Beattie, Ann.

Secrets and Surprises: Short Stories.

New York: Random House, (1978). (1978). SIGNED BY ANN BEATTIE - Octavo, dark pink boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a large piece out of the bottom edge of the dust jacket's front panel. Half-title, title, [3] leaves, 307 & [3] pages. The top edge is lightly soiled & there is some very light foxing to the fore-edge. Very good in a fair dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Ann Beattie on the front endpaper. Very good .

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Book number: 94764

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; SECRETS AND SURPRISES; AMERICAN AUTHOR; ANN BEATTIE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Tarkington, Booth; Canfield, Dorothy; Alcott, Louisa May; Mansfield, Katherine; et al). Becker, May Lamberton, editor

Under Twenty. Illustrated by Agnes Lehman

New York: The Junior Literary Guild, 1932. 1932. New York: The Junior Literary Guild, 1932. 1932. Good. - Octavo, gray cloth. The spine is a bit darkened. There is some light spotting to the front cover with light soiling to the rear cover. xi & 346 pages. Black-and-white head-pieces & 13 plates in blue & cream by Agnes Lehman. There is light soiling to the verso of the front endpaper & to the bottom edge. There is an owner's bookplate on the half-title. Good.

An anthology of stories about girls under the age of twenty. Good .

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Book number: 20095

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; ANTHOLOGY; UNDER TWENTY; MAY LAMBERTON BECKER; GIRLS UNDER TWENTY; BOOTH TARKINGTON; KATHERINE MANSFIELD; DOROTHY CANFIELD; LOUISA MAY ALCOTT; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; AGNES LEHMAN.

(Behan, Beatrice). Behan, Brendan

Hold Your Hour and Have Another

London: Hutchinson, (1963). (1963). London: Hutchinson, (1963). (1963). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. There are tears to the front flap & the top edge of the rear panel of the dust jacket & the rear panel is lightly soiled. The jacket spine & the adjacent edges of the panels are faded & there is a light stain to the spine. 192 pages. Black- and-white textual illustrations after drawings by Beatrice Behan. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

A collection of Behan's writings drawn from a series of weekly articles he contributed to the "Irish Press". Very good .

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Book number: 26929

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; IRISH AUTHOR; IRISH PLAYWRIGHT; BRENDAN BEHAN; HOLD YOUR HOUR AND HAVE ANOTHER; IRISH PRESS ARTICLES; ILLUSTRATOR; BEATRICE BEHAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Behrens, Roy R.). Klinkowitz, Jerome

The Life of Fiction

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977). (1977). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977). (1977). Very good. - Square octavo, cloth, in a white dw. There is very light spotting to the top edges of the boards; the dw is lightly soiled & chipped with a tear to the top edge of the front panel. 156 & [3] pp. There is a tiny stain to the last page. B&W illustrations by Roy R. Behrens. Very good in a good dw.

Includes chapters on Ronald Sukenick, Hunter S. Thompson, Walter Abish, Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Ishmael Reed and Russell Banks, among others. Very good .

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Book number: 2178

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM; JEROME KLINKOWITZ; NOVELISTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ROY R. BEHRENS.

Belitt, Ben.

The Five-Fold Mesh.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. 1938. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6 inches wide. Blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front cover, in its original printed tan dust wrapper. The edges of the dust jacket are chipped with small pieces out from the corners and tail of the jacket's spine. [xi], 50 & [2] pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition of the author's first book. Inscribed & signed by Ben Belitt on the half title: "For Peggy Brush, with best wishes, Ben Belitt / Bennington, VT March 2, 1939". Very good .

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Book number: 96716

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; THE FIVE-FOLD MESH; BEN BELITT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK.

Bellerman, Christ. Fr., Dr.; editor

Die Alten Liederbucher Der Portugiesen / Oder Beitrage Zur Geschichte Der Portugiesischen Poesie Vom Dreizehnten Bis Zum Anfang Des Sechzehnten Jahrhunderts Nebst Proben Aus Handschriften Und Alten Drucken / Herausgegeben Von Dr. Christ. Fr. Bellerman, Pfarrer Der St. Paulsgemeinde Zu Berlin

Berlin: Ferdinand Dummler, 1840. 1840. Berlin: Ferdinand Dummler, 1840. 1840. Good. - Small quarto [10-3/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide] bound in black & brown marbled boards backed with green cloth. The boards are warped & heavily rubbed & bumped. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & the gilt titling within a brown rectangle on the spine is almost completely rubbed away. Title, [2] leaves & 82 pages. The hinges are starting. The page edges are a bit darkened & there is scattered foxing. Good.

First edition. The text is in German with the poems in Portuguese. Good .

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Book number: 13568

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; MUSIC; SONGBOOKS; POEMS; PORTUGUESE; DIE ALTEN LIEDERBUCHER DER PORTUGIESEN; DR. CHRIST. FR. BELLERMAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Belloc, Hilaire

Hilaire Belloc

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d. [circa 1926]. n.d. [circa 1926]. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, n.d. [circa 1926]. n.d. [circa 1926]. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are soiled & darkened with the tail of the spine chipped. There is an owner's ink name on the front wrap. There is a small piece out of the top corner of the rear wrap & 2 tiny chips out of its front edge. iv & pages 5-30. There is soiling to the front margin of 1 page & light staining to another. Good only.

First American edition.

A title in the series "The Augustan Books of Modern Poetry". Good .

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Book number: 11261

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; BRITISH; HILAIRE BELLOC; THE AUGUSTAN BOOKS OF MODERN POETRY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Bellow, Saul

Recent American Fiction: A Lecture Presented Under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund

Washington, DC: Reference Department, The Library of Congress, 1963. 1963. Washington, DC: Reference Department, The Library of Congress, 1963. 1963. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed dark brown & cream wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. The cream sections of the wraps are darkened around the edges & lightly soiled. iii & 12 pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog on the inside rear wrap. The contents are fine. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 21104

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LECTURE; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; GERTRUDE CLARKE WHITTALL POETRY AND LITERATURE FUND; NOVELIST; RECENT AMERICAN FICTION; SAUL BELLOW; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Benedict, Pinckney

The Wrecking Yard and Other Stories: Excerpts

NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell, [1991]. [1991]. NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell, [1991]. [1991]. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. 46 pages. Fine.

Advance excerpt for the book published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday in January 1992. Fine .

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Book number: 24490

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: NOAMZ; ADVANCE EXCERPT; LITERATURE; FICTION; THE WRECKING YARD; PINCKNEY BENEDICT.

Benet, Stephen Vincent; Robinson, Edward Arlington; Bottomley, Gordon; et al

The Poetry Journal. October 1915. Volume IV, No. 2

Boston, MA: The Four Seas Company, 1915. 1915. Boston, MA: The Four Seas Company, 1915. 1915. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are chipped around the edges & soiled with a small piece out of the front edge of the rear wrap & a small, light stain to the front wrap.Title & pages 41-81 plus ads. The edges of a few rear leaves are chipped where they have been roughly opened. Good. Good .

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Book number: 11934

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; MAGAZINE; JOURNAL; THE POETRY JOURNAL; STEPHEN VINCENT BBENET; GORDON BOTTOMLEY; EDWARD ARLINGTON ROBINSON.

Benet, William Rose.

With Wings As Eagles: Poems and Ballads of the Air.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1940). (1940). - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed with some very light staining. The spine is faded. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 148 pages. The contents are very good. Lacks the dust wrapper. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 36333

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET. WILLIAM ROSE BENET; WITH WINGS AS EAGLES: POEMS AND BALLADS OF THE AIR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Benn, Gottfried). Hof, Holger

Benn: Sein Leben in Bildern Und Texten. Zusammengestellt Von Holger Hof

Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 2007. 2007. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta 2007. 2007. Fine. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 10 inches wide. Pictorial black & white boards backed with a blue cloth spine, titled in white on the spine. The corners of the covers are bumped. 279 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Near fine. The text is in German. The German expressionist poet, essayist and novelist Gottfried Benn (1886- 1956) was also a doctor of medicine. Briefly a supporter of Germany's National Socialist revolution, he later sharply criticized the movement. His poetry booklet "Morgue and Other Poems" published in 1912 established his reputation as an expressionist poet before the start of the first World War. Fine .

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Book number: 24043

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: BIOGRAPHY; LITERATURE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICTURE BOOK; BIOGRAPHICAL; GERMAN; EXPRESSIONIST POET; GOTTFRIED BENN; HOLGER HOFF; BENN; SEIN LEBEN IN BILDERN UND TEXTEN; MEDICINE; ESSAYIST; NOVELIST; DOCTOR; POET.

Bennett, Arnold; Harris, Frank.

Frank Harris to Arnold Bennett: Fifty-Eight Letters 1909 - 1910.

Privately printed, 1936. 1936. - Narrow octavo [approximately 9-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed brown wrappers. The wraps are soiled & slightly faded along the spine. Title & 40 pages. The contents are very good. Good.

First edition.

A note at the foot of the title page reads: "Privately printed and not for sale: August 28th, 1936, being the sixth anniversary of Frank Harris' death". A foreword by Mitchell Kennerly states that the originals of the letters were acquired by the American Autograph Shop, Merion Station, Pennsylvania at an auction sale in London on May 25th 1936. The first letter is addressed to "Dear Mr. Tonson" as Arnold Bennett was signing his book reviews for The New Age "Jacob Tonson". Mitchell Kennerley was an American publisher, editor, and gallery owner. Good .

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Book number: 35836

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; CORRESPONDENCE; BRITISH AUTHORS; FRANK HARRIS TO ARNOLD BENNETT: FIFTY-EIGHT LETTERS 1909 - 1910; MITCHELL KENNERLEY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Benoit, Jean.

Elegies.

(Paris): Editions Jean Renard, (1939). (1939). - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream-colored wraps in the original glassine. The glassine is chipped & darkened with a tear to its top edge and with some foxing & soiling. 45 pages. The pages are slightly toned. Very good in a fair glassine jacket. Number 481 of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. "Preface de Charles Mauban precedee d'une lettre de Paul Valery". The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 95366

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; FRENCH POET; JEAN BENOIT; PREFACE BY CHARLES MAUBAN; LETTER FROM PAUL VALERY; ELEGIES; LIMITED EDITION.

Berge, Carol

From a Soft Angle: Poems About Women

Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1971). (1971). Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1971). (1971). Very good. - Octavo, pinkish brown cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with a tear & crease to the head of the jacket spine. xiii, [1] leaf & 190 pages. There is a small area of light staining to the top edge. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 19821

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; POEMS; CAROL BERGE; FROM A SOFT ANGLE: POEMS ABOUT WOMEN.