BAZIN, HERVE; JACQUES BLANCHET (BINDER)

La tete contre les Murs. (Signed Presentation Copy in 6-color inlaid leather)

Paris, Aux Editions Eliane Norberg. 1951, 1st. Full-Leather, Folio. Ill.: Robert Fonta. Numbered, Limited Edition, First edition thus. Signed, De Luxe limited edition. Sumptuous, full leather Artesian binding by Jacques Blanchet. From an edition of 202, number 72 of 180 printed on Velin d' Arches. Published Paris: Editions Eliane Norberg, 1951. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/4" x 2 7/8" thick, 302pp. illustrated with full page engraved plates and fine textual engravings from copper - all with tissue guards, and two leather engravings (cover and verso) in 6 colors by Robert Fonta. Full dark blue satin morocco over 1/4" thick boards with chamfered corners and leather inner hinges attached to thick, duplex flyleaves and gray leather pastedowns. Gilt block paneled titles on spine, top edges tinted blue with gilt embossed edge design stamped into the page block. Front cover and verso decorated with unique, six-color leather inset engravings by Fonta, Signed on the half title by the Bazin: "Hommage amical / de l'auteur / Herve Bazin." Presentation copy to his publisher, with a four paragraph, typewritten A.L.S. by his wife Jacqueline, mounted on free endpaper, in which she writes about the color leather engravings and their signification to the situation of Arthur, the unstable protagonist of the novel.."Cuir chagrin noir, dont la couleur evoque le triste bilan d'une vie de desequilibre." A novel of youth rebellion and a man's fractured life caught up in the penal system. The novel is semi-autobiographical, based on the author's own experience in mental hospitals from 1937-1940, and was made into the film "Head Against the Wall" in 1959. Binding signed in the leather in gilt by Jacques Blanchet. Encased in a custom, matching leather and felted slipcase that echoes the curve of the book. A beautiful, exquisite production. Minor rub to a few areas of the spine, else fine - binding tight, text and plates clean and bright, in a very good slipcase with some wear at the corners and edges. Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006892

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Inlaid_leather Juvenile Delinquency Blanchet Jacques Literary & Modern First Editions Robert Fonta

BEAL, CARL H.

RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GEOLOGY AND OIL POSSIBILITIES OF BAJA CALIFORIA, MEXICO The Geological Society of America Memoir 31

NY, The Geological Society of America. 1948, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1948. 8vo. x+138pp. illustrated with b/w plates, fold out map and large folding map in rear pocket. Blind embossed burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Fine, pristine copy with pristine maps. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009305

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Geology

DIX, BEAU AND SCOTT, MARK

The Chronicles of Krystonia

England, Mildonian Ltd. 1987, 1st. Hard, 8vo. Ill.: Newman, Mark. Illus, First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published England: Mildonian, 1987. Illus. color plates by Mark Newman. Very fine, as new copy in dj. Very Fine/Very Fine.

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Book number: 000944

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Dix Beau Chronicles Krystonia Fantasy Fiction Myth Newman, Mark

BECKEY, FRED

Mountains of North America

San Francisco, Sierra Club Books. 1982. (ISBN: 0871563207). Hard, Folio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1982. Folio, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4", 256pp. illustrated with full color photos. Royal blue cloth with silver titles, blue laid endpapers. Fine, as new, in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009371

Catalogue: Natural World and Nature

Keywords: 0871563207

BEEBE, WILLIAM

The Arcturus Adventure: An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition (Harper Nature Library)

NY, Harper. 1981, First Thus. (ISBN: 0060908467). Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition thus. soft cover. Published NY: Harper, 1981, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xix+439pp. illustrated. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008966

Catalogue: Nature

Keywords: 0060908467

BRYN YOUDS; EARL BEESLE

Susie Cooper: An Elegant Affair

NY, Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1996, 1st. (ISBN: 0500278881). Soft Cover, Folio. First American edition. Folio softcover. Published NY: Thames and Hudson, 1996, first printing. Folio wrappers, 10 1/2" x 14 3/4", 80pp. lavishly illustrated throughout with color and b/w plates. "One of the most profoundly inventive and varied achievements in twentieth-century design, the work of Susie Cooper holds up a mirror to the history of the decorative arts in this century, from the Art Deco twenties to the present day. Her life was one of exceptional creativity coupled with commercial success, recognized in 1987 in a major retrospective exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. It is now celebrated, shortly after her death at the age of ninety-two, by this magnificent, large-format presentation of her work, illustrated with superb colour photographs by Earl Beesley of all her most important pieces. The book is completed by invaluable documentation of her techniques, key patterns, shapes and stamps." Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009114

Catalogue: Architecture & Design

Keywords: Antiques & Collectibles 0500278881

BELGRAVE, LAURA

Quietly Dead

Johnson City, Tennessee, The Overmountain Press Silver Dagger Mysteries. 2001, 1st. Soft Cover, 8vo. Advance Reader's Copy (ARC), First Edition. Advanced Reading Copy Uncorrected Proof. Published TENN: Overmountain, 2001. 8vo. wrappers. As new. As New/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000392

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Belgrave Laura Quietly Dead First Edition Uncorrected Proof Mystery Crime

WANLESS, HAROLD R., RALPH L. BELKNAP AND HELEN FOSTER

PALEOZOIC AND MESOZOIC ROCKS OF GROS VENTRE, TETON, HOBACK AND SNAKE RIVER RANGES, WYOMING The Geological Society of America, Memoir 63

NY, The Geological Society of America. 1955, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Geological Society of America, 1955. 8vo. vii+90pp. plus 13pp. of plates, illustrated with tables, 8 fold out maps in rear pocket. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Fine, pristine copy, maps pristine. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009310

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Geology

BELL, CHARLES

Essays On The Anatomy Of Expression In Painting

Birmingham, Classics of Medicine Library. 1984, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition thus. Full leather. Published Birmingham: Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. 4to. 9 3/4" x 11 3/4", 186pp. illustrated. Reprint of the 1806 london first edition. Bound in gray cowhide with raised bands, gilt stamped cover design and titles, marbled endpapers, all edge gilting, gray ribbon marker sewn in. Previous owner bookplate on flyleeaf. Fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009851

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Medicine

BELL, LIEUT-COMMANDER A.C.

History of the Manchester Regiment, First and Second Battalions 1922-1948

Altringham, John Sherratt and Son. 1954, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth binding and dust jacket. Published Altringham: John Sherratt and Son, 1954, first printing. 8vo. xx+554pp. illustrated with b/w plates, maps, color frontis. Green cloth with silver and gilt tiles. Light foxing on front edge of page block. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 010302

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BELL, QUENTIN

Victorian Artists

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1967, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967, first printing. Small 4to. xiv+111pp. illustrated with 123 b/w plates. Black cloth with gilt titles. Name on flyleaf, flattened fold to upper corner of three pages of plate, else very good plus, clean, bright in very good dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009104

Catalogue: Art

BELLISIMO, LOU

The Bowler's Manual

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall. 1975. (ISBN: 0130804320). Soft Cover, 8vo. Third Edition. Softcover. Published Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1975. 8vo. wrappers, vii+134pp. illustrated with b/w photos. Fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010089

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 0130804320

BELLOC, HILAIRE

Robespierre. A Study. With a New Introduction

London, Nisbet & Co. 1927, First Thus. Hard, 8vo. Decorative, half bound leather, signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. First edition thus with a new introduction, text a reissue of the 1901 edition. Published London: Nisbet & Co. 1927, first printing. 8vo. decorated leather with raised bands, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting. Some scuff to the paper over boards, mild shelfwear, else very good, attractive copy. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 006961

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Sangorski & Sutcliffe England & Europe

BELLOW, SAUL

Dangling Man

London, Penguin. 1963, 1st. Soft Cover, 12mo. First edition thus, first printing of the first British paperback edition. Pages and covers tanned, mild wear at the heel and crown, half inch separation at the lower front cover joint, minor bumping to corners. Very good, tight copy, spine straight, uncreased. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000855

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Bellow Saul Dangling Man First Edition Penguin

BENINGFIELD, GORDON

Beningfield's Countryside

NY, Viking Press. 1980, 1st. (ISBN: 0670158151). Hard, 4to. Illus, First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1980. Square 4to. 9 1/4" x 9 3/4." 141pp. illus color, pictorial e.ps. Rural landscape watercolors. Very good in very good, bit frayed, price clipped dj. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000777

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Beningfeld Countryside First Edition Conservation Natural Resources Nature Environmental 0670158151