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
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
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
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
1951. Hayward, John, introd. Literary Britain Photographed by Bill Brandt. London: Cassell 1951. 1st ed. Ca. 200p, 100 full-page photos. Good hardcover (bottom cover corners bumped, small white stain to top of front cover, slightly skewed) in fair d.j. (rubbed, edges torn). ** Brandt's moody photos of landscapes and buildings... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![Letters to Frank Harris, & Other Friends [1 of 400, signed]. Enid Bagnold, R P. Lister.](/images/noimage.png)
![The Old Town on the River: A Little Book of Visions [with ms. poem]. Flora Bullock.](/pictures/thumb/A5374.jpg?v=1539198058)
![Literary Britain Photographed by Bill Brandt [1951 1st in d.j.]. John Hayward, introd.](/pictures/thumb/A6155.jpg?v=1549378131)
![Belfast 1972 [in La Gaceta]. Seamus Heaney.](/pictures/thumb/A6031.jpg?v=1539198073)
![Quantities [first edition of author's first book, presentation copy]. Richard Howard.](/pictures/thumb/A5293.jpg?v=1539198057)
![The Baths of Pozzuoli: A Study of the Medieval Illuminations [etc.]. C. M. Kauffmann.](/pictures/thumb/A5799.jpg?v=1539198068)
![A Clutch of Vampires [Gorey jacket]. Raymond T. McNally.](/pictures/thumb/A6143.jpg?v=1549377412)