Beckett, Samuel, Julia Kristeva, Marcelin Pleynet, Philippe Sollers, Annette Michelson, Tom Bishop, Rosalind Krauss, Michael Brown, Octavio Armand, and Hollis Frampton

October 6 (Fall, 1978)

Cambridge, MIT Press, 1978. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers with light rubbing. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b30741

Bishop, Hillman M & Hendel, Samuel

Basic Issues of American Democracy

New York, Appleton, 1959. 3rd. Paperback. 12mo. Tears to joint ends. Wear to edges. Rubbing to joints and covers. Pale stain and creasing to several pages. Good-.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 500010181

Catalogue: Non Fiction

Keywords: HISTORY

BISHOP (Samuel):

Poems on Various Subjects. The Second Edition.

London: Printed by S. Strahan...For Cadell and Davies..., inter alia, 1800. 2 volumes. 8vo, 160 x 90 mms., pp. xxiii [xxiv note about press errors], 191 [192 blank]; viii, 192, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, red leather labels; joints rubbed, corners a bit worn, but a very good set with the autograph "John Kearney" on the title-page of each volume. THe poet and school teacher Samuel Bishop (1731 - 1795) wrote a number of poems but published very few in his lifetime. A fine quarto edition was published in 1796 after his death, edited and produced by Thomas Clare, who married Bishop's widow. ODNB notes that Southey said of him, that "no other poet crowds so many syllables into a verse … His domestic poems breathe a Dutch spirit—by which I mean a very amiable and happy feeling of domestic duties and enjoyments." The Monthly Magazine in 1796 announced the subscription volume of 1796: "Proposals have been circulated, soliciting subscribers for the publication of the Poetical Works of the Rev. Samuel Bishop. This gentleman's known talents may be expected to procure a respectable subscription."

John Price Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9017

Catalogue: Poems

Keywords: poems domestic literature

[BISHOP, Elizabeth] GREENBERG, Samuel

Poems by Samuel Greenberg

New York, Henry Holt and Company, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Allen Tate. Elizabeth Bishop's copy SIGNED by her on the front endpaper. In a letter to Robert Lowell dated 27 June 1950 Bishop writes of THIS book: "I spent most of the weekend reading Samuel Greenberg--have you? I got so mad at the introductions, particularly Tate's--and if you haven't read the poems I recommend them highly. He was certainly one of the finest poetic characters I know anything about, and phrases are magnificent--and no critic has ever apparently appreciated either at their real value" (ONE ART: ELIZABETH BISHOP'S LETTERS, p. 204). In another letter to Robert Lowell dated August 1950, Bishop writes: "I'm reading The 'Green Huntsman' and it's marvelous--also just finished Samuel Greenberg and Isaac Rosenberg who have many strange points in common" (WORDS IN AIR: THE COMPLETE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH BISHOP AND ROBERT LOWELL). Clearly even two months later this book was still in the forefront of Bishop's mind. While we have handled several copies of Bishop's books signed by her as well as correspondence, this is the first book from the poet's library that we have encountered. It appears, also, to be a book that had some influence on Bishop's development as a poet. Greenberg was also a huge influence on the poet Hart Crane, who first read Greenberg in manuscript. Crane was so taken by Greenberg, he lifted entire lines for his own poems. The cloth was damaged by water at some point with the result that it is discolored. There is only slight water damage to the dustwrapper. Still Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 014861

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Author's Library, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Tate, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Women's Literature Modern Poetry Literature: American

Bishop Samuel Fallows; Iroquois Theater (Chicago, Ill.)

Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. (Salesman's Sample Dummy)

[Chicago]: D. B. McCurdy, 1904. 8vo. Decorative Black Cloth-covered Boards, 367 pp. (as paginated, but many pages skipped in this dummy version, closer to 100 pages), Very Good. Illustrations & B&W Photographs. Scarce. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 63-7038

Catalogue: Books

SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST (VINCENT PRICE & V. B. PRICE; SAMUEL R. DELANY; ROBERT STALLMAN; MICHAEL BISHOP)

Science Fiction Digest: May - June 1982

NY, Davis Publications. 1982. Single Issue Magazine. Vol. 1, No. 3. Cover art is uncredited. Edited by Shawna McCarthy. Includes excerpt: "Monsters" by Vincent Price & V. B. Price; "Neveryona" by Samuel R. Delany; "The Book of the Beast" by Robert Stallman; "No Enemy But Time" by Michael Bishop. Tanning; edge and corner nicks and wear. Very Good+.

Books from the cryptProfessional seller

Book number: PR1430

Catalogue: Magazines

Keywords: Science Fiction Periodicals Science Fiction Magazines

Old English Divines; Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford

Eucharistica: Meditations and Prayers on the Most Holy Eucharist from Old English Divines

London, R. and A. Suttaby, 1848. Leather. A smart copy of this collection of prayers and meditations from Old English Divines, with a metal clasp. With a colour title vignette. A collection of meditations and prayers from various important English Divines from earlier years, with reference to Holy Communion, thanksgivings, hymns, passages of scripture, and more. With an introduction from Samuel Wilberforce, an English bishop in the Church of England. Known as "Soapy Sam", Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his day and later led the anti-slave-trade movement. Lacking pages 83 to 98. In the original full brown morocco with gold metal trims, a metal cross to the front board, and a clasp. Externally, smart with light wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with pages 83 to 98 removed. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 917T31

Catalogue: Anglican

Keywords: Eucharistica Meditations Prayers Divines Meditations None

John Evelyn; Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford

The Life of Mrs. Godolphin

London, John W Parker and Son , 1848 . Cloth. An early edition of John Evelyn's memoir of the British coutier Margaret Godolphin. Third edition of The Life of Mrs. Godolphin by John Evelyn in the original cloth binding. A scarce edition of this work published by John W Parker and Son. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait. Collated, complete. Margaret Godolphin was a Maid of Honour to Anne Hyde and later to the Queen. She was mentored by the English writer and diarist John Evelyn. In honour of his friendship with the young woman, Evelyn produced a 'masterpiece' of religious biography after her death during childbirth. Now first published and edited by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The spine label is slightly worn. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: W. Humhpreys. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 855W67

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: Mrs Goldolphin John Evelyn Biography John Evelyn W. Humhpreys

[Astronomy]. Horsley, Samuel, Bishop of St. Asaph [1733 - 1806]. 

On VIRGIL'S TWO SEASONS Of HONEY, And His SEASON Of SOWING WHEAT.; With a New and Compendious Method of Investigating the Risings and Settings of the Fixed Stars

London: Printed for J. Hatchard, Bookseller to Her Majesty, 1805. 1st Edition. Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. [4], 40 pp. Two folding copperplate engravings. 4to. 9-3/4" x 8". Age-toning, Very Good.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 47484

Catalogue: Potpourri

Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford. [Wilberforce, Samuel].

Prayers suggested for use in schools, households, and families, within the diocese, under our present trials.

Buckingham: printed by W Carter. 1865. [4] pp. Disbound. 15 cm x 9 cm. Lightly age browned.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 36647

Samuel Smith; Isaac Watts; Bishop Sherlock

The Last Great Assize by Samuel Smith the End of Time by Isaac Watts the Trial of the Witnesses

London, Thomas Kelly, 1823. Leather. This volume contains three works bound in one volume. Fully bound in calf. Isaac Watts (1674-1748) is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymn writer, credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been translated into many languages. Thomas Sherlock (1678 -1761) served as a Church of England bishop for 33 years. He is also noted in church history as an important contributor to Christian apologetics. Samuel Smith (1584-1665) preacher and influential writer of sermons. Fully bound in calf. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping to the corners and some cracking to the leather spine. Internally the pages are generally bright with some occasional spotting, particularly to the plates. The binding is firm with the boards and all internal pages attached, although the front hinge is starting. There is some staining to the frontis and title page. The last page of text and the rear endpaper have been torn out. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH7-C-1

Catalogue: Anglican

Keywords: hymnologist Religion Anthology sammelband Religion None