Baker, Nicholson

Vox: A Novel

New York: Random House, (1992). (1992). New York: Random House, (1992). (1992). Fine. - Octavo, black cloth titled in silver, in a dust jacket. Half-title, title, 165 & [2] pages. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by the author on the title page. Fine .

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Book number: 3610

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; NICHOLSON BAKER; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Baker, George A

West Point: A Comedy in Three Acts / Together with Mrs. Hephaestus, the Child of the Regiment, and Other Short Stories

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. 1891. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1891. 1891. Good. - 12mo, [6 inches high by 4 inches wide], decorative green & cream cloth backed with cream cloth titled & profusely decorated in gilt. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed & the spine is darkened. There is a small stain to each cover. Title, [2] leaves & 211 pages. The hinges are lightly cracked. An owner's book label is mounted on the front pastedown. There is a light vertical crease to the first 8 leaves & there is a small piece out of the top inner corner of the front endpaper. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 7460

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; THEATER; THEATRE; PLAY; COMEDY; GEORGE A. BAKER; WEST POINT; MRS. HEPHAESTUS; THE CHILD OF THE REGIMENT; THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE; THE MERMAN; THE INVASION OF KLEINDORF; LABOR TROUBLES ON AN ISLAND; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19T

Balakirev, M.A.; Koltsov, Aleksey; Calvocoressi, M.D.

Viens Pres de Moi" by Balakirev. A Reproduction of the Holograph Score of the Song As Arranged for Soprano and Piano Trio.

Circa [1911]. [1911]. - Quarto, 13-1/2 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. Printed self-wraps. What is offered here is the score for an arrangement for Soprano and Piano Trio of M.A. Balakirev's song. The song, "Viens pres de moi" with lyrics by Aleksey Koltsov, has been translated into French by M.D. Calvocoressi. The title followed by the 3 pages of music and lyrics are reproduced from a holograph score onto 2 sheets of Carl Fischer music paper. All were originally likely penned in ink by a copyist. There are a few notations in pencil. The pages are slightly soiled with creases to the edges and some chips and tiny tears along the top and bottom edges of the leaves. Good. From the library of Louise Llewellyn Jarecka (1880-1954), concert singer & writer. The wife of the composer Tadeusz Jarecki. A student of Marcella Sembrich, Jarecka was invited by President Wilson to sing at the White House. During the 1920's and 1930's she sang with many European Orchestras and in the Polish Opera. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 96247

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; COMPOSITIONS; ORIGINAL; REPRODUCTION OF A HOLOGRAPH SCORE; SEVEN MOTHER GOOSE SONGS; FOR CONCERT USE; LOUIS EDGAR JOHNS; SHEET MUSIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LYRICS; PENNED IN INK IN COPYIST'S HAND.

Balanenko, Yury; Berezin, Alexander

Moscow

Moscow: Planeta Publishers, (1975). (1975). Moscow: Planeta Publishers, (1975). (1975). Very good. - Quarto [13-1/2 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. 207 pages plus colophon. There is a lengthy gift inscription on the front endpaper. Profuse black-and-white & color illustrations, including 2 folding panoramic views. Very good.

First edition in English. Very good .

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Book number: 22658

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; USSR; MOSCOW; YURY BALANENKO; ALEXANDER BEREZIN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

Balassa, Georges

Expression Corporelle, Methodes Theatrales Et Psychotherapie Analytique / la Spirale de Baal / Techniques Theatrales Dans la Psychotherapie Du Groupe / Techniques Psychotherapeutiques Dans la Formation de L'Acteur

(Montpellier, France: Unpublished thesis, 1974). 1974). (Montpellier, France: Unpublished thesis, 1974). 1974). Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide]. The contents are bound between printed blue cover sheets backed with black cloth tape. The cover sheets are slightly bumped & lightly soiled. [10] leaves & 207 pages, mechanically reproduced. Illustrated with 1 black-and-white plate & reproductions of newspaper articles. Very good.

Doctoral thesis in Psychology presented to the Universite Paul Valery de Montpellier 16 December 1974. In developing his thesis, he author draws on the work of such theatre directors as Peter Brook, Richard Schechner, Jerzy Grotowski and Eugenio Barba. The text is in French.

Rare. Very good .

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Book number: 12740

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATRE. THEATER. PSCYHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE; AVANTGARDE THEATRE; ALTERNATIVE THEATRE; PHYSICAL THEATRE; THESIS; FRENCH; GEORGES BALASSA; EXPRESSION CORPORELLE, METHODES THEATRALES ET PSYCHOTHERAPIE ANALYTIQUE.

(Goethe). Baldensperger, Fernand.

Bibliographie Critique de Goethe En France.

NY: Burt Franklin, (1972). (1972). - Octavo, black cloth. Lower right corner of the front cover heavily bumped. 151 pp. Good.

Reprint of the original edition published in 1907. Good .

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Book number: 5791

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; GERMAN; AUTHOR; GOETHE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; FERNAND BALDENSPERGER. (Literature). (German). BIBLIOGRAPHIE CRITIQUE DE GOETHE EN FRANCE. (Goethe). Baldensperger, Fernand.

Baldin, Luca; editor.

Luigi Merlo: Opera Incisa 1986-1999.

Edizioni Canova (1999). (1999). - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in folding pictorial black, white & gray wrappers. The rear cover is lightly rubbed with 2 price-stickers at bottom right. The film surface is chipped at the head of the spine. 116 pages plus colophon. Profuse full-page illustrations in black & white and color with captions on the facing pages. There is the remnant of a price-sticker on the front endpaper. Very good. Published to mark 25 years of work by Italian artist Luigi Merlo. Very good .

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Book number: 36741

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; ITALIAN ART; TWENTIETH CENTURY ART; ITALIAN ARTIST; LUIGI MERLO: OPERA INCISA 1986-1999; LUCA BALDIN.

Baldwin, Neil

On the Trail of Messages

(Dennis, MA): Salt-Works Press, (1978). (1978). (Dennis, MA): Salt-Works Press, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The wraps are a bit darkened around the edges with some very minor soiling. Unpaginated. Very good.

Limited edition of 500 copies.

Original poems and translations of poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke, Simone Weil and Jean Mambrino. Very good .

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Book number: 32886

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; TRANSLATIONS; POET; NEIL BALDWIN; ON THE TRAIL OF MESSAGES; RAINER MARIA RILKE; SIMONE WEIL; JEAN MAMBRINO; LIMITED EDITION.

(Baldwin, James; McCarthy, Mary; Bellow, Saul; Cummings, E.E.; Jarrell, Randall; Dove, Arthur). Trilling, Lionel, editor.

Perspectives. Number Two, Winter 1953.

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1953. 1953. London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1953. 1953. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in red, blue, black & white wrappers designed by Leo Lionni. The spine and edges of the rear cover are darkened and the corners are lightly bumped. 192 pages, illustrated with 8 pages of color reproductions of paintings by Arthur Dove, 4 pages of movie photographs and 4 pages of photographs of 13 contributors to this issue. Very good. First English edition. Among the contents are "America the Beautiful: The Humanist in the Bathtub" an essay by Mary McCarthy, 13 poems by E.E. Cummings, Randall Jarrell on Walt Whitman, Robert Goldwater on Arthur Dove, "Everybody's Protest Novel" an essay by James Baldwin, and "The Einhorns", a section of a forthcoming novel by Saul Bellow. Very good .

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Book number: 98492

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MUSIC; ART; PERSPECTIVES; NUMBER TWO, WINTER 1953; HAMISH HAMILTON LTD.; LEO LEONI; JAMES BALDWIN; MARY McCARTHY; SAUL BELLOW; E.E. CUMMING; RANDALL JARRELL; ARTHUR DOVE; LIONEL TRILLING; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST

Bali, Alberto (born 1944, Argentina)

Paris - Tour Eiffel. Original Lithographic Poster by Alberto Bali

France: Ed. M Lapassade - Imp. Graticaza, (1985). (1985). France: Ed. M Lapassade - Imp. Graticaza, (1985). (1985). Fine. - sc - A 24 inch high by 31-3/4 inch wide color lithographic poster of the arch of Paris' landmark Eiffel Tower by the Argentine artist Alberto Bali. The superb illustration depicts the arch and girders of the Eiffel Tower in cream and black on a rich gray background. "Paris Tour Eiffel" is boldly printed in red at the bottom right and with credits printed vertically in a small font along the left edge. Near fine. Fine .

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Book number: 33099

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; POSTER; LITHOGRAPH; ORIGINAL PRINT; ALBERTO BALI; PARIS; TOUR EIFFEL; EIFFEL TOWER; FRANCE; ARGENTINIAN ARTIST; ILLUSTRATION; ILLUSTRATED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Balikci, Asen

Development of Basic Socio-Economic Units in Two Eskimo Communities. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 202

Ottawa: (Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery), 1964. 1964. Ottawa: (Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery), 1964. 1964. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed brown-and-white wraps. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. The wraps are lightly rubbed with the corners slightly creased. x & 114 pages. The bottom corners of the first few leaves are lightly creased. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white maps, 2 of them folding. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 31654

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; CANADA; ESKIMOS; DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC UNITS IN TWO ESKIMO COMMUNITIES; ASEN BALIKCI; SOCIOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ARVILIGJUARMIUT; PUVIRNITURMIUT; HUNTING; TRAPPING; SEALING; FISHING; MAPS; NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CANADA BULLETIN.

(Balkenhol, Stephan). Benezra, Neal

Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures and Drawings

Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution / Stuttgart: Cantz Publishers, (1995). (1995). Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution / Stuttgart: Cantz Publishers, (1995). (1995). Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some very light foxing to the top edge of the front wrap & the remnant of a price- sticker on the rear wrap. 83 & [16] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution and shown there from October 19, 1995 to January 15, 1996. Very good .

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Book number: 21033

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: ART; SCULPTURE; STEPHAN BALKENHOL; GERMAN SCULPTOR; SCULPTURES; DRAWINGS; NEAL BENEZRA; EXHIBITION; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, WASHINGTON, DC.

Balle, Povl E.; and Reymann, Ase; editors

Gronlandsk Avis- Og Tidsskrift-Index 1955-59. Avisit Atuagagssiatdlo Kalatdlisortut Ujardliutat 1955-59. Greenland's Newspaper and Periodical Index 1955-59

Det kongelige Bibliotek, Bibliotekscentralens Forlag, 1977. 1977. Det kongelige Bibliotek, Bibliotekscentralens Forlag, 1977. 1977. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with the spine slightly faded. 182 pages. Very good.

An index of articles on all subjects relating to Greenland in Greenlandic and Danish newspapers and periodicals during the years 1955-59. The subjects are arranged according to the Danish revised [Dewey] decimal system, fifth edition. The text is in Danish with translations into Greenlandic and English. Very good .

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Book number: 23712

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: LITERATURE; JOURNALISM; INDEX OF ARTICLES RELATING TO GREENLAND; GRONLANDSK AVIS- OG TIDSSKRIFT-INDEX 1955-59; Avisit atuagagssiatdlo kalatdlisortut ujardliutat 1955-59; Greenland's Newspaper and Periodical Index 1955-59; DANISH NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODI

Ballentine, George

Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army. By George Ballentine. Edited by William H. Goetzmann

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Christmas, 1986. 1986. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Christmas, 1986. 1986. Fine. - Small octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a device in gilt on the front cover. lxxxiv & 354 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, several black & white plates and a double-page color map. Near fine.

The Lakeside Classics, printed by The Lakeside Press.

A history of America's war with Mexico. Animosity between the United States and Mexico heightened subsequent to Texas being admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845. This act was one of the factors which led to the declaration of war on May 13, 1846. "The text is the autobiography of George Ballentine, a Scotsman, who emigrated to America expecting to use his skills as a weaver. Unable to find work in New York City, he enlists in the United States Army and in less than two years becomes part of General Winfield Scott's invasion force that lands at Vera Cruz and fights its way to the Mexican capital and war's end." -- Excerpted from the Publisher's Preface. Fine .

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Book number: 3431

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MILITARY; HISTORY; MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR; MEXICO; AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY; LAKESIDE PRESS; GEORGE BALLENTINE; WILLIAM H. GOETZMANN; GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT; BATTLES; SCOTSMAN; SOLDIER.

Ballerini, Luigi.

The Book of the Last of the Mohegans. (Tau/Ma 2).

[Bologna: Maramotti (?)], 1975. 1975. LIMITED EDITION OF 50 SIGNED COPIES WITH 5 TIPPED-IN PHOTOS - Quarto, 11 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed tan wraps. The perfect bound binding is fragile and starting to separate near the top of the spine. 17 leaves, with text which includes visual poetry and 5 tipped-in black & white photographs by Elsa Ruiz. The corners of the pages are very lightly creased. Very good. Limited edition of 50 numbered copies signed by Luigi Ballerini. The Italian poet, Luigi Ballerini is also an historian of gastronomy who has not only published poetry in Italian and English, but translated the works of American authors as diverse as Henry James, Herman Melville, William Carlos Williams, James Baldwin and Kurt Vonnegut into Italian. A man of many talents, he has also edited cookbooks. Good .

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Book number: 29348

Catalogue: Visual Poetry

Keywords: LITERATURE; VISUAL POETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; LUIGI BALLERINI; THE BOOK OF THE LAST OF THE MOHEGANS; TAU/MA; ITALIAN; POET; TWENTIETH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; NUMBERED; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST; BOLOGNA; PHOTOGRAPHS; ILLUSTRATIONS.