Mal Vu Mal Dit
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1981. 8vo. 76, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. Tiny penmark and one small nick to glassine, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 42 of 99 copies from an edition of 114 copies (there were 15 hors commerce) on Alfamousse, publisher's numbered limitation ticket.
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quoi où
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1983. 12mo. 20, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 57 of 99 copies on Vélin d'Arches (there were also an unspecified number of hors commerce copies), publisher's numbered limitation ticket.
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Compagnie
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980. 8vo. 87, [5] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. Front panel of glassine with tear at head, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 87 of 99 copies from an edition of 106 (there were 7 hors commerce) on Alfamousse, publisher's numbered limitation ticket.
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solo suivi de catastrophe
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982. 12mo. 31, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 61 of 99 copies on Vélin d'Arches (there were also an unspecified number of hors commerce copies), publisher's numbered limitation ticket.
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imagination morte imaginez
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1965. 8vo. 18, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened. Slightest soiling to wrappers, near-fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 52 of 450 copies on Rives from an edition of 612 (there were 50 hors commerce and 112 reserved for the publisher).
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Premier Amour
by BECKETT, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970. 12mo. 56, [1]. Original white printed wrappers. Fine. First trade edition.
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Catalogue of Another Exhibition of Caricatures of Max Beerbohm
by [BEERBOHM, Max]
London: Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, 1923. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Some marginal pencil markings and a few words. Fine condition. 12mo. 20 pages (including advertisements). Original gray wrappers, printed in black. Apparently one of the "first hundred" copies (of 2000) with the text of the offending Royal Family cartoons. Riewald 512. (BA).
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Autograph manuscript signed of the 'Seven Men' story "James Pethel
by BEERBOHM, Max
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 15 pages, folio (13 x 8 inches), in ink on rectos only, heavy tan paper (slightly toned), tied at extreme upper left corner (first and least leaves loose); in a tan half-morocco slipcase (a bit scuffed). The manuscript in very good condition. From the Beerbohm collection of the actor and director Robert Montgomery. On the verso of the first leaf Beerbohm has made three pencil sketches of James Pethel which he has crossed out.... Read More
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Observations
by BEERBOHM, Max
London: Heinemann, 1926. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine darkened with ends slightly frayed, other small wear marks. 4to. Fifty-one caricatures reproduced in black and white, with a color frontispiece, mounted on heavy gray paper; with the additional plate (autographed "Max") in pocket at rear cover as issued. With a long prose dedication to Edmund Gosse. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. First edition, one of 280 copies numbered and signed by Beerbohm (this is... Read More
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Map of New York and Vicinity
by BEERS, Frederick W.
New York: Beers, Ellis & Soule, 1867. Hand-colored engraved map by Worley & Bracher, printed by James McGuigan, 30 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches. Mounted on linen. Two small separations along joints, generally a fine and attractive example. A fine map showing New York City at center, extending east to Queens and Suffolk Counties, and west through New Jersey to eastern Pennsylvania (including Bucks County). The northernmost counties shown are sections of Sullivan, Ulster and Dutchess in New York,... Read More
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Madeline and the Bad Hat
by BEMELMANS, Ludwig
New York: Viking Press, 1957. A very good copy, one tape repair at top of spine, a few chips/nicks along edges, but generally clean and bright. Folio. Original red cloth; pictorial dust jacket. FIRST TRADE EDITION, first printing (there was a signed, imited edition of 885 copies published the previous year).
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Autograph letter signed ("SVB") to his mother in Westtown, Pennsylvania; written from New York, the original hand-addressed and stamped envelope postmarked 10 March 1940
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 14 pages, small 8vo (6 ¾ × 5 ½ inches), in blue ink on both sides of seven sheets of his personal stationery with his name and address printed in blue on each sheet; the sheets with a horizontal fold, but in fine condition. Benet begins his letter with six lines of verse on the March weather in New York. He goes on to write about friends he has seen and the activities... Read More
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Of Space / Time and the River
by BENFORD, Gregory
New York: Cheap Street, 1991. 8vo. 68pp. Illustrations by Judy J. King-Rieniets. Original cloth; dust jacket; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE, letter 'K" of nine lettered copies signed of the "Collector's Edition" from an edition of 177. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the colophon.
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Paul Stephen Benjamin: Pure, Very, New
by BENJAMIN, Paul Stephen
New York: Marianne Boesky Gallery, 2019. First edition. New in shrinkwrap. 9 x 6.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original wrappers. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Marianne Boesky Gallery, in 2019.
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[Cover title:] A Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Original Manuscripts, and Historical Documents. Being Composed of James R. Osgood's Collection, and other valuable and desirable specimens..
by BENJAMIN, William Evarts
New York: Benjamin, 1886. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Front wrapper with loss affecting the pictorial illustration upper right, awkwardly tipped in [but now loose] to p. 23 is a 4-page prospectus by Benjamin for a de luxe edition of Longfellow. 8vo. 36 pages. Original light blue pictorial printed wrappers, untrimmed. A dealer's priced catalogue, offering mainly literary autographs. One can only drool at the availability of a good two-page Keats or Shelley letter for $50, an excellent... Read More
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A group of 15 catalogues issued by the New York City bookseller, New York, January 1885 - ca 1900
by BENJAMIN, William Evarts
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Wear at joints and some corners. Together in 2 volumes, 8vo and 4to. Blue half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, original printed wrappers bound in. One of Benjamin's own sets with extensive orders marked (some purchaser's names given) and a few other notes in six of the quarto catalogues. Comprises: 6 of the first 12 catalogues (nos. 1, 3, 5, unnumbered, 10 and 12), all 8vo; and 9 of the quarto... Read More
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[Cover title:] A Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Original Manuscripts, and Historical Documents. Being Composed of James R. Osgood's Collection, and other valuable and desirable specimens..
by BENJAMIN, William Evarts
New York: Benjamin, 1886. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Ends of spine lightly chipped. 8vo. 36 pages. Original light blue pictorial printed wrappers, untrimmed. A dealer's priced catalogue, offering mainly literary autographs. One can only drool at the availability of a good two-page Keats or Shelley letter for $50, an excellent Poe letter for $35, a 31-page Hawthorne manuscript of an "Our Old Home" sketch for $90. Not to mention the 790-pages of all seven of Emerson's 'Representative... Read More
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The Clayhanger Family
by BENNETT, Arnold
London: Methuen, 1925. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine faded, free endpapers with natural discoloration. 8vo. Original blue cloth, top edges gilt, unopened. First collected edition, one of 200 copies on india paper numbered and signed by the author (this is no. 170). Combines 'Clayhanger', 'Hilda Lessways', and 'These Twain'. The Estelle Doheny copy, with bookplate. (BA).
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A Memorial Keepsake: Paul A. Bennett, 1897-1966
by [TYPOPHILES] Paul A. BENNETT
New York: The Typophiles, 1966. Complete set of 62 pamphlets in original cloth slipcase. In fine condition. Including contributions by Peter Dorn, Fridolf Johnson, Warren Chappell, Bill Jackson, and Charles Antin. These are from fine private presses such as the Cherryburn Press, the Greenwood Press, the Creekside Press, the Mermaid Press, the Four Ducks Press, and the Stinehour Press.
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Concert Pitch
by BENSON, Theodora
New York: Macmillan, 1934. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Slight soiling to cloth, endleaves discolored; light foxing to jacket, spine slightly faded, some light edgewear, but a very good copy. 8vo. Original tan cloth, lettered in black; pictorial dust jacket. First American edition of this story of a young dancer who interrupts the relationship of a successful Vaudeville couple. Unobtrusive pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper.
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Goodtime Kings. Emerging African Pop
by BERGMAN, Bill
New York: Quill, 1985. A near-fine copy with some light shelfwear to the wrappers. 10 x 7 inches. 143 pages. Original printed wrappers. Includes profiles of King Sunny Adé, Fela Kuti, Prince Nico Mbarga, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, Franco, Orchestra Jazira, and many others.
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60 Years of Photography "The Discovering Eye
by BERKO, Ferenc (b. 1916)
Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1994. 4to. Black-and-white and color photographs. Original cloth; dust jacket. A near-fine copy, the jacket with slightest of shelfwear. FIRST EDITION. The Hungarian-born Berko was a pioneer of modern color photography, a photojournalist in pre-war Europe and India, and a renowned portraitist.
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Lush Life
by BERKSON, Bill
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1984. Small 4to. Original pictorial wrappers. Some minor soiling. FIRST EDITION, number 90 of 750 copies.
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Power: Epilogue in America
by BERLE, Adolf A.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. A near fine copy. 7.5 x 5 inches. 40 pages. Original patterned boards; original glassine wrappers. First edition. This limited edition is published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and the publisher.
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Studies for Sunsets
by BERNADET, Jean-Baptiste; Alex BACON
New York: Karma, 2014. A fine copy. 8vo. Blue cloth. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.
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