New York: Macy-Masius, (1926-27). First editions. Two vols, 8vos, 223 + [191]pp; cloth-backed boards. Each volume is one of 100 copies, signed and numbered on an additional leaf by FPA. Contributors include Christopher Morley, Marc Connelly, Countee Cullen, Corey Ford, Dorothy Parker, and many others. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 240pp;. Poet's short fiction. More
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
(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 York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 297pp; brown cloth with printed spine label. The first book by Burke, one of the high priests of literary modernism, was this collection of short stories. He became one of the most influential literary critics and theorists of his generation..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1922). First edition. 8vo, 278pp; gray cloth stamped in white. Author's first book. More
London: Film Centre Ltd., (1940). First edition. 12 vols. in one; 4to, wrappers bound into publisher's two-toned cloth. The complete first year of this wartime journal produced by the British Film Centre in association with American Film Center, New York. This copy bears the signature of Thomas Baird, who was..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843-1848. First editions. Five vols., uniform small 8vos; frontispieces; 166, 175, 174, 175 &188pp; original cloth; a.e.g. The complete set of Dickens's Christmas Books. A Christmas Carol here is in brown cloth, with "Stave One" on the first page and an intact "D" in the author's..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 2 vols, large 8vos, 823pp; parchments backed decorative boards. One of 560 numbered copies signed by Dreiser. More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., (1936). First edition. 8vo, 351pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. From the first issue, with "A Flood in the Office" on pages 278-281, which was excised from later copies. A notable association copy, signed by Forster on the title page. Glued to the..... More
London: Printed for J. Buckland, et al, 1788. Small 8vo, 230pp; contemporary calf, recased and rebacked; title page trimmed and mounted. Illustrated throughout with woodcut vignettes. More
Stuttgard: in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung, 1819. First edition, second printing. 8vo, 556pp; handsome later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. The first printing of Goethe's great cycle of Sufi-inspired verses is exceedingly scarce. The second printing, as here, is distinguished by corrected text on pages 7 and 9, doubled pagination of..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 167pp; cloth-backed plush green boards mimicking the manicured texture of a putting green. A psychological study of the game. Gene Sarazen was a dominant golfer of his generation, winner of seven major tournaments and a career grand slam. Bookplate of H.E. McFaddin..... More
New York: Brewer and Warren, Inc / Payson & Clarke, Ltd., 1930. First Edition. 8vo, 198pp; peach cloth stamped in violet on spine. The author's first book, a satirical look at the relation between the sexes. Hahn went on to a prolific career producing dozens of books and hundreds of..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First edition. 8vo, 312pp; blue cloth stamped in black. First issue; one of 3580 copies, an unknown number of which were issued later as part of Hogarth Crown Library series. Woolmer 431. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1967). First English edition. 8vo, 160pp; cloth. Inscribed and signed by Isherwood on the title page. More
London: E. Curll, 1719, 1720. First Edition. Two vols., 8vos, frontispiece, [2] vii, [15], 334, [22]; frontispiece, xxvi, [4], 328, [9]; contemporary panelled calf, recased and rebacked; gilt dentelles, marbled edges. Large paper copy, with engraved portraits and index in each volume. More
London: Faber & Faber, (1932). First English edition. Small 8vo, 45pp; pale green boards. First generally available edition of this selection including "Mookse and the Gripes" and "The Ondt and the Gracehoper," original published in a limited Paris edition by Black Sun Press. Slocum & Cahoon A37. More
(Los Angeles): Centinela Youth Club / Democratic Youth Federation of California, n.d. (1941). Two mimeographed broadsides, each a single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side. Two states of a bulletin board announcement of a party and dance scheduled to raise funds in support of striking workers..... More
New York. 23 original gelatin silver prints, with four autograph postcards singed (one is also a Levitt photograph) and an inscribed publication of the Museum of Modern Art (1985); various sizes and formats. An excellent collection of photos, five of them signed by Levitt on their versos, and others with..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 252pp; yellow cloth stamped in black and red. The author's second book, published during his Paris expatriate period. Loeb was a founder of the avant-garde magazine Broom. He was depicted by Ernest Hemingway as Robert Cohn in The Sun Also Rises..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 346pp; cloth. A disciple of Franz Boas, Lowie made a lasting mark on the fields of anthropology and comparative religion. This was one of his major works derived from extensive field work among the Plains Indians of North America. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 248pp; green cloth stamped in yellow. The author's second novel, an odd tale set in an imaginary pre-modern society. More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1975). First edition. 8vo, 239pp; black cloth. Mailer's account of the infamous heavyweight bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), here in a presentation copy, inscribed by Mailer in red ink on the front endpaper: "To Jean..... More
