(New York): Colliers, 1945. First edition. Folding broadsheet, single leaf, 21 X 7 inches, folded to make an eight-panel leaflet. Diagnosis and plans articulated by the young Governor of Georgia. Little remembered today, given the turn that state's history took after his single term, Ellis Arnall represented a moment of..... More
[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1910]. Facsimile edition. 3 vols, 8vos, red morocco with silk ribbon markers. One of fifty numbered copies in morocco out of the total edition of 800 copies. A nice facsimile of the iconic work of German romanticism. More
(New York): Horace Liveright, (1929). First edition. 4to, unpag.; cloth. From the library of Carl van Vechten, with his bookplate, designed by Prentiss Taylor, on the front pastedown. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 240pp; three-quarter black cloth and red boards. The author's second book, very scarce, especially in its Mac Harshberger-illustrated dust jacket. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First English language edition. 8vo, [351]pp; terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black. Quite a scarce book in dust jacket. More
New York: Adventures in Poetry, (2002). First Edition. Square 8vo, unpag.; multi-colored decorative endpapers; original linen with printed label. One of 30 clothbound copies, 26 lettered and 4 hors commerce, this being lettered "A," signed by Ashbery. There was a trade edition of 500 copies in printed wrappers that match..... More
Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, (1962). First edition. 8vo, 94pp; wrappers. One of the poet's scarcer titles, this copy inscribed and signed by Ashbery to a fellow poet on the title page. More
New York: Editions of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition. 8vo, unpg. pamphlet, saddle-stitched in decorative patterned wrappers with printed label on front. One of 300 copies of Ashbery's first book, printed under the direction Nell Blaine in the important series of poet/artist collaborative books produced by the..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 315pp, marbled edges; green cloth stamped in gilt. Laid in is the "With the Compliments of Boni and Liveright" slip which further invites the reader to: "Read the book at once. If you find a typographical error notify us immediately. We..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 452pp; black cloth. An excellent copy. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1971). First American edition. 8vo, 56pp; cloth. Atwood's fifth collection of poems. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1927). First American edition. 8vo, 250pp; mauve cloth stamped in gilt and with pictorial medallion on front board. An exceptionally nice copy, scarce in jacket. More
New York: Random House, (1951). First edition. 8vo, 81pp; cloth. One of 4000 copies in the first printing (Bloomfield & Mendelson A32a).This is an affectionate presentation copy, inscribed by Auden to the writer and translator William Weaver: "Bill Weaver with love from Wystan, June 1951" and with small corrections by..... More
New York: Random House, (1937). First American edition. 8vo, 123pp; cloth. One of 1500 copies printed. The text was considerably revised subesequent to the English publication the previous year. Bloomfield & Mendelson A12b. More
Berlin. -. Two pages on a bifolium of Auerbach's personal stationery blindstamped "B.A." Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882), born Moyses Baruch, though little known today, was one of the most successful German writers of the nineteenth century. More
Berlin. -. One page on a bifolium, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Berthold Auerbach (1812-1882) studied to be a rabbi before becoming a successful author of novels and stories, a member of the "Junges Deutschland" movement. He he writes in a friendly vein to invite an associate. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926. First Edition. 4to, 35pp, with tipped-in facsimiles; cloth-backed marbled boards with printed label. One of 350 copies. More
(Weston, Connecticut): Living Hand, (1974). First edition. 8vo, wrappers. unpag. Auster's first collection of original poems (preceded by the mimeo collection of his translations from French poets), this copy has been inscribed and signed by Auster to fellow poet Christopher Middleton. With the usual correction in pencil to one poem..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 259pp; cloth-backed decorative boards, stamped in silver with a pattern of abstracted airplanes. The author's first book, one of two that he wrote on aviation subjects. Gould enjoyed a long career as a journalist and editor, most closely associated with the Saturday..... More
New York: Liveright, (1941). First edition. 8vo, 260pp, illustrated; cloth. A first hand account by the pioneering aviatrix of her greatest adventure, a flight that took her from Paris to Shanghai with numerous stops along the way. In the course of flying over Germany she took the first aerial photographs..... More
New York: Emanuel Azenberg, n.d. (1987). -. -. 4to, 136pp; bound with brass screw-fasteners in printed yellow leatherette covers by Studio Duplicating Service. Original mimeograph rehearsal script, apparently used in developing a U.S. production of Ayckbourn's 1987 drama. The title page identifies the prolific Emanuel Azenberg as producer, although he..... More
N.P. Rockbook, 1978. First edition. 8vo, unpag.; pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. Inscribed by the poet and signed on the inside front wrapper. This was Baca's first book, written in prison, containing eight poems and the essay "Thoughts On Leaving Prison." Abandoned at two, consigned to an orphanage as a small..... More
New York. 3pp on two leaves of Famous Music Corporation (Paramount Pictures) letterhead, together with original mailing envelope and two photographs. An excellent letter, discussing Marlene Dietrich, for whom Bacharach was working as musical director at the time, as well as his own burgeoning career. "Work in my world here..... More
