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
![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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![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
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
![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
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
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
![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
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
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
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
![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
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
1993. Machor, James L., ed. Readers in History: Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Contexts of Response. Johns Hopkins 1993. 285p, no ills. Very good paperbound. ** Eleven essays on Theory and the Historicizing of Reading Practices, Reading Communities and the Contexts of Inscribed Audience, and Reading and Writing against the..... 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
1943. Marco Page [Harry Kurnitz]. Fast Company. NY: Pocket Books August 1943. 204p, color cover design by Leo Manso. Fair paperbound (worn from reading but binding and paper very sturdy; light dampstain to bottom of opening pages). ** A bibliomystery: "rare books and raw murder mix." PB 222. First published..... More
