EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON.
New York: The Macmillan Co.), n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 36 pages. Four early essays on Robinson. With a portrait. READ MORE about EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10143
New York: The Macmillan Co.), n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers. 36 pages. Four early essays on Robinson. With a portrait. READ MORE about EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 10143
Translated, with Prologue and Notes, by Norman R. Shapiro.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 242, (2) pages. Translated, with Prologue and Notes, by Norman R. Shapiro. First edition. With woodcuts by David Schorr. Fables from numerous French authors accompanied by woodcut illustrations. READ MORE about THE FABULISTS FRENCH, VERSE FABLES OF NINE CENTURIES
Price: $11.00 Order nr. 98755
Translated by W.G. Waters. Illustrated by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes.
London: Privately Printed for Members of the Society of Bibliophiles, 1898. 8vo. publisher's green cloth, gilt, top edges gilt. 399; 359; 401; 315 pages. Translated by W.G. Waters. Illustrated by Jules Garnier and E. R. Hughes. Limited to 1500 sets, of which this is one of 500 sets printed on Japanese Vellum. Contains tissue guards. Untrimmed edges. Minor rubbing to the cloth boards and spines, all four volumes shaken. A collection of stories by Italian..... READ MORE about THE FACETIOUS NIGHTS OF FRANCESCO STRAPAROLA
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 139154
Williamstown: Chapin Library, 1977. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Two page foreword by Robert Volz followed by three page introduction by Kohn. READ MORE about FIRST BOOKS BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF JOHN S. VAN E. KOHN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15980
Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge
Berlin: Galerie Gerd Rosen, (1957); (1958); 1959; 1960. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12; 11(+1); (ii),39(+1); (ii),54 pages. Erlesenes und Erlebtes; Buch-Miniaturen, Zweite Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Dritte Folge; Buch-Miniaturen, Vierte Folge. This volume contains four special issues from Galerie Gerd Rosen in Berlin. The first commemorated the lawyer and book collector Otto Deneke, who had died the previous year, and includes original contributions from Rudolf Alexander Schröder (memories of Deneke and Rudolf Borchardt) and from Alfred von..... READ MORE about Galerie Gerd Rosen (Four special issues bound in one
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 88263
(Mainz): Gutenberg Gesellschaft, (1993). 8vo. paper boards. 77+(1) pages. Kleiner Druck no.110. With contributions by Dr. Anton M. Keim, Don Vicente González Lizondo, and others. Texts reproduced both in German and in Spanish. READ MORE about GUTENBERG-PREIS DER STADT MAINZ UND DER GUTENBERG-GESELLSCHAFT VERLIEHEN AN RICARDO J. VICENT...
Price: $7.00 Order nr. 77006
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1928. 8vo. boards (disbound). 83, 199 pages. Disbound copy. Front board detached. READ MORE about HANDELINGEN VAN DE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER NEDERLANDSCHE LETTERKUNDE TE LEIDEN EN LEVENSBERICHTEN HARER...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 31090
(København): Gyldendals Julebog, 1966. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74, (3) pages. First edition. H.C. Branner, the Danish writer, is known for his collections of short stories, including Om lidt er vi borte(Well Soon Be Gone, 1939) and To minutters stilhed(Two Minutes Silence, 1944). Illustrated with a picture of Branner. Pages unopened. In Danish. READ MORE about HC BRANNER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63016
N.P. Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1921. 4to. self paper wrappers, plastic protective folder. (ii), 15, (2) pages. Written in German. Limited to 400 numbered copies. With works by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ricarda Huch, Bruno Frank, Albrecht Schaeffer, Georg Trakl, and more. Minor wear and soiling, some small stains on front cover. READ MORE about HERBST DER DICHTER, EINE AUSLESE AUS WERKEN ZEITGENÖSSISCHER LYRIKER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 100931
(Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 1946). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (4) pages printed French fold. Limited to 75 numbered copies. Houghton Library Brochure Number Five. Nicely printed on fine paper. READ MORE about HOGARTH TO HIS WIFE, JUNE 6, 1749
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 89950
Volume IV complete in 9 issues.
Praha: n.p., 1924-25. large 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (viii), 312 pages. Volume IV complete in 9 issues. Nine issues, containing prose, poetry, drama, essays, and illustrations, of the monthly Czech periodical "Host" bound together in one volume. Volume IV 1924-25. This magazine, designed for the modern intellectual, contains the best work of 1924 and 1925 from Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Germany. Illustrated with reproductions of art work by artists such as Malevich, Gropius, and others..... READ MORE about HOST; MESICNIK PRO MODERNI KULTURU. IV
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 59882
Paris: Bibliotheue Nationale, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 19+(1) pages, with 4 illustrations. Catalogues nearly 150 items from the exhibition at the Bibliothèque Nationale, including plays, portraits, criticism, and items relating to Ibsen and France. Some wear to wrappers. READ MORE about IBSEN
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 47850
(Boston, MA: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1976). 8vo. self paper wrappers. viii, 208 pages. Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Winter 1976, Volumbe 105, Number 1 of the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Covers soiled with rubbing at exremities. Ink stamp for "w. ellsworh martin psychological sciences" on front cover. Spine tanned and corners bumped. READ MORE about IN PRAISE OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 102456
Being the entire issue of Books, The Journal of the National Book League, Autumn 1970.
London: National Book League, 1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 40 pages. Being the entire issue of Books, The Journal of the National Book League, Autumn 1970. Contains eight articles, dealing with the future of the novel and literature and others. READ MORE about IS THE BOOK DEAD?
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34809
New York: (Pierpont Morgan Library), 1975. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages. Preface by Charles Ryskamp followed by descriptions of the letters accompanied by four plates reproducing pages of letters. Nicely printed at the Stinehour Press. With the bookplate of H.P. Kraus on the inside front cover. A fine copy. READ MORE about JANE AUSTEN, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 90178
Council Bluffs, IA: Yellow Barn Press, (1996). 8vo. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, leather spine label. xi, 55, (3) pages. Limited to 225 numbered copies. Includes 25 tributes including ones by Simon Brett, P.D. James, H.R.F. Keating, Alan Ross, George Sims and others. Printed by hand by Neil Shaver at his private press. A lovingly produced tribute. READ MORE about JULIAN SYMONS REMEMBERED, TRIBUTES FROM FRIENDS. COLLECTED BY JACK WALSDORF AND KATHLEEN SYMONS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 44687
(College Park, MD): University of Maryland at College Park, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 36 pages. Exhibition at the McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, on the 100th anniversary of Porter's birth. Introduction by Blanche T. Ebeling-Koning, Curator of Rare Books and Literary Manuscripts. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Curator's business card laid in. READ MORE about KATHERINE ANNE PORTER AT ONE HUNDRED: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 116015
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1883. 8vo. original cloth, top edge gilt. xv, 280 pages. First edition. (BAL 3220). Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked, wear to spine ends. Rubbing to the edges of the boards, minor spotting to covers. Large piece missing from 2nd front free endpaper. Much information on this popular author of books for juveniles. READ MORE about LETTERS OF LYDIA MARIA CHILD WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY JOHN G. WHITTIER AND AN APPENDIX...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27675
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 388 pages. First edition. Untermeyer has added commentary. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ROBERT FROST TO LOUIS UNTERMEYER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 98725
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1948). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 63+(1) pages. Contains 32 letters. With a presentation by Frances White Emerson on the half-title page in ink.Edges tanned, some wear and soiling. with small paper loss at top corner in front. Front hinge cracked. READ MORE about LETTERS TO FRANCES WHITE EMERSON FROM W. GRAHAM ROBERTSON
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 101835
2 volumes.
London: n.p., 1930. 8vo. later limp cloth. 2 volumes. Edited by Desmond MacCarthy. With contributions by Cyril Connolly, Arthurs Symons, Aldous Huxley, Osbert Sitwell, John Hayward, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Logan Pearsall Smith and Lytton Strachey. Contains the following: Volume IV, 20 - 25 (1930 - 514 pages); 26 - 31 (464 pages). Also present are some loose issues with Stanley Unwin contributions. READ MORE about LIFE AND LETTERS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40780
Edited by John Lehmann.
London: London Magazine, 1954-. Edited by John Lehmann. Large run of 46 issues of this periodical filled with the works of Auden, Bowles, Sitwell, Gunn, Waugh, Priestley, Greene, Williams, Wilson, and many many others. Includes:
Volume 1. 3-11.
Volume 2. 1-6, 8-12.
Volume 3. 1-2, 4-12.
Volume 4. 1-12. (2 copies of No. 1 and No. 7)
Volume 5. 1. READ MORE about LONDON MAGAZINE, A MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 99806
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, n.d. (circa 1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. A exhibition catalogue with 23 unnumbered entries. READ MORE about THE LONG ARM OF THE SMALL TOWN, A CENTENARY EXHIBIT, SINCLAIR LEWIS 1885-1951
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 101481
With Illustrations by G. Bowers.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. 8vo. full brown calf (by Root & Son London), five raised bands, sporting scenes blind stamped on spine, top edge gilt, original red cloth bound-in at end. viii, 352 pages. With Illustrations by G. Bowers. D'Avigdor (1841-1895) wrote a number of hunting novels under the pseudonym of "The Wander." He was educated as an engineer and supervised many construction projects in the Middle East. D'Avigdor was an avid sportsman..... READ MORE about A LOOSE REIN BY "WANDERER"
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 90238
München: Stadtbibliothek München, 1967. 8vo. paper-covered boards. (ii), 143+(1) pages. This volume marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of German author Ludwig Thoma. The cover of this copy has faded especially on the spine. Otherwise it shows minor wear and soiling. The interior looks like new. A loosely laid-in plate indicates that this copy came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus. A list of lenders to the commemorative exhibition is..... READ MORE about LUDWIG THOMA, ZUM 100. GEBURTSTAG
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 91272