FINAL FINESSE
Tom Doherty Associates Book. BODMAN, Karna Small. FINAL FINESSE. NY: Tom Doherty Associates Book, [2000]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 335 pages. Signed presentation by Bodman on title page. Fine in fine d/j. $15.00. More
Tom Doherty Associates Book. BODMAN, Karna Small. FINAL FINESSE. NY: Tom Doherty Associates Book, [2000]. 8vo., boards in dust jacket; 335 pages. Signed presentation by Bodman on title page. Fine in fine d/j. $15.00. More
Exposition Press, 1951. BOEHM, Dorothy Soule. A RABBIT'S FOOT IN HER POCKET. NY: Exposition Press, [1951]. 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The story of two female friends attempting to right a best-selling book that Hollywood will buy. Signed presentation from Boehm on the front endpaper: "March 18..... More
Bonn Germany: Inter Nationes, 1985. First Edition Thus. 8vo., pictorial wraps; 63 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
Herbert Jenkins, 1966. BOLTON, Guy. GRACIOUS LIVING, LIMITED. Foreword by P.G. Wodehouse. London: Herbert Jenkins, [1966]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bolton on the front endpaper: "To Bob, who shares his gift of a special charm with a delightful cousin, from Guy. Souvenir of..... More
Ministerio De Educacion, 1971. BONILLA, Alberto Rivas. EL LIBRO DE LOS SONETOS. San Salvador, El Salvador: Ministerio De Educacion, [1971]. 8vo., pictorial wraps; 89 pages. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bonilla on the front endpaper, to Salvadoran writer Alvaro Alfredo Betancourt Blanco, dated March, 1972. Also signed by Betancourt Blanco..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1938. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bordeaux on the half-title page. 12mo., printed light-blue wraps; 246 pages. Very Good (light staining lower edge with little edgewear covers). More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1974. First Edition. 8vo., yellow printed wraps; 451 pages. Very Good (minor soil covers; ink inscription front endpaper & three small ink notation on the rear endpaper else contents clean & tight with small creases to a few pages). More
Arnoldo Mondadori, 1949. BORGESE, Giuseppe A. STORIA DELLA CRITICA ROMANTICA IN ITALIA. [No place]: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1949. 8vo, original printed wraps bound in red cloth covers, stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation from Borgese on front endpaper: "A Lucia Rustolo. G.A. Borgese. 11 Settembre! 52." Very Good. $125.00... More
Pierre Seghers, 1966. BOSQUET, Alain. ROBERT GOFFIN. Poetes d'aujourd'hui 137. [Paris]: Pierre Seghers, [1966]. 16mo., orange printed wraps, stamped in white & black. First Edition. Signed presentation by Goffin on front endpaper: "To the dear Isaacs ith best friendship, Robert Goffin." Very Good (short crack spine, small chip to lower..... More
Constable, 1929. BOTTOMLEY, Gordon. SCENES AND PLAYS. London: Constable, 1929. 4to., white cloth, teg. Signed, Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies. Nr. fine (minor soil cloth, minor browning endpapers). $75.00. More
NY: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1971. Translated by Elisabeth Abbott. First Edition, second printing. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 190 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); some wear & little soil (small tears & creases, sunning to spine) d/j. More
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, [1979]. Illustrated by Pam Fullerton. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bourne on the front endpaper: "Warm greetings to William A. Crowfoot who loves Arizona and friends of long years ago who still live here- Sister--- Eulalia Bourne GF Bar Ranch, Mammoth, Arizona GF." Also with a...... More
BOUTINON, Ludovic. SPHINX. An apparently unpublished manuscript by Boutinon (at least I could locate no other title). Quarto, punch-bound covers & text, 157 type-written pages with ink corrections, no date, text in French. Very Good (wear & short tears to knapped edges of covers, text clean). Probably one-of-a-kind! $500.00. More
Engage Publishing, 2000. BOWEN, Kevin. WIL"S BONES. Port Townsend, Washington: Engage Publishing, [2000]. 8vo., printed wraps; 244 pages. First Edition, first printing. Very Good (contents clean & tight). Signed by Bowen on title page. $10.00. More
The Sceptre Press, 1978. BOWERING, Marilyn. THIRD CHILD/ ZIAN. Knotting, Bedfordshire: The Sceptre Press, [1978]. 8vo., printed wraps. Signed, Limited Edition of 50 numbered copies. Fine. $15.00. More
The Ecco Press, 1991. BOWLES, Paul. DAYS: TANGIER JOURNAL 1987-1989. NY: The Ecco Press, [1991]. Small 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. A daily journal of Bowles' life in Tangiers. Signed by Bowles on the title page. Fine in similar d/j. $150.00. More
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. BOWLES, Paul. WITHOUT STOPPING: An Autobiography. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1972]. Quarto: printed green wraps with a prototype dust jacket wrapped around the covers. Uncorrected Proof Copy, which does not contain the photographs that appear in the trade edition. An uncommon proof. Near fine (little discoloration..... More
Random House. BRADFORD, Barbara Taylor. THE WOMAN IN HIS LIFE. NY: Random House, [1990]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 522 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation by Bradford on half-title page. Fine in fine d/j. $15.00. More
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. BRADFORD, Gamaliel. A PROPHET OF JOY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. 12mo., turquoise boards in the original dust jacket. First Edition. Bradford, a Boston-born biographer, poet, critic and dramatist, was sixth out of seven to be named Gamaliel Bradford in unbroken family succession. The original namesake..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1931. BRADFORD, Gamaliel. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. NY and Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. 8vo., burgundy cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed, Limited Edition of 200 copies. Near Fine (bookplate front pastedown); some wear & browning (few tears) d/j. $65.00. More
Thomas Y. Crowell, 1950. BRAHMS, Caryl. NO BED FOR BACON. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1950. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. Later Printing. Very Good; some wear (browned spine, chip head of spine) d/j. $50.00. More
Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. BRAINE, John. ROOM AT THE TOP. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957. Small 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition. Signed presentation from Braine on the front endpaper: "John Braine. With my best wishes to Harold Downs." Downs is a teacher whose students spotted a...... More