The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for...
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1882. First American edition. Read More about The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages by Mark Twain
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Mediaeval Spanish Allegory.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. General Editor of Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature William Henry Schofield. This is the 4th Volume in the Series. Read More about Mediaeval Spanish Allegory
Price: $125
Cathay: Poems After Li Po.
The Limited Editions Club, [1993]. Clemente, Francesco. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Clemente. "This volume is all the more remarkable for the fact that Pound knew no Chinese. Yet these translations of eighteen medieval poems, mainly by Li Po (A.D. 70I-762), are acknowledged masterpieces. Pound worked from..... Read More about Cathay: Poems After Li Po
Price: $1,125
Signed LEC Proof Woodcuts
Eight Colored Woodcut Proofs for "The Life of George Washington"
n.p. [Avon, Connecticut: Cardovan Press], n.d. [1974]. Signed LEC Proof Woodcuts. Includes the frontispiece and woodcuts at pp. 12, 42, 84, 103, 134, 166, and 181. The images were published in the Limited Editions Club publication of Mason Weems' THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (1974). Read More about Eight Colored Woodcut Proofs for "The Life of George Washington"
Price: $400
The Travels of Baron Munchausen.
New York: Designed by William Kittredge at the Lakeside Press, for the Limited Editions Club, 1929. Held, John. No. 466 of 1500 copies signed by Held. Read More about The Travels of Baron Munchausen
Price: $450
SIGNED BY H. A. REY/ WITH SMALL SKETCH OF CURIOUS GEORGE
CURIOUS GEORGE TAKES A JOB. By H. A. Rey.
Boston/ Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company/ The Riverside Press, -1947. First edition, second(?) printing; presumed second printing [with no publisher's date on title page, and with 1947 date, with no mention of later printings, on copyright page], signed by H. A. Rey (with a tiny ink sketch). SIGNED BY H. A...... Read More about CURIOUS GEORGE TAKES A JOB. By H. A. Rey
Price: $600
The record of a nearly 30 year friendship
Collection of letters and poetry by I.A. & Dorothea Richards, most to their friend Hester Pickman.
Various: 1955-1983. The record of a nearly 30 year friendship. I.A. (Ivor Armstrong) Richards (1893 – 1979) was an English poet and literary critic whose work contributed to the foundation of the New Criticism. With C.K. Ogden he wrote a number of books, foremost of which is The Meaning of..... Read More about Collection of letters and poetry by I.A. & Dorothea Richards, most to their friend Hester...
Price: $7,500
WITH MANUSCRIPT LEAF
JULIA WARD HOWE: 1819-1910. By Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott. Assisted by Florence Howe Hall. With Portraits and...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [December], 1915. First edition, large-paper issue, limited to 450 numbered copies, with a page of original manuscript by Julia Ward Howe (as issued), publisher's reference copy. WITH MANUSCRIPT LEAF. Publisher's reference copy, with publisher's bookplate on front flyleaf of each volume. Large-paper issue, limited to 450..... Read More about JULIA WARD HOWE: 1819-1910. By Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott. Assisted by Florence...
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The Tales of the Genii: or, the Delightful Lessons of Homar the Son of Asmar.
London: Printed for James Wallis, Paternoster By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1805. New edition. Read More about The Tales of the Genii: or, the Delightful Lessons of Homar the Son of Asmar
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The Tales of the Genii: or, the Delightful Lessons of Homar the Son of Asmar. Translated from the Persian, by...
London: Printed for J. Booker; Baldwin... [By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. New edition. Modeled on the 'Arabian Nights', these tales were written by James Ridley under the pseudonym of Charles Morell. Read More about The Tales of the Genii: or, the Delightful Lessons of Homar the Son of Asmar. Translated from the...
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DAS STUNDEN-BUCH. Enthaltend die drei Bucher: Vom moenchischen Leben/ Von der Pilgerschaft/ Von der Armuth und vom Tode.
[Leipzig: Insel], 1905. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies [number '147']. Nicely printed, with the title page and first leaf of text printed in red and black. OCLC locates five holdings (with only four American holdings) [Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, and Chicago]. Read More about DAS STUNDEN-BUCH. Enthaltend die drei Bucher: Vom moenchischen Leben/ Von der Pilgerschaft/ Von...
Price: $900
The Sonnets to Orpheus.
The Limited Editions Club, 1997. Balthus. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Balthus. "These fifty-five sonnets, published in 1923, three years before the poet’s death, describe his relationship to every aspect of creation, and view death as a continuation not a termination of life. In the original German..... Read More about The Sonnets to Orpheus
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Vowels.
The Limited Editions Club, 1996. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Cartier-Bresson. "A forerunner of the surrealists, Arthur Rimbaud wrote every one of his extant poems before he was twenty years old, including the 'Sonnet des voyelles ('Vowels'), here presented in French and with the English..... Read More about Vowels
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If There Were No Books, There Would Be No ….
Cheloniidae Press, 2019. One of 26 lettered copies, with plates signed by the artist and with two additional plates hand colored by the artist. Illustrations by Alan James Robinson inspired by classic works of literature, exploring the imagination and the world of books. Robinson interprets the concept “If there were..... Read More about If There Were No Books, There Would Be No …
Price: $2,950
Author's First Book, Inscribed to Edmund Gosse
The Torrent and the Night Before.
[Cambridge]: Private Printed for the Author [by Houghton Mifflin at the Riverside Press], 1896. First edition of the author's first book. Author's First Book, Inscribed to Edmund Gosse. Inscribed on the title-page "To Edmund Gosse/ with the compliments of E.A. Robinson/ 12 December 1896." Read More about The Torrent and the Night Before
Price: $4,000
Brood of the Witch-Queen.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First American Edition. Read More about Brood of the Witch-Queen
Price: $800
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‘Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains’
Du contract social; ou, Principes du droit politique. Avec le Discours sur l’e’conomie [sic] politique. Par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de...
Philadelphie [but Amsterdam? Zurich? Paris?]: chez John Robert, imprimeur du Congrès général, 1775. First "American" edition. ‘Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains’. Mitch Fraas, in his Don't Believe that Imprint (blog post on June 13, 2013, http://mappingbooks.blogspot.com) cites an "explosive increase" of false American imprints appearing..... Read More about Du contract social; ou, Principes du droit politique. Avec le Discours sur l’e’conomie [sic]...
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A Native American.
San Francisco: George Fields, 1938. One of 450 copies signed by the author. Read More about A Native American
Price: $250
Inscribed
Happy Birthday to You!
New York: Random House, [1959]. First Edition. Inscribed. Inscribed "For Debbie with best wishes, Dr. Seuss" with a photocopy of a 1975 TLS tipped-in, to Mr. Draper, mentioning that "Orton is one of my favorite people and the article about him is excellent!" Read More about Happy Birthday to You!
Price: $750
2 PAGE MS. OF PREFACE
The Fall of Lucifer, and Other Essays and Poems.
London: Hy. A. Copley, Canning Town, E, 1897. First edition. 2 PAGE MS. OF PREFACE. A 2 page "Preface" in the author's hand is tipped in at the front. It is the preface for his work "Dual Image." Read More about The Fall of Lucifer, and Other Essays and Poems
Price: $200
Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories.
[London: Longman Young, [1970]. First UK edition. Sendak asked to illustrate this collection of tales by Singer after seeing the manuscipt on the desk of an editor at Harper & Row. Read More about Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
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Five Poems.
London: Duckworth, 1928. Number 21 of only 275 copies, signed by Sitwell. Read More about Five Poems
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At the Back of the North Wind.
Philadelphia: 1919. First Jessie Willcox Smith Edition. Read More about At the Back of the North Wind
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within the bounds of physics but beyond logic
Notes pour Java Head [caption title].
[New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973]. Copy 1 of 125 numbered copies, signed by the author. within the bounds of physics but beyond logic. Facsimile of Patti Smith’s typed and manuscript notes for a spoken word performance, touching upon all the familiars: William Burroughs, junk, Paul Bowles, news headlines, and..... Read More about Notes pour Java Head [caption title
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Soma-Haoma 1
Soma-Haoma [no. 1: Terrain].
Dennis, Massachusetts: Salt-Works Press, 1973. Soma-Haoma 1. Soma-Haoma was a small-run poetry and arts subscription compilation made and distributed by Salt-Works Press of Dennis, Massachusetts. This premier issue includeds two poetry chapbooks, The Amanita Trails and Spring Tense by Tom Bridwell, an offset illustrated print by Judith Cressy, and four..... Read More about Soma-Haoma [no. 1: Terrain
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Soma-Haoma [no. 2: Riddled Interiors].
Dennis, Massachusetts: Salt-Works Press, 1973. Soma-Haoma was a small-run poetry and arts subscription compilation made and distributed by Salt-Works Press of Dennis, Massachusetts. The second issue has considerably more content than the debut that featured primary Salt-Works contributors Tom Bridwell, Judy Cressy, and Edward Harper who are all present here..... Read More about Soma-Haoma [no. 2: Riddled Interiors
Price: $150