Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, (1962). First Edition. Small 8vo, 90pp; illustrated boards. Inscribed by Boborowski on the front flyleaf to the poet and translator Christopher Middleton, signed "J.B." Loosely inserted are the publisher's promotional flyer and two pages of Middleton's handwritten notes for a review, apparently for the Times Literary Supplement..... More
New York: Random House, (1952). First American edition. 8vo, 311pp; half gray-cloth with photographic label and ribbed paper-covered boards. Bowles's third book, and second novel, in its handsome E. McKnight-Kauffer dust jacket. More
(Los Angeles): 1949. Tempera on cardstock paper, approx. 10 X 14 in. Nighttime cityscape depicting images of Los Angeles, with the central image of a streetcar filled with passengers and all around lighted signs (Bond Pants, Follies, Tivoli Theatre, Beer, Parking, Wine, Ice) a lamppost, a telephone booth, and a...... More
London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1797. Fourth Edition. Two vols., 8vos, [2], frontispiece, [iv], 360; [2], 432pp; nineteenth-century full polished calf gilt with finely marbled endpapers and edges. An attractive set of the fourth and best edition, highlighted by the frontispiece and twenty-four engraved illustrations. In this copy, the illustrations..... More
London: Printed by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650. Second Edition. Small 4to, [i-xvi] 329 + [10]pp; modern three-quarter brown morocco and cloth. Revised and expanded from its 1646 first edition, this is Browne's exploration of a wide range of erroneous beliefs, mistaken common wisdom, and various..... More
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1961-1969. All published. 5 vols. in 4; 8vos, 101, 112, 138, [198]pp; original wrappers. The complete run of this unique and important magazine, best known for publishing the early work of Charles Bukowski. Each issue was hand set and printed by letterpress and reflected publishers Jon..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 336pp; cloth. Loosely inserted is a small broadsheet advertisement for new books about Napoleon (Emil Ludwig) and George Washington (W.E. Woodward). More
Barcelona: Noguer, (1952). First edition. Wraps. Large 8vo, 275pp, original wrappers. Engraved vignette by Teodoro Miciano. One of 55 numbered copies in the limited issue of Cela's first book of travel-writing. This is a presentation copy,incribed by Cela at the colophon: "A Robert Schiller, con mi abrazo de su amigo..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First edition. 8vo, 220pp; cloth-backed boards with printed spine label. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Coleman in the signed-limited issue. Additionally, Coleman has inscribed this copy to her husband, fellow poet and artist Austin Straus: "For Austin, my God of Love, Aug..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1706. First Edition. 4to, (2), (iv), 10pp; later calf-backed boards, bound without final blank. One of the few works of poetry published by the prominent playwright. More
Paris: "Au Sans Pareil" 12 Janvier 1921. Broadsheet, approx. 8-1/4 X 10-3/4 in. (22 X 27.5 cm), printed on both sides. Bold, graphic international statement promoting Dada -- and pronouncing the death of Futurism. Features the repeated catch-phrase "Oui=Non" and the repeated rhetorical question "Que fait DADA?" Signatories include Edgard..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition in book form. 8vo, frontispiece portrait, engraved title page, 190pp, no ads; contemporary three-quarter morocco with marbled endpapers and edges. Dickens's final book, unfinished at his death leaving the mystery unsolved. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 306pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt and red. Incan-themed novel by the author of "The Clansman (Birth of a Nation)" More
Chicago: n.d. (1930s). 8 X 10 inch black and white gelatin silver print on textured matte-surface paper, with photographer's studio insignia in lower left corner. An excellent publicity portrait of Ellington in his prime, inscribed and signed: "To the most charming Carine, loads o luck, Duke." The "Maurice" studio in..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1942). First edition. 8vo, 342pp; green cloth. A capitalist approach to a planned economy. This copy has been inscribed by the author to Glen H. Taylor, the liberal democratic senator from Idaho who would run for Vice President in 1948 on the Progressive Party ticket..... More
London: Saxon & Co., 1886. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the translator on the title page. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First edition. 8vo, 237pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. The successful entrepreneur, an inventor of the safety razor who made a fortune selling disposable razor-blades, was also a utopian socialist with radical notions for the transformation of society. In this book, written in silent..... More
London: B. Crosby, 1794. First Edition. Three vols., small 8vo., 293, [1, errata]; 285; 304pp; modern three-quarter calf and brown cloth with gilt spines; (the binder erroneously stamped the date "1797" to the spines), t.e.g. A complete copy of Godwin's celebrated novel, with all half-titles. Appearing amid the intellectual ferment..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 251pp; cloth. A death-house memoir written by Gray while awaiting execution for his part in the murder of his lover's husband. "The publishers issue this book only after confirming its authenticity beyond the shadow of a doubt. It was composed in the..... More
Jena. -. One page on a single leaf, seemingly torn from a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Haeckel writes an unnamed colleague having just returned from two months in Sicily to acknowledge a letter he found waiting. Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a renowned naturalist and professor of comparative anatomy..... More
Berlin. -. Letters on bifolium leaves, approx. 4-1/2 X 6-3/4 in; postcard approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1.2 in. Ludwig Hoffmann (1852-1932) architect. More
Frensham, Surrey: The Sceptre Press, (1969). First edition. -. 8vo,unpag. pamphlet in wrappers; stapled. One of 74 numbered copies, signed by Kinnell (there were an additional 26 lettered copies). More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles and San Pedro Committees for the July 5th Memorial, 1935. Broadside, single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side. Bulletin board poster announcing a mass meeting on July 5th, 1935, the first anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," when two striking San Francisco longshoremen were..... More
-. Written on one side of a picture postcard (with a picture of Lehmann on the other side) approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) was one of the most celebrated operatic sopranos of her age, with a broad versatility and a long career. In five years with the..... More
