Dorking, England: Yakov Hornstein / A.A. Tanner and Son, Limited, [n.d. but ca. 1960]. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Nina Berberova, one of the four Russian poets featured in this slender volume of poetry translated into English by the publisher, Yakov Hornstein. The book presents four poems by Alexander Blok (1880-1921)... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First American Edition. Octavo, 339 pages. Translated from the French with a preface by Jonathan Griffin. Upper quarter of front board and small area of rear board faded, otherwise Very Good in price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling to rear panel, a few closed... More
New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. A collection of essays written between 1945 and 1964, focusing on literature and folklore, especially the African-American experience. 8vo, xxiii, 317, [2] pages. Small tear in cloth near bottom of front board where it meets the spine, a bit of rubbing... More
London: Reinhardt Books, 1990. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. A collection of Graham Greene's travel reports, essays and reviews, gathered together here for the first time. Octavo, 325 pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, which shows only slight fading to the spine lettering. A beautiful copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1970. First American Edition, 1st Printing. The amazing adventures of Henry Pulling, a quiet, retired bank manager, and his Aunt Augusta. 8vo., 244 pages. A Near Fine copy with slight sunning to the spine in a Very Good, unclipped dust jacket whose spine is also... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo, 128 pages. An interesting paperback "encyclopaedia" on war and pacifism published two years before the outbreak of World War II. Covers toned with some light creasing to a few pages. Small ink dot on pages 57-58. Overall, Very Good. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. Wyndham Lewis. First Edition. Wyndham Lewis's autobiography covering the period from 1914 to 1926. Includes numerous literary personalities: Auden, Eliot, Joyce, et al. as well as numerous pencil sketches by Lewis. First edition. One of only 2,000 copies. 8vo., 312 pages. First binding with top... More
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hilarious "confessions" of a swindler. Octavo, pp. 384 (6). Very Good in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Some light toning to pages and offsetting to end papers. The dust jacket has only light edge wear and light toning... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First American Edition, 1st Printing. SIGNED by Thomas Mann on the half title. A hypnotist in Italy humiliates a young man named Mario. And then Mario gets his revenge in this anti-fascist political tale. Octavo, 81 pages. Very Good, with light offsetting to the... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. One of 775 copies. Octavo, 160 pages. Near Fine in blue-green cloth with a Near Fine dust jacket. Pages lightly toned. Small label on rear pastedown. Top and bottom corners of flaps cut. Overall, a beautiful copy. From the flap: "A drama... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1967. First Edition Thus. INSCRIBED on the title page in memory of the book's illustrator Ben Shahn, who died in 1969: " Katherine Anne Porter / Remembering good artist Ben Shahn / February 1975." Katherine Anne Porter's endearing account of Christmas with her niece, first published... More
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, [1952]. First Edition Thus. Ezra Pound's essays on culture. This is a review copy of the New Directions edition, which includes the material from an edition first published in 1938, along with about 20 pages of new material. 8vo., 379 pages. Corners bumped, especially the lower... More
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1960. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Ezra Pound on the title page and with Pound's hand-drawn gadfly figure above his controversial definition of religion on page 231: "Another of the numerous failures resulting from an attempt to popularize art." The book includes a selection... More
Milan: John Scheiwiller, 1932. First Edition. An enormously important poetry anthology, one of only 250 copies, featuring many of the key Modernist writers of the period, including James Joyce, William Carlos Williams, W.B. Yeats, Marianne Moore, T.S. Eliot, e.e. cummings, Archibald MacLeish, Louis Zukofsky, Basil Bunting, Ford Madox Ford, and... More
London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1954. First Edition. The downfall of a dictator. Published in France in 1948 under the title L'Engrenage by Editions Nagel. Translated by Mervyn Savill. Small 8vo., 128 pages. Previous owner's name and other details on front end paper and near hinge on title page. Otherwise, Near... More
New York: George Braziller, 1963. First American Edition, 1st Printing. SIGNED by Jean-Paul Sartre on the half title. Sartre takes stock of Jean Genet, the great French novelist and playwright. Octavo, pp. [8], 625. Very Good, with some very toning to the pages and a bump to the lower right... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Includes "Dirty Hands," "The Respectful Prostitute" and "The Victors." Translated from the French by Lionel Abel. Small 8vo., [7], 272 pages. Very Good, with both boards rubbed and slightly bumped and rear board also scratched. Interior clean and unmarked... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. The two plays are The Flies (Les Mouches) and In Camera (Huis Clos), translated by Stuart Gilbert. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with only slight edge wear and a bit of soiling to the panels. An attractive copy, rarely... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Euripides's great tragedy adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre with the English-language version by Ronald Duncan. Lengthy introduction by Sartre explaining why he adapted the play. Small 8vo., xv, 80 [2] pages. Fine in a price-clipped, lightly soiled dust jacket with... More
Owings Mills, Maryland: Stemmer House Publishers, Inc. 1978. First Paperbound Edition. Dylan Thomas' play, Under Milk Wood, interspersed with photos from his New York haunts. Octavo, unpaginated, soft cover. Very Good, with some creasing and soiling to the paper covers and a line drawn through the original price on the... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1958. Uncorrected Proof. A scarce, uncorrected proof copy of Virginia Woolf's essays on the art of fiction and biography. 8vo., 240 pages. Modest foxing to the edge of the text block. Near Fine in wrappers. Uncorrected proofs of "Granite and Rainbow" are not often found in the market. More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First Edition. Virginia Woolf reflects on the nature of reviewing and how it differs from criticism. Her husband Leonard Woolf has added a postscript. Number Four in the Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets series. 12mo (7 1/4 inches / 18 cm), 31 pages, in stapled blue paper... More