BINDLOSS, HAROLD

By Right of Purchase

NY, Burt. 1908. Hard. Hard cover. Published NY: Burt (1908). 8vo. vi+345pp. Red linen cloth with red titles in block reverse. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009121

FOSTER, BIRKET & TAYLOR, TOM

Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. Engraved by the brothers Dalziel, with pictures in word by Tom Taylor. India Proof Edition.

London, George Routledge and Sons. 1881, 1st. Hard, Folio. Ill.: Foster, Birket. First edition thus. "New Edition: India Proof Edition, printed at hand press from the original wood blocks." Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, number 362. Full vellum and gilt. Published London: George Routledge and Sons, c1881. Folio, 11 3/4" x 15 3/4", unpaginated, 30 full page illustrations - lovely views of rural England, wood-engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with verses and poems by Tom Taylor, plus two Dalziel advertisement leaves and a colophon leaf of Camden Press. Bound in full vellum over beveled boards, with gilt and brown titles, gilt, brown and orange cover designs. Slight loss and rub at the heel, minor rub/soil to covers, else very good plus. Internally near fine, pages and plates, clean, bright with only light, occasional foxing. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008526

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Foster, Birket

BISHOP, ROBERT

American Folk Sculpture

NY, Dutton. 1983, 1st. (ISBN: 0525480609). Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. First paperback edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Dutton, 1983, first printing. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11", 392pp. 726 illustrations in b/w and full color. Flattened creasing to corner of a few pages, else near fine, clean, attractive. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010016

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0525480609

BISKIND, PETER

Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film

NY, Simon & Schuster. 2004, 1st. (ISBN: 068486259x). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004, first printing. 8vo. x+544pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Mild, uniforming toning to paper, small stain on edge of page block. Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010071

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: 068486259x

BISWAL, ASHOK

Mystic Monpas of Tawang Himalaya

New Delhi, Indus Publishing Company. 2006. (ISBN: 8173871949). Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, 2006. 8vo. 232pp. illustrated with full color plates and b/w reproductions. Burgundy cloth with white spine titles. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009904

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: 8173871949

BLACKMORE, R. D.

Lorna Doone

NY, Dodd Mead & Co. 1930, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: Mead Schaefer. First edition. Hard cover in original black cloth. Published NY: Dodd Mead & Co. 1930. thick, small 4to. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", 646pp. illustrated with 8 full color, full page plates by Mead Schaefer. Black cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial cover inlay, 2-color pictorial endpapers. Spine lettering dull, tips tender, small nick to the cloth, previous owner book plate on pastedown, mild toning to fore edges. Pages and plates clean and bright. Very good minus. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009859

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Mead Schaefer

BLADY, KEN

The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame

Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A. Carol Pub Group. 1988, 1st. (ISBN: 0933503873). Hard, 8vo. Illus, SIGNED First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NJ: Carol, 1988, first printing. 325 pp. illus. photos. Inscribed by the author on f.l. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 000384

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Blady Ken Jewish Boxers Hall Fame Signed First Edition Sports Boxing History Autographed Inscribed Profile Portraits Sketch Sport 0933503873

BLAINE, DAVID

Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic

NY, Villard Books. 2002, 1st. (ISBN: 0375505733). Hard, Small 4to. First edition. Hard cover in pictorial boards. Published NY: Villard Books, 2002. Small 4to. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", ix+214pp. lavishly illustrated with color and b/w photos. Light foxing on front edge of page block and half title. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009801

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: 0375505733

BLAKE, ROBIN

Anthony Van Dyck: A Life - 1599-1641

London, Constable. 1999, 1st. (ISBN: 009479720x). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Constable, 1999. 8vo. xii+435pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Near fine in near finr dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009584

Keywords: 009479720x

BLAKE, WILLIAM

Songs of Experience

London, Ernest Benn Limited. 1927, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition thus, reproduced in color from a copy in the British Museum. Published London: Ernest Benn, 1927, first printing. Large 8vo. 7 1/4" x 10", unpaginated, 27 pastel colored illustrations printed recto on beige parchment. Gilt decorated black cloth with gilt spine titles. Light wear at the spine ends and tips, else near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009120

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Poetry

BLAKE, WILLIAM; LINCOLN, ANDREW [EDITOR]

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 2)

Princeton, The William Blake Trust / Princeton University Press. 1991, 1st. (ISBN: 0691037906). Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. Trade softcover. Published Princeton: The William Blake Trust / Princeton University Press, 1991. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/4" x 11 3/4", 209pp. illustrated with full color plates, beige endpapers. "Songs of Innocence and of Experience, is now reproduced in paperback for the first time from the King's College, Cambridge copy--sometimes known as "Blake's own copy." The poems have been edited with introduction, notes, commentaries, and bibliography.". Very good, clean, unmarked. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010250

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions 0691037906

BLOCK, STEVE (ED.)

Views, Vol.III, No. I, Winter 1955

Louisville, Kentucky, University of Louisville. 1955, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published Louisville, Kentucky: University of Louisville, 1955. 8vo. wrappers, 80pp. illus. Includes James T. Farrell, G. Caliman Coxe. Splash stain to corner of front cover, else very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010058

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

BLUNT, JUDY

Breaking Clean

NY, Alfred a Knopf Inc. 2002, 1st. (ISBN: 0375401318). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 2002. Name label on end paper. Fine in fine dj. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000516

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Keywords: Blunt Judy Breaking Clean First Edition Ranchers Ranch Life Montana Biography 0375401318

BLYTH, R. H.

Haiku, in Four Volumes: Eastern Culture; Spring; Summer-Autumn; Autumn-Winter

Japan, The Hokuseido Press. Hard, 12mo. Complete four volume set. Hard covers in original dust jackets. Published Japan: The Hokuseido Press, various dates. Text in English. 12mo. 5 1/2" x 7 1/4", beige cloth with black spine and cover titles. Vol 1. Eastern Culture: xviii+422pp. 26 plates, fifteenth printing, 1967; Vol 2. Spring: v+382pp. 7 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, ninth printing, 1966; Vol 3: Summer-Autumn, xv+ 443pp. 13 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, tenth printing, 1966; Vol 4. Autumn-Winter: xliii+396pp. 18 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, fold-out time line of English and Japanese literatures, eighth printing, 1967. All volumes very good plus - clean, bright, unmarked and attractive; dust jackets very good, with light wear at spine ends, 1/2" closed tear at the flap fold of vol 1, small chip at top edge vol 2, short, closed tears along edges vol 3. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009915

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions

BOGNER, NORMAN

To Die in Provence

New York, New York, U.S.A. Forge. 1998, 1st. (ISBN: 0312866283). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Forge, 1998. Very fine in near very fine dj. Very Fine/Near Very Fine.

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Book number: 000967

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Keywords: Bogner Norman Die Provence Fiction Suspense France 0312866283