Martin and Meditations on the South Valley
by Baca, Jimmy Santiago
New York: New Directions, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. Introduction by Denise Levertov. Second Printing. Inscribed by Baca on the half-title. Near Fine. Wraps faintly toned. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean internally. The winner of the American Book Award in 1988.
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Black Mesa Poems
by Baca, Jimmy Santiago
New York: New Directions, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by Baca on the half-title. Near Fine. Wraps faintly toned and soiled. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean internally. Baca's follow-up collection to his award-winning Martin and Meditations on the South Valley.
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Thinner
by Bachman, Richard
New York: New American Library, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($12.95), rubbed, soiled at the edges and flaps. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean internally. An early trade copy of this Bachman/Stephen King horror thriller.
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The Garston Murder Case
by Bailey, H.C.
Garden City: The Crime Club Inc. / Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in an abut Near Fine jacket, clipped, toned, a few small chips at the edges, pencil on the back panel. Black cloth, bumped at the corners and head and foot of the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, faded red top stain, some rubbing to the red paper inside the front board. The first Mr. Clunk novel.
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The Red Castle Mystery
by Bailey, H.C.
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), lightly rubbed at the panels, some professional restoration at the head and foot of the spine. Black buckram, bumped at the bottom corner, with red ink lettering and design on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The second... Read More
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Little Reviews Anthology 1949
by Baker, Denys Val
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (10s 6d net) but crossed out in pencil, chipped and with some closed tears. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The fifth entry in this anthology series, featuring "In Country Sleep" from Dylan Thomas, "Seen from the Train" by C. Day Lewis, and other writing from Gwyn Jones, P.H. Newby, V.S. Pritchett,... Read More
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The Good Times
by Baker, Russell
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Presentation copy inscribed by editor Maryann Palumbo on the front endpaper. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95), faintly rubbed. Quarter maroon cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Baker's autobiography that covers "his striving and achieving twenties and thirties, and [the United States'] sunny years under Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.
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Literary Origins of Surrealism; A New Mysticism in French Poetry
by Balakian, Anna
New York: King's Crown Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped at the top edge but priced on the bottom ($2.75), generally toned and soiled, some chips and closed tears throughout. Pale purple cloth, faded at the spine and edges, with red ink lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, purple top stain, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Balakian's first book, advertised on the... Read More
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Roman Candle
by Baldrige, Letita
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Inscribed by Baldrige on the front endpaper. Near fine in a very good jacket, clipped, lightly worn at the edges and corners, foxed on the verso. Red buckram with patterned paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain. Baldrige's memoir about her time as the "ringmaster" at the Villa Taverna, the residence of the American Ambassador to Italy. Warmly inscribed by Baldrige with... Read More
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Going to Meet the Man
by Baldwin, James
New York: Dial Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly rubbed and bumped, some toning to the flaps. Quarter yellow cloth with yellow-brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a yellow topstain, soiled at the top edge, some foxing at the fore-edge, clean internally. Baldwin's first collection of short stories, including the much anthologized "Sonny's Blues.
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A Rap on Race
by Baldwin, James; Mead, Margaret
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good dust jacket, clipped, a few tears and chips, the largest being at the foot of the spine. Quarter red cloth with black paper on the boards, rubbing to the paper. Square and firmly bound, front endpaper with the bottom-right corner clipped, foxed and stained at the edges, clean otherwise. A transcript of the conversation between these two important 20th century figures about gender, race, justice,... Read More
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The Crystal World
by Ballard, J.G.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket, lightly toned. Black boards with white ink lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound with a green topstain, clean internally. Ballard's science fiction novel about a physician who ventures into the African jungle and discovers a world where everything turns to crystal.
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Dealing Out Death
by Ballard, W.T.
Washington Square: David McKay Company, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally rubbed, multiple chips, creases and tears, a few tape repairs. Grey buckram with blue and red ink panels on the spine, gilt lettering. Bound with a slight forward lean and some reading wear, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. A Bill Lennox novel.
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Portrait in Smoke
by Ballinger, Bill S.
New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally worn with chips at the edges, creases and short tears at the folds, moisture stains at the back panel. Black cloth, lightly bumped with red ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, seal not present, clean otherwise. Ballinger's Chicago-set novel of Danny April and his falling for femme... Read More
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In the Heat of the Night
by Ball, John
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good dust jacket, unclipped ($3.50), affixed to the boards. Black cloth. Square, bound with reading wear, scars from library sticker removal on the rear endpaper, some date stamps. A decently presenting ex-library copy of this classic crime novel adapted into the film of the same title starring Sidney Poirtier and Rod Steiger.
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The Art of James Bama
by Bama, James; Kelton, Elmer
New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Introduction by Peter Hassrick. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($60.00). Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Western Art of James Bama
by Bama, James; Ballantine, Ian
New York: Peacock Press | Bantam Books, 1980. Enlarged Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Introduction by Ian Ballantine. Very Good. Wraps with some toning and soiling, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Western Art of James Bama
by Bama, James; Ballantine, Ian
New York: Peacock Press | Bantam Books, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Introduction by Ian Ballantine. Very Good. Wraps with some toning and soiling, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Salt Eaters
by Bambara, Toni Cade
New York: Random House, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Bambara on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($9.95). Quarter red cloth with black paper on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Bambara's debut novel, one that "explores the narcissistic qualities of despair and the tremendous responsibility of being a well person.
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[Fashion Drawing Portfolio]
by Bangham, Edith
[Columbus], [n.d.]. Unbound. Good. A collection of early 20th-century fashion drawings from Edith Bangham of Madison, Wisconsin. Plates 1-4, 6-7, 9-17, 19-25 with 10 unnumbered plates, two of fabric. 32 plates total: 18 black-and-white, 14 in color. Seemingly the work of a fashion class with plates titled "Dress Adapted to Stout Figure" (with pencil notation "you do not print very well"), "Dress on Normal Figure" (with pencil notations "use more definite strokes" and "hands poor"), "Dress Adapted to... Read More
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A Song of Stone
by Banks, Iain M.
London: Abacus, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£16.99), bumped at the top-right corner. Black cloth, bumped at the top-right corner, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Raise: Essays Since 1965
by Baraka, Imamu Amiri
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), lightly rubbed at the back panel. Quarter yellow buckram with grey paper on the board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nice collection of Baraka's political and cultural writing.
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The Pastons; A Family in the Wars of the Roses
by Barber, Richard
London: Folio Society, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Edited by Richard Barber. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Grey cloth with red ink and gilt lettering and designs on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound with a red topstain, clean internally.
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Night Visions 4 [Four]
by Barker, Clive
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited and with an Introduction by Clive Barker. Limited to 500 copies signed by Barker and the contributors Dean R. Koontz, Edward Bryant, Robert R. McCammon, and illustrator Kevin Davies. Complete in a Near Fine example of the slipcase. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, ($18.95). Green leather with gilt ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An anthology of original horror from modern masters.... Read More
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A UFO Guide to Fate Magazine
by Barker, Gray
Clarksburg: Saucerian Press, Inc, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Card covers, soiled, faintly bumped. Firmly bound in a blue comb binding, clean internally. Barker's computer-generated index of UFO-related articles appearing in Fate, with sections organized chronologically, by subject, title, and location. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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