Trimblerigg:; A Book of Revelation
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. First American edition. 8vo, 320pp; cloth-backed decorative boards. Political satire. More
New Arrivals
One Little Boy
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First American edition. 8vo, 266pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. The sexual awakening of a young boy, dedicated to Havelock Ellis. On the cover are press-quotes about Sélincourt by Ellis and Margaret Sanger, who wrote a review of this book in her magazine..... More
Rue With a Difference
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Second Printing. 8vo, 318pp; cloth-backed patterned boards. First of two novels by the noted labor lawyer, briefly inscribed and signed by Recht on the front flyleaf. The dust jacket art is by Willy Pogany. More
Rue With a Difference
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 318pp; cloth-backed patterned boards. First of two novels by Recht, a labor lawyer active in numerous radical causes, with a lengthy presentation inscription on the front flyleaf: "To Betty Ross, as a token of an exceedingly successful interview with The Author..... More
The New Criminology:; A Consideration of the Chemical Causation of Abnormal Behavior.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 325pp; maroon ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. Developed out of the theories of Cesare Lombroso, an analysis of criminality researched by Schlapp and written by Smith, both of whom died shortly before publication. More
English Summer
New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). First edition. Small 4to, 373pp, map endpapers; green cloth stamped in gilt and darker green. Travelogue about England, extensively illustrated with photographs by the author. More
Watching Europe Grow
New York: Horace Liveright, (1930). First edition. 4to, 489pp, map endpapers; blue cloth stamped in black and red. An illustrated history/travelogue of Europe written for younger readers. More
The Shadow-Eater.; Preface by Don Marquis. Illustrated by Wallace Smith.
New York: American Library Service, 1923. First illustrated edition. Large 8vo, frontispiece, 61pp; gray boards with printed label on front. This edition of De Casseres's first book, originally published in 1915, omits one poem from the first edition ("Love the Destroyer"). Smith's fantastical illustrations comprise a full-page image facing the..... More
The Shadow-Eater
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1915. First edition. Small 8vo, 59pp; pink boards with printed labels. Poet's rare first book, one of 500 copies in the regular issue. This edition includes one poem ("Love the Destroyer") that was dropped from subsequent editions. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on..... More
Dear Judas and Other Poems
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 129pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 3000 copies in the edition. Alberts 60. More
Cawdor; and Other Poems.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 160pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 1900 copies in the edition. Alberts 55. More
Songs of Earth
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1917. First edition. Small 8vo, frontispiece, 121pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. First book, a collection of modernist poems, by the woman who would become a pioneer and longtime promoter of the Canadian film industry as a writer, theater manager, and longtime editor of..... More
Rock-Flower
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 118pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. Inscribed by the poet in 1959 to a close friend, and with a touching typed letter signed by Foster (using her given name "Julie") laid in along with an original typescript of her poem "Boris..... More
The Pilditch Puzzle
New York: Liveright, Inc, (1932). First American edition. 8vo, 288pp; black cloth. The English edition had the title "The Murderer" and the penname William Morton. Dust jacket design by Sugar. More
Commissar Krilenko
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1939). First edition. 8vo, 407pp; red cloth. Author's first novel. More
Crimes of the Year
New York: Horace Liveright, (1931). First edition. 8vo, 354pp; black cloth stamped in gilt and mint green. Compendium of international true crime stories by the Russian-born author of several mysteries and thrillers. Uncommon in jacket. More
The "Charm" Girl; Intimately Illustrated by William Hameister.
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1935). First edition. 8vo, 224pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine and with printed label on front. Depression-era sexist humor in the form of an epistolary novel. The author, an itinerant scribbler and sometime actor, became a Coughlinite propagandist and backer of Hitler. He..... More
Woman in Flight; Translated by Jenny Covan.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First American edition. 8vo, 253pp; gray cloth, pictorial endpapers. Melodramatic novel of the debauchery of a young woman. Reck-Malleczewen was a popular writer who ran afoul of the Nazi regime, which he vehemently opposed. He died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1945. More
Sven Discovers Paradise; Translated from the German by Jenny Covan.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First American edition. 8vo, 336pp; purple cloth. A popular novelist in his time, Reck-Malleczewen was an outspoken opponent of Hitler. In the 1930s, his books were banned in Germany and he himself was arrested and died in the Dachau concentration camp. A lovely copy, in..... More
Joykin
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First American edition. 8vo, 303pp; black textured cloth stamped in green. Apparently the only novel by this Armenian-born British writer, who also had a couple of plays to his credit but who leaves otherwise virtually no trace. Attractive dust jacket art signed "Darcy" More
Judge and Fool; Translated from the German by Cyrus Brooks.
New York: Horace Liveright, (1930). First American edition. 8vo, 348pp; black cloth. Principal novel by the war hero and Zionist leader who was also a prolific writer. Uncommon in the dust jacket, with its artwork by Irving Politzer. More
The Cobbler in Willow Street; and Other Poems
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. Small 8vo, 135pp; cloth-backed boards. Poems by the promising young writer who would go to Hollywood and find success as a screenwriter before his premature death at forty-one. Scarce in jacket. More
Lines of Life
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920. First American edition. 8vo, 89pp, errata slip tipped in; stiff card boards with printed label on front cover only. Book of poems by the prolific English journalist and novelist. This edition made up from sheets of the London edition, published by G. Allen Unwin..... More
Iolanthe's Wedding.; Translated b Adele S. Seltzer.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First American edition. Small 8vo, 159pp; cloth-backed boards. Fourth volume in the publisher's short-lived "Penguin" serties. Very uncommon in jacket. More
Black Tents
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 218pp; black cloth stamped in gilt on dark blue. A story in dramatic form by the prolific author of pulps and fantastic fiction. Abdullah himself was a character of some intrigue and perhaps fantasy. His own unconfirmed account of his life was..... More