ENGLAND, ENGLAND
by Barnes, Julian
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket.. Signed first printing of Barnes's postmodern novel, provocatively suggesting that England might be a real place, as well as a run-down amusement park and far country of the mind - shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£15.99) blue pictorial dust jacket. 266 pages. Original printed card advertising a Julian Barnes/Ian McEwan reading laid in. Book... Read More
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HARDWARE
by Barnes, Linda
New York: Delacorte, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this high-tech (for the 90s) mystery, in which the hardboiled, cab-driving PI Carlotta Carlyle takes her business online with unexpectedly deadly consequences - signed in the year of publication. Linda Barnes's fast-talking, sexy PI Carlotta Carlyle is Boston's answer to Kinsey Millhone. 9.25'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($19.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 338 pages. Inscribed by Barnes to title page "For Kathleen,... Read More
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SNAPSHOT
by Barnes, Linda
New York: Delacorte Press, 1993. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of the fifth Carlotta Carlyle mystery, in which the hardboiled, redheaded Boston PI must take on a hospital full of conspiracy and corruption to find answers for a grieving mother. 9.25'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($19.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 326 pages. Inscribed by Barnes to title page "For HMA / With best regards from / Carlotta & me."... Read More
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THE REAL TIN FLOWER: Poems About the Real World at Nine
by Barnstone, Aliki; Sexton, Anne; Giovanopoulos, Paul
New York: Crowell-Collier Press, 1968. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the first poetry collection by the future poet laureate of Missouri, published when the author was 12 and hailed by Anne Sexton as a child prodigy and the next Rimbaud. 9'' x 6''. Original orange cloth with flower design stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers. In original unclipped ($3.95) pictorial dust jacket. 54 pages. Illustrated by Giovanopoulos. Minor edgewear and toning to jacket, with... Read More
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THE DESKTOP FRACTAL DESIGN SYSTEM
by Barnsley, Michael F.
Boston: Academic Press / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First edition. About fine.. First printing of this introduction to fractal design, with the user's manual and original floppy disk in the original software packaging - with a warning mailgram from the Small Computer Book Club, alerting the user to the then-prevalent "Friday the 13th" virus. 9'' x 6''. Original pictorial portfolio containing floppy disk in original envelope (apparently unused), 38-page handbook, warranty statement, and registration, all as issued. With... Read More
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NEGRO FOLK SONGS
by Barrett, Harris
(Hampton, Virgina): (Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute), 1912. First printing. Very good plus.. First separate edition of this essay surveying Black folk songs, originally featured in Hampton Institute's monthly magazine THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN. 9.75'' x 7''. Original green stapled wrappers. 10 pages. Wrappers with some wear, small puncture to front wrapper carrying through to inner eaves, shallow chipping to corners, else sound.
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WHEN A MAN'S SINGLE: A Tale of Literary Life
by Barrie, J.M.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. First edition. Very good.. First printing of Barrie's novel, concerning a young man from the imaginary city of Thrums and his efforts to establish himself as a journalist in London. 7.25'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Top edge gilt. Green endpapers. Top edge gilt. In custom blue cloth chemise and blue morocco slipcase. Advertisement for Barrie's AULD LICHT IDYLLS on half-title verso. 289, [1] pages, followed by [2] pages of... Read More
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TRACK OF THE CAT
by Barr, Nevada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks. Anna Pigeon's experiences as a park ranger stem in part from the author's own experiences - Barr was working as a seasonal park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park when she wrote the novel. A terrific copy. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original half black paper, green paper... Read More
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HUNTING SEASON
by Barr, Nevada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Barr's tenth mystery featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set on and around Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway. 9'' x 6''. Original blue boards. Pictorial endpapers. In original unclipped ($24.95) pictorial dust jacket designed by Wendell Minor. 322 pages. Signed by Barr on title page.
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TRACK OF THE CAT
by Barr, Nevada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First edition. About fine in fine jacket.. First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks. Anna Pigeon's experiences as a park ranger stem in part from the author's own experiences - Barr was working as a seasonal park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park when she wrote the novel. A terrific copy. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original half black paper, green paper... Read More
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
by Barr, Nevada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Barr's fifth mystery featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set on Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore. 9'' x 6''. Original green boards. In original unclipped ($22.95) pictorial dust jacket by Honi Werner. Endpaper maps by Jackie Aher. 306 pages. Signed by Barr on title page. Minor jacket edgewear.
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BLIND DESCENT
by Barr, Nevada
(New York): (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 1998. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Barr's sixth mystery novel featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. 9'' x 6''. Original gilt-stamped teal boards. Pictorial endpapers. In original unclipped ($22.95) pictorial dust jacket by Honi Werner. 341, [1] pages. Signed by Barr on front free endpaper. Minor edgewear.
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DEEP SOUTH
by Barr, Nevada
(New York): (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 2000. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of this mystery in Barr's Anna Pigeon series, set in Mississippi, where the author lived and worked as a park ranger throughout the 1990s. Anna Pigeon's experiences as a park ranger stem in part from the author's own experiences - Barr was working as a seasonal park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park when she began the series. 9'' x 6''. Original green and burgundy... Read More
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FLASHBACK
by Barr, Nevada
(New York): (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 2003. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Barr's eleventh Anna Pigeon, set in the Dry Tortugas National Park and drawing on the author's own experience as a park ranger. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth with silver-stamped red boards. Pictorial endpapers by Jackie Aher. In original unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. 387, [1] pages. Signed by Barr on title page. Minor edgewear.
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ILL WIND
by Barr, Nevada
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this third Anna Pigeon mystery, in which the park ranger must turn sleuth when a fellow ranger is found dead among the Anasazi ruins of the Mesa Verde National Park. Anna Pigeon's experiences as a park ranger stem in part from the author's own experiences - Barr was working as a seasonal park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park when she began... Read More
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BORDERLINE
by Barr, Nevada
(New York): (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 2009. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of the fifteenth book in Barr's Anna Pigeon mystery series, set in West Texas's Big Bend National Park and drawing on the author's experience as a park ranger. 9'' x 6''. Original blue boards. In original unclipped ($25.95) dust jacket. 399, [3] pages. Signed by Barr on title page.
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BRATISHKI [Little Brothers]
by Barto, A. [Agniya Barto]; Echeistov, Georgi
Moscow: OGIZ, 1935. About fine.. Soviet children's book on the theme of international brotherhood, illustrated with bright color lithographs of parents and children from many nations. First published in 1928 and positively reviewed by the great Russian children's poet Korney Chukovsky, the text of LITTLE BROTHERS includes lullabies sung by mothers to their children in India, China, Africa, and the Soviet Union, with the recurring refrain: You are not alone (Ты не одинок). Barto, whose LITTLE... Read More
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THE WATER HOLE
by Base, Graeme
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2001. First printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first US edition of this beautifully-illustrated book that encourages young readers to solve puzzles, count animals, and learn to read in the setting of a watering hole under threat. Graeme Base's eye for detail and love of animals shines through in all his work. His lush and detailed illustrations have earned him three Children's Book Council of Australia awards, and his... Read More
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THE WORST BAND IN THE UNIVERSE
by Base, Graeme
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1999. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First US edition of this intergalactic musical adventure, following young Sprocc, who wants to break with the ancient traditional music of his home planet. Graeme Base's eye for detail and love of animals shines through in all his work. His lush and detailed illustrations have earned him three Children's Book Council of Australia awards, and his books have been adapted into television shows, exhibitions, and... Read More
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JUNGLE DRUMS
by Base, Graeme
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2004. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this hilarious tale of the chaos that ensues when the smallest warthog in Africa wishes things were Different. Graeme Base's eye for detail and love of animals shines through in all his work. His lush and detailed illustrations have earned him three Children's Book Council of Australia awards, and his books have been adapted into television shows, exhibitions, and even an opera.... Read More
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THE ELEVENTH HOUR
by Base, Graeme
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1989. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First US edition of this delightful tale of an elephant's 11th birthday party that turns into an exciting mystery, with lush illustrations by Graeme Base - with the "solution" section unopened. Graeme Base's eye for detail and love of animals shines through in all his work. His lush and detailed illustrations have earned him three Children's Book Council of Australia awards, and his books... Read More
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Original Exhibition Broadside Poster
by Baskin, Leonard
New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery / [Gehenna Press], 1964. Fine.. Handsome original letterpress and woodblock print broadside poster for an early exhibition of Baskin's drawings at the Grace Borgenicht Gallery. 16'' x 11''. Broadside poster printed recto only in red and black. Folded once for mailing, as issued. Clean, bright, and sharp.
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ABC3D
by Bataille, Marion
(New York): (Roaring Brook Press), 2008. First printing. Fine.. First US edition of this striking transmorphic alphabet pop-up by the innovative French graphic designer. 7.25'' x 5.5''. Original boards. All elements tight and intact. In original plastic sleeve.
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THE LONG SHADOW OF LITTLE ROCK
by Bates, Daisy; Roosevelt, Eleanor
New York: David McKay Company, 1962. First printing. Very good in good jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this memoir recounting the 1957 Little Rock Crisis by the activist and journalist who "led the battle" for school desegregation - an association copy owned and annotated by one of the only white ministers to walk with the schoolchildren that fateful day, the Rev. Dunbar Ogden. In 1957, three years after the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education ruled... Read More
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THE TWO SISTERS
by Bates, H.E.; Garnett, Edward
London: Jonathan Cape Limited, 1926. First printing. Very good in very good jacket.. First edition of Bates's first novel, written when he was just 19 years old. 7.5'' x 5''. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (7s. 6d. net) pictorial jacket. 320 pages. Jacket with moderate soil, trimming to flaps, some toning to spine and chipping at spine ends. Book with minor bumping to board corners.
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