APPEL, Benjamin

With Many Voices. Europe Talks About America

New York, William Morrow and Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. A novelist's conversations with people on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. Rather uncommon and certainly timely. Near Fine in a price-clipped, near Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 015208

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Communism Europe Iron Curtain World Politics Nonfiction

APPLEGARTH, Margaret T

Some Boys and Girls in America

New York, George H. Doran Company, (1923). First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of Home Mission stories illustrated by the author. Ill.: Margaret T. Applegarth. Near Fine in a scarce, Very Good dustwrapper with edgewear .

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Book number: 019640

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Children's Literature, Religion, Missionaries, Illustrated Books, Margaret T. Applegarth Margaret T. Applegarth Children's Literature Religion Missionaries Illustrated Books

APULEIUS, Lucius

The Golden Ass

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Large octavo (6" x 10-1/4") bound in full natural ass's hide leather, 414 pages. Newly translated and with an introduction by Jack Lindsay. Illustrated with drawings, many of a mildly and appropriately erotic nature, by Percival Goodman. Copy #103 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Percival Goodman. Spine evenly sunned. Light, inevitable wear to the gold paper-covered slipcase. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase .

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Book number: 018546

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Erotica, Ancient Rome, Fine Binding, LEC, Fine Press, Classics Percival Goodman Signed Illustrated Books Limited Editions Club Roman Literature

AQUINAS, St. Thomas

Saint Thomas Aquinas. Selections from His Works

Chatham, England, Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") in slate-gray pyroxylin-impregnated vellum cloth stamped in black pigment leaf with a checkerboard pattern of multiple crosses; 132 pages. Book designed by Will Carter. The translation of Father Thomas Gilby, selected and arranged by Dr. George N. Shuster who has also written the introduction. Copy #887 of 1500 copies illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Reynolds Stone. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 019295

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Thomas Aquinas, Saints, Limited Editions, Fine Press Reynolds Stone Signed Religion Philosophy Illustrated Books

MacLEISH, Archibald and FITZGERALD, Robert

Autograph Manuscript and Two Autograph Letters Signed (Alss)

Hamden, CT, 27 February 1978 and 4 March 1978. Letters. Two handwritten two-page letters on both sides of an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet SIGNED "Robert" to MacLeish along with a page of notes handwritten in pencil by MacLeish and a small card in pencil and ink written by MacLeish. The notes refer to consciousness with MacLeish mentioning HAMLET and Beethoven: "Works of art not only suggest consciousness in others, they demonstrate it." Fitzgerald's letters are about his famous translation of the THE ODYSSEY and MacLeish's reaction to it as well as identification of Homer with his hero Odysseus, and in context is surely a response to a query by MacLeish regarding one line in the poem. In part: "The thing is that in the poem Homer identifies himself with Odysseus who famously knew the world.. He endows his hero with his own powers. Alkinoös thus observes that these powers belong to a man who knows the world.. The dramatic CONTEXT makes my rendering a true rendering. I hope this leaves it less obscure. I believe it's true, too." Fitzgerald goes into more detail, but this is most pertinent to what MacLeish has written on the small card: "Robert Fitzgerald and 'a poet -- a man who knows the world.'" In an article by poet Donald Hall titled "Visiting the MacLeishes" in THE NEW YORK TIMES on 9 July 1978, a few months after Fitzgerald's letters, MacLeish tells Hall how he read aloud Robert Fitzgerald's translation of THE ODYSSEY to his wife Ada, and how he found a line that he had never seen before, a line translated differently by other translators. "In the 11th book, Odysseus tells his story to Alkinoös, who answers him saying that Odysseus has told his story, 'As a poet would, a man who knows the world.' MacLeish pauses to let the line sink in. He shakes his head. 'These are the words that needed for years. Who does know the world? Not the businessman. Not the scientist. Yes Shakespeare, Homer, Dante. This is what makes greatness in a poet: to know the world.'. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020632

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Literary Autographs, Modern First Editions, Greek LIterature, Homer, Modern Firsts, Archibald MacLeish, Translation Signed Modern First Editions Autograph Letters Greek LIterature

ARIOSTO, Lodovico

Orlando Furioso and I Cinque Canti

Venice, F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of Ferrara dated 1556 and an account of the life of Ariosto by Battista Pigna. Illustrated with an engraved title page, 51 full-page woodcuts, ornamental headpieces, and initial letters. The woodcuts, within decorative borders, are after the designs of Dossa Dossi, the Ferrarese painter, and are printed from the blocks of the first Valgrisi quarto editon of 1556. Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines, affecting one line of text in the dedication; other margins quite adequate. Vellum soiled. Very Good or better First published in 1516, this classic Italian romantic epic influenced many later works including Spenser's THE FAERIE QUEENE and Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The action takes place against the background of the war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins and the Saracen army which is attempting to invade Europe. However, Ariosto has little concern for historical or geographical accuracy, and the poem wanders at will from Japan to the Hebrides, as well as including many fantastical and magical elements, such as a trip to the moon and an array of fantastical creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the orc and the hippogriff. The poem grew in popularity as well in size after Ariosto's death, increasing from 40 to 46 cantos in 1532 and finally to the finished form of 51 cantos.

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Book number: 004548

Catalogue: Early Printed Books

Keywords: Classics, Ariosto, Poetry, Early Printing, Early Printed Books Illustrated Books 17th Century Woodcuts Italian Literature

ARISTOPHANES

The Birds

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Prry. Copy #355 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Marian Parry. Small adhesive remnant from removed bookplate on front pastedown. About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase .

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Book number: 013812

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Marian Parry, Illustrated Books, Fine Press, LEC, Plays Marian Parry Signed Theater Greek Literature Plays

ARISTOPHANES

The Birds

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Parry. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Marian Parry. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine chemise and lightly soiled slipcase .

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Book number: 014939

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Marian Parry, Illustrated Books, Fine Press, LEC, Plays Marian Parry Signed Theater Greek Literature Plays

ARISTOTLE

Politics & Poetics

Lunenburg, VT, Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Leonard Baskin. Spine somewhat darkened. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 016007

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Classics, Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions, Leonard Baskin, Fine Press Leonard Baskin Signed Greek Literature Philosophy Illustrated Books

ARISTOTLE

Politics & Poetics

Lunenburg, VT, Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Leonard Baskin. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine a little darkened. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 017690

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Classics, Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions, Leonard Baskin, Fine Press Leonard Baskin Signed Greek Literature Philosophy Illustrated Books

ARISTOTLE

Politics & Poetics

Lunenburg, VT, Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #473 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Leonard Baskin. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 018173

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Classics, Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions, Leonard Baskin, Fine Press Leonard Baskin Signed Greek Literature Philosophy Illustrated Books

ARMSTRONG, Louis

Autograph Letter Signed (Als) of 4 Pages

14 June 1970. Letter. Fine 4-page letter written entirely in the jazz legend's hand with interesting personal content on the back of four 8-1/2" x 11" photocopies of his advertisement for "Lose Weight The Satchmo Way," often used by Armstrong as stationery to his frequent correspondent, Mr. Kauffmann. Armstrong mentions being very sick in the hospital: "I was really sick this time. Everybody thought that I would die. But the Lord Jesus -- my Doctor -- and my wife Lucille were right there with me at all times-- so I came through alright." He goes on to explain, at some length, what C.O.D. means and then mentions receiving a trombone that Kauffmann had sent to him that had belonged to Mr. Franz Schuritz who had provided Armstrong with his favorite lip salve-- Ansatz-Crème. "I won't let anyone touch (put their hands on it). It is a beautiful trombone.. Mr. Schuritz' always a dear friend of mine. I offtne [sic] think of him. God Bless his soul. You are a nice man also. SIGNED "Satchmo and Lucille Armstrong. Some creases and wrinkling from mailing. Very Good Erich Kauffmann was the partner of trombonist Franz Schuritz.

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Book number: 019638

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Autograph Letters, Louis Armstrong, New Orleans, African-American Music, Jazz, Musical Autographs Signed African-American Music Jazz Musical Autographs

ARNOLD, Sir Edwin

The Light of Asia Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism

Avon, CT, Limited Editions Club, 1976. Hardcover. Quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in cotton with an all-over Indian pattern and a gilt-stamped green leather label; 220 pages. Introduction by Melford E. Spiro .Illustrated by Ayers Houghtelling with 8 full-page color plates, 8 two-color line drawings, and 8 part-page black-and-white drawings in the text. Copy #523 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Ayers Houghtelling. Touch of sunning to the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 020613

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Buddhism, Eastern Literature, Philosophy, LEC, Limited Editions Club Ayers Houghtelling Signed Illustrated Books Buddhism Limited Editions Club

ARNOLD, Matthew

Literature and Dogma, an Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible

New York, Macmillan and Co. 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's brick cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; 316 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blank: "with sincere regard and all/good wishes./Matthew Arnold.--/Indianapolis, Feb. 4th 1884." Arnold spent the latter months of 1883 and the first months of 1884 touring the United States for the first time and giving a series of lectures in various cities. It was on this tour that he inscribed this book which is Arnold's attempt to show the ways secular literature and religious texts intersect. Books inscribed by Arnold are fairly scarce. Tightly bound; wear to tips of spine which is a little darkened. Very Good .

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Book number: 020246

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, 19th Century British Literature, Matthew Arnold, Inscribed, Victorian Literature Signed Literature: English 19th Century British Literature Fine Bindings

ASHBERY, John

Turandot and Other Poems

New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Ashbery's first book, a 23-page chapbook in sewn decorated paper wraps, one of only 300 copies printed. Illustrated with four drawings by Jane Freilicher. In this copy two of the plates are duplicated giving a total of six plates. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet to Herbert with love and also INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the artist to Herbert with "my love, too." Both inscriptions are on the title page and appear to be contemporary. Ill.: Jane Freilicher. Wrappers are slightly darkened with two round oily stains on the rear, not too dark. The front wrapper has one short closed tear neatly repaired internally with tape and a sliver chip on the lower right corner with the detached piece still present. Very Good to Near Fine example of this scarce book .

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Book number: 010999

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: New York School, Signed, Inscribed, Association Copy, Jane Freilicher, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Limited, Modern First Editions, First Book, First Books Jane Freilicher Signed First Book Limited Modern First Editions