Ryton, Dymock, Gloucester (England): February-December 1914. Four numbers, small 4tos, 5-59, 61-108, 109-152, 153-203 (6); original printed wrappers. The complete run of this short-lived journal dedicated to the work of its editors, the "Dymock Poets" Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Rupert Brooke, Lascelles Abercrombie, and John Drinkwater. An abrasion beneath the date..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 240pp; three-quarter black cloth and red boards. The author's second book, very scarce, especially in its Mac Harshberger-illustrated dust jacket. More
-. Four pages on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in; written by Betz on the first three pages, and by Hülsen on the last two. A substantial letter concerning working plans, with a lengthy reply. Franz Betz (1835-1900) was a widely respected bass-baritone, known particularly for his work with..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Morgan Press, 1978. First edition. 4to, unpag.; boards, with printed paper panel, visible through a droplet-shaped cutout in the plain gray dust jacket. One of 500 copies, the entire edition, inscribed on the title page: "To Russell Edson - my favorite outrageous human eyesore petkeeper, Douglas Blazek, Sacramento..... More
New York: Noonday Press, (1954). First edition. Cloth. 8vo, yellow cloth. Inscribed by Bogan on the title page for Lee Anderson, dated 1 February 1960. In addition, Bogan has made holograph corrections to two pages, changing a letter in one instance and a word in the other. 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
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, (1923). First American edition. 8vo, [276]pp; black cloth. Henry Clews Jr., something of a ne'er-do-well scion of a prominent American family, after failing to complete his education at three colleges, expatriated himself to France, studied sculpture with Rodin, and decamped to a chateau on the..... 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
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Paris: The Dead Language Press, 1959. First Edition. Square 8vo, three long, narrow leaves of Arches Ingres laid paper, printed by letterpress, folded and loosely inserted into printed textured blue wrappers. With rare folding prospectus listing eleven titles produced by the press. Contents include poems by Gregory Corso from his..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1925). First edition. 8vo, [319]pp, patterned endpapers; black cloth with decorative purple stamping on spine. A once well-regarded and now forgotten book by a once well-regarded and now forgotten writer. A contemporary reviewer compared Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby, published in the same year, to this book..... 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: Horace Liveright, (1931). First edition. 8vo, 90pp; cloth-backed boards. Feibleman's scarce first book, a collection of poems, most of which had appeared in "The Double-Dealer," the New Orleans literary magazine edited by his friend Sherwood Anderson. Feibleman soon set aside his literary aspirations and settled into a long..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1922). First American edition. 8vo, 431pp; red cloth. The third volume of a trilogy by Cournos, a neglected modernist who was a friend and peer to his better-known contemporaries James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot et al. This edition is exceedingly scarce in the original..... 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
New York: Horace Liveright, (1930). First edition. 8vo, 357pp; polished black cloth. An exceptional copy of the author's first book, signed by Fowler on the front flyleaf. More
Berlin. -. One page, on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Ludwig Fulda (1862-1939), a prolific playwright. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. First Edition. 12mo, 147pp + errata; original boards, rebacked with pebble-grained cloth, printed leather spine label; endpapers renewed. More
New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). First American edition. 8vo, 262pp; cloth-backed boards. Among the "Montparnassians" whose illustrations appear throughout are Modigliani, Picasso, Man Ray, Gris, Leger, Soutine, Severini, Picabia, Goncharova, and others. The jacket illustration is by Tsugaharu Foujita. 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: Simon & Schuster, (1968). First edition. Oblong 8vo, unpag., illus.; pictorial boards. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1967). First English edition. 8vo, 160pp; cloth. Inscribed and signed by Isherwood on the title page. More
(New York): Aperture, (1988). First edition. Cloth. Oblong 4to, unpag.; cloth. Fine monograph published to coincide with Koudelka's exhibition at the Centre National de la Photographie in Paris, and the International Center of Photography in New York. More
Long Beach (CA): Local Lodge 1577 (I.A.M.), (1943). Broadside, on one side of a single leaf of newsprint, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Bulletin board poster promoting the International Association of Machinists, reading in part: "We don't believe any union in the country can show a better batting average of..... More
