Fizzles
by Beckett, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, 1976. First edition. Black cloth, fine, dust jacket spine faded. Contains Fizzles 1-8.
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Malone Meurt - Oh Les Beaux Jours
by Beckett, Samuel
Editions Rombaldi, 1975. Nobel Prize edition. IIllustrations by Avigdor Arikha. Including "la Vie et l'Oeuvre de Samuel Beckett by John Montague. With Introductions by Dr. Kjell Stromberg (on the presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Beckett) and the Speech at the Ceremony of Presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Beckett, by M. Karl Ragnar Gierow. With cover design by Picasso (common to the series). FIne.
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Nouvelles et Textes pour rien
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1955. First edition. Original wrappers, unopened, a fine copy. Copy 7 of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, which, with five hors commerce, comprise the édition originale.
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All That Fall
by Beckett, Samuel
New York: Grove Press, 1957. First American edition. Grey cloth, fine, in lightly worn dust jacket. Davis 57A4.
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Collection of five autograph letters signed
by Bedouin, Jean-Louis
1969. Five autograph letters signed. 11 pp. To Stephen Schwartz, editor of the surrealist review Antinarcissus, on activities of the French and American surrealist groups and the BLS, Magloire-Saint-Aude. Excellent content. With a letter from Alberto Maera.
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Vingt ans de surréalisme, 1939-1959
by Bédouin, Jean-Louis
Paris: Denoël, 1961. First edition. Wrappers, slight wear, unopened copy. 325 pages, illustrated. 21 cm. One of 25 copies on Alfa d'Avignon paper (including 5 h.c.).
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Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentleman
by Beerbohm,Max
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Second issue, with "and Co." on the spine. Wear to the ends of the spine and the corners,covers slightly marked, gilt bright.
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Observations
by Beerbohm, Max
London: Heinemann, 1926. First edition. Beerbohm, Max. Original green cloth, binding dampmarked, otherwise a very good copy. One of 280 signed copies, containing, in a pocket on the rear endpaper, an additional signed print.
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Mantras
by Bellegarde,Claude
[Paris: Editions de Poche, 1975. One of 130 numbered and signed. Bellegarde,Claude. Magnetic jigsaw-puzzle-like object, with colored tapes, in printed plastic cover as issued.11-1/2 in. x 11-1/2 in. Fine condition.
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All the Material Facts in the History of Epidemic Cholera:; A report of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to the Board of Health
by Bell, John ; and D. Francis Condie
Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1832. Second edition, enlarged and improved. Original cloth backed printed boards, 188 pp. Light foxing and browning; very good copy.
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Things We Dreamt We Died For
by Bell, Marvin
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1966. First edition. Bell's first book (preceded by a single chapbook), one of 270 copies, all on Arches paper, original grey cloth, not issued in dust jacket, spine slightly faded. Inscribed presentation copy from Bell to the poet and novelist James Schevill. The first poet laureate of Iowa, Bell served in the U.S. Army in 1964-65.
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Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories
by Bellow, Saul
New York: Harper, 1984. Blue cloth. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed and signed.
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Pervoe svidanie
by Bely, Andrey
Peterburg: Alkonost, 1921. First edition. Original wrappers, 69 pp. A very good copy, hinges split. Contemporary inscription on title page. One of an edition of 3000 copies; a Berlin edition appeared the following year. "Of all this great writer's works, it remains the one whose artistic merit and value are unassailed. Some critics even place it among the finest achievements of twentieth-century Russian poetry...[it] can also be appreciated as a compendium of Bely's lifework in literature " Gerald Janacek,... Read More
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Écrire sur Tamara
by Bénabou, Marcel
Paris: PUF, 2002. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Wrappers, fine. 20x13 cm.
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Voies de Vieux Temps
by Benabou,Marcel; Dubosc, Isabelle
Paris: L'Inattendu, 1976. First edition. Dubosc, Isabelle. Unbound in wrapper, 12 leaves, printed rectos only. Copy number 11 of 25. Black on white. "Mis en page illustré imprimé par I. Dubosc", Fine condition.
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Two autograph letters signed to Stephen Schwartz
by Benayoun, Robert
1975. Gives permission to translate his work, agrees to write for Coppola's City magazine, discussion of movies: "Godard films don't hold. Breathless [is] anachronistic crap. [They] were so modish that they don't even belong to the time capsule." On the non-activity among surrealists, his own films "The critics said I was the only real son of Bunuel, which was being very mean to Juan Luis Bunuel and Carlos Saura...I've been asked to do a 6-hour movie on Bunuel...[he] is... Read More
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My Ten Years in a Quandary and How they Grew
by Benchley, Robert
New York: Harper, 1936. First edition. Original green cloth, very good, in lightly worn price -clipped dust jacket, chipped at the top (supplied from another copy). Inscribed "For Madeleine, among other reasons, because she lent class to this book by reading it aloud. Uncle Bob Benchley with love, (and a fur-bearing pen). September 30, 1936". There are a few pencil marks in the Table of Contents, probably marking the pieces that Madeleine Carroll (for she was the presentee) read.... Read More
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Cinemania
by Bennett, Alfred Gordon
London: Jarrolds, 1937. First edition. Cloth, slight lean; very good copy in lightly edge-worn dust jacket.
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Original manuscripts of two musical compositions
by Benoîst-Méchin, Jacques; [Joyce, James]; Claudel, Paul
Paris, 1925. 1, "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages, musical partition, in red and black ink, with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2, "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages, musical partition, in pencil, with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm.... Read More
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New York, New York
by Berenholz, Richard
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. First edition. Folio, cloth in dust jacket. Fine in publisher's numbered shipping carton. One of 5000, numbered and signed, with an additional signed print. (Extra shipping charge).
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Hymns of St. Bridget
by Berkson, Bill; and O'Hara, Frank
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974. First edition. Rivers, Larry. Wrappers, stapled. Cover design by Larry Rivers. Fine.
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Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
by Berlin, Lucia
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations.
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Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
by Berlin, Lucia
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations. Contemporary inscription from the author.
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A Country of My Own. Letters from Mexico. Illustrated by Daniel González
by Berlin, Lucia
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 2019. First edition. Cloth backed boards, new. One of 125 copies.
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Balthus, dessins et aquarelles
by Balthus; Galerie Claude Bernard
Paris: Galerie Claude Bernard, 1971. 1 v. (chiefly illus. (part col.)) 28 cm. Exhibition catalog.
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