Memoirs of a Midget
London: W. Collins, 1928. First edition. Cloth backed boards, leather label, slightly frayed at the head of the spine, very good, unopened. One of 210 signed copies. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
Phoenixiana. A new edition, illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs
New York: Appleton, 1903. First edition. Pictorial cloth, spine darkened, but a very good copy. BAL 762 (Bangs). More
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost story of Christmas.
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1844. First American edition. Small 8vo, illustrated with 8 plates after the originals by John Leech, a hand-colored frontispiece, three There is a hand colored frontispiece of Mr. Fezziwig’s ball, three colored plates that are lithographed by P. S. Duval and four black-and-white, original brown cloth..... More
Histriophone
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. Printed cream wrappers. 40 pp. Edges tanned, rear cover lightly soiled, very good. The Hogarth Essays (First Series), No. 5. Woolmer 58. More
Histriophone
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. Printed cream wrappers, toned and lightly worn, a very good copy. The Hogarth Essays (First Series), No. 5. Woolmer 58. More
Rochester. A Conversation between Sir George Etherege and Mr. Fitzjames
London: Hogarth Press, 1926. First edition. Printed light green paper over boards, 50 pp. A very good copy, boards quite toned, joints rubbed. The Hogarth Essays, Second Series, No. II. Woolmer 87. More
Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Original boards, spine label, corners worn, else near-fine, unopened. One of 500 numbered and signed copies. From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
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Experiments
Privately printed, 1925. First edition. White boards, in salmon-colored dust jacket. Fine copy. One of 300 numbered and signed copies.From Ira Gershwin's library, with posthumous bookplate. More
Program for a German production of Acte
Hamburg: Deutsches Schauspielhaus: 1961. Text by Durrell, with Gustaf Gründgens. Wrappers, fine. Cast list laid in. More
The Political and Social Doctrine of Communism
London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. Red wrappers. 44 pp. A very good copy with modest wear. Day to Day Pamphlets No. 39. Woolmer 430. 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
Salmagundi and a poem by Ernest Hemingway
Milwaukee: The Casanova Press, 1932. First edition. Original printed wrappers, spine faintly tanned, small spots on the back cover, internally a fine copy, without slipcase. With a handwritten letter of presentation from John and Dorothy Huston, to Lou and Emily Paley. Lou Paley was a friend of the Gershwins with..... More
Feet First. Foreword by John O'Hara.
New York: Crown, 1971. First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket. Bruccoli B32. First edition. More
It Was Not Jones
London: Hogarth Press, 1928. First edition. Printed blue-grey boards,very good. 48 pp. Hogarth Living Poets, No. 2. Woolmer 161. More
A Night with Jupiter and other fantastic stories
New York: View Editions, (1945). First edition. Black cloth, near-fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Book design by Parker Tyler. More
Anonymity. An Enquiry
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. Pale green paper boards printed with a design by Vanessa Bell. 23 pp. A very good copy with moderate toning and wear, partial split to front joint. The Hogarth Essays, No. XII. Woolmer 61. More
Anonymity. An Enquiry
London: Hogarth Press, 1925. First edition. Variant binding with the cream card wrappers, without the drawing by Vanessa Bell and utilizing different typefaces. Possibly a proof copy (cf. note to Woolmer 61). 23 pp. Fine copy. The Hogarth Essays, No. XII. Woolmer 61. More
England's Pleasant Land
London: Hogarth Press, 1940. First edition. Orange cloth, inscription on front endpaper, else fine, in slightly faded, price-clipped dust jacket. Woolmer 466. More
A Letter to Madan Blanchard
London: Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition. One of 5,000 copies, 500 of which were bound up into the collected edition. Buff sewn wrappers, cover design by John Blanchard. 27 pp. Light vertical crease to rear cover, small stain to edge, a very good copy. The Hogarth Letters No. 1. Woolmer..... More
A Letter to Madan Blanchard
London: Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition. One of 5,000 copies, 500 of which were bound up into the collected edition. Buff sewn wrappers, cover design by John Blanchard. 27 pp. Faint soil to rear cover, else only modest wear and toning, a very good copy. The Hogarth Letters No. 1..... More
"The Novels of Virginia Woolf". [Published in] The New Criterion. A Quarterly Review. April 1926. Volume IV, Number II.
London: Faber & Gwyer, Limited, 1926. First edition. First appearance, later reprinted as "The Early Novels of Virginia Woolf" in The Abinger Harvest (1936). Buff wrappers toned and soiled, faint dampstain to foot of page block, else a very good copy. Kirkpatrick C198. More
Pharos and Pharillon
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition. 900 copies were hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Decorated paper boards, cloth spine with paper label. Corners worn, otherwise very good (not issued in dust jacket). Variant with the cover paper design running horizontally. Bookplate of G.L. Lazarus. Includes the first publication..... More
Pharos and Pharillon
Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition. 900 copies were hand printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Decorated paper boards, cloth spine with paper label. Corners worn, otherwise very good (not issued in dust jacket). Variant with the cover paper design running horizontally. Ownership signature of the writer J.E.C. Flitch. Includes..... More
The Story of the Siren
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