Anderson, S.C. Droke House Publishers, (1969). First edition. 8vo, 102pp; cloth. A collection of poems pseudonymously authored by the television personality Steve Alllen, posing as "one of Australia's best known poets." In addition to the poems themselves, the book includes an introduction on the poetry of William Christopher Stevens by..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 145pp + 2pp musical score; blue cloth, printed spine label. Quite scarce, especially in dust jacket. More
New York: Grove Press, (1957). First edition. 8vo, 59pp; wrappers. The "holiday issue" of Beckett's radio play, with a greeting message from Grove Press printed on the front wrapper. More
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, (1962). First edition. 8vo, 60pp; wrappers. The poet's first collection of poems, inscribed to a fellow poet on the half-title: "For Christopher Middleton, With much admiration - and silence in railway stations - Robert Bly." Loosely inserted is a copy of Bly's 1961 "A Broadsheet..... More
Madison, Minnesota: The Sixties Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 45pp; blue cloth. Uncommon clothbound issue of the early collection that appeared at about the same time as Bly's first solo collection, Silence in the Snowy Fields. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by Bly on the front flyleaf: "For David..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 267pp; bright orange cloth. A decent copy of Bodenheim's novel; jacket art by Harold Harvey. 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: Random House, (1965). First edition. 8vo, 343pp; wrappers. Advance review copy of Capote's classic "non-fiction novel" More
London: J. Dodsley, 1788. First Edition. 4to, [4] 38pp; bound in full contemporary limp vellum, gilt title on front board and double rules front and rear; white moire endpapers. The most important early work of Crabbe, which was significantly revised by Samuel Johnson. Crabbe became a significant bridge between Johnson's..... More
-. One side of a single leaf of laid paper, approx. 5-1/2 X 6-1/2 in. Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932), Scottish-born German pianist and composer, student of Liszt and a friend of Brahms, writes some hasty instructions concerning program notes and corrections. He was widely admired in his time, and infamous for..... 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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1955). First edition. 8vo, 85pp + ads; cloth. This bilingual edition was the Portugese poet's first book, here inscribed by de Lacerda to English poet, writer, and translator Christopher Middleton. More
London: 1706. First Edition. 8vo, xlii, [2], i-ii, i-v, 23, [1], 24, 19, 68-93, 26, 15, 135-278; contemporary calf. Moore 115. 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
London: Bernard Lintot, (1716). First Edition. 8vo, 80pp + index; full crushed red morocco gilt in the manner of Riviere by R. Bedford with gilt tooled spine, raised bands, dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. One of Gay's most popular works, this being from the large paper first issue, with engraved headpieces..... More
London: H. Hills, 1709. Pirated edition. 12mo, 16pp; later morocco-backed cloth. Gay's first work, printed in the year after its first publication. More
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1777-1788. Third edition of Vol. 1, First editions of Vols. 2-6. Six volumes, uniform 4tos; frontispiece portrait of Gibbon from a painting by Joshua Reynolds, I: [3], vi-vi, [18], (1)-704; II: [10], (1)-640, with folding map between pp. 22-23..... 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: Boni and Liveright, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 255pp; red cloth. The first in the publisher's short-lived "Red and Green Mystery-Detective Series" selected by Carolyn Wells. The foredge was stained red, the top and bottom edges green, though both have become discolored; the dust jacket was designed by Hans..... 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
-. One page, written on verso of a single sheet of bond paper, approx. 11-1/2 X 9 in. Hauptmann writes to his editor at S. Fischer Verlag to announce the arrival of Senator Walter R. Rothenberg, who Hauptmann has asked to look into his business affairs in England and the..... More
(New York): Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 322pp; cloth-backed boards with printed spine label. Limited edition of 2050 numbered (1110) copies. More
Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1946. First edition. 8vo, [52]pp; pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. American issue of the historic memorandum, issued by the American Zionist Emergency Council, as stated on the rear wrapper. The front wrapper bears the inked ownership signature of the great American journalist Ruth Gruber, who..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. 8vo, 431pp; green cloth. An attractive copy of a book often found in less than optimal condition. More