The Bruised Sky
by [Aralia Press] Dings, Fred
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1988. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. 1 of 125 copies. Printed on Ingres Laid from Spectrum types. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Pristine. The title page illustration is by Diane Collins. [16 pages] PRI/072408.
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Evening
by [Aralia Press] Northrop, Kate
West Chester University: Aralia Press, 1999. LIMITED. Paper Wrappers. Fine. LIMITED. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 1/150 c. Lovely poetry by Northrop. Cream colored paper wrappers with title embossed on cover. Pristine interior. Printed from Spectrum type on Zerkell paper. Unpaginated. PRI/041407.
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Fugitive Child
by [Aralia Press] Krisak, Len
West Chester University: Aralia Press, 1999. LIMITED. Paper Wrappers. Fine. LIMITED. Paper Wrappers. 1/100 c. Lovely small book in light blue paper wraps. Printed on Letterpress text paper from Van Dijck types. Unpaginated. PRI/042407.
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The Pact
by [Aralia Press] McDowell, Robert
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1994. LIMITED. Hardcover. Fine. LIMITED. Hardcover. 8vo. 1 of 160 copies. Printed on Johannot paper with Van Dijck and Weiss I type. Black cloth boards with white title pastedown to spine. Clean, bright interior. [28 pages] PRI/122806.
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Two Prose Sketches
by [Aralia Press] Kees, Weldon; Dana Gioia (introduction)
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1984. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. 194 of 280 copies. Printed on Mohawk Letterpress Text and bound into Fabriano wrappers. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Pristine with frontis piece illustration. [26 pages] PRI/072408.
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Kamal (1st Edition)
by Arathorn, D.W.
New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/351 pp. Middle East. MID/5152.
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The War in Egypt and the Soudan, An Episode in the History of the British Empire; Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of That Great Drama and Sketches of the Actors in It. Vols. I-IV
by Archer, Thomas
Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE IN THE US. British forces invaded and occupied Egypt in 1882 to put down a revolution hostile to foreign interests. British forces remained there to prevent possible intervention of another European power, especially along the Nile. The British government negotiated agreements with the Italians and the Germans to... Read More
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About the Theatre
by Archer, William
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition of the first book of criticism by Archer (1856-1924), a prominent literary and drama critic of his day. Bound in original dark red cloth with gilt title and author to spine and front cover. Some bumping and rubbing, slight chipping to spine corners otherwise in nice condition.... Read More
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History of the Redemptorists at Annapolis, MD from 1853 to 1903 with a short historical sketch of the preceding one hundred and fifty years of Catholicity in the capital of Maryland
by A Redemptorist Father; [Rev. Jos. Wuest, CSSR; compiler]
Ilchester, MD: College Press, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. SCARCE. Signed and inscribed by the compiler. The Redemptorists are a Catholic religious congregation for priests and brothers. The order was founded by Alphonsus Liguori in Italy, The Redemptorists are especially dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and were appointed by Pope Pius IX in 1865 as custodians... Read More
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The Theory of Relativity: Two papers published in 1905 On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies and Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy-Content
by [Arion Press] Einstein, Albert; Richard A. Muller, foreword, annotations, and afterword
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 300 of 400 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. The Arion Press announced in its prospectus that this limited edition was done to celebrate the centenary of one of the great achievements in science, Albert Einstein's discovery of the Theory of Relativity, which was... Read More
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A Day in the Bleachers
by [Arion Press] Hano, Arnold; Mark Ulricksen, illustrations
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2006. Fine. Number 284 of 400 numbered copies with additional lettered copies for private distribution. Signed by the author and the illustrator. This is a delightful book by Arnold Hano, who attended the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians. The book was published with great delight by the... Read More
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The Price: A Play
by [Arion Press] Miller, Arthur; Sam Washburn, illustrator
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 280 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by Arthur Miller on the half title page and by the illustrator on the colophon. This is a handsome edition of Miller's well known play. The Price is a two-act play written in 1967 by Arthur... Read More
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A Christmas Carol: in prose being A Ghost Story of Christmas
by [Arion Press] Dickens, Charles; Paul Davis, introduction; Ida Applebroog, illustrations
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 105 of 200 numbered copies, signed by the artist Ida Applebroog. This is a delightful edition of this famous work by Charles Dickens, and was published by the Arion Press upon the hundred fiftieth anniversary of its first publication. This book joins the scores of editions and versions with... Read More
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The Maltese Falcon
by [Arion Press] Hammett, Dashiell
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 400 copies printed under the direction of Andrew Hoyem, the press proprietor. It was the eleventh publication of the press. This copy is inscribed on the colophon: "To Joe Costello/29 VIII 83/Andrew Hoyem." This is a magnificent book from the Arion Press that more than does justice to... Read More
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A Delicate Balance
by [Arion Press] Albee, Edward; David Littlejohn, introduction, Tom Holland, illustrations
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 152 of 300 numbered copies for sale, of which 50 copies were reserved for the Aurora Theatre Company, and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Signed by the playwright and the illustrator on the colophon. This edition was published by the Arion Press on the occasion of the opening... Read More
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The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit
by [Arion Press] Canetti, Elias; J.A. Underwood, translator from German; Karl Bissinger, photographs; William T.Wiley, etchings; Ferdinand Protzman, afterword
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 156 of 350 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by Karl Bissinger under his photograph facing page 117 and signed by William Wiley on the mounted etching facing page 102. This elegant book compiled 29 photographs taken in Marrakech and vicinity by Bissinger... Read More
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Mrs. Bridge
by [Arion Press] Connell, Evan S.; Mark Oppenheimer, introduction; Laurie Simmons, photographs
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 5 of 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. Evan Connell has signed, in pencil on the last page of text. Laurie Simmons has signed below her photograph on the last page. This was the eighty-fifth publication of the press, issued on the fiftieth... Read More
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The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
by [Arion Press], Franklin, Benjamin
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 293 of 400 numbered copies for sale, with 26 lettered copies printed for complimentary distribution. This title was printed in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. The work was more commonly known as the Autobiography, but it was published here under the title Franklin... Read More
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Williwaw
by [Arion Press] Vidal, Gore
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. Number 92 of 250 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. This edition of the author's first novel, published in 1946 when Vidal was 21 years old, was issued in its fiftieth anniversary year. The novel was based on his war-time service on an Army freighter... Read More
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Call It Sleep
by [Arion Press] Roth, Henry
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 264 of 326 copies of which three hundred numbered copies signed by the author in pencil. Henry Roth (1905-1995) wrote this momentous novel in 1934. It was a first novel, completed at the age of twenty-seven. Reviews were mixed and the novel slipped quietly into obscurity. After marrying in... Read More
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Moby Dick; Or the Whale
by [Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Barry Moser, illustrator
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. One of 265 copies of which 250 copies were for sale. However, this spectacular copy is one of only five specially bound by the press in luxurious white leather. The owner of the press, Andrew Hoyem kept one copy and this copy was owned by a private collector. The whereabouts... Read More
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Selected Poems
by [Arion Press] Melville, Herman; Helen Vendler, editor and introduction; Barry Moser, frontispiece
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Fine. Number 200 of 250 numbered copies, with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. It is the forty-seventh publication of the Arion Press and rather scarce with no copies in commerce. The book shares characteristics with the sixth publication of the press, Moby-Dick, by the same author, of 1979, in that the same... Read More
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Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books
by [Arion Press] Milton, John; Helen Vendler, introduction; John T. Shawcross, editor of the text
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2022. Hardcover. Fine in very good slipcase. Hardcover. Number 174 of 400 numbered copies for sale, with 26 lettered copies printed for complimentary distribution. This is a beautiful production of Milton's immortal work. The printer Andrew Hoyem writes that this edition pays typographic tribute to two earlier editions of Milton's epic poem: the second... Read More
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Three Volumes
by [Arion Press] Sterne, Laurence; Melvyn New, essay; John Baldessari, illustrations
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover. One of four hundred copies. This is an adventuresome and inventive offering by the famed Arion Press. It is the 26th publication of the Press and is presented to the reader in three volumes. The first volume contains the complete text of the novel. The second volume is an... Read More
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The Nachman Stories
by [Arion Press] Michaels, Leonard; Robert Hass, Morton Paley, Robert Pinsky, and Diana Ketcham, essays
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 48 of 300 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. This was the first collected edition of The Nachman Stories, the author's stories with Los Angeles mathematician Raphael Nachman as their hero. Written at the end of the author's life between 1997 and 2003. Leonard... Read More
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