The Mountain Tavern; and Other Stories.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1929). First American edition. 8vo, 287pp; cloth-backed boards. More about The Mountain Tavern; and Other Stories
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Skerrett
London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. First edition. 8vo, 287pp; black cloth. More about Skerrett
The Bomber Moon; War Verse
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 about The Bomber Moon; War Verse
Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge
New York: Horace Liveright, (1929). Second Printing. 8vo, 239pp; original silver embossed cloth, stamped in red on the spine. Perelman's first book. More about Dawn Ginsbergh's Revenge
Fire Song
Zurich: 1955. First edition. 12mo, unpag. chapbook in marbled wrappers with printed title label, saddle-stitched; extra label tipped in at rear. One of Prokosch's exceedingly scarce "Butterfly Books" that he printed himself on a handpress. This is copy number 3 of just forty-four in the edition, one of the first... More about Fire Song
Cities of the Plain; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First American edition. 2 vols, 8vos, 352 & 384pp; three-quarter cream cloth and striped boards in black and silver. One of 2000 numbered copies in the edition. The fifth part of "Remembrance of Things Past" in its first English translation. The heavy books... More about Cities of the Plain; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff
Autograph letter signed; March 12, 1928, to John M. Weatherwax
Houghton, Arundel. Small bifolium, approx. 7 X 4.5 in., written on three sides. The artist answers an inquiry from one of the editors of the little magazine "Palms," who had written to ask for a color illustration. Rackham replies with seemingly polite disdain: "I am little afraid, however, that your... More about Autograph letter signed; March 12, 1928, to John M. Weatherwax
Liluli; With Thirty-Two Wood Engravings by Frans Masereel
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First edition. 8vo, 127pp; boards. The seldom-seen dust jacket, oddly enough, features a bold graphic illustration not by Masereel but by "Markham" More about Liluli; With Thirty-Two Wood Engravings by Frans Masereel
Typed letter signed; "Eleanor Roosevelt," to "Mrs. Sporborg," May 27, 1949
-. One page, on a single leaf of printed Val-Kill Cottage stationery, approx. 6 X 7 in. Friendly note thanking her correspondent for her letter about her son's (FDR Jr.) election to the United States Congress. Mentions Lady Huggins. More about Typed letter signed; "Eleanor Roosevelt," to "Mrs. Sporborg," May 27, 1949
A Family of Noblemen; Translated by A. Yarmolinsky.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1917. First American edition. 8vo, 422pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. The masterpiece by Russia's great nineteenth-century satirist, better known under the title "The Family Golovlyov". This was one the very first books to bear the Boni & Liveright imprint and is exceedingly scarce in... More about A Family of Noblemen; Translated by A. Yarmolinsky
Gang durch die Dämmerung
Zürich: Verlag Oprecht, (1953). First edition. Small 8vo, 66pp; vellum-backed decorative boards. One of only 25 roman-numeraled copies signed by Seelig in the special issue. A collection of poems by the Swiss writer best known as the longtime friend and champion of Robert Walser. This copy has been inscribed by... More about Gang durch die Dämmerung
The Maurizius Case.; Translated by Caroline Newton.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First American edition. 8vo, 546pp; tan cloth. A bestseller in both Germany and the U.S. and widely regarded as Wassermann's masterpiece, this novel was championed by Henry Miller who saw in it the truest depiction of the American character. More about The Maurizius Case.; Translated by Caroline Newton
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 about Autograph postcard signed; "Jakob Wasserman," to Emma Bonn, March 5, 1923
Times Square
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 274pp; black cloth. Author's third book. More about Times Square
How Fascism Menaces the Americas . . .
(Los Angeles): Committee for Revision of the Neutrality Act, (1939). Broadside, single leaf, 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side. Small mimeo poster, using maps to illustrate the spread of German spheres of influence and calling for support for Senate action on US neutrality: "Save loyalist Spain and you... More about How Fascism Menaces the Americas
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