Category: Literature

- Three pages penned on a sheet of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide "Sunshine House" stationery. Mary Perry King thanks the American lecture impressario James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau for the list of "attractions" which he sent her. She took friends to Mr. Nichols' recital which they " enjoyed very much indeed. Some things - he reads hauntingly." [i.e. WW1 poet Robert Nichols] She was, however, disappointed that Pond had not sent her tickets as she'd asked "I could have used six more tickets if they had been sent to New Canaan as I asked. I left town immediately upon writing Mr. Nic...
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THE BLACK BEATITUDES

By: (Caskie, Jeanne). Ridge, George Ross

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Francestown, NH: The Golden Quill Press, Publishers, (1964). : (1964).

Seller ID: 27977

Condition: Very good

Francestown, NH: The Golden Quill Press, Publishers, (1964).. (1964).. Very good. - Octavo, red & black boards in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed. There is some minor soiling & foxing to the dust jacket. The jacket spine is darkened & the edge of the panels are slightly darkened. 54 pages plus colophon. Vignettes & 1 full-page illustration in red & white by Jeanne Caskie. The gutters are slightly darkened. Very good.

First trade edition. With a preface by Edward Dahlberg. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE FAMOUS SCENE

By: (Chafetz, Sidney). Strand, Mark

Price: $150.00

Publisher: The Logan Elm Press & Papermill, [1988]. : [1988].

Seller ID: 18304

Condition: Fine

The Logan Elm Press & Papermill, [1988].. [1988].. Fine. - Quarto, 12-1/2 inches high by 9-3/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in decorative color handmade paper wraps with a rectangular keyhole in the front cover which reveals the authors name. There is a tiny stain to the bottom corner of the front cover. 4 deckle-edged leaves, including the colophon, printed in French fold on handmade paper. Illustrated with a four-color woodcut [portrait of the author] by Sidney Chafetz, signed by the artist. Near fine. A beautiful production. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies signed by Mark Strand. The...
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L'ALBUM-MASQUES / JEAN COCTEAU

By: (Cocteau, Jean). Milorad; and Joecker, Jean-Pierre

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris: Association Masques, 1983. : 1983.

Seller ID: 33238

Condition: Very good

Paris: Association Masques, 1983.. 1983.. Very good. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 6-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with the extremities slightly darkened. 174 & [2] pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. The top edge of the book is very lightly foxed. Very good. Jean-Pierre Joecker was the Director of Publication for Masques. This volume is a supplement to No. 19 of la revue trimestrielle des homosexualites Masques. Among the contents are contributions from Milorad, Pierre Chanel, Arletty and Serge Dieudonne,unpublished te...
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

By: (Coleridge, Samuel Taylor). Wise, Thomas J

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London: Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd., 1913. : 1913.

Seller ID: 6606

Condition: Very good

London: Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd., 1913.. 1913.. Very good. - Octavo, beige cloth backed gray boards; deckle-edged. Spine darkened & stained; corners bumped. xii & 316 pp. Offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers. Very good.

First edition.

Crosby Gaige's copy with his book label.

Together with: Wise, Thomas J. COLERIDGEIANA: Being a supplement to the Bibliography of Coleridge. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1919. Octavo, beige cloth backed gray boards titled in black. Soiled & darkened. 38 & 2 pp. Very good. Also with Gaige's label. 500 copies printed. First Edition.
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IVY COMPTON-BURNETT

By: (Compton-Burnett, Ivy). Nevius, Blake

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY & London: Columbia University Press, 1970. : 1970.

Seller ID: 1628

Condition: Fine

NY & London: Columbia University Press, 1970.. 1970.. Fine. - (Columbia Essays on Modern Writers #47). Octavo, printed B&W wraps. The wraps are lightly soiled. 48 pp. Near fine.
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THE PLEIAD 1913-1914. (6 issues of "The Pleiad" from December 1913 through May 1914 bound in one volume).

By: (Conroy, L.F.; Landon, G. Warren; Smith, Dan; Abbott, Aimee Greene; Roth, Herb; Neiman, Howard S.; Cole, Dr. Carter S.; Rose, William H.; Polk, Blanche C.; Sass, Alek; Kahles, C.W.; Masterman, Kate; Freund, John C.; Leigh, Henry S.; Norris, Frank; Ament,

Price: $85.00

Publisher: (New York: Pleiades Club, 1914). : 1914).

Seller ID: 35842

Condition: Good

- Small quarto, 7 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. 6 issues, each with their own original pictorial wrappers, bound together in light brown boards backed with a matching suede spine. An illustrated pictorial title label is mounted on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled and the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 150 & [2] consecutively numbered pages. These 6 issues are each illustrated with full-page color cover illustrations, numerous textual and full-page monochrome illustrations and a total of 9 tipped-in color plates, including works by Dan Smith, L.F. Con...
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THE PLEIAD 1913-1914. (6 issues of The Pleiad from December 1913 through May 1914 bound in one volume)

By: (Conroy, L.F.; Landon, G. Warren; Smith, Dan; Abbott, Aimee Greene; Roth, Herb; Neiman, Howard S.; Cole, Dr. Carter S.; Rose, William H.; Polk, Blanche C.; Sass, Alek; Kahles, C.W.; Masterman, Kate; Freund, John C.; Leigh, Henry S.; Norris, Frank; Ament,

Price: $150.00

Publisher: (New York: Pleiades Club, 1914). : 1914).

Seller ID: 21451

Condition: Very good

(New York: Pleiades Club, 1914).. 1914).. Very good. - Small quarto, 7 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. 6 issues, each with their own original pictorial wrappers, bound together in light brown boards backed with a matching suede spine. An illustrated pictorial title label is mounted on the front cover. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled and the head of the spine is very lightly chipped. 150 & [2] consecutively numbered pages. These 6 issues are each illustrated with full-page color cover illustrations, numerous textual and full-page monochrome illustrations and a total of 9 tipped-in...
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QUADRANT: An Australian Quarterly Review. Volume 1, Number 1. Summer 1956-7

By: (Cook, Captain James; de la Mare, Walter; et al). McCauley, James; editor

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Sydney, Australia: H. R. Krygier), (1956). : (1956).

Seller ID: 32640

Condition: Good

(Sydney, Australia: H. R. Krygier), (1956).. (1956).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream & vermilion wrappers. The wraps are bumped & lightly chipped with the tail of the spine torn. There is light soiling & staining to the rear wrap & the overlapping edges are creased. 100 pages. A few black-and-white illustrations & pictorial ads. The front wrap is detached from the text block along the spine. There is a distributor's stamp at the foot of the title page. The top page corners are slightly bumped. Good Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal publishing poetry and ...
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RAMPIKE: special issue/numero special: ONTOLOGY / ONTOLOGIE. (Vol. 6 / no. 1).

By: (Cooley, Dennis; Kostelanetz, Richard; Martel, Richard; Aguiar, Fernando; Dallaire, Carol; Chocholak, Misha; Cantsin, Monty; Federman, Raymond; Sollers, Philippe; et al.). Jirgens, Karl; editor.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario: Rampike, (1987). : (1987).

Seller ID: 97387

Condition: Very good

- Narrow folio, 15-3/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Pictorial wraps titled in black with a color illustration by Darinka Blagaj spanning both the front & back covers. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled with a couple of tiny chips to the middle of the spine. 87 & [1] pages with profuse illustrations throughout. Very good. A special issue subtitled "Ontology" of this twice yearly literary periodical with contributions in English and French. Worth noting is an interview with Monty Cantsin, titled "Neoism Now An Anti-Credo". Other contributions include Dennis Cooley's "Cooley Enters the The...
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A CONVERGENCE OF BIRDS / Joseph Cornell's Taxidermy of the Unreal. (Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell). Edited by Jonathan Safran Foer. D.A.P. Uncorrected Proof

By: (Cornell, Joseph). (Coover, Robert; Hustvedt, Siri; Moody, Rick; Oates, Joyce Carol; Lopez, Barry; Foer, Jonathan Safran; et al)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2001). : 2001).

Seller ID: 24504

Condition: Very good

(New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2001).. 2001).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray & light blue wrappers. xi, [i] & pages 13-196. 1 textual & 3 full-page illustrations in black & white. There are 2 tiny black marks to the fore-edge & the lower half of the spine is slightly creased, else near fine.

Uncorrected proof. Not all of the photographs were published in the proof.
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MALCOLM COWLEY: A CHECKLIST OF HIS WRITINGS 1916-1973. With an introduction by Malcolm Cowley

By: (Cowley, Malcolm). Eisenberg, Diane U

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press / London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Simon, Inc., (1975). : (1975).

Seller ID: 6596

Condition: Fine

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. Dust jacket present.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS. (May 19, 1976). Second Series, Number Twenty-Seven

By: (Cowley, Malcolm; Edel, Leon; Wilbur, Richard; Kunitz, Stanley; Barber, Samuel; Schumann, William; Commager, Henry Steele; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). : (1977).

Seller ID: 22625

Condition: Very good

New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977).. (1977).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. [viii] & 74 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. Near fine. Among the contents are speeches presenting medals to Leon Edel by Malcolm Cowley, to Samuel Barber by William Schumann and to Allen Tate by Stanley Kunitz, with brief acceptance speeches by Edel and Barber. There are commemorative tributes to Samuel Eliot Morison by Henry Steele Commager, to Walter Lippmann by George F. Kennan and to Thornton Wi...
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JAMES GOULD COZZENS, A Descriptive Bibliography

By: (Cozzens, James Gould). Bruccoli, Matthew J

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Pittsburgh, PA): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. : 1981.

Seller ID: 6698

Condition: Fine

(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. First Edition.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE CRABBE

By: (Crabbe, George). Bareham, T.; and Gatrell, S

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Folkestone, U.K.: Wm. Dawson & Sons Ltd. / Hamden, CT: Achon Books, (1978). : (1978).

Seller ID: 6599

Condition: Fine

Folkestone, U.K.: Wm. Dawson & Sons Ltd. / Hamden, CT: Achon Books, (1978).. (1978).. Fine. - Octavo, light gray cloth titled in gilt. A bit soiled. vii & 194 pp. Near fine.

First edition. First Edition.
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THE LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS OF HART CRANE

By: (Crane, Hart). Lohf, Kenneth A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, (1967). : (1967).

Seller ID: 6598

Condition: Fine

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. Dust jacket present.
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STEPHEN CRANE: A Study in American Letters. With an Introduction by Joseph Conrad

By: (Crane, Stephen). Beer, Thomas

Price: $95.00

Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. : 1923.

Seller ID: 8299

Condition: Very good

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923.. 1923.. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth backed orange paper covered boards (extremities lightly bumped, rubbed & soiled; small stain to rear board) with printed label on spine, in black paper covered cardboard case (bumped & rubbed) with printed label (rubbed, chipped & partially detached along one edge) on spine; deckle-edged. [viii] & 248 pages (small area of soiling to front endpaper & colophon), partially unopened. Very good internally.

First edition with Conrad's introduction.

Limited edition of 165 numbered copies. First Edition.
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WOODSTOCK JOURNAL. VOL.2 NO.12; VOL.2, NO.15 AND VOL.2 NO.16. (June 14, July 26 and August 9, 1996). (3 issues).

By: (Creeley, Robert; Bly, Robert). Sanders, Ed; editor.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Woodstock, New York: S&S Publications, LLC, 1996. : 1996.

Seller ID: 17670

Condition: Fine

SIGNED BY ED SANDERS - Folio, softcover newspapers. 3 issues of this sensational periodical edited by poet and artist Ed Sanders addressing Local and Global news from the perspective of various Woodstock poets, activists, and others. Each issue has between 16 to 24 pages and includes illustrations from drawings and photographs. All are in near fine condition. The June 14th issue is signed in full by Ed Sanders below the banner title. The original contributions contained within include columns by Andrei Codrescu and Jim Hightower, a poem by Robert Creeley entitled Help, two poems by Robert Bly ...
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Category: Literature