THE PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN.
New York: William Morrow, 1966. Cloth and boards. First US edition. Edges faded a bit, small spot on rear free endsheet, a good, sound copy in worn dust jacket with splits and chips to the spine panel.
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ULYSSES ....
New York: The Modern Library, [1940]. xvii,[1],[1]-767,[1]pp. Thick octavo. Gray cloth, with red spine panels, lettered in gilt. Usual tanning to endsheets and edges, spine stamping slightly patinated, but a very good, tight copy in rather shelfworn dust jacket with some tanning to the spine, a long tear in the.....
MRS. BRIDGE.
New York: Viking Press, 1959. Cloth. Spine a bit sunned through jacket and slightly cocked, otherwise very good in good, price-clipped dust jacket with moderate sunning and soiling. First edition of the author's first novel, one of the sourceworks for the 1990 film, MR & MRS BRIDGE, directed by James.....
READINGS FROM THE NEW POETS.
New York: Macmillan, 1928. xix,189pp. Large octavo. Navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine ends a bit worn, scratch across the edge of the gilt ornament on the upper board, small ownership inscription on front free endsheet, otherwise very good. First edition. The editor contributes notes about each poet, including.....
A TREASURY OF JAMAICAN POETRY.
London: Univ. of London Press, [1949]. 159pp. Printed stiff wrapper. Introduction by B.H. Easter. First edition. Spine and edges sunned, ownership signature on upper wrapper, otherwise very good.
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ROBERT MOSES 1888-1981 COORDINATOR OF LIMITED OBJECTIVES [wrapper title].
[Np: The Author], 1988. [5] leaves, printed on rectos only. Folio (36 x 22 cm). Photomechanically duplicated sheets, stapled in left margin. Fine. First edition, "...printed in a haphazard edition of 500 or so copies, unnumbered/unsigned, hors commerce." However, this copy is indeed signed by the author at the base.....
HEINRICH VOGELER WORPSWEDE ....
Münster & Bremen. 1962. [30]pp. Small quarto. Decorated stiff wrapper. Illustrations throughout. Very near fine. An attractive catalogue of this exhibition featuring Vogeler's works, including book arts, from the earliest years of his association with the Worpswede artist's colony.
TRANSITION. THE HISTORY OF A LITERARY ERA 1927 - 1938.
New York: George Braziller, [1976]. Cloth. Plates. Facsimile. First US edition. Fine in dust jacket.
A SMUGGLER'S BIBLE.
New York: Harcourt, [1966]. Cloth. First edition of the author's first book. Slight rubbing to lower edges, otherwise about fine in near very good dust jacket with typical sunning to spine and a couple of short, creased edge tears.
DIE BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIENER MONATSHEFTE ... III. JAHRG.
Vienna: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1920. 184,[32]pp. Folio. Cloth. Heavily illustrated. Covers slightly dust-soiled, but a very nice copy. Bookplate of DIAL publisher Scofield Thayer.
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[Lot of Eighteen Catalogues of the Rowfant Club's Annual Auction].
Cleveland. 1912 - 2000]. Sixteen volumes. Large to small octavo in sewn or stapled printed or pictorial wrappers. Overlap wrapper edges of first two a bit creased and lightly frayed, 1912 volume priced in pencil, ink note on one wrapper, modest soiling to rear of 1927 wrapper, a few creases.....
IN SEARCH OF SPRING.
[Los Angeles (?): Privately Printed, ca. 1965]. 23.[1]pp. Narrow small quarto. Pale blue stiff printed wrapper. A hint of sunning at edges of upper wrapper, otherwise about fine. First separate printing of this travel essay first published in the SOUTHWEST REVIEW. This copy is annotated in Powell's hand, in ink.....
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[Japanese Theatrical Program for:] MOBY DICK.
[Japan]. 1956. [8]pp. Quarto (25.5 x 17.5cm). Folded signatures laid into glossy pictorial wrapper. Photographs and stills. Very near fine. A souvenir/promotional booklet for the Japanese distribution of John Huston's film adaptation of Melville's novel, based on a screenplay cowritten with Ray Bradbury, and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Orson.....
POISON AN 87TH PRECINCT NOVEL.
New York: Arbor House, [1987]. Cloth and boards. First edition. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket.
THE MONTHS.
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company, 1848. vi,71,[1]pp. 12mo. Untrimmed, but wanting upper wrapper. First edition. Some tanning and dusting at edges, otherwise near very good, largely unopened.
COMMERCIAL BOOKBINDINGS AN HISTORICAL SKETCH, WITH SOME MENTION OF AN EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS, COVERS, AND BOOKS ....
New York: The Grolier Club, 1894. 23,[3]pp. 12mo. Sewn printed wrapper. First edition. About fine. The exhibition spanned 5 April to 28 April.
CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF ILLUSTRATED BILL-POSTERS.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1890. 12pp. 12mo. Sewn printed wrapper. First edition. Some dust-smudging to wrapper, otherwise fine. 100 items were exhibited.
A FEW WORDS ON ROBERT M. NEAL TEACHER EDITOR HIMSELF THREE ESSAYS PREPARED AS A TABARD INN KEEPSAKE.
[Columbia, MO]: The Press of the Crippled Turtle, [June 1947]. 26 leaves, with the exception of the Colophon, printed on the rectos only. Narrow 12mo. Stiff printed wrappers. Slight creasing at overlap edges, otherwise about fine. First edition. One of 35 copies only, printed in Bulmer and Cloister types. The.....
THEN AND NOW A SELECTION OF ARTICLES, STORIES & POEMS, TAKEN FROM THE FIRST FIFTY NUMBERS OF "NOW & THEN" 1921-35 TOGETHER WITH SOME ILLUSTRATIONS, AND CERTAIN OTHER WORK NOW PRINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Small octavo. Printed wrapper over stiff wrappers. First edition. Wrappers moderately worn and soiled, spine creased from reading, snag at crown of upper joint, edges a bit unevenly faded; a good copy. A commemoration of Jonathan Cape, reprinting contributions from the firm's in-house organ...
[Original Pictorial Color One-Sheet for:] THE HUNGER.
[Los Angeles]: MGM / UA, 1983. Original one-sheet poster (40 x 27"), in color. Folded, as issued; fine. An original one-sheet poster issued to promote the US release of Tony Scott's visually stylish (often stunning) film adaptation of Strieber's 1980 novel, based on a screenplay by Ivan Davis and Michael.....
THE CITY THAT HAS FALLEN ... REPRINTED FROM REEDY'S MIRROR, APRIL 26, 1906.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1933. Quarter silk and decorated boards. Spine ends quite worn, but sound, some old small tape ghosts to endsheets; a good copy. First printing in this format. One of 350 copies printed for the Book Club of California by Johnck & Seeger.
BITTER MEDICINE.
New York: William Morrow & Co., [1987]. Cloth and boards. Rather dust flecked at edges, otherwise about very good in modestly dust-soiled white jacket. First edition of this V. I. Warshawski mystery, inscribed and signed by the author in May 1987: " ... Happy birthday - when that arrives -.....
ON THE HILL.
London: Heinemann, [1949]. Light blue cloth. Spine cocked a bit, cloth faintly dust smudged, edges quite foxed; good and sound. First edition. Inscribed on the free endsheet: "For Mary Clifford, from her grateful patient, John Masefield, August 18th, 1949." The recipient, Sister Mary Clifford, was one of his nurses during.....
A LETTER BY ... CONCERNING A PROPOSAL TO BUY THE COTTAGE IN WHICH EDGAR ALLAN POE WROTE ULLALUME ... [caption title].
[Chicago: American Crossarm & Conduit Co., 1924]. Small folded leaflet (17.5 x 11.5 cm), with facsimile of the letter printed on top panel. Laid into oversize printed wrapper (23.5 x 15cm). Fine, but without the original mailing envelope. First (unauthorized) printing, one of 200 copies prepared for private distribution by.....
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[Autograph Note, Signed, on Christmas Card].
79a Elizabeth Street [London] SW.1: [ca. 1931]. One page, in ink, on rear panel of 13.5 x 11 folded engraved holiday greeting. Fine. Dated "Dec 19/31" in his difficult hand, Cunninghame Graham writes: "Many thanks for your pretty card & kind messages of greeting, I am spending Christmas at home.....