Blochman, Lawrence G.

Death Walks in Marble Halls

New York, Dell Publishing Company, Inc, 1951. First Edition. Paperback. Dell Book 19. A very good copy. Cover art by Maurice Thomas.; Small octavo. .

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Book number: 32723

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Mysteries, DELL TEN CENT

Block, Lawrence

Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man

New York, Bernard Geis, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a 4 mm closed tear to lower edge of rear panel. An attractive copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 3935

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Humor, Fiction Humor

Blok, Aleksandr

Poesie

Milano, Lerici Editore, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 487pp. Red cloth lettered in white on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and several illustrations from photographs. Edited by Angelo M. Ripellino. A fine copy in acetate dustwrapper and original slipcase. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 28993

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE, POETRY, ITALIAN BOOKS, ITALIAN LANGUAGE Poetry

Bobbin, Tim (John Collier)

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq. , Containing His View of the Lancashire Dialect, with Large Additions and Improvements; Also, His Poem of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton; Together with Other Whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse

Manchester, J. Slack, 1818. Hardcover. 226pp. Full patterned calf stamped in gold on the front and the back panel, spine elaborately tooled in blind with black label lettered in gold affixed. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Napier Lawrence, Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate to front pastedown endpaper. Bound with Plebeian Politics, or the Principles and Practices of certain Mole-Eyed Maniacs Vulgarly Called Warrites. Printed and published by J. Slack, Manchester, 1818. 83pp. Frontispiece and six inserted plates. Mild edge wear else a fine copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 22022

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE, HUMOR, SATIRE, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Decameron Di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio Corretto Ed Illustrato Con Note Tratte Da Varj Dal Dott. Giulio Ferrario

Milano, Dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. In four volumes. lxiii, 516pp; 526pp; 416pp; 312, 151pp + index and publisher's advertisements. Subscribers' list at the end of volume one. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, all edges uncut. Engraved frontispiece. Volume one includes Vita di Giovanni Boccaccio Fiorentino Poeta by Filippo Villani and Vita di Giovanni Boccaccio by Girolamo Tiraboschi. Volume four includes Vita di Dante Alighieri and Lettere di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio. Some wear to extremities, a couple of short closed tears to the spines. Internally particularly clean with many pages still unopened. In the Italian language. Gamba 190.; Octavo. .

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Book number: 24969

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: ITALIAN BOOKS, ITALIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, CLASSICS Antiquarian

Boccaccio, Giovanni

The Decameron

New York, Random House. Hardcover. Modern Library. NF/VG-. Bound in gray cloth with gilt logo and titles on cover and spine. Dustjacket shows moderate wear to extremities and light soiling, ex-owner's name on ffep and title page. 408 titles listed on the dustjacket. The Frances Winwar translation. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 6056

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Literature, Italy

Boccaccio, Giovanni

IL Decamerone, Ossia le Cento Novelle. Riveduto E Annotato Da Mario Foresi

Firenze, Adriano Salani, Editore, 1899. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in one. 226pp; 212pp; 199pp + 7pp of publisher's advertisements. Light brown pictorial cloth with a nice Art Nouveau image of a nude woman sitting on top of a book, spine with ornate black decorations and gold lettering, rear board stamped in black and blind. Frontispiece. Small stain to front panel, some light pencil annotations, light toning to text block. A bright, very good+ copy in a very unusual publisher's binding. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 24008

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: ITALIAN BOOK, ITALIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, CLASSICS, EROTICA, DECORATED BINDINGS Antiquarian

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Opere Minori

Firenze, Salani Editore, 1964. Hardcover. Collana I Grandi Classici. 755pp + index. Light brown cloth stamped in gold on the front panel, decorated and lettered in gold on the spine panel. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper and in near fine slipcase with a small split to top edge. In the Italian language. ; 16mo. .

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Book number: 26732

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE, CLASSICS, ITALIAN BOOKS, ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Bolenius, Emma Miller

Animal Friends. A First Reader

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 122pp. Blue pictorial cloth stamped in orange on the front panel. With several color illustrations by Mabel Betsy Hill. Name on verso of front free endpaper, light foxing to edges. Internally very clean but for a couple of smudges. A very good copy. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 34859

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, CHILDRENS BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS Children and Young Adults

Böll, Heinrich

Absent without Leave

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1965. First US Edition. Hardcover. Price in pencil on front flap else a fine copy in fine dustjacket. Also includes the novella Enter and Exit. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 12109

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, war, Germany, Literature

Boll, Heinrich

Adam and the Train

New York, Mc Graw Hill, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st ed. 1970. Fine in a like dustjacket. Very minimal wear to dj. Two war novels set in 1944 Germany. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 2589

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: War, Germany,

Böll, Heinrich

The Stories of Heinrich BöLL

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. 686pp. Full blue cloth stamped in gold on the cover and the spine, top edge stained red. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with light chipping to upper edges. Collects sixty-three stories spanning almost four decades by the Nobel Prize winning author. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. ; Octavo. .

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Book number: 16385

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: Fiction, Literature, Short Stories, ANTHOLOGIES, Germany, NOBEL PRIZE

Bolton, Cornelius Winter

Tender Grass for Little Lambs

New York, Robert Carter & Brothers, 1855. Hardcover. 303pp. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations. Wear to covers, missing front free endpaper, some of the leaves are partially detached, scattered foxing throughout. A good copy. ; Square 16mo. .

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Book number: 31927

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, YOUNG ADULTS, ANTIQUARIAN, CHRISTIAN LIFE Children and Young Adults Antiquarian

Bonanni, Laudomia

L'Adultera

Milano, Bompiani, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, upper corners bruised, inscription on front free endpaper. About near fine pictorial boards in near fine acetate dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by Bonanni on the half-title page. Comes with the original publisher's leaflet. In the Italian language. ; Octavo; 202 pages; Signed by Author. .

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Book number: 17854

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, ITALY, italian book, Italian Language

Bonner, Sherwood [Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell]

Suwanee River Tales

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 303pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original mustard pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front panel, and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Decorated endpapers. Collects eighteen stories about life in the South, originally published in Harper's Weekly, Youth's Companion, and other magazines. Frontispiece and three inserted plates with illustrations by Frank T. Merrill. Introduction by Sophia Kirk. Cloth is darkened, spine ends and corner tips frayed, front hinge weak. Name in pencil on the front free endpaper. Text block is mostly clean with occasional smudges. A fair copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. Ill.: Illustrated by Merrill, Frank T.

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Book number: 29764

Catalogue: Fiction and Literature

Keywords: FICTION, LITERATURE, ANTHOLOGIES, SHORT STORIES, SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, AFRICAN-AMERICANS