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Bemelmans, Ludwig
THE BLUE DANUBE
Imprint: Garden City, Sun Dial Press, 1946
Binding: Hardcover
Spine slightly sunned. One corner bumped; COlor illustrations by the author; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 153 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 9849.
$US 20.00 |
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
THE DONKEY INSIDE
Imprint: New York, Viking Press, 1941
Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing
DJ lightly chipped and with small soiling to DJ back. ; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 7229.
$US 40.00 |
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
THE DONKEY INSIDE
Imprint: New York, Viking Press, 1943
Binding: Hardcover
DJ lightly chipped on spine ends. Price clipped. Small bookplate; 8vo; 224 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 8429.
$US 30.00 |
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
THE DONKEY INSIDE
Imprint: New York, Viking Press, 1945
Binding: Hardcover; Fifth Printing
Former owner's stamp on front free endpaper ; Great color illustrations by Bemelmans; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 19319.
$US 25.00 |
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Benchley, Peter
THE DEEP
Imprint: Garden City, Doubleday & Company, 1976
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to DJ extremities. Boards slightly discolored; The follow-up novel to the blockbuster Jaws; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 11788. ISBN: 0385047428
$US 25.00 |
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Benchley, Peter
TIME AND A TICKET
Imprint: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Slight tanning and chipping to DJ and with DJ spine faded; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 19412.
$US 100.00 |
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Bendiner, Elmer
A TIME FOR ANGELS A Tragicomic History of the League of Nations
Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1975
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ shows slight wear and slight dampstaining which bleeds through to the front board a little, not affecting text ; The ultimately dashed dream of US President Woodrow Wilson; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 441,xviii pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 16438. ISBN: 0394481836
$US 30.00 |
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Benet, Stephen Vincent
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
Imprint: Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc., 1929
Binding: Hardcover
Spine darkened. Spine label and front label lightly rubbed and yellowed; Benet's epic poem about the Civil War; 8vo; 377 pages, Very Good-
Stock number: 8990.
$US 38.15 |
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Benet, Stephen Vincent
SELECTED WORKS OF STEPHEN VINCENT BENET [TWO VOLUME SET] Volume One: Poetry Volume Two: Prose
Imprint: New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942
Binding: Hardcover
Moderate wear to slipcase. Spines sunned and boards with light rubbing to extremities. A bit of browning to endpapers; Some of Benet's most celebrated work including "The Devil" and "Daniel Webster" ; 8vo; 487, 483 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 16670.
$US 20.00 |
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Bennett, Wendell C.
ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
Imprint: New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Light chipping and small open tears to DJ. Boards with light rubbing to extremities; The ancient civilizations of the Andes produced many stupendous works of art starting around 400 BC; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 187 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 13330.
$US 75.00 |
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Bennett, Wendell C.
ANCIENT ART OF THE ANDES
Imprint: New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear with chipping and small open tears to DJ; The ancient civilizations of the Andes produced many stupendous works of art starting around 400 BC; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 187 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 14728.
$US 100.00 |
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[Bennett]
BENNETT'S HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN NORWAY With through Routes to Sweden and Denmark
Imprint: Oslo, Bennett's Travel Bureau, 1925
Edition: 31st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light rubbing to boards. One closed tear to rear map; Thorough travel guide in the Baedecker's style. With 32 routes, index, route map and 4 plans ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; X, 293, LIV pages, Very Good
Stock number: 18089.
$US 75.00 |
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Bennett, Whitman
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS (1800-1900)
Imprint: Ardsley, Haydn Foundation for the Cultural Arts, 1980
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Slight chipping to front lettering; Originally published in 1949, this guide to nineteenth century publications containing color prints is a standard text on the topic; 8vo; 140 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 6052. ISBN: 0937704008
$US 50.00 |
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Benoit, Francois
L'ARCHITECTURE
Imprint: Paris, Librairie Renouard, 1911
Binding: Hardcover
Spine sunned and with light rubbing to spine label. Endpapers tanned; In French; Manuels D'Histoire De L'Art; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 575 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 14566.
$US 90.00 |
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Bensusan, S L
MOROCCO
Imprint: London, A & C Black, 1904
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Minute tears to spine ends. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. First and last few pages browned and a bit frail. Light chipping to half title page ; Butterscotch boards with ornate design to front and spine. Top edge gilt; Color Illustrations; 8vo; xv, 231 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by A S Forrest
Stock number: 17876.
$US 250.00 |
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Bentick-Smith, William
BUILDING A GREAT LIBRARY The Coolidge Years At Harvard
Imprint: Cambridge, Harvard University Library, 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Sticker removal residue to front endpaper; That is, Archibald Cary Coolidge, affiliated with Harvard for many years; 8vo; 218 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 14943.
$US 35.00 |
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Bentley, Eric
IN SEARCH OF THEATER
Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ shows moderate chipping and open tears. Ink markings in front pastedown ; Collection of essays about the author's observations of American and European theater; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 411, ix pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 9499.
$US 50.00 |
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Bercovici, Konrad
NIGHTS ABROAD
Imprint: New York, The Century Co., 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by Suydam, E. H.
Stock number: 616.
$US 40.00 |
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Berendt, John
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL A Savannah Story
Imprint: New York, Random House, 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Bookplate on front endpaper. ; Nicely SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper; 8vo; 392 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 18347. ISBN: 0679429220
$US 50.00 |
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Berendt, John
THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
Imprint: New York, Penguin Press, 2005
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Edition
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Stock number: 17515.
$US 35.00 |
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Bergen, Philip
OLD BOSTON IN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS, 1850-1918 174 Prints from the Collection of the Bostonian Society
Imprint: New York, Dover Publications Inc., 1990
Binding: Softcover
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated
Nicely SIGNED on title page by Bergen ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 116 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18568. ISBN: 0486261840
$US 25.00 |
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Bergstrom, Theo
THE THAMES A Picture Book
Imprint: London, Bergström + Boyle Books, 1975
Binding: Hardcover
DJ lightly soiled and worn. Former owner's notes on front free endpaper; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 10539. ISBN: 090376704X
$US 20.00 |
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Berle, Reidar Johan (Drawings and Design)
HAPPY NORWAY TO YOU Moving around in Norway
Imprint: Bergen, J. W. Eides Forlag, 1949
Binding: Hardcover
Boards worn. Spine ends chipping; B&W Photographs; 8vo; np pages, Good+
Stock number: 17658.
$US 20.00 |
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Berle, Milton & Frankel, Haskel
MILTON BERLE An Autobiography
Imprint: New York, Delacorte Press, 1974
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear and browning to DJ; Candid life story of the comic. Stated first printing; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 337 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 15033. ISBN: 0440056098
$US 25.00 |
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Berlitz, M. D.
SECOND BOOK FOR TEACHING MODERN LANGUAGES English Part for Adults
Imprint: New York, M. D. Berlitz, 1906
Binding: Hardcover
First and last pages a bit browned. Small stain to front board. ; New, Revised, American Edition. Red boards with gilt lettering ; 8vo; 173 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 3637.
$US 50.00 |
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Berman, Carl
PEOPLE OF THE HIGH PLATEAU
Imprint: Charlotteville, Howell Press, 1988
Binding: Hardcover
The author has spent 50 years tracking the lifways of the people of the High Plateau, the ancient tribes who live along the rooftop of the world. Numerous pictures by the author ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 114 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 10815.
$US 30.00 |
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Berman, Avis
REBELS ON EIGHTH STREET Juliana Force and the Whitney Museum of Art
Imprint: New York, Atheneum, 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Former owner's name to fep; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 573 pages, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Stock number: 2426. ISBN: 0689120869
$US 25.00 |
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Berna, Paul
FLOOD WARNING
Imprint: London, The Bodley Head, 1962
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to DJ extremities. Very light foxing to first few pages ; Review copy slip tipped in on front free endpaper; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 11843.
$US 35.00 |
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Bernard, Roger & Renard, Jean-Claude
GIEN FAÏENCE
Imprint: Brussels, Societe Nouvelle Des Faienceries De Gien, 1985
Binding: Hardcover
DJ with light wear and one open tear to top spine; History of the noted ceramics company; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 162 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 8373.
$US 50.00 |
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Bernen, Robert
THE HILLS: MORE TALES FROM THE BLUE STACKS Stories of Ireland
Imprint: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ tanned and with light shelfwear. Previous owner's writing to front free endpaper ; Tales set in a remote corner of northwestern Ireland known as the Blue Stacks ; 8vo; 147 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 13933. ISBN: 0684180057
$US 15.00 |
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Berney, Maurice
AUSTRALIEN
Imprint: Bern, Kümmerly & Frey, 1964
Binding: Hardcover
DJ shows wear and small open tears; In German. Lots of color photos ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 171 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 10732.
$US 30.00 |
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Bernier, Olivier
FIREWORKS AT DUSK Paris in the Thirties
Imprint: Boston, Little Brown & Company, 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Even as art and culture reached new highs in Paris, the darkening shadow of WWII was on the horizon; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 351 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 12732. ISBN: 0316092754
$US 35.00 |
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Bernoville, Gaetan; Etcheverry, Michel; Ithurriague, Jean; Veyrin, Philippe
VISAGES DU PAYS BASQUE
Imprint: Paris, Editions Des Horizons De France, 1946
Binding: Softcover
In original glassine DJ (with light chipping and a bit of browning). Profusely illustrated ; Collection Provinicales; 8vo, Very Good-
Stock number: 18680.
$US 75.00 |
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Berrall, Julia S.
THE GARDEN An Illustrated History from Ancient History to the Present Day
Imprint: London, Thames and Hudson, 1966
Binding: Hardcover
General wear with some discoloration to DJ ; A very detailed look at human cultivation of flora from the time of the Pharaohs to the twentieth century; B&W and Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 388 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 15284.
$US 30.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
EMILIA E ROMAGNA
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1935
Edition: Third Edition
Binding: Hardcover
"con 13 carte geografiche, 11 piante di città, 31 piante di edifici e 25 stemmi" ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 552 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18766.
$US 100.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
ITALIA MERIDIONALE Terzo Volume: Campania, Basilicata E Calabria
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1928
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
DJ browned (as usual) and with light chipping to spine ends. Small soiling to title page. Title page partially detached ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 809 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Stock number: 16981.
$US 155.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
ITALIA CENTRALE Secondo Volume: Firenze - Siena - Perugia - Assisi
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1922
Binding: Hardcover
Some glue residue to tape reinforced DJ. Red boards with minor rubbing to extremities. Gilt lettering a bit faded. Front hinge nicely reinforced with black tape ; A true "Baedeker clone" with the rare DJ; 12mo; 420 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 1817.
$US 50.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
ITALIA CENTRALE Terzo Volume. Territorio a Ouest Della Linea Ferroviaria, Fierenze - Arezzo - Perugia - Foligno - Terni - Roma
Imprint: Milano, Guida D'Italia Del Touring Club Italiano, 1923
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Rear fold out maps with light edgewear. Former owner's name on half title page. ; "Con 15 carte geografiche, 5 piante di Città, 15 piante di città e 6 piante di edifici". This series are the most detailed travel guide books - Baedeker style - of Italy. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 618 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18753.
$US 75.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
ITALIA CENTRALE Terzo Volume. Territorio a Ouest Della Linea Ferroviaria, Fierenze - Arezzo - Perugia - Foligno - Terni - Roma
Imprint: Milano, Guida D'Italia Del Touring Club Italiano, 1923
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Boards a bit darkened. ; "Con 15 carte geografiche, 5 piante di Città, 15 piante di città e 6 piante di edifici". This series are the most detailed travel guide books - Baedeker style - of Italy. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 618 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18754.
$US 90.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
ITALIA MERIDIONALE [TWO VOLUMES SET] Vol. I: Abruzzo, Molise E Puglia. Vol. II: Napoli E Dintorni
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1926, 1927
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with gilt lettering a bit faded. Vol II: Marginal wear to some maps. First and last few pages browned. Front hinge started, back hinge cracked; Vol I: "con 14 carte geographiche, 13 piante di citta e 33 piante di edifici". Vol II: "con 7 carte geografiche, 12 piante di citta et 51 piante di edifici e schemi" ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 800, 618 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 18771.
$US 100.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
LE TRE VENÉZIE [3 VOLUME SET] Guida D'Italia Del Touring Club Italiano
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1925
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Vol. I: slight gapping to front hinge (but holding together strongly) . Slight tanning to endpapers and pages; Vol. I: "con 5 carte geogafiche, 7 piante di città, 8 piante di edifici". Vol. II: "con 18 carte geografiche e 4 piante di città". Vol. III: "con 10 arte geografiche, 13 piante di città, 3 piante di edifici e 2 piante di grotte" ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 536, 443, 416 pages, Very Good
Stock number: 18768.
$US 300.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
LIGURIA, TOSCANA A NORD DELL'ARNO, EMILIA Guida D'Italia Del Touring Club Italiano
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1924
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Gilt lettering to boards and spine a bit faded ; "con 11 carte geografiche, 13 piante di città, 3 piante die edifici; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 448 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 18770.
$US 100.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
OBER-ITALIEN
Imprint: Berlin, Grieben-Verlag, 1926
Binding: Hardcover
Usual browning to very rare DJ. ; 25 Karten, 25 Stadtpläne, 10 Grundrisse; Grieben's Reiseführer; Vol. 201; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 521 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Stock number: 18764.
$US 90.00 |
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Bertarelli, L. V.
SARDEGNA
Imprint: Milano, Touring Club Italiano, 1918
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Gilt lettering a bit faded. Pages a bit browned; Numerous maps in color; Guida D'Italia Del Touring Club Italiano; 16mo; 283 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 4792.
$US 100.00 |
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Berton, Pierre
DRIFTING HOME
Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1974
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Rafting down the Yukon with wife and six kids? What was he thinking? A good read and a story that makes your last vacation look downright placid by comparison ; Color Photographs; 12mo; 174 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 3423. ISBN: 0394490819
$US 20.00 |
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Berton, Pierre
THE IMPOSSIBLE RAILWAY The Building of the Canadian Pacific--A Triumphant Saga of Exploration, Politics, High Finance & Adventure
Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1972
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Light wear to DJ. Previous owner's inscription to first blank page; Building a railroad across 2500 miles of forbidding wilderness would be a daunting task for any country, but Canada did it. Brown boards with silhouette of a train chugging along ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 574,xvii pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stock number: 16713. ISBN: 0394465695
$US 15.00 |
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Besant, Walter
LONDON
Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1912
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with light edgewear. Former owner's name on front endpaper. Light occasional foxing - moderate foxing to a few single pages ; 8vo; 343 pages, Very Good+
Stock number: 10499.
$US 35.00 |
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Besant, Walter
LONDON
Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1912
Binding: Hardcover
Boards with very light rubbing to extremities; Beautiful sketches - a detailed journey through the whole city; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 343 pages, Very Good-
Stock number: 10508.
$US 40.00 |
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Besant, Walter
WESTMINSTER
Imprint: New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1895
Binding: Hardcover
Small waterstain to front cover; Decorative boards and with top edge gilt. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 398 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by Patten, William
Stock number: 382.
$US 50.00 |
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Besant, Walter
WESTMINSTER
Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus, 1897
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Top spine lightly frayed. Endpapers a bit frail and with light chipping. Bookplate; 32 pages of ads from the publisher. Numerous illustrations covering the history of venerable Westminster. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 312 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by Patten, William
Stock number: 7893.
$US 60.00 |
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