The Adventures of Augie March
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1954). First English edition. 8vo, 536pp; cloth. A better copy than it sounds. More
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Brazil
New York: Time Incorporated, (1967). First edition. 4to, 160pp; pictorial cloth, issued without dust jacket. An outstanding copy, clean and unblemished, of this popular monograph about Bishop's adopted country, undertaken for the LIFE World Library series of extensively illustrated overviews of various countries. Bishop was unhappy with the liberties that... More
![Imiona Nurtu; [The Names of the Current]. Tadeusz Borowski.](/pictures/thumb/204344.jpeg?v=1472144853)
Imiona Nurtu; [The Names of the Current]
Munich: Oficyna Warszawska, 1945. First edition. 8vo, 36pp; original boards. One of 3000 numbered copies, the entire edition. Poems written by Borowski during his incarceration at Dachau and published shortly after his liberation. This was his second book, preceded by an anonymous mimeograph collection of poems. Despite the large size... More
![Fox 1902-1928; Your Golden Opportunities on the Silver Anniversary - Twenyfifth Annual Announcement [cover title]. Cinema.](/pictures/thumb/204799.jpeg?v=1492988860)
Fox 1902-1928; Your Golden Opportunities on the Silver Anniversary - Twenyfifth Annual Announcement [cover title]
[Hollywood: Fox Film Corporation, 1928]. First edition. 4to, 30 unpaginated leaves, with printed endpapers; original boards, with silver and gold printed onlay on front panel. One of the most desireable of the annual "Exhibitors Books", the studio spared no expense in the production of this twenty-fifth anniversary volume, featuring spectacular... More
![Metro-Goldwyn Presents; [cpver title] . . . The merger and the new season. Cinema.](/pictures/thumb/204852.jpg?v=1516901384)
Metro-Goldwyn Presents; [cpver title] . . . The merger and the new season
[Culver City, California: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, 1924]. First edition. 4to, 68pp unpaginated; pictorial endpapers; original paper-covered boards with printed label on front cover. Annual “Exhibitors Book” promoting the coming year’s releases to theatre owners. This edition followed immediately on the merger of Louis B. Mayer’s production company with Metro-Goldwyn forming MGM... More
"Of the People, For the People, By the People"; . . .
Oakland: Alameda County Committee, Communist Party, 1937. First edition. Broadside, single leaf, approx. 11 X 17-1/2 inches, printed on one side. Finely printed broadside poster marking the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union, with a long anonymous statement celebrating the anniversary and striving to tie the spread... More
Armenia:; A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia
London: John Murray, 1854. First edition. 8vo, frontispiece, 253pp + map and woodcut illustrations; 3/4 leather. The author was a British commissioner assigned to the region with the task of establishing boundaries. His book includes portions on history, natural history, travel, politics, and culture. More
Typed letter signed; "Dehmel," to Richard Otto Frankfurter, June 14, 1914
-. One page; single leaf of printed stationery, approx. 8-1/4 X 11 in. The recipient was an attorney and politican, who would become a founding member of the left-liberal Deutsche Demokratische Partei. Dehmel begs out of testimony at a trial concerning the "Contes Drolatiques" (Balzac), as he is leaving on... More
Caius Gracchus; A Tragedy . . . With an Introduction by Theodore Dreiser
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First trade edition. 8vo, 172pp; cloth. Tipped to the front pastedown is a small slip signed by Dreiser. More
The Worm Ouroboros; Illustrated by Keith Henderson.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 445pp; pictorial endpapers; cloth. Eddison's first book, a fantasy classic, with a brief prefatory letter by James Branch Cabell. Scarce, especially in jacket. More
Autograph letter signed; "Freytag" to unnamed "Sehr geehrter Herr und Freund," January 7, 1862
Leipzig. -. One page, single leaf of unprinted stationery, approx. 5-1/2 X 9 in. Short letter of introduction about the Scottish politician and diplomat Grant Duff. Gustav Freytag (1816-1895) was a popular writer and journalist, as well as a deputy in the Reichstag. More
Autograph postcard signed; "Wilhelm Furtwängler," to Maria Proelss, December 27, 1931
St. Moritz. -. Written on one side of a plain postcard, addressed in another hand on the other side, approx. 4 X 6 in. A warm note from the great conductor, hoping for a meeting in Berlin, once he returns to Germany. Maria Proelss (1892-1962) was a pianist and painter... More
Wanted for Kidnapping:; Adolf Hitler, alias Adolf Schucklgruber, alias Der Fuehrer, alias Adolf Schicklgruber . . .
Los Angeles: Hollywood Anti-Nazi League, n.d. (1938). Broadside, single leaf, approx. 8 X 14 inches. Small poster issued by the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League detailing Hitler's habits, appearance, family, as well as his crimes against humanity. Calls for an embargo against Germany, and mentions US sympathizers, including Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh... More
Some Chinese Ghosts
Boston: Robert Brothers, 1887. First edition. 8vo, patterned endpapers, original red cloth stamped in black on the front, gilt on the spine. Hearn's scarce second book. A difficult book to find in fine condition. More
Prater Violet
New York: Random House, (1945). First edition. Small 8vo, [128]pp; cloth. Autobiographical novella about making the film "Little Friend" with director Berthold Viertel. More
Report; of Child Youth Aliyah to the 22nd Zionist Congress at Basle
Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Palestine Child and Youth Immigration Bureau, 1946. First edition. 8vo, 54pp, illus.; wrappers. Report covering the years 1939-1946, with numerous charts, graphs, and photos. Includes a frontispiece portrait of Henrietta Szold, the leader of the youth Aliyah movement, who died in 1945. More
Gabrielle de Bergerac
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First edition. Small 8vo, 153pp; cloth-backed boards. Edel & Laurence A80. More
Of Many Things:; Being Reflections and Impressions on International Affairs, Domestic Topics and the Arts.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 437pp; black cloth. A prominent Wall Street financier, Kahn was very close to publisher Horace Liveright, who persuaded him to issue this compendium of his opinions and what would today be described as "thought-pieces" drawn from public talks and presentations. Includes... More
Nude Descending a Staircase
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Second Printing. 8vo, 71pp; cloth. The poet's first book, here in a nice presentation copy, inscribed by Kennedy in 1962 to fellow poet Christopher Middleton, and with a copy of Kennedy's "Christmas Bestiary" (1962) with a long signed message laid in in the envelope in which it was mailed. More
A Calendar of Airs
Toronto: Coach House Press, (1978). First edition. 8vo, 60pp; wrappers, no clothbound issue. Presentation copy of the poet's third book, and first commercially published one, inscribed on the half title "For Mr. Middleton. From a long time admirer, August Kleinzahler." The recipient was the poet, writer, translator Christopher Middleton, who... More
Exiles; Photographs. Essay by Czeslaw Milosz.
(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
Truman Says: Maritime Workers Next!; . . . This Is Fascism . . .
Wilmington, California: Joint Maritime Strike Committee, n.d. (1946). Broadside, on one side only of a single leaf approx. 8 X 13-1/4 in. Statement of about 350 words in support of striking shipyard workers waring of President Truman's strike-breaking program and the red-baiting press. More
Florida Poems
New York: Ecco/Harper Collins, (2002). First edition. Boards. 8vo, 97pp; boards. Nice presentation copy, inscribed by McGrath on the half-title - incorporating the printed text - to his fellow poet and former teacher Quincy Troupe; additionally signed and dated on the title page. More