The Day of the Locust
by [Arion Press] West, Nathaneal; David Thomson, introduction; Lucy Gray, photographs
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2913. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 84 of 400 numbered copies signed by the photographer, Lucy Gray. There were also 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. The author of this pivotal work died at the age of 37 along with his wife in a car crash in 1940, a year after this book was published.... Read More
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Trout Fishing in America
by [Arion Press] Brautigan, Richard; Ron Loewinsohn, preface; Edmund Shea, photographic portrait of the author
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 316 of 400 copies. Of the edition, 200 copies have a color lithograph by Wayne Theibaud signed by the artist. This copy is the standard edition and does not have the lithograph. Brautigan's early book, published in 1967 became an instant cult classic. Richard Brautigan was a literary idol... Read More
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A Lie of the Mind: A Play in Three Acts
by [Arion Press] Shepard, Sam; Stan Washburn, illustrator
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 270 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by the playwright and artist on the colophon. The prospectus describes the playwright Sam Shepard as a master of the American vernacular whose distinctive voice has galvanized American theater. He speaks a peculiar revelatory language; exact... Read More
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The Case of the Wolf-Man
by [Arion Press] Freud, Sigmund; Richard Wollheim, introduction; Jim Dine, etchings and woodcuts
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 126 of 250 numbered copies, signed by the artist on his artist's statement preceding the text. There were also 26 lettered copies for private distribution. This was the forty-first publication of the Press. The text of this book is "From the History of an Infantile Neurosis" that was reprinted... Read More
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Tartuffe: Comedy in Five Acts, 1669
by [Arion Press] Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin) ; Richard Wilbur, translator; William Hamilton, illustrator
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 283 of 300 numbered copies for sale with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by the translator and the illustrator on the colophon. In the prospectus, the Arion Press publisher, Andrew Hoyem, describes how he came to select Tartuffe to be published by his press. He wrote to... Read More
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The Waste Land
by [Arion Press] Eliot, T.S.; Vendler, Helen, essay; Marco Livingstone, essay
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 297 of 300 numbered copies of this deluxe edition of Eliot's seminal poem. There were also 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. This is the 79th publication from the acclaimed Arion Press. In the prospectus the book is described as the first illustrated edition of Thomas Stearns Eliot's most... Read More
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Leaves of Grass
by [Arion Press] Whitman, Walt; Helen Vendler, introduction
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 85 of 250 deluxe copies numbered in Arabic, with fifteen copies numbered in Roman for complimentary distribution. This was the 100th publication of the Arion Press. It is one of the most elegant and collectible books issued by the Press. The origins of Arion Press reach back to 1919,... Read More
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Godot: An imaginary staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
by [Arion Press] Wiley, William T., author and afterword; David Littlejohn, introduction; Andrew Hoyem, program note and synopsis
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 286 of 300 numbered copies for sale with 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Signed by William T. Wiley on the colophon. This exuberant and mordantly witty edition of this book was published on the hundredth anniversary of Beckett's most famous work. William T. Wiley (1937 - 2021) was... Read More
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The Moonstone
by [Arion Press] Collins, Wilkie; Stan Washburn, illustrations
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 101 of 300 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. There were 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem. This is the ninety-fifth publication of the Press. This is an elegant edition of the famed novel by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1868. Collins (1824-1889)... Read More
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Orlando Furioso
by Ariosto, Ludovico
Venice: Felice Valgrisi, ca. 16th century. Very Good. Three leaves from what has been identified as a 16th century Italian edition of Orlando Furioso. The research of the former owner of the leaves led him to believe that the pages are from an edition printed by Felice Valgrisi in 1574. However, further research does not show Valgrisi printing... Read More
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Roland Furieux. Poème Héroïque
by Arioste, [Ludovico]; Gustave Doré, illustrator; A.J. Du Pays, translator
Paris: Libraire Hachette Et Cie, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Elephant Folio. A French translation of the Italian epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516), which is a chivalric romance known for its intricate plot, humor, and the eventual madness of Orlando (Roland) due to unrequited love. It is a fantastical story featuring soldiers, war, sorcerers, mythical creatures,... Read More
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Orlando Furioso di Messer Ludovico Ariosto
by Ariosto, Ludovico
Milan: Giovanni Pirotta, 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A beautiful version of this great Italian epic poem that first appeared in 1516. It takes place against the backdrop of the war between Charlemagne and the King of Africa, and has many fantastic and magical elements. It was a big influence on later works of literature, including Spenser's Faerie... Read More
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Master Chefs of Europe
by Aris, Pepita, ed. and Boys, Michael, photo
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper covered boards with silver title to spine. Interior is clean and bright. Several color photographs throughout. White and blue dust jacket with slight yellowing to edges. Index, 256 pages. Cooking. COOK/8212.
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The Acharnians
by Aristophanes, and Parker, Douglass (translator)
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj in mylar/illus./112 pp./bright, gorgeous copy. Classical Literature. CLA4/4302.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 376 - 400 with Contents and Index
by Arnold, Joseph A (editor in chief)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: Game laws for 1909, harmfulness of headache mixtures, exterminating Texas-fever tick, Hog cholera, loco-weed disease, adulteration of forage-plant seeds, experiement station work LIV, LV, LVI, How to destroy English sparrows, boys' and girls agricultural clubs, potato culture on irrigated farms in west, preservation of... Read More
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 351 - 375 with Contents and Index
by Arnold, Joseph A (editor in chief)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: Tuberculosis test of cattle, Nevada mouse plague of 1907 - 8, Experiment Station Work L, Onion culture, Successful Poultry and Dairy Farm, Peanuts, Poultry Management in Maine, Forestry, Canning Vegetables in the Home, Experiment Station LI, Meadow Fescue, Market Hay Value, Use of Milk... Read More
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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 326 - 350 with Contents and Index
by Arnold, Joseph A (editor in chief)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Subjects of bulletins include: building of a run-down cotton plantation, conservation of natural resources, silver fox farming, deer farming in US, forage crops fro hogs in Kansas and Oklahoma, Nuts and their uses as food, cotton wilt, harmful and beneficial mammals of the arid interior, game laws for... Read More
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Matthew Arnold's Notebooks
by Arnold, Matthew
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) was a renowned English poet and critic whose literary career began in 1849. He also kept a series of notebooks filled with passage that struck him in his daily reading. The notebooks extended over a period of 37 years, from 1852 until his death in 1888.... Read More
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In Defense of Decadent Europe
by Aron, Raymond
South Bend: Regnery/Gateway, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Written in the late 1970s by a Frenchman for a French audience, this book was quickly translated into multiple languages and distributed internationally as much of its political theories felt timely and relevant for other audiences. Aron focuses on defending "liberal" rather than "decadent" Europe... Read More
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Conflict and Bargaining in the Middle East: An Israeli Perspective
by Aronson, Shlomo
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright and clean/448 pp./Review copy with slip laid-in. Middle East. MID/5212.
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Sketches of Life and Character
by Arthur, T.S.
Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. G/title page and pp. 121-122 missing/full-leather Religion. REL111201.
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Cassell's Pigeon Book - "Scotch Fantails or Broad-tailed Shakers. White Laced, White, Black-Saddle Back" Pigeons
by Cassell; Lewis Wright (editor); J.W. Ludlow (artist)
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1880. Fine. Chromolithograph print of 3 pigeons. Browning to margins, else clean and bright. Size of print: about 8.25 x 10.75 inches.
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Cassell's Pigeon Book - "Turbits. Blue Chequer, & Silver (Shell Crown) Blue (Point Crests)" Pigeons
by Cassell; Lewis Wright (editor); J.W. Ludlow (artist)
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1880. Fine. Chromolithograph print of 4 pigeons. Browning to margins, else clean and bright. Size of print: about 8.25 x 10.75 inches.
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Cassell's Pigeon Book - "Ice Pigeons: Ural, Silver, Siberian, Blue" Pigeons
by Cassell; Lewis Wright (editor); J.W. Ludlow (artist)
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1880. Fine. Chromolithograph print of 4 pigeons. Browning to margins, else clean and bright. Foxing to margins. Large chipping / open tear to right margin of print; illustration not affected. Inch long closed tear to margin that extends to bottom corner of image. Size of print: about 8.25 x 10.75 inches.
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Cassell's Pigeon Book - "Black Capuchins and Damascenes" Pigeons
by Cassell; Lewis Wright (editor); J.W. Ludlow (artist)
Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1880. Fine. Chromolithograph print of 4 pigeons. Browning to margins, else clean and bright. Foxing to margins. Size of print: about 8.25 x 10.75 inches.
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