Robert Bloomfield

Poems of Robert Bloomfield, the Farmer's Boy

London, John van Voorst, 1845. Leather. 269p. FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING. A small hardcover book prettily bound in full dark green leather with ornate gilt detailing on the boards and spine. Gilt foredges and dentelles, and lovely patterned endpapers. Edges of boards and spine are lightly chafed. Blank endpapers foxed, most heavily on the ones in back. Very faint tanning in margins, but otherwise, text unmarked and binding secure. An attractive, sturdy volume of poetry from the mid-19th century! Illustrated with small black and white engravings. Measures approx. 6.5" x 4.25.

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Thomas Blues

Mark Twain & the Community

Lexington, The University Press of Kentucky, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 84p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. .

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Guy Boas, ed

An English Book of Light Verse

London, Macmillan, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 300p. Blue cloth. A clean, tight hardcover book in very good condition. .

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Buchzahl: 1241244

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Carl Bode, comp

The Young Mencken: The Best of His Work

New York, The Dial Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 576p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a few tiny worn spots, but is otherwise intact. Collected early writings of H.L. Mencken. .

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Maxwell Bodenheim

My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village

Bridgehead Books, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 255p. A light blue hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges heavily rubbed, head of spine chipped with loss of the top 1/2 inch of cloth, numerous circular stains on front and back cover, and owner's bookpate inside. Text itself is clean and pages are securely bound. The posthumously published memoir of Jazz Age poet Maxwell Bodenheim. .

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Luciano Duran Boger

Sangre En la Esmeralda

San Francisco, Editorial Universitaria, 1972. Paperback. 161p. Red cover. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover worn otherwise pages clean and tight. A novel with text in Spanish. .

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Marguerite Clement; William Pene Du Bois, ill

In France

New York, Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. 151p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in very good condition. There are library markings on the spine, the title page and bottom edges of the pages. The top and bottom edges of the spine and the bottom edge of the front cover are all frayed. There are remnants of a large 'X' in pencil on the front endpaper and a bookplate on another title page indicates the book's distribution as part of the 1960 American Red Cross Children's Fund. The text is clean and the binding tight. Contains several black and white illustrations. .

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W.E. Burghardt du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co, 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. 264p. A dark brown cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine faded and corners rubbing through. The head and foot of the spine are starting to fray, and there is a jagged closed tear in the cloth at the bottom. Closed tears on the sides of the table of contents through page 4 (about 1.5" long). Light smudges on page 39. Page 261-262 is dog-eared. Otherwise, text unmarked. The rear hinge is cracking, but the binding is still generally secure for reading purposes. A very scarce early edition; the first two editions printed by McClurg in 1903 are hard to find and collectible. A classic of African-American literature by NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois!.

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Edward W. Bok

Two Persons: An Incident and an Epilogue

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. 25p. A small hardcover book in very good condition. The spine is faded and lightly bumped at the top. A few light, spotty stains on the label on the front cover. Otherwise clean and securely bound. The first separate publication of the introduction to THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.25.

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Thomas Ingoldsby; Mrs. Edward A. Bond, ed

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, Volumes I-III

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1894. Leather. 3 vols. 283p; 336p; 280p. FULL TREE CALF BINDINGS BY WORSFOLD. A set of three hardcover books finely bound in full tree calf. Features beautiful gilt spine decorations, marbled endpapers, gilt top edges, and gilt dentelles. Fine, collectible condition! Only the barest signs of shelf-wear, and very mild foxing on endpapers and plates. Text unmarked, pages bright and crisp, and binding secure across the set. A collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, whose nom de plume was Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated with black and white plates by various illustrators, including John Leech and George Cruikshank. .

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John Booty

Meditations on Four Quarters

Cincinnati, Forward Movement Publications, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover. 126p. A very good hardcover book. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. A study of T.S. Eliot's four Quartets. .

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Buchzahl: 125805

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George Borrow

Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

London, Robert Riviere & Son Ltd, 1906. 3/4 Leather. 550p. A 3/4 red leather, 1/4 red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed. Otherwise clean and tight. A novel originally published by John Murray in 1851. Marbled endpapers. Signed binding by Riviere & Son. Top edge gilt. Five raised bands on spine. .

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Buchzahl: 143808

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James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson

New York, The Modern Library, 1931. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. 1200p. A light brown cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Bottom corner of front cover lightly bumped. Thin white stain along top of back cover. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1932. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. The first Modern Library edition. .

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James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL. D. , Volumes I-III

New York, The Heritage Press, 1963. Hardcover. 3 vols. 466p; 486p; A set of three tan cloth hardcover books in very good to fine condition. The first two are like-new. The third has light stains on the cover, but is otherwise clean and tight. The third volume lacks its slipcase, but the first two do have slipcases, which are lightly shelf-worn but sturdy. Annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. Includes Sandglass notes. .

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Buchzahl: 171642

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Malcolm Bowie

Proust Among the Stars

New York, Columbia University Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 348p. A golden-yellow cloth hardcover book in fine condition, though lacking the dustjacket. Very Good .

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