Little Known Towns of Spain
by Bailey, Vernon Howe
New York: William Helburn, Inc, 1926. Softcover. fair. Sm. folio. 16pp. of text followed by 67 pages of plates. Tan wrappers with illustrated dj. Three inches of backstrip on tail of spine of binding and dj missing. Dj on front almost completely split along spine. Bottom flaps of dj detached but present. Creasing to spine. Page edges untrimmed. Small bookplate of previous owner to front endpaper. Color frontispiece. Full page reprductions of water colors and sketches and drawings... Read More
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The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body
by Baillie, Matthew
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. XXVIII, 314, [2]pp. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of Baillie's famous work "The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body." When published in 1793, it was the first book on the subject in English, and the first to make the morbid anatomy a subject itself.... Read More
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Sport in Art [SIGNED with two ORIGINAL LETTERS]
by Baillie-Grohman, William A.
London: Ballantyne and Co, ND. Edition de Luxe. Hardcover. g. 1/25. Sm. folio. xxiii,422,[1],pp. Brown suede with gold-stamped illustration of medieval hunting scene, gold lettering on cover and spine. Age wear to binding. Two-inch split along head of spine on front board. Abrasions to parts of leather. Top edge gilt. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed. Ex-Libris of Harry Worcester Smith to inside of front board. Decorated endpapers. Sporadic foxing throughout. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Signature of author on... Read More
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Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved In Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London: Vol. I, 1108-1272; Vol. II, 1272-1307; Vol. III, 1307-1357; Vol. IV, 1357-1509 & Addenda: 1221-1435. 4-vol. set (Complete)
by Bain, Joseph (Edited by)
Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto (11 x 8"). lxxiii, [5], 676pp (Vol. 1); lx, [4], 713, [3]pp (Vol. 2); lxxi, [5], 608, [2], 2pp (Vol. 3); xliii, [5], 678, [2], 2pp (Vol. 4). Uncut and partly unopened. Original blind-stamped full cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Collection of documents pertaining to the history of Scotland from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and more precisely, from 1108,... Read More
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Reports of Explorations & Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable & Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, . . . in 1854-6. Volume VIII. General Report Upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes: Part I. Mammals
by Baird, Spencer F.
Wahington: A.O.P Nicholson, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. g. Large quarto. XLVIII, 757pp, 43 plates (XVII-XXVIII, XXX-LX). Original half leather over marbled paper covered boards. First part of a fascinating survey realised through the combined efforts of the topographical engineers and a sizable contingent of the country's foremost scientists. Not since Napoleon had taken his company of savants into Egypt, had the world seen such an assemblage of scientists and technicians marshaled under one banner! The first part of... Read More
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Fragments from France [WITH] More Fragments from France. Vol. I and II
by Bairnsfather, Bruce
London: The Bystander, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Quarto. 44, 48pp. Two original gray wrappers with green, respectively blue lettering and color cartoon pasted to each cover bound in three quarter black leather over pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Illustrated ads on inside and back covers. 'The Bystander' is a British weekly tabloid established in 1903. The weekly was particularly popular among British soldiers in the trenches of France during W.W.I for its 'Old... Read More
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Sydney and Melbourne
by Baker, Charles John
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xii, 237pp. Maroon cloth, gold lettering on spine. Complete title as follows: "Sidney and Melbourne; with the Remarks on the Present State and Future Prospects of New South Wales, and Practical Advise to Emigrants of Various Classes: to which is added, The Route Home from New South Wales via India, Egypt, &c. &c." Head, tail, and edges all rubbed and bumped. Sunning to spine and 1/2'" exterior... Read More
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Harvard Plays: The 47 Workshop (Third Series)
by Baker, George P. (editor)
New York: Brentano's, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. ix, 92 pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over gray paper-covered, illustrated boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece displaying captivating color reproduction of "Setting for 'The Crowsnest' Used by the 47 Workshop." Age wear and chipping to corners and spine of dj; rubbed. Dj in good, book in very good condition. Includes: "The Crowsnest" by Wm. F. Manley, "The Hard Heart" by M. A. Kister Jr., "Mis' Mercy"... Read More
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The Dignity of Man: Studies in the Persistence of an Idea
by Baker, Herschel
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xii, 365pp. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original price-clipped printed dust jacket. The author presents the history of the concept of human dignity. The work is divided in three sections and generally deals with philosophy, theology, and literature. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Top corners of leaves bumped throughout. Some staining on cloth. Head and tail... Read More
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Asian Art: The Second Hali Annual [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]
by Baker, Patricia; Alan Caiger-Smith; John Carswell; Roger Goepper; Robert Hillenbrand; Colin Mackenzie; Thomas Murray; Valrae Reynolds; John T. Wertime; Roderick Whitfield; Richard E. Wright (Text by)
London: Hali Publications Limited, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio. 224, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over blue cloth, with blind-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Half-title inscribed and signed by Thomas Murray (author of the article on page 55 titled "Demons & Deities: Masks of the Himalayas") to Fred and Stella (Krieger). Illustrated with hundreds of color photographic reproductions, this work is a remarkable survey of the fine and applied arts of Asia across a wide range... Read More
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
by Baker, Samuel W.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co, 1869. Fifth edition. Hardcover. g. Sm.8vo. xix. 414pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Beveled edges. Some chipping to head and tail of spine. Corners rubbed. Minor scuffing. "With the bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of The American Indians in Pasadena, California". A description of the 1861-1862 exploration of the upper Nile tributaries and compelling narrative on the natural history, topography, hunting,... Read More
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Exploration of The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia
by Baker, Sir Samuel
Hartford: O.D. Case & Co, 1868. First American edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto (9 x 6 1/4"). xx, [21]-624pp. Original burgundy pebbled cloth with gold lettering to spine. First edition of Baker's second account of the 1861-5 Nile expedition, "a classic of exploration and big game hunting" (Czech), elaborating on his previous book "The Albert N'yanza," published in 1867. "Exploration of The Nile Tributaries" describes the fourteen months Sir Samuel Baker spent exploring... Read More
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Ancient Judaism in its Hellenistic Context
by Bakhos, Carol (Ed.)
Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2005. First edition Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Quarto. vi, (1) 244 (3)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Journal for the Study of Judaism Vol. 95. Review of Books Ancient Judaism in Its Hellenistic Context. Edited by Carol Bakhos. (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 95). Library sticker at tail of spine. Library stamps on inside cover, bottom edge,... Read More
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Studia Semitica : Philologica Necnon Philosophica
by Bakos, Ioanni
Bratislava: Vydavatel'stvo Slovenskej Akadémie Vied, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 276pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over cloth. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Ribbon marker. Fascinating work by one of the most famous Slovakian orientalist, and profusely illustrated with numerous figures and b/w in-text and full-page photographic reproductions of ancient texts. Dustjacket chipped and worn on edges. Minor soiling on binding. Text in German, French and Czech. DJ in overall fair, binding in good, interior in very good condition.... Read More
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L’Oeuvre de Léon Bakst pour la Belle au Bois Dormant [SIGNED]
by Bakst, Léon; André Levinson (Preface by); Maurice de Brunoff (Ed.); Picasso
Paris: Maurice de Brunoff, 1922. Limited First edition. Paperback. g to g+. 1/500. Folio. [8], 21, [3]pp (text), 54 leaves (plates). Uncut. Original glassine on decorative and printed dust-jacket over blind wrappers. Book housed in its original decorative green paper covered slipcase, with gold lettering and decoration on spine and along joints. Raised bands. Limitation page signed by both Léon Bakst and Editor Maurice de Brunhoff. Color illustration pasted on title page. Stunning lithographic frontispiece portrait of Bakst... Read More
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The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst
by Bakst, Leon; Arséne Alexandre (Essay) Jean Cocteau (Notes); Harry Melvill (Transl.)
London: The Fine Art Society, 1913. First English edition. Hardcover. Good to fine condition. Folio. [8], 51pp. (text), 77 [1] leaves (plates). Uncut. Original gilt-stamped three-quarter vellum over decorative, paper-covered boards, with Bakst signature stamped to cover, gilt lettering on green leather label, and gilt ruling on spine. Top edge gilt. Mounted photogravure frontispiece portrait of Leon Bakst with his facsimile signature below gravure. Title page printed in red and black. Historiated head- and tailpieces after Bakst. Chapter... Read More
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Leon Bakst. 42 Tafeln und 7 Abbildungen (42 Plates and 7 Illustrations) Complete. Extra illustrated with Five Additional Plates
by Bakst, Léon; Carl Einstein (Introduction)
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.-G, 1927. First edition. Good- to fine condition.. 176/330. 41 (1)pp., 42 plates with printed tissue guards. Original quarter vellum over brown paper-covered boards with gilt vignette on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Title page with publisher's device and black double frame. Cover design by Lucian Zabel. With an introduction on Russian culture, the tradition of ballet and theater, set and costume design by Carl Einstein. Many of the plates with dates ranging from 1910... Read More
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Skizzen und Studien zur Geschichte der Juden in Polen
by Balaban, Dr. Majer
Berlin: Louis Lamm, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. vg to vg+. Octavo. 127pp. Rebound in light brown cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Title page with black border. Dedicated to his father Alexander Sussman Balaban. Majer Balaban is considered to be one of the outstanding historians of Polish and Galician Jews. Table of content: 1. Isaak Nachmanowiez, ein polnischer Jude des XVI. Jahrhunderts; 2. Die Portugiesen in Lemberg und Zamosc; 3. Die Steuerexekution (Historische Skizze); 4. Dichtung... Read More
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Dzielnica Zydowska, Jej Dzieje i Zabytki
by Balaban, Majer
Lwow: Nakladem Towarzystwa, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. g. 4to. 99pp. Original paper wrappers rebound in half cloth over red marble paper boards. Guide to the Jewish Quarter, its history and monuments. The author was a pioneer in the study of Polish-Jewish history in the early 20th century, a field neglected by the earlier generation of German scholars such as Heinrich Graetz. Includes numerous b/w illustrations. Text in Polish. Some creasing to leaves. Overall in good condition.
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Historja Zydów w Krakowie i na Kazimierzu 1304-1868. Vol 1 (bound in two books)
by Balaban, Majer
Krakow: Nadzieja, 1931. Third edition. Hardcover. fair. Quarto. XXXII 1-319, [320]-568pp. Volume One only, which is bound in two books. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. A foundational text in the academic study of Polish Jewish history. This work is a communal history of the Jews of Krakow from the 14th to the 19th century, written in the decades before the Nazis put a sudden end to it. Includes several charts and numerous duo-tone... Read More
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Zydzi Lwowscy na Przelomie XVI i XVII Wieku (The Jews of Lwow at the Turn of the 16th and 17th Century)
by Balaban, Majer
Lwow: Nakladem Funduszu Konkursowego imiena. Hip. Wawelberga, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Large octavo. (xxiii) 577pp. + 188pp (documents, tables and Index). Rebound in red cloth boards, with black lettering on a white label on the spine. The original wrappers bound in, and reinforced with japan tissue. The author helped found the study of Polish Jewish History in the early 20th century. Despite being home to the world's largest Jewish population, this field had largely been ignored by... Read More
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Die Judenstadt von Lublin
by Balaban, Majer (Text by); Karl Richard Henker (Illustrations by)
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 1/4"). 112pp. Original illustrated grey cloth, with dark blue lettering to front cover and spine. Book housed in its original illustrated cardboard slipcase. Frontispiece map of Lublin. Illustrated tailpieces. "Die Judenstadt von Lublin" (The Jewish Town of Lublin) was written by Majer Samuel Bałaban (1877-1942), one of the most outstanding historians of Polish and Galician Jews, and the founder of Polish Jewish... Read More
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Die Judenstadt von Lublin
by Balaban, Majer; Karlrich Henker
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. Hardcover. g. Inscribed by author. 8vo. 112pp. Illustrated red paper-covered boards. Fascinating history of the Jews of Lublin covering the 16th -18th centuries. The author was a founding figure in the study of Polish Jewish history, a field that had largely been ignored by an earlier generation of German scholars such as Heinrich Graetz. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of in-text drawings by Karlrich Henker. Text in German. Author's inscription on front free endpaper. Boards... Read More
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Die Judenstadt von Lublin
by Balaban, Majer
Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1919. Hardcover. g. Karlrich Henker. Ex-library. 8vo. 112pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Minor scuffing to binding. Handwritten library inventory sticker near tail of spine. Two paste-downs in Hebrew and small numbers written in blue ink on inside of front board. Small stamp with Hebrew lettering on free front endpaper and on margins of two pages inside. Frontispiece. Usual age toning to outer edges of pages. Fascinating history of the Jews of Lublin covering the 16th -18th... Read More
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Der Geist des Films
by Balázs, Béla
Halle: Verlag Wilhelm Knapp, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. VIII, 217, [3]pp. Original full cloth with red and blue lettering on front cover and white lettering on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Laid in, a typed letter written in Berlin on Mai 23, 1935, by Friedrich Hansler (?) who is suggesting this book to a friend. Scarce and fascinating work being a pioneer study by the world renowned Hungarian novelist and film theorist. Minor age wear with... Read More
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