All the Whiskey in Heaven. Selected Poems
by BERNSTEIN, Charles
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010. A fine copy. 8vo. 300 pages. Black boards; printed dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernstein on the title-page at the Zinc Bar, NYC, 3/28/2010.
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Le Venin
by BERNSTEIN, Henri (as "Henry" on the title)
Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1938. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Near fine save some light darkening to the sheets. 8vo. Later buckram, original printed wrappers bound in, untrimmed. First edition. Inscribed by Bernstein on the half-title to the dedicatee’s wife, the actress Patricia Patterson: “à la meilleure partenaire de Charles à la Marmanche Pat affecteuresment Henry Bernstein.” Patricia Patterson (1910-1978) made more than 20 films, including Charlie Chan Goes to Egypt. It was a case of love at... Read More
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Rodin
by BERRY, Emmanuel; Hélène PINET; Marie GUILLOT
Paris: Xavier Barral, 2016. A fine copy. Folio. 119 pages. Pictorial boards; printed board slipcase. FIRST EDITION, signed by Berry on the front free endpaper.
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The Alleged Conception
by BERTOLINO, James
Np: Granite, 1976. 8vo. [64] pp. Original printed wrappers. Soft vertical crease to wrappers and endleaves, lightly rubbed. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in 1977 on the front free endpaper by Bertolino: "in the hallowed bowels of Roger Wm's with vino et cheez, Jim Bertolino.
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A Ring of Bells: Selected for the Young
by BETJEMAN, John
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Hardbound. A very good copy in a price-clipped jacket. 8vo. Cloth; dust jacket. First American edition.
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The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood
by BEWICK, Thomas; AESOP
Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818. A very good copy, internally clean and fresh, joints restored and with some light wear to binding. 8vo. xxiv, 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf, the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt, marbled edges, by Whitehead and Sons, Leeds (with their ticket on pastedown). A handsome copy of Bewick's extensively and exquisitely illustrated fables. Roscoe 45.
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Harlem, U.S.A.
by BEY, Dawoud; Matthew S. Witkovsky (editor); Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (essay)
Chicago, New Haven and London: The Art Institute of Chicago / Yale University Press, 2012. First edition. A fine, fresh copy without marks or wear. 8.75 x 7.5 inches. 80 pages. 34 duotone reproductions (separations, printing and binding by Meridian Printing). Black cloth, white lettering; printed dust jacket. Signed by Dawoud Bey on the half-title. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, May 2 to September 9, 2012. The work originally was... Read More
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Joseph Beuys: Mapping The Legacy
by BEYS, Joseph; Gene Ray (editor)
New York: D.A.P. Ringling Museum, 2001. A fine copy. 10 x 7.5 inches. 224 pages. 90 color and black-and-white illustrations. Printed wrappers. Essays by Lukas Beckmann, Benjamin Buchloch, Mel Chin, Pamela Kort, Kim Levin, Peter Nisbet, Gene Ray, Max Reithmann and Joan Rothfuss. A distinguished group of critics, art historians and artists gathered at the Ringling Museum to take part in an international symposium on the legacy of Joseph Beuys.
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Le Penoquet Vert
by BIBESCO, Princess
Paris: Editions Jeanne Walter, 1929. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. A very good copy. 4to. Original beige wrappers, lettered in black and green, untrimmed; tissue dust wrapper (a trifle soiled on rear); in publisher's colorful board chemise and slipcase with leather spine label (slight wear at edges). One of 280 copies on vélin d'Arches (this copy unnumbered but inscribed by Jeanne Walter). Illustrated with colored lithographs by Jean Hugo. (BA).
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Presence and Absence. Versions from the Bible
by [BIBLE, in English] Reynolds PRICE, translator
Bloomfield Hills, MI and Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark, 1973. 8vo. Three unbound gatherings laid loose as issued in cloth folding case. Near-fine, slightest toning to case. FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 3 of 250 copies signed by the author from an edition of 300. Printed by A. Colish, Mount Vernon, New York.
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Shapes of Clay
by BIERCE, Ambrose
San Francisco: W. E. Wood, 1903. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Stains on seven pages from clippings once laid in, a marginal tear on a leaf from rough opening, slightly soiled on rear cover, front inner hinge tender. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Bierce. Original dark green cloth, gilt pictorial stamping and lettering, top edges gilt, others uncut; black cloth folding case. First edition, state 1 (BAL). This is the dedication copy to the designer of the binding, inscribed... Read More
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Max Bill
by BILL, Max; Eduard HÜTTINGER
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1977. A very good copy with a few marks at extremities; a few closed tears along top of dust jacket. 4to. 255 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A study of Max Bill's works up until 1977.
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The Mysterious Marbler
by BIRD & BULL PRESS – James SUMNER; Richard J. WOLFE (Introduction, notes, and paper samples)
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. One of approximately 250 copies (this is number 67). A fine, clean copy. 8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm). 68, [1, colophon] pages. 11 specimens tipped in. Original quarter blue morocco, marbled boards, edges untrimmed. In a cloth folding case. Printed on Hodginson B&B hand made paper with Times Roman types. The marbled samples and cover papers were made by Richard J. Wolfe. Bound by E. G. Parrott II. With the... Read More
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In Memory of Richard Blackwell, 1918 - 1980
by BLACKWELL, Nigel
New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. A fine copy. 8vo (8.75 x 5.5 inches). 29 pages. Original cloth-backed boards with gilt monograph on upper cover. First edition.
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Three Dreams and an Old Poem
by BLACKBURN, Paul
University Press at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, The Beau Fleuve Series, One, 1970. Pamphlet. Near-fine. 8vo. [7] pages. Printed wrappers. First edition, one of 1000 copies.
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Sing-Song [Caterpillar IV]
by BLACKBURN, Paul
New York: Caterpillar, 1967. Light toning at edges. 4to. 7 multilithed leaves. Stapled in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, second issue, one of 300 multilithed copies (100 mimeod copies were issued in 1966).
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The Enemies of Books
by BLADES, William
London: Trübner & Co, 1880. Second edition. A very good copy, some chipping to edges. 8vo (20.3 x 12.7 cm). Seven plates, including frontispiece, the fifth a woodburytype (cracked). Original printed wrappers, sheets untrimmed as issued (rebacked). In a cloth folding case. Provenance: Eliza Groves (presentation inscription from the author); Nathan Comfort Starr (armorial bookplate, signature dated December 1920 on front free endpaper). Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title: "Eliza Grove from her cousin William Blades." Webber: "The... Read More
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Figures
by BLALOCK, Lucas
Zolo Press, 2021. New, unopened in shrinkwrap. 195 x 283 mm. 128 pages. Wrappers. First edition. 500 copies. Photographs arranged by chance mathematical operations.
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Ross Bleckner
by BLECKNER, Ross (artist);Mary BOONE; Michael WERNER
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1987. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 11 x 9.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original wrappers; printed dust jacket. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Mary Boone Gallery in 1987.
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Ross Bleckner 6 April to 27 April 1991
by BLECKNER, Ross
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1991. First edition. Fine. 4to. 11 full-page reproductions of Bleckner's paintings. Original patterned cloth. Includes a list of exhibitions and a bibliography.
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Ross Bleckner
by BLECKNER, Ross (artist);Mary BOONE; Michael WERNER
New York: Mary Boone Gallery, 1983. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 11 x 9.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original wrappers. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Mary Boone Gallery in 1983.
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Addresses on the Occasion of the Opening of the Branch Building The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park The Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. May Tenth 1938
by BLUMENTHAL, George; Robert MOSES; Fiorello LAGUARGIA; and John D. ROCKEFELLER
New York: The Spiral Press for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938. 8vo. 27pp. Original vellum-backed boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies. Contains four addresses given at the occasion of the opening of the Cloisters by George Blumenthal, President of the Museum; Fiorello LaGuardia, mayor of New York City; Robert Moses, Commissioner of Parks of the City of New York; and the project's benefactor John. D. Rockefeller.
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Typographic Years. A Printer's Journey Through a Half Century 1925-1975
by BLUMENTHAL, Joseph
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. First edition, number 80 of 300 copies signed by Blumenthal. A fine copy. 8vo (23.5 x 15 cm). 153, [1] page. Profusely illustrated. Quarter crimson cloth, patterned paper boards; slipcase. Presentation copy, inscribed by Blumenthal in pencil on the half-title to Laura S. Young. Loosely inserted slip announcing regret that the slipcase had been made "slightly too small" and forwarding a replacement, and a sheet printed by the Kelly/Winterton Press, March 1983,... Read More
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Autograph letter signed twice, to "Bookfriends at The Hallen School", circa 1977-78
by BLUME, Judy
Written on the printed leaflet titled "Meet Judy Blume," 8 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches, black-and-white photo of Judy Blume on cover, listing Blume's books on the back, issued by Bradbury Press and E. P. Dutton & Co., the inner pages printing Blume's reminiscences on writing that she included as an epilogue in later editions of her book 'Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself.' Blume has written the text of her letter in the margins of the front and... Read More
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Ten Poems by Issa
by ISSA; Translated by Robert BLY
East Montpelier, VT: Heaven and Earth Publishing, 2005. Small 8vo. [30] pages. 10 full-page illustrations by Arthur Okamura. Stapled as issued in original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING BY BLY on the title. Bly's simple abstract sketch evokes a bird, or fish, surrounding the text on the title-page.
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