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Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions...

 

POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECTby BURNS, ROBERT. (BINDINGS - COSWAY-STYLE)


Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and Sold by William Creech, 1787. First Edinburgh Edition. 210 x 123 mm. (8 1/4 x 4 3/4"). xlviii, 3[9]-68 pp. Without the half title but with the list of subscribers.

ELEGANT EMERALD GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT AND ONLAID, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE (stamp-signed on rear doublure), covers framed by floral chain roll between two sets of gilt fillets, central panel with lobed fillet frame, oblique thistle tools at corners, upper cover with central medallion of lavender morocco with Burns' monogram in gilt, this surrounded by a wreath of gilt thistles with onlaid lavender morocco blooms, raised bands, spine compartments with French fillet frame, triad of onlaid purple morocco thistle blossoms at center, leafy fronds at corners, gilt lettering, RUSSET BROWN MOROCCO DOUBLURES framed by green morocco with ribbon roll border and quotes from "To a Mouse" and "Auld Lang Syne" lettered in gothic majuscules, at center of front doublure AN EXTREMELY FINE OVAL MINIATURE PAINTED ON IVORINE AND INSET UNDER GLASS IN A RECESSED COMPARTMENT, THIS SURROUNDED BY A LAUREL WREATH SET WITH TWO YELLOW TOPAZ AND TWO AMETHYSTS, apricot moiré silk free endleaves, all edges gilt. In a later very fine green morocco-backed clamshell box by Zaehnsdorf. With frontispiece portrait engraved aby John Beugo after a portrait painted for this edition by Alexander Nasmyth, with tissue guard. Verso of front free endpaper with morocco bookplate of Paul Edward Chevalier. Gibson, p. 5; Rothschild 556.

Text lightly washed and pressed (in keeping with the bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding), but the leaves still fresh as well as remarkably clean; A FINE COPY IN A GLITTERING BINDING WITH NO SIGNS OF WEAR.

This is an exquisitely bound copy of the second printing (after the extremely rare Kilmarnock first edition of 1786) of one of the most famous poetic publications in history. Burns issued the poems at the age of 27 in order to raise passage money for a voyage to Jamaica, where he had been offered an agricultural post on a plantation. At a time when his contemporaries were searching for the "natural bard" and, in the process, had unearthed poetical threshers, poetical milk maidens, poetical cobblers, and more, the charming plowman Burns delivered his simple and beautiful lyrics with most propitious timing. He found himself famous almost at once, and his fame has not faltered over time, even though, after the appearance of the present work, he did little during the rest of his life except write songs and drink. The so-called "Cosway" binding, featuring handsome morocco inset with one or more painted miniatures, apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909. It was in that year that G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" (dealing with the British miniature painter of that name, 1742-1821) was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment to encourage sales. The name "Cosway" was then used to describe any book so treated, whoever its author. Although the artist of our miniature is unidentified, the work here is remarkably well done and clearly inspired by the engraved portrait of Burns in the book. The quality of the painting suggests that it could possibly have been done by Caroline Billin Currie, best known for her role in producing Cosway bindings of the sort seen here. Collaborating mostly with Riviere, she produced about 1,000 such bindings by the time she died in 1940. The present example is the work of Riviere's great rival. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe trained with Douglas Cockerell before founding their own bindery in 1901. They continued in a successful partnership until 1912, when Francis drowned. Despite this loss, the firm grew and prospered, employing a staff of 80 by the mid-1920s and becoming perhaps the most successful English bindery of the 20th century. Though our binding dates from the first quarter of the 20th century, its extraordinarily fine condition could easily lead one to believe that it is brand new. It should be no surprise that this beautiful volume has an illustrious provenance: it comes from the collection of 20th century English bindings put together by Paul Chevalier, whose library of beautiful volumes was uniformly characterized by outstanding workmanship and superb condition. The sale of his books at Christie's in 1990 represented one of the best collections of British bindings brought to auction in the past half century (this was lot #81, which sold for $3,300 all in).

Offered by Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts.

 

A complete run of the Doves Press vellum books and a complete run of the Hammersmith Publishing Society, plus archive

by COBDEN-SANDERSON, THOMAS JAMES (1840-1922, PUBLISHER, BINDER), COBDEN-SANDERSON, ANNE (1853-1926, PUBLISHER), JOHNSTON, EDWARD (1872-1944, CALLIGRAPHER), MASON, JOHN H. (1875-1951, COMPOSITOR), PRINCE, EDWARD (1846-1923, PUNCHCUTTER), WALKER, EMERY (1851-



London: Doves Press, No. 1 The Terrace Hammersmith; No. 15 Upper Mall Hammersmith W., 1917. 43 4to vols., 6 pamphlet letters, 61 pieces of paper ephemera. Various sizes, largest (13 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches). 33 vols. in full limp vellum with gilt lettering on spines with [THE DOVES BINDERY] stamp at foot of rear pastedowns. 10 vols. in boards, 8 of which are quarter-bound in vellum. The 6 paper pamphlet letters laid into original heavy brown handmade paper wrappers. Nearly all the paper ephemera on Doves Press paper.

Provenance: Nathan Todd Porter, Jr. (1867-1947), a collector. His collection of Edwin Davis French bookplates now at Yale.

A complete run of the Doves Press vellum titles (37 of 40 total Doves Press books), a complete run of the Cobden-Sandersons' Hammersmith Publishing Society books, an unmatched collection of Doves Press ephemera, and two pieces of ink manuscript correspondence from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. An impressive readymade research archive of one of the most important private presses, with all materials in remarkable condition. "When it is said that [Doves Press books] approach dangerously near to absolute perfection [.] everything has been said." (Ransom, p.56)

"The Doves Press books were not merely printing; they were symbols of 'a vision of Cosmic Order, Order wrought in rhythm and touched with Beauty and Delight.'" (Ransom quoting Cobden-Sanderson, p.52)

This unheralded collection of Doves Press materials includes the iconic Doves Press Bible; all three books of Milton; Emerson's Essays, which was the only Doves Press book by an American author; and the first Doves Press book, Tacitus's Agricola. The books are complemented by a wealth of ephemera including two pieces of ink manuscript correspondence from publisher Cobden-Sanderson, 26 receipts for Doves Press books on Doves paper, 26 paper press notices, catalogues, advertisements, and prospectuses, and all 6 Hammersmith Publishing Society titles printed by the Chiswick Press. Hammersmith was a publishing line edited by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and his wife Anne, who wrote that Hammersmith, "was my husband and myself, in those days of enthusiasm at the end of the last century when we set out to convert the world to Socialism." (Tidcombe, p.233) All of the Doves Press books besides the Bible were issued in print-runs of 150 to 300 copies, making any individual copy scarce, and a collection of this size rarely encountered.

The only three Doves Press books not present in this collection are those which were not published in vellum, which were instead issued in brick-red native-dyed niger goatskin.

"Based in Hammersmith, London, the Doves Press was founded by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson who was a friend of William Morris and a staunch supporter of Arts and Crafts ideology. The press was established with funds from Cobden-Sanderson's wife Anne and by 1900, Emery Walker was asked to join as a partner. A distinguishing feature of the Dove Press books was a specially-devised typeface, known variously as the Doves Roman, the Doves Press Fount of Type, or simply the Doves Type." (The Economist)

The Doves Press Books Included with Tidcombe Reference Numbers:

DP1 Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Agricola
DP2 Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, The Ideal Book
DP3 William Morris, An Address Delivered the XITH November MDCCCC , by J. W. MacKail (NP Bookplate)
DP4 Alfred Lord Tennyson, Seven Poems & Two Translations
DP5 John Milton, Paradise Lost
DP6 The Bible Vols. I-V (NP bookplate in I-IV, few leaves foxed)
DP7 John Milton, Paradise Regain'd (Damp-staining. NP Bookplate)
DP8 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
DP9 Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, London: A Paper Read at a Meeting of the Art Workers Guild, March 6 1891
DP10 Goethe, Faust
DP11 John Ruskin, Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy
DP12 John Milton, Areopagitica
DP13 Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus
DP14 Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed and Published at the Doves Press, May 1908
DP15 Robert Browning, Men and Women Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 (back board of vol. 2 creased)
DP17 William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke
DP18 William Shakespeare, Shake-speare's Sonnets Tercentenary Edition
DP19 William Caxton: A Paper Read at a Meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes, by George Parker Winship
DP20 Goethe, Faust: Zweiter Theil
DP21 ed. J. W. Mackail, Pervigilium Veneris
DP22 Robert Browning, Dramatis Personae
DP24 Goethe, Die Leiden des Jungen Werther
DP25 William Wordsworth, A Decade of Years, 1798-1807
DP27 Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed and Published at the Doves Press, 1900-1911
DP28 Goethe, Iphigenie auf Tauris ein Schauspiel
DP29 William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra
DP30 William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
DP31 Goethe, Torquato Tasso
DP32 William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Jvlivs Caesar
DP33 Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson, Amantium Irae
DP34 William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Coriolanus
DP35 Percy Bysshe Shelley, [Selections]
DP36 John Keats, [Selections]
DP37 William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lvcrece
DP38 William Wordsworth, The Prelude
DP39 Goethe, Auserlesene Lieder Gedichte und Balladen Ein Strauss
DP40 Catalogue Raisonne of Books Printed & Published at the Doves Press, 1900-1916

The Included Doves Press Letters:

DPL1 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "The City Planned Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette," (Annotated by Cobden-Sanderson)
DPL3 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "Shakespearian Punctuation: A Letter Addressed to the Editor of 'The Times.". (2 copies)
DPL4 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "On a Passage in Julius Casesar: A Letter Addressed to the Editor of 'The Times'."
DPL6 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "The New Science Museum: A Letter, with Additions, Addressed to the Editor of 'The Times."
DPL7 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "Note on a Passage in Shelley's Ode to Liberty."
DPL8 T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, "Wordsworth's Cosmic Poetry: Reprinted from The Westminster Gazette."

The Included Doves Press Ephemera:

DPE 14: Notice, April 1902, Supplementary Subscription (2 pp annotated)
DPE 36 Announcement, Recent Publications 1907-1909 (2 pp annotated)
DPE 40 Advertisement, October 1910: In preparation: Browning's Dramatis Personae (4 pp) [3 copies, 1 annotated]
DPE 41 Announcement and Order Form, October 1910. Notice to Subscriber (Dramatis Personae) (2 pp)
DPE 43 Announcement, 1910: Early in January: Dramatis Personae, Previgilium Veneris (4 pp)
DPE 44 Announcement, March 1911: In preparation: In Principio, Werther (4 pp)
DPE 45 Catalogue, May 1911: Catalogue of Books Printed and Published, 1900-1911 (8 pp)
DPE 46 List, 1911-1912: List of Books in Preparation by Mr. Cobden-Sanderson (4 pp)
DPE 47 Announcement, November 1911: Decade of Years, In Principio (4 pp)
DPE 49 Announcement, 1912: Iphigenie to be published in spring (2 pp)
DPE 50 Announcement, 1912: On May the first will be published Iphigenie (2 pp)
DPE 52 Announcement, July 1912: Notice: Anthony and Cleopatra, Venus and Adonis (4 pp)
DPE 54 Announcement, 1912: Shakespeare's Plays and Poems (4 pp)
DPE 55 Announcement, 1912: Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra,Venus and Adonis (4 pp)
DPE 57 Announcement, January 1913: Torquato Tasso to be published in March (4 pp)
DPE 58 Announcement, March 1913: The Doves Press Prospice (4 pp)
DPE 59 Catalogue Raisonné, April 1913: Books Printed & Projected, 1900-1913 (12 pp)
DPE 60: Announcement, 1913: Coriolanus - Postponement of Publication (2 pp)
DPE 61: Catalogue Raisonne, 1914: Catalogue Raisonne, 1900-1915 (16 pp)
DPE 62: Announcement, 1914: To the Subscribers to the Dovers Press: Apologia (2 pp)
DPE 63 Announcement, 1914: In June or July will publish Shelley (2 pp)
DPE 64 Advertisement, December 14th, Delaying printing Goethe due to WWI (2 pp)
DPE 65 Announcement, April 1915: Explanation for printing Goethe's Lieder (4 pp)
DPE 67 Announcement, October 1915, To be published: The Prelude in November (4 pp)
DPE 68 Announcement, March 1916, To be published: Goethe's Lieder (4 pp)
DPE 70 Announcement, June 1916: To be published in September: Goethe's Lieder (4 pp)
DPE 75 Stationery: Receipts, No. 1 The Terrace Hammersmith, Bought of the Doves Press (1 receipt for 1 book in 10.23.01)
DPE 76 Stationery: Receipts, No. 15 The Terrace Hammersmith, Bought of the Doves Press (13 receipts for 20 books)
DPE 77 Stationery: Receipts, No. 1 Terrace Hammersmith (Red text) (15 receipts for 18 books from 5.12.03 to 4.27.09)
DPE 79 Letterhead, The Doves Press: No. 1 The Terrace Hammersmith W. (2 pp. TJCS letter)

The Included Hammersmith Publishing Society Titles Printed by the Chiswick Press:

T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, Ecce Mundus, or Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautiful, October 1902. J. W. Mackail, Socialism and Politics, October 1903.
J. W. Mackail, The Parting of the Ways, October 1903.
T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, The Arts and Crafts Movement, 1905.
J. W. Mackail, William Morris, 1905. J. W. Mackail, Homer, 1905.

Cave, The Private Press. The Economist,"The Fight Over the Doves: A Legendary Typeface Gets a Second Life," December 19, 2013. Franklin, The Private Presses, 105-120. Ransom, Private Presses and Their Books, 51-60. Tidcombe, The Doves Bindery. Tidcombe, The Doves Press. Tomkinson, A Select Bibliography of the Principal Modern Presses

Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books.

 

The Amy Winehouse Collection



[Various]: [Various], 2011. About very good overall.. Collection of almost 230 books from the library of legendary singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse - a narrative of her life and career through her personal reading, from her school days through her rise to fame and career. Winehouse was a known reader; both she and her family commented on this aspect of her personality over the years in interviews. These, her own copies of her books, make it easy to recognize the teenager who loved Salinger, the nerd who acquired numerous graphic novels, the training vocalist reading multiple Frank Sinatra biographies, and the touring musician just looking for a good read to pass the time on the road.

Among the books are well-read favorites (like Jackie Collins) and gifts from friends (such as a photobook inscribed by Dave LaChapelle, who directed her music video "Tears Dry on Their Own"). Winehouse's annotated copy of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, in which she starred for a school production, shows the 1960s roots of a music and style that would go on to deeply influence her, especially on BACK TO BLACK. Fragments of lyrics and rhymes to an unfinished song are written into a copy of Allen Ginsberg's HOWL; her beloved grandmother's email is penned on a bookmark; the guest list for a party is written on the last page of one book; in another, there is an ownership stamp of one of the hospitals where Winehouse was once admitted. There are books from schools she attended (some with her annotations), books inscribed to her (including one from ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil), and books about or by other musicians who struggled with addictions (Jimi Hendrix, Boy George, Alex James, Anthony Kiedis).

More than merely biographical, however, the collection also suggests how her reading influenced her songwriting. Too often lost in discussions of Winehouse and too easily missed in the shadow of her amazing voice is just how great a songwriter she was - a talent arguably the equal of her singing. "Meet me downstairs in the bar and hurt / Your rolled up sleeves and your skull t-shirt," she wrote with a novelist's eye for detail in "You Know I'm No Good." In that same song, the lines are almost cinematic: "Then you notice little carpet burn / My stomach drop and my guts churn / You shrug and it's the worst / Who truly stuck the knife in first" - an attention to physical characterization that would not feel out of place in a screenplay. Such influences are present throughout the books in the collection: Charles Bukowksi's alcoholic ambivalence, echoed so effectively in her biggest hit "Rehab"; the Nabokovian self-awareness of lines like "I'll be some next man's other woman soon," or Salinger's finely tuned adolescent empathy heard in the heartbreak throughout the entirety of BACK TO BLACK.

The collection was acquired at a 2021 auction by the singer's estate held to raise funds for the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The collection offered here reassembles approximately 75% of all of the books on offer that day. While it is not entirely comprehensive, it is certainly representative - and therefore important. The collection here is offered en bloc.

An intimate, tender, and revealing look into the intersection of the public, private, and creative lives of one of the most indelible musical artists of the early 21st century. Collection of 227 books, all from the library of Amy Winehouse. Mix of hardcover and paperback bindings as well as formats. A complete inventory, prospectus, and additional images are available on request. Provenance: The Estate of Amy Winehouse via Julien's Auctions, Los Angeles (Property From The Life And Career Of Amy Winehouse, November 6th and 7th, 2021). A copy of the limited edition slipcased catalogue is provided. Various conditions, but most titles well-read and used.

Offered by Type Punch Matrix.

 

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

by [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]: LIPMAN, LOUIS, LITHOGRAPHER


Madison, Wi.: Published and Sold by S.W. Martin, Lith. by L. Lipman, Milwaukee, Wis., [ca. 1864].. Pictorial lithographic print, 28 x 21½ inches. The full sheet backed by archival paper, repairing tears (including several tears along the top edge and a few long vertical tears). Very good. An unrecorded variant of this elaborate and already quite scarce Midwestern print celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, published in Madison, Wisconsin during the Civil War, and lithographed in Milwaukee.

The printed forms in which the Emancipation Proclamation appeared are legion, and include many broadside and ephemeral items issued in widely separated locales over a long period. Charles Eberstadt's pioneering study on the proclamation remains the best guide through this tangle. He describes and locates copies of most of the notable and early printings of the preliminary proclamation (his nos. 1-7) and the final, official proclamation (nos. 8-52). The present lithograph is similar to number thirty-three in his bibliography, though no mention is made of this variant. "Many print tributes to the single greatest act of Lincoln's presidency, the Emancipation Proclamation, appeared in 1864. The proclamation was one of the achievements, after all, on which Lincoln based his campaign for reelection. According to bibliographer Charles Eberstadt, who in 1950 located fifty-two separate printings of the document (many elaborately illustrated), seven editions were published in 1862, seventeen in 1863, and seventeen more in 1864. The motivation seems clear: 1862 was the year Lincoln issued the preliminary proclamation; 1863 was the newsworthy 'year of the jubilee' when the final proclamation took effect; and 1864 was a presidential election year, which likely explains the continued healthy output" - THE UNION IMAGE. The print at hand presents the text of the proclamation in cursive script within an oval window. Above the text are depictions of Justice and Columbia beneath a bald eagle, with the word "EMANCIPATION" printed between them. Surrounding the text of the proclamation are vignettes depicting the contrast between free and enslaved life. The left side features emblematic scenes of the horrors of slavery, including overseers firing at runaways, workers being whipped in the fields, and families being separated at the auction block. These are contrasted with the vignettes on the right side of the print, which include an extended family of free Blacks gathered happily around a hearth, children going off to a building labeled "PUBLIC SCHOOL" with an American flag waving above it, and free laborers picking up their paychecks from the cashier. Below the text is an oval portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and an illustration of a group in prayer with text above them reading "Give thanks all ye people, give thanks to the Lord." This variant printing of Eberstadt 33 differs slightly from all other recorded examples It is slightly larger, and there are minor changes to the images, including a different portrait of Lincoln. The second vignette on the left side is also completely changed (although both depict an overseer whipping laborers picking cotton). Additionally, this edition states only 'Copyright Secured' without a date, rather than printing the full "Entered according to Act of Congress..." notice. The publisher, Samuel W. Martin of Madison, had been working with lithographer Louis Lipman of Milwaukee since at least 1861, so it is possible that this variant precedes the one recorded by Eberstadt. In any case, both versions of this print are remarkably rare - OCLC records copies at only five institutions: Harvard, North Central Missouri College, the University of Delaware, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and the Connecticut State Library. We also locate a color copy at the Library of Congress.

Offered by William Reese Company.

 

Medallion portrait on parchment within an elaborate enameled vitrified brass frame

SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA


[Italy?, 18th century]. An oval medallion gouache portrait of St. Ignatius of Loyola on parchment (56 x 46 mm.), backed in paper (visible on verso) and set within an oval border of gold ribbon, metallic gold embroidery, and parallel silver ribbons, displayed behind a vitrified brass plaque (194 x 138 mm.), enameled in gold with a wreath surrounded by volutes and stylized leaves with touches of red highlighting, the winged bust of a cherub at the foot, the inner "recessed" part of the frame left transparent and painted with a diaper pattern behind which is visible a silvery wale textile, the outer background painted black; on the verso the backing of blackened parchment(?) is visible, with at center the stitched and taped-on paper backing to the medallion***

Vitrified brass, parchment, gold paint, textile, paper ... this carefully constructed and visually effective devotional image is an outlier both materially and iconographically. The founder of the Jesuit order is shown in his usual black cassock, on a blue background with a subtly glowing halo. He touches a holy image of the Virgin which hangs around his neck on a blue string. Her blue attire and the blue of the sky behind her mirror the background of the main portrait. The image of Mary alludes to the Saint's vision, but its presence is unusual, Ignatius being more often shown holding a book, often bearing the IHS monogram. This depiction of a holy image within a holy image was intended to move the viewer to a state of heightened devotion.

In further visual cross-references, the silver-striped cloth echoes the silver strips immediately framing the portrait, and the gold of the enameled volutes reflects the more discreetly rich gold of the embroidered frame. These various media set the sober portrait in reserve from its boisterous frame, creating depth and fostering a meditative state of mind in the viewer.

Offered by Musinsky Rare Books.

 

Danse Macabre

by Stephen King


New York: Everest House, 1981 First edition, limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by King, this being number 88. Publisher's black cloth, with facsimile signature in gilt to front board, red leather label to spine lettered in gilt, red topstain, and red endpapers; in its original red publisher's case. A tiny bit of staining to top edge of text block, else fine book; near fine publisher's slipcase, with some scuffing to bootom edge and a couple of very light marks to one side. In its original glassine wrapper, without any chips or tears. Overall, a nearly pristine copy, with an early King signature. In Danse Macabre, Stephen King writes about the history of the horror genre, and gives his opinions on notable horror novels, radio shows, and TV shows. He dedicates the book to six "great writers of the macabre" who were still alive when he wrote the book: Robert Bloch, Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Frank Belknap Long, Donald Wandrei, and Manly Wade Wellman. A New York Times reviewer writes that the book's self-indulgent tone could be overlooked "since the flood of [King's] prose is swept along by so much warm affection for a sort of writing that, outside a narrow circle, is often underappreciated." . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 

Offered by B&B Rare Books.

 

Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. (Signed First Edition)

by Eve Babitz


New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED on the front endpaper by author Eve Babitz.

Babitz's second book, a worthy follow-up to her successful 1974 debut "Eve's Hollywood." Fine in an about Fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

Offered by Royal Books.

 

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones



New York: Greenwillow Books, 1986. First American edition. [x], 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth and raspberry boards. Fine copy in fine dust jacket illustrated by Jos. A. Smith (a tiny scuff on back panel). First American edition. [x], 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Excellent, inventive fantasy set in the land of Ingary, displaying the author's characteristic wit and playfulness. Diana Wynne Jones is "probably the premier UK writer of children's Fantasy in the late twentieth century (SFE). Source for the acclaimed animated film by Miyazaki.

Offered by James Cummins Bookseller.

 

COUNT BASIE (1942) Autographed portrait



[Np. No binding. Fine. Np, 1942. Vintage original 10 x 8] (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white photo, archivally matted. Fine. A remarkably early autographed portrait, signed "To Betty Parker who knows all the records and bands - Swingcerely, Count Basie 3-10-42" Parker clearly was a jazz aficionado. 

Offered by Walter Reuben, Inc.

 

SICK HEART RIVER

by John Buchan



London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's last novel. Posthumously published, it tells the story of a man diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis who finds salvation in the Canadian North. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Tiny period bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Minor edgewear to the dust jacket, with some neat paper tape reinforcement to the verso; otherwise very good.

Offered by Johnson Rare Books & Archives.

 

Romeo et Juliette. With 10 lithographs by Salvador Dali.



Portfolio with 10 lithographs in color signed in red and blue crayon by Dali. The prints are guarded in the original silky red folder, each signed print in tissue guards with printed captions in Italian. The suite is from a DeLuxe edition. Rizzoli Editore Milano, 1975 Ref: Lopsinger #1601. 

Offered by Marinart.

 

Collection of 5 LEGO SYSTEM Promotion Pamphlets, Brochures, and Instructional Guides [GERMAN]



Hohenwestedt/Horsens: Lego Spielwaren/ Hagen & Sievertsen, 1963. Softcover. g to vg. Photo-illustrated multicolored wrappers. Folded and/or staple-bound.

Content:
1) Guide for the Esso Service station. Folded. ca. 1956
2) Lego System - brochure for a 14 different LEGO sets. Illustrated glossy wrappers, with flaps. 32 pages. ca. 1957-1959. Text block disbound.
3) Lego System. 4-fold brochure. "Das Spielzeug für jedes alter". ca.1957-1960.
4) Lego System. 18 page promotional booklet for a variety of Lego sets, showing individual parts and pieces with pricing information. ca. 1962. Stapled.
5) Lego System - "Hobby und Modellbau" brochure. 1963. 12 pages. Lithographically printed. Stapled wrappers. Set designed for architecturally inclined adults.

All text in German.

Some wrappers with minor to light rubbing and or creasing. A few small closed tears. Wrappers and pages in good to very good condition overall.

Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller.

 

ORIGINAL "BUCK ROGERS" MOVIE POSTER (Signed)

by SILLA, FELIX; GADINO, VICTOR


Universal Studios, 1979. One Sheet Style B (measures 27 in. x 41 in.) In Good plus condition with light age toning, light creasing, and light wear to corners, edges, and original folding lines. Signed and inscribed by the actor, Felix Silla.

Offered by Second Story Books.

 

Jaws

by PETER BENCHLEY


Stated First Edition/First Printing with the "O44" code to page 311 and the $6.95 price to the front flap; a Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. An exceptional copy of this classic work; basis for the seminal film; uncommon in the first printing and in this condition. This copy is in near fine condition showing only some light rubbing to the edges and faint soiling to the boards and exterior text block; housed in a crisp and clean very good or better dust jacket that shows mild rubbing and creasing to the edges and corners, and some light rubbing along the folds and flap edges. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Offered by Grayshelf Books.

 

In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies

by OUTRAM, JAMES


New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 466 pp. 8vo. Green cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine and green, white, and gold illustration of the Canadian Rockies embossed on the cover. Spine titling has faded. General wear and scuffing overall. Guttter on front pastedown beginning to split but tight to text block, same with rear.

Offered by Craig Olson Books.

 

THE WRITINGS OF MARK TWAIN - Author's Edition De Luxe (25 Volumes)

by TWAIN, MARK. (CLEMENS, SAMUEL)


London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Author's Edition De Luxe, with distinctive ALS by Twain and manuscript pages in different volumes unique to this set - 25 volumes, Volumes I - IV are dated 1899; Volumes V - XXIII 1900; and, Volumes XXIV and XXV dated 1907. (Although all leather spine bindings are dated 19000 at the foot.) Limitation states 620 copies, with 600 for sale in Great Britain but actually 250 printed in the United States with statement of The Hartford Press on the verso of title page, this set #121, signed by Twain as both Twain and Clemens on the limitation page of Volume I. Bound-in at limitation page of Volume I is a one-page ALS (not recorded by McBride) from Twain to American Publishing Company publisher Elisha Bliss ("Friend Bliss") dated Feb 15 (18)75 (from the secretarial notation on the verso) in which Twain discusses copyright for Lotos Leaves in Gill's name, with reference to what Elderkin might do. ("Lotos Leaves" was an anthology of essays, stories and poems by American and British authors and members of the Lotos Club of New York City, published by William H Gill of Boston in 1875; John Elderkin was another contributor to the anthology. Twain contributed the short story "My Hermit".) After that is bound in a leaf from the original manuscript of "A Tramp Abroad" in purple ink with Twain's edits in black ink. In Volume V bound in at limitation page is 2 page facsimile of a letter dated Vienna, Oct 25 (18)97 in which Twain discusses a photograph of him being "pulled around the globe", which we interpret as a facetious commentary on the accompanying photo - which was doctored - of Twain being pulled in a horse- and bull-drawn cart driven by an old African American gentleman and a younger Black boy. In Volume X, "The Gilded Age", bound-in at the limitation page is a leaf from the original manuscript in black ink of that same title.in Twain's hand, followed by another leaf, in purple ink, in the hand of Chas. Dudley Warner, co-author, of the same title. (Each manuscript leaf has before it a hand-lettered identification page in red ink.) The set is uniformly bound in handsome, brown ¾ crushed morocco with 6 compartments in gilt and raised bands to spine, gilt top edge, sides uncut and silk ribbon markers. The internals of the set are well-preserved, absent any imperfection, save an almost imperceptible damp stain shallowly traversing the top and bottom margins of the front and rear signatures of Volume I. The Chatto & Windus title page of each volume - with Clemens' monogram surrounded illustrated references to events in Twain's life - is designed by Tiffany, etched by H.W. Bicknell, with frontispieces and full page text illustrations of many volumes by artists including Dan Beard and Thomas Fogarty. The set has no bookplates or ownership markings.

Offered by Johnnycake Books.

 

The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud (three volumes).

by (MADELEINE L'ENGLE) JONES, ERNEST.


NY:: Basic Books,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953-1957. Hardcover. Complete in three volumes. Volume 1: The Formative Years and the Great Discoveries, 1856-1900. Volume 2: Years of Maturity, 1901-1919. Volume 3: The Last Phase, 1919-1939. This set is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle, 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME, and bears her handwritten name (Madeleine Franklin - her married name) and her husband's on the front paste-down of the first two volumes. The first volume is a third printing, the other two volumes are stated first editions. All volumes are very good in very good (minor shelf wear and foxing) dust jackets. 

Offered by Grendel Books.

 

Kate Greenaway Pictures



London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1921. Kate Greenaway's "Pictures"

[GREENAWAY, Kate, illustrator]. Kate Greenaway Pictures. From Originals Presented by Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished). With an Appreciation by H.M. Cundall...London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1921.

First edition. Quarto (12 x 9 3/4 inches; 305 x 245 mm.). [7], 8-11, [12-52] pp. Mounted frontispiece portrait of Greenaway (ca. 1895) and twenty mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards.

Original olive green cloth over beveled boards with beige cloth spine. Front cover lettered in gilt and dark green. Spine lettered in dark green. Top edge trimmed, others uncut. Green marbled endpapers. Slight staining to bottom left corner of front cover. Previous owner's neat gift inscription dated 1921. A very good copy. In the original beige dust jacket printed in olive green, lightly rubbed and with small piece missing from front flap.

Offered by David Brass Rare Books.

 

Five (5) Handmade c.1930 Paper Doll Family -- 4.5" to 9.5



1930. Good to very good. The occasional small crease or short tear. Minor toning, dust soiling.. Charming and naive, this set of paper dolls includes five (5) handmade paper dolls along with matching outfits and accessories. Together they make a family consisting of mother, father, and three children. Each doll is contained in a cardboard folder repurposed from wrappers made from card. One of the charming qualities about this set is that each was named and renamed in pencil several times on the outside of the folder. Each doll or outfit has been colored with colored pencil. In total, there are dozens of outfits and accessories for the family.

"Edward Robert Moore", an adult of unknown age, is a 9.5" doll with twenty (20) full outfits, nine (9) tops, three (3) bottoms, five (5) overcoats, one (1) golf club bag accessory, and an envelope with several hats and miscellaneous accessories.

"Joanne Nancy Moore", age 12, is a 6.25" doll with twenty-seven (27) dresses, six (6) full outfits with pants or shorts, two (2) skirts, six (6) tops, five (5) coats, and three envelopes with accessories or smaller outfits/undergarments.

"Joan Elizabeth Moore", age 12, is a 6.5" doll with forty-three (43) dresses, five (5) full outfits with pants or shorts, four (4) coats, two (2) skirts, six (6) tops, and three envelopes of accessories or smaller outfits/undergarments.

"Robert Edward Moore", age 5, is a 4.5" doll with thirty-six (36), eleven (11) coats, seven (7) tops, and four envelopes for accessories or smaller outfits/undergarments. 

Offered by Eclectibles.

 

The Tin Star

by John Cunningham


Springfield: Colliers, 1947. First Edition. Wrappers. Very good. 1st appearance in print, anywhere, of the story adapted by Carl Foreman for the legendary 1952 Western film, High Noon starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Original pictorial wrappers, very good, untouched, complete, clean, and integral. The 85-minute movie runs in nearly real time, from about 10:30 AM to just after Noon, serving as a reminder that, we are here, it is now, and all the rest is a dream. Cooper won the Oscar for Best Actor, the A.F.I. ranked High Noon the 27th best picture of all time in 2007, and in 2008, they cited it as the number 2 Western.

Offered by Biblioctopus.

 

A ROOM WITH A VIEW

by E.M. Forster



New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Very good plus.. First Knopf printing of this English romance set against the churches and galleries of Florence, originally published in the UK by Edwin Arnold in 1908 and in the US by Putnam in 1911.

In her foundational critical work on the history of the romance novel, Pamela Regis devotes an entire chapter to A ROOM WITH A VIEW, arguing that it not only meets every requirement for an "ideal" romance, but is consciously structured with a double layer of symbolism and reality to pave the way to a happy ending: "Where Austen employed [the romance novel's formal elements] quietly, submerging them into the narrative, Forster manipulates them brazenly" (100). As with many romances, A ROOM WITH A VIEW is not without its additional complexity: the touches of modern cynicism sewn into an Edwardian narrative mixed with mythic parallels makes an altogether striking composition.

7.25'' x 5''. Original orange cloth stamped in black. Ornamental endpapers. 318 pages. Light edgewear and bumping. Some soil to boards, moderate soil to top edge.

Offered by Type Punch Matrix.

 

He's still on his lunch hour - but I'll take the nickel

by MCKAY, DOROTHY


No place, 1945. Original cartoon by Esquire's first female cartoonist, Dorothy McKay, published in the April 1945 issue. McKay enjoyed her longest professional relationship with Esquire, whose founders embraced her edgy sense of humor, often deemed too brash or risqué for publication in magazines like The New Yorker and Collier's. Bowing to the sexist standards of the time, McKay was asked to sign her work simply "D. McKay" for her the first decade of her tenure with Esquire so that her illustrator husband Donald would be credited. By the time this full-page color cartoon appeared, on page 59 of the April 1945 issue, McKay had definitively asserted her authorship; while she signs "McKay" here, other Esquire cartoons bore her full name. This street scene slyly satirizes the language of labor and class division, among McKay's favorite subjects. A classic example of Esquire humor by one of the most celebrated funny ladies in American cartoon history. Watercolor, ink, and wash on illustration board, image measuring 15 x 10.5 inches on sheet measuring 20 x 14 inches. Signed "McKay" in lower left image; captioned by McKay in pencil, lower margin and verso. Esquire acquisition date stamp on verso. Light toning, a few marginal stains from prior framing.

Offered by Honey & Wax Booksellers.

 

Christmas is Together-Time (First Edition, inscribed by Charles and Joyce Schulz)

by CHARLES SCHULZ


San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1964. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Charles Schulz and his wife Joyce on the front endpaper: "For Sue with every best wish for a Merry Christmas / Joyce + Charles Schulz."

Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a short closed tear on the rear panel, and a tiny splash on the right edge of the front panel.

Offered by Royal Books.

 

 

We Seven. By the Astronauts Themselves. (Signed, First Edition)

CARPENTER, M. Scott, COOPER, L. Gordon, Jr., GLENN, John H., Jr., GRISSOM, Virgil I., SCHIRRA, Walter M., Jr., SHEPARD, Alan B., Jr., SLAYTON, Donald K. 



New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. Octavo, original black cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket.

First edition of this comprehensive and engaging first-hand account of the genesis of America's manned space program, inscribed "To J— John Glenn," richly illustrated with photographs, in original dust jacket.

"The first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort… In volunteering to entrust their lives to Mercury's spirit and Atlas' strength to blaze a trail for man into the empyrean, they chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance, circumstance, technology and history had prepared for them" (Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander, 164-65). This volume offers a cohesive chronicle of the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of the those who pioneered it, with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections. Containing numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations, color photographic endpapers and title page. This copy is inscribed by Mercury astronaut John Glenn, the third American in space and the first to orbit the earth. He later served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1974 to 1999. A fine copy. 

Offered by Bauman Rare Books.

 

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

by CHRISTIE, AGATHA


New York: Dodd Mead, 1940. Exceedingly scarce first U.S. edition, the first edition with this title. Originally published in the UK with a racist term in the title. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is the world's best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling books of all time. Adapted numerous times for film, radio, stage, and television. Good to very good with some tanning to upper and lower spine areas; in fair to good price-clipped dust jacket with portions of upper and lower spine missing, few areas of internal archival-tape repair, and rubbed creasing to front panel. Scarce to rare in dust jacket. 

Offered by Quill & Brush.

 

 

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