Balk, Christianne

Bindweed

New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn though a bit soiled and toned, protected by a plastic coat. Winner of the 1985 Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets. 54 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 356790

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Christianne Balk Bindweed Walt Whitman Award

Ball, Francis Elrington

A History of the County Dublin: The People, Parishes and Antiquities from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Part Third

Dublin, Ireland, Alex. Thom & Co., 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in olive-drab cloth, dark green-stamped lettering to front cover and spine, moderate edgewear, decorated endpapers, and replete with a number of black-and-white photographs printed on high-gloss paper, and additional drawings, charts and illustrations. Folding map at frontis, quite nice, this Part Third being devoted to a history of that portion of the County comprised within the parisehs of Tallaght, Cruagh, Whitechurch, Iilgobbin, Kiltiernan, Rathmichael, Old Connaught, Saggart, Rathgoole, and Newcastle. Complete with Index. viii [2], 2-144 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 350392

Catalogue: Ireland

Keywords: Ireland|antiquities F. Elrington Ball|County Dublin|Irish culture|Irish history

Ball, Francis Elrington

A History of the County Dublin: The People, Parishes and Antiquities from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, Part Fourth

Belfast, Ireland, Alex. Thom & Co., 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in olive-drab cloth, dark green-stamped lettering to front cover and spine, moderate edgewear, decorated endpapers, and replete with a number of black-and-white photographs printed on high-gloss paper, and additional drawings, charts and illustrations. Folding map at frontis, quite nice, this Part Fourth being devoted to a history of that portion of the County comprised within the parisehs of Clonsilla, Leixlip, Lucan, Aderrig, Kilmactalway, Kilbride, Kilmahuddrick, Esker, Palmerston, Ballyfermot, Clondalkin, Drimnagh, Crumlin, St. Catherine, St. Nicholas Without, St. James, St. Jude, and Chapelizod, as well as in the Phoenix Park. Complete with Index. viii [2], 2-144 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 350393

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Ballard, Tara

House of the Night Watch

Moorhead, Minnesota, New Rivers Press, 2018. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Currently scare, being the only signed copy available on-line. SIGNED by the author at title page, and also inscribed warmly to a friend and fan of this award-winning poet. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. 63 pp. plus notes, acknowledgments and a list of other New Rivers Press titles.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New

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Book number: 353336

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: poetry signed poets poems Tara Ballard

Ballou, Hosea

A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation: In Reply to Rev. Abner Kneeland's Serious Inquiry Into the Authenticity of the Same / by Hosea Ballou; to Which Is Added a Religious Correspondence between Hosea Ballou, Joseph Buckminster and Joseph Walton

Windsor, James G. Watts, 1811. . Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. The author of this intriguing collection of letters, Hosea Ballou, D.D. (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852), was, according to his Wikipedia entry, "an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer" who converted in 1789, became Pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Boston and then wrote influential tracts. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Reassembled at some point in the past, with medical tape over possible original backstrip in leather, sewn with heavy thread and glue to fill in the edges. Marbled paper over boards, paste-down sewn through. Previous owner's label inside front flap, noting that this is a "Windsor Imprint." 154 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Book number: 357202

Keywords: Hosea Ballou Reverend Joseph Buckminster

Ballu, Albert

Les Ruines de Timgad: Antique Thamugadi--Sept Annã©Es de Dã©Couvertes (1903-1910)

Paris, Neurdein Freres, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1911. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series compiled by Albert Ballu, Architecte en Chef des Monuments Historiques de L'Algerie. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers including some chipping thereto, but very little to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Light creasing to paper at spine, printed wraps lettered in black and red. Illustrated with 26 plates in the text and three in color and with 19 drawings of architectural plans. French language text. Complete, and with intact tissue guards.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Good

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Book number: 348700

Catalogue: Africana

Keywords: archaeology|Albert Ballu|architecture|history|French history|Thamugadi

Balsamo, Luigi

Bibliography: History of a Tradition

Berkeley, California, Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc., 1990. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, and protected by a stiff Mylar jacket. A fine and readable, accessible and in translation by William A. Pettas, of books and book distribution in the Middle Ages, 15th-century bibliography and the Introduction of Printing, 17th-century libraries and literary journals, the return of journalists and academics in the 18th century, and ditto for the 19th century. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxx + 209 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 346003

Catalogue: Bibliographies and Bibliographers

Keywords: Luigi Balsamo|bibliography|William A. Pettas|journalists|academics

Balsamo, Luigi

Bibliography: History of a Tradition

New York, Bernard M. Rosenthal, 1999. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Translated William A. Pettas from the 1984 edition in Italian into English of a work of stark originality, as engrossing as influential, and features a fascinating account of the meeting of Richard de Bury and Petrarch at Avignon in 1333. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Measures 7" x 10" in width and height, respectively. [6] + iv + 209 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 348877

Catalogue: Bibliographies and Bibliographers

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Balzac, Honore de

Paris Marie: Philosophie de la Vie Conjugale

Paris, J. Hetzel, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in burgundy cloth with decorated endpapers front and rear, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Published in First Edition state by J. Hetzel of Paris, printed nearby by Schneider and Langrand. 84 pp. Illustrated by Gavarni after engravings by Barra et Girard, with several score black-and-white engravings, including at title page and opposite, at frontis, being a full-page illustration of Adam et Eve, and of Balzac as a young man at the end. Slightly rubbed corners, spine head and tail, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345182

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Honore de Balzac|literature|French language|marriage|conjugal relations

Banateanu, Tancred, Gheorghe Focsa, and Emilia Ionescu

Folk Costumes: Woven Textiles and Embroideries of Rumania

Bucharest, State Publishing House for Literature and the Arts, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. This is a particularly sturdy and still attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, being bound in gray cloth with a textile-designed device to front cover, with moderate foxing and soiling to board edges, but clean of interior. Umbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Dust jacket present, covered in Bro-dart sleeve, paper-backed, but with a large chip missing to front panel, some edge-wear. Measuring 9 1/2" x 12" in size, and illustrated by 56 color plates and another 433 in black-and-white. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. This comprises the most comprehensive and important contribution to the literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 346155

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Rumanian folk arts|Roumanian folk arts|Folk costumes|textiles|embroideries|the decorative arts

Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi; Peter Green, translator

Rome: The Late Empire, Roman Art Ad 200-400

London, England, Thames and Hudson, 1971. FirstEnglish Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine addition to the series, Arts of Mankind, edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot. Fine-looking exemplar of the First English Edition, the true First Edition having been published in 1970 in France by Editions Gallimard. This edition translated from the original French by Peter Green. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover cover, bound in original publisher's red linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering over black label at spine. Clean but for some former owner ink-stamps, including along bottom edge, first free endpaper, inside front flap, unobtrusive, else tightly bound, unmarked. Full-color frontis, full-page, and many, many score black-and-white nd some full-color illustrations. Sewn-in linen ribbon bookmark. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x, [1] 463 [1], pp. plus a folding mapMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357390

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

Keywords: Peter Green Rome history Roman art history Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli Ancient Rome Roman art history

Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi

Rome: The Center of Power, Roman Art to Ad 200

London, Englnd, Thames and Hudson, 1970. First English Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine addition to the series, Arts of Mankind, edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot. Fine-looking exemplar of the First English Edition, the true First Edition having been published in 1970 in France by Editions Gallimard. This edition translated from the original French by Peter Green. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Big, tall, quarto format hardcover cover, bound in original publisher's red linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering over black label at spine. Fine, sharply gilt-stamped publisher logo (two dolphins swimming) to front cover. Clean but for some former owner ink-stamps, including along bottom edge, first free endpaper, inside front flap, unobtrusive, else tightly bound, unmarked. Full-color frontis, full-page, and many, many score black-and-white and some full-color illustrations. 451 illustrations all in, 91 in full-color, 13 architectural plans. Sewn-in linen ribbon bookmark. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x, [1] 437 [1], pp. plus a folding mapMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 357391

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

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Banister, Judith

English Silver

New York, Hawthorn Books, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Sharp and distinct gilt lettering over spine, handsomely, if simply bound in black cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 251 pp. plus a full subject index. 171 black-and-white photographs, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 351772

Catalogue: Collectibles

Keywords: Judith Baniser English silver collectibles

Bannerji, Rajani Kanta

Gopal the Jester: A Hindu Romance

New York, Privately printed for The Library of Facetious Lore, 1928. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The subject of this fascinating historical romance, Gopal Bhar, was for Bengalis a legendary court jester, so smart that he could outwit learned men and Bengali courtiers. This fine narrative is about the problems one encounters in Hindu culture when one attempts to find or choose a soul-mate. A fine and collectible edition of a marvelous book, translated from the original Bengali, being #55 of a small number of copies (750 copies) bound for private circulation only, thus a First Edition Thus. Bound simply in original yellow and blue cloth with paper label to spine, spine head bumped, tips scuffed, mildly worn and soiled exterior. Text clean, tight and free of markings, fore- and bottom-edges rough-cut. Big, tall, Imperial octavo format exemplar. Nirmal A. Das says in his Introduction, "It is not because Hindus are afraid of dealing with actualities of life, but because we do not help our community by exposing the apparently lurid love-life of the country, that esoteric literature has not become popular." Includes ten risque black-and-white line-sketches by Akos D. Hamza. Quite a nice copy. 168 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357729

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: First English Edition Rajani Kanta Bannerji Gopal the Jester Bengali Indian literature erotica

O' Baoill, Donall, Donncha O. hAodHa

Saltair Saiochta, Sanasaiochta Agus Seanchais: A Festschrift for Gearoid Mac Eoin

Dublin, Ireland, Four Courts Press Ltd,, 2013. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional copy available on-line. A fine and due homage for Gearoid Mae Eoin, with over two dozen contributors, including the editors, and Anders Ahlqvist, Bo Almqvist, Andrew Breeze Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel, Gearoid Denvir, Petra S. Hellmuth, Maire Herbert, Graham Isaac, Diarmuid Johnson, Patricia Kelly, Jean Le Du, Breandan S. Mac Aodha and many others. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. This collection of essays honors one of Ireland's foremost Celticists, Gearoid Mac Eoin, who was appointed to the Chair of Old and Middle Irish and Celtic Philology at University College, Galway in 1966, where he spent the rest of his academic life. He was elected Dean of the Faculty of Celtic Studies on several occasions and became a member of the Royal Irish Academy in 1975. The festschrift contains contributions from numerous scholars, many of them Professor Mac Eoin's former students or colleagues. The contributions reflect the wide range of his scholarly interests - literary and linguistic - including all phases of the Irish language, Scottish Gaelic and the other Celtic languages, as well as Indo-European. [Please note: This book contains forty-one essays, the majority of which are written in English, although they contain excerpts in a variety of languages including Greek, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, German, and other Indo-European languages. Sixteen of the essays are written completely in Irish and two in German.]Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xxv [1], 2-516 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 353802

Catalogue: Ireland

Keywords: ' Baoill, Donall, Donncha O. hAodHa