THE STORY OF THE TOWER THE TREE THAT ESCAPED THE CROWDED FOREST
134pp. Quarto. Black cloth, stamped in red. Portrait, plates (including two color folding plates), drawings and renderings. Endsheets a trace tanned at gutters, with some minor hand smudges, but a very good copy in worn dust jacket with short tears, a 5 cm split to the upper spine fold and a large chip at crown of spine. First edition of this detailed treatment of the conception, planning, construction and finishing of the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. SWEENEY 1095.
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
[4],374pp. plus plates. Oblong small quarto. Black cloth, ornately stamped in gilt and red after a design by Wright. Plates and photographs. Private bookplate on front pastedown. Binding a bit rubbed along shelf-edges, with some wear at spine extremities. A good, sound copy, without dust jacket. First edition of Wright's most widely read book and a particularly notable example of Wright's book typography and design. SWEENEY 303. DOWNS, FAMOUS AMERICAN BOOKS 39. WRITERS
160pp. Quarto (31.5 x 26 cm). Cloth. Photographs. Fine very lightly worn dust jacket with small nick at crown of spine. First edition of this superb collection of literary portraits by the photographer long associated with the SUNDAY TIMES of London. Preface by Norman Mailer. Each portrait is accompanied by text selected by its subject from their own work or that of others. This copy bears the photographer's very gracious May 1995 presentation inscription, signed "Sally," to a party to whom she extends warm thanks for his help. THE LOG OF SPENDTHRIFT II BEING THE RECORD OF HER FOURTH CRUISE
[18]pp. Quarto (25.8 x 19.5 cm). Cream cloth, pictorially stamped in blue. Two small original photographs and a comic map of the trip. Light soiling to cloth, with some faint tan smears on front cover, slightly bowed, but internally about fine. First (and likely only) edition. Copy #4 of 17 copies printed and bound at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. This copy is inscribed above the limitation statement: "To Dave: with best wishes and keen appreciation Sincerely Gene Zukor." Eugene Zukor (1897 - 1994) was the son of Paramount Studios founder, Adolph Zukor, and had an active career as studio executive and producer. A small photograph of the participants is mounted on one leaf, beneath which they have signed "'Gene / 'Jake'/ Mel." The other photo is a minute image of the boat. The trip up and down the Hudson River occupied seven days, with stops at West Point, Hudson Ship Yards, and various watering-holes and homes of friends, including among them Howland Spencer, who joined them on board for a stretch. Zukor contributed (and signed) a full-page intricate cartoon style map of the trip. OCLC reports 5 copies spread over two entries. The recipient was New York bookseller and auction maven, David Kirschenbaum. CATONINETALES A DOMESTIC EPIC BY HATTIE BROWN [pseud] A YOUNG LADY OF COLOUR LATELY DECEASED AT THE AGE OF 14
Large octavo. Original publisher's vellum over boards, lettered in red and black. Head- and tail- pieces after engravings by Linton. Title-vignette. Attractive bookplate (and remains of another) on front pastedown, vellum slightly bowed and smudged, but a very good or better copy. First British edition, limited issue. One of thirty-five numbered copies on Japon vellum, specially bound, from a total edition of 330. Linton is credited on the half-title as editor and illustrator, but he of course was the composer of the poems as well. Scarce in this issue. NCBEL III:533. THE THREE VOICES OF POETRY
39pp. Gilt lettered cloth. Typographic private bookplate on pastedown, otherwise fine in dust jacket. First US (and first clothbound) edition. One of 3000 copies printed -- less than half the number of the UK edition that were printed. Eliot's National Book League Annual Lecture delivered 19 November 1953. GALLUP A63b. THE UNDERGRADUATE POEMS OF T.S. ELIOT. [wrapper title]
Narrow octavo. Printed wrapper. Fine. First (unauthorized) edition. One of one thousand copies printed (of which 750 copies were briefly withdrawn from circulation, then subsequently released piecemeal or in lots into the hands of a few antiquarian booksellers). GALLUP A53. THE UNDERGRADUATE POEMS OF T.S. ELIOT. [wrapper title]
Narrow octavo. Printed wrapper. Fine. First (unauthorized) edition. One of one thousand copies printed (of which 750 copies were briefly withdrawn from circulation, then subsequently released piecemeal or in lots into the hands of a few antiquarian booksellers). GALLUP A53. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 60 SECHZIG JAHRE LEBENDIGE ARCHITEKTUR. SIXTY YEARS OF LIVING. ARCHITECTURE
100pp. Small folio (29.5 x 21 cm). Pictorial wrapper. Printed in red and black. Heavily illustrated, including color. First edition, wrapperbound issue. Neat acquisition note inside front wrapper, light use at edges, about very good. SWEENEY 858. JOURNEY OF THE MAGI
Pictorial yellow boards. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. Very slight sunning and dust smudging to boards, otherwise about fine. First edition, limited issue. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies, printed on Zanders handmade paper and specially bound. Published as Ariel Poem 8. Unlike the majority of titles in the Ariel Poems, the deluxe issue of this title was not issued signed by Eliot. GALLUP A9b. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY [wrapper title]. BOOK SIX BROADACRE CITY [caption title]
30pp. Oblong small quarto. Printed stiff card wrapper. Faint thumb-tip size spot at extreme fore-edge of upper wrapper, otherwise very near fine. First public edition of a chapter intended for the revised 1943 edition of AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, but not included therein and distributed in this form by Taliesin. There was another quite uncommon printing, featuring differences in text and typographic arrangement, denoted a "Revised Printer's Proof," dated "Spring 1944." The defiance of normal sequence in the assignment of dates is not addressed by the bibliography. SWEENEY 2048. THE NATURAL HOUSE
223pp. Quarto. Cloth. Binding a bit dust marked at edges, large pictorial private ownership stamp on pastedown, otherwise very good in somewhat shelf worn dust jacket with small chips and a short internal mend. First edition, later state of the binding (with '54' in block on front cover) and dw (flap priced $7.50). The text is comprised of two sections, the first collecting previously published articles and excerpts, and the second comprised of five chapters written specifically for this book. SWEENEY 992. GENIUS AND THE MOBOCRACY
Wright, Frank Lloyd xiii,113pp. Quarto. Cloth. Plates. Bookplate, endsheets slightly tanned, with some slight tanning to the perimeter of the white cloth, but a very good copy, in good, moderately dust soiled, slightly chipped dust jacket with one short, internal mend. First edition of Wright's biography of Louis Sullivan, including reproductions of thirty- nine of Sullivan's drawings. SWEENEY 750.- $150
- $150
THE SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM ARCHITECT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
Wright, Frank Lloyd 72pp. Small quarto. Stiff pictorial wrapper. Photographs and folding plate Light use at edges, bookplate inside front wrapper, front endsheet a trifle dust flecked, very good. First paperbound printing, with small revisions and a different photograph for the folding plate. Introduction by Harry Guggenheim, concept statements by Wright. SWEENEY 1405B.- $25
- $25
EZRA POUND HIS METRIC AND POETRY
[Eliot, T. S.] 31pp. Rose boards, stamped in gilt. Portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska. Spine somewhat sunned, gilt lettering with a slight patina, boards faintly dust-soiled, small bump toward crown of spine, but a very good, clean copy, without the usual foxing to the verso of the frontis. Lacking the plain tan paper shipping wrapper. First edition of Eliot's anonymously published second book, superintended by John Quinn as a promotional for LUSTRA. According to Gallup, one of one thousand copies printed -- however, the frequency with which copies turn up - particularly in light of the attrition rate one would expect for a book so delicate - can't help but suggest the edition may have possibly been a bit larger. GALLUP (ELIOT) A2.- $600
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY [wrapper title]. BOOK SIX BROADACRE CITY [caption title]
Wright, Frank Lloyd 32pp. Oblong small quarto. Printed wrapper. Vertical crease from having been mailed, light tanning and minor nicks at edges, else a very nice copy of a fragile book. Denoted a "Revised Printer's Proof" of a chapter intended for the revised 1943 edition of AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, but not included therein and distributed in this form by Taliesin. There was another printing, on newsprint, dated Summer 1943, featuring differences in text and typographic arrangement. Accompanied by a t.l.s., [Np], 27 Aug. 1950, from Wright's secretary, Eugene Masselink, forwarding this copy, along with some other Taliesin papers, to an inquiring party. Uncommon and fragile. OCLC locates six copies, all in North America, as opposed to well over thirty for the "Summer 1943" printing. SWEENEY 2049. OCLC: 3738363.- $600
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ANIMULA
Eliot, T.S., and Gertrude Hermes [illus] Pictorial wrapper. Two wood engravings by Gertrude Hermes. Small smudge on front wrapper near spine, otherwise near fine. First edition, trade issue, issued as Ariel Poem #23 (3000 copies printed). As often, this issue preceded the limited printing by almost three weeks. GALLUP A14a.- $100
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[Original First US Release Standee for:] THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN
Southern, Terry [sourcework] Original pictorial standee on stiff board (approximately 58 x 37"), folded to four panels, with folded supporting struts intact on verso. A few bumps to corners, folds and edges, blank verso a bit dusty and hand smudged, generally very good, displaying well from the pictorial side. An original pictorial lobby standee prepared to promote the U.S. release of Southern and Joseph McGrath's embellished adaptation of Southern's third novel. McGrath directed the British production, starring Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough, Laurence Harvey, Christopher Lee, Spike Milligan, Raquel Welch, et al. The film was released in the UK on 12 December 1969, with the US opening following on 11 February 1970. Peter Sellers, John Cleese and Graham Chapman contributed additional material to the script. Standees are typically produced in quantities far below the numbers of one and three sheets, and tend to be uncommon in the after-market. Oversized, requiring extra shipping costs.- $475
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ON ARCHITECTURE SELECTED WRITINGS 1894 – 1940
Wright, Frank Lloyd Oblong thick small quarto. Cloth. Private bookplate on front pastedown. Usual slight tanning to endsheets, otherwise about fine in very good, or better, spine-sunned dust jacket, with the jacket price ($3.50) intact, and with a few minor nicks and smudges. First edition, edited, with an introduction, by Frederick Gutheim. SWEENEY 532.- $150
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THE SACRED WOOD ESSAYS ON POETRY AND CRITICISM
Eliot, T.S. Small octavo. Gilt blue cloth. Some of the usual tanning to the endsheets, small ink name on free endsheet, slight rubbing and dulling to upper board, but a good, bright copy. First edition, third binding, with the 8pp. Methuen catalogue bound at the end. Gallup suggests that copies of the original sheets, in this binding, were distributed not earlier than January 1924. GALLUP A5a.- $115
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POINTS OF VIEW
Eliot, T.S. Cloth. Usual tan offset to endsheets, otherwise a very nice copy in modestly sunned and lightly soiled dust jacket with residue of three old internal edge mends. Edited by John Hayward. First collective edition (4000 copies printed). This copy just may have been inscribed by the editor on the half-title: "Reg from J." GALLUP A38.- $100
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REQUIEM AND OTHER POEMS
Rilke, Rainer Maria 147pp. Errata slip. Cloth. Portrait. Bookplate on front pastedown, with typical foxing to end leaves, otherwise very good in somewhat tanned and lightly nicked and chipped dust jacket. First edition of these translations by J.B. Leishman. Printed in an edition of 1075 copies. WOOLMER 375.- $250
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