THE SELECTED POEMS OF TED BERRIGAN
by Berrigan, Ted; Notely, Alice; Berrigan, Edmund
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of this representative collection of published and unpublished work by the influential second-wave New York School poet, from the library of Language poet Ron Silliman. 8'' x 6''. Original photographic wrappers. [14], 240 pages. Review stamp to bottom edge of text block. Original receipt laid in. Some light wear and soil to wrappers.
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A PRETTY LITTLE DOLL
by Berry, Erick
New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of this charming post-war picture book about a little doll that wanted to be something else, illustrated in vivid pinks, blues, and purples. 7'' x 7''. Original pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($1.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with color illustrations on every page by the author. [30] pages. Book a bit dusty, with minute bumping to extremities. Jacket beautifully preserved with minor... Read More
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DELUSIONS, ETC.
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Berryman's posthumously published collection, including the eight-poem sequence "Opus Dei." 8.5'' x 6''. Original black boards with gilt-lettered spine. Red topstain. In original unclipped ($6.95) dust jacket. 69, [1] pages. Minor wear, light toning to jacket edges.
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HENRY'S FATE
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this posthumously issued collection of poems written between 1967 and 1972, including 45 previously uncollected or unpublished Dream Songs. 8.5'' x 6''. Original black cloth. Yellow topstain. In original unclipped ($7.95) dust jacket designed by Muriel Nasser. 93, [1] pages. Only minor edgewear.
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DELUSIONS, ETC.
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. First edition (stated). Fine.. Uncorrected page proofs of Berryman's posthumously published collection, including the eight-poem sequence "Opus Dei." 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original yellow wrappers with blue and white publisher's label mounted to front cover. 70 pages. Traces of soil and edgewear. Faint paperclip impression to front cover and half-title page.
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THE FREEDOM OF THE POET
by Berryman, John
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Berryman's collected criticism and other short prose pieces, on literary subjects ranging from the Elizabethan playwrights to Anne Frank, Henry James, and Ezra Pound. 9'' x 6''. Original red cloth with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. In original unclipped ($12.50) dust jacket. 389, [1] pages. Minor toning to jacket flaps and rear panel, faint traces of soil to top edge... Read More
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LES ÉTOURDIS
by [Berry, Marie-Caroline, Duchess of]; [Andrieux, François-Guillaume Jean Stanislaus]
Paris: Vente, 1816. Fine.. Royal wedding edition of this popular pre-Revolution comedy, issued on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Marie-Caroline and the Duc de Berry - and from the library of the Duchess herself, who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess's wedding occurred only a year after the restoration of the royal House of Bourbon in 1815, following Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. On that occasion, a special performance of... Read More
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GIVEN
by Berry, Wendell
Washington D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. Very good plus.. Uncorrected bound galley of this diverse collection by the celebrated American poet, his first in ten years at the time of publication. 8'' x 5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. [8], 152 pages. A couple spots of soil to front wrapper, tiny crease at bottom edge of textblock.
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HAT = HOUSE
by Beskow, Elsa
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First American edition. Very good.. Scarce first edition in English of this classic Beskow picture book, written in verse with the final word of each couplet left blank to be added by the reader. 7.5'' x 11. Original pictorial boards with beige cloth spine. Front hinge starting. Illustrated in color by Beskow. [34] pages. Toning to endpapers, faint creasing to some page corners. Moderate scuffing and soil to boards.
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AUNT BROWN'S BIRTHDAY
by Beskow, Elsa
New-York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1930. Very good plus.. First printing in English of this attractive story of a birthday that goes only slightly awry, part of Harper & Brothers's "Picture Books from Other Lands" series. Elsa Beskow was a Swedish author and illustrator, beloved for her stories of a group of maiden aunts. Her charming characters adorn a stop on the Stockholm subway, as well as a variety of modern house ware. 10'' x 12.5''. Original... Read More
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PELLE'S NEW SUIT
by Beskow, Elsa; Woodburn, Marion Letcher
(Stavanger, Norway): (Dreyers Grafiske Anstalt), 1929. Very good plus.. Early English language edition of this charming picture book from the famous Swedish author, following the making of a young boy's woolen suit, starting with the shearing of a sheep. OCLC notes [1929?] as date, likely precedes Harper first. 9.25'' x 13''. Original cloth-backed thick color pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. [8] leaves. Mild edgewear to binding with some rust at staples, a few tiny spots of soil. A... Read More
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PETER'S VOYAGE [Lillebrors Segelfärd]
by Beskow, Elsa; Sherman, Rita
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1931. Very good in very good jacket.. First US edition of the classic Swedish picture book, in which Peter and Teddy Bear set out for adventures in a little boat. Elsa Beskow was a Swedish author and illustrator, beloved for her stories of a group of maiden aunts. Her charming characters adorn a stop on the Stockholm subway, as well as a variety of modern houseware. 10'' x 9.25''. Original cream cloth spine with... Read More
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ELEMENTARY NUCLEAR THEORY: A Short Course on Selected Topics
by Bethe, Hans
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1947. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Scarce inscribed first printing of Bethe's course on the fundamental theory of nuclear forces, from lectures originally presented to the engineers and scientists of the General Electric Company. In 1946 GE, leading manufacturer of the betatron particle accelerator, began its efforts to recruit outside physicists as consultants for its Research Laboratory in Schenectady, New York. Bethe and Richard Feynman, both having... Read More
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THE RAGGEDY MAN
by Betts, Ethel; Riley, James Whitcomb
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1907. Very good.. First edition of this large format picture book collaboration between the "Children's Poet" and the acclaimed Golden Age illustrator. 11.5'' x 10.5''. Original cloth backed green pictorial paper boards. Printed on coated paper. Illustrated by Betts with 8 magnificent rich color plates, as well as with a lovely decorative border and line illustrations on each page of text. Unpaginated. Child bookplate to front pastedown. Subtle touchup at board edges, light marginal soil.... Read More
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FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM
by Betts, Ethel Franklin; Brothers Grimm; Mabie, Hamilton
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1909. Very good in good jacket.. First edition thus, illustrated by acclaimed Golden Age illustrator Ethel Betts. 10.75'' x 8''. Original green cloth with color pictorial paste-on. In original color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Betts with 6 color plates, 6 full-page and 2 half-page black-and-white images, plus lovely green pictorial border on each page of text. 117, [1] pages. Large section of loss to front panel and spine of jacket, with chips... Read More
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THINKING IS FORM: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys
by Beuys, Joseph; Temkin, Ann; Rose, Bernice
Philadelphia / New York: Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Museum of Modern Art, 1993. Very good.. First edition of this companion to the first American retrospective of the German artist's drawings. 11.5'' x 9.75''. In original beige pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. 280 pages. Wrappers with moderate curling to foredges, sunning to spine. Interior clean and crisp.
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THE TIME WINDER
by Bevis, H.U.
(New York): The Lenox Hill Press, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket.. First printing of this uncommon sci-fi time-travel novel from Lenox Hill Press. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in like jacket. Jacket unclipped. Touches of shelfwear, but overall - bright, tight, clean, and sharp. 192pp.
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LET'S PLAY HOUSE: 3 Rooms with Complete Furnishings
by Bezucha, Robert
Racine: Whitman, 1932. Very good plus.. Rare and unused Whitman toy book featuring a charming trio of paper rooms in '30s style, perfect settings for paper doll drama. Published during what Anne Tolstoi Wallach calls "the Great Years" of paper dolls (48), LET'S PLAY HOUSE offers three paper settings for the profusion of dolls available to children in this period. This title offers a glimpse inside a 1930s middle-class house, complete with toys and furnishings for the dolls... Read More
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ITALIAN FASHION
by Bianchino, Gloria; Ferré, Gianfranco; Pignotti, Lamberto
New York: Electa / Rizzoli, 1987. First printing. Fine in near fine dust jackets.. First US edition of this gorgeously illustrated two-volume history of the high-fashion industry in Italy - from the rise of postwar couture and the birth of readymade Italian knitwear to the dominance of Versace, Ferré, Fendi, Valentino, and Armani. The 24 essays in ITALIAN FASHION include Massimo Mininni on The Reaction of Roman High Fashion, Stefania Ricci on Fashion Magazines, Ferré and Emilo Tadini... Read More
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POOR CECCO
by Bianco, Margery Williams; Rackham, Arthur
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Fine in very good jacket.. The first US edition of this Rackham-illustrated tale of dolls and toys on a mission to rescue one of their own, by the author of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, in the elusive original dust jacket. Poor Cecco the wooden dog is named after Bianco's son. 9.75'' x 7.5''. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front cover and spine. Original unclipped (three dollars net) color... Read More
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BEGINNING WITH A.
by Bianco, Pamela
New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. First edition. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing of this beautiful ABC, each letter featuring a delicate black line illustration of a child that calls to mind fine Victorian lace. 9.75'' x 7.75''. Original grey cloth boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white with pink and red letters. [60] pages. Small owner name to front flyleaf. Jacket with light edgewear and a couple... Read More
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NOVUM TESTAMENTUM
by [BIBLE]; Benedictus, Joannes [Jean Benoît]
Paris: Simon de Colines and Galliot du Pré, 1543. Very good.. Benedictine" edition of the New Testament in Latin, edited through careful comparison of multiple medieval manuscript sources. An important New Testament edition in the Latin history of the Bible, for which Benoît collated "most of the then known" medieval manuscripts (Schreiber, 149), seeking the most accurate readings and correcting transcription errors. Produced in the midst of the foment about translations spurred partly by the Reformation, this translation... Read More
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THE TENTEIKIKUN [The Creator's Miracle]
by [BIBLE]; Ishikawa, Koreyasu; Sensai, Eitaku
Tokyo: [Tokiwaya], 1886. Very good.. Scarce and exceptional first edition thus, a light-hearted illustrated adaptation of the Creation and story of Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis into Japanese. The story of Bible editions in Japan reflects the country's fraught history with Christianity; after the religion was banned in the early 17th century, the portions printed by Catholic missionaries were lost. The ban on Christianity lifted only in the Meiji era, first partially in 1873, then... Read More
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ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
by Bichard, Adolphe; [Rudolf Erich Raspe]
London: Frederick Warne, 1886. Very good.. Bichard's illustrated edition of the classic, among the best versions, featuring large-format chromolithographic illustrations. 12.5'' x 9''. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black. Illustrated by Bichard with 18 full-page chromolithograph plates printed by the Dalziels. 104 pages. Evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown. Hinges cracking a bit, still firm. Light soil and rubbing to boards. Interior largely clean.
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THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY
by Bierhorst, John; Parker, Robert Andrew
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1993. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing of this retelling of an Iriquois creation story, with luminous illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Robert Andrew Parker earned a 1970 Caldecott Honor, and a 1982 ALA Notable Book Award for another collaboration with John Bierhorst. 11'' x 8.25''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Jacket with a hint of edgewear.... Read More
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