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
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
21st Editions, 2008. Baldridge, Jamie. First edition. 20-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches. Text and 12 richly colorful, surrealistic pigment ink prints, printed and signed by the artist. Designed by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press, using handset Bell type, cast by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Bound in patinated metal over boards..... More
1972. Bassouls, Sophie. 12 x 16 inch silver print, signed by the photographer. Sophie Bassouls, photographer with the Corbis-Sygma Agency, she has produced more than 3000 literary portraits. Her work has been widely exhibited, in France, and in the United States. More
Madison, Wis. The Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Boards, fine. One of 40 hardbound copies printed on Chauke Heavy paper, from a total edition of 143. Fine. More
London: Macmillan, 1872. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, gilt edges. Extremities rubbed, splits to outer hinges, volume cocked, but endpapers intact, not cracked, internally very good. More
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition. The rare limited issue, one of 35 unnumbered copies issued with all edges untrimmed, signed in full "Willa Sibert Cather" on the front free endpaper. Original green cloth. As these copies are taller than the trade issue, and special binding cases had to be..... More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903. First edition. Original boards, cover and spine labels. Boards darkened and marked, spine label chipped. Inscribed twice by Cather: On the front cover "For Albert Donovan from his friend Willa Siebert Cather," similarly on the front endpaper, with the addition of the..... More
London: Heinemann, 1924. First English edition (American sheets of A2.b.ii). Original light blue-grey cloth, very good. From the 390 sets of sheets of the American trade second printing, supplied to Heinemann with their imprint on the title page, and bound in England. Book label of the English art historian John..... More
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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
Vista, Calif. The author, [1967]. First edition. Publisher's wrappers, 160 pp., 18 cm., illustrated. Near fine. Jones's memoir of his travels around the U.S. for more than 30 years, preaching non-discrimination, promoting civil rights and peace. He was frequently arrested and imprisoned, at one time held two months for eating..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. Evans, Walker. First edition. One of 50 copies on Japanese Vellum, signed by Crane. Quarto, original white printed wrappers, with original glassine cover and gilt paper covered slipcase (sliocase slightly rubbed, 1-inch piece missing from bottom edge). A beautiful copy of one of the..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. One of 420 copies hand printed by the Woolfs, cover drawings by Eugene McCown. Original boards, not issued in dust jacket. Spine slightly rubbed, a near-fine copy. George Rylands's copy with his signature and pencilled note: "Printed when I was at the Hogarth Press..... More
London: Wishart & Company, 1934. First edition. First edition, extensively illustrated. The most important and encyclopedic compilation of African and African-American history and culture. Its compilation took Cunard more than three years of intense labor. 1000 copies were printed, but a considerable number were destroyed in a warehouse fire and..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First edition. Marbled boards with cover label, fine. Woolmer 88. More
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Paris: Éditions de l'intermédiaire du bibliophile, 1926. Brissaud,Pierre. 235, [1] p., [9] col. leaves of plates One of 625 on Arches paper (total edition of 705). With aquarelles (water colors) by Pierre Brissaud reproduced by the pochoir process. Half morocco with decorated paper sides, top edge gilt, others uncut; binding..... More
New York: Scribner's, (1920). First edition. First edition of Fitzgerald's first novel and greatest success.The first printing consisted of 3000 copies; two reprints were called for within a month. Inscribed to a member of the Princeton class of 1920: "For Jerry English -- (Remember now its a solemn promise about..... More
London: 1924. Grigoriev, Boris. Special edition by order of Morris Gest. Folio, 37 x 28 cm. Publisher's gilt boards, vellum spine and corners. 100, [3] pages, 2 leaves. With 29 brilliant color and black and white illustrations, tipped to mats and separated with tissue guards, one final full page plate..... More
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1961. Hugnet, Georges. First edition. 60, [7] p. 24 cm. Original white wrappers and gray dust jacket. Fine copy. Illustrated with four photomontages, hand colored by Hugnet, a suite in black, and an original signed collage. Copy X of ten copies printed on hand made Auvergne paper..... 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
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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
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
1952. Pencil on card, 5 inches x 3 inches. Card with adhesive marks, mounted on a letter from the American Foundation for the Blind, with newspaper clippings. Traces of tape on top edge of card. More
San Francisco: James Linden, 1989. Mundy, Michael. First separate edition. Original cloth, labels, 9 x 11 inches. One of ten de luxe hardbound copies, from a total edition of 87 printed by Julie Holcomb on Rives Heavyweight paper. Text is "Where It Is" from "Always Coming Home," by Ursula K...... More
