1927. American Art Association. Three auction catalogues of Charles Dickens books and manuscripts. NY, 1927 and 1929. Variously paged and illustrated. Very good paperbounds (covers soiled). No prices realized. ** The Renowned Collection of the Works of Charles Dickens Formed by Thomas Hatton (Dec. 7, 1927); First Editions Letters &..... More
American Art Association / Anderson Art Galleries. Two 1930s auctions featuring early manuscripts of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Sales 4073 (Jan. 4-5, 1934) and 4201 (Nov. 13-14, 1935). Totaling ca. 900 lots, several ills. Very good paperbounds (light cover soil). No prices realized. ** Sale 4073 (Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, Drawings)..... More
1937. American Art Association / Anderson Galleries. The Library Collected by the Late Joseph B. Shea, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NY, 1937 and 1938. Sales 4353 and 4359. Over 1000 items total, a few ills. of title pages. Very good paperbounds (light shelfsoil). No pricelists. ** Part I: Americana (with many captivity..... More
1923. Anderson Galleries, NY. The Library of John Quinn. Parts 1-5 (complete), 1923-24. Each, hundreds of lots, several ills. Unpriced. Good paperbounds (some covers lightly chipped, bottom corner of part 5 torn away, a few pages browned from newspaper clippings). Pencil notes on covers and occasionally inside. Overall sturdy and..... More
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
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
Barnard, P.M. An Illustrated Catalogue of Pamphlets, Broadsides, Poems, Satires, etc. 1575-1818 with a small collection of old maps [Catalogue 159]. London, n.d. [1920s]. 365 items, several line ills. Very good paperbound (covers age browned). ** Also includes plays. Selected author and subject index. Can be sent outside the US..... 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
1955. Driscoll, Emily [bookseller]. Catalogue 15: Autographs, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings, Association Books. NY, 1955. 69p (504 items), no ills. Fair paperbound (covers detached). ** Works from the Americas, Britain, and Europe, from ca. 1530 on. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
1934. Dulau & Co., London [bookseller]. Catalogue 220: Interesting Books in English Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 1934. 1011 items, no ills. Very good paperbound (covers sunned). ** Includes books formerly owned by John Addington Symonds, an extensive collection of Tennyson and Browning with many previously unrecorded variants..... More
![Trouble [signed 1st in d.j.]. Michael Gilbert](/pictures/thumb/A6492.jpg?v=1590764441)
1987. Gilbert, Michael. Trouble. NY: Harper & Row 1987. First edition. 253p. signed by Gilbert in ink on the title page, at the time of publication. Very good to fine hardcover in like d.j. ** thriller filled with racial tensions, international terrorists, and the IRA. His 27th book... 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
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
![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
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
![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
1983. Leach, Ken. Catalog "Unique" January 1983. Brattleborough, VT. 46p, no ills. Good stapled paperbound (light handling wear); duplicated typescript, as issued. ** Bookseller's catalogue of "odd volumes of American books, published in two or more volume sets prior to 1850, in original bindings." 805 items, including titles by Jane..... 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
1977. Masheck, Joseph, ed. Beat Art: Drawings by Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Whalen and Others from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University. NY, 1977. 38p, no ills. Good paperbound (covers smudged, outer rear pages browned (from clippings?). ** "An exhibition prepared by the seminar..... More
