Italy: mid 14th century. 2 columns, gothic minuscule, ornamental opening initial S[eptuaginta] against square blue ground. Recto: End of Book of Kings, opening of Jerome's prologue to Paralipomena. Verso: continuation of prologue. 29 mm. x 22 mm. More
London: Longman, 1859. First editions. Four volumes. Original cloth, gilt. Small tear at the head of the spine of the first series, its covers somewhat darkened, but a very good copy; Both volumes of the 1862 second series have old ink shelf numbers on the spine, and bumped corners, but..... More
Paris: Georges Visat, 1968. Arikha, Avigdor (1929-2010). First edition. Wrappers, in publisher's chemise and slipcase. One of 154 copies on Rives (total edition). Illustrated with six colored etchings by Avigdor Arikha, each signed. Fine. "The colored etchings for L'Issue reveal the subtle and intuitive feeling with which Arikha approaches Beckett's..... More
Ghent: Ergo Pers, 2009. Schimansky, Hanns. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 12-3/4 inches), unbound in slipcase as issued. A beautiful new artist book. The Recital /Le Récital, a prose poem by John Ashbery, published in a bilingual edition with French translation by Franck André Jamme, in close collaboration with..... More
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1955. First edition. Original wrappers, unopened, a fine copy. One of 30 numbered copies on pur fil. More
Paris: Collection Charef, 1975. Benanteur, Abdallah. First edition. One of 20 copies, signed by author and artist; with a long inscription from the author. 5 x 5 3/4 in. (127 x 140 cm). 58 decorated text pages and 35 etchings. Bound by Jill Oriane Tarlau in dark olive morocco, with..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1905. First edition. Original red cloth, a bright and fine copy in the rare dust jacket, slightly worn and darkened. First edition, second issue, with "Doubleday, Page & Co." at the foot of the spine. Cather's second book, and first collection of stories. Inscribed by Cather..... More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903. First edition of Cather's first book. Original boards, cover and spine labels. Boards darkened and marked, spine label chipped, nevertheless an attractive copy, preserved in a cloth case. Inscribed twice by Cather: On the front cover "For Albert Donovan from his friend..... More
Los Angeles: C.C. Parker, 1912. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 13 inches. [31] p. (on double leaves), [6] leaves of plates. Number 21 of a planned but never completed edition of 60 copies, signed by Coburn. The book contains six tipped-in original 7 x 5 inch..... More
Unidentified photographer. Full-length standing portrait of the young Hart Crane, 4 X 3 inches, vintage black and white print, undated but probably early 1920s. Crane is shown standing in a clearing before what appear to be fruit bushes, smoking a cigar. The photograph is inscribed by Hart Crane in the..... More
1963. One page, with two fine color drawings of fantastic creatures. Washington, 13 August 1963. Fine condition. Accompanied by a special leather-bound copy of Piazza's book "Los hombres y las cosas sólo querían jugar", Mexico, 1963, which Cuevas illustrated. The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a large collection of Cuevas's..... More
London: Pitman, 1926. First edition. The first book in English devoted to television. Original printed wrappers and pictorial dust jacket, the wrappers in fine condition, the jacket with some light soiling and small closed tears to the lower edge. 62 pp.; 12 illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of inventor John..... More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Beardsley, Aubrey. First edition. The rare Large Paper issue, copy number 3 of thirty, printed on Japanese vellum, numbered and initialed by the publisher. Dowson's first collection of poetry, containing his most famous lines: "They are not long, the days of wine and roses" from "Vitae..... More
3-1/2 inches x 2 inches, four sets of staple holes in the card, but not touching the writing. Partially mounted to a piece of plain paper, with an autograph envelope addressed by Fleming (torn), and some clippings. Fleming won the 1945 Nobel Prize for medicine, for his discovery of penicillin..... More
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1920. First edition. 500 copies were hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, from type set by Virginia. Original blue wrappers, plain title label (third state). Edges faded but a very good copy. Woolmer 9. More
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition. One of an edition of 150 copies, hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. 6 inches x 8-1/2 inches. [26] leaves, printed on rectos only, consisting of: Title page, 12 woodcut illustrations printed in black, each preceded by a title leaf printed in red;..... More
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921. First edition. One of 150 copies, hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. [26] leaves, printed on rectos only, consisting of: Title page, 12 woodcut illustrations printed in black, each preceded by a title leaf printed in red; Hogarth Press list. Publisher's red marbled paper covers..... More
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1922. Third impression. Like the first two printings, this was hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Publisher's buff printed wrappers carrying a Fry woodcut. Edges creased, light soiling, very good. The coated paper used for printing this third and the second impressions stayed white, unlike the..... More
1995. Stuart, Gordon. Water color portrait of the poet, executed in Swansea, Wales, in 1995, signed and dated in the upper right corner. 18-1/2 inches x 14-3/4 inches. Matted and framed. This is one of a series of portraits commissioned from Stuart as the official artist of the U.K. Year..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First edition. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Small area of wear at the base of the spine, corners slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. The gilt is bright, hinges sound, text block clean and fresh. March 1850 catalogue at front, slightly..... More
Paris: Europa Press, 1935. Hayter, Stanley William. First edition. Original black wrappers, with cover engraving by Stanley William Hayter. 2, leaves,30 pages,. 2 leaves. Fine copy. Copy III of 20 copies numbered and signed by Reavey and Hayter, printed on Japon impérial paper, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by Hayter..... More
New Orleans: Privately printed [for Paul F. Veith], Christmas, 1941. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 150 numbered copies only. BAL 8046. More
Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, (1931). First published edition. Original printed wrappers, fine, one corner slightly creased. 144 pages, 2 leaves. W / G 4. More
Portland, Ore. Reed College, 1966. First edition. Red leather, gilt, by The Oregon Bookbinding Co., with their ticket. Fine condition. One of a few specially bound copies for contributors. This was Richard Hugo's copy; it contains his poem "Tiberio's Cliff" along with works by William Stafford, Carolyn Kizer, John Logan..... More
One of 300 copies. Matted and framed. Fine condition with minimal fading of the signatures. Sargent's portrait was commissioned in 1913, by a group of James's English friends, in honor of his seventieth birthday. James agreed to sit on condition that the portrait would be given to the National Portrait..... More