541. Beil, H.A.

De Practische Imker – Geïllustreerd Maandblad voor de Reform-Bijenteelt.

[Holland], Bureau af “De Practische Imker”, 1906-1907. Quarto. Four Issues (4 Hefte): 1. December 1906 – Proefnummer (December 1906) / 2. Januari 1904 – No.1 / 3. Februari 1907 – No.2 / 4. Maart 1907 – No.3 // Illustrated Softcover. Britte, poor condition of this extremely rare little periodical about beekeeping in the early 20th century.

542. Beisner, Robert L.

Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 800 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

543. Bekker, Immanuel [August Emanuel].

Die Scholien zu Aeschines Rede gegen den Timarchos – aus Pariser Handschriften (Coislin. 249 = f und Reg. 3003 = m) berichtigt und vervollständiget.

Erste Ausgabe. Berlin, Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1836-1838. Quarto (23.2 cm x 28.5 cm). 25 Seiten (Seiten 227 – 252 des Jahrgangsbandes 1836). Moderne Broschur mit eingebundener Originalabhandlung. Sehr guter Zustand. Es handelt sich hier um die seltene, originale Erstausgabe der Publikation. Extrahiert aus dem Sammelband der Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Der originalen Publikation wurde eine Replika des Reihentitels vorgebunden. [Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Aus dem Jahre 1836].

544. Belgium – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Belgium – with Vignettes of Antwerp Cathedral, Monuments on the Plains of Waterloo and the Altar of St Gudule, Brussels.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and engravings by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 34 cm x 26.3 cm. Sheet Size: 27.1 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

545. Belgium – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Brussels – With Beautiful Vignettes of Brussels near the Porte D’Anderlecht, Avenue in the Park, Palace Royal, Hotel de Ville, and Church of St Gudule.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Illustrated and Engraved by J. Watkins London & New York, John Tallis & Company, 1851. Plate Size: 32.5 cm x 26 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map / city-plan in very good condition.

546. Belitt, Ben.

Possessions. New and Selected Poems (1938-1985).

Boston, David R.Godine, 1986. 8°. X, 149 pages. Hradcover / Original cloth with dustjacket. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed and signed by Ben Belitt to Bernard (Ben) Malamud: “For Ann, and for Bernard, too, who I know is peering over her shoulder. Love, alwayys. Benjamin – Bennington, June 6, 1986”

547. Belitt, Ben.

Literature and Belief: Three “Spiritual Exercises”. Originally delivered at Bennington College as Lecture Eight in the Ben Belitt Lectureship Series October twenty-ninth, 1985.

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. 29 pages with three reproductions of illustrations from William Blake’s “Book of Job” from the year 1825. Softcover. One of only 1000 hand-numbered copies. Two of the tipped-in illustrations loosened. Otherwise in excellent, close to new condition. [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy]

548. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

549. Bell, Daniel.

The End of Ideology. On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties.

First Edition. Illinois, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960. 24cm x 16cm. 415 (2) pages. Original hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in Mylar. Good condition with some signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing to paste downs, end papers and dustjacket. (Few minor dampstains). Text itself in excellent condition.

550. Bell, Daniel.

The End of Ideology. On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties.

First Edition. Illinois, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960. 24cm x 16cm. 415 (2) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good + condition with some signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing to paste downs, endpapers and dustjacket. Text itself in excellent condition. Rare in this condition !