Artists in Uniform:; A Study of Literature and Bureaucratism.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition. 8vo, 261 + [vi]pp; green cloth. A splendid copy. More about Artists in Uniform:; A Study of Literature and Bureaucratism
New Arrivals
Genuine and Counterfeit:; Experiences of a Connoisseur. Translated by Carl von Honstett and Lenore Pelham.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First American edition. Small 8vo, [109]pp; tan linen. Essays by the director of the Berlin National Museum. More about Genuine and Counterfeit:; Experiences of a Connoisseur. Translated by Carl von Honstett and...
Pandora's Box:; A Tragedy in Three Acts. Translated by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First American edition. Small 8vo, 79pp; ribbed brown cloth, stamped in gilt. The first appearance in English as a book -- it had been published in 1914 as an issue of Boni's short-lived periodical The Glebe -- of Wedekind's classic play, the basis of... More about Pandora's Box:; A Tragedy in Three Acts. Translated by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr
California:; An Intimate History. . . Revised and Enlarged.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. 8vo, 356pp, illustrated; pebble-grained blue cloth. Expanded edition of the popular novelist's history of her home state. More about California:; An Intimate History. . . Revised and Enlarged
San Francisco and the Golden Empire
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. First edition. 8vo, 407pp, with three folding maps and many illustrations; green cloth. A handsome copy of Woon's exploration of northern California. More about San Francisco and the Golden Empire
The Good Soldier Schweik.; Translated by Paul Selver
New York: Charles Boni, 1930. First American edition. 8vo, [448]pp, illustrated; black cloth stamped in red on spine only. The classic of satirical war fiction. More about The Good Soldier Schweik.; Translated by Paul Selver
The Temptation of Anthony:; A Novel in Verse and Other Poems
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 141pp; ribbed cloth with printed spine label. Schneider's first book of poems, in the Imagist vein, followed his semi-pseudonymous novel Doctor Transit. More about The Temptation of Anthony:; A Novel in Verse and Other Poems
Burning the Days; Recollection
New York: Random House, (1997). First edition. 8vo, 365pp; smooth ivory boards. Signed by Salter on the first blank leaf. More about Burning the Days; Recollection
Solo Faces
Boston: Little Brown & Co., (1979). First edition. 8vo, 220pp; cloth-backed boards. Salter's fifth novel. More about Solo Faces
Poetica Erotica; A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. 8vo, 770pp; black cloth with bevelled edges, vine pattern stamped on spine in gilt. One of 3125 numbered copies issued for subscribers -- a characteristic Liveright ploy to avoid issues of censorship -- this one being number 3104. An excellent association copy, inscribed by the... More about Poetica Erotica; A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse
Anthology of Irish Verse
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First edition. Small 8vo, 361pp; blue cloth. More about Anthology of Irish Verse
The Le Gallienne Anthology of American Verse.; Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1925). First edition. Small 8vo, 402pp; blue cloth. Trade edition of the Le Gallienne anthology. More about The Le Gallienne Anthology of American Verse.; Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne
A Junior Anthology of World Poetry.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 672pp; blue cloth. More about A Junior Anthology of World Poetry
The Le Gallienne Book of American Verse; Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 402pp; original decorative black cloth stamped in gilt with leather spine label. One of 485 numbered copies (this one being number 400) on laid paper. More about The Le Gallienne Book of American Verse; Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne
The Wife of Steffen Tromholt.; Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First American edition. Two vols., 8vos; 356 & 425pp; green cloth. Bold art deco cover art by Paul Wenck. More about The Wife of Steffen Tromholt.; Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul
Caspar Hauser.; Translated by Caroline Newton.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First American edition. 8vo, 467pp; gray cloth. A heavy book, prone to severe wear, and quite uncommon in jacket. More about Caspar Hauser.; Translated by Caroline Newton
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
The Triumph of Youth.; Translated from the German.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First American edition. 8vo, 205pp; blue cloth. Historical novel set in the early period of the Thirty Years War, the translation was executed by Otto P. Schinnerer. More about The Triumph of Youth.; Translated from the German
Wedlock.; Translated by Ludwig Lewisohn.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 344pp; blue cloth. About as nice a copy as one might hope to find of Wassermann's psychological novel. More about Wedlock.; Translated by Ludwig Lewisohn
Worlds' Ends; Five Stories . . . Translated by Lewis Galantière.
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1927). First American edition. 8vo, 278pp; blue cloth. More about Worlds' Ends; Five Stories . . . Translated by Lewis Galantière
The Dark Pilgrimage.; Translated from the German by Cyrus Brooks.
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1933. First American edition. 8vo, 317pp; green cloth. An early novel (orig. 1897) by Wassermann, updating the story of the false prophet Sabbatai Zvi in a modern context. More about The Dark Pilgrimage.; Translated from the German by Cyrus Brooks
Banzai; (Hurrah!)
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1926). First American edition. 8vo, 313pp; cloth-backed patterned boards. Following two pseudonymous novels, the author, British diplomat Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, followed with this this quasi-biographical account of a Japanese contemporary, depicting modern Japan in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 1923. More about Banzai; (Hurrah!
Sayonara; (Good-Bye)
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First American edition. 8vo, 317pp; patterned endpapers, blue cloth. Second pseudonymous novel by the British diplomat Frank Ashton-Gwatkin. More about Sayonara; (Good-Bye
Kimono
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1922). First American edition. 8vo, 320pp; blue cloth. This novel pseudonymously authored by the British diplomat Frank Ashton-Gwatkin, was the first in a series drawing on his experience in the foreign service, stationed in the far east. More about Kimono
My Thirty Years in Baseball; With an Introduction by George M. Cohan.
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 265pp; blue cloth. Autobiography of the baseball hall-of-famer nicknamed "Little Napoleon." A dynamic player of the dead-ball era, McGraw went on to a highly successful career as a manager, winning ten pennants and three World Series. Over thirty-three years as a.... More about My Thirty Years in Baseball; With an Introduction by George M. Cohan