Who Walk in Darkness
by Brossard, Chandler
New York: New Directions, 1952. First edition. Cloth, minor shelfwear at bottom edge, very nice copy in abraded dust jacket (some inner tape repairs).
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Songs for Certain Children
by Broughton, James
[San Francisco]: Adrian Wilson, 1947. First edition. Cover title; 9 sheets ; 31 x 23 cm. Issued within two printed covers. Full title page is on inner cover. The first book by poet James Broughton, and the first book printed by Adrian Wilson. Broughton, who had written some plays that the Wilsons' theatre goup, The Interplayers, had produced, wanted the work printed. The typographer Jack Stauffacher lent Wilson the cuts for the book, which was set by Mackenzie and... Read More
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Daniel. Gespräche von der Verwirsslichung
by Buber, Martin
Leipzig: Insel, 1913. Weiss, E.R.. Original three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards, edges a little worn, but a very good copy. First edition.
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Carl Bucher & Heidi
by Bucher, Carl
Montreal: Musée d'art contemporain, 1971. First edition. Wrappers, slight peeling to laminate; fine. Inscribed by Bucher with a drawing, and with a 2-page a.l.s. from the artist to a museum curator.
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Observations on the structure, physiology, anatomy and diseases of the teeth. In two parts
by Burdell, Harvey ; and John Burdell
New York: Gould and Newman, 1838. First edition. Stitched, not bound. Mild browning and foxing. Illustrated. 96 pp.
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Daniel Buren: Erscheinen, Scheinen, Verschwinden; Katalog zur Ausstellung...mit einer Dokumentation der Spiegel in Arbeiten von Daniel Buren 1975-1996
by Buren, Daniel
Dusseldorf: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1996. First edition. Buren, Daniel. Boards, fine in dust jacket. 160 pp.
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Songs from Robert Burns. Selected by A.E. Coppard, with Wood Engravings by Mabel Annesley
by Burns, Robert; Coppard, A.E.
Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. First edition. Mabel Annesley. Cloth backed boards; covers faded, interior fine. One of 450 copies.
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Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William S.
New York: Grove Press, 1962. First American edition. Black cloth backed boards, fine copy in slightly used first issue dust jacket. Inscribed by Burroughs, and with a typed postcard signed, agreeing to sign the copy. 3500 copies were printed of this edition, fewer than of the Olympia Press first edition. It contains also the first book appearances of Burroughs's "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness," and "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs." With a copy of a 1992... Read More
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Call Me Burroughs: Excerpts from "The Naked Lunch" ... and "Nova Express
by Burroughs, William
Paris: The English Bookshop, 1965. First edition. 12-inch longplaying phonograph record, of Burroughs reading in Paris in 1965, recorded by Ian Sommerville. Printed jacket with texts by Emmett Williams and Jean-Jacques Lebel. Record and cover in fine condition, never played. Precedes the American (ESP-Disk) edition which was not published until 1966. Maynard and Miles G1a; Kellein, "Fröliche Wissenschaft: Das Arkiv Sohm," p. 17.
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Piccola Guida all'uso di un Viaggiatore in Italia; (itinerario e notizie dettate da Beyle)
by Bury, Pol ; Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle]
Milano: Sergio Tosi Paolo Bellasich Stampatori, 1967. First edition. Bury, Pol. 260 x 350 mm. [36] leaves, original wrappers in publisher's printed wood slipcase. Fine, old glassine wrapper worn. One of 130 copies, printed on Magnani paper, signed by Bury. 8 color and 2 black lithographs by Bury, illustrating Stendhal's text with images of buildings and monuments. OCLC locates only one copy National Gallery of Art Library).
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Duel in the Sun. (Screen treatment of Busch's novel)
by Busch, Niven
1946. Mimeographed, 23-page undated early treatment of Busch's novel, mimeographed cover, brad bound. Some spotting to cover; very good. Other than Busch's, no name appears in this treatment. The adaptation credit went to Oliver H.P. Garrett, and the screenplay was written by David O. Selznick (aided by uncredited Ben Hecht).
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The Humour of Homer and other essays
by Butler, Samuel
London: Fifield, 1913. Original blue cloth. Near-fine.
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Unconscious Memory. With an Introduction by Professor Hartog
by Butler, Samuel
New York: Dutton, 1920. Black cloth, labels, Fine in lightly worn dust jacket.
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The Fair Haven....; Now reset and edited, with an Introduction by R.A. Streatfeild
by Butler, Samuel
New York: Kennerley, 1914. Original red cloth. Near-fine.
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Samuel Butler and The Odyssey
by (Butler, Samuel) Farrington, B.
London: Cape, 1929. First edition. Black cloth, fine in lightly worn jacket.
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Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification
by Butler, Samuel
London: Trübner, 1887. First edition. Original brown cloth, blocked in black and gold; very good.
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Ex Voto; Now reset and edited, with an Introduction by R.A. Streatfeild
by Butler, Samuel
London: Cape, 1928. New edition. Original black cloth, spine label. Near-fine.
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The Fair Haven....; Now reset and edited, with an Introduction by R.A. Streatfeild
by Butler, Samuel
London: Fifield, 1914. Original purple cloth. Spine faded, very good.
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God the Known and God the Unknown
by Butler, Samuel
London: Fifield, 1909. First edition. Original blue cloth, later issue without ads. Near-fine.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets; Reconsidered, and in part rearranged with introductory chapters notes, and a reprint of the original 1609 edition
by Butler, Samuel
London: Fifield, 1899. First edition, later issue with cancel title. Original green cloth, gilt. Very good.
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Life and Habit. New edition, with the author's addenda
by Butler, Samuel
London: Fifield, 1910. Original brown cloth, blocked in red. Near-fine.
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Evolution, Old and New; or, the theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, as compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin
by Butler, Samuel
Salem: S.E. Cassino, 1879. First American edition. Original brown cloth, blocked in black and gilt. A fine, unopened copy of this very uncommon issue, from English sheets.
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The Authoress of the Odyssey; where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad and how the poem grew under her hands
by Butler, Samuel
London: Longmans, Green, 1899. First edition. Original crimsion cloth, gilt. Faded, usual light browning, a very good copy. Signed on the front endpaper by Butler's friend Jessie Bovill, and with her bookplate (as Jessie A. Grosvenor). See Festing Jones's "Samuel Butler: Author of Erewhon, (1835-1902), a Memoir," for comments on the relationship.
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Essays on Life, Art and Science; Now reset and edited, with an Introduction by R.A. Streatfeild
by Butler, Samuel
New York: Fifield, 1908. Re-issue. Original green cloth, slightly faded, very good.
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Champ de vitres. Peverelli
by Butor, Michel ; Limbour, Georges
Paris: Galerie Lucie Weill, 1969. First edition. Cesare Peverelli. 4, 14 p. : ill. ; Wrappers, fine. Printed dos-a-dos with Georges Limbour, Champ de Cannes, both essays for the catalogue of works by Cesare Peverelli.
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