The Love Trapeze
by Bull, Lois
New York: The Macaulay Company. Very Good in Good+ dj. (c.1934). Later Printing?. Hardcover. [light shelfwear to bottom of book, very slight deterioration of cloth at spine extremities; jacket shows some edgewear, a couple of tiny closed tears, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to rear panel]. Circus novel about "the nonchalant Mario Verona, greatest living king of the flying trapeze, [who] rose from an obscure continental performer to become the spoiled darling of... Read More
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Wynn Bullock
by Bullock, Barbara (text); with notes by the Photographer
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. [very slight wear to lower extremities, modest bump to upper rear corner; original acetate jacket is present, showing moderate surface wear and apparently having shrunk so that it's about 1/4" shorter than the book at both the top and bottom edges; NOTE that we have scanned the book without its acetate jacket]. (Publication number 8) Series This was the first ... Read More
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I Say, Look Here!: The Rather Random Reminiscences of a Round Actor in the Square
by Bull, Peter
London: Peter Davies. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1965. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [modest shelfwear to lower extremities (very slight exposure of board at lower tip of front cover), a few small spots on bottom edge of text block; the jacket is edgeworn and a bit soiled, with a few tiny nicks at the top of the spine and some wear and creasing along the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photo frontispiece)... Read More
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Bear with me: The Teddy Bear: a symposium
by Bull, Peter
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. [a very nice copy, just a touch of soiling to top and bottom edges of yellow cloth covers; the jacket is bright and fresh, with only a teensy bit of wear to the extremities, light scuffing to the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) "Here is all Teddy Beardom -- bears on the Matterhorn, bears on the stage, John Betjeman's bear, Donald... Read More
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![Story: The Magazine of the Short Story (January 1934) [includes "A Simple Peasant" by Bunin]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/741/215/1671215741.0.l.jpg)
Story: The Magazine of the Short Story (January 1934) [includes "A Simple Peasant" by Bunin]
by (Bunin, Ivan, et al.) Burnett, Whit, and Martha Foley, eds.
New York: Story Magazine, Inc.. Very Good. 1934. (Vol. IV; whole No. 18). Magazine. [a good sound copy, modest external wear and light soiling to covers; binding fully intact] Contains the following stories: "Actual Riot Scenes" (H.M. LeTissier); "Accommodation Ladder" (Hedy Verena Gossman); "A Boxer: Old" (Harry Sylvester); "Love Comes Softly" (Robert Henderson); "The Deacon" (Emmett Gowen); "The Escape" (Jean Temple); "Nazi Nights' Entertainment" (Lawrence Gilbert and Charles E. Hewitt, Jr.); "First Night, Last... Read More
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Dog Eat Dog
by Bunker, Edward
New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Fine dj. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312143141 . [nice tight fresh copy, no discernible wear to either book or jacket, but some intermittent fading to black cloth at spine (not sure how that could have happened, since to my knowledge the jacket has never been off this book!); NO remainder or other marks]. "Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, [this... Read More
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Little Boy Blue [*SIGNED*]
by Bunker, Edward
New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1997 (c.1981). 1st St. Martin's Press edition First Printing. Hardcover. [nice clean book, faint shelfwear, spine slightly turned; the jacket shows a bit of surface-abrasion]. SIGNED boldly by the author at the top of the half-title page, with a blue sharpie (no inscription). "The quintessential story of a young hoodlum's coming of age," this semi-autobiographical tale, Bunker's third novel, was originally published ... Read More
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The Canadian Chow Sourcebook
by Bunting, Jennifer
Newburgh, Ontario (Canada): Cranberry Hill Enterprises. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1984). First Edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, former owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of front endpaper, advertisement for the book taped to inside front cover; the jacket shows only minor wear at extremities, and is internally (and unnecessarily) reinforce with clear tape along the top and bottom edges]. (B&W photographs) "A reference source on... Read More
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The Mistress of the Robes; a tale of Queen Anne's days
by Burchell, Sidney Herbert
London: Hurst and Blackett Limited. Very Good. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [light foxing to edges of text block, otherwise a nice solid book with just a touch of wear to the spine ends]. Romantic folderol set in 17th century England, a period of which this British author was evidently very fond, since he employed it as the setting for much of his fiction ("The Duke's Servants," "In the Days of King James,"... Read More
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The Ninth Wave
by Burdick, Eugene
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good in Fair dj. 1956. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. [reading copy only, a sound but quite shelfworn book, with bumping/fraying to cloth at most corners; the jacket is heavily edgeworn, with numerous small tear and chips, most notably at the upper spine]. Novel about a guy who "rose to power by a series of almost mathematical calculations in which he used people's emotions instead of numbers," ultimately becoming "the biggest... Read More
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Any Old Iron [*SIGNED*]
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Hutchinson. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1989). First Edition. Hardcover. [both book and jacket are in flawless, as-new condition]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Comic novel about the modern-day rediscovery of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur. Signed by Author .
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Horned Death [*SIGNED*]
by Burger, John F.
Huntington WV: Standard Publications, Incorporated. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [no significant wear to book, just some light age-toning to the edges of the text block]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the dedication page: "To Maurice Smith / with compliments & best / wishes from the author / John F. Burger / Lusaka / 7/6/55." The book's subtitle, on the front cover only, is: "Hunting the Africa... Read More
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!["The Night Johnny Ace Died" [in Esquire magazine, March 2007] [cover: Robert Downey Jr.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/805/862/209862805.0.m.jpg)
"The Night Johnny Ace Died" [in Esquire magazine, March 2007] [cover: Robert Downey Jr.]
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Hearst Communications, Inc.. Near Fine. 2007. (Vol. 147, No. 3). Magazine. NOISBN . [light handling/reading wear, minor soft finger-creasing to covers; printed subscription address block on front cover]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) Contains Burke's short story about a honky-tonk singer. Magazine also includes: profiles of Robert Downey Jr. and film director David Fincher; short features on Iggy Pop ("What I've Learned") and Christina Ricci; article, "The American Way of Justice," by... Read More
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The Lost Get-Back Boogie [*SIGNED*]
by Burke, James Lee
Baton Rouge/London: Louisiana State University Press. Fine in Near Fine dj. 1986. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [nice tight clean book with no discernible wear; jacket is equally nice, virtually flawless except for the price-clipping]. INSCRIBED briefly and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Novel set in the early 1960s, about a country musician (who is also a Korean War vet) who is paroled from prison in Louisiana after serving a term for... Read More
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![Are the Stars Out Tonight?; the story of the famous Ambassador and Cocoanut Grove, "Hollywood's Hotel" [*SIGNED*]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/955/1702955308.0.l.jpg)
Are the Stars Out Tonight?; the story of the famous Ambassador and Cocoanut Grove, "Hollywood's Hotel" [*SIGNED*]
by Burk, Margaret Tante
Los Angeles: Round Table West. Near Fine. (c.1980). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, possibly as issued) [nice clean book, virtually as-new but slightly bumped at the lower tips]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. A heavily photo-illustrated, anecdotal history of the Ambassador Hotel and its Cocoanut Grove nightclub. Introduction by Adela Rogers St. Johns. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for... Read More
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Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks
by Burlingame, Michael, ed.
Baltimore/London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with minimal wear, former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap), otherwise unmarked; the jacket is flawless apart from some very light surface wear to the rear panel]. A valuable companion piece to journalist Brooks's famous 1895 memoir "Washington in ... Read More
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Cartwheels
by Burlingame, Roger
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. [good sound copy, light shelfwear, small bookseller's rubber-stamped name (Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach, Calif.) at bottom corner of front pastedown; the jacket is moderately edgeworn, with a few small nicks and light soiling, minor creasing, and a tiny hole worn through at the front hinge]. Subtitled (on the jacket only) "The Education of Dan... Read More
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High Thursday
by Burlingame, Roger
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good- dj. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [good sound copy, minimal shelfwear, faint spotting and light dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket has a handful of small edge-nicks, is scuffed on the front and rear panels, faded and scuffed along the spine, with a shallow chip at the top of the spine]. Novel set in the Bohemian/art world of New York City, centering... Read More
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![Editha's Burglar [*SIGNED* by "Baby Peggy"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/428/695/1520695428.0.l.jpg)
Editha's Burglar [*SIGNED* by "Baby Peggy"]
by Burnett, Frances H[odgson].
Boston: L.C. Page & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1925). Baby Peggy Edition. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [modest wear to spine extremities and lower corners; the jacket has a few small nicks at both ends of the spine, and some minor winkling across the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) SIGNED by "Baby Peggy" / Diana Serra Cary on the title page. Reprint of a Burnett short story (originally published in 1881 and... Read More
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This Heart, This Hunter [*SIGNED*]
by Burnett, Hallie Southgate
New York: Henry Holt and Company. Good+ in Fair dj. (c.1953). First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, slight fraying to cloth at top of spine, light soiling/browning to page edges; jacket worn/rubbed, dampstained at spine, a few small tears, several internal tape repairs, paper loss at top of spine (no loss of text)]. INSCRIBED ("for Swanie / whose encouragement was important. / With love") and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. "At seventeen, Felicia... Read More
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The Romantick Lady (Frances Hodgson Burnett): The Life Story of an Imagination
by Burnett, Vivian
New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [front hinge a little weak, but otherwise a good sound copy, with some spotting/foxing on the top edge of the text block; small vintage bookplate on the front pastedown]. (B&W plates) A biography of the author of the children's classics "The Secret Garden," "A Little Princess," and "Little Lord Fauntleroy," written several years after her death by the younger of... Read More
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The Silver Eagle
by Burnett, W.R.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/The Dial Press. Near Fine. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, but encased in a nice-looking facsimile reproduction of the original first edition jacket; see 2nd scanned image posted with this listing) [no significant wear apart from some rubbing to silver spine lettering at base of spine (title and author are bright and unblemished), light age-toning to edge of text block, attractive vintage bookseller's label (Satyr Book Shop, Hollywood and Los... Read More
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The Goodhues of Sinking Creek
by Burnett, W.R.
New York/London: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. (quarter cloth over paper-covered boards; no dust jacket) [modest overall wear, slight bumping/cracking to lower corners, faint tide mark along bottom edge of front cover]. (woodcut illustrations) Short novel (88 pages), set in rural Ohio in the years just preceding the Civil War, about an anti-Abolitionist family that has a run-in with a game warden that escalates into murder and revenge. Originally published... Read More
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Nobody Lives Forever
by Burnett, W.R.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good dj. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. [light soiling to top and bottom edges of covers, flowery gift inscription (non-authorial) on ffep, bookplate on front pastedown; jacket is trimmed roughly 1/8"-1/4" along top and bottom edges, small stain at upper right corner of rear panel]. "The adventures of a big-time swindler, who starts a carefully organized campaign to swindle a rich, unworldly widow and becomes entangled in... Read More
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High Sierra
by Burnett, W.R.
New York/London: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+. 1940. 2nd printing. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of the first edition jacket; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [good sound copy, light shelfwear and minor external soiling, a touch of fading to the spine cloth]. Novel about an ex-convict, once a Public Enemy No. 1, who falls back into a life of crime, set primarily in a... Read More
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