2010. Aronson, Judith. Likenesses: With the Sitters Writing about One Another. Manchester: 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. Large new paperbound. Signed by the photographer. ** Compelling, intimate... More
![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
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
![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
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
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
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
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
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
![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
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
![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
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
![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
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
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
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
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
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
1980. Towle, Tony. Works on Paper. Putnam Valley, NY: Swollen Magpie Press 1980. 2nd ptg. (1st pub. 1978). N.p. Very good paperbound. Signed by the author on title page. ** Poetry. Color cover by Larry Rivers. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate. More
1946. Various editors, including Lee Ash. 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
