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A CITY WINTER AND OTHER POEMS TWO DRAWINGS BY LARRY RIVERS.
O'Hara, Frank:
New York: Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, "1951" [i.e. 1952].
Small quarto. Linen and decorated boards, spine panel lettered in gilt. Frontis and two illustrations by Rivers. Extremities a bit.. more
Price: $22,500.00
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JIM'S BOOK A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND SHORT STORIES.
Merrill, James:
New York: Privately Printed, 1942.
Large octavo. Cloth and boards, lettered in gilt. Spine faintly sunned, with a few stray marks to the upper portions.. more
Price: $10,000.00
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SONGS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT.
[Boswell, Sir Alexander]:
Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell & Son, 1802.
24pp. Small octavo. Sewn into somewhat later plain wrappers. A few minor corner nicks, wrappers split at spine, trivial foxing,.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL, IMITATED....
Johnson, Samuel:
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1749.
28pp. Quarto. Modern three quarter black morocco, lettered in gilt. Carefully calligraphed early ownership signature on title leaf ("John Costman"),.. more
Price: $6,500.00
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SIMULACRE.
[Masson, André]: Leiris, Michel:
Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon, [1925].
Small quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Spine glue dried out, otherwise a fine copy. First edition of the poet/editor/ethnographer's first book,.. more
Price: $6,500.00
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Literature

We keep a large, and often eccentric, selection of books in our Literature department, including first editions of English-speaking authors of the 18th through 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on poetry, as well as some representation of Continental literature, both in translation and in the original editions.

We tend to subsume under the Literature rubric, and include in our Literature catalogues, such genres as fine printing, non-American social and political thought, Printing and the Mind of Man titles, non-Americana bibliography and reference, literary periodicals, modern illustrated books, and material which, in a number of instances, is much less readily categorized.

Inquiries about Literature matters should be directed to Terry Halladay or Leslie Arthur: litorder@reeseco.com


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