The Innocent
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 231 pages. SIGNED by Ian McEwan on the title page. His fourth novel, a spy thriller set in 1955 Berlin. CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 231 pages. SIGNED by Ian McEwan on the title page. His fourth novel, a spy thriller set in 1955 Berlin. CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. More
Green Harbor, Mass. Hot Mama Poetry Collective and Wampeter Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 140 mm), 91 pages, in pictorial wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED on the half title by Elizabeth McKim, the first book by this Boston-area poet. Illustrated by..... More
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr College, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue accompanying two exhibitions of women artists, one at Bryn Mawr College (September 28, 2017-January 28, 2018) and the other at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (September 15, 2017-March 18, 2018). Most of the..... More
New York: Marston Remedy Company, 1905. Revised Edition. 16mo (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 162 x 113 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. Pamphlet from a company offering "medicated" suppositories and contraptions that purportedly treat men's sexual, nervous, and urinary disorders. One "treatment"..... More
Boston: John W. Luce, 1905. First Edition. Small Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 194 x 132 mm), black cloth, paper labels to front cover and spine (hard cover). The second book of H.L. Mencken, an analysis (and appreciation) of the plays of George Bernard Shaw. With..... More
Mt. Aukum, California: Mt. Aukum Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 37, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Ann Menebroker on the title page. A collection of 26 poems by the Sacramento poet (1936-2016). It contains..... More
Dover, Delaware: Bottle of Smoke Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. 32mo (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches; 108 x 70 mm), [8] pages in stapled card wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Ann Menebroker on the verso of the upper wrapper. A small, letterpress printed chapbook featuring five..... More
London: Chatto and Windus/The Hogarth Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x145 mm), 63, [1] pages, in red cloth, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by James Merrill on the front end paper: "To John and Herbert with / Love from..... More
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches / 186 x 140 mm), [24] unnumbered pages in stitched fleur-de-lys paper wrappers over heavy card stock covers (soft cover). SIGNED by James Merrill on the colophon. One of..... More
Brussels: Éditions Nicolas Flamel, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 265 x 215 mm), 36 pages, in original orange wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in black, and housed in a black slipcase. INSCRIBED by Belgian Surrealist artist and writer E.L.T. Mesens..... More
New York [?]: Amkniga Corporation, [ca. 1930-1932]. No Edition Stated. Single sheet folded to create [4]-page leaflet measuring 4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (120 x 82 mm) when folded. Small leaflet in English inviting subscriptions to various Soviet publications, including Moscow Daily News, USSR in Construction, Quarterly..... More
Paris: Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2018. Booklet issued for an exhibition of Zao Wou-ki's large-scale works, held June 4, 2018-January 6, 2019, at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. The booklet contains color photos of some of the paintings; text in French. Laid..... More
Paris: Galerie Thessa Herold, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Scarce catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by two old friends, Henri Michaux and Zao Wou-ki. Images are interspersed with texts by the two artists. The cover title -- Pas de Barbare en Asie! -- is a reference to Michaux's 1933..... More
n.p. [Cleveland?]: Green Panda Press, 2008. Chapbook featuring facsimiles of handwritten poems and prose by outlaw poet Jack Micheline. The book also includes a typeset "statement of a poet" from 1961. Micheline (1929-1998) was closely associated with the Beat poets of San Francisco. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS..... More
[San Francisco?]: Self-published, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches / 135 x 215 mm), [16] unnumbered leaves, in side-stapled yellow wrappers. Covers moderately soiled, staples rusted. A Very Good copy.SIGNED by Jack Micheline on the final page and dated 1974. A long poem on the U.S...... More
San Francisco: Road Kill Press, [1994]. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Jack Micheline on the title page. Prose and poetry by Jack Micheline (1929-1998), the outlaw poet associated with the San Francisco Beats. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 215 x...... More
New York: Harvard Book Company of New York, 1964. First Edition. A collection of poems by John Richardson, Roberts Blossom, B.A. Uronovitz, Stephen Tropp, Neil Chassman, and Murray Brown. Preface note by James T. Farrell. Sketches by Charles Stark. Octavo, [6], iv, [4], 73, [1] pages. Very Good in pictorial..... More
n.p. C.P. Stephens, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 x 5 1/8 inches; 204 x 130 mm), 142, [2] pages, in black cloth, titles in gilt to spine. Hard cover. No dust jacket was issued. SIGNED by Arthur Miller on the limitation page, one of only 150..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 145 mm), 184 pages, in black cloth, titles to spine, in a photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by Henry Miller on the half title. Thirty years of warm correspondence, mostly..... More
Brussels: Foundation Richard Liu, European Institute of Chinese Studies, 2002. Catalogue featuring art works of Asian nomadic tribes from a private European collection. Most of the works are in bronze from northern China and Mongolia (knives, belts, pendants, etc.). Profusely illustrated in color with short descriptions of each object, arranged..... More
Washington, DC and Amsterdam: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Hotei Publishing, 2004. Profusely illustrated catalogue featuring a selection of prints from the vast collection of Robert O. Muller (1911-2003), who bequeathed his entire collection to the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. With essays by the dealer Joan Mirviss and..... More
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981. Later printing. Octavo, 539 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has slight rubbing. A four-page "Who is...Ludwig von Mises" from the Ludwig von Mises Institute is laid in. Silk bookmark sewn in. More
New York: Achim Moeller Fine Art, 1997. First Edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 226 x 172 mm), 104 pages, in quarter cloth over red boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). Lavishly illustrated book celebrating the 25th anniversary of..... More
New York: Achim Moeller Fine Art, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Exhibition catalogue for the sculptor Ben-Zion (1897-1987). The exhibition took place from June 11 to July 17, 1998, at Achim Moeller Fine Art. Numerous black-and-white photos, an introduction by Achim Moeller, and a list of exhibitions and bibliography. One-page..... More
Princeton: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1999. First Edition. Small Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 273 x 217 mm), 162 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue for an exhibition of American folk art from the collection of Edward Duff Balken (1874-1960), a Princeton alumnus who..... More