Omaha: Abbatoir Editions / University of Nebraska, 1983. First edition. 4to, unpag; wrappers with printed label; sewn. One of 290 copies, the entire edition, printed by Harry Duncan on Goyu Japanese paper, signed by Merrill on the title page. More
-. Written on one side of a picture postcard from Prague, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in. Friendly note of thanks to an unidentified admirer. Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994) was a popular Czech soprano, who appeared at the Metropolitan Opera for many years. More
London: Victor Gollancz, (1933). First edition. 8vo, 286pp; cloth. More
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
Chicago: Third World Press, (1973). First edition. 8vo, 16pp, wrappers, stapled. Major presentation copy, inscribed by Randall to Gwendolyn Brooks: "To Gwen with love from Dudley, 11-30-73." Randall was the publisher of Broadside Press, a major voice in the Black Arts movement and the inspiration behind Haki R. Madhubuti and..... 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 and a half pages on a bifolium, approx. 4-1/2 X 7 in. Julius Rodenberg (1831-1914), pseudonym of Julius Levy, was a journalist in Berlin who also wrote novels and travel books. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. Small 8vo, 107pp; boards. Before gaining widespread fame as a pornographer and for publishing James Joyce's Ulysses - and fighting American censors in a landmark case for having done so - Roth wrote poems in a modernist vein that were praised by..... More
New York: William Drenttel, 1992. First edition. 8vo, unpag.; cloth-backed boards. One of 200 numbered copies, signed by Salter. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. 8vo, 315pp; saffron yellow cloth. Saltus's novel was adapted into a silent film almost immediately, but the film is now considered lost. An excellent copy. More
Berlin. -. One page on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Friedrich Spielhagen (1829-1911) journalist, novelist, and playwright. More
New York: Random House, (1945). First edition. 8vo, 259pp; black cloth with printed labels. Stein remained in France through the war and Nazi occupation. This is her first hand account of those years. More
London: A. Millar, 1758. First Edition. 8vo, xvi, 392pp; contemporary calf. Originally written in 1713 and revised several times, but not published until after Swift's death. Teerink 809. More
-. One page of wove paper, approx. 7-1/2 X 11-3/4 in. Fritz von Unruh (1885-1970) the son of a general was on the path to a distinguished military career but, traumatized by his experience of the First World War, he embraced a literary life and became an outspoken pacifist... More
(New York): Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, 1944. First edition. 8vo, 285pp; cloth. Essays by the prominent reform rabbi and activist, here in a significant association copy, inscribed: "To Ruth Gruber, PhD, with deepest appreciation of a great job grandly done, Stephen S. Wise, September 1, 1944." The recipient, the prolific..... More