Beaufort, Dianna; Jonathan Bikker; Kate McCartney; Samantha Mussells; Sandra Richards; Nicola Spasoff; Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey, ed.

Architects Books & Libraries

Toronto, Canada, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Contributions to this fine collection of essays about libraries and curatorship by Dianna Beaufort, Jonathan Bikker, Kate McCartney, Samantha Mussells, Sandra Richards, and Nicola Spasoff. A collection of essays published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name.Bound handsomely in brick-red stiff card stock wraps, illustrated and printed. Edited and with a Prologue by Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey. 46 pp., and flawless of interior. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 346988

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: books about books|architects|architecture|libraries|bibliography

Condessa de Beauharnais

Les Noeuds Enchantes, Ou la Bisarrerie Des Destinees

Bruges, Belgium, Gustave Davois, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. A lovely little tome published by Chez Gustave Davois, in Paris, 1914, attributed by the writer Paul Lecroix (who also went by the name of Pierre Dufour) to Condessa de Beauharnais. Binding is beautiful, featuring full old-style Morocco, very lightly discolored, very light scuffing along edges, spine decorated with ornate florets and threads, gilt title and head, frames with vegetal and floral motif on the covers, lace bordering the marbled guards, bookmark. Previous owner's name at second free endpaper, marbled endpapers. Gilt edges all around. Silk linen ribbon still intact. This is a reprint of this 18th century title, more of a critical satyr than an erotic mystic. First free endpaper has a miniscule "Canare," meaning to denote perhaps the famous binder.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345304

Catalogue: Foreign Languages::French

Keywords: French language|Dorat|Canare|erotica

Beaumont, Cyril William

Dancers Under My Lens: Essays in Ballet Criticism

London, C.W. Beaumont, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author, inscribed "Cyril Beaumont for H.A. Arnold, London, July 30, 1959, the renowned fashion and beauty photographer Hugh Arnold. Handsomely bound in blue cloth, very light wear to, discoloration of spine head and tail, still sharp silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. A fine collection of critical essays on performances of ballet seen in London from 1922 to 1935 and then again from 1946 to 1949. Fifteen fine black-and-white photographic plates. Profoundly useful reference guide to ballet and dance criticism. vii [blank], 9-160 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 349585

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Cyril Beaumont|ballet|ballet criticism|dance|the performing arts

Beaumont, Cyril W.

The First Score: An Account of the Foundation and Development of the Beaumont Press and Its First Twenty Publications 1917-1927

Bronxville, NY, Nicholas T. Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 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. Brick-red cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, moderate sunning rotected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Black-and-white illustration at frontis, then chapters devoted to each of the first 20 books they published, by John Drinkwater, Walter de la Mare, W.H. Davies, Joseph Conrad, Richard Aldington, D.H. Lawrence, Herbert Read, Oscar Wilde, and other writers and poets. Four additional plates. Frontis matter, 1-96 [2] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 350959

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Cyril W. Beaumont|The Beaumont Press|printing|publishing

Newhall, Beaumont and Diana E. Edkins, eds.

William H. Jackson

Fort Worth, Texas, Morgan and Morgan / Amon Carter Museum, , 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. With a critical essay by William L. Broecker, this homage to the work of William H. Jackson (1843-1942!) covers the first century of photography almost organically. Bound handsomely in cloth covers, and with some scuffing along edges and spine head and foot, else tightly bound and virtually pristine of interior. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond sunning to edges, protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped.Complete with a List of Photographs, Preface, Introduction, a long presentation of the photographs of William H. Jackson, Chronology and full Bibliography. 158 pp. and over 100 of Jackson's finest photographs in black-and-white and duotone.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 347918

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Beaumont Newhall|Diana E. Edkins|William H. Jackson|photography

Beaven, Craig

Natural History

Eugene, Oregon , Silverfish Review Press, 2019. First Edition. 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. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 83 pp. plus notes and acknowledgments. Winner of the 2017 Gerald Cable Book AwardMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353347

Catalogue: Photography and Photographers

Keywords: Craig Beaven

Beck, Marguerite

The New Church in the New World: A Study of Swedenborgianism in America

New York, Swedenborg Publishing Association, 1984. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Studies in Religion and Culture, being Volume V. New Introduction by Robert H. Kirven, and who adds an Epilogue, too. Previous owner's embossed stamp at title page, else clean and unmarked. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Typographical error of title at front board, boards being bound in silver, with black lettering to cover and to spine. Some little scuffing to spine head and foot, extremities, else nearly pristine of interior. Second Edition, from the 1938 true First Edition. xix [2], 3-486 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 348734

Catalogue: Religion::General Christian

Keywords: Marguerite Beck Block|Robert H. Kirven|Swedenborgianism|Swedenborg church|Swedish history|religion|history

Beck, James, ed.

Raphael Before Rome, Volume 17, Studies Studies in the History of Art

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, distributed by the University Press of New England, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond light edge-wear and creasing to bottom tip, even less to text-block, with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Glossy, pictorial covers. Preface by Henry A. Millon, and essays by the editor, and by Sylvie Beguin, Carlo Bertelli, David Alan Brown, Carol Christensen, Charles Dempsey, Pierluigi de Vecchi, L.D. Ettlinger, Sylvia Ferino Padgen and several others. Biographical sketches, photo credits, index and bibliography. [5], 6-213 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 347812

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: James Beck|Raphael

Becker, Ethel Anderson

Klondike '98

Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort Pub., 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by Lulu Fairbanks to this stated Second Printing, following the original, true First Edition of 1948. 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 pictorial blue cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond faint sunning to, soiling of interior edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Map endpapers, plentiful black-and-white photographic illustrations by E.A. Hegg. 126 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 351478

Catalogue: Americana/Regional Interest

Keywords: Ethel Anderson Becker|Klondike Alaska Gold Rush E.A. Hegg

de Becker, Raymond

The Other Face of Love

New York, Grove Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and accessible, positive contribution to sexuality studies, sympathetic and then up-to-date, with black-and-white illustrations and photographs, including to front and rear covers, of two women and two men. 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. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Bound handsomely in purple cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers, too. Frontis matter + 2-209 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 348322

Catalogue: Sexuality and Sexology

Keywords: homosexuality|erotica|gay studies|lesbian studies|sexuality|Raymond de Becker

Becket, Jean

37 Elm Street

Dalton, Massachusetts, The Studley Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by the author at the first free endpaper, being inscribed warmly to a friend. Bound handsomely in a dark blue sailcloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. She is the author of numerous short stories and two major novels. 203 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Collectible: Like New

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Book number: 351689

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Jean Becket signed

Beckett, Sister Wendy

Beckmann and the Self

Munchen, Germany, Prestel, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Pegasus Series, this being authored by Sister Wendy Beckett, a popular writer about art and artists, a hostess to several BBC-produced series on art history. 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. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, machine- but not price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 95 illustrations, 65 being in full color. [5], 6-119 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 347436

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Sister Wendy Beckett|Max Beckmann|Jewish artists|Jewish art history|Jewish culture|Jewish history

R.B. Beckett

Hogarth

Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Book & Art Shop, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the light tan cloth covers, lightly worn, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine, bright interior, unmarked. Foreword by the author, Appendix A, previous lists, Appendix B, Principal Collections, then a three-part catalogue of Hogarth's paintings, then an index of collections. 80 pp. and a nearly equal number of fine black-and-white plates, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356112

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Hogarth British artists R.B. Beckett British painters English painters

Beckmann, Max; Mathilde Q. Beckmann, Introduction; Erhard Gopel, ed.

Tagebucher 1940-1950

Munchen, Albert Langen and George Muller, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Foreword by Friedhelm W. Fischer. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. A bit of smudging to bottom fore-tip. Bound in black cloth, with blue lettering to cover and to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [9], 1-427 [2] pp. Text in German. Black-and-white portrait of Max Beckmann near frontis, then additional black-and-white plates of reproductions of his best works.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 347432

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: Judaica|Judaism|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Jewish tradition|Old Testament|Roald Hoffmann |Shira Leibowitz Schmidt

Becquerel, Jean

Expose Elementaire de la Theorie D'Einstein

Paris, France, Payot, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Text in French. Binding tight and sturdy, printed brown paper over boards, newly brown cloth-rebacked. Seventeen figures interior. Born in Paris, France, 5 February 1878, died Sainte-Marguerite, near Pornichet, Brittany, France, 4 July 1953, the fourth Becquerel "to hold the chair of physics at the Museum of Natural History in Paris" (encyclopedia dot com). "Like his father, grandfather, and great grandfather Jean was educated at the École Polytechnique (1897) and became professor of physics at the French Museum of Natural History (1909). He discovered polarization rotation in the presence of a magnetic field, and wrote an important book about relativity. He was also a member of the Académie des sciences (1946)" (sciencewolfram dot com).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356323

Catalogue: Science::General Interest

Keywords: Jean Becquerel Albert Einstein relativity physics