My Sister Eileen. Based on the Stories of Ruth McKenney, with a Foreword by George S. Kaufman.
Fields, Joseph and Jerome Chodorov. First Printing. A Fine copy in dark green cloth stamped in black and gilt, lacking the dustwrapper. 187pp. with three black and white photographic stills from the New York production. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q18545- $135
- $135
The List Poem. A Guide to Teaching & Writing Catalog Verse.
Fagin, Larry. First printing. A Fine copy, as new, in high gloss light blue and yellow wrappers, as issued, a paperbound original. A subset of the poetry in the schools initiatives, in which writers conduct poetry writing exercies and games for kids, the list poem one popular method for engaging participants, often in collaborative settings. This book was reprinted by popular demand a decade later, and is still in print, and the first issue is scarce. Fagin belongs to the Second Generation of the New York School of Poets. He spend the later years of his life conducting private poetry instruction. Q18543- $45
- $45
Boris Godunov. Translated and Adapted by D.M. Thomas.
Thomas, D.M. Limited Edition. #24/200 copies Numbered copies, SIGNED by Thomas, printed on blue-grey paper at Rampant Lions Press, bound in quarter blue cloth over grey-blue patterned paper covered boards, without dustwrapper as issued. 85pp. Q18532- $30
- $30
New Selected Poems and Translations. Edited and Annotated with an Afterword by Richard Sieburth. With Essays by T.S. Eliot and John Berryman.
Pound, Ezra. First Printing. A Very Fine copy in glossy white stiff wrappers, a paperbound original. 391pp. As explained in the Editor in A Note on This Edition, this is an entirely new selection, intended to articulate Pound for the 21st Century, providing annotation to all the early poems as well as a running gloss on the later Cantos, with extensive Notes, Appendices and Index. Unclear, given the importance of this new selection, is why the publisher chose not to publish it in hardcover. Q18549- $75
- $75
The Jumblies. Drawings by Edward Gorey.
Lear, Edward. First (and only) Printing. A Fine copy in decorated oblong boards, in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Unpaginated. Toledano B38a. Library binding. This copy SIGNED by Gorey over his name on the title page. Hint of lightening to extremities. Q18513- $185
- $185
The Day’s Work.
Kipling, Rudyard. First American Edition, First Printing. About Fine in dark green vertically ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and black, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. 431pp. with eight black and white illustrations in text, including frontispiece (glassine guard). Gilt very bright. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q18500- $100
- $100
The Awakening and Selected Stories.
Chopin, Kate. Originally included in ML in 1981, this is a reissue with new number line ending in "1." Toledano ISBN. A Very Fine copy, as new, in light grey cloth, brass and green dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 354pp. Edited and with an Introduction by Nina Baym. Q18537- $20
- $20
Stalky & Co.
Kipling, Rudyard. First American Edition, First Printing. About Fine in dark green vertically ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and black, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Gilt bright. 310pp. with nine black and white illustrations in text with frontispiece (glassine guard). Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q18499- $90
- $90
Stories [together with] Four Novels of the 1930’s [Two Books].
O'Hara, John. First Printings. Two volumes, both issued by Library of America in trade editions as #282 & #313. Both volumes As New in tan cloth black glossy dustwrappers, not price-clipped. Stories: 860pp. with Chronology and Notes by the Editor Charles McGrath. Four Novels (Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, Hope of Heaven and Pal Joey): 665pp. with Chronology and Notes by the Editor Steven Goldleaf. The pair. Q18492- $100
- $100
Georgia O’Keeffe A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz.
O'Keeffe, Georgia [Introduction by]. First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter off-white cloth over pale grey paper covered boards, in publisher's slipcase (with splits but secure), lacking the dustwrapper. A collection of 51 black and white portraits by Stieglitz of his muse, reproduced here in soft warm sepia tone. A clean copy with no wear. Q18486 Hardcover in publisher's slipcase- $50
- $50
War and Peace. Original Version.
Tolstoy, Leo. First Printing with complete number line. A Fine copy in white paper covered boards, in a Fine red, black and cream dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Translated by Andrew Bromfield, and with an Introduction by Nikolai Tolstoy. 885pp. with a preliminary Note on the Translation. Illustrated. Q18544- $40
- $40
Revolutionary Letters. 50th Anniversary Edition.
Di Prima, Diane. First Printing. Originally published by Ferlinghetti in his Pocket Poets Series in 1971 [Cook 27], this is the fourth iteration of the original collection. A Very Fine copy in red and black paper covered boards, without jacket as issued. 213pp. with Index. Immaculate. Q18542- $25
- $25
Death in the Afternoon. With a Frontispiece from a Painting by Juan Gris: The Bullfighter and Eighty-One Reproductions from Photographs.
Hemingway, Ernest. First British Edition, First Impression. A Fine copy in very dark brownish-orange rough cloth stamped in black, bottom edges untrimmed, charcoal topstain; in a Fine facsimile of the first issue jacket. 358pp. The rear endpaper shows mild wrinkling. Grissom A.10.2.a. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q18536- $1,000
- $1,000