Search Results: Authors starting with B from Lux Libri

Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, (2018.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page and also signed/inscribed on the half-title. Poems inspired by the real-life cases of missing and unidentified women. Winner of the 2016 Akron Poetry Prize. 85 pp. Paperbound 8vo. VG with light wear, one creased page and a few pages with a mark from a removed paper clip.

Seacaucus, NJ: Ridge Press / Pound Books, (1974.) 1st edition. An anthology of wilderness writing and nature photography. Signed by American photojournalist Frederick C. Baldwin (1929-2021), who was one of the contributors. With a brief presentation inscription to Mike Matzkin (1924-2022), an author and former editor at Modern Photography magazine who was later an executive at Canon USA. A notable copy linking two important figures in American photography. In a long and varied career, Fred Baldwin's subjects ranged from Pablo Picasso to the Korean war to wildlife in the Arctic Circle. He is best known for his work documenting the civil rights movement and rural poverty in the American South. Along with his wife and fellow photographer Wendy Watriss, he founded the biennial FotoFest international photography event in Houston. Baldwin's contributions to this book were: "Quail, Old Plantation Style" (text and photographs); and "Nahnook: The Great White Hunter" (photographs.) The anthology consists of 20… Read More

NY: Corcoran Group, [2007.] A promotional book for an innovative residential building designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (b. 1957.) The 11-story structure in downtown Manhattan was built in 2010 on West 19th St. It features a variable facade with mechanized shutters that open and close for privacy and light – a contextual nod to the roll-up security doors common to city storefronts. Flip book format, offering a visual tour of the interior and exterior when the pages are fanned. Paperbound with dust jacket. 3 x 6.5 inches. [160] unnumbered pages, printed recto side only. Mostly illustrations with brief text in the rear. Some edge wear, but about Near Fine overall. A nicely designed book, befitting its subject.

Three novels by John Banville. London: Picador, (2001.) 1st edition of this omnibus edition. Signed by Banville on the title page. 616, (1) pp. Thick 8vo. VG in VG dustjacket. Small circular indent above the "I" in Banville on the front panel of the jacket. Indent extends to the front cover but not the interior of the book. Jacket is unclipped with some rubbing and edge wear but no tears or significant flaws. Binding sound and tight. Still a sharp copy overall in a new, clear archival cover.

Philadelphia: Holmes Publishing Co., 1987. Advance proof of the limited 1st edition. One of just 14 advance copies (hand-corrected on the cover from 12.) Signed and inscribed by the publisher and the book designer. A bibliomystery about the pursuit of a fragmentary lost text printed with strange movable type before Gutenberg. A lively, unsettling tale of desire and deceit in the rare book world. 151 pp. 8vo, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Stiff green wraps. Dated 12/7/87. A couple of stains to the rear cover, but Near Fine otherwise. Signed in 1989 by publisher David J. Holmes and designer Ellis J. Neel Jr. Inscribed "For Phil" [Philip Cronenwett, 1946-2018, a former special collections librarian at Amherst and Dartmouth colleges.] An uncommon advance proof. Very scarce due to the small number printed.

(Toronto: West-End Books, 2012.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A novel of mystery and intrigue in Southwest Florida featuring Sanibel Island detective Tree Callister. 232 pages. Paperbound with stiff glossy covers. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Fine condition.

Chapel Hill, NC: Professional Press, (1998), 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author inside the front cover. Reflections on the milestones of human civilization, including language, migration, religion, and culture. 80 pp. Illustrations, maps, and charts. Paperbound 8vo. VG+ with minor edge wear.

Illustrations by Kim Chung Hyub. Seoul, Korea: Self-published, 1966. 1st edition. Signed by the author in ink on the title page. 80 pp. Oblong hardcover. 10.5 by 7.75 inches. Good condition with some wear and bumping at the corners and spine ends. No dust jacket. The story of a friendship between a young South Korean boy and an older American woman. Written for younger readers and based on the author's experiences living and working in South Korea for a number of years. Includes narrative accounts of meeting Yong Shik, touring Seoul, visiting Shik's home and neighborhood, attending a wedding, going to the market, and more. Numerous b&w illustrations. A charming book about daily life in South Korea from the perspective of an expatriate resident.

NY and Washington: Neale Publishing, 1909. 1st edition, 2nd printing. Issued in December 1909, two months after the 1st printing. [BAL 1128. Starrett 23.] Bierce's classic little guide to precise writing and English usage. More than 400 brief entries, arranged alphabetically and laced with his trademark wit and sardonic humor. Less a set of hard rules for writers than a catalog of Bierce's own language peeves and preferences. 73 pp. 16mo clothbound hardcover. 6.25 x 4 inches. Good overall. Wear along the front joint, old ink stains to the upper rear cover. Clean internally. A sound copy in a new, clear archival jacket. Bibliographic Note: Early printings of this title are scarce. This 2nd printing has the correct first binding design and color, as described by Vincent Starrett in his 1929 Bierce bibliography as "tan cloth (pale yellow perhaps.)" Distinguished from the 1st printing by a slightly larger page size and several small corrections in the text. Writing nearly a century ago, Starrett said the… Read More

Bound carbon typescript of a master's thesis submitted at Boston College in 1956. A study of how the five principal human senses are expressed in the work of French author Simonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954.) Black clothbound hardcover with gilt lettering. 4to. 11 x 8.5 inches. Preliminary page signed by two officials at the college. 109 pp., typed recto side only, plus a list of works consulted and a brief resume. With laid-in obituary of Bisson (1931-2019), a longtime teacher in York, Maine after earning degrees from Tufts, Boston College, and the University of Maine. VG. A sound, sturdy volume.

NY: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1895. 1st edition. Four stories by the author of Lorna Doone. Preceding the UK edition published in 1896 as Tales from the Telling House. iii, 244 pp. 12mo clothbound hardcover. Gilt lettering and cover vignette with the declaration, "If any man asketh who killed thee, say t'was the Doones of Badgery." Gilt top edge; others untrimmed. Illustrated title in red and black. VG with modest wear, neat gift inscription from 1896 on the front blank.

Louisville, Ky.: Sarabande Books, (2012.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. Signed notecard also laid in. The author's second collection of poetry. Poems of nostalgia, the cycles of nature, isolation, solitude, and more. 72 pp. Paperbound, 9 x 6 inches. VG with slight edge wear. Sound, tight binding. Signed by Bohince on the title page and in an enclosed card from The Frost Place at Robert Frost's former farmhouse in Franconia, NH. Bohince was the Dartmouth Poet in Residence there in 2012. Frost Place bookmark and brochure also laid in.

Johnson, Vermont: Gihon Books, 2004. 1st edition. A collection of poetry. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription describes the poems as "about family love & mortality & time." 71, (1) pp. Paperbound 8vo with inner flaps. Near Fine.

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1945. 2nd edition. A guide by the noted American ornithologist, who is also known for lending his name to Ian Fleming's Agent 007. Fleming was familiar with Bond's work on birds and used it often while birdwatching at his estate in Jamaica. He decided to appropriate his name for the fictional James Bond because it was "brief, unromantic ... and yet very masculine." In the process, he created one of the most enduring characters in spy literature and gave a measure of lasting fame to an otherwise obscure Philadelphia scientist. Green paperbound 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. 182 pp., index, foldout map in the rear of the author's travels in the West Indies in 1935. VG, as shown. Some light wear and signs of age, but sound and securely bound. A nice copy overall for any Ian Fleming / James Bond collection. Bibliographic note: This checklist was first published in 1940 and reprinted in 1945 and 1950. It is generally harder to come by than Bond's related field guide, The… Read More

Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de America Latina, (1968.) Capitulo 48, Biblioteca Argentina Fundamental. A collection of stories by the great Argentinean writer. Spanish language text. 111 pp. Paperbound 12mo. Small crease to lower rear corner. Near Fine otherwise. A clean, tight book that was apparently never read.

Dessineés par [Félix] Bracquemond. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur, 1872. 1st edition in a fine binding. A scarce, complete suite of 16 original etchings by Bracquemond to illustrate the Lemerre edition of the works of Françoise Rabelais (d. 1553.) No text, apart from a captioned leave in French preceding each etching. The first is a portrait of Rabelais, and the others depict scenes from The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel. 32 leaves, printed recto side only. 8vo. Handsomely bound in one-quarter red Morocco over marbled boards. Matching endpapers. Raised spine bands, gilt lettering and top page edge. Ribbon page marker. Original paper wraps bound in. Near Fine with minor rubbing. A bit of intermittent foxing in the blank margins and not affecting the images. Ownership signature and bookplate of Henri D'Arles (1870-1930), French-Canadian author and Dominican priest in New England. Small book label of A.G. McAleer.

Plattsburgh, NY: Wiki Publications, 1992. 1st edition. Poems by Thomas J. Braga, Portuguese-American poet and educator. Preface by Warren Dixon. Signed and inscribed by Braga on the half-title page. Also signed by George Desrochers, to whom the book is dedicated. 41 pp. Vignette illustrations in the text. Paperbound 8vo. Red ink date stamp (May 1992) on the half-title, but Fine otherwise. Clean and securely bound.

Stuttgart: Tauchnitz, (1954.) Descriptions and maps of old European cities. From the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the landmark atlas published between 1572 and 1617, with Georg Braun providing the text and Frans Hogenberg the engravings. Brief city descriptions and 24 double-page, color illustrations from the original atlas, depicting city views and plans, architectural and topographic features. All text is in German. 24+ [96] pages. 8vo hardcover. VG in VG jacket in clear archival cover. Gift inscription in German from 1955, light tanning to endpapers, but clean and unmarked otherwise. Sound, tight binding.

Milan: Royal Brera Gallery, (c. 1933.) English language edition. An illustrated guide to the collections of the Royal Brera Gallery in Milan. Floor plan, artist biographies, painting dates, dimensions, etc. 199 pp., with index + 48 sepia-tone plates of paintings. Paperbound with self-attached jacket. Color pastedown cover illustration. 12mo. VG. Clean and securely bound. Two old laid-in entry-tickets for Museo Civico Citta di San Gimignano.

Paris: Maurice Glomeau, 1921. Limited edition. No. 319 of 500 copies (of a total edition of 565.) A tale of love, jealousy and marital intrigue in 18th century France. All text is in French. Four color plates with facing tissue guards. First separate edition of this story by Restif De La Brettone (1734-1806), libertine French printer and writer, the prolific author of more than 200 rambling novels and memoirs, often risqué or pornographic but laced with sentimental moralizing. Memorably described by the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica as a man who was "inordinately vain, of extremely relaxed morals, and perhaps not entirely sane. His books were written with haste, and their license of subject and language renders them quite unfit for general perusal." 58 pp. Paperbound 12mo. Textured cream colored wraps. Good with some external browning, chipping to the lower spine. Complete with the original glassine jacket, which is chipped along the spine but largely intact. Clean internally. Printed on quality… Read More