New York: National Emergency Conference for Democratic Rights, (1940). First edition. Four page leaflet printed on a single bifolium, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches. Statement of alarm based on the actions of the Dies committee in Congress, with its moves toward registration of aliens, and other infringements on civil liberties..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 218pp; black cloth stamped in gilt on dark blue. A story in dramatic form by the prolific author of pulps and fantastic fiction. Abdullah himself was a character of some intrigue and perhaps fantasy. His own unconfirmed account of his life was..... More
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
N.P. Rockbook, 1978. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag.; pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. Inscribed by the poet and signed on the inside front wrapper. This was Baca's first book, written in prison, containing eight poems and the essay "Thoughts On Leaving Prison." Abandoned at two, consigned to an orphange as a...... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 285pp; textured green cloth stamped in gilt. Bercovici's first novel, a New York love story. 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
(Brunswick, Maine): Blackberry Press, (1978). First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 20pp; wrappers. Nice presentation cop[y with a poetic inscription signed by Bruchac to fellow poet Quincy Troupe. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 303pp; green cloth with printed labels, With the first issues points: no topstain; "happned" on p. 20 and "suppper" on p. 57. More
N.P. (Los Angeles): n.p., n.d. (1948). Mimeographed broadside, printed on one side of a single legal-sized leaf, approx. 8-1/2 X 14 inches. Informational broadside of unspecified origin, likely intended for readers of "Peoples' World" or a similar Soviet-sympathetic publication. The document centers on a Q & A sequence addressing the..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, [162]pp; cloth. 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
London: Eman. Matthews and T. Warner, 1717. First Edition. 8vo, [ii] 1-232 + 137-333 (i.e. 429), [9, Appendix] pp; contemporary calf, rebacked. With the repeated page numbering starting from 137, as called for. Moore 368. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. Two vols., 8vos, 623 & 690pp; black cloth, stamped in gilt; linen-backed folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown of first volume. An excellent set of this U.S. publication, printed in England, exceedingly scarce in jackets. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 256pp; black cloth stamped in gilt. The author's second U.S. publication, following the fantasy classic Worm Ouroboros, based on characters from Norse mythology. More
London: A. Millar, 1749. First Edition. Six vols., 8vos, lxii, [2], 214; 324; 370; 312; 294; 304pp; full polished calf gilt. A decent set of Fielding's masterpiece, with all cancels, and errata leaf in Vol. 1. One of only 2000 copies in the first printing, which was almost immediately sold..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 158pp, pictorial endpapers; green cloth stamped in gilt. After being wounded in Flanders during the First World War, Arthur Ronald Fraser (1888-1974) went into diplomatic service and achieved high ranking positions in Argentina, Egypt, and elsewhere. All the while he..... More
London: J. Newbery and W. Bristow, 1762. First Edition. 2 vols., 12mos; iv, 286pp & [2], 238, [16pp Contents]; full panelled calf, gilt spines with red and black labels, a.e.g; in felt-lined two-compartment slipcase. Goldsmith's satirical letters ran in Newbery's Public Ledger, purporting to be dispatches home from an invented..... More
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N.P. Issued by General Headquarters, 1956. Apparent first edition. 12mo, [38]pp; stiff wrappers. This pocket-sized guide for IRA soldiers was frequently reprinted. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 293pp; green cloth stamped in gilt. Eighteen literary essays, including an early U.S. review in praise of Joyce's Ulysses, by the author of the 1927 A Key to the Ulysses of James Joyce, one of the first book length studies..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1932). First English edition. Small 8vo, 45pp; pale green boards. First generally available edition of this selection including "Mookse and the Gripes" and "The Ondt and the Gracehoper," original published in a limited Paris edition by Black Sun Press. Slocum & Cahoon A37. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First American edition. 8vo, 414pp, illustrated; maroon cloth. Kammerer's controversial work, offering proof of Lamarck's notion that acquired physical characteristics could be genetically inherited, won the Austrian biologist instant fame as the 'new Darwin.' When confronted with evidence that he had faked his results..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Second Printing. 8vo, 71pp; cloth. The poet's first book, here in a nice presentation copy, inscribed by Kennedy in 1962 to fellow poet Christopher Middleton, and with a copy of Kennedy's "Christmas Bestiary" (1962) with a long signed message laid in in the envelope in which..... More
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
