Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Literature
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The Butterfly Quarterly. (Cover Title). Winter 1908-9. Number Five.
Philadelphia: The Butterfly Attic, 1909. 1909. Philadelphia: The Butterfly Attic, 1909. 1909. Very good. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The overlapping edges of the covers are heavily chipped. [4], pages 1-14 & [1-4]. Illustrated with a 3-1/4 inch high by 3 inch wide tipped in bookplate for "Martha Thornton McAllister" by Plank engraved on tissue, 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank and 3 tipped-in illustrations after etchings by Frederick Harer. Internally near fine with the first and last signatures remaining unopened. Very good. Number 264 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. The contents include: "Frederick Harer - Etcher An Appreciation" by John Cournos, "Isadora Duncan Dancing" by Louis Untermeyer, "On Applause in the Theatre" by Gordon Craig and "This Youth - Gentlemen! A Play in Two Scenes" by Margaret Scott Oliver writing pseudonymously - "Translated from the Hungarian of Etga Arrm by S. Thuner". George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. Very good .
-- Boeknummer: 98626
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 140]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: GEORGE WOLFE PLANK; LOUIS UNTERMEYER; FREDERICK HARER; JOHN COURNOS; ISADORA DUNCAN; GORDON CRAIG; MARGARET SCOTT OLIVER; ETGA ARRM; S. THUNER; BOOKPLATE; THE BUTTERFLY QUARTERLY; MARGARET H. SCOTT; ALICE SMITH; AMY SMITH; VOGUE MAGAZINE; POETRY; WOODCUTS
Future Indefinite.
London: William Heinemann Ltd. (1954). (1954). - 8vo, blue cloth (lightly bumped; small tear to bottom edge of front cover; rubbing & crease to head of spine) titled in gilt, in dw (rubbed & chipped; rear panel darkened & soiled; dw spine slightly faded with piece out of head). viii & 336 pp. (stain to front endpaper). B&W portrait frontispiece & profuse B&W illustrations. Good.
First edition.
Noel Coward's second volume of autobiography covering the World War II years and his wartime travels to America and to army bases around the world. Good .
Boeknummer: 680
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; THEATER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; PLAYWRIGHT; SONGWRITER; BRITISH; WORLD WAR II; FIRST EDITION.
Not Yet the Dodo and Other Verses
London: Heinemann, (1967). (1967). London: Heinemann, (1967). (1967). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is a light crease to the top edge of the dust wrapper's front panel with a tiny chip & light foxing to the top corner of its rear flap. vii & 90 pages. The top edge is lightly foxed. There is a short ink mark on the front pastedown. Very good.
First edition.
The attractive bookplate of Edward M. Crane is on the front pastedown. Very good .
Boeknummer: 29148
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; VERSE; HUMOR; BRITISH AUTHOR; PLAYWRIGHT; NOEL COWARD; NOT YET THE DODO AND OTHER VERSES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Pretty Polly and Other Stories
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965. 1965. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1965. 1965. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth-backed light blue cloth titled in blue on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The covers are slightly spotted and the dust jacket has 3 short tears to the edges. 227 pages. Very good.
First American edition of these 3 short stories by writer, producer, director, and actor Noel Coward. Very good .
Boeknummer: 2601
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; NOEL COWARD; PRETTY POLLY; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; 1ST U.S. EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Quadrille: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts
Melbourne, London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd. (1952). (1952). Melbourne, London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd. (1952). (1952). Very good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in original perfect-bound cream wraps, printed in light blue. The covers are soiled and creased. 116 pages. Very good.
Original Proof Copy of the First Edition. Stated: "Proof Copy for your personal reading" on the front cover. Very good .
Boeknummer: 24483
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: NOAMZ; LITERATURE; PLAYS; THEATER; NOEL COWARD; QUADRILLE; COMEDY IN THREE ACTS; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ADVANCE; PROOF; COPY; READING; FIRST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; THEATRE.
The Crypto Mistress: Love Poems of Abraham Cowley
Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, (1948). (1948). Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, (1948). (1948). Fine. - Octavo, cream paper covered boards with a black-and-white illustration on the front board, in a gilt paper covered slipcase. The spine & extremities are darkened & the slipcase is rubbed. 21 & [1] pages plus colophon. The contents are fine. Fine .
Boeknummer: 3650
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; LOVE POEMS; POET; ABRAHAM COWLEY; FINE PRESS; GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS.
Malcolm Cowley: A Checklist of His Writings 1916-1973. With an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley
Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press / London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simon, Inc. (1975). (1975). Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press / London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simon, Inc. (1975). (1975). Fine. - Octavo, red cloth titled in black and gilt, in dw. xxxii & 240 pp. Near fine. Fine .
Boeknummer: 6596
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Literature). MALCOLM COWLEY: A CHECKLIST OF HIS WRITINGS 1916-1973. With an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. (Cowley, Malcolm). Eisenberg, Diane U.
The Portable Malcolm Cowley. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Donald W. Faulkner.
(New York): Viking, (1990). (1990). - Thick octavo, cream boards backed with gray cloth & titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. There is a small crease & some soiling to the top edge of the rear cover with another crease to the bottom edge. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with some minor soiling. xxxiv, 604 & [1] pages. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge & a small area of light soiling to the top edge. Very good. First edition. Critic, editor and author Malcolm Cowley helped institute the Viking Portable Library series in the 1940s. This collection includes passages from his memoirs of the Lost Generation, "Exile's Return" and "The Dream of the Golden Mountains"; critical essays on Hawthorne, Whitman, Fitzgerald, Hart Crane and Thomas Wolfe; more than twenty poems from "Blue Juniata"; and selected correspondence from Cowley to Hemingway, William Faulkner, Edmund Wilson and others. Very good .
Boeknummer: 94859
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; CRITIC; EDITOR; AUTHOR; THE PORTABLE MALCOLM COWLEY; DONALD W. FAULKNER, EDITOR; MEMOIRS; THE LOST GENERATION; CRITICAL ESSAYS; HAWTHORNE; WHITMAN; SCOTT FITZGERALD; HART CRANE; THOMAS WOLFE; POEMS; BLUE JUNIATA; CORRESPON
Some Copies of Verses Translated Paraphrastically out of Anacreon
(Mt. Vernon, NY): The Golden Eagle Press, circa [1956]. [1956]. (Mt. Vernon, NY): The Golden Eagle Press, circa [1956]. [1956]. Good. - Octavo,tan paper covered boards with a circular vignette on the front cover in a matching dust wrapper. The book is cocked. The top edge of the dust jacket is chipped & there is a short tear with 2 tiny stains to the bottom edge of its rear panel. [15] pages plus colophon. Illustrated with vignettes in olive green. Good.
Edition limited to 2,000 copies. Good .
Boeknummer: 30841
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: CLASSICAL; GREEK POETRY; GREEK POET; SOME COPIES OF VERSES TRANSLATED PARAPHRASTICALLY OUT OF ANACREON; ABRAHAM COWLEY, TRANSLATOR; GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS; S. A. JACOBS; LIMITED EDITION.
Private Correspondence of William Cowper, Esq. / with Several of His Most Intimate Friends. Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of His Kinsman, John Johnson, LL. D. Rector of Yaxham with Welborne in Norfolk. First American Edition
Philadelphia: R. Littlell.. / New York: Collins & Hannay, 1824. 1824. Philadelphia: R. Littlell.. / New York: Collins & Hannay, 1824. 1824. Fair. - Octavo, full brown calf with a gilt-ruled, gilt-lettered maroon leather label between double gilt rules on the spine. The covers are rubbed & bumped with a piece out of the leather at the bottom corner of the front cover. The spine is rubbed with pieces out & the label is chipped. The joints are split. xxiii, 1 blank & pages [25]-385. The book is cracked at the flyleaf & the rear hinge is starting. The edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are stained & there is an owner's inscription on the front endpaper. There is scattered foxing & staining & some pages are darkened. The front edge of 1 leaf is roughed. Mild ex-library with a library label on the front pastedown. Fair working copy.
First American edition. Fair .
Boeknummer: 22336
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS; POET; BRITISH; ENGLISH; WILLIAM COWPER; PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.
James Gould Cozzens, a Descriptive Bibliography
(Pittsburgh, PA): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. 1981. (Pittsburgh, PA): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. 1981. Fine. - Octavo, blue-gray cloth titled in silver. xiii & 193 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. Near fine.
First edition. Fine .
Boeknummer: 6698
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Literature). JAMES GOULD COZZENS, A Descriptive Bibliography. (Cozzens, James Gould). Bruccoli, Matthew J.
The Sparrowgrass Papers: Or Living in the Country
NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. 1856. NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. 1856. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with vignette in gilt on spine & with decorative pattern stamped in blind on both covers. The covers are bumped & lightly stained. The head & tail of the spine are chipped with small pieces out & the gilt is faded. xii, 328 & 8-page publisher's catalogue. Engraved frontispiece & title. There is a bookseller's blind stamp on the front endpaper & an owner's inscription on the flyleaf. The page edges are slightly darkened & there is occasional light soiling & staining. Good.
First edition, first state [BAL 3998]. Good .
Boeknummer: 14276
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; HUMOR; FREDERIC S. COZZENS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ENGRAVINGS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
Active Service: A Novel
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1899). (1899). New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1899). (1899). Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in black with decorations in light green on the front cover & spine. The spine is sunned with the cloth creased The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with slight darkening to the edges & 2 small stains to the bottom corner of the front cover. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 345 pages. There is an owner's book label on the front pastedown. The page edges are slightly darkened. Very good.
First edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 11414
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.75]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; STEPHEN CRANE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
The Literary Manuscripts of Hart Crane
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, (1967). (1967). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, (1967). (1967). Fine. - Octavo, rust cloth backed dark green cloth titled in gilt, in dw. The dw is soiled with short tears to the rear panel and the tail of the spine. xx & 151 & [1] pp. Illustrated. Near fine in a very good dw. Fine .
Boeknummer: 6598
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Literature). (Poetry). THE LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS OF HART CRANE. (Crane, Hart). Lohf, Kenneth A.
Nathalia Crane. The Pamphlet Poets. (Cover Title)
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1926). (1926). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1926). (1926). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in decorative tan & black wraps. There is an owner's ink name on the front wrap. There is a short tear to the front edge of the wrap & small pieces out of its top & bottom corners. The rear wrap is lightly chipped with is a small stain & light soiling. 31 pages, including the inside wraps. The bottom page corners are lightly creased & there are a few small stains. Good. Good .
Boeknummer: 31394
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; WOMAN POET; AMERICAN; POEMS; NATHALIA CRANE; THE PAMPHLET POETS.
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