New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. First edition thus. 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards. One of 1100 numbered copies in the edition, signed by the designer Bruce Rogers; the printing was done by William Edwin Rudge. The introduction is by Christopher Morley. An elegant and appealing volume. More
Königsberg: Bei den Gebrüdern Bornträger, 1828 [1837]. First edition. 2 vols. bound in one; small 4to; xii (i) 271 + (iv) 315 (1)pp; folding table bound between I/224-225; three hand-colored folding plate at rear of Vol. I; four folding plates (one hand-colored) at rear of Vol. II. Contemporary boards with..... More
Vienna. -. Two pages on a printed bifolium of "Die Zeit" letterhead, approx. 5-3/4 X 8-3/4 in. Hermann Bahr (1863-1934), prominent journalist and drama critic in Vienna and Munich, who was pilloried by Karl Kraus, trying to arrange an appointment with a writer. The recipient was the writer who published..... More
Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson for the Author, 1752. First Edition. 4to, xvii, [1], 472, 2pp of "Corrections and Additions"; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. At a time when the art of biography was flourishing, Ballard offered this, his only published work, stating: ". . . I know not how it..... More
[Tokyo/New York: Gallery Min/Aperture, 1989]. First edition. Oblong 4to, unpag.; boards. With text by Gus Blaisdell. Briefly inscribed and signed by Baltz on the dedication page. More
Millerton/Berlin: Aperture/Zwölftes Haus, (1986). First edition. 4to, unpag.; cloth. One of only 1200 copies in the first edition; this one has been signed by Baltz on the title page. More
Albuquerque/New York: Artspace Press/Castelli Graphics/Aperture, (1980). Oblong 4to, 246pp; cloth. One of Baltz's haunting, poetic photographic documentations of urban development and the American landscape, accompanied by an essay by Blaisdell. The first edition consisted of only 3000 copies; this copy has been signed by Baltz on the title page. More
Los Angeles: Littoral Books, 1996. First Edition. 8vo, 119pp; printed wrappers. Inscribed on the half-title page: "For Max, Unity, Struggle, Victory, Amiri Baraka, 1996." There was no hardcover issue of this book. More
N.P. U.S. League of Revolutionary Struggle (M-L), n.d. (1983). First edition. 8vo, [12]pp pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. Scarce separate publication of this essay, which first appeared in the Fall/Winter issue of "Black Nation" More
New York: Contact II Publications, (1983). Second Printing. 8vo, pamphlet in stapled wrappers. Inscribed and signed by Baraka on the title page. More
N.P. N.p., (2001). First Edition. 8vo, unpag. pamphlet in printed card wrappers, stapled. Baraka's controversial poem written in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Initialed by Baraka on the first page and dated "01." More
New York: Steppingstones Press, 1985. First Edition. 8vo, 189pp; printed wrappers. Anthology of texts for and about Baraka, edited by James B. Gwynne. This copy inscribed by Baraka: "For Max, the Master, Keep on pushin!! Amiri Baraka, 1985, and with a second inscription next to the list of contributors, which..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. First American edition. 8vo, 251pp; red cloth. The first, and significantly expurgated, translation of Barbusse's novel of voyeurism. An unexpurgated edition in Engish did not appear until 1966. Barbusse won great acclaim and received the Prix Goncourt for his WWI novel Le Feu (Under..... More
Verona: (Officina Bodoni), 1974. First edition thus. Vellum-backed boards. Small 4to, 55pp; original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. One of 150 numbered copies on handmade paper. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, (1930). First edition. 8vo, 466pp, illustrated; pictorial endpapers; blue cloth stamped in silver and light green. Correct first edition of this maritime autobiography. Barnes, born in 1850 to a seafaring family in Newfoundland, spent most of his life as a sailor in one capacity..... More
New York: Putnam, (1981). First edition. 8vo, cloth backed baords. An excellent association copy, inscribed by Barthelme on the front endpaper to fellow writer John Hawkes and his wife: "For Jack and Sophie with all best, Don, 16 March 1983." More
London/Birmingham: J. Baskerville . . . B. Dod/John Baskerville, 1762. Third (first 12mo) edition/First edition. 12mo, [198], [61] unpag. leaves in contemporary brown morocco tooled in blind and gilt with dentelles, blue moire endpapers; a.e.g. This copy of Baskerville's first 12mo edition of the Book of Common Prayer derives from..... More
London: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1758. First editions thus. Two vols., uniform 8vos, [xxxii] 416pp & lxix, 390pp; contemporary calf, rebacked with elaborately gilt-tooled spines. The first Baskerville books in English (preceded by Virgil in Latin), with all cancels called for, p. 135 correctly numbered..... More
New York: Interim Books, 1963. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, [56]pp pamphlet; printed pictorial wrappers, stapled. More
New York: Grove Press, (1957). First edition. 8vo, 59pp; wrappers. The "holiday issue" of Beckett's radio play, with a greeting message from Grove Press printed on the front wrapper. More
Paris: The Olympia Press, (1955). First edition. Small 8vo, 241pp. Wrappers. The first volume of Beckett's trilogy. More
Vienna. -. One page, approx. 8-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. Friendly, welcoming note to the editor at S. Fischer Verlag, who would become a leading publisher of exiled German-language writers during the nazi-era. More
-. Written on the back of a printed invitation to a "Gesellschaftstee," in Berlin; bifolium , approx. 5-1/2 X 8-3/4 in. Lola Beeth (1861-1940), operatic soprano, performed in Berlin and Vienna, specializing in Wagnerian roles. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1954). First English edition. 8vo, 536pp; cloth. A better copy than it sounds. More