The Thicket of Spring: Poems 1926-1969
by Bowles, Paul
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Olive cloth spine over tan paper-covered boards, under clear plastic jacket assumed to be original. Fine copy with no flaws; #78 of limited edition, signed by Bowles at colophon.
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The Thicket of Spring: Poems, 1926-1969
by Bowles, Paul
Black Sparrow Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by Author(s). #196 of an edition of 200 signed and numbered by Paul Bowles. Green cloth spine over paper-covered boards with paper label on spine, 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Minor rubbing to bottom edge of front board.
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Fort Victoria Letters 1846-1851 (Hudson's Bay Record Society, Volume XXXII)
by Bowsfield, Hartwell; Ormsby, Margaret A. (eds)
Winnipeg: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1979. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x1x11. Full black cloth with gilt lettering & decoration under typographic dust jacket, folding map at rear. No flaws found. This has neither a number of the limited edition nor an ISBN (although "ISBN" is printed.) Out of series. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime
by Boyle, Tish
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002-09-18. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x1x9. Lovely copy, 390 pp. of delicious recipes & color photography. Includes index. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me
by Bradbury, Ray
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 10x7x0. Signed by Author(s). Fine unread copy (previous dealer's overstock.) Signed, name only, to half-title page. Hardcover, grey paper-covered boards with darker grey cat decorations to front board, spine lettered in black, 10-1/4" tall, unpaginated, illustrated with photographs (more cats!) Poems from the science fiction author, which maintain that touch of nostalgia that runs through so much of his stories.
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Bradbury: Illustrated Life, a Journey to Far Metaphor [Special Signed Edition]
by [Bradbury, Ray] Weist, Jerry
William Morrow & Co, 2002. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x11. Signed. Indigo boards under illustrated dust jacket priced at $34.95. "Special Signed Edition" bookplate with Ray Bradbury's signature affixed to half-title, this is #4 of 250. Some minor wrinkling to edges of DJ & laminate. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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A Chapbook for Burnt-out Priests, Rabbis, and Ministers
by Bradbury, Ray
Cemetery Dance, 2001-02-01. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. New old stock" (new copies acquired from a defunct bookstore.) Multiple copies available at time of entry. Mostly poetry, mostly spiritually-inclined, this is an unusual collection by one of the great science fiction writers.
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The Flying Hockey Stick
by Bradfield, Jolly Roger
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First edition, second printing, pictorial cloth, 4to, not paginated, illustrated throughout; boards are quite edge worn, specifically to head and tail of spine and corners, rubbed in places. A very fun vintage copy.
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Flags of Our Fathers
by Bradley, James; Powers, Ron
The Easton Press, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine. Full blue leather binding, raised bands to spine, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon page marker. Owner's EP bookplate affixed, else fine. Notes laid in.
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The Maenads
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Berkeley: Friends of Darkover, 1978. Like New. Grey wraps printed in red & black, 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". From the estate of the printer, Charles Garvin. This copy is not bound: it is the sheets within the cover, presumably awaiting a stapler.
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A Gentleman from Mississippi: A Novel Founded on the Popular Play of the Same Title.
by Brady, William A.; Grismer, Joseph R; Wise, Thomas A.; Rhodes, Harrison
J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover, full blue cloth with white and black lettering and decoration to front and spine, dust jacket with similar design to covers, 7-5/8†tall, 189 pp. + publisher’s ads, photographic plate illustrations. Very minor wear to spine ends, dust jacket missing bottom third of spine panel, small chips to top edge. The dust jacket flap describes this book only as “In big demand.†Starring a young Douglas Fairbanks, the play was a... Read More
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Little Tom of England
by Brandeis, Madeline
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Illustrated light blue cover boards, 8.5x5.5 inches, 159 pages, illustrated throughout with black and white pictures; slight edge wear to boards, otherwise a bright, clean copy that has maintained it's vivid color; head and tail of spine of dust jacket is rubbed. Aside from it's vintage allure, this volume has a disclaimer denoting it's compliance in printing, "under wartime conditions, in full compliance... Read More
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Windmills
by Brangwyn, Frank; Preston, Hayter
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Yellow cloth boards under orange dust jacket; printed endpapers; color plates by Frank Brangwyn. Ghost of tape mark on front endpaper; short closed tear & crease to top of front DJ panel. Previous bookseller wrote "fine copy" below price; we grade lower but it still really is a superb copy of a lovely book.
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The Bicycle Craze: Women and Bicycles in the 1800s
by Brann, William C
Portland, Oregon: OVO, 2016. Soft cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Second printing; 8vo, 40 pages, illustrated. As new.
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The Intimate Sketchbooks of Georges Braque
by Braque, Georges; Grohmann, Will; West, Rebecca; Tudal, Antoine
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Braque, Georges. This is the American edition of the French version which constituted a double number of Verve magazine, #31-32. Tan decorated paper-covered boards under orange dust jacket, folio, 157 pp. Wear to bottom of spine, edgewear and small chips to jacket, 1/2" chip at tail of spine panel. 20 color lithographic plates and the rest in heliogravure. Extra postage required for international shipping--6 pounds package weight.
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Out of Sorts
by Bridwell, Tom
Markesan: Pentagram Press, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. Purple yapped warps, string-bound, 9" tall. Minor wrinkling to top edge of cover, toning to rear cover.
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Smorgasbord and Scandinavian Cookery: Scandinavian Cookery for Americans (Expers' Choice Cook Books series.)
by Brobeck, Florence; Kjellberg, Monika
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Grey cloth boards under photo-illustrated dust jacket, 341 pp. including index. Wear to edges of jacket, still presents well, owner's name & date to half-title page. Includes basic recipes from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, but also has gourmet recipes, divided by country in the chapter "Specialties of Famous People and Places", with contributions from institutions like the Anglais Restaurant of Stockholm to people like Baroness Ellinor Giertta of... Read More
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Alice's Restaurant Cookbook
by Brock, Alice May; Guthrie, Arlo
Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed. Signed by both Arlo and Abe Guthrie on dust jacket. Laid in is an article from 1995 (which is when Abe dated his signature) stating that the pair would perform in Coos Bay, Oregon. Illustrated boards under matching dust jacket, 10-1/4" x 7-1/4", 148 pp. Rubbing and edgewear to DJ with a few small chips; book itself clean & solid, though missing the record. Third printing.
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Reminiscences of a Ranchman
by Bronson, Edgar Beecher
New York: The McClure Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full green cloth with gilt lettering, 7-3/4" x 5-1/4", 314 pp. Minor wear to extremities but a very well preserved copy of a Western classic. First edition, matching dates NAP. Graff 410, Adams 330, Howes B802, Rader 498.
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The Orchid Trilogy: The Military Orchid. A Mine of Serpents. The Goose Cathedral
by Brooke, [Bernard] Jocelyn
The Bodley Head, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bone, Stephen. Military (1951 2nd printing); Mine (1949 1st edition); Goose (1950 1st edition). All near fine in very good bright jackets, price-clipped, toning to spines. A lovely set that have probably been together since the 1950s. Semi-autobiographical novels that were later published by Penguin as "The Orchid Trilogy", although Anthony Powell in the introduction admitted they were only "loosely" a trilogy.
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Pickett's Charge and Other Poems
by Brooks, Fred Emerson
Boston, MA: Forbes & Company, 1903. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. 211 pages, author photograph in frontispiece; red cloth boards with white and gilt titling, three pages show some staining in margins not affecting textblock, gift inscription in front free end paper reads: "Compliments of the Season from Spillman Rigge, Gen'l Mgr Central Lyceum Bureau of Akron, Ohio. Christmas - 1903," front hinge starting, no dust jacket; contains many noteworthy Civil War poems.... Read More
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Selected Poems
by Brooks, Gwendolyn
Harper & Row, 1985. Paperback. Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. 20th printing, trade paperback with green covers, priced at $6.50. Inscribed "For Cynthia" by Gwendolyn Brooks and dated March 24, 1987.
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Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara)
by Brooks, Terry
Del Rey, 2010-08-24. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. Signed (name only) on title page by author. First printing with full number line; DJ priced at $27.00. 353 pp. + notes on author and type.
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The Skaar Invasion (The Fall of Shannara)
by Brooks, Terry
Del Rey, 2018-06-19. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. Signed by author (name only) on title page. First printing with full number line. Black boards under dust jacket illustrated by Mike Bryan, priced $28.00. Fine copy all around.
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The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara
by Brooks, Terry
Del Rey, 2014-07-08. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. Green boards under dust jacket illustrated by Bastien Lecouffe Deharme. First printing with full number line. Signed (name only) on title page by author.
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