Shunga. Japanese album of erotic paintings
Fine album of 12 erotic paintings on silk in a progression from modest to explicit. Each painting measures 14 inches x 21 inches Early 20th century. More
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Vellum leaf from a Latin Bible. End of Book of Kings, beginning of Paralipomena (Chronicles)
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. More
A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
London: Ackermann, 1815. First edition. Two volumes, quarto, 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Vol. 1, half-title,xii, 296 pp. text, 3 leaves (index), plus 26 colored aquatints. Vol. 2, half-title,title page, 324 pp. text, 4 leaves (index), plus 53 colored aquatint plates.1813 watermark. Usual offsetting from plates to text, plates... More
Estampas del Caribe Nicaragüense; con una introducció por Alejandro Arótegui y un ensayo por María Dolores G. Torres
Managua: Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroameríca, (2000). First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 1200 copies printed. Inscribed by the photographers Alvarez and Gordillo, and the author Torres, to the Nicaraguan poet and activist Daisy Zamora. A documentary photobook of life and customs on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. With the... More
Struggles and Triumphs; or Forty Years Recollections
Buffalo: The Courier Co., 1882. Author's Edition, Revised, Enlarged, Newly Illustrated and Written up to December, 1881. Original half sheep, with marbled boards, nicely rebacked, boards rubbed, old Chester, Conn. public library stamps in three places. Inscribed "To Wilbur A. Brothwell with good wishes. P.T. Barnum, Xmas 1881". Tipped in... More
Adriatica and Other Poems. With a preface by F.L. Lucas
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. Marbled paper over boards, white cover label. Slight fading of spine; very good. Works in English by a Hungarian poet who was killed in action in 1915. Leonard Woolf's ledger shows only 76 copies sold, and 90 pulped. Woolmer 56. 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
Entropion.; 35 eaux-fortes de Abdallah Benanteur
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
L'Envers et L'endroit
Paris: Gallimard, (1958). Third overall and first Gallimard edition of Camus's first book, originally published in 1937. Original wrappers, paper browned but an excellent copy. Cloth case with leather label. Inscribed by Camus to the sociologist and editor Roger Caillois. The book contains five essays: "L'Ironie," "Entre oui et non,"... More
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The Professor's House
New York: Knopf, 1925. First edition. Cloth backed boards, inner hinges expertly strengthened; a very good copy in a decent dust jacket, which has light edge wear, fading and damp marks on the spine. Half morocco case. Inscribed by Cather to Alice Roullier, daughter of an important art dealer in... More
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[Panorama of Machu Picchu]
Peru: ca. 1930-1938. Two joined views, printed on albumen paper, measuring 47 x 17 1/3 cm (18 x 7 inches). In excellent condition, matted and framed. More
Boucherie a la Une. Conçu et Realisée en l'année 1987 par Pierre Della Giustina
Self published, 1987. Pierre Della Giustina. 40 X 62 cm. 10 unnumbered leaves, french-folded. Binding is cardboard with exposed red thread. Copy no. 2 of ten copies numbered and signed by the artist. Fine condition. Woodblock and aquatint prints on papier de chine, incorporating the lyrics of Queneau's song. More
Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, and its Vicinity. With a descriptive and historical account of each subject
London: J. Taylor, 1820. Folio, 16 x 12 1/2 inches (32 x 41 cm.). (2) pp., 16 text leaves, plus 26 colored aquatints. Original 1/4 roan over cloth, title git stamped in the center of the front cover, gilt edges. Binding extremities worn, but internally in excellent condition, with light... More
The Waste Land
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First edition. Copy 391 of 1000. Original flexible black cloth, one of 500 copies so bound (the first binding issue). "Mountain" is correctly spelled on p. 41. Covers and margins mildly damp stained. Gallup A6a; Woolmer 28. More
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Misfortunes of the Immortals. Translated by Hugh Chisholm
[New York]: The Black Sun Press, 1943. Augmented edition. 44 p., 5 l. incl. front., 26 cm. Original printed boards, text paper browned as usual, ownership stamp on front endpaper, otherwise an unusually fine copy in the original pink unprinted dust jacket. English translation at top of page, French text... More
Two letters signed, to May Buckingham
Jan., Feb. 1967. Both letters are signed "Morgan" by E.M.F., in a shaky hand. The longer of the two letters, mentioning the Aldeburgh Festival and a Golders Green production of "Howard's End", is in the hand of his secretary J.R. Ackerley. More
The Rune
Oakland, California: Archer Press, 1977. First edition. Broadside poem with drawings by Ginsberg reproduced in red and musical notation. 17 inches x 22 inches. Pencil signed by Allen Ginsberg beneath his lithographed signature. Numbered on the verso "T[rial] P[roof] 3/3" and initialed by the printer Charles Gill. One of an... More
Party Going
London: Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. Original blue cloth, spine with a light crease, otherwise a fine copy; the jacket by John Banting is lightly tanned on the spine. 1200 copies were printed. Woolmer 449. More
The Children's Hour
New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition. Brown cloth, very good. Hellman's first play. Inscribed to the Gershwins, "For Master Ira and Mistress Leonore with love / Lillian" More
A Farewell to Arms
New York: Scribner's, 1929. First edition, first issue. Black cloth, gilt labels. A fine copy in a slightly tanned first state dust jacket, with a little shallow chipping at the top of the spine. Hanneman A8a. More
The American Theatre as Seen by Hirschfeld
New York: George Braziller, 1961. Hirschfeld, Al. First edition. Cloth, fine in lightly used dust jacket, unpaginated (almost all black and white illustrations). 11-1/2 X 9-1/2 In. Inscribed by Hirschfeld to Ira and Leonore Gershwin. Includes a Hirschfeld picture of a scene from Porgy and Bess (1942). More
Parables of Our Lord
London: Longmans, 1847. Humphreys, Noel. 8vo, 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Chromolithographed title page and 31 chromolithographed pages, with text, symbolic borders, miniatures and initials printed in gold, black, and colors, 2 page printed explanation and advertising leaf. Publisher's papier-maché boards, covered with black plaster, molded to appear like... More
A New Ride to Khiva
New York: New Amsterdam Book Co., 1900. First American edition. Original olive green pictorial cloth, blocked in yellow and black. Fine. The scarce American issue, made from British sheets. To Central Asia by bicycle. More
Pictures to be Read / Poetry to be Seen (multiple)
Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, (1967). First edition. Twelve objects and pamphlet in a two-part acrylic box with printed label, 10 x 4 x 2-1/2 inches. One of 500 numbered copies. This multiple was created for the supporters and artists who participated in the opening exhibition at Chicago's newly-founded Museum... More