SHADOW PLAY
by BAXTER, Charles
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Only 1500 copies of this book were printed due to an error by the printer.
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A RELATIVE STRANGER
by BAXTER, Charles
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. His third collection of stories.
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SHADOW PLAY
by BAXTER, Charles
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps reproducing the art of the dustwrapper.
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SHADOW PLAY
by BAXTER, Charles
New York: Norton, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor bump to top front corner. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Only 1500 copies of this book were printed due to an error by the printer. Review Copy with publisher's flyer laid in.
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HARMONY OF THE WORLD
by BAXTER, Charles
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Paperback Original in pictorial wraps of this first collection of stories by Baxter who had previously published two books of poetry. This book was the winner of the sixth annual AWP Award Series in Short Fiction. Uncommon in the first printing.
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IMAGINARY PAINTINGS AND OTHER POEMS
by BAXTER, Charles
(Latham, New York): Paris Review, (1989). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. Published only in softcover, this is Baxter's third collection of poems, though he is best known now for his wonderful fiction.
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THROUGH THE SAFETY NET
by BAXTER, Charles
New York: Viking, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark to bottom bulked edge of text, slight foxing to top edge. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Critically acclaimed author's second book, a collection of stories, SIGNED by him on the title page.
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DRAWINGS
by BAXTER, Glen
(New York): (Adventures in Poetry), (1974). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 32 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. Cover title is CRANIREONS OF BOTYA. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his pen and ink drawings at the Gotham Book Mart. SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store... Read More
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ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1
by BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al
Nederland, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with cover drawing by Glen Baxter. Edited by Anne Waldman and Reed Bye with a poem by Allen Ginsburg and poems and prose by several other contributors.
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THE KHAKI
by BAXTER, Glen
(New York): Adventures in Poetry, (1973). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Minor soiling. Near Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with text and drawings by Baxter. SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Apparently only about 200 copies were produced. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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THE HANDY GUIDE TO AMAZING PEOPLE
by BAXTER, Glen
(New York): Gotham Book Mart, (1974). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 12 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his pen and ink drawings at the Gotham Book Mart. SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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THE IMPENDING GLEAM
by BAXTER, Glen
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1981). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Light soiling to covers. Near Fine. Glen Baxter. Uncorrected Proof in pictorial white wraps (7-1/2" x 10"). SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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DRAWINGS
by BAXTER, Glen
(New York): (Adventures in Poetry), (1974). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Close to Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 32 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. Cover title is CRANIREONS OF BOTYA. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his pen and ink drawings at the Gotham Book Mart.
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ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1
by BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al
Nederland, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with cover drawing by Glen Baxter. Edited by Anne Waldman and Reed Bye with a poem by Allen Ginsburg and poems and prose by several other contributors. SIGNED at the bottom of the first page by Baxter. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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FRUITS OF THE WORLD IN DANGER
by BAXTER, Glen
(New York): Gotham Book Mart, (1974). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Glen Baxter. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 6 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his pen and ink drawings at the Gotham Book Mart. SIGNED on the title page by the author/artist. Acquired directly from the Gotham Book Mart inventory after the store closed.
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CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER
by BEATTIE, Ann
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. hardcover. Covers slightly bowed and discoloration to the spine of the book. Very Good or better in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's first book issued simultaneously with DISTORTIONS.
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FALLING IN PLACE
by BEATTIE, Ann
New York: Random House, (1980). First Edition. hardcover. Slight spotting to the bulked top edge of the text. Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper in Charlottesville in 1986. In addition, laid in is a piece of paper on which is written, "This a great novel." Beattie has responded by writing below "Yes No Maybe Other," each with a box next to it. She... Read More
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SWITZERLAND. ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN ON THE SPOT AND EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK BY W. H. BARTLETT
by BEATTIE, William
London: George Virtue, 1836. First Edition. hardcover. Most plates free from foxing, a few with moderate to heavy foxing. Some rubbing to the leather but bindings solid and rather attractive. Very Good. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 11") volumes bound in plum embossed cloth with polished green calf leather spines and corners, matching morocco spine labels. Illustrated with engraved title pages in each volume, 106 steel-engraved plates after Bartlett, and a folding lithograph map of Switzerland.
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THE NORTH
by BECKETT, Samuel
London: Enitharmon Press, 1972. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Avigdor Arikha. Folio (11-3/4" x 15") in wraps, loosely housed as issued in a paper folder, cloth chemise, and slipcase. Text printed by Will and Sebastian Carter on paper made by J. Barcham Green. Of a total of 137 numbered copies illustrated with 3 original etchings by Avigdor Arikha, each signed in pencil by the artist, this is copy #121 and is one of only 12 "Ad personam" copies. Rather... Read More
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MURPHY [Publisher's Copy]
by BECKETT, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, [1957]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine without dustwrapper, as issued. Cloth-backed boards. Beckett's first published novel, first published in England in 1938. Copy #22 of only 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and specially bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth and tan boards. Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset's copy with the following in his hand on the front endpaper: "publisher's copy/Barney Rosset - GROVE PRESS." Rosset introduced American readers to numerous significant writers,... Read More
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ALL THAT FALL
by BECKETT, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, (1957). First Edition. cloth. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear.
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VATHEK, AN ARABIAN TALE
by BECKFORD, William
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. About Fine, lacking the chemise, in a Very Good slipcase with a split at one edge. Valenti Angelo. Duodecimo (4" x 6") bound in full orange morocco gilt-stamped with a design by Valenti Angelo. Each page of text features decorative borders by Angelo, and there are 16 full-page miniatures printed in colors and hand-illuminated in gold by Angelo as well. Copy #845 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on... Read More
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[VATHEK] AN ARABIAN TALE, From an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory
by [BECKFORD, William]
London: J. Johnson, 1786. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Recent full period calf (5" x 8") with marbled endpapers and likely original gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label; vii, [i], 334 pages with page 48 misnumbered "84" and with errata leaf and final blank (often missing). Contrary to Beckford's wishes this edition of his influential Gothic novel, originally written in French and translated and edited by his friend Rev. Samuel Henley, preceded the first French edition which was published in... Read More
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THE SCRIPTURE CHRONOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, AND ALSO BY THE YEAR OF JUBILEE, AND THE SABBATICAL YEAR AMONG THE JEWS: Or, an Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem; as it may be Proved by the Writings of the Old and New Testament
by BEDFORD, Arthur
London: James and John Knapton et. al., 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page soiled, laid down with minor marginal losses; some quires heavily foxed or stained but most of text and plates clean with a closed tear about 3 inches to one plate with no loss. Early signature of Benjamin Hale on the front pastedown. Leather very dry, front board and endpaper detached, the spine leather lacking but the text block solid. Good overall. Folio (10-1/2" x 17")... Read More
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LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT
by BEDIER, Joseph
Paris: L'Édition D'Art, (1928). Hardcover. Near Fine but for the front cover which is neatly detached. Robert Engels. Bound in light brown boards with black stamping with the original wraps bound in (7" x 9-3/4") by Mercier, the front board neatly detached. Illustrated from watercolors by Robert Engels.
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