The Widow of Bath
by Bennett, Margot
New York: Doubleday & Company / Crime Club, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 189 pp. Original blue cloth with white lettering. First American edition. About Very Good with thoroughly toned pages, foxed edges, small stain to edge, slight crease to spine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with a small chip along top of front panel, closed tear to bottom of front panel, rubbed edges, dust-soiled. The basis of a six-part BBC serial in 1959.
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Death Wears a Mask
by Bensen, Therese
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1935. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first impression. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in black. Very Good or better with light lean to spine, tiny teat to cloth at head, dust-soiling to top textblock edge and several small spots to bottom edge, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with heavy foxing, light edge wear and some chips missing from the crown. A dead actress is found outside... Read More
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Scenes from the Cutting-Room Floor
by Bentley, William; John Baldessari [Artist]
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited edition, #172 of 300 copies. Signed by writer William Bentley and initialed by artist John Baldessari at colophon. x, 214, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's maroon leatherette three ring binder with tilting spool design stamped in white foil and a color photograph of John Baldessari and William Bentley in Hollywood is set on the front cover. Printed on Classic Crest paper with Remington Bold type. Illustrated with 20... Read More
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A Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery, Prepared for the Use of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy
by Benton, Captain James Gilcrest
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861. Good. First edition. Bound in red cloth decorated in blind over leather spine stamped in gilt and blind; all edges marbled. Previous owner name stamped in gilt on front cover, in black on text block edge, and written on title page, with another owner's bookplate to front paste down. Good. Rubbing to cloth, wear to leather spine with large chip missing at the head. A scarce instruction course in ordnance and gunnery... Read More
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All Things Human
by Benton, Stuart [pseudonym of George Sylvester Viereck]
New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing of a salacious early "lost gay novel" written under a pen name by George Sylvester Viereck, prolific poet and fascist propagandist. 383 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in yellow. Near Fine, lightly worn, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with moderate wear and shallow chipping to crown, rubbing at extremities. A novel with overt homosexual themes about a millionaire,... Read More
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An Artist in America
by Benton, Thomas Hart
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1937. First edition. First edition, limited issue signed by Thomas Hart Benton on the limitation page. The so-called "Missouri Edition." xii, 276 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with blindstamped front board, gilt spine lettering. Illustrated. Former owner's name on paste down, offsetting to endpapers, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, spine slightly sunned. An attractive signed limited edition of the acclaimed American artist's memoir.
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Alfred Nobel: The Man and His Work
by Bergengren, Erik; Nils K. Staahle [Supplement]; Alan Blair [Translator]; [Ralph Bunche]; [William Shockley]; [Linus Pauling]
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First English-language edition of Erik Bergengren's biography of Alfred Nobel. Signed by 23 Nobel Laureates on the front and back free endpapers: Ralph Bunche (Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights advocate), William Shockley (inventor and Bunche's political opposite), Linus Pauling (known for advocacy of Vitamin C but also a two-time Nobel laureate and polymath), Georg von Bekesy, Wendell M. Stanley, Rudolf Moessbauer, Robert Hofstadter, Walter H.... Read More
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Wargame Design: The History, Production and Use of Conflict Simulation Games
by Berg, Richard H.; The Staff of Strategy & Tactics Magazine
New York: Simulations Publications, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. First edition. [vi], 186 pp. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, brown endpapers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with spine panel red lettering mostly gone, wear at extremities, rubbed. A rare history and explanation of wargaming published by the magazine Strategy & Tactics, whose staff was billed as "the largest professional body of game designers and developers working in the field of commercial conflict simulation design. ... Read More
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Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. The Design of which Is plainly to demonstrate the Reality and Perfection of Humane Knowledge, the Incorporeal Nature of the Soul, and the Immediate Providence of a Deity: In Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists. Also, To open a Method for rendering the Sciences more easy, useful, and compendious
by Berkeley, George
London: Henry Clements, 1713. First Edition, Third Edition. First edition, first printing of George Berkeley's work of philosophy. [x], 166, [vi], 44 pp. Octavo, bound in full contemporary mottled calf, laced in boards. Blindstamped ruled borders, red morocco title label to spine, all edges speckled red. Bound together with the third edition of another work by Berkeley, also published by Henry Clements in 1713: Passive Obedience, Or, the Christian Doctrine Of Not Resisting the Supreme Power, Proved and Vindicated... Read More
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Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
by Berkman, Alexander
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assocation, 1912. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed by Alexander Berkman on the front free endpaper with a dazzling and inspirational full-page inscription to a former owner, "Don't try to be of the herd. You are an individual, dif-ferent from all others. There would be more strength + originality in the world if we dared to be ourselves. Dare it. Alexander Berkman." [xvi], 512, [8; ads] pp with tissue-guarded frontisportrait... Read More
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Trial and Speeches of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman in the United States District Court, in the City of New York, July, 1917 (Anarchism on Trial)
by Berkman, Alexander; Emma Goldman
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Assocation, 1917. First edition. Near Fine. First edition. 87, [9; ads] pp., with 2 portraits of Berkman and Goldman. Bound in publisher's light brown printed wraps. Near Fine with shallow chipping to spine eds, light foxing to wraps, faint creasing to top corner of cover and contents and oxidation to staples with associated rust staining. An uncommonly nice copy of a pamphlet following the arrest and prosecution of anarchist leaders Emma Goldman... Read More
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UFO Contact from Planet Acart: From Utopia to Reality
by Berlet, Arthur; Wendelle C. Stevens [Translator]
Tucson, AZ: UFO Photo Archives, 1987. First American edition. First American edition. One of 1,000 copies according to limitation page at front. [2], 214, [8] pp. Front hinge a little overopened, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly rubbed with small closed tear in top of front panel. A UFO contactee's account of his abduction and adventures on another world for eleven days in 1958. The region of southern Brazil he lived in experienced a wave of European... Read More
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Where I Live Now
by Berlin, Lucia
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Fine. First edition, limited issue, #44 of 100 signed and numbered copies. Signed by Lucia Berlin on the limitation page at rear. 240, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's printed paper-covered boards over tan spine cloth, paper label to spine, saffron endpapers. Fine. In the original acetate jacket, lightly clouded, lightly rubbed and lightly soiled. A beautiful copy of the last collection of short stories published in Lucia Berlin's lifetime. ... Read More
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Semina 5
by Berman, Wallace [Editor]; Charles Brittin [Photography]; John Wieners; David Meltzer; Ruth Weiss; Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz; Christopher Maclaine; Anne McKeever; Antonin Artaud; Larry Jordan; Kirby Doyle; Philip Lamantia; John Chance; Bob Kaufman; Michael
[Los Angeles]: Wallace Berman, 1959. Folded pictorial covers with interior printed manila pocket housing 18 loose poems and images. 18.5x12 cm (7 1/2" x 5"). One of 350 copies. Contents complete. Near Fine, light wear and soiling to wrappers; some pieces with toning or offsetting, a few with creases at corner tips The fifth installment of Wallace Berman's legendary artist's magazine. Contributors include Berman, John Wieners, David Meltzer, Ruth Weiss, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, Christopher... Read More
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Speak Up for Democracy: What You Can Do -- A Practical Plan of Action for Every American Citizen
by Bernays, Edward L.
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. Good. First and only edition. xiv, [2], 127, [1] pp. Staple-bound in publisher's printed wraps. Good condition with light soiling and moderate edgewear and several creases to rear cover; wraps detached from textblock. Light toning to contents and bookseller ticket to first page. Edward Bernays was a groundbreaking publicist who developed the idea of public relations as a semi-scientific practice. The nephew of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Bernays was born... Read More
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The Engineering of Consent
by Bernays, Edward L.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth stamped and lettered in silver; dark blue top stain. Near Fine with modest wear at spine ends. Contents tanned with a tobacco odor. Former owner name to front free endpaper and pencil underlining to text. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, moderate edge wear, one inch tear with loss to bottom edge of... Read More
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Propaganda
by Bernays, Edward L.
New York: Horace Liveright Inc, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth a bit marked and rubbed, spine lettering and cloth darkened. Former owner's typed label laid in with old glue stain to front paste down, bookseller ticker and rubber stamp to front endsheet as well. Pages toned, and several pencil markings to text. A landmark work by "The... Read More
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Propaganda
by Bernays, Edward L.
New York: Horace Liveright Inc, 1928. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth a bit marked, worn at the corners and spine ends, spine darkened and lettering there rubbed. Bookstore ticket to front free endpaper, browning to top of gutter at front endsheet. Pages toned. Bookseller ticket removal to rear free endpaper. A landmark work by "The Father of Spin. ... Read More
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Agharta: The Subterranean World / Nuclear Age Saviors: Flying Saucers and the Subterranean World
by Bernard, Raymond
Mokelumne, CA: Health Research, 1980. [v], 1-11, 12a, 12-59, 7 pp. Bound in publisher's side-stapled yellow wraps. Reprint, publisher's ads at rear dated January 1980. Contains some underlining and checkmarks in margins in pencil, else Very Good. A long essay by one of the better-known 20th century proponents of hollow earth theory and UFOs.
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Pancrac & Terezin 1939-1945 (Illustrated typescript of an unpublished concentration camp memoir)
by Berousek, Karel
[Czechoslovakia]: Self Published, 1946. Near Fine. Original typescript memoir with original artwork by a Czech concentration camp survivor. Two volumes. 120; 120a-315 pp., paginated recto only, illustrated with 23 tipped-in pencil illustrations captioned in ink. Screw post binding in red and tan cloth over heavy boards, black topstain, ribbon marker to each volume. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to cloth and textblock edges; exceptionally sturdy binding has held up well. A detailed personal account describing... Read More
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Living with Chris
by Berrigan, Ted; Brainard, Joe [Illustrations]
New York: Boke Press, 1968. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Very Good+ with uneven toning to rear cover, light wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy featuring text by Ted Berrigan and drawings by Joe Brainard.
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The Sonnets
by Berrigan, Ted
(New York): Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition. Side-stapled 8.5" x11" sheets, printed on rectos only, with terminal blank leaf present, which is missing in most copies; no stiff leaf at rear, which may have not been included on most copies. Unnumbered copy from a stated run of 300. Very Good with bumped corners and lightly worn edges, slightly soiled back wraps, a little bit of foxing. The poet's scarce first book,... Read More
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The Drunken Boat
by Berrigan, Ted; Brainard, Joe [Illustrations]
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Unpaginated. Side-stapled wraps. Near Fine with a little offsetting from staples, a few small rust stains to front cover. Nice shape overall.
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Love & Fame
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine. Limited first edition, first printing. Number 7 of 250 copies, signed by John Berryman in blue ink. [xiv], 96 pp. Bound in publisher's magenta cloth stamped in black and gilt at the spine over cream cloth affect boards. Housed in publisher's black cloth affect slipcase. Near Fine with slight sunning to spine and light scuffing to edges. Minor rubbing to slipcase at extremities. A sharp copy of... Read More
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Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
by Berryman, John; Ben Shahn [Illustrator]
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition. 57, [5] pp. Illustrated boards. Near Fine with slight toning to boards, light shelf wear, in an unclipped dust jacket with toning along top of front panel, wear along spine, which is a little dulled, Very Good+. A nice copy of the acclaimed long poem by the American Confessional poet.
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