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
(1946). Ten vintage gelatin silver prints, variously 3-1/2 X 4, 3-1/2 X 4-1/2, 3 X 5-1/2 in. In 1946, in the aftermath of the war and the catastrophic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United Stated conducted Operation Crossroads in the south Pacific at Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall... More
New York: Random House, (1951). First edition. 8vo, 81pp; cloth. One of 4000 copies in the first printing (Bloomfield & Mendelson A32a).This is an affectionate presentation copy, inscribed by Auden to the writer and translator William Weaver: "Bill Weaver with love from Wystan, June 1951" and with small corrections by... More
NP: [M.J. Coghlan, 1896]. First edition? 8vo, 574pp, folding map; original light green pictorial cloth, stamped in black, red, silver and gilt. Contemporary account of the Hamidian massacres, the precursor to the 1915 Armenian genocide. More
![Gone With the Wind; [cover title]. Cinema.](/pictures/thumb/204803.jpeg?v=1500147730)
(New York: Ellison B. Greenstone, 1939). 4to, 18pp pamphlet in wrappers. Illustrated souvenir program from the first run of the classic MGM-Selznick film, directed by Victor Fleming. This is a copy of the so-called "Southern Edition", which is distinguished by the replacement on the rear wrapper of the chromolithographic portrait... More
![Metro-Goldwyn Presents; [cpver title] . . . The merger and the new season. Cinema.](/pictures/thumb/204852.jpg?v=1516901384)
[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
San Francisco: San Francisco and Alameda County Committees, Communist Party, (1936). Broadside, on one side only of a single leaf, approx. 8 X 11 in. Bulletin board poster with a five-paragraph statement of support for striking shipyard workers and the larger project of building a farmer-labor party. 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
New York: Random House, (1971). First edition. 8vo, 303pp; light brown cloth. More
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First edition. Small 8vo, 118pp; original printed wrappers. Classic work in early literature of film, most especially noted for its innovative, DaDa influenced graphic design and striking full-page illustrations. A delicate book of irresistible charm. More
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
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
Paris: Librairie Nouvelle, 1860. 8vo, frontispiece, 175pp; half-morocco and marbled boards. First edition of the poet's first book, published at the age of 20, in a handsome 19th-century binding. A presentation copy, inscribed in pencil on the half-title: "à Monsieur de Morny, respecteux hommage Albert Glatigny." In addition, the poet... More
Gmünden, Oberösterreich. -. One page, on front recto of a bifoium, approx. 5-1/2 X 7 in. Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) was a highly popular composer in Vienna, known for his operas and works for violin. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1922). First edition. 8vo, frontispiece, 240pp; pictorial cloth. The author's first book, a horse story set in the Canadian plains. Scarce, especially so in dust jacket. More
Somerville, Mass. Abyss Publications, 1970. First edition. Wrappers. 8vo, wrappers. A performance-collaboration between Higgins and Porter, originally realized in 1966. Although not called for, this copy has been signed by Dick Higgins on the half title page. More
Tel-Aviv: The Social Insurance Committee, General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine, (1946). First edition. 8vo, 85pp; wrappers. Illustrated with charts, graphs, and photographs. Scarce. More
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
Montreal: Villeneuve, 1977. First edition. 8vo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers, stapled. The poet's first book, one of 500 numbered copies signed by Kleinzahler, the entire edition. Laid in is a a brief TLS from Kleinzahler, alas typed on poor-quality and highly acidic paper, presenting the book to the poet, writer... More
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
-. 2 pages, written on one leaf of personal printed stationery, approx 7-1/4 X 7-1/2 in. Lewis writes to announce his plans for sailing to Europe and travel itinerary together with his recently retired brother, who has never been out of the country. Lewis received the Nobel Prize for Literature... More
