(Balzac, Honore de). Oliver, E. J

Balzac the European

London and New York: Sheed and Ward, (1959). (1959). London and New York: Sheed and Ward, (1959). (1959). Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with its top edge lightly chipped. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 209 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 28872

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; FRENCH; HONORE DE BALZAC; E. J. OLIVER; LITERARY CRITICISM; BIOGRAPHY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Balzac, Honore de

The Physiology of Marriage

London: Privately printed, 1904. 1904. London: Privately printed, 1904. 1904. Good. - Octavo, green cloth backed with dark blue cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped with the cloth worn away at the corners & there is a small piece out of the top edge of the rear cover. The spine is darkened. vi, 3 53 & [1] pages. The page edges are slightly darkened, else the contents are very good.

First unexpurgated editon. Good .

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Book number: 21129

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH; HONORE DE BALZAC; THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE. FIRST UNEXPURGATED EDITION.

(von Bamberg, Arthur). Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Hermann Und Dorothea

Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1886. 1886. Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1886. 1886. Very good. - 12mo [4-5/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide], pictorial light blue cloth titled in black on the spine & in black with an image of a flowering branch in pink & brown on the front cover & with decorative frames in black on both covers. All the edges are gilt. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. Half-title, title, [iii] & 102 pages. Illustrated with 8 black-and-white plates with tissue guards by Arthur von Bamberg. There is a pencil marking on the front endpaper & an owner's name with the date 1890 on the half-title. The page edges are slightly darkened, else a very good, attractive copy.

The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 19918

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; NARRATIVE POEM; HERMANN UND DOROTHEA; GERMAN; JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; ARTHUR VON BAMBERG; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Banks, Russell

Searching for Survivors

New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 1975. New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 1975. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled with several score marks & the jacket's top edge is lightly creased. Half-title, title, [3] leaves, 153 & [2] pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. There is some minor foxing to the fore-edge with a small area of offsetting to the rear endpaper. Very good.

First edition with the price on the rear panel of the dust wrapper, as issued.

A book of fourteen stories by Russell Banks. A publisher's press release is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 27356

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AMERICAN LITERATURE; AMERICAN AUTHOR; RUSSELL BANKS; SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Banks, Russell

Snow: Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter

Hanover, NH: Granite Publications, (1974). (1974). Hanover, NH: Granite Publications, (1974). (1974). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative gray & white wrappers by Andrew Tavarelli. There is some light foxing to the edges of the rear wrap. [23] pages. There is foxing to the inside wraps, half-title & rear blank. Very good. First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 18927

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEM; POET; NOVELIST; AMERICAN; RUSSELL BANKS; SNOW: MEDITATIONS OF A CAUTIOUS MAN IN WINTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Barbusse, Henri.

Chains. Translated from the French by Stephen Haden Guest. [Two Volumes in One Edition].

New York: International Publishers, (1925). (1925). - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Green cloth titled in orange on the front cover and the spine. The corners are bumped and the rear cover is slightly stained. There is wear to the head of the darkened spine. 302 & [1] pages. The text block is cracked opposite the half-title. Good. Good .

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Book number: 97322

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH NOVEL; HENRI BABUSSE; CHAINS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN HADEN GUEST; FRENCH AUTHORS; FICTION.

(Crabbe, George). Bareham, T.; and Gatrell, S

A Bibliography of George Crabbe

Folkestone, U.K.: Wm. Dawson & Sons Ltd. / Hamden, CT: Achon Books, (1978). (1978). Folkestone, U.K.: Wm. Dawson & Sons Ltd. / Hamden, CT: Achon Books, (1978). (1978). Fine. - Octavo, light gray cloth titled in gilt. A bit soiled. vii & 194 pp. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 6599

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Literature). (Poetry). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE CRABBE. (Crabbe, George). Bareham, T.; and Gatrell, S.

Barker, Elsa.

Poem Signed by Elsa Barker, "One of These Little Ones".

New York: Moods Publishing, (1910). (1910). New York: Moods Publishing, (1910). (1910). Very good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Unbound sheet removed from a book featuring the poem ""One of These Little Ones" and signed by the poet Elsa Barker. The pages [13-16] were removed in the past from the limited edition book "The Younger Choir" published in 1910. The poem is published across two pages and signed at the end of the poem below the author's printed name. On the versos of the pages are an unsigned poem by Barker, "When I am Dead" and a poem by Herbert Bashford, "The Fall of the Fir". The inner edges of the leaves are rough. There is a very light stain to the upper inner corner of the leaves. A very good boldly autographed poem. Elsa Barker (1869-1954) was an American writer who was interested in the occult. She wrote 3 books which she claimed were messages from a dead man. She said that the books were produced through automatic writing. The books were: "Letters from a Living Dead Man" (1914), "War Letters from the Living Dead Man" (1915), and "Last Letters from the Living Dead Man" (1919). Very good .

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Book number: 98610

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEM SIGNED BY ELSA BARKER; ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; THE YOUNGER CHOIR; AMERICAN WRITER; OCCULT; METAPHYSICS; AUTOMATIC WRITING; WHEN I AM DEAD; THE FALL OF THE FIR; HERBERT BASHFORD; MOODS PUBLISHING; 20TH CENTU

(Barnes, Djuna). Messerli, Douglas

Djuna Barnes: A Bibliography

[NY]: David Lewis, 1975. 1975. [NY]: David Lewis, 1975. 1975. Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. Slightly bumped, soiled & faded. xx & 131 pp. Very good.

Limited edition of 500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 6660

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; AUTHOR; WOMAN AUTHOR; DJUNA BARNES; DOUGLAS MESSERLI; LIMITED EDITION. (Literature). (Bibliography). DJUNA BARNES: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Barnes, Djuna). Messerli, Douglas.

Barnes, Melvin

Murder in Print: A Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction

(London): Barn Owl Books, (1986). (1986). (London): Barn Owl Books, (1986). (1986). Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in silver, in dw. 244 pp. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 6169

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; CRIME FICTION; MURDER; REFERENCE; MELVIN BARNES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (Crime Fiction). MURDER IN PRINT: A Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction. Barnes, Melvin.

Barnes, Julian

The Porcupine

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 1992. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 1992. Fine. SIGNED BY JULIAN BARNES - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 138 pages. Near fine.

First American edition.

Signed by Julian Barnes on the title page. Fine .

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Book number: 32072

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; BRITISH AUTHOR; JULIAN BARNES; THE PORCUPINE; EASTERN EUROPE; FALL OF COMMUNISM; SOVIET IDEOLOGY; SOVIET SATELLITE COUNTRY; TRIAL; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Barnes, Julian.

Staring at the Sun.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 1987. - Octavo, white boards backed with purple cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some light soiling to the dust jacket's panels with a small area of foxing to its front panel & a price-sticker on its rear panel. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 37107

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; BRITISH AUTHOR; JULIAN BARNES; STARING AT THE SUN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Barrett, Andrea

Lucid Stars

(New York: Dell Publishing, 1988). 1988). (New York: Dell Publishing, 1988). 1988). Very good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in pictorial wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with the corners slightly creased. There is a light paper-clip mark to the top edge of the front wrap. [xi] & 308 pages. Very good.

Uncorrected proof of the author's first book, signed by her on the title page. Very good .

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Book number: 24510

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: NOAMZ; LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; UNCORRECTED PROOF; AUTHOR; ANDREA BARRETT; FIRST BOOK; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.

Barrett, Andrea

Lucid Stars

New York, NY: Dell Publishing, (1988). (1988). New York, NY: Dell Publishing, (1988). (1988). Fine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Octavo, softcovers. Perfect bound color pictorial wraps. 328 pages. Near fine.

First edition of the author's first book. A paperback original.

Signed by the author, Andrea Barrett, on the title page. Fine .

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Book number: 3492

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; NOVEL; FICTION; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ANDREA BARRETT; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; LUCID STAR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST; AUTHOR'S 1ST BOOK; BOY-MEETS-GIRL; 20TH CENTURY.

Barrett, Andrea

The Middle Kingdom

New York: Pocket Books, (1991). (1991). New York: Pocket Books, (1991). (1991). Fine. - Octavo, cream paper covered boards backed with green cloth & titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 279 pages. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper.

First edition.

Signed by the author on the title page. Fine .

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Book number: 3605

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; ANDREA BARRETT; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CHINA; BEIJING; TIANANMEN SQUARE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.