Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner

Flannery O'Connor: A Proper Scaring

Chicago, Cornerstone Press Chicago, 1999. Revised Edition. Paperback. 242p. A softcover book in fine condition. Flecks of price sticker residue on back; otherwise pristine. Baumgaertner analyzes O'Connor's gothic and pulp fiction. .

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Book number: 142412

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Stephen Baxter

Voyage

New York, HarperPrism, 1997. Hardcover. 511p. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. Page edges yellowing; front free endpaper creased. Otherwise like new. .

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Book number: 203398

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James Beattie

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: And Other Poems

London, N. Hailes; J. Bumpus; and Baynes and Son, 1823. Leather. 168p. A small hardcover book bound in full olive-green leather with gilt decorations on the boards and spine. Edges scuffed and gilt detailing lightly stained green, possibly having bled in from the leather. Early owner's small signature in ink on the half-title page. Fingerprint-sized stains on pages 164-168, not touching the text but puckering the paper. Lots of light fingerprint smudges in the margins and on endpapers, plus occasional mild foxing. Otherwise, the text is unmarked and the binding secure for normal handling. Poetry by Scottish philosopher and abolitionist James Beattie (1735-1803). Measures approx. 5.8" x 3.75.

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Book number: 176992

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Ann Beattie

My Life, Starring Dara Falcon: A Novel

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. 307p. A hardcover book and dustjacket both in very good condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Text clean and binding tight. Like new. Very Good .

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Book number: 205882

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Simone de Beauvoir

The Mandarins

Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 610p. A hardcover book in good condition with a like dustjacket. LACKS the front free endpaper. Hinges a bit shaken from years of use, but binding still secure enough for normal handling. Text unmarked. Tape residue on jacket flaps has faded onto the front and back endpapers. The jacket is crinkled all over and has two closed tears, one at the bottom of the spine and one in the middle of the front flap fold. A romance novel set in France just after liberation from the Nazis. .

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Book number: 175458

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Madelon Bedell

The Alcotts: Biography of a Family

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 400p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Clean and tight, with only mild rubbing at the corners of the jacket. The story of the family of Louisa May Alcott. As New .

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Book number: 185369

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Rev. Walter Begley

Breviarium Anagrammaticum

Privately printed, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 192p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Spine and edges faded, corners a bit crinkled, and cloth heavily scuffed. A few small notations in blue colored pencil on page 7; otherwise clean and tight. A scarce collection of Latin hymns and offices from the Breviary and early Church, plus lives of saints, rendered into anagrammatic poetry. Good .

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Book number: 184810

Catalogue: Catholic Literature

Charles D. Bell

Some of Our English Poets

London, Elliot Stock, 1895. Hardcover. Ex-library. Card pocket on front endpaper. Stamps on title page and page edges. Call number painted on spine and cover. Shelf wear and fading to covers; corners bumped. Otherwise a clean, tight hardcover book in good condition. Blue cloth boards. 280p. Selections of poems by Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper, Sir Walter Scott, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth. Fair .

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Book number: 122564

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: poetry, British

James Warner Bellah

These Frantic Years

New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 294p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cover cloth is dingy and spine is slightly faded and worn. Contains former owner's inscription. Otherwise clean and tight. A novel of crime and suspense. .

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Book number: 140544

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Ludwig Bemelmans

Dirty Eddie

New York, New American Library, 1951. 1st Signet printing. Paperback. 191p. A softcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly rubbed, and a few small spots on spine, back cover, and inside front cover. Pages lightly toned with age; otherwise clean and tight. The spine is flat and the corners are square. Signet Books #858. Very Good .

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Book number: 190947

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Robert Benchley

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or David Copperfield

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1929. 5th printing. Hardcover. 233p. A golden-yellow decorated cloth hardcover book in good condition. Faint circular stains on front cover. Spine slightly faded. Edges lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Small crack, about 1" long, in the cloth on rear exterior hinge. Signature on front free endpaper. Two closed tears on rear pastedown endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Robert Benchley was a popular writer known for his humorous newspaper columns, primarily in THE NEW YORKER. This book is a compilation of 40 of his essays published previously in a variety of journals. Illustrated by Gluyas Williams. Ill.: Gluyas Williams.

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Book number: 145088

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Keywords: Gluyas Williams

Robert Benchley

The Bedside Manner or No More Nightmares

London, Dennis Dobson Ltd, 1952. First British Edition. Hardcover. 254p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine is quite faded. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. First British edition of this work by the classic American humorist. Illustrated with drawings by Gluyas Williams. .

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Book number: 176570

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Robert C. Benchley

Love Conquers All

Garden City, Garden City Publishing Co. Inc, 1922. Hardcover. 310p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. No jacket. Edges and corners worn; cloth chipped at head and foot of faded spine. Small chip in margin of page 215-16. Pages age toned but clean and binding secure. The Star Series. A collection of humorous essays. Very Good .

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Book number: 205878

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Robert Benchley

Pluck and Luck

New York, Blue Ribbon Books, 1925. Hardcover. 295p. An orange cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly worn and cloth a bit soiled all over. Front free endpaper has been torn out. Text unmarked and binding secure. Vintage printing of this title by Robert Benchley, the classic New Yorker humorist and member of the Algonquin Round Table. Illustrated with cartoons by Gluyas Williams. .

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Book number: 200635

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William J. Bennett

The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood

Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 2011. 1st edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Unread hardcover book in fine condition. .

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Book number: 1244119

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