New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joseph Buttinger on the half title. An early, classic study of Vietnam, published after the division of Vietnam into two separate countries. 8vo., 533 pages. Very Good, with some pencil lines in the margins of numerous pages, in..... More
Random House, 1990. SIGNED by A.S. Byatt on the title page. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, with a couple of very small tears at the bottom of both flaps where they join the covers. Some evidence of slight damp staining along upper edge of rear jacket and flap..... More
![Four Travels [SIGNED by Reed Bye, Anne Waldman, George Schneeman]. Reed Bye, Anne Waldman](/pictures/thumb/1182.jpg?v=1484263868)
New York: Sayonara, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm), [5] leaves and 2 tissue guards in heavy stapled wrappers. SIGNED on the colophon by poets Reed Bye and Anne Waldman and cover illustrator George Schneeman. One of only 25..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., 1917. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 214 x 140 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled green wrappers. Text of an address by the Belgian poet and playwright Émile Cammaerts about the awfulness of the German occupation of Belgium during World..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. for the Royal Economic Society, 1931. First Edition. Octavo, pp. viii, [2], 394 with two plates; original cloth, faded, front board showing some bublling, corners bumped, canceled library bookplate on front pastedown. First edition of the first complete translation of Cantillon (1680-1734) into English (with..... More
New York: Random House, [1973]. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 inches; 210 x 150 mm), xix, 419 pages, in red cloth, titles to spine, light blue top stain. With a dust jacket. SIGNED by Truman Capote on the front end paper. A collection of..... More
The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Three Capote stories (Miriam; Among the Paths to Eden; and A Christmas Memory) that became three television specials and then a single film. Octavo, 276 pages. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Front board lightly bumped and head of spine..... More
New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. No Edition Stated. 8vo (8 x 6 inches; 213 x 151 mm), 76 pages in pictorial wrappers. A collection of poems by the Nicaraguan poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal (born 1925). Translated into English by Emile G. McAnany from Salmos (Ediciones Carlos Lohle, Buenos Aires..... More
New York: American Association for International Conciliation, December 1911. No Edition Stated. Small 8vo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 131 mm), 13, [3] pages, in stapled wrappers. Text of a speech by Andrew Carnegie, president of the New York Peace Society, on how Democratic politicians responded favorably..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1982. First Edition. A history of Moscow's relations with foreign Communist parties in the 1930s, written by the left-wing historian and journalist E.H. Carr. Octavo, pp. xi, 461. Near Fine with a tasteful bookplate on the front paste down in a Very Good dust jacket that..... More
London: Brentano's Ltd., 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 348 pages. An exhaustive look at the first 12 years of Soviet theatre by an art and theatre critic who made numerous trips to Moscow. Very Good (pages lightly age-toned, with a couple of damp stains on preliminary pages) in a...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Small Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 192 x 130 mm), 294 pages, original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge green, in a printed dust jacket. A scarce first U.S. edition -- in an even..... More
No place of publication stated: [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services], 1974. No edition stated. Small Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 inches; 267 x 205 mm), [12 pages] in stapled wrappers. Transcript of a speech by William J. Casey (1913-1987), accepting the William J. Donovan Award from..... More
Paris: Editions Présence africaine, 1957. 12mo (7 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches; 180 x 113 mm), 15, [1] pages in stapled green-gray wrappers, with errata slip pasted to recto of lower wrapper. A letter from the Martinique poet and politician Aimé Césaire to Maurice Thorez, secretary general of..... More
Hong Kong: Hanart TZ Gallery, 1998. Quarto 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches; 228 x 210 mm), [12] pages on heavy card stock in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue of a Hong Kong exhibition of ink paintings by Fung Ming-chip (b. 1951). Introduction by Chang Tsong-zung (Johnson Chang)..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. An important Kerouac biography. Octavo, 419 pages. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ivory-colored front board a bit smudged. Dust jacket shows slight edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. More
![26 Postcards of Scenes From the Moscow Art Theatre Production of The Cherry Orchard]. Anton Chekhov](/pictures/thumb/2289_1.jpeg?v=1606997028)
Moscow: A.A. Gorozhankin and K.A. Fisher, 1911-12. Twenty-six postcards, each 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (138 x 84 mm), featuring black-and-white photos of scenes from Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and text descriptions in Russian. The Cherry Orchard opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on January 17..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Quarto, 312 pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with some light shelf wear and smudges. An attractive copy. Note: This is an oversized copy and may require additional postage. Important reference work by one of the world's leading dealers in Russian..... More
Beijing: New Star Publishers, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (10 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 185 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. Chinese government booklet justifying the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June, 1989. "Beijing experienced a horrifying counter-revolutionary rebellion on June 3..... More
[Taipei]: National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, 1999. Quarto (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches; 296 x 210 mm), 55, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue of a 1999 exhibition in Brussels of 24 works by Taiwan artists. The exhibition took place from June 10-20, 1999, at the..... More
Hong Kong: City Museum & Art Gallery, 1970. Small Quarto (10 x 8 inches; 253 x 202 mm), unpaginated, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings from the Ming and Ching periods at Hong Kong's City Museum & Art Gallery in 1970. The..... More
London: H.M. Stationery Office Press, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto pamphlet (9 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 250 x 162 mm), 8 pages, in stapled self-wrappers. A scarce pamphlet presenting a statement by Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty, asking Parliament to grant more..... More
Place of publication not identified: The Committee for Public Justice; The American Civil Liberties Union; The Center for National Security Studies, ca. 1977. 8vo (8 7/8 x 6 inches; 227 x 150 mm), 35, [1] pages in stapled wrappers. Legislation proposed by three civil-liberties organizations to prohibit political surveillance and..... More
New York: Civil Rights Congress, 1949 (?). No Edition Stated. Single sheet, folded to make four square pages of 5 1/2 inches (155 mm) each. A four-page promotional leaflet and membership application for the Civil Rights Congress, a front group of the Communist Party USA. The CRC sought..... More
London: Ferry Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (10 x 8 inches; 251 x 202 mm), [28] pages in stapled glossy wrappers. INSCRIBED by Tom Clark on the title page: "For Bill Beckman / Love Tom / NYC 1967." (? 1967) Clark's first book of poetry, inscribed to..... More