Titles starting with B from Steven Temple Books (ABAC / ILAB)

London: John Camden Hotten / George Routledge, 1869 and [1873], 1873. Two volumes, both first editions. Bound in full dark green crushed morocco by Bayntun, spines with five raised bands, red and blue labels, elaborately gilt-decorated compartments, sides with double gilt filet, gilt-decorated turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt with original cloth covers (trimmed) at rear. Tissue guards for frontispieces and ads at rear are present. In a green cloth slipcase. A fine pair. Slipcase has some sunning,... more information

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London: Macmillan, 1912.. The 5th printing of the 1904 6th edition. Green pictorial diaper cloth stamped in gilt. xii, (564) pp + 32 pp 20 Nov., 1913, catalogue at rear. Slight has minor rubbing, slight age-darkening; a bright, unworn, VG+ copy otherwise.. ... more information

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Toronto: George J. McLeod, (1922).. First Canadian edition. Blue cloth stamped in orange. Fine copy, lacking the jacket. Made from sheets of the 2nd state of the US edition. Though this Canadian issue is still relatively common, copies in any sort of jacket are very rare. In nearly 25 years of bookselling in Canada, I have never seen a single copy of this issue in jacket.. ... more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1968. Octavo, card covers. Vertical creases and slight rubbing to spine, else a VG clean and tight copy, no owner names.. Softcover. ... more information

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Dehra Dun, India: Natraj Publishers, (1979).. 2nd Indian printing (first edition was in 1931). Cloth & boards. [2], 253, [3] pp. Some bubbling to the paper-covered boards and endpapers, as often with Indian books; ink inscription to front free endpaper; else a VG unworn copy in a VG dust jacket .. ... more information

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London: Macmillan, 1900. Octavo, dark blue ribbed cloth gilt lettered, with "SPECIMEN" in blind on front cover (copy for review?) Pp viii, 420, (2, ads), 8, (catalogue of Macmillan’s Colonial Library dated "5.11.99"). Small nicks to spine ends; yellowing to page edges; partial crack to rear inner hinge but firm; VG+ otherwise, no owner names. Macmillan’s Colonial Library no. 400. Burke 18, giving publication date of the domestic edition as Feb., 1900. . First of this edition... more information

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London: Dent, 1897.. First printing. 8vo, hardcover, blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. xvi, 272 pp. 29 plates inserted. Spine has some rubbing to tips; light damp stain across top half inch of covers; two small reddish spots to rear cover; front free endpaper has some tanning to the margins and a 1902 ink gift inscription; text paper lightly toned; else a VG, unworn, bright and tight copy. A comic novel of a young lawyer from India and his experiences in English soc... more information

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Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1957. Paperback original, Gold Medal pb 698. Printed in Canada. A fine copy. "She could look like a wistful child and she loved to play games - such as murder, men and marijuana.". First Canadian issue. Softcover. ... more information

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NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981).. First trade edition (after the Franklin Library edition). Cloth and boards. Fine in fine jacket.. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. Red cloth, red endpapers. Dec., 1970, ink owner name on front free endpaper; light sunning to red top page edges; else fine in fine, price-clipped jacket.. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. ... more information

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New York: Dutton, 1967. ctavo, cloth & boards. Price-clipped jacket has mild rubbing to spine tips and folds, else fine and bright, nice jacket art by Stephen Gosnell. A first novel of a young hippie chick from Detroit who goes to Cambridge to hang out at Harvard. Welles went on to write the screenplay for Bob & Ted & Carol & Alice. . First printing. Hardcover. ... more information

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(Virden, Manitoba): Author, 1973. Octavo, colour pictorial cloth. pp 368 + numerous colour illustrations. Fine copy. Signed by the author. Author’s autobiography, farming in Central Saskatchewan and Manitoba.. Hardcover. ... more information

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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1962. Octavo, maroon boards. Bumps to outer corners of covers, bit of yellowing to page edges, VG otherwise, no owner names. Dust jacket has rubbing, short tears, to spine tips; repaired corner tear to front panel; a bit yellowed; good. . First printing. Hardcover. ... more information

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Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. Octavo, (xiv), 348, [2] + 10 plates. Pictorial grey cloth stamped in black and white. Bit of rubbing to cover stamping but all still clear; light soiling to rear cover; ink inscription to front pastedown, ink name to front free endpaper; circular blind stamp to title leaf; else a VG clean and unworn copy. Made from sheets of the US first issue (Doran), with the first issue point present. An uncommon issue of the noted Kentucky author's FIRST BOOK, a collection of stories.... more information

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London: Cape, (1986).. First UK printing. Octavo, hardcover, blue boards. Fine in fine jacket, flap price intact. ISBN 0224023438.. ... more information

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NY: Viking, (1983).. First US edition. Octavo, hardcover, cloth and boards. Fine in fine jacket.. ... more information

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New York: Greystone Press, 1951. Green cloth, endpaper maps. 320 pp, many photos in text. Fine in VG price-clipped jacket, no owner names. "Incredible tale of the miraculous conquest of the Burma jungle with gliders." Gen. Orde Wingate, World War II in Burma.. First edition.. Hardcover. Octavo. ... more information

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New York: Croydon Publishing Company, 1954. Paperback original, digest size, lurid paper covers. Croydon pb 58. Fine copy.. First edition.. Softcover. ... more information

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London: John Murray, (1965).. First edition. Blue boards. Fine copy. Price-clipped jacket has minor rubbing to upper inner corner of front panel, else fine, quite bright.. ... more information

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London: Deutsch, (1960), 1960. Second printing. Red boards. VG+ copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has nicks, small chips, to spine tips; two small tan spots to front flap; VG+ bright and attractive otherwise. New Zealand author's second novel.. Hardcover.. Octavo. ... more information

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