N.P. N.p., (1944). Small broadside, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side. Graphic campaign leaflet for Styles's primary campaign against the Democratic incumbent, John Costello, declaring "Reject Costello 'The Democrat who votes like a Republican.' (L.A. Daily News)" A popular radio host, Styles won the primary handily and..... More
Los Angeles: Southern California Campaign Headquarters, (1946). Bifolium approx. 4 X 9 in., printed on four sides. Campaign flyer for Patterson's unsuccessful run for an open seat after the death of Sen. Hiram Johnson. Patterson, a former Republican, became a Democrat and a converted New-Dealer, but managed to get less..... More
Chicago: Institute of Design, 1953; 1957. Two vols, irregular 4tos. First volume is spiral bound in printed stiff wrappers; second volume is loose leaves in printed chemise. The first two numbers of this student publication from the Institute of Design, founded by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as the Chicago Bauhaus and eventually..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 284pp; cloth-backed decorative boards. A radical critic and founder of the "Modern Quarterly", V.F. Calverton was the pseudonym of George Goetz. This was his first book. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 336pp; cloth. Loosely inserted is a small broadsheet advertisement for new books about Napoleon (Emil Ludwig) and George Washington (W.E. Woodward). More
Paris: Elysees-Cinema, 1938. Bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 6-1/2 in., printed in all four sides. Folding program from a Paris screening of the Eddie Cantor feature, with a photo still inside. Also on the program: two Disney animations "Le Cousin de Campagne" (The Country Cousin) and "Mickey Chez les Géants" (Giantland)..... More
New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. 8vo, 343pp; wrappers. Advance review copy of Capote's classic "non-fiction novel" More
New York: Random House, (1949). First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 209pp; black cloth. Capote's second book, inscribed and signed by Capote on the front flyleaf. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First American edition. Cloth-backed boards. 8vo, 349pp; original cloth-backed boards. Inscribed on the title page: "For Quincy Troupe from another Miles fan, Peter Carey." The recipient, a prolific poet, is well-known for having co-written the autobiography of Miles Davis. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. 8vo, 313pp; brown cloth. Possibly the only novel by this elusive, English-born writer, based on his experience as a coal miner in western Britain before the World War. After the war, Carlisle emigrated to the U.S. His dust jacket bio reads in part..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First Edition. 8vo, 83pp; original pictorial cream cloth, a.e.g., coated black endpapers. A presentable copy of Carroll's great nonsense poem, distinguished by the presence of the rare pamphlet "An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves 'Alice'" tipped to the front endpaper. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1982). 1st edition. 8vo, gray cloth. Signed by Carruth on the title page. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1971). First Edition. 8vo, 128pp; black cloth. This copy has been inscribed and signed ("Elliott") on the front flyleaf for the harpsichordist Sylvia Marlowe and her husband, artist Leonid Berman. As founder of the Harpsichord Music Society, Marlowe commissioned, performed, and recorded original pieces..... More
1934. Original gelatin silver print, approx. 4-3/4 X 7-1/4 in. Unsigned. The print was printed close to the time that the image was taken, during Cartier-Bresson's first visit to Mexico in 1934. It depicts two standing figures in frightening costumes for Day of the Dead festivities. The print derives from..... More
New York: Birk & Co. Publishers, 1955. First edition. 8vo, 12pp pamphlet in wrappers, stapled; illustrated. Historical context of famous phrases, from "we must all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately" to "Kilroy was here." More
Tübingen: Verlag von J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Sibeck), 1932. First Edition. 8vo, 491pp; original printed wrappers. Solid but delicate copy of this intellectual history of the Enlightenment written as its ideas were under severe strain during the rise of Nazism in Germany. More
St. Louis: The Cauldron Press, 1977. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag.; perfect-bound in wrappers. Presentation copy, nicely inscribed by Castro on the title page to fellow poet Quincy Troupe. A lifelong resident of St. Louis, and eventually the city's poet laureate, Castro enjoyed a long relationship with Troupe, who grew..... More
Marvin, S.D. Blue Cloud Quarterly, (1975). First edition. Wraps. 8vo, unpag. pamphlet; wrappers. Inscribed by Castro to poet Quincy Troupe. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 303pp; green cloth with printed labels, With the first issues points: no topstain; "happned" on p. 20 and "suppper" on p. 57. More
Barcelona: Noguer, (1952). First edition. Wraps. Large 8vo, 275pp, original wrappers. Engraved vignette by Teodoro Miciano. One of 55 numbered copies in the limited issue of Cela's first book of travel-writing. This is a presentation copy,incribed by Cela at the colophon: "A Robert Schiller, con mi abrazo de su amigo..... More
Paris: Centre national de la Cinematographie, 1953. Single leaf, approx. 5-1/4 X 8 in., printed on one side only of green tinted cardstock. Blank form (no. 009,775) of the official visa allowing a film to be shown publicly in France. The system of such "visas d'exploitation" dates back the early..... More
Paris: Eden Cinema du Petit Massy, n.d. (1941). Single leaf, approx. 6-1/4 X 8-1/2 in., printed on one side only. Handbill announcement of screening of the 1935 film --the first of at least three cinematic adaptations of Eugene Sue's novel-- that featured an early score by Georges Auric. A film..... More
Paris: Eden Cinema, 1942. Three bifolium flyers, approx. 3-1/2 X 7 in. (x1) and 4-1/4 X 5-1/2 in. (x2), printed on all sides. Announcements for film programs during the Nazi occupation of Paris, including "Nuit de Decembre," "Cartacalha," and "Pages Immortelles" with Zarah Leander. More
London: John Murray, 1824. First Edition. 8vo, [viii], 208, with frontispiece and folding plate; full crushed morocco gilt with gilt dentrelles, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands; t.e.g. A lovely copy of this compendium by the noted Scottish antiquarian, with a distinguished provenance. The frontispiece is a full-length..... More