Hurry Up, America, & Spit
by BAILEY, Pearl
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 106 pp. 8vo. Original half red cloth, blue paper boards, original dust jacket. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. First edition of this rough poetic look at the seamy side of American life, signed on title-page "First Copy 6/5/76." And inscribed on half-title "Dearest Loves of Mine Mary (Gingerbread) and Doug (acc. to face) I love you because you've cared and given of youselves. Love, Sister Pearl."... Read More
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Between You and Me
by BAILEY, Pearl
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Red cloth spine and boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Inscribed on a post-it: "Dearest friend / I'll always remember the 'Ginger Bread' Love, Pearl."
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Talking to Myself
by BAILEY, Pearl
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To dear Doug -- a rare man -- all love, Pearl. Teacher to scholar / scholar to pupil / we all learn."
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Duey's Tale
by BAILEY, Pearl
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Original boards. Bookplate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Inscribed on title-page "To my darling Mary and Doug, From dearest 'Duey' a child of all ages -- Pearl." Marked "Pre-Release Copy."
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Fragments from France
by Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good+. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on upper board and spine, illustration mounted to upper board; 8vo. A series of one-panel cartoons. Spinet ips adn corners lightly scuffed; half a small white ring on rear board, where perhaps someone used the book as a coaster. Internally clean and unmarked.
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Prince Carrotte and Other Chronicles.
by BAKER, VIRGINIA.
Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Illustrations by Augustus Hoppin. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt, with gilt vignette on upper cover. Yellow streak on front panel of blue cloth but still a nice copy of a very scarce book.American political parody cast as a children's book, with anthropomorphic vegetable characters.
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Ital’ianskiia vpechatleniia.
by [BAKST]. Rozanov, V[asilii V[asil’evich] (1856-1919).
St. Petersburg, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Half dark blue morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in compartments gilt, titling gilt. 318 pp. + 1f. (recto publication details, verso blank). With line drawings Léon Bakst to title, p. [202], 208, and [211] + 3 illustrative plates of ancient ruins printed on coated stock. Cheap paper browned. Signatures slightly split at p. 99. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped. Very early book illustrations by the important Russian... Read More
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Choreography by George Balanchine: A Catalogue of Works
by Balanchine, George
New York: Eakins Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Heavy quarto. One of 2000 copies. This is a very nice example in publisher's tan cloth and slipcase.
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Miscellanea Botanica....
by BALBIS, GIOVANNI BATISTA
Turin. Hardcover. Very Good. [Turin, 1804, 1806, 1810]. Three parts in one volume. 4to. 19th century half calf. A total of 20 engraved plates (bound at the end of each part), most of them folding (11, 2,7). Bookplate of Émile Burnat; stamp marked Conservatoire Botanique de Genève duplicate; and the bookplate of The Horicultural Society of New York. Kenneth K. Mackenzie. With manuscript notes between each section. Scarce.
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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Balfour, Graham
London: Methuen & Co. , 1906. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good+. Original black publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Portrait and map included.Plate of Miss Alison Cunningham (R. L. Stevenson's "Crummie") tipped in to front endpaper. 451 pp. + 40 pp. Methuen catalogue tipped in at rear.
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Theo Van Doesburg
by Baljeu, Joost
London: Studio Vista, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Grey boards; pictorial dust jacket; 4to; pp. 232, illustrated in b/w and color throughout. Spine tips and corners gently bumped, otherwise book is fine, in lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket. Founder of the De Stijl movement, Theo Van Doesburg is valued for his artistic contributions as a painter, architect, writer, philosopher, designer, and typographer. Van Doesburg rejected bourgeoisie tradition in active pursuit of a new universal... Read More
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Goodbye and Other Messages: A Journal of Jazz, 1981-1990
by Balliett, Whitney
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 295. A few tiny ink flecks on fore-edge of text block, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little age-toned; head of spine lightly wrinkled; NF in mylar. An expansion of pieces that originally appeared in The New Yorker.
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Gamaium: izbrannye stikh [Selected Poems]
by Bal'mont, Konstantin Dmitrievich
Stokkol'm: Sievernye ogni, 1921. Paperback. Very Good+. Wraps; 12mo; pp. 109. Spine mended with tape; some light rubbing along edges of covers. An excellent copy.
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Le Colonel Chabert
by BALZAC, Honoré de
Paris: Office Français du Livre, 1944. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Original wrappers, with tissue jacket still present. Quatorze aquarelles et un frontispice de Pierre Leconte. Édition tirée à 740 exemplaires. This is copy 346. An extremely fresh copy in original publisher's slipcase (a bit worn).
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Eugenie Grandet
by Balzac, Honore de
London: The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Signed by illustrator, Rene ben Sussan. Excellent copy in publisher's slipcase.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
by Bambach, Carmen C. (ed.); [numerous contributors]; [Leonardo da Vinci]
New York, et al: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine; full-color illustrated dust jacket. A sweeping reference, with bibliography and index.
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The Statistical Companion
by BANFIELD, T.C.; WELD, CHARLES
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A fine copy of Banfield and Weld's wide-ranging compendium of statistics which includes tables on emigration, agriculture, business, mortality rates, the military, imports and exports, and criminal statistics. There are also sections of France and the United States with details on population, slaves, and banking systems. PP. vii, 144, 32 advertisements; original green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering.
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The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
by Bangs, John Kendrick
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original pictorial cloth stamped in gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed in the year of publication (March 1896) to Ethel Lee Williams with the affectionate regards of John Kendrick Bangs. An exceptionally nice copy of a book seldom found inscribed. Housed in a green quarter morocco clamshell box.
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The Unhappy Favourite: Or The Earl of Essex. A Tragedy: Acted at the Theatre-Royal, By Their Majesties Servants
by BANKS, John
London: Printed for Richard Bentley, 1693. Paperback. Good. 4to; disbound. 62 pp. [1] (epilogue+prologue). Scattered stains, but a serviceable copy.
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Le blason des armoiries, auquel est monstrée la maniere de laquelle les anciens et modernes ont usé en icelles. Traicté, contenant plusieurs escus differens, par le moyen desquels on peut discerner les autres, et dresser ou blasonner les armoiries.... Revue, corrigé amplifié en ceste derniere Edition par B.R.D.E.L.R.
by BARA, Jérôme de (c. 1540-1600)
Paris: Chez Rolet Boutonné, 1628. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (315 x 215mm). [xii], 197pp. [iii]. Engraved printer’s device to title of two angels supporting the arms of Louis XIII, signed Picart. Very numerous woodcuts and copper-plate engraved arms (600+), nice fresh impressions remaining rich and dark. Text and captions in French, woodcut floriated initials and head and tail-pieces. Title printed in red and black. Period calf (title and first few leaves marginally wormed, some browning with... Read More
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An Anti-Catalog
by Baranik, Rudolf; Bromberg, Sarina; Charlesworth, Sarah; et al
New York: The Catalog Committee of Artists Meeting for Cultural Change, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Printed wraps; pp. 79, illustrated in b/w throughout. Covers faintly rubbed; small faint stain on front cover. Exhibition "catalog" for an important project and show.
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Docvmenti d’Amore
by BARBERINO, Francesco da (1264-1348).
Rome: Nella stamperia di Vitale Mascardi, 1640. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 4to (240 x 165 mm). Pagination: [48], 1-376, [144]pp. Signatures: [dagger](8); 2[dagger]-5[dagger](4); A-AAA(4); *(4); a-p(4); q(6). Engraved title by C. Bloemaert after A. Camassei. 14 full-page engraved illustrations of mythological and muse-en-page subjects by C. Bloemart, G. F. Greuter and Fabia della Cornia, they reproduce drawings by A. and L. Magalotti, C. Massimi, F. Zuccaro and other well-known artists of the period. The portrait of the... Read More
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History and Antiquities of New Haven, (Conn.), From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Collected and Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources
by Barber, J. W.
New York: J. W. Barber, 1831. Hardcover. Fair. Original cloth, paper spine label; 8vo; pp. 108, with 7 hand-colored plates (landscapes, landmarks, maps), engraved illustrations in text. Cloth soiled; frayed and chipped along spine; corners bumped. Text block browned and foxed throughout, with a little soiling here and there. Uncommon. Sold as is.
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Les Ecritures Financiere et Italienne-Bastarde dans Leur Naturel Ouvrage Compose de Quantite d'Exemplaires des Expeditions dont on se sert dans toutes fortes d'Affaires, chacune ecrite du caractere convenable a sonsujet. Tres-utile a ceux qui aspirent aux Emplois. Avec des Alphabets et Pieces d'Ecritures des Nations Etrangeres.
by Barbedor, Louis
Paris: Chez NIC. Hardcover. Very Good+. Blue paper-covered boards, with paper label mounted to upper board. Reprint of the original, 1647 edition. Boards a bit sunned along bottom edge; corners bumped; light chipping at spine tips. Internally bright and clean. A lovely study of calligraphy.
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The Pastons: A Family in the Wars of the Roses
by Barber, Richard (ed.)
London: Folio Society, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. Cloth, in publisher's slipcase. With a frontispiece and 9 full-color photo-lithographic plates (details from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries).
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