New York: Stage 73, n.d. (1965). Broadsheet, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in., printed on both sides by mimeograph. An extraordinary statement in support of Lionel Abel's play, based on Sophocles' "The Trachiniae" which played off-Broadway at Stage 73. The recto prints an impassioned statement lauding Abel's play - and criticizing... More about "A Word for the The Wives"; Starring: Anne Meacham
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 318pp; textured blue cloth stamped in green. An excellent copy of the muckraking journalist's principal novel, based on the scandalous Warren G. Harding administration. More about Revelry
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 151pp; cloth. With the 1953 ownership signature of poet and translator Lysander Kemp on the front flyleaf. More about Priapus and the Pool; and Other Poems
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. First edition. 8vo, 304pp; black cloth with printed spine label. Three plays by the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winner. Déclassée would be made into a film in 1925 starring Corrinne Griffith and directed by Robert Vignola. More about Déclassée:; Daddy's Gone A-Hunting: and Greatness - A Comedy
Berlin. -. One page on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882) studied to be a rabbi before becoming a successful author of novels and stories, a member of the "Junges Deutschland" movement. He he writes in a friendly vein to invite an associate. More about Autograph letter signed; "Berthold Auerbach," to Dr. Martin Philppsohn, February 11, 1870
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, [259]pp; cloth-backed boards. A nice copy of the revised edition of A Book. The striking graphic jacket was by Lucinda Goldsborough, who would go on to a long and successful career as costume designer on Broadway under her married name Lucinda Ballard. More about A Night Among the Horses
Varied sizes and formats. The shooting and editing of “Film” brought Samuel Beckett to New York for several weeks in the summer of 1964. It was the only time he travelled to the United States, as well as his single venture into cinematic work. A rigorously conceived silent film, “Film”..... More about Twelve autograph and three typed letters signed, 1964-1970,; Paris, Ussy-sur-Marne, Alghero...
Los Angeles: (Black Panther Party), 1970. Broadside, single legal-size leaf, approx. 8-1/2 X 14 inches, printed on one side. Poster announcing the rally on Jan 6. 1970 featuring speakers David Hilliard, Angela Davis, and others in support of the LA BPP members who had been jailed since a police raid... More about Free the L.A. 18; and All Political Prisoners - Demonstration Rally
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1925). First edition. 8vo, 272pp; orange cloth with printed spine label. Though rather tame by today's standards, Bodenheim's novel about a sexually promiscuous young woman was a scandal at the time of publication, bringing obscenity charges against his publisher Horace Liveright in a much publicized... More about Replenishing Jessica
New York: Lyle Stuart, (1965). First edition. 4to, 101pp; original wrappers. One of a stated 3100 copies in the edition, signed and dated by Bukowski at the colophon. As with all Loujon Press productions, the book is marked by a whimsical style using multi-colored papers of varying stocks and even... More about Crucifix in a Deathhand; New Poems 1963-65: A Loujon Press Award Book . . . with etchings by Noel...
(San Francisco): Scrimshaw Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. 4to, unpag.; gray cloth stamped in black, with mounted photograph on front board. The first substantial monograph on Bullock, this copy has been inscribed and signed by the photographer on the first blank leaf. More about Wynn Bullock; Text by Barbara Bullock, with notes by the Photographer
Chicago: Institute of Design, 1953; 1957. Two vols, irregular 4tos. First volume is spiral bound in printed stiff wrappers; second volume is loose leaves in printed chemise. The first two numbers of this student publication from the Institute of Design, founded by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as the Chicago Bauhaus and eventually... More about Student Independent; One: Graphics Issue; Two: Photographic Issue
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[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 about Metro-Goldwyn Presents; [cpver title] . . . The merger and the new season
Tarzana, Calif. Ambrosia Press, 1989. First edition. 8vo, 31pp; olive green cloth with printed label. One of 180 numbered copies signed by Coleman, the entire edition. This is the dedication copy, inscribed in the front by Coleman to her husband, Austin Straus. The printed dedication reads: "For Austin Straus with... More about The Dicksboro Hotel; & Other Travels. Poems
-. One page; single leaf of printed stationery, approx. 8-1/4 X 11 in. The recipient was an attorney and politican, who would become a founding member of the left-liberal Deutsche Demokratische Partei. Dehmel begs out of testimony at a trial concerning the "Contes Drolatiques" (Balzac), as he is leaving on... More about Typed letter signed; "Dehmel," to Richard Otto Frankfurter, June 14, 1914
New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). First edition. 8vo, 435pp; gray cloth. Mixed state, with "filched" on p. 49 and other corrections made. More about Tragic America
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 233pp; black cloth with printed spine label. Frank's novel of lynching in the South was written during a trip taken with his friend Jean Toomer. Very scarce, especially in dust jacket. More about Holiday
Berlin. -. One page, on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Ludwig Fulda (1862-1939), a prolific playwright. More about Autograph letter signed; "Ludwig Fulda," to "Hochgeehrtetr Herr Professor,"...
Jena. -. One page on a single leaf, seemingly torn from a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Haeckel writes an unnamed colleague having just returned from two months in Sicily to acknowledge a letter he found waiting. Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a renowned naturalist and professor of comparative anatomy... More about Autograph letter signed; "Ernst Haeckel," to "Lieber Herr Doktor," April 17,...
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 about Karma
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 383pp; yellow cloth stamped in red and black. Versatile and prolific, Ben Hecht was a journalist, novelist, short stories writer, playwright, social critic, activist, and finally a virtually ubiquitous screenwriter -- he won two Academy Awards and was nominated for four... More about Humpty Dumpty
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. First American edition. 8vo, 215pp; original decorative cloth. Attractive copy of the first of Hesse's novels to appear in English, here in an uncredited translation. More about Demian
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 about Die Fabelhafte Geträume von Taifun Willi; Sections in Crazy German, also by Dick Higgins, Decor...
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 about Soldiers; an Obituary for Geneva. Translated by Robert David MacDonald
Mt. Kisco, NY: Moyer Bell, (1985). First edition. 8vo, 95pp; wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed: "June 14, 1985, For Christopher Middleton, whose III I go to time after time to get my windows washed and engine tuned, August Kleinzahler." The reference is to Middleton's 1983 collection 111 Poems. More about Storm Over Hackensack