2010. Aronson, Judith. Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another. Manchester, UK: Lintott Press 2010. 132p, many large photos by Aronson printed in duotone. Fwd. by Charles Saumarez Smith, formerly head of the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery. Very good paperbound. Signed by the photographer. ** Compelling... More about Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another
![Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends [1 of 400, signed]. Enid Bagnold, R P. Lister](/images/noimage.png)
1980. Bagnold, Enid; ed. by R.P. Lister. Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends. Andoversford: Whittington Press / London: William Heinemann, 1980. xxv, 77p + 5 tipped in pls., 1 in color. Fine hardcover (no d.j., as issued) in good slipcase (top edge splitting due to very tight fit of... More about Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends [1 of 400, signed
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 about Italian Visual Poetry 1912-1972
1968. Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature, vols. 1-5. Yale University Press, 1967-69 (1st pub. 1955 on). Hundreds of pages, some ills. Very good hardcovers (light shelfwear and soil; overall clean and sturdy). No d.j. (if issued?). ** From Henry Adams to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 5 is the 1969... More about Bibliography of American Literature, vols. 1-5
1941. Hatfield, C.W., ed. The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte. Columbia University Press 1941 (later ptg.). 262p + 4 pls. (facsimiles). Very good hardcover (no d.j.) ** Definitive edition, containing the poems published in 1846 plus 200 manuscripts gathered after Bronte's death. (In print at $95.) Can be sent... More about The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte
![The Old Town on the River: A Little Book of Visions [with ms. poem]. Flora Bullock](/pictures/thumb/A5374.jpg?v=1539198058)
1900. Bullock, Flora. The Old Town on the River: A Little Book of Visions. Lincoln, NE: "Arranged and Printed by Harry S. Stuff at The Ivy Press (Sign of the Ivy Leaf)" 1900. [52]p, many photos by Messrs. Tyson and Rice, and line ills. by Harriet Hershey. Fair hardcover (ask... More about The Old Town on the River: A Little Book of Visions [with ms. poem
1996. Colby, Virginia Reed, and James. B. Atkinson. Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony. Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society 1996. 525p, over 130 ills., several in color. Very good hardcover in very good d.j. ** "Brings together for the first time the biographies... More about Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire [etc
1989. Cowling, Mary. The Artist as Anthropologist: The Representation of Type and Character in Victorian Art. Cambridge University Press 1989. 391p, 340 ills. Very good hardcover in good d.j. (would be very good except for short tears to top). ** How Victorian painting and illustration "made a significant contribution to... More about The Artist as Anthropologist
1867. Dean & Son [publisher]. The Railway Alphabet. London, n.d. [ca. 1867-73]. A "Dean's Infantile Oil-Colour Toy Book." 4 leaves, 26 line ills. printed in red and black on one side of the leaves. Fair paperbound. Light green wrappers, printed in red and black on the insides and on the... More about The Railway Alphabet [ca. 1867-73
1948. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Nach altester Aufzeichnung. Frankfurt am Main: "Der Goldene Brunnen" 1948. 126p + 7 pls. by Karel Svolinsky, some in color. Very good paper-covered boards (spine and strip on front cover lightly faded, corners lightly shelf-bumped). No. 106 of 400 copies. In German. ** A beautifully... More about Faust [1 of 400 copies, ill. by Karel Svolinsky
1994. Guare, John. Eric Fischl: "The Travel of Romance." NY: Mary Boone Gallery 1994. N.p., ca. 15 color ills. on large plates. Very good hardcover (some shelfwear; internally fine). No d.j., as issued. ** Exhibition catalogue of five large oil paintings of nudes, also illustrated with details and related watercolors... More about Eric Fischl: "The Travel of Romance"
![Belfast 1972 [in La Gaceta]. Seamus Heaney](/pictures/thumb/A6031.jpg?v=1539198073)
1995. Heaney, Seamus. "Belfast 1972." In La Gaceta del Fondo de Cultura Economica. Tialpan, Mexico, December 1995. Issue number 300. 64p, several photos and other ills. Very good paperbound (light handling wear; cover corners creased). In Spanish. ** Heaney's text is translated from his volume of Selected Prose 1968-1978. The... More about Belfast 1972 [in La Gaceta
1933. Heartman, Charles F., and Harris B. Weiss, eds. The American Book Collector: July-December 1933 (vol. 4). Metuchen, NJ, 1933. Good paperbound (light cover wear and spine chipping); internally very good. ** Volume 4 in five loose issues, complete (including one double issue). Includes articles on Poe, trade cards of... More about The American Book Collector: July-December 1933 (vol. 4, complete
![Quantities [first edition of author's first book, presentation copy]. Richard Howard](/pictures/thumb/A5293.jpg?v=1539198057)
1962. Howard, Richard. Quantities: Poems by Richard Howard. Wesleyan University Press 1962. Stated first edition. 80p. Good paperbound (light wear, back cover stained). Warm presentation "For June & Jacques," dated 10/62. ** Howard's first book. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More about Quantities [first edition of author's first book, presentation copy
John Benjamins Antiquariat; Librairie D. Weil (Philippe Luigi). Joint Catalogue 2: Art & Literary Periodicals of the 20th Century. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, n.d. [1980s]. 467 detailed entries, many b&w ills. Very good large paperbound (light shelfwear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of a wide range of periodicals from the U.S. and Europe, many in..... More about Joint Catalogue 2: Art & Literary Periodicals of the 20th Century
![The Baths of Pozzuoli: A Study of the Medieval Illuminations [etc.]. C. M. Kauffmann](/pictures/thumb/A5799.jpg?v=1539198068)
1959. Kauffmann, C.M. The Baths of Pozzuoli: A Study of the Medieval Illuminations of Peter of Eboli's Poem. Oxford: Bruno Cassirer 1959. 104p + 114 ills., 1 tipped-in color pl. Very good hardcover in good d.j. Presentation from the author. ** Discusses the medicinal baths near Naples, Peter of Eboli... More about The Baths of Pozzuoli: A Study of the Medieval Illuminations [etc
1966. Krolow, Karl, fwd. Margarethe Krieger: Holzschnitte zu Brecht. Ludwigshafen: Galerie Lore Dauer, n.d. [1966]. [36]p, 16 large pls. Very good paperbound (front cover chipped, lightly stained). Signed by Krieger. ** Powerful expressionistic woodcuts illustrating works by Brecht. One of Krieger's early publications. Can be sent outside the U.S. for... More about Margarethe Krieger: Holzschnitte zu Brecht [signed
1939. Maggs Bros., Paris. Affiches romantiques illustrees: Accompagnees de quelques livres romantiques. Catalogue 13, 1939. 44p + several ills. (256 entries). Good paperbound (covers lightly soiled). ** Bookseller's catalogue of ca. 230 French romantic posters (for the theater, books, etc.) and 27 books of the period. Can be sent outside... More about Affiches romantiques illustrees [Cat. 13] [French Romantic Posters
1958. May, James Boyer. Little Magazines. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center 1958. [16]p, a few ills. Good paperbound (margins foxed). ** Exhibition checklist of little magazines and literary reviews from the collection of Dr. Marvin Sukov, with their addresses at the time. Some "are not strictly speaking little magazines, but like... More about Little Magazines
![A Clutch of Vampires [Gorey jacket]. Raymond T. McNally](/pictures/thumb/A6143.jpg?v=1549377412)
1974. McNally, Raymond T. A Clutch of Vampires. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society 1974. 1st ed. 255p, several ills. Very good hardcover in very good unclipped d.j. (short closed tear to bottom of front). ** Anthology of fiction and non-fiction about vampires, "these being among the best from history... More about A Clutch of Vampires [Gorey jacket
1930. Murger, Henri. Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme. Hartford: Edwin Valentine Mitchell and NY: Dodd, Mead, 1930. 306p, many small line ills. Good hardcover (light shelfwear; back cover scuffed); no d.j. ** The stories about Rodolphe, Mimi, Marcel, Musette, and the other 1840s bohemians that inspired Puccini's... More about Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme
1975. Please, Keith. Chesil Bank, South. Guildford: Circle Press 1975. [8]p, one topographical plate printed in blind relief. Good paperbound (covers lightly shelfworn, soiled, sunned). Bottom interior corner bumped, else internally very good to fine. No. 8 of 60 signed copies printed on J. Green rag-made paper. There were also... More about Chesil Bank, South [1 of 60 signed copies
1989. Slingerland, Jean Harris, ed. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5, Epitome and Index. University of Toronto Press 1989. Over 900p, no ills. Very good hardcover; no d.j. ** Indexes to vols. 1-4 (originally edited by Walter E. Houghton): thousands of contributors and their appearances; initials and... More about The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900: Vol. 5
1939. Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Artistic & Literary Property connected with Rossetti, Swinburne, Ford Madox Brown, etc. removed from "The Pines", 11 Putney Hill (The Home of A.C. Swinburne and Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton). London, 1939. Auction catalogue, unnumbered. 21p (82 lots) + 5 pls. Very good paperbound. Bookseller ticket... More about Catalogue of Artistic & Literary Property...Rossetti, Swinburne [etc
1930. Sotheby, London. Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Remaining Library of John Ruskin. 1930. 122 lots, 1 plate. Good paperbound (cover soil and wear). ** "Comprising the autograph manuscripts of Fors Clavigera, a great part of Praeterita, and many works on art and literature, lectures, etc.; the notes and material... More about Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Remaining Library of John Ruskin
