From the Left Bank: Reflections on the Modern French Theater and Novel
by Tom Bishop
New York: New York University Press, 1997. Very Good/Very Good. New York: New York University Press, 1997. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire and his wife with inscription "For Bill and Helene, these Paris pages in all friendship - Tom. NY 3/97." Octavo; 298pp. Photographic dust jacket over blue paper- and cloth-covered boards with copper lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with... Read More
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A Stretch of the River
by Richard Bissell
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); [6], 242pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($2.75). Boards full bound in peachy-beige cloth with maroon stamping on spine. Dust jacket lightly soiled and toned with minor scuffs, one minor tear to joint, and bumping to all margins. Verso lightly toned, mostly on spine. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped with minor soiling to covers... Read More
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I Hate the Yankees [Signed]
by John R. Bizzelle
New York: Vantage Press, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, 1971. First Edition. Signed by John Bizzelle with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 230 pp. Frontis. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in silver; light green endpapers. Dust jacket worn and chipped along edges with some mild wrinkling. Boards with mild shelfwear and slightly bowed through center. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.
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Day and Night Stories
by Algernon Blackwood
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1917. Very Good. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1917. First Edition. Octavo. 332pp. Original blue cloth; front stamped in blind; spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Light wear and bumping to edges; spine a touch faded; a couple minor stains. Binding sound. Armorial bookplate of Lily Antrobus to front pastedown; foxing to edges of text block; toning to endpapers; interior else unmarked; Very Good. Collects fifteen supernatural stories including "The Other Wing,"... Read More
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The Gaunt Woman
by John Blackburn
New York: M.S. Mill and William Morrow & Company, 1962. Very Good/Good. New York: M.S. Mill and William Morrow & Company, 1962. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket by Lydia Fruhauf retaining original price ($3.50); 191pp. Several long closed tears to jacket margins with subsequent creasing touching text without loss of meaning, general dust-soil, red lettering to jacket spine panel significantly faded, faint remainder rubber-stamps to top and bottom textblock edges,... Read More
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Kit and Kitty
by R.D. Blackmore
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. Very Good -. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; iv,456,[8]pp. Minor scuffing to cloth margins, spine rather significantly scuffed and front hinge weak, ex-contemporary circulation library with manuscript markings to front flyleaf, title page, and first leaf of text, light soil throughout textblock, brief paper flaws to all endpapers, else a Good to Very Good copy. Scarce American edition of Blackmore's melodrama... Read More
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The Double Agent: Essays in Craft and Elucidation
by R.P. [Richard] Blackmur
New York: Arrow Editions, 1935. Very Good +/Very Good -. New York: Arrow Editions, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 302pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; boards bound in navy cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket bumped and toned; spine scuffed. Boards bumped and scuffed at spine. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages toned. A Very Good or better copy of this collection of literary criticism.
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Two-page ALS from former Senator Henry W. Blair to Washington Times Editor Arthur Brisbane regarding Suffrage for Washington, DC
by [Arthur Brisbane] Henry W. Blair
Washington, DC: [n.p.], 1917. Very Good. Washington, DC: [n.p.], 1917. Two-page autographed letter signed on single sheet of Henry P. Blair's (son of the letter's author) office stationery. Light edgewear and toning; mail folds. Very Good. Henry W. Blair served as Senator from New Hampshire and here urges Brisbane to come interview him regarding Suffrage for the District of Columbia, a cause for which which he claims to have proposed a constitutional amendment in 1887. Blair says, "I... Read More
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric
by Hugh Blair
New-York: Richard Scott, 1814. Very Good. New-York: Richard Scott, 1814. 12mo (15cm); publisher's full sheep, black gilt-lettered spine label; 214pp. Leather a bit scuffed, scratched and dried, brief flaking of spine gilt, two redacted contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown and free endpaper, textblock uniformly browned, else a Very Good, sound example. Uncommon edition of this oft-reprinted abridgement of the Scottish clergyman's "Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.
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Dark Matter [Limited Edition, Signed by Clarcq]
by Blake Crouch; Hilary Clarcq [illus.]; Andy Weir [intro.]
N.p.: Suntup Editions, 2022. Fine/Fine. N.p.: Suntup Editions, 2022. First Suntup Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, publisher's cloth slipcase lettered in silver foil; 363pp.; frontispiece and six leaves of full color plates. A Fine copy, original promotional bookmark laid in. Signed by the illustrator on colophon in rear.
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Trouble on Thunder Mountain [Signed by Hoban and Blake]
by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake
London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Fine/Near Fine. [London]: Faber and Faber, [1999]. First Edition Stated. Small, slim quarto (22cm.); publisher's glossy paper-covered boards in matching dust jacket; 40pp.; full color illus. throughout. Just a hint of wear to jacket margins, else a Fine copy. Signed by both Hoban and Blake at head of title page.
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Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States till It Became an American Province
by Rufus Blanchard
Chicago: R. Blanchard, 1903. Very Good. Chicago: R. Blanchard, 1903. First Edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6"); 68p. Illustrated, with full-color fold-out map at back. Pebbled black/gray cloth with blindstamped border, beveled edges, and gilt lettering. Covers dusty and faded along edges, with fading to spine and some general scuffing and smudging. Front hinge cracked to about halfway down with spine starting to pull away from page block, but still secure at bottom half and back. Contemporary gift inscription... Read More
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Collection of Three Promotional Flyers
by El Teatro Blanquita
Mexico City: s.i., 1960. Very Good. Mexico City: s.i., ca. 1960s. Collection of three pictorial broadside flyers (21.5x33.5cm or the inverse), one printed in blue, the other two in blue ombré-ing into red. Previous folds, one flyer with a few closed tears affecting text and image without loss of meaning, stock uniformly toned, else Very Good. Three busy flyers promoting the busy theater founded in 1960 by Mexican actress and exotic dancer Margo Su, one of several venues... Read More
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! [Signed]
by William Peter Blatty
Doubleday & Company: Garden City, NY, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1963. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); [8],158pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small closed tears not approaching text, spine rather sunned as usual, else Very Good and sound overall. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. The author's second book, published eight years before The Exorcist (1971). ... Read More
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![Isis Unveiled: A Mastery-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology [Centenary Anniversary Edition; two volumes in one]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/325/762/1729762325.0.l.jpg)
Isis Unveiled: A Mastery-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology [Centenary Anniversary Edition; two volumes in one]
by H.P. Blavatsky
Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company, 1931. Very Good. Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company, 1931. Centenary Anniversary Edition. Octavo (22.7cm); publisher's red cloth with black rules and gilt lettering; [iv],[VI],[xlvi],708pp; portrait frontis and one fold-out. Lacks dust jacket. Boards ar square with light edgewear and some dulling to spine; ownership inscription of a C. Dodd Hammersley, Jr in Washington, D.C. dated 1962 in gold pen on front panel. Abrasion to front pastedown, likely from removed bookplate. Binding is sound... Read More
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Aliens in Transit
by Nancy Bless
Dayton: Nancy Bless, 1983. Near Fine. Dayton, OH: Dayton City Beautiful Council, 1983. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); 16pp. Publisher’s bright yellow wraps with black text; staple-bound. Black-and-white images throughout. Wraps clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Near Fine. Curious artist book that speculates about the presence of extraterrestrials in Dayton. As if Ohio would be their first stop. As of March 2026, we locate eight copies in... Read More
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The Angelic Avengers
by Pierre Andrezel [pseud. of Karen Blixen]
London: Putnam & Co Ltd, 1946. Very Good +/Good. London: Putnam & Co Ltd, 1946. First English Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 303pp. Boards in red cloth with gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket (10s. 6d.). Jacket generally rubbed, creased, and chipped at margins with toning and fading overall. Verso toned. Board corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, bottom shelfworn, with scuffing and scratching to page edges. Abrasion to first pastedown from erasure, otherwise... Read More
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Night-World
by Robert Bloch
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 160pp. Boards in black/blue cloth with silver stamping to spine in publisher's intact jacket ($4.95). Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with foxing to margins. Board corners and spine ends nudged with foxing to page edges and bottom margin of most pages. Review slip loosely laid in at front. A Very Good copy overall of Bloch's medical murder mystery,... Read More
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Cold Chills [Signed bookplate]
by Robert Bloch
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. Very Good+/Very Good+. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21 cm); 178pp. Boards in orange and black cloth with silver stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact jacket ($5.95). Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with small closed tears to top margin of back panel and rear flap. Verso toned. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped. Edges foxed but interior clean. A Very Good or better copy in like jacket.... Read More
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Ehrengraf for the Defense [Signed Limited Edition]
by Lawrence Block
Royal Oak, MI: ASAP, 1994. Near Fine. Royal Oak, MI: ASAP, 1994. Limited First Edition, numbered 249 of 250 and signed by Lawrence Block, intro. author Edward D. Hoch, and artist Phil Parks on limitation notice at front. Octavo; 167pp. Mounted photo frontis. Publisher's gray cloth with silver lettering and mounted illustrations to front and back, housed in clear acrylic slipcase. Boards are sturdy, square, and sharp, with slight nudging at head of spine. Binding is sound and... Read More
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The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep [Signed Limited Edition]
by Lawrence Block
New York: The Armchair Detective Library / Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Fine. New York: The Armchair Detective Library / Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Signed Limited Edition of 26 lettered copies, of which this K. Octavo (22 cm); ix; 198pp. Boards in maroon cloth with gilt stamping and decoration, printed illustration of author pasted at front cover. Housed in maroon cloth slipcase. Board corners and spine ends sharp, pages clean. Slipcase lightly scuffed and shelfworn. A Fine copy in... Read More
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![In The Midst of Death [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/431/1687431386.0.l.jpg)
In The Midst of Death [Signed Limited Edition]
by Lawrence Block
Delavan, WI: G & G Books, 1995. Near Fine/Near Fine. Delavan, WI: G & G Books, 1995. Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies, of which this is no. 291. Octavo (23 cm); 164pp. Boards bound in light blue-gray cloth with silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's pictorial jacket. Jacket gently bumped at spine ends with superficial scratches to front cover. Board corners and spine ends show light rubbing. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. ... Read More
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Commemorative Photo Album of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution
by [Photography - Eastern Europe / Soviet Bloc]
Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1968. Very Good. [Druskininkai, Lithuania?]: 1968. Large oblong folio (30x41.50cm.); commemorative postbound photo album of brown blind-embossed cloth; [29] grey card leaves to which are mounted 30 original photographs measuring ca.15x24cm (or the inverse) to 30x24cm, all captioned in neat manuscript Russian, though the opening statement on front pastedown in manuscript Lithuanian of the same hand. Corners a bit bumped, pastedown endpapers starting to peel from boards, light occasional soil to leaves, leaves cockled from exposure... Read More
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Histoire du Calendrier Romain, qui contient son origin & les divers changemens qui lui sont arrivez
by Francois Blondel
A La Haye: Arnout Leers, 1684. Good. A La Haye: Arnout Leers, 1684. 12mo; 19th-century dark brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine in five compartments; [2],400,[6]pp.; six leaves of tables (collated complete), steel-engraved emblems throughout text, including title page. Binding quite scuffed and worn along margins, joints cracked, rather large loss of spine leather, 20th-century ownership ex libris to front pastedown; a Good, rather unlovely copy, though contents remain clean and sound. The French... Read More
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Hints to Horsewomen
by Mrs. Harry Allbutt [Annie Blood-Smyth]
London: Horace Cox, 1893. Good. London: Horace Cox, n.d. but 1893. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); publisher's cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards printed in red, purple, and black; [4],81,[19](ads)pp.; photographic author portrait frontispiece, four leaves of half tone photographs, pictorial advertisements bound in rear. Boards quite rubbed and worn, upper cover a bit dampstained, rear joint starting to split and both hinges cracked; a Good copy of a scarce work. Riding manual by the equestrienne Annie Allbutt... Read More
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