THE NAKED BEAR
by Bierhorst, John; Zimmer, Dirk
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1987. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Double-signed first printing of this collection of 16 folktales from the Six Nations of the Iroquois, from the educational to the hilarious. 9'' x 7''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($14.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 124 pages. Signed by Biehorst and Zimmer to half-title. Jacket with mild sunning to spine, a hint of edgewear. Book sharp and 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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AN IRREGULAR ANGLO-AMERICAN GLOSSARY OF MORE OR LESS UNFAMILIAR WORDS, TERMS AND PHRASES IN THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SAGA
by Bigelow, S. Tupper; Redmond, Donald A.; Calamai, Peter
(Toronto): (Castalotte & Zamba), 1959. Very good.. First edition of Bigelow's comprehensive lexicon for Sherlockians, quite rare in this format. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue paper covers in plastic comb binding. 46, [1] leaves, printed rectos only. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Contemporary gift inscription in pencil to title page. Typographical errors neatly hand-corrected in pen on pages 2, 4, and 41. Light edgewear; several pages... Read More
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SELECT DISCUSSIONS OF RACE PROBLEMS
by Bigham, J.A.; Du Bois, W.E.B.; Means, Frederick H.; von Luschan, Felix; Mall, Franklin P.; Woodworth, R.S.; Thomas, W.I.; Boas, Franz; Chamberlain, Alexander F.
Atlanta: Atlanta University Press, 1916. First edition. Fine.. Rare installment of this important and influential scholarly series, including W.E.B. Du Bois's essay "Races of Men." The Atlanta University Publications was a numbered series of monographs published by Atlanta University, with text and other content drawn from information presented at the annual Conferences for the Study of Negro Problems. As University president Horace Bumstead explained the series' origins: "One was the inauguration, for the first time in any American... Read More
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STORIES OF MOTHER GOOSE VILLAGE
by Bigham, Madge
Chicago: Rand, McNally, and Company, 1903. Very good.. A delightful Mother Goose book, in which dozens of favorite characters appear in short stories instead of the traditional rhyme format. 9'' x 7.25''. Original red pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by the author in a range of colors and line in turn-of-the-century style. 190 pages. Spine somewhat toned; white on binding largely effaced, as typical. Some marginal fingersoil. Tight.
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LE MAGNETISME ANIMAL
by Binet, Alfred; Féré, Charles
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière et Cie / Félix Alcan, 1887. First printing. Very good minus.. First edition of this early and important work on hypnotism and 'animal magnetism,' building on Charcot's research at the Salpetrière. Issued as No. 57 in the Bibliothèque Scientifique Internationale series. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Text in French. Original burgundy cloth with decorative gilt stamping. Black and white illustrations. 284 pages followed by 32 pages of publisher's ads. Moderate wear and scuffing to extremities,... Read More
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THE ANIMALS' SCHOOL-TREAT
by Bingham, Clifton; Aldin, Cecil
London: Dean's Rag Book Co, 1905. Near fine.. Charming and scarce rag book, with Aldin's animal pictures illustrating verses by Bingham. No. 70 of Dean's Rag Books - an unusually nice copy. 11.5'' x 9''. Original pictorial cloth clovers with red cloth spine. [20] linen pages. Illustrated in color by Aldin. Pencil to title page. Some soil and foxing, else remarkably well preserved.
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FUN AND FROLIC
by Bingham, Clifton; Wain, Louis
London: Nister, 1902. Very good.. Scarce first edition featuring 6 full-page color plates by Wain of his characteristically humanoid cats. 10'' x 8''. Original quarter green cloth, pictorial paper boards. Illustrated by Wain with 6 color plates and black-and-white images on every text page, 9 of which are double-page and 95% of which are of cats. 144 pages. Ink stamped owner name on front fly leaf. Front hinge cracked but still firm. Leaves uniformly toned, with some soil... Read More
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MORE JINGLES, JOKES, AND FUNNY FOLKS
by Bingham, Clifton; Wain, Louis
New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1910. Very good plus.. Scarce Louis Wain title featuring a variety of cats acting out Bingham's humorous verse. Known as "The Edwardian Cat Artist That Went Mad," Wain was once "the most famous cat artist on earth" (Haining). His work in conceiving an entire Catland inspired the creators of Felix the Cat and even Mickey Mouse; Haining notes that Wain also "played a major part in making the cat the most popular of all... Read More
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PROVERBS OLD NEWLY TOLD
by Bingham, Clifton
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd, 1900. Very good.. A "greatest hits" collection of proverbs including 'Out of the frying pan and into the fire,' 'Any port in a storm,' and 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,' illustrated in the style of John Hassall. 11'' x 9.5''. Original cloth backed color pictorial boards. Twelve full-page chromolithograph illustrations. [36] pages. Expert paper repairs to hinges and gutters, some cover rubbing and toning to page... Read More
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QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL
by Bishop, Elizabeth
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First printing (stated). Very good plus.. Rare unbound advance galley proofs of Bishop's first poetry collection after winning the Pulitzer Prize for her 1955 POEMS. Bishop first came to Brazil in 1951, and once there, the poet "reshaped and redefined her entire career around Brazil from the moment of her arrival [...] so much so that her mature work is inconceivable without Brazil. Bishop's decision to stay quite literally transformed her... Read More
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THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979
by Bishop, Elizabeth
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First printing. Fine.. Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition of Bishop's complete poetic works, from her early teenage poems to the posthumously published "Sonnet," including her translations from the French and Portuguese and several previously uncollected poems. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original tan printed wrappers. Ink pub date (3/83) and price ($15.50) on front wrapper as issued. 287, [1] pages. Minimal edgewear.
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THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Morley, Helena; [Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant]
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First UK edition of Morley (Brant)'s adolescent diary, first privately published in Brazil in 1942 and first appearing in Bishop's translation in 1957. Alice Deyrell Caldeira Brant began keeping diaries in 1893, the 12-year-old daughter of a diamond miner in the small Brazilian town of Diamantina; their first publication was arranged by her husband and edited to omit any and all reference to their meeting... Read More
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ELIZABETH BISHOP AND THE NEW YORKER
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Biele, Joelle
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of Bishop's collected correspondence with her NEW YORKER editors - inscribed by Biele with great warmth and gratitude to American poet and professor Stanley Plumly. 9.25'' x 6''. Original cream boards with gilt-lettered spine,. In original unclipped ($35.00) yellow dust jacket. 421, [3] pages. Inscribed by Biele to Plumly on title page: "Dear Stan, Thank you for believing in me when I... Read More
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EDGAR ALLAN POE & THE JUKE-BOX: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Quinn, Alice
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Very good plus in near fine jacket.. First printing of this collection of previously unpublished and fragmentary material from Vassar College's Bishop archive, inscribed by editor Alice Quinn to bookseller and publisher George Bixby. 9'' x 6''. Original white cloth. In original unclipped ($30.00) dust jacket. 367, [1] pages. Inscribed by Quinn on title page: "for George Bixby, with warm wishes and admiration, Alice." Original publisher's promotional postcard laid in. Some... Read More
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POEMS: North & South - A Cold Spring
by Bishop, Elizabeth
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1955. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Bishop's second poetry collection, whose publication brought her great acclaim and crowned her several previous awards and honors with the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Elizabeth Bishop's contemporary admirers were strikingly given to praising her for what she did not do, her poems for what they did not have: "no creditable mannerisms" and "not didactic," Marianne Moore wrote... Read More
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THE COLLECTED PROSE
by Bishop, Elizabeth
London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First UK edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's essays and short stories, including her memoir of Marianne Moore and the previously unpublished "The U.S.A. School of Writing." 9.25'' x 6''. Original sea-green cloth with gilt-lettered black spine label. In original price-clipped green dust jacket with cover illustration by Bishop. 278 pages. Minor soil to edges of text block, mild toning to... Read More
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GEOGRAPHY III
by Bishop, Elizabeth
London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. First printing. Very good plus.. First UK edition of Bishop's fifth and final book of poetry, including her famous and frequently anthologized "One Art." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original glossy wrappers. 50 pages. Minor edgewear, faint toning to spine.
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EXCHANGING HATS: Paintings
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Benton, William
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this collection of watercolor and gouache paintings by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. 9.5'' x 8.5''. Original textured orange cloth. In original unclipped ($40.00) dust jacket. Illustrated with color plates. xx, 106 pages. Minor edgewear, light toning to jacket.
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NORTH & SOUTH
by Bishop, Elizabeth
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First printing. Very good plus in a very good jacket.. Signed first edition of Bishop's first book, along with the original ticket from Bishop's reading where the book was signed. Bishop's famed debut, containing several of her best-known and most beloved poems, such as "The Fish," "The Man-Moth," and "The Map." Scarce signed, rare with original ticket. 9'' x 6''. Publisher's original full blue cloth with gilt titles. In original price-clipped color typographic jacket... Read More
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ALL THESE CAFES HAVE LOTS OF TOURISTS ON WEEK-ENDS
by Bishop, Elizabeth
New York / Detroit: Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller / Richard Levey, 1987. First printing. Fine.. Limited first edition of Bishop's 1977 letter to novelist and editor Robie Macauley on the best patisseries and pizzerias of their Boston neighborhood. 6.75'' x 4.5''. Original tan wrappers. 9, [1] pages. Edition of 200 copies printed at the Kelly Winterton Press.
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THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Morley, Helena; [Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant]
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Near fine.. First Ecco Press edition of Morley (Brant)'s adolescent diary, first privately published in Brazil in 1942 and in Bishop's English translation in 1957, reissued here as one of the "Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century" with a new foreword by Bishop. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original glossy wrappers designed by Cynthia Krupat. [xxxviii], 281, [1] pages. Minor toning and edgewear.
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THE DIARY OF "HELENA MORLEY
by Bishop, Elizabeth; Morley, Helena; [Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. First printing (stated). Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Morley (Brant)'s adolescent diary in Bishop's translation from the Portuguese. Alice Deyrell Caldeira Brant began keeping diaries in 1893, the 12-year-old daughter of a diamond miner in the small Brazilian town of Diamantina; their first publication (in Brazil in 1942) was arranged by her husband and edited to omit any and all reference to their meeting and courtship.... Read More
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GENOME
by Bishop, Jerry E.; Waldholz, Michael
(New York): (Simon and Schuster), 1990. First printing. About fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this account of scientists' attempt to identify every gene in the human body - with an inscription by co-author Waldholz. 9.25'' x 6''. Original blue paper boards, backed in black cloth, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($22.95) color typographic ($22.95) jacket designed by Jenkins & Page. Illustrated in black and white. 352 pages. Inscribed by Michael Waldholz on title page:... Read More
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Complete Collection of the Albondocani Press
by Bixby, George
New York: Albondocani Press, 1991. First edition. Near fine or better.. A complete set of signed limited editions from one of the great small fine presses of contemporary US literature, as well as its annual holiday cards (most illustrated by Edward Gorey) - the copies of the publisher's parents. Over three decades, Albondocani issued near forty beautiful signed limited edition fine press chapbooks from such authors as Tennessee Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Reynolds Price, Denise Levertov, Saul Bellow,... Read More
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