Paris: Chez A. Levavasseur, Palais-Royal, Aout 1830. First edition. 64pp. 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers. Detailed contemporary account of the July Revolution that overthrew the regime of Charles X. Apparently rare: no copy recorded in OCLC, and undoubtedly rare in original wrappers. More
London: Faber & Faber, (1957). First English edition. Small 8vo, [37]pp; wrappers. Despite stated flaws, not an unattractive copy. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1954). First English edition. 8vo, 536pp; cloth. A better copy than it sounds. More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), n.d. (1964). Broadside poster, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side in three colors. Graphic advertisement for various pin-back buttons and bumper stickers with the movement slogans "We Shall Overcome", "Freedom Now" , "Equality" and "Let's End Discrimination". Graphic... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, [162]pp; cloth. More
Boston: David R. Godine, (1987). First edition. 8vo, 74pp; cloth. The poet's first trade book. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1926). Second Printing. Two vols., 8vos, 431, 409pp; cloth. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, (1974). First edition. 8vo, 305pp; cloth. Inscribed by Gill on the front flyleaf: "For Therese and Joe, with love (If you read "Last Things" you'll find some thinly disguised glimpses of North Carolina), Brendan, May 20 /74." The recipients were longtime New Yorker -- and... More
N.P. N.p, n.d. (1941?). Mimeograph broadside, printed on one side. Mimeo flyer drawing attention to the use of scrip in the company town of Trona, home of American Potash and Chemical Company, then the world's largest producer of potash and borax and a major international supplier of chemicals. The headlined... More
Boston: hHoughton Mifflin, 1952. First edition. 8vo, 114pp; cloth. The author's second book, an excellent association copy, inscribed by Hamburger to longtime New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell and his wife: "For Joe & Therese from their friend Phil Hamburger, Sept. 1952." More
New York: Grove Press, (1968). First American edition. 8vo, black cloth. An advance review copy, with publisher's slip. Signed by Hochhuth on the front flyleaf. More
-. Three pages on a small bifolium, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/4 in. A warm, emotional letter, thanking the recipient for her expression of concern, and discussing a loss. Amalie Joachim (1839-1899) was a popular singer as Amalie Weiss, before she married the composer and musician Joseph Joachim. Her performing career... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1982). First edition. Cloth. 4to, 259pp; gray cloth stamped in silver. An excellent retrospective monograph, documenting 70 years of the great Hungarian photographer's work. Signed by Kertesz on the title page. More
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
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
Long Beach (CA): Local Lodge 1577 (I.A.M.), (1943). Broadside, on one side of a single leaf of newsprint, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Bulletin board poster promoting the International Association of Machinists, reading in part: "We don't believe any union in the country can show a better batting average of... More
Los Angeles: Western Worker, n.d. (1938). Mimeograph broadside, one side only of a single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Bulletin board poster promoting a circulation drive for the "Western Worker" and calling on comrades to go door to door soliciting subscriptions. More
-. Written on one side of a picture postcard (with a picture of Lehmann on the other side) approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929) was one of the most celebrated operatic sopranos of her age, with a broad versatility and a long career. In five years with the... More
Copenhagen. -. One page, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in. Aage Madelung (1872-1949), Danish novelist, writes to the influential Swiss literary critic to announce his sending, under separate cover, of a piece for publication in the "Neue Züricher Zeitung" and wishing he felt vigorous enough to travel to Switzerland. More
-. 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
-. One page on single leaf on monogrammed stationery, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Victor Meyer (1848-1897) an important German chemist, known especially for his work on vapor densities, writes home as a student. A former owner's note quotes a letter from Meyer's son-in-law, in sending the letter as a.... More
New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First edition. 8vo, 181pp; cloth-backed boards. Mitchell's last completed work before he entered a crippling writer's block that devoured his last years. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, n.d. (1924). First American edition. 8vo, 253pp; cloth. One of an unknown but certainly small number of copies made for the U.S. edition using sheets from the London edition, with a new title page tipped in on a stub. The striking graphic jacket illustration is... More
New York: N.p. 1950. First edition. 8vo, 49 mimeograph pages, in illustrated linocut wrappers, stapled. Together with three additional typescript "books" varying paginations, stapled. Poet's scarce, self-published first book, inscribed at a later date by Perchik to his later publisher and benefactor James L. Weil. Perchik also presented Weil with... More
