$250.
BEEBE, William. A Monograph of the Pheasants. London, 1918-22. 4 vols. 90 color plates, 20 maps, 87 photogravures. Folio, cloth. One of 600 copies. $6,500.
BEEBE, William. Pheasants: Their Lives and Homes. Garden City, 1926. 2 vols. 64 plates. Vellum. One of 201 copies on large paper, signed. $1,000. Trade edition. 2 vols. $500. Garden City, 1931. 2 vols. $375. Garden City, 1936. 2 vols. in 1. $150.
BEEBE, William. Two Bird-Lovers in Mexico. Boston, 1905. Author’s first book. First issue, Charles M. Beebe on cover. $2,500 (one known copy). Second issue, C. William Beebe on cover. $500. Third issue, gold sky background lacking. $100. Fourth issue, lacks pictorial design, just lettered. $75.
BEECHER, Edward. Narrative of the Riots at Alton. Alton, Ill., 1838. $400.
BEECHER, Harriet Elizabeth. Primary Geography for Children . . . Cincinnati, 1833. (Harriet Beecher Stowe’s first book), with C. Beecher. $3,000.
BEECHER, Harriet Elizabeth. Prize-Tale: A New England Sketch. Lowell, Mass., 1834. First separate book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. In original plain wraps with cloth spine. $2,000. Rebound. $1,500.
BEECHER, Henry Ward. Norwood, or Village Life in New England. London, 1867. 3 vols. Green cloth. $650. New York, 1868. $125.
BEECHEY, F. W. An Account of a Visit to California. (San Francisco, 1941.) Grabhorn printing. Map, color plates. Half vellum. One of 350 copies. $225.
BEECHEY, F. W. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait. London, 1831. 2 vols. 23 plates, 3 maps. Large-paper (4to) “Admiralty” issue. $10,000. 2 vols. Octavo edition. $4,000. Philadelphia, 1832. $4,500.
BEECHEY, F. W. A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole. London, 1843. Folding map, 6 plates. $5,000.
BEEDING, Francis. Death Walks in Eastrepps. New York, 1931. (By John Palmer and Hilary Saunders.) Their first book under this name. $350.
BEEDING, Francis. (By John Palmer and Hilary Saunders.) The Seven Sleepers. London, 1925. $150.
BEE-HUNTER (The); or, The Oak Openings. London, 1848. By the author of “The Pioneers” (James Fenimore Cooper). 3 vols. Drab boards. First edition. Published in America as The Oak Openings). $1,500. Rebound. $600.
BEER, Thomas. The Mauve Decade. New York, 1926. One of 165 signed copies. In slipcase. $150. One of 15 signed copies. $350. Trade. $75.
BEERBOHM, Max. See H.M.B.
BEERBOHM, Max. A Book of Caricatures. London (1907). Frontispiece in color, 48 drawings. $550.
BEERBOHM, Max. Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen. London (1896). 25 plates. First issue with “Leonard/Smithers” on spine. $1,000. Second issue adds “& Co.” $600.
BEERBOHM, Max. Cartoons: “The Second Childhood of John Bull.” London [1911], although states that they were drawn in 1901. 15 full-page tinted plates. $400. Second issue. Plates in cloth folder. $300.
BEERBOHM, Max. Fifty Caricatures. London, 1913. $250.
BEERBOHM, Max. The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men. New York, 1897. Printed green wraps. Period on cover, after Bodley Booklets No. 1, colophon dated December 1896. $275.
BEERBOHM, Max. Leaves from the Garland. New York, 1926. One of 72 copies. $600.
BEERBOHM, Max. Rossetti and His Circle. London (1922). 23 colored caricatures. One of 380 signed copies. In dust jacket. $900. Trade edition. $400.
BEERBOHM, Max. A Survey. London, 1921. 52 plates, including colored frontispiece. Purple cloth. One of 275 signed copies. In dust jacket. $700. Trade edition. $250. New York, 1921. $300.
BEERBOHM, Max. Things New and Old. London, 1923. Colored frontispiece, 49 other plates. White buckram. One of 380 copies signed and with extra signed plate. $850. Trade edition. $450. Oxford, 1975. One of 750 copies. $250.
BEERBOHM, Max. The Works of Max Beerbohm. New York, 1896. (1,000, of which 400 copies were reportedly pulped.) $375. London, 1896. $325.
BEERBOHM, Max. Zuleika Dobson. London, 1911. Smooth brown cloth, or rough cloth. (No priority, but there were fewer copies bound in rough cloth.) $900. New York, 1912. $225. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1960. In slipcase. $90. Oxford, 1975. Illustrated and signed by Osbert Lancaster. One of 750 copies. In slipcase. $150.
BEERS, F. W., et al. Atlas of the Counties of Lamoille and Orleans, Vermont. New York, 1878. Maps in color. Half leather. $800.
BEETON, Mrs. Isabella. The Book of Household Management. London, 1861. 2 vols. Frontispiece and pictorial title in color, 12 full-page colored plates, numerous other illustrations. First issue, with “18 Bouverie St.” on woodcut title page. $2,750.
BEETON’S Christmas Annual. 28th Season. London, 1887. Illustrated. Wraps. (Contains first appearance of A. Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet.) $130,000 at auction in 2004 and 2007.
BEGLEY, Louis. Wartime Lies. New York, 1991. $250.
BEHAN, Brendan. The Hostage. London, 1958. $300. New York (1958). First American edition. One of 26 signed copies. Issued without dust jacket. $1,500. 4 signed copies hors de commerce. $1,750. Trade edition. $100.
BEHAN, Brendan. The Quare Fellow. London (1956). Author’s first book. $250. New York (1956). Cloth. One of 100 copies. Issued without dust jacket. $350. Trade in cloth. $150. Wraps. $75.
BEHN, Aphra. LaMontre; or The Lover’s Watch. London, 1686. $750.
BEHN, Aphra. Poems Upon Several Occasions. London, 1684. Author’s first book. $1,500.
BEHRMAN, Samuel Nathaniel. Bedside Manner. New York, 1924. Written with J. K. Nicholson. Wraps. $450.
BEHRMAN, Samuel Nathaniel. The Second Man. New York, 1927. Author’s first book, preceded by two collaborations. Stiff wraps in dust jacket. $300. London, 1928. $125.
BELCAMP, Jeremy. The History of New Hampshire. Philadelphia, 1784; and Boston, 1791-92. 3 vols. $3,000.
BELCHER, Edward. The Last of The Arctic Voyages . . . London, 1855. 2 vols. 4 folding maps and 36 plates. $3,000.
BELCHER, Sir Edward. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang . . . London, 1848. 2 vols. Cloth-backed marbled boards. 5 maps (3 folding), 30 plates. $3,000.
BELCHER, Sir Edward. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World . . . 1836-1842. London, 1843. 2 vols. 19 plates, 3 maps in pocket. $3,500.
BELDAM, George W. The World’s Champion Golfers. London (1924). 11 vols. Illustrated boards. $1,250.
BELKNAP, Jeremy. See The Foresters . . .
BELL, Acton. Agnes Grey. London, 1847. (By Anne Brontë). The third vol. of Wuthering Heights. (1,000 copies). See that entry under Ellis Bell.
BELL, Acton. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. London, 1848. (By Anne Brontë, her only separate publication.) 3 vols. In original cloth. $45,000. Rebound. $15,000.
BELL, Charles. The Hand . . . Philadelphia, 1833. $750.
BELL, Clive. Art. London, 1914. Author’s first book. $200.
