Authors starting with B from Bauman Rare Books

1911. BAIN, Francis William. Works. London: Methuen, (1911-13). Nine volumes. Slim 12mo, contemporary three-quarter red close-grain morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $1750. Mixed later editions comprising this nine-volume set of Hindu love stories, purported by F.W. Bain to be his translations of ancient Sanscrit manuscripts. Handsomely bound by Bickers & Son. British author of fantasy stories Francis William Bain claimed that the ... more information

1982. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BALL, George W. The Past Has Another Pattern. New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1982. Octavo, original half brown cloth, original dust jacket. $225. First edition of the distinguished statesman's memoirs, illustrated with 22 pages of black-and-white photographs, this presentation/association copy warmly inscribed by him to the influential architect of the United States' policy of "containing" Communism, "To George F. Kennan, with great respect and gratit... more information

1980. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BALTZ, Lewis. Park City. Albuquerque: Artspace and New York: Castelli Graphics, (1980). Oblong quarto, original light brown cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $4200. First edition of the scarce second photobook in Baltz's New Topographics trilogy—"a key moment in Baltz's oeuvre" (Parr & Badger)—inscribed on the title page, "For Debra with best regards, Lewis Baltz, 8.5.82," with 102 finely screened black-and-white photogravure ... more information

2003. FIRST EDITION. BANKA, Pavel. Terezín-Mansfield/Mansfield-Terezín. Prague: The National Gallery, 2003. Oblong quarto, original heavy pictorial paper wrappers. $125. First edition of this souvenir booklet from Ba?ka's 2003 expedition at the National Gallery in Prague, with 25 full-page photographs, 13 in color. In these photographs, Ba?ka documents the concentration camp Terezín and the children's hospital Mansfield, depicting "empty rooms that hold the memory of hum... more information

1900. BANNERMAN, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, circa 1900. 12mo, original red linen spine, cream paper boards printed in blue with color illustration on front and back boards. $1500. Very early American edition of one of the rarest and most famous children's books. With twenty-seven color illustrations by the author, engraved on wood and color-printed. "The Story of Little Black Sambo is an intensely amusing and imaginative little story made up by Helen B... more information

1900. FIRST EDITION. BANNERMAN, Helen. The Story of Little Black Sambo. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1900]. 16mo, original half tan cloth, original pictorial paper boards. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $2200. First American edition, published the year after the first, of Bannerman's "intensely amusing and imaginative little story" (Connolly, 31), featuring 27 full-page color-printed wood-engravings by the author. "Bannerman wrote this story during a long railway journey to India... more information

1928. FIRST EDITION. (BARBIER, George) LE GALLIENNE, Richard. The Romance of Perfume. New York and Paris: Richard Hudnut (William Edwin Rudge), 1928. Slim octavo, original illustrated white paper boards, uncut, original slipcase. $1500. First edition of this beautiful color-illustrated volume on perfume, with a laid-in pamphlet advertising Richard Hudnut's Paris perfumery. Doubtless published to commemorate the opening of Richard Hudnut's perfumery in Paris, this lovely book is accompanied by a s... more information

1993. FIRST EDITION. BARRAT, Martine. Do or Die. (New York): Viking, (1993). Square quarto, original half black cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $150. First edition in English of Barrat's moving portraiture of boxers throughout Harlem, the South Bronx, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cuba and in the ring at Madison Square Garden, with 73 striking full-page photogravures and foreword by Martin Scorsese. "These are gorgeous, strong photographs," writes Martin Scorsese in his Foreword, "star... more information

1896. BARRIE, J. M. Novels, Tales, and Sketches. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (De Vinne Press), 1896. Eight volumes. Octavo, contemporary full red wide-grain morocco gilt, gilt centerpiece monogram, tan pigskin doublures blind-stamped with the collector's bookplate, top edges gilt. $1450. Handsome "Author's Edition" of Barrie's works, including Better Dead, his first attempt at a novel, with frontispiece illustrations in every volume, custom bound in full morocco gilt. In t... more information

BARROW, Isaac. The Works of Isaac Barrow, D.D., with a Life of the Author, by the Rev. James Hamilton. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1841. Three volumes. Octavo, contemporary full brown calf gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, black morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers and edges. $450. Later edition, with engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume I. One of the greatest of the Anglican divines and preachers of the Caroline period, Barrow produced a number of eloquent and influential sermo... more information

1884. BARTLETT, William Henry. Mountain, Lake, and River. The Descriptive Text by N. P. Willis and Others. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. Large quarto, 20th-century three-quarter green morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $900. Early American edition of this selection of views from Bartlett and Willis' famed American Scenery, with engraved frontispiece and 24 engraved American views. Most of the views gathered here are after Bartlett and all originally appeared in 1840 in W... more information

1905. BASTIDE, Jean-Francois. La Petite Maison. Paris: Librairie Henri Leclerc, 1905. Royal octavo, contemporary full light brown crushed morocco, boards gilt-decorated in Louis XV style, raised bands, green morocco doublures, frame-like ornamentation in same style with dark blue and pearl-gray inlays and gilt tooling, gray silk endpapers, marbled flyleaves, all edges gilt. Housed in custom chamois-lined marbled slipcase. $3000. Deluxe limited illustrated edition, number 5 of only 150 copies, with 16 deli... more information

1869. FIRST EDITION. BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Translations from Charles Baudelaire. With a Few Original Poems by Richard Herne Shepherd. London: John Camden Hotten, 1869 [i.e. circa 1871]. 12mo, 19th-century full green morocco, raised bands, gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpaper, top edge gilt. $1100. First edition, second issue, of three poems by Baudelaire—the first translation of his works into English—with extra poems written by Richard Shepherd in 1870-71 and added to the original issue. Bibl... more information

2005. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. BAUDELAIRE, Eric. États Imaginés/Imagined States. Arles, France: Actes Sud, Fondation HSBC Pour la Photographie, (2005). Quarto, original photographic wrappers. $125. First edition of Baudelaire's vision of Abkhazia, with 42 large beautiful color photogravures, inscribed by the photographer and dated "NYC 13/10/06" on the title page. Commenting on his photo chronicle of everyday life in the former Soviet state of Abkhazia, Baudelaire reflects, &quo... more information

1675. BAUDUER, Joannes. Philosophiae Clavis, seu Cursus Philosophicus ad Usum Studiosae Juventutis. Tomi III, Pars Prima: Continents Libros de Caelo, & de Meteoris; Pars Seconda Continens Libros de Ortu & Interitu, Animasticam & Metaphisicam. Burdigalae [Bordeaux]: G. de la Court, 1675. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full vellum. $1100. First edition from this authoritative series of textbooks, these being the volumes on ancient astronomy, with folding plate of the solar system according to... more information

1899. FIRST EDITION. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. The Early Work. WITH: The Later Work. WITH: The Uncollected Work. London and New York: John Lane (Bodley Head), 1899, 1901, 1925. Three volumes. Tall, thick quarto, mid-20th-century three-quarter red morocco gilt, raised bands, red linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $4500. First editions of this comprehensive collection of Beardsley's entire works, more than 140 of which are published here for the first time. Handsomely bound by Riviè... more information

1816. BEATTIE, James. The Minstrel. London: John Sharpe, 1816. 12mo, contemporary full green straight-grain morocco gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase. $1400. Later edition of Beattie's most well-known poem, with a lovely fore-edge painting of Aberdeen and handsomely bound. With six engravings by Westall. "The harmony of versification and the beauty of the descriptive passages have preserved this poem from th... more information

1853. (LOUIS XVII) BEAUCHESNE, A. de. Louis XVII: His Life—His Suffering—His Death. London: Vizetelly, 1853. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter red morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. $700. Early edition in English of this life of the Dauphin, with folding illustrations and facsimile letters from the king. Louis XVII lived to be only ten years old, but endured extreme suffering in that time. Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman. Fine condition, ha... more information

1778. BEAUMONT, Francis and FLETCHER, John. The Dramatic Works… Collated with all the Former Editions, and Corrected; With Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by Various Commentators; And Adorned with Fifty-four Original Engravings. London: T. Sherlock for T. Evans et al., 1778. Ten volumes. Octavo, early three-quarter tan calf, red leather labels, tan paper boards. $1250. Splendid 1778 edition, with 54 fine engraved plates. "He who has not perused Beaumont and Fletcher can have no complete idea o... more information

1750. BEAUMONT, Francis and FLETCHER, John. The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont and Mr. John Fletcher. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750. Ten volumes. Octavo, contemporary full speckled calf, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, marbled endpapers. $1100. The first critical edition of the works of Beaumont and Fletcher, beautifully bound in 18th-century calf gilt. Contains extensive critical and explanatory notes by Lewis Theobald and Thomas Seward. Theobold, best known for his contro... more information