(Anderson, Sherwood). Sutton, William A. (editor).

Letters to Bab: Sherwood Anderson to Marietta D. Finley 1916-33. Edited by William A. Sutton. With a Foreword by Walter B. Rideout.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1985). (1985). Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1985). (1985). Very good. - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt within a black panel on the spine, in a pictorial light blue dust wrapper. The top edge and spine of the dust jacket are faded. xxii, 352 & [1] pages. There are glue remnants from a sticker to the front endpaper & pastedown. The top & fore edges of the book are lightly foxed. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 98289

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS TO BAB: SHERWOOD ANDERSON TO MARIETTA D. FINLEY 1916-33; BIOGRAPHICAL; WILLIAM A. SUTTON; WALTER B. RIDEOUT; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Anderson, Holly

Lily Lou

New York: Purgatory Pie Press, (1986). (1986). New York: Purgatory Pie Press, (1986). (1986). Very good. SIGNED BY HOLLY ANDERSON - Tall octavo [12 inches high by 6 inches wide], white boards backed with green cloth in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the dust jacket are slightly creased. [ii] & 11 pages plus colophon printed in French fold in olive green & dark green. 1 illustration in dark green & white. There is a tiny area of light staining to the front edge of page 5. Very good.

Limited edition of 200 copies signed by Holly Anderson on the first leaf below the illustration.

Additionally signed on the colophon by designer/editor Esther K. Smith and typographer/printer Dikko Faust. Very good .

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Book number: 26604

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; STORY; HOLLY ANDERSON; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; LILY LOU; FINE PRESS; PURGATORY PIE PRESS; DESIGNER; ESTHER K. SMITH; TYPOGRAPHER; DIKKO FAUST; LIMITED EDITION.

(D'Annunzio, Gabriele). Medici, Giulio de

Bibliografia D'Annunzio

Roma: Edizioni del Centauro, (1929). (1929). Roma: Edizioni del Centauro, (1929). (1929). Good. - Small quarto, printed cream wraps. Soiled, creased & chipped; small tears to front wrap & head of spine; small piece out of tail of spine; backstrip partially detached. 295 & [3] pp. plus colophon. Illustrated with 12 plates. Good.

Of a total edition of 539 copies, this is one of ten author's copies, noted as such and initialed by the author.

Rare. Good .

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Book number: 6767

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Literature). (Italian). BIBLIOGRAFIA D'ANNUNZIO. (D'Annunzio, Gabriele). Medici, Giulio de.

d'Annunzio, Gabriele

La Citta Mporta. Tragedia

Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1904. 1904. Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1904. 1904. Very good. - Octavo, original printed white wraps bound into three-quarter black morocco with marbled boards, titled in gilt with gilt-ruled raised bands on the spine. 288 pages. A previous owner's name is penned at the top of the original wrap. The edges of the leaves are darkened. Very good in a handsome leather binding. Very good .

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Book number: 3795

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; DRAMA; THEATER; GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO; CITTA MORTA; MILAN; FRATELLI TREVES; ITALIAN.

D’Annunzio, Gabriele

Episcopo & Company. By Gabriele D'Annunzio. Translated by Myrta Leonora Jones

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. 1896. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1896. 1896. Fine. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine titled in gilt on the covers and the spine with a gilt vignette stamped within gilt-ruled oval frame on both the front & rear covers. The top edge is gilt. xiii, [i], 122 & [iii] deckle-edged pages with a title vignette printed in brown. Near fine.

First English language publication of any of D’Annunzio’s work.

The second book under the “Herbert S. Stone” imprint. (Kramer #108). Fine .

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Book number: 9296

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; GABRIELE D'ANUNZIO; EPISCOPO & COMPANY; FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION; 1ST EDITION; HERBERT S. STONE; IMPRINT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ITALIAN AUTHOR.

(Anonymous)

The Chicago Literary Club: Year Book for 1966-1967

(Chicago , IL: The Chicago Literary Club, 1966). 1966). (Chicago , IL: The Chicago Literary Club, 1966). 1966). Very good. - Small octavo, printed light blue wraps. The spine & extremities are faded with a small tear to the spine. 116 pages. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 23171

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY CLUB; CHICAGO LITERARY CLUB; YEAR BOOK; 1966-1967. (Literature). THE CHICAGO LITERARY CLUB: YEAR BOOK FOR 1966-1967.

(Antonucci, Emil). Lax, Robert.

Fables. Drawings by Emil Antonucci.

New York: Journeyman Press, 1970. 1970. - Small quarto, 8-3/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled blue-gray wrappers featuring a title design by Antonucci. The spine is lightly faded. [32] pages printed on blue-gray stock, with full page illustrations by Emil Antonucci on the rectos. The top front corners of the covers and pages are bumped. Very good.

First edition. Uncommon in commerce. Very good .

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Book number: 98126

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; ROBERT LAX; FABLES; EMIL ANTONUCCI; ILLUSTRATED; AMERICAN ROMAN CATHOLIC POET; POEMS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Grimm Brothers; Verne, Jules; Carroll, Lewis; et al). Aries, Philippe; Robert, Marthe; Howard, Richard; et al

Yale French Studies Number Forty-Three: The Child's Part

(New Haven, CT: Yale French Studies, Yale University, 1969). 1969). (New Haven, CT: Yale French Studies, Yale University, 1969). 1969). Good. - Octavo, pictorial wrappers with a cover illustration by Laurent de Brunhoff. The binding is darkened & lightly bumped. There is a tear to the lower third of the front joint & the front wrap & title page are partially detached. The spine is creased. 169 & [2] pages. 6 full-page black-and- white illustrations. The book is lightly cracked at page 86. Good.

Among the contents of this issue [which are all in English] are an article on the first appearance of children's books by Philippe Aries; "One hundred years of illustrations in French children's books" by Marion Durand; "The twilight zone: imagination and reality in Jules Verne's 'Strange Journey'"; and "The language of nonsense in 'Alice'" by Jacqueline Flescher. Good .

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Book number: 26361

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; JOURNAL; YALE FRENCH STUDIES; THE CHILD'S PART; CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS; ILLUSTRATIONS IN FRENCH CHILDREN'S BOOKS; JULES VERNE; LEWIS CARROLL; BROTHERS GRIMM; NONSENSE LANGUAGE; PHILIPPE A

Armstrong, D. Hercules; Brecht, Bertolt.; et al. Smith, Jessica; editor.

Soviet Russia Today. (Vol. 11, No. 10) February,1943. (Cover Title).

(New York: S.R.T. Publications, Inc.), 1943. 1943. ISSUE CONTAINING A POEM BY AFRICAN AMERICAN POET HERCULES ARMSTRONG - Quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial red-and-white wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with some minor soiling. The corners of the front wrap are slightly bumped & there is a light paper-clip mark to the bottom edge of the rear wrap. 34 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Very good. There are two items of special literary interest in this issue. On pages 26-27 is a one-and-a half page poem, "O! Soviet Land!" by little-known African American poet D. Hercules Armstrong. Genevieve Taggard writes a note on Armstrong below the poem. He was born in Georgia in 1919. He was attracted to poetry by the writing of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen and had poems published in a several magazines. Pursuing his interest in writing for choral groups, he wrote "O! Soviet Land!" for a group of young people who rehearsed the chant and provided feedback. He felt that the writing benefited from its preparation for group production. On page 27 is an unusual translation by Roy Temple House of Bertolt Brecht's poem "The Soldier's Wife" ["Ballad of the Soldier's Wife"]. Very good .

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Book number: 94890

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: HISTORY; SOVIET UNION; AMERICAN PERIODICAL; SOVIET RUSSIA TODAY; JESSICA SMITH, EDITOR; ILLUSTRATIONS; AFRICAN AMERICAN POET; D. HERCULES ARMSTRONG; O! SOVIET LAND! CHORAL CHANT; BERTOLT BRECHT; BALLAD OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE; UNUSUAL TRANSLATION; ROY

Arnold, A. James.

Paul Valery and His Critics: A Bibliography. French-Language Criticism 1890-1927.

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, (1970). (1970). - Octavo, gray cloth. The binding is lightly spotted with a white stain on the rear cover. 617 pp. The book is cracked at the title page. B&W portrait frontispiece. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 5836

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH; PAUL VALERY; CRITICS; LITERARY CRITICISM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; A. JAMES ARNOLD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (French). PAUL VALERY AND HIS CRITICS: A Bibliography. French-Language Criticism 1890-1927. Arnold, A. James.

(Arp, Hans). Last, R.W.

Hans Arp, the Poet of Dadaism.

London: Oswald Wolff, 1969. 1969. London: Oswald Wolff, 1969. 1969. Very good. - Small octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in burgundy boards titled in gilt on the spine in a printed violet dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and rubbed with a few small stains and the jacket's spine is faded. 128 pages, illustrated with 4 full-page plates. The bottom corners of a few pages are lightly creased. Very good. First edition. "Modern German Authors Tests and Contexts, Volume One". Very good .

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Book number: 98038

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY BIOGRAPHY; LITERARY CRITICISM; HAND ARP, THE POET OF DADAISM; R.W. LAST; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES.

Artmann, H. C.

Nachtwindsucher: Osterreichische Haiku.

(Berlin): Rainer Verlag, (1986). (1986). - Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide], softcover bound in blue & white decorative wrappers. Unnumbered pages, including 61 poems, a full-page black-and-white portrait of the author & a colophon. Near fine. Second printing. Fine .

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Book number: 33498

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; GERMAN AUHOR; H. C. ARTMANN; NACHTWINDSUCHER: OSTERREICHISCHE HAIKU; PORTRAIT.

Ashbery, John

A Wave

New York: The Viking Press, (1984). (1984). New York: The Viking Press, (1984). (1984). Very good. INSCRIBED TO DAVID LEAVITT AND SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY - Octavo, blue boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is foxed internally & there is a short tear & creasing to the top corner of its rear panel at the head of the spine. vi & 89 pages. There is light foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers with a small stain to the rear pastedown. There is a tiny black mark to page 58. The book has a very slight musty odor. Very good. First edition. A nice gay association, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication to David Leavitt, author of "The Lost Language of Cranes": "for David Leavitt / with my best / John Ashbery / May 1, 1984". Very good .

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Book number: 31920

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; AMERICAN POET; A WAVE; JOHN ASHBERY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; GAY ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN AUTHOR; DAVID LEAVITT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

[Ashton, Winifred]

Adam's Opera. The Text of a Play by Clemence Dane Set to Music by Richard Addinsell

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1929. 1929. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1929. 1929. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in green on a creamy white paper label on the spine. The covers are slightly stained. 135 pages. A previous owner's note is penned at the top of the front endpaper. Very good.

From the library of George R.M. Ewing, Jr. with his pictorial bookplate, designed for him by Rockwell Kent, mounted on the front pastedown. Very good .

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Book number: 2898

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; THEATER; STAGE; THEATRE; WINIFRED ASHTON; ADAM'S OPERA; GEORGE EWING; ROCKWELL KENT BOOKPLATE; CLEMENCE DANE.

Asimov, Isaac

Foundation's Edge

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1982. 1982. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1982. 1982. Good. FIRST EDITION - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover in dust jacket. Bound in tan boards backed with a dark blue spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial blue dust wrapper. The edges of the covers are darkened and the head and tail of the spine are heavily bumped. The edges of the book are foxed. The dust jacket is soiled and chipped with a tear to the bottom of the spine's front fold. The interior of the dust jacket is foxed and stained. xi, [iii], 366 & [1] pages. Good.

First edition.

The fourth novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Good .

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Book number: 33013

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; SCIENCE FICTION; ISAAC ASIMOV; FIRST EDITION; FOUNDATION'S EDGE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; MODERN; NOVEL; 1ST EDITION.