Michael Baumgarten, ed.

Ansichten Von Alexandra S.

Frankfurt am Main, Fotomuseum, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy illustrated wraps. German-language text throughout, and replete with black-and-white portraits of Alexandra S. by noted German photographers such as Karin Szekessy, Thomas Rusch, Walter ScheelsAlbert Schopflin, Jan Michael, Jim Rakete, Christian Vogt, Thomas Karsten, Werner Pawlok, Steven Delcourt, Peter Knapp, Lilian Birnbaum, Floris Neususs, Peter Maltz, Jean-loup Sieff, Gottfried Helnwien and others. 94 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 352558

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Alexandra S. erotica photography

Baur, John I.H.

Bernard Reder

New York, Whitney Museum, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" 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 handsomely in pumpkin-colored cloth, sunned along the edges, but with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Single, short split for an inch at front paste-down. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and some sunning along edges, chipping here and there, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 120 pp. and with many score fine reproductions of Bernard Reder's most noted paintings and drawings, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 347213

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: John I.H. Baur|Bernard Reder|Jewish artists|Jewish culture|Jewish history

Bausch, Richard

Hello to the Cannibals

New York, HarperCollins, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. SIGNED by the author over his printed name at title page. Purchased from a dealer who purchased signed first editions directly from the publisher in bulk for resale and/or who sent copies of titles, also in bulk, to authors for signing, a favor for which he paid. Superior copy, gift-quality condition inside and out but for remainder mark along bottom edge, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. Another fine novel from a PEN/Faulkner Award-nominated author. Stated First Edition, First Printing exemplar. 661 pp. plus an author's note.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Near Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 357709

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Richard Bausch signed

Bauslaugh, Robert A.

The Concept of Neutrality in Classical Greece

Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 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. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, but some sunning edges of front panel. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 305 pp. Table of Contents is comprised of: pt. I. The classical concept of neutrality -- Ancient Greek diplomatic terminology of abstention from conflict -- The ancient sources -- The origins and background of the classical concept of neutrality -- The realities of remaining uncommitted -- pt. II. The history of neutrality in practice -- From the earliest evidence to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (ca. 600-431) -- The Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias (431-421) -- From the Peace of Nicias to the end of the Peloponnesian War (421-404) -- From the Carthaginian Invasion of Sicily to the Spartan defeat at Leuctra (406-371) -- From the Battle at Leuctra to the victory of Philip II at Chaeronea (371-338).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 357473

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

Keywords: Ancient Greece Classical Greece Robert A. Bauslaugh the Classics politics

Bautze, Joachim K.

Indian and Western Painting 1780-1910: The Ehrenfeld Collection

Alexandria, Virginia, Art Services International, 1998. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Another fine contribution to the series, Interaction of Cultures. Decorated endpapers, and an absolutely gob-smacking illustration at frontis of a bird, full-page. 378 pp., with several score black-and-white and full-color, often full-page illustrations, and including crystal-clear black-and-white photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, glossary, and bibliography. From the personal library of Mr. Richard L. Press, formerly of Richard L. Press Fine Art Books of Sacramento, California, a man known fully to have had exquisite taste in art books, to have bought from the best, and to have curated his collection with mostly only stellar condition volumes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New

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Book number: 344886

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Joachim K. Bautze|The Ehrenfeld Collection|Western Indian painting|art history|Indian culture

Bautze, Joachim K.

Indian and Western Painting 1780-1910: The Ehrenfeld Collection (Interaction of Cultures)

Alexandria, Virginia, Art Services International, 1998. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Decorated endpapers, and an absolutely gob-smacking illustration at frontis of a bird, full-page. 378 pp., with several score black-and-white and full-color, often full-page illustrations, and including crystal-clear black-and-white photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, glossary, and bibliography. From the personal library of Mr. Richard L. Press, formerly of Richard L. Press Fine Art Books of Sacramento, California, a man known fully to have had exquisite taste in art books, to have bought from the best, and to have curated his collection with mostly only stellar condition volumes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 344887

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Joachim K. Bautze|The Ehrenfeld Collection|Western Indian painting|art history|Indian culture

Bautze, Joachim K.

Indian and Western Painting 1780-1910: The Ehrenfeld Collection

Alexandria, Virginia, Art Services International,, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Another fine contribution to the Interaction of Cultures Series. Decorated endpapers, and an absolutely gob-smacking illustration at frontis of a bird, full-page. 378 pp., with several score black-and-white and full-color, often full-page illustrations, and including crystal-clear black-and-white photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, glossary, and bibliography. From the personal library of Mr. Richard L. Press, formerly of Richard L. Press Fine Art Books of Sacramento, California, a man known fully to have had exquisite taste in art books, to have bought from the best, and to have curated his collection with mostly only stellar condition volumes.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New

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Book number: 347537

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: The Ehrenfeld Collection|Indian Painting|Western Painting|art history

Bavastro, Romano, Rosaria Bertolucci, Vittorio Prayer

Luci Di Marmo

Pisa, Italy, Pacini Editore, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Just a touch of smudging to bottom fore-tip, else gift-quality condition inside and out. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. [6], 7-198 pp. and then a long range of plates in a gorgeous black-and-white depicting the social history and logistics of extracting marble from mountain quarries. A magnificent book about the marble industry in Carrara, Italy mostly in the 19th century and as photographed by the master photographer, Ilario Bessi.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 347025

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Ilario Bessi|Italian language|Romano Bavastro|Rosaria Bertolucci|Vittorio Prayer|architecture

Bayer, William

Pattern Crimes

New York, Villard Books, 1987. Second Printing of the First Edi. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine, suspenseful novel, SIGNED by the author at title page, being his fifth. Only faint wear to spine head and foot of the two-tone gray and red cloth hardcover format exemplar. Beginning separation of first signature at top, else tightly bound, clean and unmarked of interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Stated Second Printing of the First Edition. 329 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good/Near Fine,

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Book number: 357708

Catalogue: Mysteries

Keywords: signed William Bayer

Beach, Joseph Warren

Beginning with Plato. Poems

Minneapolis, Minnesota, The University of Minnesota Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Two-tone, decorated wallpaper over boards, rust-colored cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and a bit chipped along edges. 91 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 356783

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Joseph Warren Beach

Beans, Greg, ed.

Papercutter #3: Burden

, Tugboat Press, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Contributions from Elijah J. Brubaker, Lelli Carre, Graham Annable. Sterling condition softcover copy in First Edition state from a small press run, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated wraps, staple-bound.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 355323

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Poetry Alissa Nielsen graphic novels children's books

Beard, John W.

Saddles East: Horseback over the Old Oregon Trail

Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, bound in bright red cloth, black lettering to cover, spine, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, some chipping, protected by a plastic coat. A then newly retired Portland minister and his wife celebrate their retirement by riding east across the Oregon Trail, all the way to Independence, Missouri, in 1948, and recount their journey in fine detail. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Prelims plus 181 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 351983

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Chaplain John W. Beard Saddles East Old Oregon Trail Oregon Oregon history Western Americana

Beattie, Ann

Picturing Will

New York, Random House, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with tell-tale "2" in the number line, as is the wont of Random House. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. "Picturing Will chronicles the lives of a group of people who are all linked to the five-and-a-half-year-old boy -- lives lived because of the child or in spite of the child." 230 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 355263

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Ann Beattie

Beauchesne, Alcide-Hyacinthe du Bois de

La Vie Et la Legende de Madame Sainte Notburg

Paris11868, Henri Plon, 1868. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and compelling French-language exploration of the establishment of the Christian faith in the Neckar Valley of France by the life and works of a revered saint. The volume is divided into three books and thirty-nine chapters and augmented by 84 engravings after the drawings of M.S. Langlois. Short quarto format, demi-chagrin blue paper over boards, black leather at tips and spine, with five raised bands, gilt lettering and ruling at spine. Scuffing to spine head and spine, tips and edges, cracking of half-inch at front joint bottom, still remarkably sturdy, very slight crack beginning at front top joint, barely perceptible. 318 pp. Gothic text in French set in a red frame, damp-staining of upper page tips from pp. 155-243 but not often affecting text; slightly waffled text. Neither odor nor mildew detected. Frontispiece, full-page, in black-and-white, of Nantilde et Notburg, tissue-protected. Plentiful thumbnails in text, other full-page engravings, quite lovely. 318 pp. including notes. Else and withal a lovely exemplar of a due homage to Madame de Notburga (c. 1265 â€â€oe September 13, 1313), also known as Notburga of Rattenberg or Notburga of Eben, an Austrian saint from Tyrol, according to a Wikipedia article about her, she being "the patron saint of servants and peasants."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 350102

Catalogue: French history and culture

Keywords: French language|Alcide-Hyacinthe du Bois de Beauchesne

Beaudin, Marc

Life List: Poems

Livingston, Montana, Riverfeet Press , 2020. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition softcover copy straight from the publisher, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing neither shelf- nor edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Gift-quality condition inside and out. A collection, a "field-guide" of poetry, being seventy-four poems by author and bookseller Marc Beaudin, with over 20 monotypes by Storrs Bishop, and an Introduction by J. Drew Lanham. The publisher says that "Life List pays tribute to the birds that have flown through Beaudin's years of watching and listening, through his attempts to render in language the precarious circumstances of being alive. With a sharp critique of environmental, social and political issues, along with haunting ruminations on loss, love and the passing of time, these poems fill the skies with a feathered grace." 140 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . New

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Book number: 346542

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Marc Beaudin|Storrs Bishop |J. Drew Lanham|poetry|poems|poets