LITERATURE
AFTER THE BOMBS, A Novel by...
Curbstone Press: (Willimantic, CT), (1990). Hardcover. 8.75 x 5.5", cloth, 221pp, minor extremity wear, spine ends bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
THREE NOVELS, Uncle Moses, Chair Lederer's Return, Judge Not
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", cloth, vp, covers worn and spotted, extremities bumped, some staining to margins of lower forecorner of textblock, pp toned and used, in a worn, extremity-chipped/torn dustjacket that's waterstained at lower forecorners of front and back panel. FIRST EDITION THUS (NAP), INSCRIBED..... More
MOTTKE THE VAGABOND (Mottke Ganef).
John W. Luce and Co: Boston, 1917. 7.5 x 5, gilt lettered blue cloth, 349 pp, covers a bit worn but still bright, extremities fraying, hinges loose, "New Era Shop" (Milwaukee) book sticker inside front cover, contents toned, ex-lib with minimal markings in rear of book. More
A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF SURREALIST POEMS.
Rain Taxi: Minneapolis, 2002. 8.5 x 5.5, pict stapled wraps, 35 pp, a nice, fresh, clean copy. Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series #8. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. More
A STREET IN PARIS And Its Inhabitant
Meyer Brothers: NY, 1900. Paperback. Illus. by Couboin, 10 x 6.25", pict wraps, 35pp + black and white illus., covers a little rubbed, unevenly toned and soiled, extremities bumped and torn, small stain at bottom of front cover, some finger soiling. LIMITED TO 400 COPIES (this is copy #154). More
Things Dying Things Newborn, Selected Poems [Journals of Pierre Menard VI]
The Menard Press: London, 1985. Illus. by Willow Winston, 8.5 x 6", pict wraps, 106pp, covers a little worn, small stain to bottom corner of front cover and text block, else a decent copy. More
THE POEMS OF CATULLUS, Translated by Charles Martin.
Abattoir Editions: University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1979. 10 x 6.5, rough white cloth backed marbled boards, 102 pp, covers a bit soiled and worn, hinges loose but still a nice copy. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this copy 041). More
SPANISH SALT, A Collection of all the Proverbs which are to be Found in Don Quixote. . .
Basil Montague: London, 1877. 8 x 5.25, gilt decorated gilt ruled green cloth, 99 pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, paper labels on front cover and spine (2), hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, pp (esp end papers) toned, with list of subscribers. LIMITED TO 252 COPIES. Scarce. More
A LERMONTOV READER.
Macmillan: NY, 1965. Portrait, 8.5 x 5.5, cloth, 303 pp, splash stain to top edge else ok in torn, creased and taped dw. FIRST EDITION. More
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, A Novel in Six Parts and an Epilogue by...
The Macmillan Co.: NY, 1916. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", blue/grey cloth, 493pp, covers quite rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, former owner's bookplate inside front cover, small bookseller label ("The Old Corner Book Store" Boston), at bottom of front fly, textblock cracked at half title, some red ink lines through text..... More
THE SATIRES OF DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus, Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden and Several Other Eminent Hands
Jacob Tonson: London, 1711. Hardcover. 8 x 5", later rebacked gilt-ruled tree calf, 495pp, covers crackling, extremities worn and chipped, newer spine rubbed, pp toned, bookplate of Gerrit L. Lansing (with ink date 1897 inside front cover). FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES DICKENS WITH HIS "LION" BOOKPLATE INSIDE FRONT COVER..... More
IN THE HOUSE OF LIGHT, Thirty Aztec Poems.
The Stone Wall Press, 1970. 9.75 x 6.5, cloth, 40 pp, spine and part of back cover sunned. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, THIS ONE IS SIGNED. More
IN THE HOUSE OF LIGHT, Thirty Aztec Poems.
The Stone Wall Press, 1970. 9.75 x 6.5, cloth, 40 pp, spine sunned, light cover soil. LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. More
EINE SAMMLUNG PERSISCHER GEDICHTE.
Evgen Diederichs, Jena. 1912. 8.5 x 6, boards, 316 pp, gilt decorated frontispiece and title page, b/w places, belle epoque illustrations by F.H.E. Schneidler, end notes, glossary, blue papered boards w/paper spine title label and polychrome decoration on front board, age darkening to spine and board margins, ink owner's stamp..... More
AUGUST.
Coward-McCann: NY, 1931. 7.75 x 5.25, pict cloth, 441 pp, covers moderately worn but still sharp, extremities lightly bumped, hinges loose, contents toned with some damp spottint to eps, in soiled, worn dust jacket with large chips out of top of front cover and top of spine. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION..... More
THE JOURNEY TO THE EAST
Peter Owen/Vision Press: London, (1956). Hardcover. 7.25 x 5", black cloth, 93pp, covers rubbed, extremities lightly bumped, spine a bit darkened, pp (especially endpapers) toned, in a soiled, edge-worn/lightly chipped dustjacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, with "Nobel Prize Winner" noted on front panel of dustjacket. More
THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER...With Valuable Notes and Commentaries, and Several Incidental Literary Papers not Contained in any other Edition, Edited by W.C. Armstrong
Leavitt & Allen: NY, nd (1800s). Hardcover. Frontis engraving, 9.5 x 6", full calf, 544pp; 426pp, covers heavily worn with old cello tape marks, extremities bumped, covers and spine detached (but present), pp detached at front and rear of book, pp toned and fragile with some spotting and finger soiling..... More
THE CATHEDRAL
New Amsterdam Book Co.: NY, 1898. Hardcover. 8 x 5.25", green cloth, 339pp, covers quite worn and soiled, spine sunned, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned, textblock edges browned; a rather loose copy but still a SCARCE copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
JAMMES [Unicorn French Series].
Unicorn Press: Santa Barbara, 1967. Author portrait, 7 x 4.75, patterned boards with paper title label on front cover, 39 pp, covers a bit worn, spine darkened, gutters at endpapers glue-stained, contents edge-toned else a decent copy of scarce hardcover edition. More
JOURNEY TO THE MOREA
Simon and Schuster: NY, 1965. Hardcover. Photos by Alexander Artemakis, 8 x 5", cloth backed pict boards, 190pp, covers a little rubbed, spine ends gently bumped, extremities a bit toned, old ink ownership inscription on ffep, blue pencil underlining throughout, in a rubbed, extremity-worn/torn dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING..... More
RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Gibbings and Co.: London, 1906. Hardcover. Illus. by Frank Bragwyn including five full page color plates, 10 x 6", highly gilt-dec leather SIGNED BINDING BY HISCOX, LONDON; aeg, 135pp, covers a bit rubbed and darkened, very minor extremity wear, some light spotting to first and last couple pp of text..... More
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
Dodge Publishing: NY, 1912. "With illustratiosn photographed from life studies by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanch Cumming," 10.5 x 7.75, gilt decorated green cloth, unpag, covers rubbed, extremities fraying, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracked, old ink presentation from former owner on front fly leaf, contents edge toned..... More
THE RUBA'IYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, A Facsimile of the MS in the Bodleian Library
L.C. Page & Co.: Boston, 1898. Hardcover. Facsimiles, 10.25 x 6.5", gilt-dec white boards, 320pp, covers heavily worn and stained, spine ends badly chipped, pp toned and fragile, textblock cracked, an old bookseller label inside front cover (American Baptist Publication Society in Dallas); SWAF. SCARCE. "Second Edition, Carefully Revised and..... More