The San Francisco Phoenix: a magazine of news, the arts and informed dissipation; vol. 1, #18, for period ending May 17 1973; Nixon Confesses!
by Bryan, John, editor
San Francisco: The Phoenix, 1973. Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, ads, services, in very good on newsprint. Cover story on Watergate.
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Typed Letter Signed
by BUCKLEY, William F. Jr. (1925 - 2008)
1981. unbound. Two-page typed letter from William F. Buckley Jr to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales regarding the sixteen season of the PBS show Firing Line. Interesting content written on National Review letterhead. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, political commentator and novelist. In 1955, Buckley founded National Review, a magazine that stimulated the growth and development of the conservative movement in the United States. In addition to... Read More
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Gaston Lachaise: For the Love of Woman
by Budny, Virginia; Lachaise, Gaston
New York: Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC, 2016. Softcover. VG+.. Small quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps with gilt titles. 40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. "This exhibition is the result of a quarter century of acquiring these works which culminated in this current offering at Spring Masters 2016 at the Park Avenue Armory."--Colophon/ Includes bibliographical references.
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Manolo Ruiz Pipo
by Buffet-Challie, Laurence (and) Patricia Bailly
Paris: Charles et Andre Bailly, 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG. Brown fabric boards with gilt text. Glossy, color-illustrated dust jacket with white text on the spine. 174 pages; profusely illustrated with mostly color images. Inscribed and signed by the artist. He also drew a very lovely tree and sun on the same page. Inscribed and signed by the artist on the title page; includes a quick drawing.
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Women
by BUKOWSKI, Charles
London: W.H. Allen, 1981. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-290,[6]pp. Spine ends nudged, subtle tanning to text edges (as per usual with this title); Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with light wear to spine ends and extremities; Near Fine. An attractive copy of Bukowski's third novel.
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Hot Water Music
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 400 special hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author. First Edition. Bound in quarter cloth with cream paper-wrapped color-illustrated boards. With original clear acetate dust jacket. Laid in is a pamphlet in yellow wrappers, containing the Bukowski poem "One For the Old Boy," with cover stamped "A New Year's Greeting From Black Sparrow Press." Gorgeous. 6 x 9 inches. 221 pages. Pamphlet is 4 3/8 x 6... Read More
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Absence of the Hero, Uncollected Stories and Essays, Volume 2: 1946-1992
by Bukowski, Charles, and David Stephen Calonne
San Francisco: City Lights, 2010. Advanced Reading Copy. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Bound in publisher's original illustrated black and white wrappers. Edited and with an introduction by Calonne. 6 x 9 inches. 272 pages plus introduction.
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Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin To Bleed a Bit
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 300 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author. First Edition. Bound in quarter red cloth with illustrated paper-wrapped boards, and brown paper spine label stamped in black and blue. With original clear acetate dust jacket. Beautiful. 6 x 9 inches. 125 pages.
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Hollywood: A Novel
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 176 special copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, numbered and signed by author, with an original color print ALSO signed by author. The print features a woman, smoking a cigarette and walking two dogs, watched by a crowd of onlookers from the background, in yellow, red, dull pink, and black on white paper. Print is bound following copyright page. Book is bound in quarter illustrated cloth, with... Read More
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The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems 1946 - 1966
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 26 special hardcover copies lettered and signed by author, of 176 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each with an original print, which is ALSO signed and dated by author. Colophon page features hand-written letter "C," author's signature, and his trademark line drawing of a dog and a man. Original color print features an interior with man, furniture, rug, cigarette, liquor bottle, and small dogs in... Read More
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Report to the Supreme Soviet on the trip to India, Burma and Afghanistan
by Bulganin, N.A. and N.S. Khrushchev
New York: New Century Publishers, 1956. Pamphlet. 63p., wraps, very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches.
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UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery Volume 1: Comparative Study of Abduction Reports
by Bullard, Thomas E.
[Mount Rainier]: Fund for UFO Research, 1987. Paperback. Good. 402p. Signed by Bullard on the front cover. Very Good. Acetate covers discolored, blue card covers toned at the edges and with a few stains at the surface. Firmly bound in the comb binding, clean internally. Bullard's extensive report on UFO abductions drawn from analyzing more than 300 reports. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Baby Chocolate and Other Short Stories: Aspects of the Black Experience
by BULLOCK, Clifton
New York: William-Frederick Press, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 117pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with some foxing at the extremities. Stories by a young Black man serving a prison sentence in Virginia.
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The Rublev Trinity: The Icon of the Trinity by the Monk-Painter Andrei Rublev.
by BUNGE, Gabriel.
Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press,, 2007.. First edition.. 4to. 120 pp w/select bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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The Big Book of Tarot: How to Interpret the Cards and Work with Tarot Spreads for Personal Growth
by Bunning, Joan
New. New book.
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Collected Poems
by Bunting, Basil
Moyer Bell Limited, 1985. Very Good. Bunting, Basil. Collected Poems. Mt. Kisco, NY: Moyer Bell Limited, 1985. 173pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges. Shakespeare and Co. price sticker on rear cover..
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South of Appomattox
by Burger, Nash K.; Bettersworth, John K.
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1959. Very Good. Burger, Nash K.. South of Appomattox. Bettersworth, John K.. NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1959. 376pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. White cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners and lightly faded spine. Small stain on bottom edge.. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with small sticker on head of spine with rubbed and chipped edges..
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The Seashore Book for Children
by BURGESS, Thornton W.
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1929. First Edition. W.H. SOUTHWICK & George SUTTON. [SIGNED] [JUVENILE] [NATURAL HISTORY]. W.H. SOUTHWICK and George SUTTON, illustrators. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. First edition. 8vo; 336pp; blue cloth over board, color pictorial onlay of an underwater scene framed by gilt fillets and a green seaweed pattern; gilt stamped lettering on front and spine; author inscription and signature on ffep "This book was written to help you to know the shore folk. Thornton W. Burgess, 1929,... Read More
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Connections
by Burke, James
Back Bay Books, 1995. Very Good. Burke, James. Connections. Boston: Back Bay Books, 1995. ix, 304pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed.
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John Stenvall: Retrospective
by Burney, Charlotte
San Jose, CA: Bingham Gallery, 1994. Staplebound. VG.. Quarto. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. 12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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A Little Princess
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Barnes and Noble, 1995. Very Good. Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess. NY: Barnes and Noble, 1995. 243pp. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good.. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Previous retailer's price sticker on front panel..
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A Primer of Psychology and Mental Disease. For Use in Training Schools for Attendants and Nurses and in Medical Classes, and as a Ready Reference for the Practitioner.
by Burr, C. B.
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1906. Third edition, thoroughly revised. Octavo, gray cloth (hardcover), viii, 183 pp. Illus. Very Good.
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Alberto Burri
by BURRI, Alberto and James Johnson Sweeney
Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1963. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 16 through December 1, 1963. Text by James Johnson Sweeney. Includes 16 black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with some very light wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks. An attractive catalog designed by Herbert Matter.
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Warlord of Mars
by BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1919. Full Description: BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice. The Warlord of Mars. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. First edition, first issue with the "W. F. Hall" imprint on the copyright page. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm [viii], 296, [7, publisher's ads,] [1, blank] pp. With inserted sepia frontispiece. Original pictorial dust jacket with artwork by J. Allen St. John (repeated as frontispiece). Original red glazed... Read More
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William Burroughs: Painting [Inscribed to Bernard Stone]
by BURROUGHS, William S. (paintings); GRAUERHOLZ, James W. (text)
Amsterdam and London: Suzanne Biederberg Gallery / The October Gallery, 1988. First Edition. Slim octavo (20.5cm); original printed card wrappers; [24]pp, with color illustrations reproducing 16 paintings by Burroughs. Inscribed by the author to legendary English bookseller Bernard Stone, owner of The Turret Bookshop: "For Bernard Stone / James W. Grauerholz." Light wear to extremities, a few tiny spots to left edge of front cover; Near Fine. Catalog for a two gallery show of Burroughs paintings, with a lengthy... Read More
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