Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Literature
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Monday-Chats, Selected and Translated from the "Causeries Du Lundi," with an Introductory Essay on the Life and Writings of Sainte-Beuve, by William Matthews, LL. D
Chicago: S, C, Griggs and Company, 1877. 1877. Chicago: S, C, Griggs and Company, 1877. 1877. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with frames in black stamped on both covers. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a white stain & some tiny white marks to the front cover. There are some tiny stains near the head of the spine & the head & tail are lightly chipped. lxxxvi & 298 pages plus 10-page publisher's catalog. There is an owner's name & address on the front endpaper & there is some light staining to the rear endpaper & the facing rear blank. Very good.
First edition in English.
The book includes Saint-Beuve's literary portraits of Louis the Fourteenth, Fenelon, Bossuet, Massillon, Pascal, Rousseau, Madame Geoffrin, Joubert, Guizot, the Abbe Galliani and Frederic the Great. Very good .
-- Boeknummer: 12537
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FRENCH; AUTHOR; C. A. SAINTE-BEUVE; MONDAY-CHATS; CAUSERIES DU LUNDI; WILLIAM MATTHEWS; TRANSLATOR; LITERARY PORTRAITS; LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH; FENELON; BOSSUET; MASSILLON; PASCAL; ROUSSEAU; MADAME GEOFFRIN; JOUBERT; GUIZOT; ABBE GALLIANI; FREDE
Eros
South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press, (1994). (1994). South Royalton, VT: Steerforth Press, (1994). (1994). Fine. - Octavo, white boards backed with a white buckram spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is very slightly soiled.189 pages. Near fine.
First American edition.
Translated from the Italian by Ann McGarrell.
"Not since Stendhal's On Love has a book celebrated the love of women with the unfettered honesty of Alberto Bevilacqua's Eros. Half memoir and half novel, without apology or embarrassment, Eros explores the forms and meaning of physical passion in a man's life." -- Excerpted from the dw blurb. Fine .
Boeknummer: 23276
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; EROS; PASSION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; ALBERTO BEVILACQUA; ITALIAN; TRANSLATED; 1ST U.S. EDITION; LOVE; WOMEN; ANN MCGARRELL; MEMOIR.
Twenty-One Letters of Ambrose Bierce. Edited with a Note by Samuel Loveman
Cleveland, OH: George Kirk, 1922. 1922. Cleveland, OH: George Kirk, 1922. 1922. Good. - Octavo [7-1/8"x5-1/8"], grayish blue paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. The binding is rubbed with a few small stains. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. There is some light staining to the label & a chip out of one corner. 33 pages. The contents are near fine.
Limited edition of 950 numbered copies.
Letters from Bierce to writer Samuel Loveman, who was sending him samples of his work. The correspondence ended as Bierce was about to leave for South America, never to reappear. A poem by Loveman is printed following the letters. Good .
Boeknummer: 28865
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; AMBROSE BIERCE; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS; SAMUEL LOVEMAN; LIMITED EDITION.
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Mouth of the Dragon: 6. (September 1975). [Cover Title].
New York: Mouth of the Dragon Press, 1975. 1975. New York: Mouth of the Dragon Press, 1975. 1975. Good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers titled in black on the front cover and spine. The covers are slightly soiled and the edges darkened with light creases to the corners. 93 pages, including 4 full-page black-and-white drawings by Bruce Hutchinson. The bottom edges of the pages are bumped and the bottom corner of one page is creased. Good. The contributors to this issue include Dick Higgins, Rene Char, Felice Picano, Tom Savage and Jonathan Williams among many others. Good .
Boeknummer: 98459
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; MOUTH OF THE DRAGON 6; ANDREW BIFROST; DICK HIGGINS; GAY POETRY; GAY LITERATURE; RENE CHAR; FELICE PICANO; TOM SAVAGE; JONATHAN WILLIAMS; JOURNAL; MAGAZINE; ILLUSTRATIONS; BRUCE HUTCHINSON; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; PERIODICAL;
Autograph Quotation on a Sheet of Note Paper Signed by English Novelist Harold Edward Bindloss.
Carlisle, England: 19 March, 1928. 1928. - A 2-line quotation is penned on an approximately 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide sheet of cream-colored note paper with his address printed in raised lettering in blind at top right. Signed "Howard Bindloss". There is a small stain to the right hand edge of the paper. A piece of tape adheres to the verso where the autograph was removed from an album. Folded twice for mailing with an additional light crease near the bottom edge. Good. The quotation reads; "And ship to ship made signal / Man answered back his name -- ". Harold Edward Bindloss [1866-1945] was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. In his youth Bindloss traveled around the world, farming in Canada and working in southern regions as a cargo heaver and planter and at other jobs. He returned to England with his health damaged by malaria. He was more than 30 years old when he published his first book, an account of his travel in Africa, and found his true vocation. He followed this up with dozens of novels becoming a highly popular writer, especially for his Canadian stories. Good .
Boeknummer: 96112
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; ENGLISH WRITER; ENGLISH NOVELIST; HAROLD EDWARD BINDLOSS; AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED BY HAROLD EDWARD BINDLOSS; AQS; A.Q.S.; NOVELS SET IN CANADA.
Slip of Paper Signed by American Author Archie Binns.
November 10th, 1934. 1934. - An unevenly cut slip of gray paper [approximately 1-7/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide] is signed "Archie Binns / Nov. 10,1934." The paper is unevenly darkened. There is unrelated text printed on the verso with 2 small pieces of tape where the autograph has previously been removed from an album. Good. Archie Binns [1899-1971] was an American author who graduated from Stanford University in 1921. Though strongly influenced by his upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, he moved in the 1920s to New York where his editor at Charles Scribner's Sons was Maxwell Perkins. He returned to the Northwest in the 1940s and taught creative writing at the University of Washington, Western Washington State College and Skagit Valley College. He wrote novels, histories and biographies. Good .
Boeknummer: 95699
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; NOVELS; HISTORIES; BIOGRAPHIES; AMERICAN AUTHOR; ARCHIE BINNS; SIGNATURE ON A SLIP OF PAPER; AUTOGRAPH; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS; MAX PERKINS, EDITOR.
The Sirens: An Ode
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. 1925. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1925. 1925. Very good. - Octavo, tan cloth backed brown boards (lightly bumped & rubbed; small brown stain to tail of spine) titled in black, in dust wrapper (chipped & soiled; tail of dw spine torn with piece out); deckle-edged. vii & 38 pages (endpapers & half-title lightly foxed). Very good in good dw.
Revised edition. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Very good .
Boeknummer: 14455
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; FINE PRESS; LAURENCE BINYON; THE SIRENS; AN ODE; CHISWICK PRESS.
The Day of the Dog.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1963. 1963. - Octavo, red cloth backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. There are a few tiny marks to the rear cover. There is some minor soiling to the rear panel of the dust jacket. 190 pages. Illustrated with full-page black-and-white drawings by Timothy Birdsall. Very good. First American edition of the author's first book. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Very good .
Boeknummer: 36560
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; HUMOR; BRITISH HUMORIST; MICHAEL FRAYN; THE DAY OF THE DOG; AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; REVIEW COPY.
Summer Situations.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. (1972). (1972). - Octavo, light green cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is foxed & the top edge is darkened. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with the jacket spine & the edges of its flaps darkened. 191 pages. The top edge is foxed & there is some light staining to the fore-edge. Good. First edition.Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in along with a press release. Good .
Boeknummer: 94976
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; SUMMER SITUATIONS; AMERICAN AUTHOR; ANN BIRSTEIN; REVIEW COPY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Arne
Mossant, Vallon & Co. n.d. [1930s]. n.d. [1930s]. Mossant, Vallon & Co. n.d. [1930s]. n.d. [1930s]. Very good. - Small quarto [7 inches high by 5 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white wraps with raised decorative patterning on the front wrap, sewn with white thread. The wraps are lightly bumped with their edges darkened. [24] pages. Very good.
Mossant & Vallon produced fine felt hats in the 1930s. Very good .
Boeknummer: 13382
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORY; ARNE; SCANDINAVIAN; BJORNSTJEVNE BJORNSON; MOSSANT & VALLON; HATTERS.
Legenden
Munchen: Georg Muller, 1913. 1913. Munchen: Georg Muller, 1913. 1913. Fine. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt. The binding is slightly rubbed. [5] leaves & 133 pages. There is occasional very minor foxing. Near fine.
First German edition.
Bjornstjerne Bjornson [1832-1910] was a Norwegian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie and Alexander Kielland, Bjornson was known as one of "The Four Greats" [Die Fire Store]. He was the author of the lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet". Fine .
Boeknummer: 21781
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; NORWEGIAN LITERATURE; BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON; LEGENDEN; NOBEL PRIZE WINNER; THE FOUR GREATS; DIE FIRE STORE; FIRST GERMAN EDITION; 1ST GERMAN EDITION.
Faust: A Tragedy. By J.W. Goethe. Translated Into English Verse, with Notes, and Preliminary Remarks by John S. Blackie.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell, 1834. 1834. FIRST EDITION OF JOHN S. BLACKIE'S FIRST BOOK IN A SUMPTUOUS CALF BINDING - Octavo, 7 inches high by 4-1/8 inches wide. Leather bound hardcover, sumptuously bound in modern full cherry brown calf, decorated with pictograms and rules embossed in darker brown on the covers and with the title embossed in darker brown on the spine. A floral device at the bottom of the rear pastedown serves as the binder's signature. lii, [ii] & 288 deckle-edged pages. The front edges of a very few pages are lightly chipped and there are light score marks to the fore and bottom edges of the book. Very good.
First edition of the first book by John Stuart Blackie.
John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895), who translated and contributed notes and preliminary remarks to this edition of Goethe's "Faust", was a Scottish scholar and man of letters. He spent 3 years studying theology at Aberdeen after attending classes at Edinburgh University and then subsequently traveled to study in Germany in 1829. He was influenced by Heeren, Muller, Schleiermacher, Neander and Bockh and accompanied Bunsen to Italy. He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1934, the same year he published his translation of Goethe's "Faust" which was highly regarded by Thomas Carlyle. Despite subsequent setbacks, his translation of Aeschylus garnered him further praise. Blackie was a radical and Scottish nationalist and reveled in those themes, in addition to the classics and Greek studies. Very good .
Boeknummer: 98386
USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 184.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FAUST: A TRAGEDY; GOETHE; TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE, WITH NOTES AND PRELIMINARY REMARKS; JOHN STUART BLACKIE; EDINBURGH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LEATHER BINDING; CALF; EMBOSSED; FIRST BOOK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; SCOTTISH NA
Dirty Hands or the True-Born Censor
Cambridge: The Minority Press, 1930. 1930. Cambridge: The Minority Press, 1930. 1930. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray paper covered wraps titled with a vignette in green on the front cover. The covers are slightly darkened along the spine with tiny chips at head & tail of the spine. 15 & [i] pages. The text block is detached from the covers. Quite good. First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 13055
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: SMALL PRESS; MODERN LITERATURE; CENSORSHIP; CENSOR; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; R.P. BLACKMUR; DIRTY HANDS; THE TRUE-BORN CENSOR; 1ST EDITION.
Voices for Catherine Blake: A Gathering.
Schola Antiqua Press, 2000. 2000. iNSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BARBARA LACHMAN - Quarto [10-3/4 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. There is some very minor soiling & foxing to the binding & the corners of the covers are slightly creased. 132 pages, including a colophon. Illustrated in black & white with reproductions of artworks by William Blake. Near fine.
Limited edition of 400 copies.
Inscribed by Barbara Lachman in the year of publication, signed in full and dated "November 2000".
The book is a selection of writings by Catherine Blake [1761-1831], who married William Blake in 1782. Very good .
Boeknummer: 36081
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; ART; ENGLISH POET; ENGLISH ARTIST; WILLIAM BLAKE; WRITINGS OF CATHERINE BLAKE; MEMOIR; VOICES FOR CATHERINE BLAKE: A GATHERING; BARBARA LACHMAN; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIMITED EDITION.
The Checklist of Fantastic Literature: A Bibligraphy of Fantasy, Weird and Science Fiction Books Published in the English Language
(Naperville, IL): FAX Collector's Editions, (1972). (1972). (Naperville, IL): FAX Collector's Editions, (1972). (1972). Very good. - Small octavo, 7-5/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Hardcover in dust jacet. Bound in red cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a pictorial dust wrapper. The covers are lightly soiled. The dust jacket is very lightly chipped along the edges. 455 pages. Very good.
Originally published in 1948. Very good .
Boeknummer: 16036
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; SCIENCE FICTION; FANTASY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; EVERETT F. BLEILER. (Literature). (Science Fiction). THE CHECKLIST OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE: A Bibligraphy of Fantasy, Weird and Science Fiction Books Published in the English L
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