AFTER OUR WAR
by BALABAN, John
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, (1974). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Poet's first full-length book, with the Lamont Prize card laid in. Balaban is best known now for his translations into English of Vietnamese poetry.
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GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
by BALDWIN, James
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Burt Silverman. Bound in full brown decorated leather. The First SIGNED Limited edition of Baldwin's first book with a previously unpublished introduction by the author. Illustrated by Burt Silverman. With the Notes from the Editor.
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RUNNING WILD
by BALLARD, J. G. [James Graham BALLARD]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1988). First American Edition. wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in printed yellow wraps.
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THE DAY OF CREATION
by BALLARD, J. G. [James Graham BALLARD]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1988). First American Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps by the author of CRASH.
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HELLO AMERICA
by BALLARD, J. G. [James Graham BALLARD]
London: Jonathan Cape, (1981). First Edition. wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in orange wraps decorated with the publisher's logo of an early science fiction title by the author of CRASH.
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OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Light rubbing to the spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #39 of... Read More
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OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Light wear. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #380 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Rubbed spot at the bottom of the spine. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on... Read More
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EUGENIE GRANDET
by BALZAC, Honore de
London: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Slight sunning to spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full tan buckram with gold-stamped black leather labels. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator on... Read More
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EUGENIE GRANDET
by BALZAC, Honore de
London: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full tan buckram with gold-stamped black leather labels. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on... Read More
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EUGENIE GRANDET
by BALZAC, Honore de
London: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full tan buckram with gold-stamped black leather labels. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Richard Aldington. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon... Read More
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OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine in a Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #258 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter... Read More
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MR. MUNCHAUSEN. BEING A TRUE ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE RECENT ADVENTURES...
by BANGS, John Kendrick
Boston: Noyes, Platt & Company, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Early inscription mostly erased on the front endpaper. Light rubbing to cloth. Near Fine. Peter Newell. BAL 753: Second (Third?) printing. Cloth with an attractive color design by Peter Newell. Charmingly illustrated with 15 full-page color plates by Newell, creator of the even more charming THE HOLE BOOK. Early owner name and date mostly erased from front endpaper; a little rubbing to the covers.
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED: The Descent of Charlie Fuller into Pulitzer Land
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
[23 July 1982]. Manuscript. Near Fine. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (12 pages) of a critical article on Charles Fuller, concentrating on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A SOLDIER'S STORY which debuted in 1982, as well as the current nature of Black Theater. Although the play enjoyed a long run, Fuller said it never played on Broadway because he refused to drop the last line, "You'll have to get used to black people being in charge." It was made into a film... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: Craft & Black Writer
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
1970s. Manuscript. Right margins a little ragged. Very Good. A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of two 8-1/2" x 11" sheets of Paschal's Motor Hotel letterhead, written on rectos only, consisting of advice for African-American writers. Some of his observations: "Difficult for any writer to get below surface to go beyond ready mades + cliches (of form and content) But Blacks more difficult because we are denied a tradition We are forced to learn from others before... Read More
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CALL & RESPONSE
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
[Newark, NJ ]: Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger, 1980. First Edition. Broadside. Minor soiling, light crease at corner. Near Fine. A SIGNED broadside (9-1/2" x 13") of this poem printed on the dedication of the author's reading at Walker Art Center. Copy #12 of 85.
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SIGNED TYPESCRIPT: MONEY. A Jazz Opera
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
Newark/Washington, DC, December 1978 - January 1979. Manuscript. A few pages with coffee stains, expected general use. Complete and Very Good. A photocopied ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by Baraka consisting of 135 loose pages, many of them with pencil or ink markings and annotations, housed in an orange paper folder with "MONEY/orig)" in Baraka's hand on the front cover. The manuscript is SIGNED in full by the author at the conclusion with the date and place in type. MONEY was... Read More
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT of DAGGERS AND JAVELINS: Essays, 1974 - 1979
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Plain blue wraps with black binder tape spine lettered in white with the text printed on rectos only, 8-1/2" x 11". A collection of essays not officially published until 1984 by William Morrow. We are not sure why Garland never published the book or if there are any textual differences between this typed manuscript and the published book. There are some ink corrections and additions... Read More
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT for the Introduction to HARD FACTS
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
[1975]. Manuscript. Near Fine. TYPED MANUSCRIPT (5 pages) of the Introduction to his book of poetry HARD FACTS. Baraka has made several alterations and additions in the text including about 50 words in his hand at the bottom of the fourth page: "The year the class struggle in Blk America became clear & open Segregation [?] & the productive forces loosed in on oppressed [?] just enough to create a vicious verticality, an oppressive class, in collaboration w/... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT: Naropa Lectures
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
August 1985. Manuscript. Left margins a little ragged from being torn from a tablet; last page detached from staple. Near Fine. A handwritten ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT titled "Naropa Lectures" by Baraka consisting of 21 pages on both sides of eleven 7-1/4" x 11-3/4" lined sheets stapled in the upper left corner. Baraka's notes for his lectures at Naropa where he taught at Naropas Jack Kerouac School during the late 1970s through the 1980s, introducing students to the Black Arts... Read More
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WRITER BY TRADE. A PORTRAIT OF ARNOLD BENNETT
by BARKER, Dudley
New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999.
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SACRED AND SECULAR ELEGIES
by BARKER, George
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Some rubbing along the spine with slight loss. Very Good. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the verso of the half-title page: "To Bill Meredith/at Sugar Loaf -- no, Bread Loaf/August 1959 from/George Barker."
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COLLECTED POEMS 1930 - 1955
by BARKER, George
London: Faber and Faber, (1957). First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the endpaper: "for Bill Meredith/Summer 1959/George Barker."
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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
by BARNUM, P. T
Buffalo: Courier Company, 1878. Hardcover. Minor fraying to spine tips and corners. Very Good. Original cloth; 324 pages. Illustrated with engravings. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This edition has a new introduction and preface by Barnum. A compliments slip with Barnum's printed signature is tipped to the title page. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "To my friend/Doctor W B... Read More
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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF P. T. BARNUM. Written by Himself
by BARNUM, P. T
Buffalo, NY: Warren, Johnson & Co, 1874. Author's Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean; minor rubbing and wear to binding. Very Good. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This copy bound in contemporary half leather with matching corners and marbled boards with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; vii, [2], 14-772. 837-864 pages. Complete despite the pagination. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and full-page engravings. This copy... Read More
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