Flowers and Festivals, or Directions for the Floral Decoration of Churches
by Barrett, W. A.
London /Oxford / Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1873. Very good. Second edition; 6 3/4 x 5; pp. [7], vi-viii, [3], 4-173, [3] + 24 pp. plates (recto only); green cloth over boards, ruled and decorated in gilt; illustrated with 25 lithographed plates, including frontis; a bit of wear to tips of spine and corners; first blank leaf with a thin strip to top edge missing, partially obscuring previous owner's signature; a few spots of foxing to first and last few... Read More
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The Pilgrim Fathers; or, Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
by Bartlett, W. H.
London / Edinburgh / New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1864. Very good. Early edition (originally published in 1853); 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. [7], vi, [3], x, [1], 14-230; heavily-embossed magenta cloth over boards, decorated with a gilt vignette to front board, gilt title to spine, and gilt edges; illustrated with 28 steel engravings, including frontis, and 31 woodcuts; fading to spine cover; small manuscript signature of previous owner to ffep; few, occasional spots of foxing;... Read More
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Familiar London, Painted by Rose Barton [An Association Copy]
by Barton, Rose
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Very good. First edition, limited to 300 copies (this #266), signed by the artist; 10 3/4 x 8; pp. [8], vii-xii, 1-208; cream cloth over boards, decorated and ruled in gilt, red, and green; illustrated with 61 plates after paintings by Rose Barton; age-toning and a closed, 1" cut to spine; small rubbed spots to tips and corners; a few smudges to endpapers; overall in very good condition. Inscribed by Scottish layer... Read More
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[Agriculture] The European Brown Snail in California. Bulletin 515
by Basinger, A. J.
Berkeley: University of California College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound; pp. [1], 4-22, [2] including publisher's list to back cover; original printed wraps; very minor wear, mostly the slightest age-darkening to spine and a small nick to lower margin; very good to near fine. Illustrated with numerous b & w photographs and tables. History of Helix aspersa (brown snail) distribution in California, its characteristics, habits, etc.
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Iosif Prekrasnyi. Pereselenie Iakova v Egipet (Joseph Prekrasnyi. Jacob's Move to Egypt) [Lubok Etching]
by Baskakov, N.
S. l.: V. Sharapova, 1850. Softcover. Hand-colored etching; paper size - 21 x 28, plate size - 18 x 22; twelve smaller images, each with ornate borders, surrounding a central, larger one; each one with a caption describing it; 1/2" loss of paper to upper corners; several short cuts to edges repaired on verso; small puncture to intersecting crease lines; colors bright; overall in very good condition.An unusually large and quite beautiful, the broadside represented the popular Lubok tradition... Read More
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Bates' Patent Self-feeding Boiler, for Low Pressure Steam Warming and Ventilating Apparatus
by Bates & Johnson (Successors to Wyllys H. Warner), Manufacturers of Steam Warming Apparatus
Cortland, NY: The Standard Power Printing Establishment, 1883. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [1], 4-14; beige, stiff, card stock wraps, printed in black; age-toning and a bit of foxing to wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; occasional spots of foxing to pages; illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including in-line and full-page plates; overall in very good condition. The business was established in 1860 in New York by Wyllys H. Warner... Read More
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Moi Frantsuskii Diadushka (My French Uncle) [written as a movie script]
by Batshev, Vladimir
Franc-tireur, 2009. Soft cover. Good. First edition, 16mo; pp. [8], 11-115, [11] including bibliography; original pictorial wraps; wear to extreme edges and corners of covers; small closed cut to tail of spine; good or better condition. Russian writer Vladimir Batshev, who currently lives in Germany, was a controversial figure in Russia in the 1960s. He was working as an editor to several journals when he was accused of "parasitism" and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Later... Read More
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Frankfurtskii Potok (Frankfurt Flow)
by Batshev, Vladimir
Frankfurt: Literaturnoi Evropeetz, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; 8vo; pp. [2], 5-212; original glossy pictorial wraps; 1" crease line to upper corner of front cover; slight curling to bottom corners of first several pages; near fine. Signed/inscribed by the author to Anatoly Liberman, a professor of linguistics, etymology, and folklore at the University of Minnesota. He, himself, is the author of several books and hundreds of smaller scholarly works. In a recent interview, Vladimir Batshev,... Read More
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Mr. Bayard's Speech on the Bill Received from the Senate, Entitled "An Act to Repeal Certain Acts Respecting the Organization of the Courts of the United States." Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, February 19-20, 1802
by Bayard, James A.
Worcester, MA: From the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1802. Good. Early (first [?]) printing, published in April 1802 (several publishers would print the text simultaneously); 7 1/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-48; rag-paper wraps; laid-paper leaves; illustrated with woodcut vignettes; a few spots and a faint, unintelligible manuscript note to front wrap; a bit of age-toning and faint staining to upper corner of text block (not affecting readability); corners somewhat dog-earred from age; in good to... Read More
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Igralnye Karty Iubileinye (Anniversary Playing Cards)
by Bazhenov, P. D.
Leningrad: Leningradskii Kombinat Tsvetnoi Pechati, 1977. Softcover. Fifty six playing cards, including a title card, two jokers, and a blank; 3 1/2 x 2 1/4; original, illustrated, card stock box; box with a bump to lower right corner and a few closed cuts to top; original store label to flap; illustrated cards with very light wear, near fine or better condition. A beautiful set of playing cards, it was created and illustrated in the Palekh design tradition (a Russian folk... Read More
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This Cotton is Perfumed with the New Odor Tri-Rose Bouquet...(Handkerchief Perfume Sample)
by B. D. Baldwin & Co.
Chicago, 1876. B. D. Baldwin & Co.. Very good. Small leaflet with a pink cotton ball affixed to it, n. d. (ca 1876 - tentative date obtained from the address of the manufacturer at the time of printing); 4 3/4 x 4; speckled gray sheet, printed in black in several fancy fonts; faint, horizontal fold line; small crease to lower left corner; in very good to near fine condition. B. D. Baldwin & Co. was founded in 1873 in... Read More
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Gourmet Adventures for Men-on-the-move
by Beard, James
Avery Island, LA: McIlhenny Company, 1971. First Edition. Near fine. First edition; oblong 5 x 7; pp. 1-24; textured, beige, pictorial wraps; illustrated with black and white drawings; bookshop label to back wrap; very minor wear; near fine or better condition. James Beard (1903 - 1985) was a renowned chef, author, educator, and founder of the eponymous foundation, which administers the annual James Beard Awards in several culinary genres. His current booklet presented convenient recipes for when one was... Read More
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Decret de la convention nationale, Du 4 Juin 1793, l'an second de la Republique Fransoise, Portant que les Enfans nes hors le mariage, succederont a leurs pere & mere
by Becker, Joseph
A Bordeaux: De l'Imprimerie de Simon Lacourt, 1793. Near fine. Edition uncertain (only a variant copy under the same name, published in Paris in the same year recorded in OCLC; this one not recorded); 10 1/2 x 8 1/4; single leaf of laid paper, folded, pp. [4]; text to pp. 1-2 only; deckled fore-edge; small spot to lower right corner; in very good to near fine condition. A royal decree on the legal status of illegitimately-born children, inheritance and... Read More
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Aids to Prayer
by Beecher, Henry Ward
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1866. Very good. Second edition; 5 1/4 x 3 3/4; pp. [9], 8-179, [3]; pebbled, purplish cloth over boards, printed and decorated in gilt; illustrated with ornamental vignettes at the beggining of each chapter; a few small chips to tips of spine and a bit of wear to corners of boards; in about very good condition. Written by Congregationalist, clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe - Henry Ward Beecher... Read More
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Nervnyia boliezni v otdielnykh nabliudeniiakh (Individual Observations on Nervous Diseases) In Two Volumes
by Bekhterev, Prof. V. M.
Kazan: Tipo-litografiia Imperatorskago Universiteta, 1894. First Edition. Very good. First editions, two volmes, published in 1894 and 1899; 9 1/4 x 6 1/4; vol. I pp. [5], VI, 1-255, [1], vol. II pp. [6], 1-278; rebound in plain, purple wraps; fading to margins of wraps and spine covers and a few small nicks to edges; small signatures of previous owner to "Contents" page in vol. I; illustrated with drawings, woodcut engravings, and graphs; very good condition. Vladimir Bekhterev (1857... Read More
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Chovekut, koito nameri svoeto litse [The Man Who Found His Face]
by Beliaev, Aleksandur (alt. Belyaev, Aleksandr)
Sofiia (Sofia): Narodna Kultura, 1963. Hardcover. Very good. First Bulgarian edition, translated from the first Russian; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [6], 5-190, [2]; cloth-backed, pink paper over boards, illustrated in black; pictorial dust jacket; numerous, full-page, black-and-white drawings; minor rubbing to corners and tips of spine; small signature to upper margin of front board; previous owner's manuscript note to ffep; in very good or better condition. DJ with small nicks and closed cuts to edges; in good... Read More
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Angliiskii Iazyk za Predelami Anglii
by Beliaeva, T. and Potapova, I.
Leningrad: Uchpedgiz, 1961. Softcover. First paperback edition [?] (apparently published simultaneously with a hardcover edition); 5 x 7 3/4; pp. 152; green wraps; small chips to tips of spine; a few crease lines to corners of back wrap; very good. A study of various English dialects around the world and their pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar including Taki-Taki, Kroo, Pidgin, Puerto Rican English, and others.
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Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society for the Year 1792, Volume I
by [Belknap, Jeremy; et al.]
Boston: Printed at the Apolo Press in Boston by Belknap and Hall, 1792. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; pp. [4], 3-288; marbled paper over boards; rebacked in brown calf and red morocco label with gilt title; illustrated with a woodcut vignette at the beginning of first chapter; ornate bookplate to front board verso and signatures of previous owners to title page and last page; wear along edges of boards and scattered spots... Read More
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A Modern Task, or The Story of the Religious Activities of the Committee of One Hundred Appointed by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, During the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, California, 1915 [Signed/inscribed by author]
by Bell, H. H.
San Francisco: Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Committee of One Hundred, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition; 5" x 7 3/4"; pp. [10, 9-119, [3]; original textured blue boards; gilt title; few small spots to covers; head of spine slightly indented; minor foxing along edges of pages, mostly very clean; gilt title to spine with some rubbing; two portraits frontis - Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, President of the Committee of One Hundred and Rev.... Read More
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Manuscript Music Arrangement for the Guitar for "We Have Lived and Loved Together"
by Bell, V. B. (Herz, Henri)
S. l.: By the author, 1880. Very good. Manuscript, n. d. (second half of the 19th century[?]); single sheet, pp. [2]; score and lyrics in blue and brown ink; 10 1/4 x 9; loss of paper to upper left corner, not affecting text, but for one letter of the title; crease line through middle and several closed cuts to edges; vertical split, crudely, but lovingly sewn together with period thread; occasional spotting; overall in good condition. A lovely rendition... Read More
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Rossiia i Inoniia
by Belyi, Andrei; Ivanov-Razumnik; Sergei Esenin
Berlin: Skify, 1920. Softcover. First edition; 5 1/2 x 8; pp. 80; brown wraps printed and illustrated in black; chip to upper corner and a faint stamp of the American Russian Institute to front wrap; small nick to head of spine; pages clean; good to very good. Comprised of three works, the collection features Ivanov-Razumnik's "Rossiia i Inoniia" (Russia and Inonia), Andrei Belyi's "Khristos Voskrese" (Jesus Has Risen), and Sergei Esenin's "Tovarishch Inoniia" (Friend Inonia). All three were centered around... Read More
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Masaryk's Path and Legacy. Funeral Oration at the Burial of the President-Liberator. 21 September 1937 [Signed by President Edvard Benes]
by Benes, Dr. Edvard
Prague: Orbis, 1937. Softcover. First edition, limited to 1000 copies; 11 x 7 3/4; pp. [8], 9-34, [6]; plain white wraps, illustrated off-white jacket, partially affixed to wraps (as published) with a second tissue jacket covering it; a few small cuts to edges of tissue jacket and two small spots; tail of spine with a small bump and a short nick; deckled page edges; illustrated with portrait frontis, a drawing, and with a wood engraving after Karel Svolinsky; very... Read More
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Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers [In 10 Volumes]
by Benezit, E.
S. l. (Paris): Librairie Grund, 1976. Very good. New edition, full set of 10 volumes; 9 3/4 x 6 1/2; blue cloth over boards; title in silver; illustrated with portrait frontis; small bookshop label to title page; a few of the volumes with mild wear along edges, the others fine; overall in very good to near fine condition. Originally published in three volumes between 1911 and 1923 by Emmanuel Benezit (1854 - 1920) and after his death - greatly... Read More
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'Down North.' Souvenir of the Alaska Highway Workers. Yarns of the Road
by Hobo Ben
Calgary, Alberta: J. W. Dick, 1943. Good. Second printing (a month after the original first); 6 1/2 x 4 1/4; pp. 3-28; textured beige wraps, printed and decorated in red and blue; illustrated with photographs; light discoloration throughout text block (not affecting readability); wraps with a few spots and light age-toning; in good to very good condition. The Alaska Highway, also known as ALCAN Highway, is a 1,387 to 1,645-mile route (due to the realignments of the highway over... Read More
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O samoubiistve. Psikhologicheskii etiud (On Suicide. A Psychological Sketch)
by Berdiaev, Nikolai
Paris: YMCA Press, 1931. Softcover. First edition; 7 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. [2], 5-45, [1]; light turquoise wraps, ruled and printed in dark blue; light fading and two small spots to margins of wraps; small nicks to tips of spine; very good condition. Nikolai Berdiaev (1874 - 1948), the great philosopher, author, and Christian Existentialist, wrote his current work on suicides among the Russian emigre community and the practical and religious reasons behind them, while he himself was exiled... Read More
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