Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values. Allen OSB Ahearn

of Vassar Verse (A). (Poughkeepsie, 1916.) (With 3 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.) $125.

      BOOLE, George. An Investigation of the Laws of Thought . . . London, 1854. Imprint reads “London: Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower-Street, and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co.” Errata leaf bound in the back. (The “Note” leaf is found in later editions.) $8,000.

      BOOTH, Edward Thomas. Rough Notes on the Birds. London, 1881-87. 3 vols. 2 hand-colored maps and 114 plates. $17,500.

      BOOTH, Stephen. Black Dog. (London, 2000). Author’s first book. Pictorial wraps. $200.

      BOOTH, Stephen. The Book Called Holinshed’s Chronicles. San Francisco, 1968. Woodcut reproductions and original leaf from the 1587 edition. Decorated boards and cloth. One of 500 copies. $350.

      BOOTH, William. In Darkest England and the Way Out. London (1890). Author’s first book. Large folding color map. First issue with last line of dedication in smaller type than preceding line. $350.

      BORDEN, Gail, Jr. Letters of . . . to Dr. Ashbel Smith. Galveston, 1850. 9 pages, wraps. $2,000.

      BORDEN, Spencer. The Arab Horse. New York, 1906. $150.

      BORDER Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi. Philadelphia, 1840. 2 vols. (By William Gilmore Simms.) $250.

      BORGES, Jorge Luis. The Congress. London, 1974. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni and Borges. Illustrated by Hugo Manning. Cloth. One of 50 signed copies. $1,500. One of 250 copies. $500.

      BORGES, Jorge Luis. Deathwatch on the Southside. Cambridge (1968). Wraps. One of 150 signed copies. $800.

      BORGES, Jorge Luis. Ficciones. London (1962). Author’s first book. $500. New York (1962). $375. Limited Editions Club, New York (1984). $500.

      BORGES, Jorge Luis. Labyrinths. New York: Grove Press (1962). $450.

      BORN, Max. The Constitution of Matter Modern Atomic and Electron Theories. London, 1923. $100.

      BORNEMAN, Henry S. Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts. Norristown, Pa., 1937. 38 colored reproductions. Oblong folio, cloth. $350.

      BORROW, George. See Celebrated Trials.

      BORROW, George. The Bible in Spain. London, 1843. 3 vols. Red cloth, paper labels. $500.

      BORROW, George. Faustus: His Life, Death and Descent into Hell. London, 1825. (Translated by Borrow.) $600.

      BORROW, George. Lavengro; the Scholar-the Gypsy-the Priest. London, 1851. 3 vols. Blue cloth, paper labels. $750. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1936. 2 vols. In slipcase. $225.

      BORROW, George. The Romany Rye. London, 1857. 2 vols. $450.

      BORROW, George. Wild Wales: Its People, Language, and Scenery. London, 1862. 3 vols. Blue cloth, paper labels. $450.

      BOSCANA, Father Geronimo. Chinigchinich. Santa Ana, 1933. Translated by Alfred Robinson. Color plates, maps. Folio, boards, and cloth. $450.

      BOSQUI, Edward. Memoirs. (Oakland): Grabhorn Press, 1952. One of 350 copies. $250.

      BOSSCHERE, Jean de. 12 Occupations. London, 1916. Decorated wraps. (Translated anonymously by Ezra Pound.) $750. One of 50 copies. Boards. 12 hand-colored illustrations. $3,250.

      BOSSERT, Helmuth T. Peasant Art in Europe. London, 1927. First English edition. (Originally Berlin, 1926). 100 full-color plates and 32 plates in black-and-white. Folio, cloth. $200. New York, 1927. $175.

      BOSWELL, James. An Account of Corsica . . . Glasgow, 1768. Map. $2,000.

      BOSWELL, James. Boswell in Search of a Wife. London, 1957. Edited by F. Brady and Frederick A. Pottle. Blue buckram and calf. Yale deluxe edition. One of 400 copies. In slipcase. $400.

      BOSWELL, James. Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland. London, 1953. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. Illustrated, folding map. Blue buckram and calf. London, 1953. Yale deluxe edition. One of 1,000 copies. In slipcase. $250.

      BOSWELL, James. Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France. London, 1955. Edited by F. Brady and Frederick A. Pottle. Illustrated, folding maps. Blue buckram and calf. Yale deluxe edition. One of 400 copies. In slipcase. $325.

      BOSWELL, James. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London, 1785. $1,000. New York, 1936. First complete edition. One of 816 copies. In slipcase. $350.

      BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London, 1791. 2 vols., with the “gve” reading on page 135 of vol. 1. $25,000. With “give.” $10,000. Boston, 1807. First American edition. $750. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1938. 3 vols. In slipcase. $250.

      BOSWORTH, Newton. Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal. Montreal, 1839. Illustrated, including 2 folding maps. $350.

      BOTTA, Charles. History of the War of Independence of the United States of America. Philadelphia, 1820. 3 vols. $750.

      BOTTOMLEY, Gordon. Poems of Thirty Years. London, 1925. One of 75 signed copies. $200.

      BOUCHER, Anthony. The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars. New York, 1940. $350.

      BOUCHER, Anthony. The Case of the Seven of Calvary. New York, 1937. Author’s first book. $650.

      BOUCHETTE, Joseph. The British Dominions in North America; Or a Topographical and Statistical Description of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia . . . London, 1831. 2 vols. Portrait. 10 maps and plans, 20 plates and 3 tables. $2,500.

      BOUCHETTE, Joseph. A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada, with Remarks Upon Upper Canada. London, 1815. First English edition with portrait and 17 plates. $1,750. London, 1832. 2 vols. 30 plates and plans. $2,500.

      BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine. A Voyage Around the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, And 1769. London, 1772. First edition in English. With 1 double-page plate and 5 folding maps. $7,500.

      BOUGARD, R. The Little Sea Torch. London, 1801. First English edition, with 20 hand-colored plates and 24 hand-colored charts on twelve sheets. $12,500.

      BOULLE, Pierre. The Bridge Over the River Kwai. London, 1954. (First translation in English.) $750. New York, 1954. $550.

      BOULTER, Hugh. Letters . . . Oxford, 1769-70. 2 vols. $750. Dublin, 1770. 2 vols. $500.

      BOURDILLON, Francis W. Among the Flowers, and Other Poems. London, 1878. Author’s first book. Decorated white cloth. $750.

      BOURJAILY, Vance. The End of My Life. New York, 1947. Author’s first book. $175.

      BOURKE, John G. An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre. New York, 1886. 12 plates. Printed wraps or pictorial cloth. $500.

      BOURKE, John G. Mackenzie’s Last Fight with the Cheyennes. Governor’s Island, N.Y., 1890. Portrait. 44 pages, printed wraps. $2,000.

      BOURKE, John G. On the Border with Crook. New York, 1891. Frontispiece portrait, other plates. $650.

      BOURKE, John G. Scatologic Rites of All Nations. Washington, 1891. $400.

      BOURKE, John G. The Snake-Dance of the Moquis of Arizona. New York, 1884. 33 plates, some in color. Pictorial cloth. $500. London, 1884. Half calf. $300.

      BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret. Eyes on Russia. New York, 1931. Author’s first book. $800.

      BOURNE, Randolph. The History of a Literary Radical. New York, 1920. Edited by Van Wyck Brooks. In dust jacket. $150.

      BOURNE, Randolph. Youth and Life. Boston, 1913. Author’s first book. $225.

      BOVA, Ben. Star Conquerors. Philadelphia (1959). Author’s first book. $400.

      BOWDEN, Charles. Killing the Hidden Waters. Austin (1977). $300.

      BOWDICH, Thomas Edward. Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo . . . London, 1825. 22 plates (4 hand-colored, 3 folding). $3,000.

      BOWDICH,