Washington, DC, 1955. Paperback. Two cent postcard, oblong 3.25 x 5.5", front cover with pre-printed stamp, postmark, address written by Ezra Pound; reverse with written message from Pound, INITIALED "Ez P." BY EZRA POUND. Pound writes to a Corporal in the US Army at Fort Benning, GA, answering two questions..... More
np (Washington, DC), 1957. Paperback. Plain paper, 11 x 8.5", some yellowing, spotting, folds, in the original mailing envelope: roughly opened, yellowed, spotted, worn. "Dear N___ I haven't seen the N. Repug. Artl/merely heard that it doesn't stink. Too much fun in Brasil, Tokyo, Melbourne...Illiteracy of the senate being punctured..... More
The Macmillan Co.: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 85pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities fraying, some scratches to front cover, spine label a bit browned, endpapers toned. SIGNED BY THE ABBEY PLAYERS (on the unevenly toned front fly): MAUREEN DELANY, MAY CRAIG, AIDEEN O'CONNOR, EILEEN CROWE, ARTHUR SHIELDS..... More
Ballatyne: Edinburgh. 1827. 7.5x5", full leather, contemporary blue morocco, gilt decorated, five raised bands on spine, gilt lettered red spine title labels, lightly worn owner's bookplate in each volume, all hinges sound, very good. FIRST EDITION. More
Random House: NY, 1934. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", black cloth, 57pp, covers rubbed and a bit dusty, top edge of back cover with some paper adhesion, endpapers unevenly toned; still a good copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE..... More
Maeght Editeur: Paris. 1966. Illustr. By Steinberg, photographs by D'Inge Morath, oblong 10.75 x 12.5, color pict boards, unpag, cover edges a little worn, some minor soiling to text block corners else a very nice copy in a chipped acetate cover and the original worn, lightly waterstained cardboard slipcase with..... More
Random House: NY, (1936). Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", green cloth, 625pp, covers rubbed, spine darkened, extremities fraying, bottom edges of covers with some adhesion marks, eps toned (especially front endpapers from old newspaper clippings). INSCRIBED ON FRONT ENDPAPERS "To Veronica Hutchinson with our best wishes, The Abbey Players" AND SIGNED..... More
Harcourt, Brace and Co.: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 6", blue cloth, 310pp, covers rubbed and darkened along edges, spine toned, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying, pp toned, frontis detached (but present); still a good used copy of the Third Printing from October 1934. INSCRIBED "En souvenir of the..... More
10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries..... More
np, nd. One page, 6.25 x 4, on plain lined paper, boldly written to (Noah) Brooks, dated May 19: "Very much obliged. Will you please endorse this check over to Tommy or cash it & pay him? It is 15 folios -- for long jobs I have alsways paid 8..... More
American Publishing Co: Hartford, Conn. 1869. Illustr, 8.5 x 5.5, 651 + ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED, FIRST ISSUE. A beautiful copy. More
Mercury Press: Shanghai, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis + 16 plates, 9.25 x 6", blue cloth, pict dustjacket, 114pp, back of last page is stamped "522." Covers warped, spine cocked, shelfworn, lacks a spine tip, ink name and date, textblock cracked, last plate has a 1" horizontal tear else contents good to..... More
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More
Philadelphia July 1890. 9.5x6", wraps, 174+ads, poor man's copy - badly soiled, lacks back cover (ads end at p.50), some text pages torn, bottom of spine lacking 2". SWAF. First Appearance of Dorian Gray. More
Dodd, Mead: NY, 1885. Lithographed decorative borders throughout (headpieces), 10 x 7.5, bound by GAZ in full brown levant morocco tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, gilt inner dentelles, decorative color pastedown, moire silk free endleaves, top edges gilt, (2), 336, (2) pp, joints and extremities a bit rubbed else..... More