The Assassin
London: Jonathan Cape, (1928). First edition. 8vo, 286pp; cloth. Jacket design by J. L. Carstairs. More
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Spring Sowing
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 287pp; black cloth stamped in blue, pink, and yellow. Uncommon U.S. publication, from British sheets, of the author's first collection of short stories. More
Parlor, Bedlam and Bath
New York: Horace Liveright, (1930). First edition. 8vo, 240pp; orange cloth. Perelman's second book and Reynolds's first. Quentin Reynolds would go on to a distinguished journalistic career. Uncommon. More
The Mysteries of Udolpho,; A Romance; Interspersed with some Pieces of Poetry . . .
London: G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794. First Edition. 4 vols; 8vos, 428, 478, 463, 428pp; contemporary calf gilt with red leather spine labels. A nice, compete set of the first edition with all half title pages present. Housed in an unusual four-compartment felt-lined wooden slipcase. A classic of Gothic fiction..... More
Small group of printed ephemera
Chicago: 1904-1907. Five pieces, varying sizes and formats. Group of prospectuses for Seymour publications comprising: bifoliium announcement of Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake (1906); 12-page catalogue of The Alderbrink Press Books (1907); bifolium announcement of The Book of Ruth (1904) with red initial letters and a dramatic..... More
Photographs 1973-1993; Edited by Heinz Liesbrock, with Texts by Hilla and Bernd Becher, James L. Enyeart, Thomas Weski, Heinz Liesbrock, Stephen Shore.
(Munich): Schirmer Art Books, (1995). First edition in English. Boards. Oblong 4to, 1322pp; printed paper-covered boards. Originally published in German in 1994. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Shore for another photographer on the title page. More
Mountain City
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 399pp; cloth. More
Ballyhoo for a Mendicant; Poems
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Small 8vo, 102pp; cloth-backed boards. The poet's first book, a collection of light-hearted yet erudite poems. Inscribed and signed "Respectfully, Carlton Talbott, March, 1929" on a preliminary leaf, and scace thus: Talbott died the following year, after the publication of a second book..... More
My Bird; A Holograph Copy for Wanda Coleman, October 17, 1969
[Venice, California: N.p., 1969]. Two pages of ruled yellow legal-sized paper, stapled into hand-lettered card wrappers. Calligraphic manuscript by the LA Beat poet of his poem originally written in 1960. This fair copy was done especially for fellow poet Wanda Coleman, who would become known as the Poet Laureate of..... More
Autograph postcard signed; "Jakob Wasserman," to Emma Bonn, March 5, 1923
-. Wassermann's personal postcard, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) was a very popular and successful novelist, a German Jew who settled in Vienna. More
Moods of Earth and Sky
New York: Boni and Liveright, n.d. (1924). First American edition. 8vo, 223pp; coarse linen-backed boards with printed spine label. Published in London as "English Country," this edition was made from sheets of that printing with a specially printed title page. A collection of notes and observations on the English countryside..... More
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman;; With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
London: J. Johnson, 1792. First Edition. 8vo, 452pp; contemporary sprinkled calf with red leather spine label. Foundational text of modern Feminism, arguing in the wake of the French Revolution, for the education of women in order that they might become equal partners with men, rather than "alluring objects." "My own..... More
In Support of Wounded Knee Mass Rally; . . . Saturday, March 24
Los Angeles: AIM/United People for Wounded Knee, (1973). Broadsheet, single leaf 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on both sides. Bilingual (English and Spanish) flyer announcing a public protest supporting AIM leaders during the siege at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. More
The Saint; A Play in Four Acts
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 143pp; cloth. The very uncommon dust jacket features a blurb by Sherwood Anderson. More
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