If Beale Street Could Talk
by Baldwin, James
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. Signed limited first edition. Fine. Deluxe first edition. Number 76 of limited 250 copies signed by James Baldwin on the rear limitation page. 197 pp. Bound in publisher's leather lettered in gilt in the original brown paper covered slipcase. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with sticker residue on back cover. Baldwin's Harlem love story, which was later adapted into the Academy Award winning 2018 film of the same name.
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High-Rise
by Ballard, J. G.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. First American Edition. Near Fine/Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by J. G. Ballard on the title page. 204 pp. Bound in publisher's orange paper-covered boards over brown spine cloth lettered in copper. Near Fine with light wear at extremities, foxing to textblock edges, partially erased gift inscription at front pastedown in blue pen. In a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A handsome copy of an unnerving thriller pseudo sci-fi novel... Read More
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The Drowned World
by Ballard, J. G.
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First British edition and first hardcover edition; first printing. Signed by J.G. Ballard on the title page. Bound in publisher's rust-colored cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light wear to spine ends. Top edge lightly foxed, contents lightly tanned. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light toning and small stain to spine, small tears at edges and front flap; larger tear... Read More
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The Drowned World
by Ballard, J. G.
London: Gollancz, 1962. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original drab wraps printed in black with "Uncorrected" rubber-stamped to front cover. Near Fine with short split to tail of rear spine joint, light edge wear, toning, foxing to edges. A rare format of this foundational text in the literary genre of climate fiction.
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Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan
by Ballard, J.G.
Brighton: Unicorn Bookshop, 1968. First edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Publisher's white stapled wraps silkscreened in red and blue. One of 250 copies in the first printing, this copy unnumbered. Very Good, with wear and toning to wraps. Splits started at spine fold, though binding is solid. A short work written in the format of a scientific paper, undertaken to examine and determine the sexual appeal of then-governor and former Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan. A scarce... Read More
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The Drowned World
by Ballard, J. G.
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1962. First British Edition. Good. First British edition and first hardcover edition; first printing. Bound in publisher's original rust-colored cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Good. Lean to spine and rubbing to lettering on spine. Textblock edge is heavily foxed and wit ha remainder mark to the bottom edge. Pages toned, hinge at title page slightly exposed and light foxing to preliminary pages. The author's second novel, though he later disowned his first as "hackwork.... Read More
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California Surfriders 1946: A Scrapbook of Surfriding and Beach Stuff
by Ball, Doc [John Heath Ball]
Los Angeles, CA: Mountain and Sea Books, 1979. Limited Second Edition. Very Good+. Limited second edition, first printing without pictorial onlay to front cover which is present in later printings. Signed by Doc Ball on the dedication page and inscribed, "Yours till the surf quits rolling / Doc Ball / 29 - May '81." Bound in publisher's bright blue pebble cloth lettered in gilt. [xiv] 103pp. Very Good+ with light edge wear, minor soiling to upper board with... Read More
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The Indian in the Cupboard
by Banks, Lynne Reid; Brock Cole [Illustrations]
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1980. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing, first issue with sticker on copyright page adding American illustrator Brock Cole's name (the British edition has a different illustrator). Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on title page. x, 181 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light wear, typical square of toning to title page, in a Very Good+ dust jacket, unsunned with a tear near head,... Read More
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The L-Shaped Room
by Banks, Lynne Reid
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. First edition. First edition. Signed by Lynne Reid Banks on dedication page with "Janice" crossed out and corrected to "Jamie," as she typically did with this book. 319 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint perfume small, in Near Fine dust jacket, spine panel slightly darkened, worn tips. A coming-of-age novel of a pregnant woman, down-and-out in London, with a prominent gay character. It inspired a 1962... Read More
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The Anarchy Of the Ranters and Other Libertines, the Hierarchy Of The Romanists, and Others Pretended Churches, Equally Refused and Refuted in a Two-fold Apology for the Church and People of God Called in Derision Quakers
by Barclay, Robert
London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1691. Second Edition. Very Good. Second edition. [181]-236 pp. Complete text but does not include Appendix: "Robert Barclay, His Vindication[...]" other copies were apparently bound with. Disbound with paper tape on spine. Very Good with slightly worn corners, small stains on last page and a small marginal checkmark there as well. Uncommon. A Quaker tract by prominent a Scottish Quaker and governor of East Jersey (later New Jersey), first published in 1674.... Read More
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Lorca: The Poet and His People
by Barea, Arturo; Ilsa Barea [Translator]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American edition. First American edition. Signed by Arturo Barea on the front free endpaper, inscribed in Spanish and dated April 1952. xvi, 176 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. Lima's notes in pencil at front, else Near Fine, in About Very Good dust jacket with chipping along spine panel, small stain to back panel, tape mends on verso, unclipped ($3.00). A rare signature from the author of the... Read More
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The Broken Root
by Barea, Arturo; Ilsa Barea [Translator]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. First American Edition. Very Good/About Very Good. First American edition. A nice association copy signed by Barea and warmly inscribed to Margaret Rink (Ilsa and Arturo's former housemate and good friend) in Spanish on the front free endpaper, "Para Margaret con un abraro de Arturo / Marro [sic] 1951." Her bookplate on paste down. [vi], 308 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth blocked and lettered in silver at the spine. Very... Read More
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La forja de un rebelde: Vol. I La forja, Vol. II La ruta, Vol. III La llama (The Forging of a Rebel)
by Barea, Arturo
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1951. First Spanish language edition. First Spanish language edition, complete in three volumes. All three volumes signed by Arturo Barea on their front free endpapers, dated 1952. The first volume has a brief inscription in Spanish to the former owner. Bound in publishers' wraps with dust jackets. Near Fine in Very Good dust jackets with some edge wear, a few small dampstains and a pen mark to spine panels. Quite rare signed. Spanish author... Read More
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The Silver Bridge
by Barker, Gray
Clarksburg, WV: Saucerian Books, 1970. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing. [viii], 151 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver. Very Good+ with moderate lean to binding, faint dampstain to cloth, light foxing to fore edge of text block and endpapers, light but pernicious staining to 48-57 pp. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with chipping at crown, light edge wear, dampstaining and rippling; tape repairs at blindside. Presents well. Ufologist Gray... Read More
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A Few Poems
by Barnard, Mary
Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Workshop at Reed College, 1952. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Mary Barnard at the rear colophon, copy #3 of 300 total. Unpaginated. Publisher's blue wraps with yapped edges. Very Good with wraps slightly chipped along edges,the largest chip being to the top of the rear wrap about the size of a penny, small scuff to rear wrap as well. Internally clean, a little age-toned. The very first book by the Portland-based poet and acclaimed... Read More
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Nightwood
by Barnes, Djuna
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt and top edge stained fuchsia. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, fading to cloth at spine ends, a few spots to the fore edge and contents tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to the spine, light wear at the extremities including a scrape to... Read More
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Ryder
by Barnes, Djuna
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First American Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Djuna Barnes on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth stamped in red and gilt; red topstain. Good, crudely rebacked with clumsy repairs to corners and upper board right edge. Slight lean to spine, cloth soiled, gilt mostly all rubbed. Contents tanned and with markings to title page and foreword. Barnes' first novel, a modernist romp with themes of free... Read More
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Nightwood
by Barnes, Djuna
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First British edition, first printing. Association copy signed by Djuna Barnes on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed to Chester Page with date 1970. 239 pp. Bound in publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blue topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, light rubbing and toning to extremities, and fading to topstain. Contents lightly toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with... Read More
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Ladies Almanack: showing their Signs and their Tides; their Moons and their Changes; the Seasons as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes; as well as a full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempers. Written & Illustrated by a Lady of Fashion
by [Barnes, Djuna]
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, one of 40 numbered copies signed by Djuna Barnes and with illustrations hand-colored; Barnes has replaced the reference to Edward W. Titus on the title page in red ink, correcting the publication information to read "... Sold by the Author." Bound in publisher's flexible hand-colored illustrated vellum wrappers with 22 illustrations, also hand-colored. Near Fine with skillful restoration to spine... Read More
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Ryder
by Barnes, Djuna
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth stamped in bright red and gilt; red topstain. xi, [1], 323 pp. Near fine in a Near Fine dust jacket; corners machine-cut, price un-clipped but with a revised price label over the printed price, toning; light wear and a small closed puncture to spine panel and small interior chip at rear cover. An uncommonly nice example of Barnes'... Read More
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Ladies Almanack showing their Signs and their tides; their moons and their Changes; the Seasons, as it is with them; their Eclipses and Equinoxes as well as a full Record of diurnal and nocturnal Distempers
by Barnes, Djuna
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Number 952 of 1050 copies, privately printed for the author. Near Fine with slight wear and moderate foxing. In original glassine dust jacket, tattered, lacking the front flap. A fantastic copy. Barnes' novel based on a Parisian lesbian social circle centering around Natalie Clifford Barney's salon--and debatably either a loving satire or a bitter attack on such. Written in archaic... Read More
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Hiroshige
by [Hiroshige]; P. Neville Barnett
Sydney: Self Published; printed by Beacon Press, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue, copy #115 of 200 signed and sealed by the author, Barnett, on colophon at rear. 45, [3] pp., printed on laid paper, illustrated with 20 brilliant color woodblock prints after Hiroshige tipped to sheets. Bound in publisher's textured cream paper-covered boards over quarter art vellum, titled and ruled in gilt, color pictorial endpapers, blue ribbon marker. Near Fine with light wear and... Read More
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Weeds
by Baroja, Pio; Isaac Goldberg [Translator]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American edition. First American edition. [vi], 344, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with yellow stamping. Fine, slight scuff along fore edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine darkened, wear along head, tiny closed tears along bottom edge, price-clipped. An attractive copy of the Spanish novel, an installment in the Struggle for Life trilogy. Front panel design is from a painting by John Dos Passos.
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Cubism and Abstract Art
by Barr, Alfred H., Jr.
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1936. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, in a second state dust jacket with printed arrow from "Machine Esthetic" to "Futurism". 249, [1] pp with 223 monochrome reproductions and errata slip at copyright. Bound in publisher's tan cloth lettered in black and red. Near Fine with slight tanning to cloth, light wear at spine ends, foxing to fore-edge, former owner's name on front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped... Read More
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Peter and Wendy
by Barrie, J. M.; F.D. Bedford [Illustrations]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. x, 267pp. with 13 illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good with toning to spine, light fraying to ends, edges foxed with toning, soiling to cloth with softened corners. Dust soiling to top edge of text block, former owner's names and inscription at front free endpaper. A nice copy of this... Read More
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