RANDALL JARRELL.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1967. 8vo. paper wrappers. With a bibliography. A very good copy. READ MORE about RANDALL JARRELL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 6599
Washington: Library of Congress, 1967. 8vo. paper wrappers. With a bibliography. A very good copy. READ MORE about RANDALL JARRELL
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New York: Random House, 1933. cloth, leather spine label. 262 pages. First edition, limited to 487 numbered copies. Best bibliography to-date. Covers faded, cloth spine label wrinkled. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF ROBINSON JEFFERS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 41863
Catalogue 125.
Austin: The Jenkins Co., 1979. thick 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Catalogue 125. With many illustrations. Corner bumped. READ MORE about FIVE CENTURIES OF PRINTING 1450-1978, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE WORK FROM EACH OF THE PAST 500 YEARS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 1257
Austin: The Jenkins Co., 1974. 4to. paper wrappers. 100 priced items. READ MORE about WORKS OF GENIUS A CATALOGUE AND A COMMENTARY BY JOHN H. JENKINS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 1002
N.P. (Pittsburg): n.p. (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation), 1979. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers in yellow report folder. 103-114 pages. Offprint from Huntia, Volume 3, No. 2 ,1979. This volume is a journal of botanical history. Small tear on front wrapper. With the pencil and ink signatures of Gavin Bridson. READ MORE about "A CONCORDANCE OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REFERENCES TO REVIEWS IN BOTANICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES BY...
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Foreword by Guy Maddin
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 272 pages. Foreword by Guy Maddin. Following up on his well-received bibliography of first edition sources for American film noir of the 1940s, Kevin Johnson's new bibliography The Dark Page II explores the second half of the classic American period, covering the years 1950-1965. Ground rules for noir style were by this time firmly established in Hollywood, and new techniques and..... READ MORE about THE DARK PAGE II: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1950-1965
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Foreword by Guy Maddin
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2009. 9 x 12 inches. cloth, slipcase. 272 pages. Foreword by Guy Maddin. Deluxe version, limited to 110 copies, with a slipcase and a colophon page signed by Guy Maddin and Kevin Johnson. Following up on his well-received bibliography of first edition sources for American film noir of the 1940s, Kevin Johnson's new bibliography The Dark Page II explores the second half of the classic American period, covering the..... READ MORE about THE DARK PAGE II: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1950-1965
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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, (2008). 9 x 12 inches. cloth with dust jacket. 384 pages. First edition, second printing. The literary origins of the American film noir cycle are more convoluted than a plot contrived by Raymond Chandler after a too-long night at Musso and Frank. Kevin Johnson has paired his obsessions with film and literature to illuminate even the murkiest connections. Identifying every 1940s American film noir with a published literary source..... READ MORE about THE DARK PAGE: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1940-1949
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 98426
Waltham: Mark Press, 1969. thick 8vo. cloth. xviii, 553 pages. Fourth edition, sixth printing and limited to 500 copies. The best edition of this bibliography of American literature. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 12418
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1942). 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xviii, 553 pages. Fourth edition. The best edition of this excellent bibliography of American literature. Spine faded; Tape marks along edges of pastedown and endpaper. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 20965
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1932. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. x, 390 pages. Second edition, limited to 1000 copies. Rubbed. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 30895
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1942). 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xviii, 553 pages. Fourth edition. The best edition of this excellent bibliography of American literature. Boards worn with front and rear cover almost detached. Cloth on spine detached. With many additional notes either written in or pasted in. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
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Revised and Enlarged by Jacob Blanck.
Cambridge, MA: Research Classics, 1962. thick 8vo. cloth. xviii, 553 pages. Revised and Enlarged by Jacob Blanck. Fourth edition, fourth printing and limited to 500 copies. The best edition of this bibliography of American literature. Presenttion on front free endpaper "The ever-patient Annie - from Jake (this unpretty mouse from the labors of the mountains -)." READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
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New York: R.R. Bowker Co., (1942). 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. xviii, 553 pages. Fourth edition. The best edition of this excellent bibliography of American literature. Back cover spotted. Back inside hinge broken with covers detached from book block. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126849
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1929. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, top edge gilt. viii, 242 pages. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Printed by D.B. Updike at his Merrymount Press. The first edition of this landmark bibliographical reference tool. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECK LISTS OF THE WORKS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE AMERICAN...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 6657
Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1971. 8vo. cloth. 114 pages. Reprint of the limited 1929 first edition. Fine condition. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about HIGH SPOTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE A PRACTICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF LITERARY ESTIMATE OF...
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N.P. University of Utah, 1957. 4to. tape backed stiff paper wrappers. various pagination. A selective bibliography of the Tillman D. Johnson collection of the University of Utah. Edges soiled, spine has rip on bottom and loss at top, staples rusted. READ MORE about THE TILLMAN D. JOHNSON COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSIY OF UTAH
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3 volumes.
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. tall 4to. cloth. (xi),142 leaves; (viii),143-300 leaves,(12); xii,220 pages. 3 volumes. Reprints of the first editions first issued in 200 copies. Bibliographical description and reproduction of the title pages of 300 of the rarest books in the collection. A.S.W. Rosenbach made one of the great purchases of his career when he bought the Jones Americana library in 1939 for a little less than a quarter million dollars. READ MORE about ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA, 1492-1897, THE ROMANCE OF VOYAGE AND DISCOVERY FROM SPAIN TO THE INDIES,...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 28338
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 240 pages. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Spine of jacket faded. Jacket is wrinkled. Front gutter cracked through. Thousands of books listed and still a valuable reference. READ MORE about GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUND SINCE 1890
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1974). 8vo. cloth. xii, (ii), 264 pages. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Thousands of books listed. Covers soiled. READ MORE about GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUND SINCE 1890
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London: The Nether Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 196 pages. Nether Press Bibliographies, Miscellaneous Series CI. A bibliography of the work of American poet and black power advocate Leroi Jones, who changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka. Introduction and acknowledgments. List of abbreviations. Includes both Jones's works and works about him. Index. Stamped pattern obliterates text on copyright page. READ MORE about LEROI JONES (IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA): A CHECKLIST OF WORKS BY AND ABOUT HIM
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 115012
Fort Collins, CO: Caballus Publishers, 1972. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 103, (3) pages. Toomey I, 519. Second printing. Table of contents, introduction, biographical sketches of prominent authors, title index. Wrappes lightly tanned. READ MORE about DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1001 HORSE BOOKS
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 119834
Santa Barbara, CA: Joseph the Provider, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. The two catalogues are 11 and 14. READ MORE about Two catalogues issued by Joseph The Provider
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135167
Chicago, IL: The John Crerar Library, 1915. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 485+(1) pages. Besterman 6015. Preface, list of errata, table of contents, index. Organized by Dewey Decimal catalogue number. Ex-library with markings. Back wrapper separated. Wrappers chipped at edges. Tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about THE JOHN CRERAR LIBRARY: A LIST OF THE BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF INDUSTRY AND THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS
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New York: Christie's, 1999. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 269, (5) pages. Auction catalogue, Christie's, New York, 23 June 1999, 148 lots. A fine copy. Sold by order of the Trustees of the United Synagogue. The nucleus of this collection is from the library of Solomon Hirschell (1761-1842), acquired from his estate in 1845, and includes more than twenty medieval manuscripts, eight incunables and one post-incunable. Illustrated in color throughout. From the reference library of..... READ MORE about IMPORTANT HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LONDON BETH DIN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72970