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Imiona Nurtu; [The Names of the Current]
by Borowski, Tadeusz
Munich: Oficyna Warszawska, 1945. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown; tiny label removed from rear pastedown, leaving slight glue residue; edges rubbed; an excellent copy of a fragile volume. 8vo, 36pp; original boards. One of 3000 numbered copies, the entire edition. Poems written by Borowski during his incarceration at Dachau and published shortly after his liberation. This was... Read More
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published. The whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century, during which he flourished. In two volumes
by Boswell, James
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. First Edition. 1869 ownership signatures in each volume; chip to one margin in Vol. I about the size of a thumb-joint, not affecting any text; maringal annotation to another page in Vol. I; some pages with creased corners and occasional marks, scattered foxing -- not too obtrusive -- and some... Read More
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Pseudodoxia Epidemica:; Or, Enquiries Into Very many Received Tenents, And commonly Presumed Truths . . . Together With some Marginall Observations, and a Table Alphabeticall at the end
by Browne, Thomas
London: Printed by A. Miller, for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650. Second Edition. American Antiquarian Society library stamp to title page; scattered annotations, mainly contemporary; title page and last leaf mended, edges strengthened; pages marked and with with some wear to corners and edges, but still intact and relatively clean.. Small 4to, [i-xvi] 329 + [10]pp; modern... Read More
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The Outsider; Number One - No. 4-5
by Bukowski, Charles (et al)
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1961. All published. Fine copies with just the slightest rubbing to extremities; delicate and scarce dust jacket on the clothbound volume with tears and chips to spine and folds. Five volumes in four, 8vos, 101, 112, 138, [198]pp; wrappers; with a second copy of the final double number in cloth. The complete run of... Read More
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Darkness at Noon
by Carlisle, Harry
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. Endsheets faintly offset from dust jacket flaps; tips a bit bumped; fine in a rubbed dust jacket with an L-shaped closed tear to the spine and some edge wear./Dust jacket design by Sugar.. 8vo, 313pp; brown cloth. Possibly the only novel by this elusive, English-born writer, based on his experience as... Read More
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The Hunting of the Snark; An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday
by Carroll, Lewis [C.L. Dodgson]
London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. First Edition. Discreet blindstamp of a London bookshop on front endpaper; 1876 gift inscription; title page faintly offset from frontispiece tissue, as usual; covers a bit soiled and rubbed at extremities.. 8vo, 83pp; original pictorial cream cloth, a.e.g., coated black endpapers. A presentable copy of Carroll's great nonsense poem, distinguished by the presence... Read More
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The Works of Thomas Chatterton.; Containing His Life, by G. Gregory, D.D. and Miscellaneous Poems
by Chatterton, Thomas
London: Printed by Biggs and Cottle, for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. First collected edition. Shallow chip to the margin of D3, text not affected; inner hinges reinforced with cloth tape; covers moderately rubbed with a touch of wear to edges; a very handsome set.. Three vols., 8vos, frontispieces; [16] clx, 361, 536, 528pp with engraved illustrations;... Read More
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The Village:; A Poem. In Two Books. .
by Crabbe, George
London: J. Dodsley, 1788. First Edition. Ownership signature on half-title; scattered spots and marks; covers slightly soiled; a nice copy.. 4to, [4] 38pp; bound in full contemporary limp vellum, gilt title on front board and double rules front and rear; white moire endpapers. The most important early work of Crabbe, which was significantly revised by Samuel Johnson. Crabbe... Read More
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Travels in Arabia Deserta. . .; With a New Preface by the Author, an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, and All Original Maps, Plans and Cuts
by Doughty, Charles M.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. Spine stamping very slightly dulled; fine copies in original dust jacket, faintly toned; without slipcase.. Two vols., 8vos, 623 & 690pp; black cloth, stamped in gilt; linen-backed folding map in pocket affixed to rear pastedown of first volume. An excellent set of this U.S. publication, printed in England, exceedingly scarce in jackets.... Read More
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The Thibaults; Translated from the French by Madeleine Boyd. Volume One I. The Gray Notebook, II. The Penitentiary; Volume Two I. The Springtime of Life
by Du Gard, Roger Martin
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. One of the last pages in the first volume rumpled, either from a binding defect or from an act of carelessness in replacing the book in its slipcase, otherwise fine, bright, fresh copies in brilliant unfaded red dust jackets with a just a few tiny chips; publisher's original slipcase.. ... Read More
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Babel
by (Fitzgerald, F. Scott) Cournos, John
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First American edition. Small ink spot to foredge; faint offsetting to endsheets, else fine in a a very lightly faded dust jacket with just a couple of short closed tears and a bit fraying at spine ends.. 8vo, 431pp; red cloth. The third volume of a trilogy by Cournos, a neglected modernist... Read More
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Verso la Certosa; con un Disegno di Leonetta Cecchi Peraccini
by Gadda, Carlo Emilio
Milano: Riccardo Ricciardi, 1961. First edition. Small closed tear at top of front wrapper, few marks. 8vo, 164pp; wrappers. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Gadda on the half title page to the German writer and publisher Hans Magnus Enzensberger, dated 1963, when Enzensberger was instrumental in bringing out a German translation of Gadda's La Cognizione... Read More
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II. Kongress der Arbeiter-, Bauern- und Soldatenräte Deutschlands; am 8. bis 14. April 1919 im Herrenhaus zu Berlin - Stenographisches Protokoll. Herausgegeben und verlegt vom Zentralrat, Berlin, Herrenhaus
by (Germany)
Berlin: Zentralrat, 1919. First edition. Cloth. Pages somewhat toned; few pencil notations and marginalia; short closed tear to title page; exlibris stamp from former East German library on verso of title; extremities of covers rubbed; library label removed from base of spine, still very good.. 4to, 277pp; contemporary buckram. Original documentation from this dark moment in the history... Read More
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The People's Corporation
by Gillette, King C. (Sinclair, Upton)
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. First edition. Fine and bright in a moderately soiled dust jacket; an excellent copy.. 8vo, 237pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. The successful entrepreneur, an inventor of the safety razor who made a fortune selling disposable razor-blades, was also a utopian socialist with radical notions for the transformation of society. In this... Read More
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Les Vignes Folles; Poesies, avec une frontispiece de Charles Voillemot, Gravé à l'eau-forte par Bracquemond
by Glatigny, Albert
Paris: Librairie Nouvelle, 1860. Very slight shelf rubbing; fine.. 8vo, frontispiece, 175pp; half-morocco and marbled boards. First edition of the poet's first book, published at the age of 20, in a handsome 19th-century binding. A presentation copy, inscribed in pencil on the half-title: "à Monsieur de Morny, respecteux hommage Albert Glatigny." In addition, the poet has made marginal... Read More
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West-Oestlicher Divan
by Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang]
Stuttgard: in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung, 1819. First edition, second printing. Few light spots of foxing to first and last leaves, top edge a bit dusty, still a very nice, largely untrimmed copy.. 8vo, 556pp; handsome later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. The first printing of Goethe's great cycle of Sufi-inspired verses is exceedingly scarce. The second printing, as... Read More
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Dream of a Woman.; Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere
by Gourmont, Remy de
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown; rear inner hinge open; a touch of lightening to the upper extremities of the boards, otherwise very near fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket with a partial thumbnail puncture. Despite the stated issues, a very handsome copy.. 8vo, 203pp; cloth-backed violet boards. English translation of... Read More
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The Sausage Master of Minsk; Poems
by Kleinzahler, August
Montreal: Villeneuve, 1977. First edition. Slight toning to spine and edges; endsheets offset from a laid in letter. 8vo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers, stapled. The poet's first book, one of 500 numbered copies signed by Kleinzahler, the entire edition. Laid in is a brief TLS from Kleinzahler, alas typed on poor-quality and highly acidic paper, presenting the book... Read More
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Twenty Poems
by Kooser, Ted
Crete, Nebraska: The Best Cellar Press, 1973. First edition. Slight tanning and a marginal stain to wrappers, otherwise near fine.. 8vo, unpag. pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. The third book by the former U.S. Poet Laureate. On the title page is the following inscription: "For Russell Edson with great admiration, Ted Kooser, 8/13/74.
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The Monk,; A Romance. .
by Lewis, M.G.
London: Printed for J. Bell, 1796. Second Edition. Light foxing to preliminaries, some internal smudges; hinges tender; armorial bookplates (Henry Sanderson, "Sans Dieu Rien") on each front pastedown; covers rubbed.. Three vols., small 8vos, 232, 287, 315pp; early 19th century 3/4 morocco and marbled boards; t.e.g. Engraved portraits of Lewis in each volume. Bound in at the rear... Read More
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Cold Mountain Studies; Herausgegeben und mit einem Text versehen von Heiner Bastian
by Marden, Brice
München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1991. First edition. Boards. Fine in a crisp dust jacket, bright and fresh, with a few small dents and without any tears.. Square 4to, unpag.; boards. Signed by Marden on the title page.
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Cynics:; A Novel. Translated from the Russian by Valdemar D. Bell and Louis Coleman
by Marienhoff, Anatol
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First American edition. Lightly toned; very near fine in nice example of the dust jacket with a few tears and rubs but intact and un-clipped, slight wear to spine-ends.. 8vo, [238]pp; lavender cloth. Marienhoff was a poet and close friend of fellow "Imaginist" Sergei Yesenin. He ran afoul of Soviet censors... Read More
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The Face in the Abyss
by Merritt, A[braham]
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First edition. Slight lean; black mark to top edge; scratches to front flyleaf; covers soiled; a good copy in a rubbed dust jacket, unclipped, with fraying to edges and spine ends and a small chip to the base of the spine, old tape mends on underside.. 8vo, 343pp; yellow cloth stamped in black.... Read More
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David Golder; Translated by Sylvia Stuart
by Nemirovsky, Irene
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First American edition. Neat pencil owner's signatures; fine in a lightly soiled, edge worn but complete dust jacket (design by Sugar) with some old tape-mends to the underside.. 8vo, 226pp; cloth-backed boards. Author's first book and one of only two to appear in English during her lifetime. Well regarded in France during her... Read More
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Social Anthropology:; A Psycho-Analytic Study in Anthropology and a History of Australian Totemism. With an Introduction by M.D. Eder
by Róheim, Géza
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. Fine in a lightl toned dust jacket, with a few small chips, a snagged tear to the spine.. Large 8vo, 487pp illus; complete with eleven folding maps; green cloth. U.S. edition done up from sheets of the London edition published by George Allen & Unwin, with a cancel title... Read More
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