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
![American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976 [18 vols.]. Lee Ash, eds](/images/noimage.png)
1946. Ash, Lee, et al., eds. American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976. Various places. 18 vols. (old and new series). Close to 200 issues, lacking 3 (May 1972, January and February 1974). Overall very good paperbounds (light normal storage wear and age browning; one cover is quite browned and shows... More about American Notes & Queries: 1946-1950, 1962-1976 [18 vols
1912. [Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur]. The Story of a Printing House, being a Short Account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes. London: Spottiswoode 1912. 2nd ed. 60p + several pls. Good hardcover (boards, cloth spine). Frontispiece detached, scattered foxing throughout. ** The author was then one of the directors of the firm... More about The Story of a Printing House [Strahan, Spottiswoode
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
![Calder [1949]. Buchholz Gallery / Curt Valentin](/pictures/thumb/A6273.jpg?v=1566318289)
1949. Buchholz Gallery / Curt Valentin, New York. Calder. Exhibition catalogue, November 30-December 17, 1949. [12]p, 20 ills. (including 18 line ills. by Calder). Very good paperbound (covers lightly soiled, toned). ** Poem "The Studio of Alexander Calder" by Andre Masson. The show consisted of 17 mobiles, illustrated by drawings... More about Calder [1949
![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
2009. Conn, Peter. The American 1930s: A Literary History. Cambridge 2009. 265p, a few ills. Very good paperbound. ** Good survey of many genres of literature, set against the decade's historical events. (In print at $46.99). More about The American 1930s: A Literary History
![The Railway Alphabet [ca. 1867-73]. Dean, Son, publisher](/pictures/thumb/A6023.jpg?v=1563656813)
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
![The Water Flowers [first ed. in d.j.]. Edward Gorey](/pictures/thumb/A6255.jpg?v=1564508858)
1982. Gorey, Edward. The Water Flowers. NY: Congden & Weed 1982. Stated 1st ed. [64]p, many ills. Near fine hardcover (edges lightly shelf rubbed) in very good unclipped d.j. ** "A curious culinary adventure incorporating a caveat against Lesser Literature...." Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the... More about The Water Flowers [first ed. in d.j
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
1965. Hilles, Frederick W. and Harold Bloom, eds. From Sensibility to Roamanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick A. Pottle. NY: Oxford University Press 1965. 585p + many pls. Very good hardcover (covers faded at edges) in good d.j. (some tears) ** Twenty-six essays "tracing the main movement of English poetry from... More about From Sensibility to Roamanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick Pottle
![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
1990. Hunter, J. Paul. Before Novels: The Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century English Fiction. NY: Norton 1990. 421p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** Investigates 17th-century "ephemeral journalism, moralistic tracts, quention-and-answer columns, 'wonder' narratives," etc., as previously overlooked sources of the early 18th-century novel. (In print at $25.00). More about Before Novels: Cultural Contexts of Eighteenth Century English Fiction
1903. An Iowa Girl [Belle Owen]. A Prairie Winter. NY: Outlook Company 1903. 164p, no ills. Very good hardcover (covers faded). No d.j., if issued. ** A "remembrance/diary" that is "largely autobiographical," although catalogued by OCLC as fiction. This "lyrical description" of the Mokena area of rural Illinois is "one... More about A Prairie Winter
1936. Jaloux, Edmond, introd. Texts by Andre Jaulme and Henri Moncel. Cinquantenaire du Symbolisme [title page]. [Front cover reads: Le Mouvement symboliste: Etude bibliographique et iconographique.] Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale 1936. xix, 253p + several pls. Fair paperbound (covers firmly taped on but poor because they are torn). In French. **... More about Cinquantenaire du symbolisme [Le Mouvement symboliste
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
![Margarethe Krieger: Holzschnitte zu Brecht [signed]. Karl Krolow, fwd](/pictures/thumb/A6219.jpg?v=1560971308)
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
1972. Lewis, Charles Lee. Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood 1972 (1st pub. 1943). 318, a few line ills. Very good hardcover. No d.j., as issued. Survey and reading lists of nautical books of all kinds: short stories and poetry from several lands, voyages... More about Books of the Sea: An Introduction to Nautical Literature
