Berlin. -. Two pages, on recto and verso of a single bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 4-1/4 in. Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) was a lawyer, historian, scholar, and political figure. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902. More
Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, 1964. First Edition. Square 12mo, unpag.; original wrappers, titled on the front; with additional ephemera on five legal-sized leaves. One of a stated 500 copies -- and likely far fewer -- in the first edition of Ono's first book, a compendium of concept pieces in the form..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition. 8vo, 335pp; pebble-grained cloth stamped in black and red. Prior to his history-making Ten Days That Shook the World, about the Russian revolution, Reed was a war correspondent for Metropolitan Magazine, reporting from the eastern front. More
Berlin. -. Two pages on a single leaf, approx. 5-1/4 X 8 in. Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860) journalist and poet, some of whose songs were set to music by Schubert. A substantial letter to a young writer. More
London: Richard Phillips, 1804. First Edition. Six vols., 12mos; ccxii, 192, 340, 332, 379, 348, 317, [1]pp; frontispiece engravings in Vols. 1,2,3, and 6, including hand-colored folding plates in Vols. 2 and 3; nineteenth-century three-quarter polished calf gilt and marbled boards by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool; a.e.g. A lovely..... More
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
London: T. Becket, 1781. 8vo, engraved title; [vi], 98pp, lacking half-title and final ads; full contemporary tree calf, recased and rebacked. There were several editions published in 1781 and in the absence of the half-title, it is impossible to determine whether this one is the first, as all were otherwise..... More
Oakland, CA: Alameda County Committee, Communist Party, n.d (1937). Broadside, single leaf approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches. Flyer announcing protest events and summoning supporters for Spanish republicans just after the nazi bombings of Guernica and Almeria. More
-. One page on a single leaf of plain paper, approx. 7-1/4 X 10-1/4 in. Spender asks Arnheim's help in having some photographs developed and retrieved from the lab, explains that he likes to come into New York only in the evening, and exclaims: "Oh God, I'm just off to..... More
Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First edition. 8vo, 42pp; printed card wrappers, stapled. This is Trumbo's essay protesting the conviction of 14 California socialists and union activists under the Smith Act, which charged them with advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government. This is one of 750 numbered..... More
(Los Angeles): California A.F. of L. Labor Unions, n.d. (1942). First edition. Small 8vo, 7pp pamphlet in printed wrappers. Delicate pamphlet in which Trumbo makes the argument for opening a second front in the war against Hitler. Very uncommon. More
(Paris): Les Amis des Cahiers Verts/Grasset, (1928). First edition. 8vo, printed wrappers. One of 30 numbered copies on Japan Nacre out of a total edition of 3702. With portrait illustrations by Jean Marchand. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First American edition. 8vo, [222]pp; boards. Exceptional copy of a scarce book, especially so in dust jacket. More
London: Tho. Newcomb for Richard Marriott, 1670. First collected edition. 8vo, [2], [xii], 88, 79, 140 (i.e. 120), 104pp; contemporary panelled calf. Walton's Lives, short biographies of notable poets and clergymen, appeared serially and were here collected together for the first time in a single volume. The life of Sanderson..... More
Tübingen: Verlag von J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1919. First edition. Large 8vo, 279pp; publisher's three-quarter cloth and printed boards. Feminist essays by the German sociologist and wife of Max Weber. More