BIGEARD, MARCEL [COLONEL]

Aucune bête au Monde

Paris, Éditions de la Pensée Moderne. 1959. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Publiished Paris: Éditions de la Pensée Moderne, 1959, 1973 printing. 4to. 9 3/4" x 12", unpaginated, illustrated with b/w photographs of Sergent-Chef Marc Flament. Text in French. Gray patterned cloth with brown spine titles. Mild dust foxing on top and front edge of page block and along the dust jacket flap folds, else fine in near fine dust jacket with light rub at the heel. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010547

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BIGOT, CHARLES

Gloires et Souvenirs Militaires d'aprés les mémoires du Cannonier Bricard,du Maréchal Bugeaud, du Capitaine Coignet

Paris, Hachette. 1898. Hard, 4to. Hard cover in original publisher's decoated cloth. Published Paris: Hachette, 1898. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", 280pp. illustrated with color plates. Text in French. Red cloth with gilt titles and elaborate gilt and black decorations, all edge gilting, green endpapers. Some fade to the spine cloth and decorations, age toning to the paper, a few pages have rough edges. Very good minus. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010543

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

BILSKI, EMILY

Objects of the Spirit: Ritual and the Art of Tobi Kahn

Manchester, Vermont, Hudson Hills Press. 2004, 1st. (ISBN: 155595247x). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills, 2004. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 160pp. 133 illustrations, 113 in full color. Burgundy cloth with blind embossed and gilt titles. Inscription on flyleaf. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009849

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 155595247x

BIMBERG, EDWARD L.

Tricolor over the Sahara: The Desert Battles of the Free French, 1940-1942 (Contributions in Military Studies Number 217)

Westport, CT, Greenwood Press. 2002, 1st. (ISBN: 0313316546). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002, first printing. 8vo. xii+134pp. illus. Dark blue cloth with silver titles in red block. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010584

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History 0313316546

BINDLOSS, HAROLD

By Right of Purchase

NY, Burt. 1908. Hard. Hard cover. Published NY: Burt (1908). 8vo. vi+345pp. Red linen cloth with red titles in block reverse. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009121

FOSTER, BIRKET & TAYLOR, TOM

Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. Engraved by the brothers Dalziel, with pictures in word by Tom Taylor. India Proof Edition.

London, George Routledge and Sons. 1881, 1st. Hard, Folio. Ill.: Foster, Birket. First edition thus. "New Edition: India Proof Edition, printed at hand press from the original wood blocks." Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, number 362. Full vellum and gilt. Published London: George Routledge and Sons, c1881. Folio, 11 3/4" x 15 3/4", unpaginated, 30 full page illustrations - lovely views of rural England, wood-engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with verses and poems by Tom Taylor, plus two Dalziel advertisement leaves and a colophon leaf of Camden Press. Bound in full vellum over beveled boards, with gilt and brown titles, gilt, brown and orange cover designs. Slight loss and rub at the heel, minor rub/soil to covers, else very good plus. Internally near fine, pages and plates, clean, bright with only light, occasional foxing. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 008526

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Foster, Birket

BISHOP, ROBERT

American Folk Sculpture

NY, Dutton. 1983, 1st. (ISBN: 0525480609). Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. First paperback edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Dutton, 1983, first printing. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11", 392pp. 726 illustrations in b/w and full color. Flattened creasing to corner of a few pages, else near fine, clean, attractive. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010016

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0525480609

BISKIND, PETER

Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film

NY, Simon & Schuster. 2004, 1st. (ISBN: 068486259x). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004, first printing. 8vo. x+544pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Mild, uniforming toning to paper, small stain on edge of page block. Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010071

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: 068486259x

BISWAL, ASHOK

Mystic Monpas of Tawang Himalaya

New Delhi, Indus Publishing Company. 2006. (ISBN: 8173871949). Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, 2006. 8vo. 232pp. illustrated with full color plates and b/w reproductions. Burgundy cloth with white spine titles. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009904

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: 8173871949

BLACKMORE, R. D.

Lorna Doone

NY, Dodd Mead & Co. 1930, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: Mead Schaefer. First edition. Hard cover in original black cloth. Published NY: Dodd Mead & Co. 1930. thick, small 4to. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", 646pp. illustrated with 8 full color, full page plates by Mead Schaefer. Black cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial cover inlay, 2-color pictorial endpapers. Spine lettering dull, tips tender, small nick to the cloth, previous owner book plate on pastedown, mild toning to fore edges. Pages and plates clean and bright. Very good minus. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009859

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Mead Schaefer

BLADY, KEN

The Jewish Boxers Hall of Fame

Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A. Carol Pub Group. 1988, 1st. (ISBN: 0933503873). Hard, 8vo. Illus, SIGNED First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NJ: Carol, 1988, first printing. 325 pp. illus. photos. Inscribed by the author on f.l. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 000384

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Blady Ken Jewish Boxers Hall Fame Signed First Edition Sports Boxing History Autographed Inscribed Profile Portraits Sketch Sport 0933503873

BLAINE, DAVID

Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic

NY, Villard Books. 2002, 1st. (ISBN: 0375505733). Hard, Small 4to. First edition. Hard cover in pictorial boards. Published NY: Villard Books, 2002. Small 4to. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", ix+214pp. lavishly illustrated with color and b/w photos. Light foxing on front edge of page block and half title. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009801

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: 0375505733

BLAKE, ROBIN

Anthony Van Dyck: A Life - 1599-1641

London, Constable. 1999, 1st. (ISBN: 009479720x). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Constable, 1999. 8vo. xii+435pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Near fine in near finr dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009584

Keywords: 009479720x

BLAKE, WILLIAM

Songs of Experience

London, Ernest Benn Limited. 1927, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition thus, reproduced in color from a copy in the British Museum. Published London: Ernest Benn, 1927, first printing. Large 8vo. 7 1/4" x 10", unpaginated, 27 pastel colored illustrations printed recto on beige parchment. Gilt decorated black cloth with gilt spine titles. Light wear at the spine ends and tips, else near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009120

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Poetry

BLAKE, WILLIAM; LINCOLN, ANDREW [EDITOR]

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 2)

Princeton, The William Blake Trust / Princeton University Press. 1991, 1st. (ISBN: 0691037906). Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. Trade softcover. Published Princeton: The William Blake Trust / Princeton University Press, 1991. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/4" x 11 3/4", 209pp. illustrated with full color plates, beige endpapers. "Songs of Innocence and of Experience, is now reproduced in paperback for the first time from the King's College, Cambridge copy--sometimes known as "Blake's own copy." The poems have been edited with introduction, notes, commentaries, and bibliography.". Very good, clean, unmarked. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010250

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions 0691037906