Sentimental Tommy
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. pp. 478. 3/4 Blue Morocco, nicely decorated spine attractively gilt (by Bennett NY). Red leather spine label. Some light rubbing to leather along hinge of front board, but still a very nice copy.
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Farewell Miss Julie Logan, A Wintry Tale
by Barrie, J. M.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition, First Printing, with "A". Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's gilt-stamped cloth; 12mo; pp. [10], 103. Spine and edges of boards a bit sunned, moreso along top edge; endpapers a bit foxed, otherwise internally bright and clean. A pretty little volume.
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Sentimental Tommy, The Story of His Boyhood
by Barrie, J. M.; Hatherell, William (illus.)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Brown cloth, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on upper board and spine, ornate stamping in green on upper board; 8vo; pp. vi, 478, plus b/w plates. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped; closed tears on page v.
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The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its cause and consequences
by Barrow, John]
London: John Murray, 1832. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. pp. 356. 19th century 3/4 calf and marbled paper over boards. Engraved frontispiece and five engraved plates after drawings by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Batty. Previous owner's attractive bookplate. Binding a little rubbed, but still a nice copy.
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Flora: An Appreciation of the Life and Work of Dame Flora Robson
by Barrow, Kenneth
London: Heinemann, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A nice copy in dustwrapper. Signed by both Kenneth Barrow and Flora Robson.
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Observations Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients
by BARRY, EDWARD. 1696-1776.
London: T. Cadell, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (272 x 216 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignettes on title. Rebacked contemporary calf, marbled endpapers. Covers scuffed, scattered browning and spotting, penciled marginalia. FIRST EDITION. Includes a 58-page Appendix on modern wines ('For some years the French and English have been particularly fond of the sparking, frothy Champaigns. The former have almost entirely quitted that depraved taste'), and observations on the quality of water. Vicaire p 67; Wellcome II,... Read More
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Confessions of an Actor
by Barrymore, John
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., [1926]. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated throughout with photos. 8vo. Original brown cloth.
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Here in the Village
by Barthelme, Donald
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This copy is number 39 of 50, signed by the author; one of the special copies on Ingres paper with a collage initialed by the author as the frontispiece. Designed by Richard Bigus and printed by Felicia Rice. An entertaining look at Barthelmes life in New York City, taken from some of his New Yorker columns. Inscribed upside down on the rear free endpaper to Elaine Lustig Cohen... Read More
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Chroma, Stories
by Barthelme, Frederick
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition, First Printing, with complete number line. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Cloth-backed paper over boards. Bottom corner of front board bumped, otherwise book is fine. Dust ajcket lightly rubbed and age-toned; ghost of an old price-sticker on front panel; not price-clipped.
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Chimera
by Barth, John
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good+. Signed by John Barth. Ex-library copy with usual marks and stamps. Pictorial DJ is price-clipped but otherwise bright and attractive, without libary marks.
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Roland Barthes par Roland Barthes
by BARTHES, Roland
Paris: Seuil, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Original wrappers. Illustrated. Signed by Roland Barthes and dated 1978.
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Lecon
by BARTHES, Roland
Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Regular issue, after small limitation of 55 copies. Original wrappers, stain to bottom of spine and rear. Briefly inscribed and signed by Roland Barthes.
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Sollers ecrivain
by BARTHES, Roland
Paris: Seuil, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Original wrappers. Briefly inscribed and signed by Roland Barthes using his initials.
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The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated From Drawings By W. H. Bartlett. Two volumes.
by Bartlett, W. H.; Coyne, J. Stirling
London: George Virtue, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Some wear to spine of volume two, and some foxing as is typical. Overall this is a lovely set in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, far better than typically found. Christmas Gift inscription from 1861 at the front. Complete will all plates.
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Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal. Collected and Arranged
by BARTON, Benjamin Smith
Philadelphia: John Conrad & Co., 1805. Hardcover. Good. Three parts bound in two volumes. 192 pp. and 209pp (index that follows at the end of volume 2, incomplete, ending at G). A few folding tables and plates. Later leather bindings. Scattered staining, foxing, and browing throughout. Sold as is.
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Monocromata in constantiniana vaticani aula, ab artifice summo iulio pippio romano, in fimbrys parietinarum iconum clementis vii iussu elaborata vetustate pene consumpta petrus sanctes bartolus a se delineata in aes aqua incidit simulq. a temporis inivrys vindicavit ...
by BARTOLI, Pietro Santi (16151700) ROMANO, Giulio (ca. 14991546) DE ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo (16271691).
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong album (265 x 180mm). Engraved title and 11 copperplate engravings by Pietro Santi Bartoli (16151700) after Giulio Romano [or Giulio Pippi] (ca. 14991546), pupil of Raphael. Nine of the prints consist of a single oblong image, two of the prints consist of two images printed side by side from a single plate, and one print consists of three such images. Bound out of order, the first two in this... Read More
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Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws, Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions; Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians
by Bartram, William
London: J. Johnson, 1792. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary calf, gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label; 8vo; pp. xxiv, 520, [12] (index), plus frontispiece, folding map (the east coast of Florida from the St. Johns River to Cape Canaveral), and 7 plates (one of them folding). Boards a bit scuffed and scratched; spine a bit dry. Ownership signature of Hugh Wealdstone on front paste-down; some faint browning to the margins of a few plates; but... Read More
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Typed letter from Bernard Baruch signed ("BM Baruch") to Melvin E. Steer
by BARUCH, Bernard M. (1870-1965). Typed letter signed ("BM Baruch") to Melvin E. Steer. New York, 15 February 1946. 1 page. The statesman writes to a soldier promising assistance.
New York, 15 February 1946. 1 page. The statesman writes to a soldier promising assistance.
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Photograph of Vicksburg, Mississippi Baseball Team
by [ephemera; photograph; baseball]
c. 1905. Very Good+. Black-and-white photograph, silver gelatin print (7.5-by-9.5 inches) mounted to heavy cardstock. Shows 13 players for the Vicksburg, Mississippi baseball team, likely the minor league team, "The Vicksburg Hillbillies." A few spots of soiling, foxing, and light rubbing.
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Histoire des ouvrages des savans (...) Mois de decembre 1694. Janvier & fevrier 1695.
by BASNAGE DE BEAUVAL (Henri) (1657–1710)]
Rotterdam: Chez Reinier Leers, 1695. Hardcover. Good. Pagination: 147–556pp., [20], [2], 3–143, [1]. [With:] Histoire des ouvrages des savans (...) Mois de septembre 1688 . Rotterdam: Chez Reinier Leers, 1696. Pagination: 423pp., [2, table]. 12mo (138 x 75mm). Titles with woodcut printer’s device of literary muse and motto “Pressare surget.” Period French calf, marbled endpapers, edges stained red (joints starting, some outer edgewear). Two volumes of a Rotterdam printing by Reinier Leers. The 1696 edition, with an early... Read More
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Observationes anatomico-chirurgico-medicae
by BASS, Heinrich
Halle an der Salle: Officina Rengeríana, 1731. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (170 x 98 mm). [xiii], 327pp., [ix]. Title printed in red and black. 15 engraved plates (13 folding). Engraved printerís device to title and headpiece to preface. 18th-century half sheep over decorative boards, owner's gold leaf embossed device to the front board (Marco Antonio Petit & Amicis) his stamp to front pastedown; (pl. XI edges curled and browned, few paper repairs, few creases, marginal foxing to plates,... Read More
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Italian Castles and Country Seats
by Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Decorative dark green cloth with gilt designs/lettering. Light wear only; an attractive copy.
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On Aphasia, or Loss of Speech, and the Localisation of the Faculty of Articulate Language
by Bateman, Frederic
London / Norwich: John Churchill and Sons / Jarrold and Sons, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's maroon cloth; 8vo; pp. xi, [1], 180, [40] (ads), plus frontispiece. Spine sunned, and lightly chipped at tips; corners bumped; hinges cracked. A few of the final pages have extensive notes handwritten in the margins -- contemporary, informed, and rather interesting. A unique copy of the scarce first edition. The author's best known work, a pioneering treatise on aphasia which was... Read More
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Botanik Für Frauenzimmer und Pflanzenliebhaber Welche Keine Gelehrten Sind
by Batsch, August Johann Georg Carl
Weimar: Industrie Comptoir, 1798. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. xiv, 194 pages and 4 engraved folding plates containing 101 small but finely hand-colored scientific plant studies. While the plant studies themselves may be scientific, the title indicates plainly that the book itself represents: "Botany for Women and Plant Lovers who are not Scholars". Later half calf, the spine quite worn with losses to leather. The contents very good.
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Cours De Belles Lettres Distribue Par Exercices
by (Batteux, Charles)
Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant, 1747. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volume set. Contemporary mottled calf binding; rubbed; cords weak. A very scarce work.
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