The Private File. Volumes 1, 2 & 3
by Bruce of Los Angeles [Pseudonym of Bruce Harry Bellas]
Long Beach, CA / [Los Angeles]: [Bruce of Los Angeles]. First Edition. Near Fine. ca. 1970. First edition, first and only printings of Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which are erroneously labeled on their front covers here as first, second and third editions. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Contains images of male nudes printed in black and white. Near Fine with light general wear, light creasing, light tanning and light foxing. Several pen-marks to available order list at... Read More
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The Professor
by Bell, Currer (Pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte)
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1857. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original cloth patterned in blind with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good with light rubbing through at extremities, rubbing and fading to cloth. Scattered pencil notations to yellow coated endsheets, contemporary owner name to title pages and slight perfume odor to pages. A lovey copy of the Charlotte Bronte's first novel.
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The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting
by Bell, Daniel
New York: Basic Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. xiii, 507pp. Tan cloth with blue spine lettering. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, a little curled along top edge and lightly worn at head, back flap creased. A lovely copy of the American sociologist's prescient work that popularized the now ubiquitous term "post-industrial society." It predicted the growth of the service sector, the unprecedented influence of corporations... Read More
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The Post-Industrial Society: The Evolution of an Idea
by Bell, Daniel
London: Survey, 1971. First edition. First edition of this offprinted essay, which precedes the author's better-known book The Coming of Post-Industrial Society by two years. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front wrap in ink, inscribed to former owner. [102]-168 pp. Side-stapled wraps. Near Fine. A scarce early signed presentation of Bell's concept of the post-industrial society; author's offprint from the British publication Survey.
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Reminiscences of a Ranger: Or, Early Times in Southern California
by Bell, Horace
Los Angeles: Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes, Printers, 1881. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. 457 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth over beveled boards with pictorial stamping in black and gilt. Very Good+ with light rubbing and soiling to cloth, sunning to spine, and slight bumping to corners. Heavy offsetting to endpapers, light toning to contents, binding starting at p. 225. Howes 325, Zamorano 80 #5. Major Horace Bell was a founding member of the... Read More
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SFX: The Only Music Magazine on C-60 (Complete Run, Issues 1-19)
by Bell, Max [Editor]; Martyn Atkins [Designer]
London: SFX Publications Ltd, 1982. Very Good. Issues 1-19 complete. C-60 cassettes twist-tied to an 8-1/4" x 11-3/4" cardboard backing. Very Good overall with light soiling and wear to cassettes and cardboard. Issue #14's cardboard has been trimmed, stapled and used as a cassette case. A few of the twist-ties may not be original. Issues 9, 10, 12, 18, & 19 have two additional punch holes through cardboard. A short-lived experiment in cassette magazine publishing focusing on... Read More
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Beasts from Belloc. A Selection of Poems from Hilaire Belloc's The Book of Beasts for Bad Children and More Beasts for Worse Children
by Belloc, Hilaire; Sarah Chamberlain [Illustrator]
Portland, OR: The Chamberlain Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited edition. Copy #123 of 125, signed by Sarah Chamberlain. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal in decorative boards, with a morocco spine stamped in black. Fine. A lovely book of poems by the notable French-born author Hilaire Belloc illustrated with seventeen charming wood engravings by Chamberlain.
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Dangling Man
by Bellow, Saul
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 191pp. Original grayish cloth with crimson lettering. A good copy. Copy of one Pfc. John M. Nakamura (perhaps the Nissei soldier killed in action in 1945, the year of inscription at front of book?) about a dozen pages have his penned notes in margins, a bit of underlining here and there, otherwise in nice shape. Jacket unclipped ($2.50) with spine panel sunned, chip at bottom front... Read More
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The Victim
by Bellow, Saul
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1947. First Edition. First edition. [viii], 294 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with blue spine lettering. Offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with dulled spine panel, a little soiled and rubbed, chip at head, a few short tears, unclipped. The author's second novel, with troubled protagonist Asa Leventhal.
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Out of This Furnace
by Bell, Thomas
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Signed by Thomas Bell on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in the year of publication from a hospital. [viii], 413 pp. Original oatmeal cloth lettered in red. A little dust-soiling and offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, chip at foot, lightly worn and foxed, unclipped. An attractive copy of a notable proletarian novel of Slovak immigrant life... Read More
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Fifi
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition. First edition. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards, matching dust jacket. Near Fine with worn tips in Very Good+ unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket, edgewear and minor soiling with some small chips, short closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel. A nice copy of an early and rare Bemelmans title, the first and only edition of the book.
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Madeline and the Bad Hat
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Signed limited edition, precedes the first trade edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in black, green and red, lacking the slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing and light soiling to cloth, pages thumbed and with light occasional soiling. One of 985 copies signed by Ludwig Bemelmans.
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Reprint. Very Good/Very Good. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards. Very Good with wear at the extremities and light soiling to covers, pages lightly thumbed and tanned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with wear to the extremities, soiling, chipping to edges and spine ends. Copies signed by the author are scarce.
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and dated in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original decorated paper covered boards. Very Good with edge wear heaviest at corners and spine ends. Toning to edges, light foxing to rear cover and several to pages, browning to endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with edge... Read More
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1952. First British edition. First British edition, first printing. Unpaginated. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tips worn, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (12s. 6 d.), with two closed tears in front panel, light wear, rubbing to back panel. An attractive copy. The first book in the beloved children's series by the Austrian-American author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans. This British edition followed the American by 13 years and is much more uncommon.
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. About Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original illustrated boards. Light edge wear, browning to endsheets from binder's glue, contemporary former owner name and date to verso of front free end paper, else Fine, in an unclipped dust jacket with light dust-soiling, light toning to the spine, and several edge tears with associated creases neatly mended from the verso. An unusually sharp and bright copy.
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Hotel Splendide
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. Copy 210 of 245, signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the limitation page at front. Bound in floral damask, "the draperies of a famous New York hotel". 192 pp. Black title label to spine, pink edgestain. In publisher's black slipcase with gold title band, hand labeled with number "210" on the spine. Near Fine with light rubbing, minor fraying and light dust-soiling to cloth. Bookseller... Read More
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Reprint. Good. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans and inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Covers worn at corners and spine ends, with 2.5" of spine material lacking at the bottom. An early printing, lacking the date on the title page.
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Madeline
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. Reprint. Near Fine. Early printing. Signed by Ludwig Bemelmans on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light edge wear to covers heaviest at corners and spine ends. Former owner name to front free endpaper, pages lightly thumbed and lightly creased throughout. The author's most beloved book, of which signed copies are scarce.
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The Early Worm
by Benchley, Robert; Gluyas Williams [Illustrations]
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927. First edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. viii, 263 pp. Bound in publisher's bright green pictorial cloth stamped in canary yellow and dark blue.Very Good+ rubbing to pictorial element and slight darkening at spine, light rubbing to extremities, and faint soiling to cloth. Offsetting and a few tiny stains at endsheets, bookplate on front pastedown and light toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped, supplied dust jacket with... Read More
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How to Realize On Your Personality [Seven Lessons]
by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln; Ralph Paine Benedict
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1921. Near Fine. 7 volumes. Bound in publisher's side-stapled light green wraps printed in black; lacking the scarce original cardboard box. Near Fine with light fading and slight toning to covers and contents. Cover of volume I is creased with a small closed tear at the edge; volume VII has light markings to front cover. Included is a slightly toned tri-fold personality chart that lists associated assets and traits; initials written in pencil... Read More
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Our Trip Around the World
by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln; Ralph Paine Benedict
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1926. First Edition. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. Signed by Elsie Lincoln Benedict on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the former owner in purple ink, "To Mrs. Beatrice Turner, with best regards from one of the authors ("E")." Bound in publisher's quarter purple suede over illustrated paper boards with morocco spine label stamped in gilt; top edge gilt. Near Fine with uneven fading to spine and edges, light wear; silk ribbon book... Read More
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How to Unlock Your Subconscious Mind Through the Science of Mental Analysis
by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln; Ralph Paine Benedict
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1921. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing.374 pp. Bound in publisher's half slate blue suede over paper boards stamped in black and morocco spine label stamped in gilt. Near fine with toning, faint soiling to covers, wear to extremities. A bright copy of this scarce work by the motivational speaking power couple. The work explores the scientific principles of examining the subconscious mind, dream analysis, success methods and "mental miracles." The... Read More
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Israel: A Personal History
by Ben-Gurion, David
New York: Funk & Wagnalls / Sabra Books, 1971. First Edition, Limited Issue. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue, copy #1780 of 2000 signed by David Ben-Gurion. Bound in publisher's padded dark blue leather stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, pale blue watered silk endpapers. Near Fine with light soiling to covers, foxing to textblock edges, slight fading to endsheets at hinges. Housed in publisher's dark blue cloth slipcase with light soiling, light interior wear. David Ben-Gurion is... Read More
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The Transsexual Phenomenon
by Benjamin, Harry
New York: The Julian Press, Inc, 1966. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. x, [iv], 286, [12] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red, purple and blue with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, minor staining to the bottom edge of the text block. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with moderate toning and fading to spine, chipping at ends with overall darkening and light shelf wear to covers; faint date stamp... Read More
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