Category: Literature

MEMORABILIA SOPHOMORUM, Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1858.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, 1958. : 1958.

Seller ID: 36839

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed creamy white wrappers. The covers are stained, darkened and creased with a piece out from the tail of the spine. 68 pages. Good. A satirical publication by the Freshman class of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, with humorous contributions by unidentified students. Contributions include poems, soliloquies, essays, theatrical scenes playfully poking fun at themselves, classes, professors and academia. The poem, Characteristics of Sophomores includes such lines as ...But be content the Sophomores' fa...
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Image for SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

SAVINGS BANK BOOK, For 31,000,000 People! : WHO IS RICHARDS? : AN ILLUSTRATION : WILLIAM BROWN. ADHESIVENESS. A DISTRACTED LADY. ILLUSTRATION. - No.2: WILLIAM JONES. COUNTERFEITERS DETECTED.

By: (A. Richards & Co.).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New London, Conn.: A. Richards & Co. / D,s, Ruddock, printer, Daily Star, [1861]. : [1861].

Seller ID: 97266

Condition: Good

- Quadragesimo [48mo], a 4-3/8 inch high by 2-3/4 inch wide chapbook. Softcover, bound in the original printed yellow wraps, titled and decorated in black on the front cover with advertising on the rear cover. The covers are lightly soiled and stained with creasing to the top corner of the front cover. The head and tail of the spine are splitting. 8 pages, with the text printed within formal decorated frames. Very good. Advertising in the form of poems and verses proclaiming the virtues of A. Richards & Co.'s Combined Glue and Cement. RARE.
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TYMPAN: Literatur/Grafik. (Cover title)

By: (Abels, Pio; von Berg, Helga; Ermert, Udo; et al). (Berche, Axel; Bulkowski, Hansjurgen; Glaser, Peter; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978]. : [1978].

Seller ID: 26643

Condition: Good

(Leverkusen, Germany): Tympan, circa [1978].. [1978].. Good. - sc Octavo. Unbound sheets. The contents are laid into a maroon stiff paper case printed in white. The case is rubbed with a crease & tear to the top edge. Unnumbered, unbound sheets of cream stock printed in black, including texts and graphic contributions. The contents are very good.

Tympan publishes poems, short prose pieces, essays, photos and graphic art. The editors of this issue were Wolfgang Heyder, Bernd Kilian, Jens Pruss, Ulli Schoenwald and Ernst Specks. The text is in German.
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RAMPIKE: special issue/numero special: SUBTERFUGE.

By: (Acker, Kathy; Bissett, Bill; Martel, Richard; Bowering, George; Morgan, Robert; Baer, Thomas; Richard, Alain-Martin; Sukenick, Ronald; et al.). Jirgens, Karl; editor.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario: Rampike, (1988). : (1988).

Seller ID: 97382

Condition: Very good

SUBTERFUGE ISSUE CONTAINING AN INTERVIEW WITH KATHY ACKER - Narrow folio, 15-3/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Pictorial wraps titled in red with a black & white illustration by Ulrich Tarlatt spanning both the front & back covers. The covers are lightly rubbed with a tiny chip to the middle of the spine. 87 & [1] pages with profuse illustrations throughout. Very good. A special issue subtitled "Subterfuge" of this twice yearly literary periodical with contributions in English and French. Worth noting is an interview with Kathy Acker by Karl Jirgens & Jim Francis, titled "Sense and Senselessne...
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PRINTED WRITINGS BY GEORGE W. RUSSELL (AE): A Bibliography with Some Notes on His Pictures and Portraits. With a Foreword by Padraic Colum, Reminiscences of AE by M. J. Bonn and a Note on AE and Painting by Thomas Bodkin

By: (AE). Denson, Alan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Evanston, IL: Northwestern Universersity Press, 1961. : 1961.

Seller ID: 6577

Condition: Fine

Evanston, IL: Northwestern Universersity Press, 1961.. 1961.. Fine. - Octavo, brown cloth in dw. The dw is price-clipped. 255 pp. With frontispiece and 10 illustrations. Near fine.

First edition.

A four- page insert of corrigenda & addenda is laid in. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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CONRAD AIKEN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY (1902-1978).

By: (Aiken, Conrad). Bonnell, F.W.; and F.C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982. : 1982.

Seller ID: 35795

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, teal cloth titled in gilt, in dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed. xii & 291 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER WINDMILL

By: (Alcorn, John). Nash, Ogden

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, (1968). : (1968).

Seller ID: 33299

Condition: Very good

Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, (1968).. (1968).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth overlaid with bands of blue & magenta cloth in a dust wrapper by John Alcorn. The head of the spine is lightly rubbed. The spine of the dust jacket is slightly darkened with its head & tail creased. The jacket's rear panel is lightly soiled with a price-sticker & with a chip to its bottom edge. xiii & 141 pages. Full-page black-and- white illustrations by John Alcorn. There is a tiny area of foxing to the fore-edge. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962: A Catalogue of the Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richard Aldington and Hilda H.D. Doolittle comprising books & manuscripts and miscellanea

By: (Aldington, Richard)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. : 1973.

Seller ID: 6578

Condition: Very good

Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973.. 1973.. Very good. - Octavo, tan wraps printed in red. 28 pp. Very good.

Limited edition of 450 copies produced for private distribution.

Compiled by the Special Collections Department.
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NELSON ALGREN, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. By Matthew J. Bruccoli with the assistance of Judith Baughman

By: (Algren, Nelson). Bruccoli, Matthew J

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. : 1985.

Seller ID: 6662

Condition: Fine

(Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985.. 1985.. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in silver. xiii & 185 pp. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece & facsimiles. Fine.

First edition. First Edition.
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A. R. AMMONS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST. (In American Book Collector, Vol. I, No. 3, New Series. May/June 1980)

By: (Ammons, A. R.). Wright, Stuart

Price: $20.00

Publisher: American Book Collector, 1980. : 1980.

Seller ID: 6580

Condition: Very good

American Book Collector, 1980.. 1980.. Very good. - Octavo, white pictorial wraps.Soiled. 65 pp. Very good.
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THE CHICAGO LITERARY CLUB: YEAR BOOK FOR 1966-1967

By: (Anonymous)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Chicago , IL: The Chicago Literary Club, 1966). : 1966).

Seller ID: 23171

Condition: Very good

(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.
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THE PARIS REVIEW Vol. 50 No. 187 Winter 2008

By: (Arnold, Corey). (Ryan, Kay; Pound, Ezra; Galgut, Damon; Baker, David; et al). Gourevitch, Philip; editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: The Paris Review Foundation, Inc., (2008). : (2008).

Seller ID: 19245

Condition: Fine

New York: The Paris Review Foundation, Inc., (2008).. (2008).. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial blue & white wrappers. The wraps & the top page corners are lightly bumped. 172 pages plus ads. Illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

Among the contents of this issue are "Ezrologie", facsimiles of "Jottings from St. Elizabeths" by Ezra Pound; an interview with poet Kay Ryan and five of her poems; "At Sea in Alaska & Norway", photographs by Corey Arnold; new fiction by Damon Galut and others; and poems by David Baker and D. Nurkse.
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HANS ARP, The Poet of Dadaism.

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

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London: Oswald Wolff, 1969. : 1969.

Seller ID: 98038

Condition: Very good

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". Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for ORIGINAL SIGNED MIXED MEDIA PAINTING by PAUL WILLIAMS, for the cover of the Warner Books Paperback edition of MARGARET ATWOOD'S "THE EDIBLE WOMAN".

ORIGINAL SIGNED MIXED MEDIA PAINTING by PAUL WILLIAMS, for the cover of the Warner Books Paperback edition of MARGARET ATWOOD'S "THE EDIBLE WOMAN".

By: (Atwood, Margaret). Williams, Paul.

Price: $500.00

Publisher: [1983]. : [1983].

Seller ID: 95352

Condition: Very good

- An original 10-1/4 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide mixed media painting mounted on 19 inch high by 13-1/2 inch wide art board for the cover illustration of the Warner Books edition of Margaret Atwood's "The Edible Woman". The image by Paul Williams depicts a red haired nude woman from the chest up, though without anatomical details, with a bright red apple in the foreground. A coiled gray snake frames the lower right corner of the young woman who is represented in soft peach tones with blue eyes. Signed by the artist Paul Williams at bottom right of the image. There is a small cut or tear to ...
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AUDEN IN LOVE

By: (Auden, W. H.). Farnan, Dorothy J

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). : (1984).

Seller ID: 8504

ISBN-13: 9780671504182

Condition: Very good

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984).. (1984).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is faded & there is a light stain to the front board. The dust jacket is very lightly chipped. 253 & [4] pages. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The front endpaper is very slightly soiled. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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W.H. AUDEN: A TRIBUTE

By: (Auden, W.H.). Spender, Stephen

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1975). : (1975).

Seller ID: 30119

Condition: Good

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1975).. (1975).. Good. SIGNED BY STEPHEN SPENDER - Quarto, 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Golden yellow cloth titled in black on the spine with a vignette illustration in black on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is creased with minor wear and rubbing at the edges. 255 pages, with several pages of illustrations. From the collection of James Thurman Bass, Jr. with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The edges of the first and last few leaves are foxed. There are a couple of score marks to the bottom edge of the book...
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POETRY LONDON -- NEW YORK. Vol. 1, No. 1. March-April 1956. Editor: Tambimuttu

By: (Auden; W. H.; Thomas, Dylan; Moore, Marianne; Cummings, E. E.; Merwin, W. S.; Spender, Stephen; et al)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (The Poetry Institute Incorporated), 1956. : 1956.

Seller ID: 20698

Condition: Good

(The Poetry Institute Incorporated), 1956.. 1956.. Good. - Large octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers with an illustration in red & black by Alexander Calder on the front cover. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with a few small stains & with light creasing to the top corners. 48 pages. There is light creasing to the top corners of the pages. Good.
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JANE AUSTEN

By: (Austen, Jane). Wilks, Brian

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978). : 1978).

Seller ID: 24403

Condition: Very good

(Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978).. 1978).. Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 144 pages. numerous illustrations in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Dust jacket present.
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DECLARATION OF LOVE: Undiplomatic Correspondence Between Paris and Berlin

By: (Austen, John). Dennis, Geoffrey

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. : 1927.

Seller ID: 26601

Condition: Good

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.. 1927.. Good. - Octavo, vermilion cloth with decorations in gray & black, in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed with some darkening to the covers and with the head of the spine chipped. The dust jacket is chipped & soiled with a few small pieces out. The jacket spine is darkened. 259 pages plus colophon. The front edge of 1 leaf is roughed. Good.

First American edition, with the uncommon John Austen-designed dust wrapper. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for STATION. SHADOW OF THE TILED ROOF ALONG THE LONG PLATFORM... [An Original Broadside Poem by David Meltzer, SIGNED by the collage artist PETER BAILEY].

STATION. SHADOW OF THE TILED ROOF ALONG THE LONG PLATFORM... [An Original Broadside Poem by David Meltzer, SIGNED by the collage artist PETER BAILEY].

By: (Bailey, Peter). Meltzer, David.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: [San Francisco]: [East Wind Printers], [1964]. : [1964].

Seller ID: 96049

Condition: Very good

LIMITED EDITION BROADSIDE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST PETER BAILEY - A 20 inch high by 13 inch wide broadside on cream watermarked paper. David Meltzer's poem is printed as a collage illustration by Peter Bailey. Signed in ink by the artist Peter Bailey at bottom left. The top edge is very lightly darkened and there is minor creasing to the edges. Near fine. Limited edition of only 300 copies signed by the artist, created for the San Francisco Art Festival Poetry Portfolio, 1964 by East Wind Printers.
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Category: Literature