Condition: Very good

BEECHAM'S HELP TO SCHOLARS, Containing Arithmetical Tables and Signs, Weights and Measures, Geographical and Drawing Definitions, and other useful information arranged progressively. Published by the Proprietor of Beecham's Pills with the view of rendering some assistance to the Youth of the Country. The publication of Beecham's Help to Scholars commenced in July, 1890, since when 27,000,000 copies have been given away.--January 1909. (Cover title)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Proprietor of Beecham's Pills, 1909. : 1909.

Seller ID: 22737

Condition: Very good

New York: Proprietor of Beecham's Pills, 1909.. 1909.. Very good. - 12mo [5-5/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed tan wrappers with a pictorial ad for Beecham's pills in black & tan on the rear wrap. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with a small stain to the bottom edge of the front wrap. At the top of the front wrap, the name of a pharmacy is stamped where a printed line is ruled for Name. 16 pages with an ad for Beecham's pills on the inside front wrap & a list of abbreviations and foreign phrases in common use on the rear wrap. There is light staining to the...
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BEECHAM: A CENTENARY DISCOGRAPHY

By: (Beecham, Sir Thomas). Gray, Michael

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., (1979). : (1979).

Seller ID: 33404

ISBN-13: 9780841905825

Condition: Very good

New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., (1979).. (1979).. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is lightly rubbed. xiv & 129 pages. Near fine.

First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE INTERIOR BEETHOVEN: A Biography of the Music

By: (Beethoven, Ludwig van). Kolodin, Irving

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. : 1975.

Seller ID: 15256

Condition: Very good

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.. 1975.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the tail of its spine slightly chipped & with spotting to the edges of the rear flap. xv, 341 & xvi pages plus colophon. There is light offsetting & foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers. The fore-edge & bottom edge are foxed & there is occasional very light foxing to the text pages. Illustrated with music staves. Very good. First edition....A fascinating investigation into...the way in which an artistic impulse grows and matures, often ove...
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BEETHOVEN ENCYCLOPEDIA

By: (Beethoven, Ludwig van). Nettl, Paul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY: Philosophical Library, (1956). : (1956).

Seller ID: 1546

Condition: Very good

NY: Philosophical Library, (1956).. (1956).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The covers are bumped & the head & tail of the spine are rubbed. The dw is rubbed & very lightly chipped. [viii] & 325 pp. Very good.

This encyclopedia containing entries on every aspect of Beethoven's life and works and includes numerous bibliographical references. Dust jacket present.
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HOLD YOUR HOUR AND HAVE ANOTHER

By: (Behan, Beatrice). Behan, Brendan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London: Hutchinson, (1963). : (1963).

Seller ID: 26929

Condition: Very good

London: Hutchinson, (1963).. (1963).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. There are tears to the front flap & the top edge of the rear panel of the dust jacket & the rear panel is lightly soiled. The jacket spine & the adjacent edges of the panels are faded & there is a light stain to the spine. 192 pages. Black- and-white textual illustrations after drawings by Beatrice Behan. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. First edition.A collection of Behan's writings drawn from a series of weekly articles he contributed to the Irish Press. Dust jacket present. First Edition....
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THE LIFE OF FICTION

By: (Behrens, Roy R.). Klinkowitz, Jerome

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977). : (1977).

Seller ID: 2178

Condition: Very good

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, (1977).. (1977).. Very good. - Square octavo, cloth, in a white dw. There is very light spotting to the top edges of the boards; the dw is lightly soiled & chipped with a tear to the top edge of the front panel. 156 & [3] pp. There is a tiny stain to the last page. B&W illustrations by Roy R. Behrens. Very good in a good dw.

Includes chapters on Ronald Sukenick, Hunter S. Thompson, Walter Abish, Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Ishmael Reed and Russell Banks, among others. Dust jacket present.
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THE FIRST NIGHT IN DAVID BELASCO'S STUYVESANT THEATRE / MCMVII. (Program)

By: (Belasco, David)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907). : 1907).

Seller ID: 11199

Condition: Very good

(Stuyvesant Theatre, 1907).. 1907).. Very good. - Octavo, brown paper covered boards titled in black with decorations in black & with a brown & white illustration mounted on the front board. The covers are bumped & rubbed with the paper chipped at the corners & along the front edges. The spine is perished with the remnants of the backstrip nearly detached. Title & [25] pages. Illustrated in brown & white with 2 portrait plates & textual illustrations. The booklet is partially cracked at the mid-point & there is occasional light soiling. A complete copy. Belasco's Stuyvesant Theatre was inaugur...
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THE STORY OF DU BARRY

By: (Belasco, David; Carter, Caroline Louise). Ford, James L

Price: $85.00

Publisher: NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1902). : (1902).

Seller ID: 1899

Condition: Very good

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1902).. (1902).. Very good. - Square octavo, purple cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt within decorative gilt frame with coat of arms & fleurs de lys stamped in gilt on front cover. The spine is faded & soiled; the covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a small stain to the front cover. 14, ix & 288 pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with 6 photogravures, including a portrait frontispiece, & profuse B&W plates & textual illustrations. Very good. Mrs. Leslie Carter Edition--a limited edition of an unstated number of copies for private distribution...
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THE ARTIST PROJECT: Portraits of the Real Art World / New York Artists 1981-1990

By: (Bellamy, Peter). Printz, Neil

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NY: IN Publishing, (1991). : (1991).

Seller ID: 1286

Condition: Very good

NY: IN Publishing, (1991).. (1991).. Very good. - Quarto, black cloth titled in silver on spine & front cover, in B&W dw. The covers are bumped. The dw is lightly rubbed & very lightly chipped. 256 pp. Profuse full-page B&W illustrations from photographs by Peter Bellamy. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS. Second Series, Number Thirty-Three.

By: (Bellow, Saul; Vonnegut, Kurt; et al).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1982. : 1982.

Seller ID: 20067

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed grayish green wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped with a small area of rubbing to the rear wrap. [viii] & 93 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. The wrappers are slightly bowed. Very good.

Among the contents are commemorative tributes to John Cheever by Saul Bellow, to Archibald MacLeish by Howard Nemerov, to Marcel Breuer by I. M. Pei and to William Saroyan by Kurt Vonnegut.
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THE PAINTINGS OF GEORGE BELLOWS

By: (Bellows, George; 1882-1925). Young, Mahonri Sharp

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1973). : (1973).

Seller ID: 26077

ISBN-13: 9780823038855

Condition: Very good

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1973).. (1973).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-1/4 inches high by 10-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 151 pages plus colophon. 64 full-page color illustrations & 17 illustrations in black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN GLASS FROM THE SAXE COLLECTION

By: (Benglis, Lynda; Cigler, Vaclav; Tobey, Mark; Toso, Gianni; et al). Trapp, Kenneth R.; Warmus, William

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1986. : 1986.

Seller ID: 27192

Condition: Very good

Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1986.. 1986.. Very good. - Quarto [10 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. 64 pages. Numerous illustrations in color and black & white. The top corners of the endpapers are bumped. Near fine.

Catalog for an exhibition shown at the Oakland Museum, Oakland, Calif. from June 6 to August 24, 1986.
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THOMAS HART BENTON.

By: (Benton, Thomas Hart). Baigell, Matthew.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1973]. : [1973].

Seller ID: 97574

Condition: Very good

- Oblong quarto, 12 inches high by 13-1/4 inches wide. White cloth titled in bronze on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled, rubbed and creased. 278 & [3] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including many full-page illustrations. There is faint minor creasing to the last several pages. Very good. Dust jacket present.
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WE, THE PEOPLE: The Dream of America

By: (Benton, Thomas Hart). Huberman, Leo

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, (1947). : (1947).

Seller ID: 29136

Condition: Very good

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, (1947).. (1947).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a color pictorial dust wrapper by Thomas Hart Benton. The head & tail of the spine are creased & slightly chipped. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed around the edges & very lightly chipped. xii & 372 pages. The striking pictorial color endpapers and the full-page and textual illustrations in black & white are by Thomas Hart Benton. Very good. Book Find Club edition, revised and enlarged.The true, exciting, and sometimes tragic story of plain Americans--the people who cleared the land, turned the ground, b...
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Image for THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN. The text Edited and With an Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. With a Prologue "Boy's Manuscript" Printed for the First Time. Illustrated with Drawings by Thomas Hart Benton. [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON].

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN. The text Edited and With an Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. With a Prologue "Boy's Manuscript" Printed for the First Time. Illustrated with Drawings by Thomas Hart Benton. [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON].

By: (Benton, Thomas Hart; DeVoto, Bernard, Twain, Mark.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: The University Press / The Limited Editions Club, 1939. : 1939.

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 97842

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue denim cloth titled on a glossy yellow label on the spine, in the original glassine dust wrapper. The book is housed in a tan slipcase titled on a white label on the spine which suggests whitewash on a picket fence. There are chips & tears to the glassine jacket and there is minor soiling to the slipcase with breaks to the front of the top & bottom edges. xxx, [2], 340 & [2] pages plus a colophon, illustrated with 70 drawings by Thomas Hart Benton, two for each chapter, 35 of which are full page. Bright & fine in a good ...
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THOMAS BERNHARD UND SEINE LEBENSMENSCHEN. DER NACHLASS

By: (Bernhard, Thomas). Mittermayer, Manfred; Huber, Martin; Karlhuber, Peter; editors

Price: $25.00

Publisher: (Linz: Adalbert-Stifter Institut des Landes Oberosterreich}, (2001). : (2001).

Seller ID: 28653

Condition: Very good

(Linz: Adalbert-Stifter Institut des Landes Oberosterreich}, (2001).. (2001).. Very good. - Small folfio [11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The extremities are slightly rubbed. 206 & [2] pages. Profuse photographic illustrations and facsimiles in color and black & white. Near fine.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title held in Vienna and Linz in 2001. The text is in German.
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SARAH BERNHARDT AND HER TIMES

By: (Bernhardt, Sarah). Bernier, Georges

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Wildenstein, 1984. : 1984.

Seller ID: 29919

Condition: Very good

New York: Wildenstein, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in plain white wrappers with an oval keyhole in the front wrap revealing part of a photographic portrait of Bernhardt by Nadar, in a printed acetate dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed with some minor soiling and the head & tail of its spine are chipped. 158 pages plus colophon. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. Catalog for an exhibition conceived, organized and catalogued by Georges Bernier. The exhibition, whic...
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ORIGINAL PHOTO POSTCARD OF ACTRESS SARAH BERNHARDT AS CAMILLE

By: (Bernhardt, Sarah; 1844-1923. Great French actress)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (New York: The Rotograph Co.), circa [1900]. : [1900].

Seller ID: 27675

Condition: Very good

(New York: The Rotograph Co.), circa [1900].. [1900].. Very good. - sc Original black-and-white photo postcard, 5-1/2 inches high by 3-3/8 inches wide, depicting Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Camille. The edges of the photo are a bit faded & there is some light soiling to the caption area below the image. Very good.

A full-length portrait of the actress wearing an embroidered gown with a swirling hem and resting her upturned head on her hand in an attitude of distress.
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LAMENT AND PSALM

By: (Bernstein, Leonard). Inman, Will

Price: $65.00

Publisher: (Crescent City, FL: New Athenaeum Press, 1960). : 1960).

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 19148

Condition: Very good

(Crescent City, FL: New Athenaeum Press, 1960).. 1960).. Very good. - Octavo, printed rust textured paper wraps (spine & top edges of wraps faded; tiny stain to front wrap). 21 pp. plus colophon. Near fine internally. From the library of Leonard Bernstein [Sotheby Sale 7070, Lot #160], inscribed to him by the poet on the front endpaper: For Leonard Bernstein with profound thanks for the beautiful Jeremiah Symphony and for the glorious interpretations of Beethoven's music / 27 October 1960. Will Inman has signed his name on the title page and has also added a note at the end of the colophon: a ...
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COMPILATION OF WORKS OF ART AND OTHER OBJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL. From the library of Leonard Bernstein.

By: (Bernstein, Leonard). Kessel, Lillian; et al; compilers.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1965. : 1965.

Seller ID: 97691

Condition: Very good

- Small 4to, navy blue cloth (bumped) titled in gilt within red rectangle between gilt rules on spine & in gilt on front cover. xxiv, 426 & [1] pp. (title page slightly spotted). Profuse B&W illustrations. Very good. From the library of Leonard Bernstein inscribed to him on the front endpaper: "To Leonard Bernstein-- As a small token of appreciation for your willingness to lend your great talents to help a few hard-pressed Congressmen-- George E. Brown Jr. M.C." Prepared by the Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.
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Condition: Very good