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Benjamin Robert Haydon: Historical Painter


Olney, Clarke

Hardcover. Athens, GA, University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 309 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and stamp on front endpapers. Dust jacket price clipped, has a touch of agewear, wrapped in protective plastic cover. Pages and edges have slight tanning from age. Pages otherwise unmarked and clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape for its age. The author's purpose is to evaluate Haydon's place in the history of art, to indicate his importance as a pioneer in social concepts of art, and to describe his success and failure as a painter and as a man.

Record # 32183


Price: $23.00 

 

Best of Rilke, The


Arndt, Walter and Rainer Maria Rilke

Hardcover. Hanover, NH, Univ. Press of New England, 1st thus, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 72 form-free verse translations by Walter Arndt with facing commentary and compact originals, biography. Light edgewear to dj otherwise

Record # 57583


Price: $23.00 

 

Beyond the Wild Wood


Green, Peter

Hardcover. London, Grange Books, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Minor bumping to corners. Many black-and-white and color illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951780


Price: $15.00 

 

Bill Brandt: A Life


Delany, Paul

Hardcover. Stanford University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 335 pages. Oversized. Black cloth cover, minor wear to edges. Dust jacket has some wear to corners and edges, small faint smudge. Inside is bright and clean. Many b&w photographs throughout. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 455490


Price: $50.00 

 

Biographical Sketches


Martineau , Harriet

Toronto Canada , Leypoldt & Holt , 1st, 1869, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 458 pages. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Slight insect damage to pages 235 to page 270. Binding cracked between pages 272 and 273. Edge wear to top and bottom of spine. All pages legible.

Record # 857402


Price: $31.00 

 

Biographies and Legends of the New England Indians, Volumes I - IV


Bonfanti, Leo, Illust. by: Robert J. Neary

Softcover. Wakefield, Mass., Pride Publications, Inc., 1st, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four volumes from the New England Historical Series, illustrated by Robert J. Neary. 1970-1972. Minor foxing on cover corners and edges, previous owner's stamp on front endpaper on all four volumes. Overall, very clean and bright pages and tight biinding.

Record # 853357


Price: $60.00 

 

Bitch!: The Autobiography of Lady Lawford


Lawford, Mary S.

Hardcover. Brookline Village, MA, Branden Books, 1st, September 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages + photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457981


Price: $15.00 

 

Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath


Stevenson, Anne

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, has just a touch of tanning to flaps.

Record # 31998


Price: $19.00 

Blair Years, The: The Alastair Campbell DiariesCampbell, Alastair
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Blair Years, The: The Alastair Campbell Diaries


Campbell, Alastair

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st US, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 816 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Newsletter from publisher lain within. Tight copy.

Record # 470761


Price: $19.00 

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A BiographyErickson, Carolly
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Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography


Erickson, Carolly

hardcover. New York, W. Morrow, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 331 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Some stains to top and fore edge. All pages clean and legible.

Record # 469155


Price: $13.00 

 

Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature.


Lewis, Charles Lee

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, United States Naval Institute, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and minor fraying on spine edge. Dust jacket is faded and has small tears on edges. Inside is nice and clean. Written by a Professor of the United States Naval Academy. Diverse topics include poetry, pirates, plays and oceanography.

Record # 852487


Price: $40.00 

Boothby : Recollections of a Rebel Boothby, Robert
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Boothby : Recollections of a Rebel


Boothby, Robert

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages, color frontispiece portrait. Previous owner's signature otherwise clean in a price-clipped dust jacket.

Record # 415293


Price: $19.00 

 

Bosie - Lord Alfred Douglas - His Friends and Enemies


Croft-Cooke, Robert

Indianapolis/NY, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 414 pages. Dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 66342


Price: $15.00 

 

Bounder from Wales - Lloyd George's Career Before the First World War


Cregier, Don M.

Columbia, Missouri University Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages.

Record # 206658


Price: $15.00 

BRISTOL: PROFILE OF A CITYSHIPSIDES, HELENA and Frank Eason
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BRISTOL: PROFILE OF A CITY


SHIPSIDES, HELENA and Frank Eason

Hardcover. US, REDCLIFFE PRESS LTD, 1st, 1979-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 87 pages. Light foxing on front end paper, minor wear to dust jacket. Otherwise very good.

Record # 466519


Price: $13.00 

 

British Writers: Edited Under the Auspices of the British Council (Vol. VI)


Scott-Kilvert(Ed.), Ian

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 6 of this reference series, Thomas Hardy to Wilfred Qwen, 460 pages. Printed board covers, like new.

Record # 402801


Price: $40.00 

British Writers: Edited Under the Auspices of the British Council Supplement IScott-Kilvert(Ed.), Ian
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British Writers: Edited Under the Auspices of the British Council Supplement I


Scott-Kilvert(Ed.), Ian

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprints, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The first supplemental volume to this reference series: Graham Greene to Tom Stoppard. Printed board covers, minor soil to edges of text block.

Record # 402800


Price: $30.00 

British Writers: Supplement IIStade (Ed.), George
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British Writers: Supplement II


Stade (Ed.), George

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The second supplemental volume to this reference series: Kingsley Amis to J.R.R. Tolkien, 626 pages. Printed board covers, like new.

Record # 402809


Price: $30.00 

British Writers: Supplement VStade (Ed.), George and Sarah Hannah Goldstein
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British Writers: Supplement V


Stade (Ed.), George and Sarah Hannah Goldstein

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The 5th supplemental volume to this reference series: Alan Ayckbourn to Graham Swift, 571 pages. Printed board covers, very good.

Record # 402810


Price: $30.00 

British Writers: Supplement XIParini (Ed.), Jay
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British Writers: Supplement XI


Parini (Ed.), Jay

Hardcover. New York, Thomson/Gale, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The 11th supplemental volume to this reference series: Iain Banks to Alan Warner, 456 pages. Printed board covers, minor soil to edges of text block.

Record # 402816


Price: $30.00 

British Writers: Supplement XIParini (Ed.), Jay
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British Writers: Supplement XI


Parini (Ed.), Jay

Hardcover. New York, Thomson/Gale, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, The 11th supplemental volume to this reference series: Iain Banks to Alan Warner, 456 pages. Printed board covers, minor soil to edges of text block.

Record # 402813


Price: $30.00 

 

Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street


Clarke, Norma

Hardcover. Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. From the back cover: "With its broad tableau and vividly drawn cast of characters, this book is a genuinely accessible and enlightening account of the working lives of Grub Street authors."

Record # 30312


Price: $23.00 

 

Busiest Man in England, The: A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect & Victorian Visionary


Colquhoun, Kate

Hardcover. Boston, David R Godine, 1st US, July 1, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages, b&w and color illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452641


Price: $20.00 

 

CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT: The Last of the New England Highwaymen


Waldo, Frederick W.

Hardcover. Topsfield, MA, Wayside Press, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 162 pages. A narrative of his life and adventures, with some account of the notorious captain thunderbolt. First book published by The Wayside Press. Illustrated with 13 b/w plates, including frontisportrait. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's gift inscription on front flyleaf. 8vo. Red and black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing on back. Minor edgewear. Red/black pictorial dust jacket. Edgewear, water marks along left front edge, chips at top and bottom of spine, spine and top edge toned.

Record # 220608


Price: $19.00 


  
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