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1) Life at the Top
Braine, John

Life at the Top
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Fine in a crisp and bright, illustrated and Near Fine dust jacket, with very tiny tear at spine top, and one-inch tear to bottom rear spine fold. VIEW SCAN - click icon left of title.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $30.00
2) Paid Servant
Braithwaite, E. R

Paid Servant
London: The Bodley Head, 1962. Book is bright, tight and Fine, but for mild splaying of boards, in lightly soiled, Very Good+ dustjacket, price-clipped, and with small tear to foot of front spine hinge. VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON AT LEFT.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $45.00
3) Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Bramah, Ernest

Kai Lung's Golden Hours
New York: George H. Doran, 1923. Orange cloth backed, illustrated paper-covered boards, paper spine label. Tight, bright and Near Fine, with light soiling to spine, gently bumped lower corners, no dust jacket. SEE SCAN - click IMAGE ICON at left. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $75.00
4) KAI LUNG UNROLLS HIS MAT
Bramah, Ernest

New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. Lightly foxed spine cloth, a tight and close to fine copy in wrap-a-round illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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5) Twenty Notches
Brand, Max

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1932. Spine sunned, covers very lightly soiled and with one tiny stain, bump to corner, else tight, clean and Very Good, no dust jacket. TO VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON at left.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $20.00
6) SAVAGE SLEEP, a Novel
Brand, Millen

New York: Crown., 1968. Near fine in a bright,very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small tear at crown. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $10.00
7) THE OUTWARD ROOM
Brand, Millen

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Spine and extremities lightly sunned, else a tight and close to fine copy of the author's first book in good to very good, price clipped dust jacket, with rubbing to vertical folds and spine ends, tear and tiny chips at spine ends at the fold.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $28.00
8) THE HEROES
Brand, Millen

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1939. Mild sunning to cover edges, else Fine in slightly edgeworn dust jacket missing an uneven 1½" chip at spine crown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $18.00
9) ANATOLE FRANCE
Brandes, George

New York: McClure Co., 1908. Walter Lippmann's copy with his name and "Weld Hall / Cambridge / ...1910" scripted in ink on front flyleaf. Tight and Very Good Plus in red cloth brighly stamped in gold on front and spine, top edges gold. Spine slightly darkened, two small stains rear cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $55.00
10) Sons and Comrades
Brandys, Kazimlerz

New York: Grove, 1961. Paperback Original. (E-302). Crease one corner, soiling, but contents clean, unmarked and bright, Very Good in illustrated trade wrappers.. First Edition (stated). Trade Paperback. more information

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Price: $15.00
11) BREAKDOWN
Bratby, John

Cleveland: World, 1960. Fine in bright, crisp and Near Fine dust jacket, slightly rubbed along spine folds. Jacket, and illustrations throughout by the author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $35.00
12) Manual of Piety (Die Hauspostille)
Brecht, Bertolt

New York: Grove, 1966. Side-by-side bilingual text, wih translations by Eric Bentley. Notes by Hugo Schmidt. Very Fine in Fine dust jackete, with minimal wear along top edge.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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13) Parables For the Theater: The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Brecht, Bertolt

Parables For the Theater: The Good Woman of Setzuan and The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948. Book is tight, bright and fine in a crisp, bright and clean very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket, with a few small chips at extremities. to view IMAGE - click ICON left of title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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14) Selected Poems
Brecht, Bertolt

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Staining to spine gutters, former owner's name/address front flyleaf, else Fine in Near Fine lightly edgeworn dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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15) GIDE
Bree, Germaine

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1963. Spine slightly sunned, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, with light vertical rub lines.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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16) A NARROW ACTION
Breit, Harvey

Cleveland: World, 1964. Review copy, slip laid in. Fine in very good, lightly worn dust jacket, price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $20.00
17) SHALOM
Brelis, Dean

Boston: Little, Brown, 1959. Near fine in crisp and bright near fine dust jacket illustrated by Ben Shahn, with tiny tear, white rear panel very lightly dust soiled.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $15.00
18) A Hero By Mistake: The Story of a Frightened Indian
Brenner, Anita (Jean Charlot, Illustrator)

New York: William R. Scott, 1953. A lovely Fine copy, but for a light ding to cover edge in a Very Good Plus, unclipped dust jacket, lightly soiled and with light rubbing to vertical folds, one small tear to fold of front flap. Illustrated throughout by Jean Charlot.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Charlot, Jean. more information

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19) DAUGHTER OF THE SKY, The Story of Amelia Earhart
Briand, Paul L., Jr

N1957: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1960. Bookplate on front flyleaf, small patch of tanning on title page from item laid in, else tight, bright and near fine in very good dust jacket, with light edgewear, one tiny chip.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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20) PRIZE STORIES 1946: THE O. HENRY AWARDS
Brickell, Herschel (editor)

New York: Doubleday, 1946. A fresh close to fine copy in bright very good dust wrapper, better but for small chips at spine ends and top of rear panel, spine sunned. Stories by John Berryman, Key Boyle, Capote, P. Highsmith, Lytle, Rawlings Welty, others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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21) PRIZE STORIES 1951: THE O. HENRY AWARDS
Brickell, Herschel (editor)

New York: Doubleday, 1951. Very close to fine in bright and crisp, very good lightly edgeworn, price clipped dust wrapper, spine sunned, a couple of tears. Contributions by William Faulkner ("A Name for the City"), Eudora Welty ("The Burning"), Truman Capote ("The House of Flowers"), Carson McCullers, John Cheever, Evan S. Connell, Jr., John Hersey, Arthur Miller, Jean Stafford and others.. First Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover. more information

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22) PRIZE STORIES 1948: THE O. HENRY AWARDS
Brickell, Herschel (editor)

New York: Doubleday, 1948. Light wear, tiny stain, still a very good to near fine copy; no dust wrapper. Stories by Capote, Stegner, Bradbury, others. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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23) THE DARK MOMENT
Bridge, Ann

New York: Macmillan, 1952. Cloth nicked at crown, otherwise very good to very good +; no dust jacket.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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24) FRONTIER PASSAGE
Bridge, Ann

London: Chatto & Windus, 1942. Spine slightly cocked, covers lightly soiled and gently bumped, good to very good in red cloth brightly lettered in white on spine, with partial rubbing away of publisher's name at spine bottom.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $22.00
25) THE NUMBERED ACCOUNT
Bridge, Ann

London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. Fine but for lightly dust soiled upper page edges in Fine dust jacket, rubbed at spine bottom.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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26) THE DARK MOMENT
Bridge, Ann

London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Covers discolored, good to very good; no dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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27) THE PORTUGUESE ESCAPE
Bridge, Ann

New York: Macmillan, 1958. Near fine in good dust jacket, with some rubbing and soiling and a few small tears--internally tape mended, and small chip mid-spine--internally mended.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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28) THE NUMBERED ACCOUNT
Bridge, Ann

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Pages tanned, very good + in good to very good dust jacket, lightly worn and with shallow chips at spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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29) SINGING WATERS
Bridge, Ann

New York: Macmillan, 1946. Slightly dull spine, very good, or better in green cloth with bright gilt illustration on front.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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30) SINGING WATERS
Bridge, Ann

New York: Macmillan, 1946. Some light wear and soiling to green cloth covers.bookplate on flyleaf, very good; no dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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31) THE PORTUGESE ESCAPE
Bridge, Ann

New York: Macmillan, 1958. Lightly tanned endpapers, else a solid, very good, or better book, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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32) Bramble Brae
Bridges, Robert

New York: Scribner's, 1902. Spine lightly darkened, and barely rubbed at ends, else a tight, bright and Fine copy, in burgundy cloth with lettering and illustration in gilt. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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33) OVERHEARD IN ARCADY
Bridges, Robert

New York: Scribner's, 1894. Burgundy cloth, top edges gilt, stamped in gilt. Modest soiling and wear, else bright, clean and very good to fine. Illustrations throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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34) OVERHEARD IN ARCADY
Bridges, Robert

New York: Scribner's, 1894. Burgundy cloth, top edges gilt, stamped in gilt. Modest soiling, tiny cover stain, else very good to fine. Illustrations throughout.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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35) The Testament of Beauty: A Poem in Four Books
Bridges, Robert

New York: Oxford University Press, 1930. Slight dulling of gilt lettering on spine, and a scant bit of fraying to cloth at bottom of spine joint, else tight, bright, clean and Near Fine.. First Edition, Second Impression. Hard Cover. more information

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36) FANDANGO
Briffault, Robert

Scribner's, 1940. First.. Near fine, no dust jacket.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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37) NEW LIFE OF MR. MARTIN
Briffault, Robert

New York: Scribner's, 1947. Small previous owner's name-sticker on front flyleaf, else solid, near fine; no dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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38) EUROPA IN LIMBO
Briffault, Robert

New York: Scribner's, 1937. Bright, tight and very close to fine in bright, very good dust jacket--not price clipped--but sunned and lightly chipped and worn at spine ends, one short tear and related crease to top of front panel, rubbing to fold of front flap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $25.00
39) May Flavin
Brinig, Myron

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Mild spine lean, and very lightly sunned spine, else a tight, bright and Near Fine book, no dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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40) YOU AND I
Brinig, Myron

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. Spine a little dull, otherwise a bright, clean copy in green cloth brightly lettered in gilt on front, no dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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41) States of Emergency
Brink, Andre

New York: Summit Books, 1988. Unread and Very Fine in Fine dust jacket, very lightly rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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42) A CHAIN OF VOICES
Brink, Andre

New York: Morrow, 1982. Spine cocked, else fine in near fine dust jacket. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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43) The Sorrows of Cold Stone (Poems 1940 - 1950)
Brinnin, John Malcolm

Boston: Dodd, Mead, 1951. No. 112 of an unspecified number of copies. Near Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, with spots of rubbing, and tanning to spine and rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Stamos, Theodoros. more information

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44) Skin Diving in the Virgins, and Other Poems
Brinnin, John Malcolm

New York: Lawrence / Delacorte, 1970. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, scattered rubbing.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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45) The Unknown Quantity
Broch, Hermann

New York: Viking, 1935. Spine lightly tanned, lightly foxed, extending slightly to rear cover, else a tight, fresh and Near Fine copy, no dust jacket. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $200.00
46) NEW YORK IS LIKE THIS
Brock, H. I. and Golinkin, J. W

NEW YORK IS LIKE THIS
New York: Dodd, Mead,, 1929. The author's depiction of New York, with several attractive black and white illustrations. Large 8vo. 236pp. Spine dull and worn, good to very good, no dust jacket. TO VIEW IMAGE - CLICK ICON at left.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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47) UNAMBO, a Novel of the War in Israel
Brod, Max

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952. Near fine in very good dust jacket, a bit edgeworn, front panel rubbed. Translated by Ludwig Lewisohn.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $25.00
48) THE SICK FOX
Brodeur, Paul

Boston: Little, Brown, 1963. Fine copy of the author's first book, in very good, white dust jacket, with some light stains, and minor crease.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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49) THE STUNT MAN
Brodeur, Paul

New York: Atheneum, 1970. Fine in very near fine dust jacket, with slight crease at head of spine, that extends more faintly onto the front panel.. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. more information

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Price: $30.00
50) FIRST LOVE AND OTHER SORROWS
Brodkey, Harold

Dial, 1957. First edition.. Author's first book. Presumably the publisher's file copy, with its stamp on bottom of flyleaf, otherwise fine in fresh, near fine dust jacket, with nicks at spine ends, plus one tiny puncture hole to spine.. First Edition. hardcover. more information

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Price: $200.00
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