These books include the newest arrivals to my ongoing offering of bookseller and auction Catalogues. More will follow. In stock are many more catalogues of US, UK, and European booksellers, including many from the 1920s-1950s. Please let me know if you're looking for a specific dealer or sale and I'll be glad to look for you! "Catalogues are the windows to the soul of the rare book trade"--John R. Payne, Great Catalogues by Master Booksellers.
1973. Ballerini, Luigi, ed. Italian Visual Poetry 1912-1972. NY: Finch College Museum / Istituto Italiano di Cultura 1973. 78p, many ills. and diagrams, some in color. Good to very good paperbound (covers soiled). Comb binding is intact and secure. ** Extensive exhibition catalogue, with a wealth of information: checklist of..... More
1947. Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers 1690-1820. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society 1947. 2 vols., totaling over 1500p, no ills. Good clean sturdy hardcover; no d.j. (as issued?). Covers rubbed in one area, corners bumped. ** An indispensable list of over 2100 newspapers published throughout the..... More
1996. Cahn, Walter. Romanesque Manuscripts: The Twelfth Century. London: Harvey Miller 1996. 2 vols. (1) Text and Illustrations, 256p, 410 ills. (16 in color). (2) Catalogue and Indexes, 224p. Fine hardcovers in very good d.j. ** Vols. 1 and 2 in the publisher's Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France, ed..... More
1958. Galerie Chalette. Group of 7 exhibition catalogues. NY, 1958-1965. Variously paged and illustrated, much color. Overall very good paperbounds (light handling wear). ** Sculpture by Painters (1958), Hepworth (1959), Structured Sculpture (1960), Gustave Singier (1962), Nicolas de Stael (1962), Kurt Schwitters (1963), Fernand Leger: The Figure (1965). Texts by..... More
1946. George Binet Gallery. Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Schonbauer. NY, n.d. [ca. 1947]. One sheet folded twice to make four pages, printed on one side. Good (handling wear, soil). ** Short text by Waldo Frank, checklist of 17 sculptures (chiefly mahogany and other woods) and 12 drawings..... More
1965. Halley, Anne. Between Wars & Other Poems. Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press 1965. 72p, a few ills. by Leonard Baskin. Fine hardcover in very good d.j. (sunned; neat short closed tear to top left of front panel). No. 377 of 500 copies. ** Title page printed in red and black..... More
1971. Hopkins, Gerard Manley. The Wreck of the Deutschland. Boston: David Godine 1971. Introd. by James Dickey. 35p. Fine hardcover (patterned paper over boards); no d.j., as issued. No. 223 of 1250 copies. ** Composed and printed by Enschede, Haarlem, in Lutetia type; typography by Bram de Does. Dickey calls..... More
1889. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston. A Catalogue of Books Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company 1889-90. Autumn 1889. [4], 132p, many ills. (portraits of authors with facsimile signatures). Fair paperbound: front cover detached, spine chipped, marginal stain to opening pages. Sewn binding is sound. ** Lists hundreds of books..... More
1935. Huntley, G. Haydn. Andrea Sansovino: Sculptor and Architect of the Italian Renaissance. Harvard University Press 1935. 155p + 73 ills. Good hardcover (covers scuffed); no d.j. Ex-lib. but the only mark is a barcode label on the rear endpaper. Owner's ink name, with note that the book was given..... More
1965. Martin Breslauer [firm]. Catalogue 99: Books Manuscripts Autograph Letters from the Renaissance to the Present Time. London, n.d. [1965?]. 182 items, many ills. (covers in color). Fully indexed. Good paperbound (covers soiled). ** We will be offering a large group of Breslauer catalogues going back to the 1930s; if..... More
1970. Parke-Bernet Galleries. Important Hebrew Manuscripts, Incunabula, & Printed Books, Choice Judaica Books from the Collection of the Late Michael Zagayski. NY, 1970. Sales 2976 and 3046. Over 500 lots, many ills. Very good paperbounds. ** Parts One and Two of this sale, complete. Prices realized laid in... More
1968. Parke-Bernet Galleries. The Library of Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit. NY, 1968. Sales 2676, 2707, 2723, Hundreds of lots, several ills. Very good paperbounds (sunned, lightly soiled, corners bumped). Prices realized laid in. ** Books, autographs, and manuscripts, chiefly British and American. Feinberg gave his large Whitman collection to the..... More
1969. Pepper, D. Stephen. Rhino Horn. Hackensack, NJ: Custombook, n.d. [1969]. 22p, 15 color pls. Fair paperbound (covers soiled, worn; tear mended to front cover bottom corner). ** Published to accompany the first Rhino Horn exhibition, at the New School for Social Research. The seven artists were Peter Dean, Jay..... More
1935. Quaritch, Bernard. Three milestone catalogues: 90th and 100th anniversaries + number 500. London. Variously paged and well illustrated (a little color in 500). Good paperbounds (handling soil, some cover wear; internally very good). ** Cat. 500: A Selection of Interesting Books on a Great Variety of Subjects (1935). Cat..... More
1946. Vandier, Michel. Cahier, March 1-April 9, 1946. N.p. Good paperbound (covers stained; internally very good except for one closed tear). ** Twelve-year-old French boy's exercise book, filled on every page with spelling, arithmetic, grammar, handwriting, and other lessons. They are written in mostly in purple ink on quadrilled paper..... More
2010. Vendler, Helen. Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries. Harvard University Press 2010. 535p, no ills. Fine hardcover in fine d.j. ** An illuminating guide to the style and imagination of Emily Dickinson, by a leading interpreter of her poetry. (In print at $35.00). More
