Cut It Out
by Banksy
United Kingdom: Banksy, 2004. Very Good. United Kingdom: Banksy, 2004. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's glossy black card wrappers; [72]pp.; chiefly color photographs. Light shelf wear, wrappers and textblock a bit curled, original price sticker of the Shaman Drum Bookshop on rear cover; Very Good and sound overall. Banksy's third collection featuring his political graffiti art, including his series "Pest Modernism" and "Britain's Longest Painting.
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Parallel Lines: Printmakers, painters, and photographers in nineteenth-century France
by Stephen Bann
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Very Good+/Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, [2001]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],254pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including brief split to bottom inch of front jacket flap fold, verso tape repaired, very minor spine lean, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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![Shroud [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/202/011/1377011202.0.l.jpg)
Shroud [Limited Edition, Signed]
by John Banville
London: Picador / Joe McCann, 2002. Fine. London: Picador, 2002. First Edition, Limited to 80 copies signed by the author of which this is no. 54 of sixty bound in cloth. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, printed paper spine and upper cover labels; [6],407pp. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon. The second volume in Irish author John Banville's trilogy featuring Alexander and Cass Cleave, this a roman à clef based in part on the scandal... Read More
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Beautiful: Nudes by Marc Baptiste
by Marc Baptiste
New York: Universe, 2001. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Universe, 2001. First Edition with full number line. Quarto (31cm); publisher's boards in glossy unclipped dust jacket; unpaginated; chiefly photographic illus. Moderate wear to jacket margins including small closed tear at bottom edge of upper panel, corners nudged, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Compilation of nude female portraits by the award-winning photographer for Vanity Fair, Allure, Essence and Rolling Stone.
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Refiguring the Body: Embodiment in South Asian Religions
by Barbara A. Holdrege and Karen Pechilis [eds.]
Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2016. Very Good. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2016. First Edition. Octavo. 368pp. Illustrated boards. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities; some minor smudging. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy.
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![Animal, Vegetable, Miracle [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/284/1743284623.0.l.jpg)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle [Signed]
by Barbara Kingsolver; Steven L. Hopp; Camille Kingsolver; Richard A. Houser [illus.]
New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: HarperCollins, 2007. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); [12],370pp. Boards in white and maroon cloth with white stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ($26.95). Jacket lightly rubbed with soiling to front panel from erased potential crayon. Board spine ends nudged. Interior clean. Lecture ticket from 2007 at Cathedral College loosely laid in. A Very Good or better copy. Signed by Kingsolver at title page. ... Read More
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The Plop-a-Lop Tree
by Barbara Young [photography]; Edward Saunders [text]; Pip Simmons [ed.]
Rugby, Warwickshire, England: Jolly & Barber Printing Limited, 1994. Very Good/Very Good. [Rugby, Warwickshire, England: Jolly & Barber Printing Limited, 1994.] First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); publisher's boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket; [108]pp.; chiefly color photographic illus. Moderate wear and dust-soil to jacket margins, corners bumped, faint sunning along spine panel, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Lovely and uncommon photoessay of Harbour Island, a small "splinter of land off the coast of North Eleuthera... Read More
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![The Queen Mary Atlas [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/463/105/1700105463.0.l.jpg)
The Queen Mary Atlas [Limited Edition]
by [Diogo Homem]; Peter Barber
London: The Folio Society, 2005. Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2005. Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies, this being #608. Two volumes; elephant folio and tall octavo; elephant folio volume bound in full-grain aniline-finish calf leather blocked with a design by David Eccles; octavo volume bound in maroon gilt-lettered cloth with paper title label mounted to front; the set housed in original maroon cloth clamshell box [62x43.5cm]; 24ll; 87pp. Full color facsimile reproductions; printed on Furioso paper. Bump... Read More
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Connecticut Historical Collections, Containing a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Connecticut, with Geographical Descriptions. Illustrated by 180 Engravings
by John Warner Barber
New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard, 1836. Very Good. New Haven and Hartford: Published and Sold by John W. Barber and A. Willard, 1836. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf, gilt spine lacking label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; 560pp.; hand-colored folding map; six plates; numerous in-text illustrations. Boards worn and scuffed with chipping to extremities, split at top of spine, heavier rubbing and surface fractures to spine, and front board... 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 J.W. Barber
New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. Very Good. New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Addenda cancel tipped in to p. 9 dated 1832. HOWES B125; SABIN 3323.
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![Le Bibbie Italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento: Storia e bibliografia ragionata delle edizioni in lingua italiana dal 1471 al 1600 [Two Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/141/795/1671795141.0.l.jpg)
Le Bibbie Italiane del Quattrocento e del Cinquecento: Storia e bibliografia ragionata delle edizioni in lingua italiana dal 1471 al 1600 [Two Volume Set]
by Edoardo Barbieri
Milano: Editrice Bibliografica, 1992. Near Fine/Very Good. [Milano]: Editrice Bibliografica, [1992]. First Edition. Two volumes; folios; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jackets, housed together in original decorative paper-covered slipcase; xxv,[1],494; [378]pp.; illus., Vol. II chiefly woodcut reproductions printed in blue. Light shelf wear and soil to jackets, lamination starting to bubble, ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good and sound set of this monumental bibliography of the bibles printed in Italy during the 15th... Read More
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![Augustini Barbosae, J.U.D. Lusitani, Protonotarii Apostolici...Collectanea in Codicem Justiniani [Two Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/468/062/1653062468.0.l.jpg)
Augustini Barbosae, J.U.D. Lusitani, Protonotarii Apostolici...Collectanea in Codicem Justiniani [Two Volume Set]
by Agostinho Barbosa
Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Very Good. Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Anisson, & Posuel, 1720. Two volumes; folios (39.5cm.); later limp marbled boards, pink printed spine labels (Vol. II bound upside down); [24],508,[76]; [16],572,[84]pp. (collated complete); large woodcut publisher's devices to both title pages signed in image "Papillon." Ex-seminary library with old shelf labels to spine feet and front pastedowns, occasional internal rubber-stamps, spines sunned, else a Very Good, pleasingly untrimmed set of this exhaustive work of... Read More
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The Pocket Companion; or, Every Man his Own Lawyer: containing a variety of precedents, laid down in so plain a manner, that the Farmer, Mechanic, Apprentice, or School Boy, can draw any Instrument of Writing without the assistance of an Attorney
by By a Gentleman of the Bar
Philadelphia: S. Parmele, 1818. Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed and Published by S. Parmele, 1818. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); contemporary calf over boards; 95,[1]pp.; text printed parallel with spine. Boards rather dust-soiled and ink-splattered with one stain bleeding through to first few leaves of textblock, shallow loss to top edge of title page not approaching text, lacking front free endpaper, textblock uniformly toned and a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound. Scarce first edition of this handy,... Read More
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Kenya: An Economic Survey
by Barclays Bank D.C.O.
Nairobi: Barclays Bank D.C.O., 1966. Very Good. Nairobi: Barclays Bank D.C.O., 1966. Octavo. 34 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated wraps. Light edgewear to wraps with some creasing and curling at corners. Marker smudge to front near top fore-edge corner. Binding is sound. Pages curl uniformly at bottom front corner.
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Papunya; A Place Made After the Story. The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement
by Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Miegunyah Press, 2004. Very Good/Good. [Carlton, Victoria, Australia]: Miegunyah Press, 2004 [2005 Printing]. Large quarto (30.5cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; xxiii,[1],527pp.; full color illus. throughout. Dust jacket worn and torn at spine crown with old tape repair to verso, spine cocked, corners nudged, else a Very Good copy in a Good only example of the jacket.
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![The Damnation Game [Limited Edition, Signed by Barker]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/697/348/1767348697.0.l.jpg)
The Damnation Game [Limited Edition, Signed by Barker]
by Clive Barker
Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance Publication, 2017. Near Fine/Near Fine. Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance Publication, 2017. Publisher's Special Signed Limited Edition of 598 copies signed by Clive Barker, this being #429. Quarto; illustrated dust jacket; black cloth boards stamped in silver; red endpapers; 517pp. Housed in publisher's textured black slipcase. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges, else Fine.
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![Clive Barker's Books of Blood [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/704/132/1768132704.0.l.jpg)
Clive Barker's Books of Blood [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Clive Barker
Lancaster, PA: Stealth Press, 2001. Near Fine. [Lancaster, PA]: Stealth Press, [2001]. First Complete Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is no. 44. Large, thick octavo (26cm); publisher's full black leatherette, photographic paste-on to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, in matching slipcase; viii,[2],818pp. Light shelf wear to slipcase margins, else a Near Fine example. Signed by Barker on limitation page.
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The Land of the Leal
by James Barke
London: Collins, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. London: Collins, 1939. First Edition. Large octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; 640pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped with a number of short closed tear along margins occasionally touching text without loss of meaning, some foxing to flap folds, corners bumped, topstain quite faded, else Very Good and sound overall, in the uncommon jacket. Massive multi-generational proletarian saga following the fates of two rural Scottish families and... Read More
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![A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Otis Thompson, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Congregational Church in Rehoboth, September 245h, 1800 [Half title: Mr. Barker's Sermon, at the Ordination of Mr. Thompson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/919/313/1599313919.0.l.jpg)
A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Otis Thompson, to the Pastoral Care of the Second Congregational Church in Rehoboth, September 245h, 1800 [Half title: Mr. Barker's Sermon, at the Ordination of Mr. Thompson]
by Joseph Barker
Providence, RI: B. Wheeler, 1801. Very Good. Providence, RI: B. Wheeler, 1801. First Edition. Octavo; removed; [2],22pp. Light spotting and toning to textblock, a few small chips and closed tears to margins not affecting text, else Very Good and sound. Concludes with a shorter oration delivered on the same occasion, "Right Hand of Fellowship, by the Rev. Samuel Watson, of Barrington." SABIN 3389; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 132.
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![Life Class [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/628/476/1701476628.0.l.jpg)
Life Class [Signed]
by Pat Barker
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007. First UK Edition. Octavo (24cm); 249pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket ever-so-slightly bumped and scuffed; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Boards likewise clean and sharp. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. A Near Fine copy of this historical fiction novel. Signed by the author without inscription on full title page. ... Read More
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![Toby's Room [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/467/048/1691048467.0.l.jpg)
Toby's Room [Signed]
by Pat Barker
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2012. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2012. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 265pp. Publisher’s photographic dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; boards bound in navy cloth with gilt stamping to spine; oxblood endsheets. Dust jacket shows superficial scratching to rear panel; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Boards clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Signed by author without inscription on title page. ... Read More
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![The Century's Daughter [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/131/476/1701476131.0.l.jpg)
The Century's Daughter [Signed]
by Pat Barker
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. Good +/Good +. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1986. Stated First US Edition. Octavo (22cm); 284pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $16.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in grey and blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Black-and-white author photo laid-in. Dust jacket toned and bump throughout with tear at front panel spine head; some spotting at front panel. Jacket verso features amateur tape repair at spine head. Boards bumped with fading along... Read More
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![The Ghost Road [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/722/1579722882.0.l.jpg)
The Ghost Road [Signed]
by Pat Barker
London / Toronto: Viking, 1995. Very Good +/Very Good +. London / Toronto: Viking, 1995. First Canadian Edition with full number line and jacket price in both Canadian dollars and British pounds. [8],277pp. Light shelf wear, jacket spine panel very lightly sunned, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page. The final work in the author's Regeneration trilogy, a series of historical novels examining the effect of World War I on... Read More
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A Sermon Preach'd April 12, 1764, on the Public Fast, in the Massachusetts-Bay, At Haverhill and Bradford, West Parish
by Edward Barnard
Portsmouth, In New-Hampshire: Printed by Daniel & Robert Fowle, 1764. Very Good. Portsmouth, In New-Hampshire: Printed by Daniel & Robert Fowle, 1764. First Edition. Octavo. 22 pp., lacks half title. Printed wraps, removed. Light wear to edges and fraying to spine. Binding sound and interior unmarked; Very Good. Early New Hampshire printing; scarce. [Evans 9592].
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The Certainty, Time, and End, of the Birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: With the accomplishment of several of the prophecys, relating hereto. A sermon, at the lecture, in Marblehead, December 25. 1729. To which is added, an appendix, attempting more clearly to state, the true year of our Lord's nativity
by John Barnard
Boston: S. Gerrish, 1731. Very Good. Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill, 1731. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); removed, remnants of old calf along spine; [2],66pp. ([A]-I4, lacking half title and final leaf (blank)); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Small loss to bottom margin of title page not approaching text, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Lengthy Christmas sermon by the colorful "Old Light" Congregationalist minister of Marblehead, Massachusetts.... Read More
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