SIGNED BY SHELLEY FARKAS - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial magenta & white wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with the spine slightly faded & a small area of soiling to the bottom inner corner of the rear wrap. 61 pages. Numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations by Shelley Farkas. Very good. First edition, limited to 750 copies. Boldly signed in red ink in the year of publication by the photographer Shelley Farkas. First Edition. View More...
Charlottesville, VA: The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - Quarto, black cloth backed with a cream buckram spine, titled in black on the spine. The covers are spotted. xv & 250 pages. Illustrated. Very good.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, (1957).. (1957).. Very good. - Octavo, printed green wraps with vignette in black on front wrap. Lightly bumped. 23 pp., with a collector's notations. Very good. View More...
Jackson, MS: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963.. 1963.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth , in dw. Lightly bumped. The dw is soiled with the head of the spine chipped. (viii) & 103 pp. Slight loss of a few words in introduction due to pages once having been stuck together. Good.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
- Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed brown & white wraps, titled in white and gray on the front cover and in brown on the spine. The corners of the soiled covers are creased. The edge of the covers are darkened with some minor wear to the top of the front cover and the spine is darkened and creased with wear to the tail of the spine. [192] pages in all consisting of [5] leaves, and pages [539]-720. The bottom and top corners of the first few pages are bumped. Good. Includes "The World's Fair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, here published on pages 567 through 578, with... View More...
NY: Gordian Press, 1972.. 1972.. Fine. - Octavo [typed ms. reproduced by offset], brown cloth titled in gilt. Slightly dusty; spine very slightly faded. xxiii & 633 pp. Near fine.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968.. 1968.. Very good. - (The Soho Bibliographies XIX). Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled & lightly chipped with a tear to the spine. 205 pages. Illustrated with 2 black-and-white plates [a portrait frontispiece & a facsimile]. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
(Peterborough, UK): Spectacular Diseases, 1989.. 1989.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. There is a small, light stain to the front wrap & the rear wrap is lightly soiled. 64 pages. A few bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.
This journal, edited by Rosmarie Waldrop, is an irregularly produced publication devoted to English translations of French writing. The contents include poems and short prose pieces. View More...
New York & Paris: Carrefour, [1931].. [1931].. Fair. - Octavo, softcover, bound in printed cream paper over stiff wraps. The covers are stained and chipped with remnants of old tape. The spine has perished and is thus lacking. 155 deckle-edged pages. The front pastedown is torn and there is a tiny tear to the bottom edges of the last few pages. Internally good. First edition of Michael Fraenkel's first book, limited to 400 numbered copies printed by The Saint Catherine Press in Bruge, Belgium. Harvard University's Hollis Catalog suggests the publication date of 1931. Inscribed, signed and date... View More...
Paris: Les Editions Denoel et Steele, (1935).. (1935).. Good. - Small octavo, soft cover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are very lightly soiled with a short tear to the bottom edge of each wrap. The tail of the spine is creased & lightly chipped. 343 pages, partially unopened. There is some foxing to the prelims & to some of the rear pages. Good. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies printed for friends of the author.This copy is inscribed to Madeleine Lang by the author on the front endpaper and signed in full.The book is a consideration of the religious, social and political opin... View More...
NY: Burt Franklin Reprints, (1974).. (1974).. Fine. - Octavo, reddish-brown cloth titled in gilt. Lightly soiled. 47 pp. Illustrated with 4 pages of facsimiles and 1 plate. Near fine.
Reprint of the University of Illinois copy. View More...
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930.. 1930.. Fine. - (The Ariel Poems No. 31). Octavo, blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on the front board. The boards are are lightly rubbed & bumped with scattered staining & spotting. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. [6] leaves. Black-and-white pictorial half-title & 1 color plate by Barnett Freedman. There is an owner's attractive bookplate on the front pastedown, else the contents are near fine.
Limited edition of 500 numbered large-paper copies, printed on English hand-made paper and signed by the poet on the colophon. View More...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940).. (1940).. Good. - Octavo, yellow cloth with paper labels on the spine & front cover, in a dust wrapper. The binding is soiled. The dust jacket is soiled and its spine is darkened & stained with the head & tail reinforced with tape internally. x, [2] leaves & 220 pages. Extra pictorial color title & black- and-white pictorial chapter titles by Don Freeman. The gutters are darkened & there is a previous owner's book label on the front endpaper. There is a light stain to the fore-edge. Good.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
NY: Burt Franklin, (1968).. (1968).. Fine. - Octavo, turquoise cloth titled in gilt. Lightly bumped. xv & 96 pp. Illustrated with facsimiles. Near fine.
Munchen: Verlag C. H. Beck, (1977).. (1977).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover, bound in printed magenta wraps with an illustration in white on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly rubbed & bumped with light creases to their top inner corners. 71 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including facsimiles. Very good.
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on front cover & spine in light blue printed dust wrapper. The dust jacket's spine is slightly soiled and there is minor damage at the folds. xv, [iii], 110 pages. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Crane D7. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1924.. 1924.. Good. - Small octavo, decorative mauve & white boards backed with black cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The binding is rubbed. The boards are bumped with the paper worn away at the corners, & their edges are darkened. The label is darkened with the right side slightly chipped. 135 pages. 1 full-page black-and-white illustration & decorations in black & white by Philip Hagreen. The pages are slightly darkened. Good. Among the poets included are H.D., Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, Edith Sitwell, Vita Sackville-West, Edna St. Vincen... View More...
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1940).. (1940).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The extremities of the binding are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with soiling to the rear panel. The jacket spine is darkened with small pieces out of the head. 301 pages. Illustrated with 18 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. The pastedowns & endpapers are somewhat darkened. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...