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London: Heinemann, 1926. Beerbohm, Max. First edition. Original green cloth, binding dampmarked, otherwise a very good copy. One of 280 signed copies, containing, in a pocket on the rear endpaper, an additional signed print. More
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Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentleman
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Second issue, with "and Co." on the spine. Wear to the ends of the spine and the corners,covers slightly marked, gilt bright. More
The Legend of Monte Della Sibilla
London: Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition. One of 400 hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Original printed boards, one gathering sewn out of order, otherwise a fine copy in rare unworn jacket lacking a small piece on the spine."With decorations and a cover design by Duncan Grant and Vanessa..... More
The Legend of Monte Della Sibilla or le Paradis de la Reine Sibille
London: Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition. One of 400 copies handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf "with decorations and a cover design by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell", although Woolmer notes that Quentin Bell's biography attributes the cover solely to Vanessa. A very good copy, with unopened leaves, gutter strained..... More
All the Material Facts in the History of Epidemic Cholera:; A report of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to the Board of Health
Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1832. Second edition, enlarged and improved. Original cloth backed printed boards, 188 pp. Light foxing and browning; very good copy. More
Things We Dreamt We Died For
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1966. First edition. Bell's first book (preceded by a single chapbook), one of 270 copies, all on Arches paper, original grey cloth, not issued in dust jacket, spine slightly faded. Inscribed presentation copy from Bell to the poet and novelist James Schevill. The first..... More
Pervoe svidanie
Peterburg: Alkonost, 1921. First edition. Original wrappers, 69 pp. A very good copy, hinges split. Contemporary inscription on title page. One of an edition of 3000 copies; a Berlin edition appeared the following year. "Of all this great writer's works, it remains the one whose artistic merit and value are..... More
The Street Where the Heart Lies.
Cleveland: World (1963). 1963. Green cloth, fine in dust jacket. First edition. More
Écrire sur Tamara
Paris: PUF, 2002. First edition. Inscribed and signed by author. Wrappers, fine. 20x13 cm. More
Voies de Vieux Temps
Paris: L'Inattendu, [1976]. Dubosc, Isabelle. First edition. Unbound in wrapper, 12 leaves, printed rectos only. Copy number 11 of 25. Black on white. "Mis en page illustré imprimé par I. Dubosc", Fine condition. More
Erotique du Surrealisme
Paris: Pauvert, 1965. Black cloth, fine, original clear plastic jacket worn. First edition, extensively illustrated. More
Two autograph letters signed to Stephen Schwartz
1968, 1975. Gives permission to translate his work, agrees to write for Coppola's City magazine, discussion of movies: "Godard films don't hold. Breathless [is] anachronistic crap. [They] were so modish that they don't even belong to the time capsule." On the non-activity among surrealists, his own films "The critics said..... More
My Ten Years in a Quandary and How they Grew
New York: Harper, 1936. First edition. Original green cloth, very good, in lightly worn price -clipped dust jacket, chipped at the top (supplied from another copy). Inscribed "For Madeleine, among other reasons, because she lent class to this book by reading it aloud. Uncle Bob Benchley with love, (and a...... More
Original manuscripts of two musical compositions:
Paris: 1925. 1, "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages, musical partition, in red and black ink, with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2, "Finale des Choeurs..... More
New York, New York
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. First edition. Folio, cloth in dust jacket. Fine in publisher's numbered shipping carton. One of 5000, numbered and signed, with an additional signed print. (Extra shipping charge). More
Hymns of St. Bridget
New York: Adventures in Poetry, (1974). Rivers, Larry. First edition. Wrappers, stapled. Cover design by Larry Rivers. Fine. More
A Country of My Own. Letters from Mexico. Illustrated by Daniel González
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 2019. First edition. Cloth backed boards, new. One of 125 copies. More
Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations. More
Safe & Sound. Illustrated by Frances Butler
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, not issued in dust jacket. Fine. One of 200 hardbound copies, typeset by the author, with tipped-in color illustrations. Contemporary inscription from the author, to another Poltroon Press author. More
Der Kulterer. Eine Filmgeschichte
Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, (1974). First edition. Brown cloth, fine, in very good dust jacket with a paper tape repair inside. W / G 23. More
Vor dem Ruhestand. Eine Komödie von deutscher Seele
Frankfurt a.M. Suhrkamp, (1979). First edition. Wrappers, fine. W / G 37. More
The Drunken Boat. Drawn by Joe Brainard
[New York]: [Adventures in Poetry], [1974]. Brainard, Joe. First edition. Wrappers,stapled, 8-1/2 in. x 11 in. Slightly marked, near-fine copy. Cover design and illustrations by Joe Brainard, More