The Puritan Strain
by Baldwin, Faith
Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brown cloth boards with black lettering & decoration under Baldridge illustrated dust jacket. Very clean copy; DJ is faded at spine with some rubbing to rear panel. Early reprint, from the plates of the first edition.
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Approaches: A Quarterly of Poems by Kentuckians. Volume 7, Issue 3, May 1971
by Bale, Joy; Scott, Alice; Baker, Prentice; Hall, Wade. [Griffin, Walter]
Elizabethtown, Kentucky: Approaches, 1971. Paperback. Very Good. Light bump to bottom corner. Uncommon publication. From the collection of Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford.
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The Pioneers of '49. A History of the Excursion of the society of California Pioneers of New England from Boston to the Leading Cities of the Golden State, April 10 - May 17, 1890, with Reminiscences and Descriptions
by Ball, Nicholas
Lee and Shepard, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full blue cloth with black & gilt lettering and decoration, blue clay-coated endpapers, illustrated with engravings throughout. Covers are clean & bright, top of spine is a little worn, one page gathering proud. Overall, an attractive copy. A fantastic concept: a bunch of 49ers who now live in New England decide (40 years later) to take a trip back to California. The trip would take over a month, and... Read More
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Epigrams on Men, Women, and Love
by Balzac, Honore de; LeClercq, Jacques (translator)
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Harris, Derrick. 62 pages, black and gold illustrations throughout; light shelf wear, especially at corners, covers lightly rubbed, previous owner's name stamped on front paste down endpaper, dust jacket with light shelf wear, tiny chip to top front edge, in protective mylar cover. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.
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Epigrams on Men, Women, and Love
by Balzac, Honore; LeClercq, Jacques (translator)
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6. Harris, Derrick. 62 pages, black and gold illustrations throughout; light shelf wear, especially at corners, dust jacket with light shelf wear, small chip out at top of front edge, in protective mylar cover. An attractive copy of one of the beautiful Peter Pauper Press vintage books.
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The Idiot at Home
by Bangs, John Kendrick
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Hardcover, full brown cloth with white lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 7" tall, 314 pp. + publisher's ads, illustrated by F.T. Richards, photographic potrait frontispiece. Minor bump to top corner of front cover with some flaking to white at that point, minor rubbing and toning to spine. Humorous stories, often with a moral lesson.
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Inside the Big O
by Barker, David
Long Beach: Nausea / Russ Haas Press, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. Tan wraps with "Welcome to Oregon" sign on front cover, stapled, 8vo, 30 pp. Barker was founder of the Rumba Train Press in Salem, Oreogn.
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Nantucket Genesis: The Tale of My Tribe
by Barnard, Mary
Portland, Oregon: Breitenbush Books, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. First edition stated, trade paperback with white covers, 9" tall, 78 pp. No flaws to note. A genealogical verse memoir from the poet/translator, written after her return to the Pacific Northwest.
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Nantucket Genesis: The Tale of My Tribe
by Barnard, Mary
Portland, Oregon: Breitenbush Books, 1989. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black cloth under white dust jacket, family tree endpapers, 78 pp. + colophon. Fine in all regards. First edition stated, with number line 2-9 following.
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Antiquities of India. An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hindustan. With Numerous Illustrations and a Map
by Barnett, Lionel
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Very Good. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration, color frontispiece, photo plates, folding map, 306 pp. Gift inscription from 1920 on front endpaper, bookseller's label (Fred M. DeWitt of Oakland) to fep; main flaw is quote from Max Miller written to verso of title page.
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Old Enchantment
by Barretto, Larry
John Day, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Full red cloth with gilt lettering & decoration under F.E. Warren-designed dust jacket priced at $2.00. Small bump to top corner of book, minor loss to spine ends of DJ. The old generation vs. the new world.
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Children of Pleasure
by Barretto, Larry
Farrar and Rinehart, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dull red cloth boards with yellow writing, red front endpapers with blurb, 311 pp. First edition, NAP. Brown illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.00. Minor toning to spine panel of jacket, a couple of short closed tears to top edge. Excellent fashion cover of the smart set. "The gay rich train for poverty.
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To Babylon
by Barretto, Larry
Little, Brown and Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. des Rosiers, Leon Louis. Brown cloth boards with black lettering & decoration under Leon Louis des Rosiers illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.00. First edition, NAP, matching dates. Moderate spine slant to book, DJ has some rubbing and a few small chips, but has a lovely wrap-around panorama of New York City. Small-town architect wants to make it big in NYC.
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A Window in Thrums
by Barrie, J. M
Donohue, Henneberry & Co, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Small volume in blue cloth decorated in silver, 6" x 4-1/4", 183 pages. Wear at extremities, silver stamping a little rubbed, bookplate and stamped name in front endpapers. One of the Handy Volume Classics offered by this publisher circa 1895.
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Come Back, Dr. Caligari
by Barthelme, Donald
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine under Milton Glaser designed dust jacket. DJ flap is clipped, slight wear. 1st UK printing.
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Columna Cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto Dicata.
by Bartoli, Pietro Santi.
New leather spine and corners over older cloth-covered boards, hinges reinforced, bookplate of William Howard, Hartley House, Devon. Very good condition, nice & solid, toning & foxing toward edges of pages, images are clear & sharp. Engraved title page, dedication page, plates 1-77, title page for Stylobates Columnae Antoninae, Tab. I-III. Complete.> A detailed view of the monument celebrating the victories of Marcus Aurelius against the Barbarians, which has a spiral relief carving showing his life and reign. Because the colulmn... Read More
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The View from Pompey's Head
by Basso, Hamilton
Doubleday & Company, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated. Full beige cloth binding under red pictorial dust jacket, 8-1/2" x 5-3/4", 409 pp. Only real flaw to book is sticker pull to front endpaper; minor toning to endpapers; light edgewear & rubbing to DJ. Overall, a tight, square copy that presents very well. Basso's best-selling (40 weeks on the bestseller list) novel. "Its tale of a lawyer defending a black man is a direct precursor of,... Read More
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Wayside Sowing: An illustrated story of the work in Mukojima, Tokyo
by Bauernfeind, Susan M
The Women's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Photo of author dated 1914, this was probably published 1915-1925. Hardcover, blue paper-covered spine over woodgrain paper covered baords with Japanese painting style decoration, blue endpapers, 7-3/4" tall, 123 pp., tipped-in b/w photos showing some of the converted Japanese, the grounds, and a few missionaries. An outsider's view of Japan, largely concerning the mission and its converts.
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Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration [Deluxe Edition]
by Peter Glassman (ed); [L. Frank Baum]
HarperCollins / Books of Wonder, 2000-10-03. First Edition. hardcover. Fine. 8x0x11. Full green cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine, color paper onlay to front cover, housed in matching slipcase. Limited edition of 300 copies, of which this is #49. Signed by thirty contributors including the Dillons, Lloyd Alexander, Maurice Sendak, Madeleine L'Engle, Jerry Pinkney, Trina Schart Hyman, Peter Sis, Eric Carle, etc. Exhibition invitation laid in. Very minor fading to slipcase. A spectacular celebration of Oz, showcasing... Read More
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Balti: the Complete Cookbook (Specialty Kitchen series)
by Baxter, Lynette
Greenwich Editions,U.S, 1998. paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Trade paperback, 250 pp. A nice & clean copy. A great introduction to lots of standard recipes from Pakistan.
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Lieutenant Ralph Osborn Aboard a Torpedo Boat Destroyer
by Beach, Commander Edward L
Boston: W.A. Wilde Company, 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Merrill, Frank T. Green pictorial cloth, 12 mo, 342 pages; boards are mottled in places and edge worn, inscription on front free end paper dated 1912, text is clean with no markings, binding is sound; no dust jacket.
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A Stranger's Shoes
by Beach, Marcus
n.p, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Typography & illustration by Clyde Van Cleve, Binding supervised by Rudolph Ernst. Fine copy in lightly toned dust jacket. A fine press book and early effort by Clyde Van Cleve, who studied under Lloyd Reynolds, taught at Reed College, and was an influential designer in the Pacific Northwest for many years.
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James Beard's Treasury of Outdoor Cooking
by Beard, James; Helen Federico (illus); John Stewart (photo)
New York: Ridge Press Book / Golden Press, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Federico, Helen. Orange boards with yellow sun under photographic dust jacket, 4to, 282 pp. + credits. In addition to James Beard's excellent recipes, this fun cookbook features mid-century modern illustrations and photography in private luxury homes & grounds (such as the homes of Helena Rubinstein, Mrs. Sloan Wilson, Mrs. Joshua Logan, etc.) Lovely condition, no real flaws to note.
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Cook It Outdoors
by Beard, James
New York: M. Barrows and Company, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Salter, Stephan. Sea green cloth boards under yellow & red illustrated dust jacket, duotone plates of barbecue construction, 200 pp. Minor edgewear to DJ, generally clean and bright. 11th printing 1953. Originally printed in 1941, this is the second book by James Beard. Born in Portland, Oregon, James Beard was an accomplished chef but was famous for his books, most of which concentrate on American cookery, and America's... Read More
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Paris Cuisine
by Beard, James A.; Watt, Alexander
Little, Brown and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Bobri, Vladimir. Grey cloth covers stamped in blue, gilt, and red under black dust jacket priced at $5.00. Slight wear to DJ. The only flaw to the book is a paste stain to the verso of the free front endpaper, where a previous owner probably had a bookplate. Second printing. A lovely copy of an early & attractive Beard title.
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