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Sixty Stories
New York: Putnam, (1981). First edition. 8vo, cloth backed baords. An excellent association copy, inscribed by Barthelme on the front endpaper to fellow writer John Hawkes and his wife: "For Jack and Sophie with all best, Don, 16 March 1983." More
The Outsider; Number One-4/5
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
The Newer Spirit; A Sociological Criticism of Literature. . . Introduction by Ernest Boyd.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 284pp; cloth-backed decorative boards. A radical critic and founder of the "Modern Quarterly", V.F. Calverton was the pseudonym of George Goetz. This was his first book. More
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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
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
Art & Prudence; An Essay
[Waltham St. Lawrence]: Golden Cockerell Press, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Small 8vo; two intaglio illustrations by Gill; 18pp; original orange buckram stamped in gilt on spine. One of 500 numbered copies in the edition, printed by Robert Gibbings. More
The People's Corporation
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
Karma
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First edition. Small 8vo, 163pp; cloth-backed boards. Four stories and essays collected from various periodical appearances and issued here for the first time in book form. Includes an editorial preface by Albert Mordell. Exceedingly scarce in dust jacket. 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
Quiz Book; on Judaism, Zionism and Palestine.
Jerusalem: "Goren" 1947. First edition. 12mo, 60pp; wrappers. A charming book of cultural quizzes aimed at young readers - and based on a popular radio quiz show - to spark growing identification with the nascent Jewish state. A second edition appeared in 1951 adding a supplement on Israel. This pre-statehood... More
On Women's Law in Israel
Tel Aviv: Women's International Zionist Organisation, January 1949. First edition. 8vo, [30]pp pamphlet in printed blue wrappers, stapled. An argument for equal rights for women under the law in the new state, written and published in the midst of the first Arab-Israeli war. Scarce. More
The System of Dante's Hell
New York: Grove Press, (1965). First edition. 8vo, 154pp; cloth. A nice association copy, inscribed by the author at a later date on the half title page, using the name by which he was known for most of his life: "For Wanda Coleman, all the whole elaboration of the world... More
Suzy Falls Off
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 285pp; cloth. Kahane, writer, publisher, and founder of the Obelisk Press, wrote several novels under the pseudonym Cecil Barr, this being among the earliest. A very scarce book, especially in the dust jacket, which features marvelously risque artwork by Constantin Aladjalov. More
There's a little ambiguity over there among the bluebells; and other theater poems. graphics by Marilyn Harris
New York: Something Else Press, 1968. First edition. Squarish 8vo, unpag.; cloth. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Russell & Frances - All good things for 1969, on Ruth." A collection of poems and avant-garde texts performed at Greenwich Village venues such as Judson Poets Theatre, Cafe La Mama and... More
The Lincoln Relics
Port Townsend, Washington: Graywolf Press, 1978. First edition. -. 12mo, unpag. pamphletin wrappers, saddle-stitched. One of 325 copies, the entire edition, this one being briefly inscribed and signed "Stanley" on the half-title page. More
Litany of Thomas Jefferson's Violin; A Fantasy
N.P. N.p, n.d. (ca. 1928). First edition. 8vo, 9pp pamphlet in self-wrappers, stapled. One of 55 numbered copies, signed by Lindsay, printed for private distribution. The text is an essay that would be included in the 1929 book The Litany of Washington Street. More
Noon; Fifteen poems . . . Three illustrations by Gottfried Honegger
Zürich: Adolf Hürlimann, 1972. First edition. 12mo, unpag., loose signatures in printed wrappers. An out-of-series copy, not numbered or signed by Honegger, but warmly inscribed by Lyman on the first leaf. More
The Rise and Fall of Rogoff
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 320pp; black cloth stamped in gilt. A co-authored novel telling the rags to riches to rags story of a Russian immigrant peddler who attains the heights of success in business. Uncommon, especially in jacket. More
Autograph letter signed; "W.S. Maugham," to "Mr. Gay," Febraury 23, 1949
-. Single page of printed pale blue stationery, approx. 8 X 10 in. Maugham writes two short sentences to thank Mr. Gay for some photographs that he had sent. More
The Firebrand:; A Comedy in the Romantic Spirit
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First edition. 8vo, 223pp; black cloth with printed spine label. Historical play based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini. More
Autograph letter signed; "G. v. Moser," to Ulla Frankfurter (unnamed), November 17, 1878
-. Four pages on a bifolium leaf, approx. 4-1/2 X 7-1/2 in. Gustav von Moser (1825-1903) author of popular comedies and farces. More
Autograph Letter Signed,; "J. Middleton Murry" to John M. Weatherwax
Abbotsbury, Dorset: February 21, 1928. Single leaf of ruled paper, approx.8 X 10 inches, with 13 lines in Murry's hand written on one side. The writer and critic writes to the American co-editor of the little magazine "Palms" to offer an essay he's just completed: "I have just written an... More