New York: Boni and Liveright, (1921). First American edition. 8vo, 312pp; cloth with printed spine label. One of 1500 hand-numbered copies in the edition. Scarce, especially in jacket. More
Leipzig. -. Written on one side of a plain card, approx. 3-3/4 X 6 in. Arthur Nikisch (1855-1922) was a pioneering and influential modern conductor. He conducted the premiere of Bruckner's 7th symphony, and made some of the earliest recordings of symphonic music. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. 8vo, 217pp. Atkinson A8-I-1-a. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 339pp; polished green cloth. First World War novel, centered on female soldiers fighting in the trenches alongside men of the U.S. Signal Corps. A better copy than most. More
Los Angeles: Coordinating Council, 13th Congressional District, n.d. (1946). Four-page leaflet printed in blue on a single bifolium, 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 inches. Announcement of a rally featuring a panel of speakers that included Congressman Ned Healy, Attorney General Robert W. Kenny, Congressman Ellis E. Patterson, State Senator John F. Shelley... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1960). First English edition. 8vo, 126pp; red cloth. 2290 copies printed. Gallup A77c. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1946). First edition. 8vo, 59pp; green cloth. Excellent copy of the poet's first book, a collection of poems written during the Second World War. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Second printing, a month after the first. 8vo, 371pp, map endpapers; green cloth printed in orange. This is an interesting association copy, inscribed on the front endpaper, over the map of Petrograd in pencil: "To Gertrude Traubel Aalholm from her mother & father, May... More
-. Card approx. 3-1/2 X 2 in. Bold signature of the noted operatic baritone (1880-1926). More
Los Angeles: Congress of Racial Equality, n.d. (1961). Broadside poster, 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side. Announcement of a large protest event headlined by Rev. Fred L Shuttlesworth of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, held at Will Rogers Park in Watts and followed by a march to... More
London: Favil Press, 1921. Lewis, Wyndham. First edition. Wraps. 12mo, 14pp; original marbled wrappers with printed label, saddle-stitched, One of a stated 101 copies, numbered and signed by Sitwell,of which 20 were for his own private use. This was Sitwell's second book and features a excellent frontispiece print by Wyndham Lewis. More
Aberdeen, Washington: 1926. 9 pieces, various sizes and formats. This little archive documents a performance Sola gave in the town of Aberdeen during one of the three tours he made of the U.S. Includes the original agreement for the appearance, informally written on a card by the event's promoter, John... More
-. Postcard approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/2 in., with a porttait of Stinde. Julius Stinde (1841-1905), trained as a chemist, he became a writer and was best known for humorous books about middle-class Berlin society. Ulla Frankfurter, also known by her married name Ulla Wolff-Frank, wrote under the pseudonym "Ulrich Frank." More
Los Angeles: International Workers Order of Southern California, 1943. Broadside, single leaf approx. 9 X 12 inches, printed on one side. Poster advertising a large, day long event, including a picnic, bazaar, various entertainment programs and headlined by speeches by Dalton Trumbo and Judge Stanley Mosk. Also featured: the first... More
-. Single leaf, approx. 6-1/2 X 3-1/2 in. written on one side; ink notation in another hand on the other side. Note on which Uhland orders a volume of "Geistliche Lieder" from a bookseller in Nördlingen. Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) set aside his early poetical inclinations to pursue a career in... More