faded, with light creases to extremities; Very Good+. Set in a New Mexico desert, this novel... Read More
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Mais où sont les rouilles d'antan
by BUTOR, Michel; Joel Leick (illus)
[Saint-Clément]: Fata Morgana, 1999. First Edition. Edition of 400 copies. Octavo (23cm). Printed card wrappers; 28,(2)pp; illus. Fine copy in the original wrappers; illustrations throughout by Joel Leick.
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Passing Time
by BUTOR, Michel (novel); Jean Stewart (translation)
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1960. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth spine over gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 310pp; illus. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, with dampstain to lower edge of textblock (extending to lower margin of text pages); Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.95), with... Read More
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THE THREE-PERCENT STRANGER
by Butterick, George F.
Minneapolis: The Zelot Press, 1986. First edition. Stapled printed wraps. 8vo. [36 pp.] Inscribed by the poet. Copyrights page mentions that the book distributed by James Lowell's The Asphodel Bookshop, but is nonetheless very scarce, certainly so signed. Easily very good.
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History and Man's Attitude to the Past: Their Role in the Story of Civilisation
by BUTTERFIELD, Herbert (text); C.H. Philips (foreword)
[London]: School of Oriental and African Studies / University of London, 1961. Octavo (21.5cm); sewn red paper wrappers; [3],4-16pp. Trace sheld-wear to wrappers; Very Good+. Butterfield's lecture was presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies and explores the impact of perspectives on global history, with a focus on attitudes between Western and Eastern civilizations. [87239].
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Dove fiorisce il limone
by BUTTITTA, Antonino; Salvatore Lupo and Sergio Triosi, essays; Hans Sternheim, notes
Palermo: Sellerio Editore, 1984. Quarto (34cm). Black cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover, with applied pictorial label; 61pp text, 120 unnumbered pages of plates. Illustrated in b&w in text, 61 leaves of plates containing 187 color reproductions. Publisher's price sticker inside rear cover. Mild external wear; internally clean, fresh and unmarked; Near Fine. Text entirely... Read More
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![Restless Nights: Selected Stories of Dino Buzzati [Inscribed to Nathaniel Tarn]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/423/511/1700511423.0.m.jpg)
Restless Nights: Selected Stories of Dino Buzzati [Inscribed to Nathaniel Tarn]
by BUZZATI, Dino (stories); VENUTI, Lawrence (translation)
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23cm); original printed card wrappers; dustjacket; xvi,[3],4-122,[4]pp. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), inscribed to him by the translator on a preliminary leaf: "For Tarn, another border crossing, with best regards, Larry. 3/4/92 / Philadelphia." Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced... Read More
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![The Dog Who Saw God" [in] Chelsea Nine (March 1961)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/596/656/1697656596.0.m.jpg)
The Dog Who Saw God" [in] Chelsea Nine (March 1961)
by BUZZATI, Dino; Isa Raguza (et al, transl); Ursule Molinaro, et al (eds)
New York: Chelsea Foundation, 1961. First printing. Slim octavo; pictorial card wrappers; 107pp. Very Good, with some rubbing to wrapper edges and spine ends; first leaf slightly pulled (but sound); free of markings or wear. Single issue in original wrappers of this important New York quarterly, edited by Ursule Molinaro. Buzzati's story is the main attraction here... Read More
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![Shadow of a Sun: A Novel [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/297/238/1675238297.0.m.jpg)
Shadow of a Sun: A Novel [Signed Bookplate]
by BYATT, A. S.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1964. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); yellow cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in red and gray on spine; dustjacket; 356pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Light sunning and shelf-soil, with trace foxing to board edges and edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Carl Smith, unclipped (priced... Read More
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![[Text in Russian] Ivan Vasil'evich Sorokin](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/857/925/1125925857.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Ivan Vasil'evich Sorokin
by BYCHKOV, I[urii] A.
Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1985. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 159pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, color illus. throughout. A few surface scatches to rear jacket panel, else Near Fine. Monograph on the work of Soviet painter, text entirely in Russian.
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Specialized Techniques in Psychotherapy
by BYCHOWSKI, Gustav and J. Louise Despert, eds
New York: Basic Books, [1952]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; xii,371pp. Jacket extremities chipped and toned, corners gently bumped, very occasional checkmarks throughout text, else Very Good in Near Very Good jacket.
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![Coming to Rest: Poems [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/254/970/1622970254.0.m.jpg)
Coming to Rest: Poems [Inscribed]
by BYER, Kathryn Stripling
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (23cm); pictorial wrappers; viii,[2],3-63pp. Inscribed on half-title page, "For Julia Mason, / Kay Byer / 7/16/06" with Byer's signature in full above the inscription. Tiny bump to upper rear corner, else Fine. The poet's sixth book, centering on the meaning of home for a mother... Read More
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![Wake [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/513/522/1532522513.0.m.jpg)
Wake [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BYER, Kathryn Stripling
Sylva, NC: Spring Street Editions, 2003. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 50 copies (from a run of 500) signed by the author. Slim octavo (22cm); letterpress printed handmade paper wrappers, string-tied into die-cut card covers; [24]pp. A few tiny rubbed spots to rear wrapper, with a few barely perceptible splash marks to front wrapper; contents clean; Near Fine.... Read More
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