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301.
(CHRISTIE'S). HERBERT, John. Inside
Christie's.
302.
CLAPP, Anne F. Curatorial Care of Works of Art on Paper. [
303.
CLELAND, T. M. Harsh Words.
304.
CLELAND, T. M. "Progress" in the Graphic Arts.
305.
(CLEMENS, Samuel). NEIDER, Charles (editor). The
Selected Letters of Mark Twain.
308.
COLETTE, Sidonie Gabrielle. Letters
from Colette. Selected and Translated by Robert Phelps.
309.
(COLETTE, Sidonie Gabrielle). ASRDE, Michele. Colette.
310.
(COLLETTE, Sidonie Gabriell). PHELPS, Robert, (editor). Belles
Saisons. A Colette Scrapbook.
311.
(COLLINS, Wilkie). PARRISH, M. L. Wilkie
Collins and Charles Reade. First Editions Described with Notes.
312.
COLLISON, Robert L. Book Collecting.
An Introduction to Modern Methods of Literary and Bibliographical Detection.
313.
(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). BENNETT, Whitman. A
Practical Guide to American Color Plate Books. (Staten Island: Martino,
1997), octavo, cloth. (xxii), 140pp. Limited to 150 copies, printed from the
1949 edition. Bennett includes books with three or more color plates published
in
314.
(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). HARDIE, Martin. English
Coloured Books.
315.
(COLOR PLATE BOOKS). SITWELL, Sacheverell and Handasyde Buchanan and
James Fisher. Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900.
316.
(COMMUNISM). KOLARZ, Walter, (editor). Books
on Communism. A Bibliography.
317.
(CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS). CRANDALL, Marjorie Lyle. Confederate
Imprints. A Check List Based Principally on the Collection of the
319.
(CONNOLLY, Cyril). FISHER, Clive. Cyril Connolly. The
Life and Times of
320.
(CONNOLLY, Cyril). SHELDON, Michael. Friends
of Promise. Cyril Connolly and the World of Horizon.
321.
CONNOLLY, Joseph. Modern First
Editions. Their Value to Collectors.
322.
(CONNOLLY'S 100). HIRTH, Mary, (compiler). Cyril
Connolly's One Hundred Modern Books. From
323.
(CONRAD, Joseph). GURKO, Leo. The
Two Lives of Joseph Conrad.
324.
(CONSERVATION). MORROW, Carolyn Clark. The
Preservation Challenge. A Guide to Conserving Library Materials.
325.
[COOPER, P. C.] Record Commission. Papers Relative to the Project of Building a General
Record Office. With Plans.
328.
CORBETT, David Peters and Lara Perry (editors). English
art 1860-1914. Modern artists and identity.
329.
CORNS, Albert R. and Archibald Sparke. A
Bibliography of Unfinished Books in the English Language. With Annotations.
330.
CORNS, Albert R. and Archibald Sparke. A
Bibliography of Unfinished Books in the English Language. With Annotations.
333.
COWLEY, Malcom. The Faulkner-Cowley File. Letters
and Memories 1944-1962.
334.
COWLEY, Malcom. The View From 80.
335.
COZINE, John C. The Day-book Account of John C. Cozine: a journey from Harrodsburg,
Kentucky, to New York, and Return... (Lexington: King Library press, 1976),
octavo, boards. (xiv), (58)pp. First Edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies.
"Cozine made the trip from
336.
(COZZENS, James Gould). BRUCCOLI, Matthew. James
Gould Cozzens: A Descriptive Bibliography.
337.
(CRANE, Hart). BURFORD, William and Christopher Middleton. The
Poet's Vocation: Selections from Letters of Holderin, Rimbaud & Hart Crane.
340.
(CROSBY, Harry). WOLFE, Geoffrey. Black
Sun. The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby.
341.
(CRUIKSHANK, George). PATTEN, Robert L., (editor). George
Cruikshank: A Revaluation. Princeton:
342.
CRUTCHLEY, Brooke. To be a printer.
343.
(CUMMINGS, E. E). NORMAN, Charles. The
Magic-Maker. E. E. Cummings.
344.
CURLE, Richard. Collecting American First Editions. its Pitfalls and Pleasures.
345.
(CUTHBERT). MARNER, Dominic. St
Cuthbert, His Life and Cult in Medieval
346.
(D'ISRAELI, Isaac). SPEVAK, Marvin. Isaac
D'Israeli on Books. Pre-Victorian Essays on the History of Literature.
347.
DAHL, Folke. A Bibliography of English Corantos and Periodical Newsbooks 1620-1642.
348.
(DAHLBERG, Edward). BILLINGS, Harold. A
Bibliography of Edward Dahlberg.
349.
DAL, Eric. Scandinavian Bookmaking in the Twentieth Century.
352.
(DAVID, Charles Wendell). Charles
Wendell David, Scholar, Teacher, Librarian.
353.
DAVISON, Peter (editor). The Book
Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography.
354.
(DE POL, John). PEICH, Michael. John
DePol: The Aralia Press. N.p.: Aralia Press, 1994, quarto, wrappers. (8)pp.
First Separate Edition, Limited to 100 copies. An additional 160 copies were
printed for inclusion in John De Pol: A Celebration of His Work by Many Hands.
Michael Peich discusses his admiration for the woodcut artistry and friendship
with John De Pol. Included is the pressmark that De Pol created for the Aralia
Press and a nativity scene used for Peich's Christmas card in 1987. The printer
ends with the sentiment: "We are fortunate to have had him as a partner in
our efforts as fine printers." Unfortunately, a former owner has penned his
name address and date on the title page, otherwise a fine copy of a lovely item.
(17853) $30.00
355.
DE RICCI, Seymour. The Book Collector's Guide. A Practical Handbook of British and American
Bibliography.
356.
DE VINNE, Theodore L. Manual of
Printing Office Practice. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1883, with
an Introductory Notes by Douglas C. McMurtrie.
357.
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358.
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359.
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361.
DEMETZ, Peter. The Air Show at Brescia, 1909.
362.
(DePol, John). Five Decades of the Burin. The Wood Engravings of John DePol. (
New. (13175) $17.95
363.
(DePol, John). Five Decades of the Burin. The Wood Engravings of John DePol. (
New. (15297) $30.00
364.
(DESIGN). BROWNE, Clare. Silk
Designs of the Eighteenth Century. From the
365.
(DETECTIVE FICTION). BINYON, T. J. 'Murder
Will Out'. The Detective in Fiction.
367.
(DEWEY, Melvil). DAWE, Grosvenor, (compiler). Melvil
Dewey. Seer: Inspirer: Doer. 1851-1931.
368.
DEWEY, Melvil, (editor). Library
Notes. Improved Methods and Labor-Savers for Librarians, Readers and Writers.
Volume 1. June, 1886 - March, 1887.
369.
DEWEY, Melvil, (editor). Library
Notes. Improved Methods and Labor-Savers for Librarians, Readers and Writers.
Volume 1. June, 1886 - March, 1887.
370.
DEWEY, Melvil, (editor). Papers
Prepared for the World's Library Congress, held at The Columbian Exposition.
371.
(DEWEY, Melvil). RIDER, Fremont. Melvil
Dewey.
372.
(DEXTER, Gregory). SWAN, Bradford F. Gregory
Dexter of London and New England 1610-1700.
373.
(DEXTER, Gregory). SWAN, Bradford F. Gregory
Dexter of London and New England 1610-1700.
374.
DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall. A
Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. Three
volumes.
375.
(DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall). O'DWYER, E. J. Thomas
Frognall Dibdin: Bibliographer & Bibliomaniac Extraordinary 1776-1847. Pinner:
Private Libraries Association, (1967), octavo, boards in dust jacket. (46)pp.
First Edition. Several short, closed tears to jacket, else a fine copy of an
attractive, informative monograph. Illustrated. (18515) $35.00
376.
(DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall). WINDLE, John and Karma Pippin. Thomas
Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847. A Bibliography.
377.
(DICKENS, Charles). CRAWFORD, Ralph J. and Bruce J. Crawford. The
Extraordinary Life of Charles Dickens.
378.
(DICKENS Charles). JAMES,
379.
(DICKENS, Charles). JOHNSON, Edgar. Charles
Dickens. His Tragedy & Triumph.
380.
(DICKENS, Charles). SAWYER, Charles J. and F. J. Harvey Darton (editors).
Dickens v. Barabbas. Forster Intervining.
A Study Based Upon Some Hitherto Unpublished Letters.
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382.
(DICKENS, Charles). STONEHOUSE, J. H., (editor). Catalogue
of the Library of Charles Dickens from Gadshill reprinted from Sotheran's 'Price
Current of Literature' Nos. CLXXIV and CLXXV. Catalogue of His Pictures and
Objects of Art sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, July 9, 1870.
Catalogue of the Library of W. M. Thackeray sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson
& Woods March 18, 1864 and Relics from His Library Comprising Books Enriched
with His Characteristic Drawings reprinted from Sotheran's 'Price Current of
Literature' No. CLXXVII. London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1935, octavo,
brown cloth with printed paper spine label. (x), 182pp. First Edition, Limited
to 275 numbered copies. With four illustrations. A useful reference. Very fine
and clean. (17462) $185.00
383.
(DICKEY, James). BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. James
Dickey: A Descriptive Bibliography.
384.
(DICKEY, James). ELLEDGE, Jim,. James
Dickey: A Bibliography, 1947-1974.
385.
DICKINSON, Donald C. Dictionary of
American Book Collectors.
386.
DILL, Francis P. and Porter Garnett. The
Ideal Book. (
387.
(DIME NOVELS). PEARSON, Edmund. Dime
Novels; or, Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature.
388.
(DIME NOVELS). Sixpenny Wonderfuls. (
389.
DOBIE, J. Frank. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest.
391.
(DOBIE, J. Frank). TINKLE, Lon. An
American Original. The Life of J. Frank Dobie.
392.
(DOBSON, Austin). DOBSON, Alban. A
Bibliography of the First Editions of Published and Privately Printed Books and
Pamphlets by Austin Dobson.
393.
(DOBSON, Austin). MURRAY, Francis Edwin. A
Bibliography of Austin Dobson.
394.
(DOMESDAY BOOKS). NICOL, Alexandra. Domesday
Book.
395.
DOOLEY, Allan C. Author and Printer in Victorian England.
396.
(DORN, Ed). STREETER, David. A
Bibliography of Ed Dorn.
397.
(DOUGLAS,
398.
(DOWSON, Ernest). ADAMS, Jad. Madder
Music, Stronger Wine. The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent.
399.
(DOYLE, Arthur Conan). HIGHAM, Charles. The
Adventure of Conan Doyle. Norton, (1976), octavo, boards & cloth in dust
jacket. 368pp. First American Edition. Illustrated. Bottom of front jacket flap
clipped, else fine. (10409) $20.00
400.
(DOYLE, Richard). WHEELER. Christopher, (editor). Richard
Doyle's Journal 1840.
401.
DRACHLER, Rose. Amulet Against Drought. Tannersville: Tideline Press, (1978), small
octavo, gray paper over boards, black paper spine, uncut. 18pp. First Edition.
Book of poetry printed on dampened Kizuki handmade paper, in an A-Z edition.
With a woodcut by Leo Loomie. Signed by Drachler and Loomie. (13780)
$45.00
402.
(DRAKE MANUSCRIPT). Histoire Naturelle des Indes. The Drake Manuscript in The Pierpont
Morgan Library.
403.
(DREISER, Theodore). ORTON, Vrest. Dreiserana.
A Book About His Books.
404.
(DRYDEN, John). HARTH, Phillip. Pen
for a Party. Dryden's Tory Propaganda in Its Contexts. Princeton:
405.
DU BOIS, Henri Pene. Four Private
Libraries of New-York. A Contribution to the History of Bibliophilism in
406.
(EDWARDS, Edward). MUNFORD, W. A. Edward
Edwards 1812-1886. Portrait of a Librarian.
407.
(ELIOT, T. S). ACKROYD, Peter. T.
S. Eliot. A Life.
408.
(ELIOT, T. S). BERGONZI, Bernard. T.
S. Eliot.
409.
(ELIOT, T. S). ELIOT, T. S. The
Letters of T. S. Eliot. Volume I, 1898-1922. Edited by Valerie Eliot.
410.
(ELIOT, T. S.). HOOKER, Joan Fillmore. T.
S. Eliot's Poems in French Translation. Pierre Leyris and Others.
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411.
(ELIOT, T. S). SENCOURT, Robert. T.
S. Eliot: A Memoir.
412.
(ELIOT, T. S). SPENDER, Stephen. T.
S. Eliot.
413.
(ELLIS,
414.
ELLIS, William Donahue. Angoff's
Army.
415.
(EMBLEM BOOKS). DALY, Peter M. Literature
in the Light of the Emblem. Structural Parallels between the Emblem and
Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth..
416.
(EMERSON, Ralph Waldo). DERLETH, August. Emerson,
Our Contemporary.
417.
(EMERSON, Ralph Waldo). LOWERY, Howard F. & Ralph Leslie Rusk
(editors). Emerson-Clough Letters.
Archon, 1968, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Reprint. Fine copy in price clipped
jacket. (10399) $17.50
418.
(EPHEMERA). FENN, Patricia and Alfred P. Malpa. Rewards
of Merit. Tokens of a Child's Progress and a Teacher's Esteem... Ephemera
Society of America, (1994), oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 224pp. First
Edition. "Rewards of Merit are significant documents that illustrate
attitudes toward religion, education, and achievement: values with which young
Americans were inculcated...This book also demonstrates how evolving methods of
the American printing arts have been reflected in every aspect of the production
of Rewards of Merit...these examples of folk art and calligraphy,
nineteenth-century printing through twentieth-century computer graphics, have
affected children, parents, teachers..." Profusely illustrated in color,
with hundreds of images. With a detailed index and a useful "Directory of
Booksellers, Engravers, Printers, Publishers, Stationers and related tradesmen
who were involved in the design, production and distribution of Rewards of Merit
in the United States." Very fine. (11632) $39.95
419.
(EPHEMERA). RICKARDS, Maurice. Collecting
Printed Ephemera.
420.
(EPHEMERA). RICKARDS, Maurice. The
Public Notice. An Illustrated History.
421.
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422.
(EVANS, Charles).
423.
(EVANS, Charles).
424.
EXLEY, Frederick. Pages From a Cold Island.
425.
FABES, Gilbert H. The First Editions of A.E. Coppard A.P. Herbert and Charles Morgan.
426.
FABES, Gilbert H. Modern First Editions: Points and Values. Third Series.
427.
(FABIANS). MacKENZIE, Jeanne & Norman. The
Fabians.
428.
FAULKNER, William. Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Edited by Joseph Blotner.
429.
(FAULKNER, William). BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner:
A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume I: The Bibliography.
430.
(FAULKNER, William). BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner:
A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume II: The Letters..
431.
(FAULKNER, William). BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner:
A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume IV: Battle Cry, A
Screenplay by William Faulkner.
432.
(FAULKNER, William). BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner:
A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume III: The De Gaulle Story
by William Faulkner.
433.
(FAULKNER, William). MERIWETHER, James B. The Literary Career of William
Faulkner.
434.
(FAULKNER, William). MERIWETHER, James B. The
Literary Career of William Faulkner. A Bibliographical Study.
435.
(FAULKNER, William). MERIWETHER, James B. William
Faulkner: An Exhibition of Manuscripts.
436.
(FAULKNER, William). OATES, Stephen B. William
Faulkner. The Man and the Artist.
437.
(FAULKNER, William). PETERSEN, Carl. "On
Collecting Faulkner: A Subjective View" A 12pp. essay in "William
Faulkner: Materials, Studies, and Criticism." (
438.
(FAULKNER, William). PETERSEN, Carl. On
the Track of the Dixie Limited. Further Notes of a Faulkner Collector.
439.
(FAULKNER, William). SLEETH, Irene Lynn. William
Faulkner: A Bibliography of Criticism.
440.
(FAULKNER, William). SMITH, Harrison. T.L.s.,
dated November 15th, 1933, to A. J. (Tony) Buttitta. One page on Harrison and
Robert Haas, Inc., staionery. From Faulkner's publisher to the editor of "Contempo"
magazine which devoted almost its entire February 1, 1931, issue to Faulkner's
works. Smith suggests that Buttitta send along his manuscript for consideration
and begins by noting, "I have just received your letter and the review,
since I have been South on a brief visit to Bill Faulkner." (11532) $135.00
442.
(FERBER, Edna). FERBER, Edna. A
Peculiar Treasure.
443.
(FERBER, Edna). GILBERT, Julie Goldsmith. Ferber.
A Biography of Edna Ferber and Her Circle.
444.
(FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence). CHERKOVSKI, Neeli. Ferlinghetti.
A Biography.
446.
FINKE, Laurie A. and Martin B. Shichtman, (editors). Medieval
Texts & Contemporary Readers.
447.
(FIRBANK, Ronald). BENKOVITZ, Miriam J. A
Bibliography of Ronald Firbank.
448.
(FIREWORKS). SALATINO, Kevin. Incendiary
Art. Incendiary Art: The Representation of Fireworks in Early Modern Europe.
(
449.
FIRMAGE, Richard A. The Alphabet Abecedarium. Some Notes on Letters.
450.
(FIRST EDITION CLUB). A
Bibliographical Catalogue of the First Loan Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts
Held by The First Edition Club. 1922.
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452.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. F.
Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography.
453.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. Scott
and Ernest. The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success.
454.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). DUGGAN, Margaret M. & Matthew J. Bruccoli
(editors). Correspondence of F. Scott
Fitzgerald.
455.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). GRAHAM, Sheila. The
Real F. Scott Fitagerald. Thirty-Five Years Later.
456.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). Le VOT, Andre. F.
Scott Fitzgerald. A Biography.
457.
(FITZGERALD, F. Scott). MELLOW, James R. Invented
Lives. F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald.
458.
FLAUBERT, Gustave. Bibliomania. A Tale.
459.
(FLEMING, John F., Bookseller). Printed
Books and Manuscripts from the Estate of John F. Fleming.
460.
FLETCHER, Chris. 1000 Years of English Literature. A Treasury of Literary Manuscripts. New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc.
, (2003), quarto, black cloth in dust jacket. 192pp. First American Edition.
Arranged chronologically, this book presents large color reproductions of
manuscripts of 80 of the greatest British and Irish writers of the millenium.
From Malory and Shakespeare to T.S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas. Includes
masterpieces by Chaucer, Charlotte Bronte, and Virginia Woolf. A portrait of
each author accompanies the manuscript along with an overview of the writer's
life, works, and times. With 200 illustrations in color. New. (13724) $45.00
461.
FLEURY, Claude and Adam Clarke. The
Manners of the Ancient Israelites: containing an account of their peculiar
customs, ceremonies, laws, polity, religion, sects, arts and trades, Division of
Time, Wars, Captivities, Dispersion, and Present State (Fleury). With a short
account of The Ancient and Modern Samaritans. The whole much enlarged from the
principal writers on Jewish antiquities (Clarke). London: William Baynes,
1809, octavo, treed calf with title in gilt on red and four gilt bands. (394)pp.
Third edition of this translation. Frontispiece painting of Fleury. With
Appendices and an Index. Back blank endpaper lacking removed. Former owner's
inscription on front endpaper. A solid copy. (16535) $175.00
462.
FOLEY, Martha. The Story of STORY Magazine. A Memoir. London: W. W. Norton &
Company, (1980), octavo, cloth and boards in dust jacket. 288pp. First Edition.
This memoir by Foley, the founder of STORY magazine, relates the magazine's
struggles and achievements from its origin in Vienna to its final destination in
New York. From its first American issue in 1933, STORY took part in the
renaissance of the American short story, publishing among such authors as Norman
Mailer, J.D. Salinger, William Saroyan, and James T. Farrell. Fine. (14862)
$20.00
463.
(FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY). FERINGTON, Esther (editor). Infinite
Variety. Exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library. Washington, D.C.: The
Folger Shakespeare Library, (2002), small quarto, printed heavy paper wrappers.
224pp. First Edition. Beginning with a biography of Henry and Emily Folger, this
book offers a comprehensive survey of the collections and activities of the
Library. An appendix chronologically describes the "Seven Decades of the
Folger Shakespeare Library." With hundreds of color illustrations.
Extensively illustrated in color. New. (13725) $35.00
464.
(FOOTNOTES). ZERBY, Chuck. The
Devil's Details. A History of Footnotes. New York: Simon & Shuster,
(2003), small octavo, pictorial wrappers. (x), 150pp. First Touchstone Edition.
The author playfully explores footnotes' long and illustrious history trying to
save them from the new world of the internet and hypertext. Full of surprises,
the author hunts down the first bona fide fully functioning footnote; unearths a
multivolume history of Northumberland County, England, that uses one volume for
a single footnote; and uncovers a murder plot. New. (14596) $12.00
465.
FORBES, Malcolm. More Than I Dreamed. A Lifetime of Collecting. Edited by Tony Clark.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989), quarto, boards & cloth in dust
jacket. (256)pp. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Besides
yachts, cars, balloons and those famous eggs, Forbes occasionally collected
manuscripts and letters, particularly those relating to American presidents.
"In this entertaining and very personal book, Malcolm Forbes writes about
the [many] things that have become part of his life over the years." Very
fine. (12730) $30.00
466.
(FORGERY). HAMILTON, N. E. S. A. An
Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. J. Payne
Collier's Annotated Shakespeare, Folio, 1632... (New York: AMS Press, 1973),
octavo, cloth. (157)pp. Reprint. Originally published in 1860. Hamilton,
Assistant Keeper of Manuscripts of the British Museum, was the first scholar to
come forward and declare the Perkins Folio a fraud. His letter in the July 2,
1859, issue of "The Times" was the start of the unravelling of
Collier's forgery and long-disguised deception. This book fleshed out Hamilton's
stand on the controversy. Very fine. (7604) $20.00
467.
(FORGERY). JONES, Mark, Paul Craddock and Nicolas Barker, (editors). Fake?
The Art of Deception. Berkeley: Univ of California Press, (1990), large
quarto, wrappers. "What is a fake and why are fakes made?...More than 600
objects from the British Museum and many other major collections are included
here. There are spectacular fakes, once hailed as masterpieces of ancient and
modern art. There are mermen and manuscripts, Chinese bronzes and Chinese
Porcelain. There are literary and documentary frauds and political forgeries
that have changed the course of detection are described. But many puzzles
remain: the book concludes with a discussion of intriguing cases like the
Vinland Map, the 'Aztec' rock-crystal skull and the mysterious discoveries at
Glozel which continue to perplex curator, historian and scientist alike."
Extensively illustrated. Includes examples of faked illuminated manuscripts,
bookbindings, and, of course, T. J. Wise. Very fine. (10295) $35.00
468.
(FORGERY). MYERS, Robin and Michael Harris, (editors). Fakes
and Frauds. Varieties of Deception in Print & Manuscript. Winchester:
St. Paul's, 1989, octavo, boards. xi, 144pp. Reprint. Seven essays which
"reveal the tricksters, villains - and occasional murderers - who have
practiced criminal deception in the written and printed work from the twelfth
century to very recent times." The contributors include Lotte Hellinga,
Nicolas Barker, Michael Treadwell, Michael Harris, Joseph M. Levine, Nigel
Ramsay, and Tom Davis. New. (7409) $35.00
469.
(FORGERY). ROSENBLUM, Joseph. Practice
to Deceive. New Castle, Del: Oak Knoll, 2000, octavo, cloth in dust jacket.
320pp. First Edition. "Nine amazing stories of literary forgery's most
notorious practitioners. Introduction gives an overview of literary forgery from
classic times to the modern. This work begins with the strange story of George
Psalmanazar and continues throught the literary hoaxes of Ireland, Chatterton,
Wise, Lucas, Collier, MacPherson, and Hofmann. Each story not only enlightens
the reader about the cunning, skill, and techniques fo the chosen forgers, but
explores their personalities and varied motives." New. (8939) $39.95
470.
(FORGERY). ROSENBLUM, Joseph, (translator). Prince
of Forgers. (New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. (xiv), 202pp. First Edition. The first English translation of the rare
french title, Une Fabrique de Faux Autographes, Ou Recit de L'Affaire Vran Lucas
(Paris 1870) by Henri Bordier and Emile Mabille. From the dust jacket:
"Prince of Forgers is the true story about one of history's most audacious
frauds and of the trial that exposed the most colossal literary crime ever
perpetrated on learned men. Vrain-Denis Lucas was a self-educated peasant who
shook the foundations of the French Academy of Sciences. As a patriot and lover
of history, Lucas created over 27,000 forgeries and tried to change the course
of French destiny. After fifteen years of scholarly but spurious activity,
Lucas' recklessness and disdain for credibility reached new heights as he began
writing autographed letters by Mary Magdalene, Cleopatra, and Alexander the
great, in modern French, and selling them for thousands of francs. Professor
Rosenblum's long-awaited translation of this French forgery classic is a
must-read for any collector interested in the darker side of literary history.
Prince of Forgers is also a profound reminder of the gullibility of experts and
the brazen audacity of one of the most prolific literary scoundrels of the 19th
century." Illustrated. New. (4453) $39.95
471.
(FORGERY). WORRALL, Simon. The
Poet and the Murderer. A True Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery. (New
York): Dutton, (2002), octavo, printed wrapper. (xvi), 271pp. First Edition,
wrappers issue. A true story of the forgery of a poem by Emily Dickinson created
by Mark Hoffman, one of the most daring forgers of the late 20th century. Very
fine. (13843) $10.00
472.
(FORSTER, E. M). FURBANK, P. N. E.
M. Forster. A Life. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978), octavo,
cloth in dust jacket. (xxvi), (360)p. First American Edition. Fine copy. (3943)
$30.00
473.
FOX, Sally. The Medieval Woman. An Illuminated Book of Days. Cambridge: Galileo,
(1999), octavo, boards in dust jacket. (12560) $20.00
474.
FRANCIS, Sir Frank. A Bibliographical Ghost Revisits His Old Haunts. Austin: HRC,
(1972), octavo, ochre cloth. 28pp. First Edition, Limited to 750 copies.
Bibliographical Monograph Series No. 5. A discussion of what bibliography is and
what is the proper field for bibliographical studies. Design and typography by
William R. Holman. Very fine. (18260) $20.00
475.
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The parable Against Persecution. A Proposed New Chapter for the Bible. Boston:
Brad Stephens, (1927), octavo, wrappers in dust jacket. 6pp frenchfold. First
Edition. No limitation indicated, although the piece was printed by Carl P.
Rollins as a keepsake for the members of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Color frontispiece. Franklin apparently rewrote this ancient Persian story in
order to confound the clergy. Spine fold weak, With AIGA keepsake broadside laid
in. Small bookplate on preliminary page. (12770) $25.00
476.
(FRANKLIN, Benjamin). LIVINGSTON, Luther S. Franklin
and his Press at Passy. An Account of the Books, Pamphlets, and Leaflets Printed
there... New York: Kraus Reprint, 1967, large octavo, cloth. xii, 216pp.
Reprint. Reprint of the 1914 Grolier Club edition. Extensively illustrated and
with ten folding plates. A history and bibliography of Franklin's printing
output during his nine years in France. The bibliography includes some unique
items described and reproduced for the first time. With the small reference
library label of H P Kraus on the front pastedown. A fine copy. (17889) $65.00
477.
(FRANKLIN, Benjamin). WOLF, Edwin, 2nd. Franklin's
Way to Wealth as a Printer. Philadelphia: 1951, octavo, green cloth and
paste-paper cover with profile of Franklin bust in glassine wrapper. (23)pp.
First Edition, Limited to 200 copies. An address delivered by Edwin Wolf, II at
the Preview Dinner of the Sixth Annual Philadelphia Book Show. Book very fine,
glassine slightly worn at edges. (18490) $75.00
478.
(FREEDOM OF THE PRESS). DUNIWAY, Clyde Augustine. The
Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts. New York: Burt
Franklin, (1969), octavo, cloth. xvi, 202pp. Reprint of the 1905 edition.
Chapters begin with the Press in England to 16 03, Restriction of Discussion in
England and Massachusetts, questions of censorship and problems of enforcement
and how the Revolution fomented in the newspapers of the time, led to guarantees
of freedom of the press in the Constitution. Appendices focus on illustrative
documents, most importantly James Franklin (Ben's brother) and his newspaper
"The New England Courant." With Bibliographical Notes and an index.
(18142) $25.00
479.
(FREEMAN, Legh R). HEUTERMAN, Thomas H. Movable
Type. Biography of Legh R. Freeman. Ames: Iowa State Univ Press, (1979),
octavo, boards in dust jacket. (x), 172pp. First Edition. The fascinating story
of one of the most prominent frontier journalists. Historians have referred to
Freeman's newspaper operation as the "Press on Wheels" since it was
moved to at least 16 publishing sites in the West following the Civil War. Fine
copy. (3778) $25.00
480.
(FRENCH LITERATURE). DARNTON, Robert. The
Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France. (London): Fontana Press,
(1997), octavo, wrappers. (xxiv), 440pp. "Robert Darnton's work is one of
the main reasons that cultural history has become an exciting study central to
our understanding of the past. His latest book vibrates with the strange
political and literary energies of ancient regime France. The Forbidden Best-
Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France traces the merging of philosophical, sexual,
and anti-monarchical interests into the pulp fiction of the 1780s, banned books
that make fascinating reading more than two centuries later." (7565) $14.95
481.
(FRENCH PRINTING). DARNTON, Robert and Daniel Rockey, (editors). Revolution
in Print. The Press in France, 1775-1800. Berkeley: Univ of California
Press, (1989), quarto, wrappers. (xvi), (352)pp. First Edition. Illustrated. The
essays attempt to answer the question: "What was the role of printing in
the French Revolution?" With a final exhibition checklist and notes for the
essays. Fine. (42) $24.95
482.
(FRENCH ROMANTICISM). ALLEN, James Smith. Popular
French Romanticism. Authors, Readers, and Books in the 19th Century.
(Syracuse): Syracuse Univ Press, 1981, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi),
290pp. First Edition. A study of the influence of the novels by Dumas, Sand and
others on the ordinary men and women in 19th century Paris as well as the book
production and distribution of that time. Illustrations and charts. Very fine
copy. (9690) $20.00
483.
(FRY, Roger). SPALDING, Frances. Roger
Fry. Art and Life. (Norfolk, England): Black Dog Books, (1999), octavo,
wrappers. xii, 292pp. Second edition. This is an essential work for anyone
interested in Bloomsbury. It fills many of the gaps in Virginia Woolf's
biography of Roger Fry and weaves together the story of his life with an
illuminating account of the development of his art and ideas. Frances Spalding
successfully brings alive the fertile, generous and energetic nature of this
highly influential critic, painter and entrepreneur, whose creativity spilled
over into every aspect of his career. As her tale unfolds, the author makes
wonderfully vivid Fry's strong faith in the vital relationship between art and
life. Very fine copy. (12207) $17.50
484.
(FUENTES, Carlos). FARIS, Wendy B. Carlos
Fuentes. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1983, octavo, cloth in dust jacket.
(xviii), 241pp. First Edition. A critical study of Fuentes' novels. Very fine.
(10438) $17.50
485.
FULLERTON, B.M. Selective Bibliography of American Literature 1775-1900. A Brief
Estimate of the More Important American Authors and a Description of Their
Representative Works. Woodbridge, CT: Ox Bow Press, (1989), octavo, tan
cloth. (xvi), 327pp. Reprint of the Second Edition. Introduction by Carl Van
Doren. Authors are listed alphabetically with a short biography and a list of
their publications with dates of first editions. Very fine. (16146) $55.00
486.
(FURNIVALL, F. J). BENZIE, William. Dr.
F. J. Furnivall. Victorian Scholar Adventurer. Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books,
(1983), octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 302pp. First Edition. With his
immense energy, Furnivall was a central force behind the English literary scene
in the nineteenth century, particularly in its scholarly branches, founding many
literary societies, contributing to the beginnings of the Oxford English
Dictionary, and generally promoting English literary and linguistic scholarship.
He maintained a strained relationship with T. J. Wise, who disparaged Furnivall
as critic, and bankrupted the Shelley Society by printing too many luxurious
facsimile first editions. Very fine. (255) $30.00
487.
(GALSWORTHY, John). MARROT, H. V. A
Bibliography of the Works of John Galsworthy. New York: Franklin, (1968),
octavo, cloth. xii, 252pp. Reprint. Books, periodicals and an iconography. Very
fine. (256) $40.00
488.
(GALSWORTHY, John). MARROT, H. V. A
Bibliography of the Works of John Galsworthy. London: Elkin Mathews &
Marrot, 1928, octavo, cloth. (xvi), 252pp. First Edition. With an unpublished
cartoon by Max Beerbohm, a portrait frontispiece in collotype and eight line
facsimiles. Calssified arrangement of first editions and shorter contributions
and translations and ana; title page transcriptions, collations, and
bibliographical notes, with distinction of issues. Percy Muir considers this
"...a model for modern bibliography." Points, Second Series, p.51.
Inner hinges weak, cloth slightly scuffed. (3811) $50.00
490. (GARDEN SALE). The Collection of The Garden Ltd. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts. New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends the catalogue. The sale of this library, The Garden Ltd., was brought about by a lawsuit filed by Michael Davis against Haven O'More. Davis, son of the businessman, Leonard Davis, entered into a partnership with O'More in which Davis turned over control of $17 million to O'More as the sole general partner of The Garden Ltd., an association formed " primarily to write and develop new manuscripts, to rewrite, edit and publish manuscripts, and to hold and collect rare books and manuscripts." The tale of this financial partnership and its collapse, and more interesting, the story behind the enigmatic Haven O'More is told in detail in Nicholas Basbane's book, A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, chapter 6, "To Have and to Have No More. " Not to be overlooked is the magnificent library built by O'More. As Nicolas Barker states in his Foreword, "The decision to choose the best authors and the best works, in the best available copies, is aptly demonstrated." Beginning with an Egyptian manuscript [ca. 1080-746 B.C.] Book of the Dead, there are copies of the first Ptolemy and Aesop, first editions of Dante, the first printing in Greek of Homer, all four Shakespeare folios, the first edition of Don Quixote, Paradise Lost, Blake' Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and his Book of Thel. Redoute watercolors on vellum, Johnson's English Dictionary, Melville's copy of Dante's Divine Comedy heavily annotated, a first edition of The Whale, the Swann-Streeter copy of Leaves of Grass, W. B. Yeats, Albert Einstein, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Hart Crane, Cobden-Sanderson's copy of the Kelmscott Press Chaucer inscribed by Morris, Ashendene Press, Eragny Press, Doves Press, Shakespeare Head Press, Cranach Press, Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Arion Press, and much, much more. Very fine. (7412) $65.00
Deduct 50% from
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491.
(GARNETT, David). David Garnett C.B.E. A
Writer's Library. Deal: Michael Hosking, June, 1983, octavo, wrappers.
(180)pp. Michael Hosking's rare book catalogue No. 22, The Golden Hind Bookshop.
With an introduction by Nicolas Barker. 3,407 items listed from the library of
David Garnett, son of Edward Garnett, who was a publisher's reader and an
author, and of Constance Garnett, the eminent translator of Russian literature.
David Garnett's grandfather and great-grandfather both worked in the Department
of Printed Books in the British Museum. Besides the books authored, edited, or
translated by members of the Garnett family, there are also books by their many
famous friends and protégés. Represented are fine runs of the works of H. E.
Bates, Joseph Conrad, W. H. Davies, Ford Madox Ford, E. M. Forster, Henry James,
D. H. Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, T. F. Powys, Lytton Strachey, pages listing
Nonesuch Press publications (David Garnett was the director of the Nonesuch
Press from its inception in 1923), and an extensive run of Russian literature.
Hundreds of other authors are represented. A magnificent "working"
library reflecting the interests and concerns of this literary family. Fine
copy. (3753) $20.00
492.
GASKELL, Philip. From Writer to Reader. Studies
in Editorial Method. Winchester: St. Paul's, 1999, octavo, boards in dust
jacket. (xvi), 268pp. The definitive work on the nature of textual bibliography
and criticism which has established itself as an essential tool for students of
bibliography and for anyone else concerned with the editing of serious
literature. It is based ont he study of extracts from the early texts of 12
works of literature, ranging from Harington's Orlando Furioso, 1591; to Dickens'
David Copperfield, 1850; to Tom Stoppard's Travesties, 1974. By tracing the
texts through their many stages from writer to reader, Gaskell reveals how a
work is subject to variations of composition (e.g., an author's revision of the
printed proof) and variations of transmission, resulting from the process of
copying, printing, and publication. Gaskell categorizes the role of the editor
as that of textual bibliographer, one who establishes texts and readings by
finding out how and with what intentions they were written and reproduced. He
presents the editor also as a literary critic who judges texts as works of art
and states preferences for different readings. Examples show how, by combining a
critical judgment with an understanding of textual bibliography, an editor can
establish "critical text" that is as authoritative as the evidence
allows, and then present it in the form best suited to its intended audience.
New. (10642) $49.95
493.
GAUR, Albertine. Literacy and The Politics of Writing. Bristol, U.K.: Intellect,
2000, octavo, blue boards. iv, 188 pp. First Edition. This book covers three key
questions in writing: What is the primary purpose of writing? How does the
ability to record information relate to theconcept of literacy? and Does
Literacy depend on writing? These questions and more will be addressed using
more than 80 photographs, and illustrative examples of writing through the ages.
Very fine. (13494) $35.00
494.
(GERMAN LITERATURE). BATTS, Michael S. A
History of Histories of German Literature, 1835-1914. Montreal:
McGill-Queen's University Press, (1993), octavo, green cloth. (xiv), 301pp.
First Edition. From Gervinus to the beginning of the twentieth century. Includes
chapters on "The Most Successful Histories of German Literature...";
Foreign Hsitories of German Literature"; with a Bibliography and a detailed
index. Very fine. (14230) $20.00
495.
(GERMAN POETRY). ZIEGLER, Vickie L. The
Leitword in Minnesang: Stylistic Analysis and Textual Criticism. Univ Park:
Penn State Univ Press, (1975), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 200pp. First
Edition. Leitwords are repeated theme words found throughout the poems of
medieval Germany, often focusing on the joys and sorrows of love. This study
focuses on the earliest of medieval manuscripts by Reinmar and his followers.
Very fine. (10546) $20.00
496.
(GIDE, Andre). LITTLEJOHN, David (editor). Gide.
A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
(1970), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (x), 177pp. First Edition. Very fine.
(10434) $17.50
498.
GILL, Eric. Letters of Eric Gill. Edited by Walter Shewring. London: Jonathan
Cape, (1947), octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. 480pp. First Edition.
Illustrated with twelve drawings, printed separately. Gill was wonderfully
opinionated about art, design and architecture and the letters are full of
specific likes and dislikes. Many of the cards and letters to friends and family
are calligraphic and whimsical. Illustrated. One minute chip at bottom of font
flap fold, else a very fine, clean copy (17537) $85.00
499.
(GILL, Eric). GILL, Evan. Eric
Gill: A Bibliography. Revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie.
Winchester: St. Paul's, 1991, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 383pp. Second
edition. The contents include books and pamphlets written by Gill, books and
periodicals to which he contributed and books and other publications which he
specifically illustrated with wood engravings, title pages, initial letters or
tail pieces; also included are those which include illustrations which were
originally done ofr other publications. Books and journals are included which
contain criticism of or reference to Gill's work. The bibliography is fully
indexed and includes a cross reference list of engraving numbers between the
Physick (V & A Catalogue) numbers and those of Ditchling-Gill. Fine copy.
(3858) $60.00
500.
(GILL, Eric). GILL, Evan R. The
Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill. An Inventory. London: Cassell & Co.,
Ltd., (1964), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 140pp. followed by (xvi)pp.
of plates. American issue with American publisher's sticker on front pastedown.
First Edition. This volume is a record of Gill's inscriptional work, whether
incised into stone, painted on wood or engraved in metal, from his first
inscription on stone, carved in 1901, to the head and footstones for his own
grave carved to his design by his assistant, Laurie Cribb. Several chips to
jacket which is dust soiled, book fine. (3669) $75.00
501.
(GILL, Eric). GILL, Evan R. The
Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill. An Inventory. London: Cassell & Co.,
Ltd., (1964), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 140pp. followed by (xvi)pp.
of plates. American issue with American publisher's sticker on front pastedown.
First Edition. This volume is a record of Gill's inscriptional work, whether
incised into stone, painted on wood or engraved in metal, from his first
inscription on stone, carved in 1901, to the head and footstones for his own
grave carved to his design by his assistant, Laurie Cribb. Exceptionally fine,
clean price clipped jacket on a very fine copy of the book. (17492) $95.00
502.
(GILL, Eric). PEACE, David. Eric
Gill. The Inscriptions. A Descriptive Catalogue. Boston: Godine, (1995),
octavo, boards in dust jacket. Illustrated. Expanding ont he work of Evan Gill
in The Inscriptional Work of Eric Gill: An Inventory, this listing adds more
than 180 new items. Notes give the locations, sizes, dates, architects and
craftsmen. Appendices list Pupils or Assistants, 1906-1940; Locations by
Counties and Countries; War Memorials; Heraldry; Designs for Seals, Medals,
Coins; Stamps; Alphabets and Unidentified Inscriptions. Very fine copy. (8770)
$50.00
503.
(GILL, Eric). Printed by Hague and Gill. A
Checklist prepared in conjunction with the exhibit "A Responsible
Workman"... (Cover title). (Los Angeles: UCLA Library, 1982), octavo,
wrappers. 48pp. First Edition. With a 4 1/2pp. introduction by James Davis. With
some illsutrations of devices and Gill's "Pigotts Road" map reproduced
on back cover. (44) $35.00
504.
(GILL, Eric). SHAKESPEARE, William. All
the Love Poems of Shakespeare. New York: Privately Printed, (1947), quarto,
cloth. 166pp. First American printing of this edition. Evan Gill says that this
volume was printed without permission, and poorly reproduces Gill's wood
engravings from The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida. Gill 396a.
Scuffing to extremities. (10806) $45.00
505.
(GILL, Eric). SHAKESPEARE, William. The
Merchant of Venice. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, (1963), small 8vo, cloth
in dust jacket. (xviii), 128pp. Reprint. The New Temple Shakespeare series for
J. M. Dent, 1934-36, designing a general half-title page "Puck
Juggling," and for the comedies "Man Trying to Fly for the title
page." With an Introduction, Notes and Glossary by M. R. Ridley. Gill 290.
Dust jacket worn at edges and spine, jacket flaps roughly clipped causing a
small bit of loss of flap text. (10803) $25.00
506.
(GILL, Eric). SPEIAGHT, Robert. The
Life of Eric Gill. New York: P. J. Kennedy, (1966), octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. (xviii), 323pp. First American Edition. A lucid, straightforward
biography organized chronologically around the communities that Gill founded in
England and later Wales. An Appendix, "A Tribunal" by Gill outlines
his views on conscientious objection. There is a short bibliography, index of
life and works and general index to the text. Illustrated with photographs and
reproductions of his woodcuts and stone carvings. Near fine. (7489) $45.00
507.
(GILL, Eric). YORKE, Malcolm. Eric
Gill. Man of Flesh and Spirit. New York: Universe Books, (1982), octavo,
wrappers. 304pp. First American Edition. A fascinating biography of one of the
best known and most controversial artists in England between the wars. Numerous
illustrations. Very fine. (9805) $17.50
508.
GILLESPIE, Sarah C. A Hundred Years of Progress. The Record of The Scottish Typographical
Assiciation 1853-1952. Glasgow: Robert Maclehose & Co., 1953, octavo,
cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 268pp. First Edition. Illustrated. Early trade
organization began with the 'chapel,' where rights of seeniority and the
apprenticeship system began and developed into modern trade unionism as
described here in two sections - the first fifty years fo the nineteenth century
and the second fifty on the twentieth. Chapters include on The Apprenticeship
Question and relations With Kindred Unions. Jacket soiled and with edge wear,
corners bumped. (9959) $40.00
509.
GINSBURG, Henry. Thai Art and Culture: Historic Manuscripts from Western Collections.
(London): British Library, (2000), quarto, black boards in dust jacket. 138pp.
First Edition. The author discusses the religious, historical and cultural
context of a wide range of manuscripts and other documents in European and North
American collections. Many illustrated manuscripts, some with dated colophons,
have come to light in Western collections. They considerably alter understanding
of the subject, and this study includes dated examples from 1797 through to the
end of the 19th century, to enable us to define the development of style. 80
colour illustrations and 30 black and white illustrations. New. (14985) $45.00
510.
GIRODIAS, Maurice. The Frog Prince. An Autobiography. New York: Crown, (1980), octavo,
boards in dust jacket. 409pp. First Edition. The autobiography of the founder of
the Olympia Press. Friend and publisher to William Burroughs, Samuel Beckett,
Jean Genet, J. P. Donleavy, Terry Southern, Vladimir Nabokov, and Nikos
Kazantzakis. Very fine. (10432) $25.00
511.
GISOLFI, Diana and Staale Sinding-Larsen. The
Rule, the Bible, and the Council. The Library of the Benedictine Abbey at
Praglia. Seattle: College Art Association, 1998, quarto, cloth in dust
jacket. 200 pp. First Edition. This book focuses on the original arrangement and
significance of the library decorations of the Benedictine monastery at Praglia
near Padua. This series of twenty-four paintings on canvas by Battista Zelotti,
dated around 1570, consists of religious allegories and scenes from the Old and
New Testaments displayed in various-shaped compartments in the ceiling and large
rectangular canvases on the walls. The authors reconstruct the library room
using physical, on-site evidence, extant documents concerning the furnishings,
measusrements of the paintings, and early descriptions to recreate with computer
technology the room furnished and decorated in 1562 -- ca. 1570. Very fine copy.
(12014) $35.00
512.
GISSING, George. The Letters of George Gissing to Gabrielle Fleury. Edited by Pierre
Coustillas. New York: NYPL, quarto, wrappers. 174pp. First Edition. Begun in
June of 1898 when Gabrielle Fleury wrote Gissing to ask permission to translate
into French his novel New Grub Street, the correspondence continued to May of
1902. A fascinating series of letters, they reveal much of Gissing's character.
Fleury eventually put Gissing in touch with many of the influential people of
the French literary world. Gissing felt that she brought dignity to his troubled
life, and of the three women who shared his life she became his sole real wife.
The letters are well-annotated. Illustrated. Index. Very fine copy. (7427)
$25.00
513.
(GOLDING, William). CAREY, John, (editor). William
Golding: The Man and his Books. A Tribute on his 75th Birthday. London:
Faber & Faber, (1986), octavo, boards in dust jacket. 191pp. First Edition.
With contributions by John Carey, John Fowles, Peter Green, Seamus Heaney, Ted
Hughes, et. al. Fine copy. (3751) $20.00
514.
GOLDSCHMIDT, E. P. The Printed Book of the Renaissance. Three Lectures on Type,
Illustration, Ornament. Amsterdam: Gerard Th. van Heusden, 1966, quarto,
cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 93pp. followed by viii plates. . Second Edition,
with corrections. "EPG discourses about the Renaissance movement as it
expresses itself in the Book, and the important part which the Book must have
played, both with regard to the type in which it was printed and to its
illustrations and ornament, in propagating the appreciation of the new art forms
among the European public." Illustrated by 32 facsimile cuts in the text,
and at the end by eight double page plates of openings of early printed books.
Small name and date on front pastedown, else a fine copy. (18196) $135.00
516.
GOLDSTONE, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. Warmly
Inscribed. The New England Forger and Other Book Tales. New York: St.
Martin's Press, (2001), octavo, boards in dust jacket. (vi), 215pp. First
Edition. With chapters on the Library of Congress, Folger Library, Beinecke
Library, Forgers, selling books on the internet, and more. Very fine in jacket.
(11115) $22.50
517.
(GOLLANCZ, Victor). EDWARDS, Ruth Dudley. Victor
Gollancz. A Biography. London: Gollancz, 1987, octavo, boards in dust
jacket. 782pp. First Edition. This biography presents the power of Gollancz's
commitments: he founded the Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign
against Capital Punishment. Illustrated. New. (258) $40.00
518.
GORDAN, John D. Letters to an Editor. Georgian Poetry, 1912-1922. An Exhibition from the
Berg Collection. New York: New York Public Library, 1967, octavo, wrappers.
36pp. An exhibition of letters written to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, an editor who
helped bring such poets as W. H. Davies, Walter De La Mare, Robert Graves, D. H.
Lawrence and John Masefield to public attention through his series of
anthologies of Georgian poets. With a biography of Marsh and biographies of the
poets he helped define as Georgian. Very fine, clean. (333) $12.50
519.
GOREY, Edward. Ascending Peculiarity. Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey. New York:
Harcourt Inc, (2001), octavo, boards in dust jacket. xxi, 292 pp. First Edition.
Interviews Selected and edited by Karen Wilkin. Here is Gorey in his own words,
ruminating on everything from the ballets of George Balanchine to cats, from
classical Japanese literature to television sitcoms, from obscure silent films
to yard sales. "Together, this collection of more than a quarter century of
interviews constitutes a loosely sketched self- portrait, a freewheeling
autobiography in Gorey's own fashion." Illustrated. Very fine. (12606)
$35.00
520.
GORKI, Maxim. Fragments from My Diary. Translated by Moura Budberg. (London):
Allen Lane, (1972), octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xviii), 265pp. Revised
edition. Very fine. (10495) $17.50
521.
(GOUDY, Frederic). BRUCKNER, D.J.R. Frederic
Goudy. New York: Abrams, 1990, quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 144pp. First
Edition. A critical study of this master type designer, who did not draw his
first alphabet until he was 30, nor count himself a professional type designer
until he was 46. The fiinal chapter includes an annotated list of the more than
a hundred Goudy typefaces, each highlighted with quotations from Goudy's
theories of design and aesthetics. Illustrated with photographs. (9803) $39.95
522.
(GOUDY, Frederic W.). BEILENSON, Peter. The
Story of Frederic W. Goudy. Mt. Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1965, 12mo,
cloth. 68pp. Originally written and serially published in the "Inland
Printer" during 19 33-1934, and then published with revisions in 1939 to
celebrate Goudy's 74 th birthday. It is here reprinted for the Goudy Centennial,
"it was his favorite biography." A very fine copy. (18143) $25.00
523.
(GOYA, Francisco). WOLF, Reva. Goya
and the Satirical Print in England and On the Continent, 1730-1800. Boston:
Godine, (1991), oblong octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, (110)pp. First
Edition. Illustrated. Focusing on Goya's Caprichos, Wolf traces Hogarth and
English influence on Goya and shows how his mastery of simple, issue oriented
satire enabled him to bring some of the English freedom of expression to the
Continent during the eighteenth century. Fine copy. (3730) $25.00
524.
(GRABHORN-HOYEM PRESS). The Pearl.
Newly translated by John F. Crawford with Andrew Hoyem including the English
text printed interlinearly from the British Museum manuscript Cotton Nero A.x.
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1967, octavo, blue cloth with 1/4 vellum spine
with deckle edge. (132)pp. First Edition, Limited to 225 copies. A Commentary on
the Poetics and Historical Setting of The Pearl follows the text and
translation. Text printedin red and black. Four illustrations printed in
facsimile. Name and address inked in the gutter at p. 63. Boards slightly bowed
and faded at edges. (16176) $200.00
525. GRANTLEY, Darryll. Wit's Pilgrimage. Drama and the Social Impact of Education in Early Modern England. Aldershot: Ashgate, (2000), octavo, blue pictorial boards. (viii), 270pp. First Edition. Chapters offer issues such as the emergence of national institutions; drama, education and the quality of gentility; education and the playwright; education and the audience; education in the sixteenth-century interlude; and plebian wits, gentlemen and scholars on the London commercial stage. Illustrated. Very fine. (15307) $30.00
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526.
(GRAVES, Robert). SEYMOUR-SMITH, Martin. Robert
Graves. His Life and Work. New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1982),
octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xviii), 608pp. First American Edition.
Illustrated. Very fine. (10477) $25.00
528.
(GREENE, Graham). SHERRY, Norman. The
Life of Graham Greene. Volume Three: 1955-1991. (New York): Viking, (2004),
quarto, black cloth and red boards in pictorial dust jacket. (xxxiv), 906pp.
First Edition. This edition marks the centenary of one of the 20th centuries
most important literary figures. Bringing to a close the life of Greene the
author follows him, still an agent for the British government, from
prerevolutionary Cuba and the Belgian Congo to adulterous interludes in Capri
and Antibes, and at the height of his fame with such luminaries as T.S. Eliot,
Evelyn Waugh, Ian Fleming, and Ernest Hemingway. Illustrated. Jacket lightly
scuffed, remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. (14594) $25.00
529.
GREG, W. W. W. W. Greg. Collected
Papers. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966, octavo, blue cloth in dust
jacket. (xiv); 449pp. First Edition. Edited by J. C. Maxwell. In 1958, Sir
Walter Greg chose a substantial number of his writings to be pubilished as
Collected Papers, and thoroughly revised most of them for the press. These
papers were edited by Professor Maxwell. The list drawn up in 1958, contains 37
items. 27 which appear in this volume. Illustrated. Name on front pastedown.
(18614) $45.00
530.
GRIFFITHS, Antony. Landmarks in Print Collecting. Connoisseurs and Donors at the British
Museum since 1753. (London): British Museum Press, (1996), quarto, cloth in
dust jacket. 304pp. First Edition. The Department of Prints and Drawings in the
British Museum holds one of the world's greatest collections of prints,
consisting of more than two million items of exceptional quality. All the major
names of Western printmaking are represented, often in complete series and in
excellent impressions. This book studies the history of this remarkable
collection over the 250 years since the British Museum was founded in 1753. Ten
essays by members of the Department describe the principal gifts, bequests of
purchases that now form the core of the Museum's holdings. In addition to these
essays are nine extensive appendices with unpublished documents taken from the
Museum's archives. This is the fullest account ever published of the growth of
any part of a British national collection. Illustrated with 100 examples of the
finest prints from the collections described in the essays. 9 color and 159
b&w illustrations. Very fine copy. (12175) $45.00
531.
(GROLIER CLUB). Grolier 2000. A Further Grolier Club Biographical Retrospective in
Celebration of the Millennium. New York: (The Grolier Club), 2000, large
octavo, blue cloth. 424pp. First Trade Edition, Limited to 500 copies. A
continuation of the Grolier 75 volume of short biographies published by the Club
in 1959 to celebrate its 75th birthday, this new collection of over 120
biographies illustrates the contributions of Grolier Club members in the fields
of collecting, rare book librarianship, book design, and the antiquarian book
trade. Printed under the direction of Jerry Kelly based on Joseph Blumenthal's
design for Grolier 75. New. (14936) $90.00
532.
(GROLIER CLUB). KRAUS, T. Peter & Eric Holzenberg; edited by Carol Z.
Rothkopf. The Grolier Club Collects: Books, Manuscripts, & Works on Paper From
The Collections of Grolier Club Members. New York: The Grolier Club, 2002,
quarto, ochre cloth. 192pp. First Edition, one of 1,000 copies printed.
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Club December 11, 2002 through February
1, 2003. A survey of modern collecting, from incunabula to artists' books, from
Dürer to Al Capp, from the third century AD to the present, from Saint Thomas
Aquinas to Oscar Wilde, each of the 130 objects described and celebrated in the
collector's own words. 39 color and 96 duotone illustrations. Designed by Jerry
Kelly, and printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega. New.
(14937) $50.00
534.
GROVE, Lee Edmonds. Of Brooks & Books. Minneapolis: Univ of Minnesota Press, (1945),
octavo, boards in dust jacket. (x), (86)pp. First Edition. Edmund D. Brooks ran
a bookstore, and privately published a dozen books from 1900 to 1919, numbering
among his customers Henry Widener and Henry Folger and among his friends Arthur
Symons, G. K. Chesterton, John Galsworthy and Arthur Upson, whose early poetry
he published. (10691) $20.00
535.
GUPPY, Henry. The John Rylands Library Manchester: Catalogue of an Exhibition
Illustrating the History of the Transmission of the Bible, with an Introductory
Sketch by the Librarian, and Twenty-two Facsimiles. Manchester, England: The
Manchester University Press, 1935, quarto, grey wrappers. (xiv); 112pp., 13pp.
First Edition. Frontispiece portrait of Coverdale. In Commemoration of the 400th
Anniversary of the Publication of Coverdale's Bible, in October, 1535. With 22
illustrations in black and white. Wrappers dusty, uncut, unopened. (18556)
$35.00
536.
(GUTENBERG, Johann). MAN, John. The
Gutenberg Revolution. The Story of a Genius and an Invention that Changed the
World. (London): Review, (2002), small octavo, boards in dust jacket. (vi),
312pp. First Edition. The history, intrique and personalities surrounding
Gutenberg's invention and the financing of his efforts are presented in a very
readable text. Illustrated. Very fine, clean copy. (12469) $22.50
537.
(GUTENBERG, Johann). THEVET, Andre. Jean
Guttemberg, Inventor of Printing. A Translation by Douglas C. McMurtrie of
the Essay in Andre Thevet's "Vies des Hommes Illustres," Paris, 1589.
No place: Privately Printed by Douglas C. McMurtrie, 1926, quarto, black boards
in matching slipcase. (9) pp. First Edition, Limited to 190 numbered copies. .
Typography and calligraphy by Frank E. Powers. Presentation copy, inscribed and
signed by McMurtrie on the from endpaper to John Frank Connor and dated 1926.
With Connor's printing press bookplate tipped to front pastedown. The very
fragile spine has seven small nicks, boards fine. The slipcase has a few nicks
to the black paper covering the boards. (18191) $150.00
539.
(HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS,James). SPEVACK, Marvin. James
Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. The Life and Works of the Shakespearean Scholar and
Bookman. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. 624pp. First Edition. Known mainly as a Shakespearean scholar and
collector, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps published nearly six hundred books
and pamphlets on everything from literature to the history of science, theology,
and much more. In 1872 he not only married Henrietta Phillips, daughter of the
antiquary and collector Sir Thomas Phillipps (and added her maiden name to his)
but he also presented to the Edinburgh University Library his Shakespeareana
collection. The collection includes nearly all the editions of Shakespeare
printed before 1660. A fascinating man and true scholar. Illustrated. New.
(10656) $49.95
540.
HALSELLE, Henry de. Treasure Trove in Bookland: The Romance of Modern First Editions. London:
T. Werne Laurie, (1931), octavo, cloth. xvi, (208)pp. First Edition. Includes a
final chapter on the appearance of "remainder shops," the term "
first edition," publications useful to collectors and a list of sizes of
books. An addenda adds a list of contemporary British booksellers, a
bibliography and four blank pages for "notes." Purple cloth faded, as
usual. Former owner's inscription on endpaper, foxing throughout. (9964) $20.00
541.
HAMER, Richard. Manuscript Index to the "Index of Middle English Verse" (London):
British Library, (1995), octavo, printed wrappers. 62pp. First Edition. The
"Index of Middle English Verse" (1947) by Charleton Brown and Russell
Hope Robbins with its Supplement (1965) by Robbins and John C. Cutler, remains a
valuable aid to Middle English studies; but its compilers did not supply an
index to the manuscripts cited. This is an attempt to fill that gap.
New. (14986) $25.00
542.
(HAMMETT, Dashiell). JOHNSON, Diane. Dashiell
Hammett. A Life. New York: Random House, (1983), octavo, boards & cloth
in dust jacket. (xx), 344pp. First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Fine
copy. (3942) $20.00
544.
(HANDWRITING). THORNTON, Tamara Plakins. Handwriting
in America. A Cultural History. New Haven: Yale Univ Press, (1996), octavo,
boards in dust jacket. xiv, 248pp. First Edition. From the jacket - "Script
emerged in the eighteenth century as a medium intimately associated with the
self, in contrast to the impersonality of print. But thereafter, just what kind
of self would be defined or revealed in script was debated in the context of
changing economic and social realities, definitions of manhood and womanhood,
and concepts of mind and body. Thornton details the parties to these disputes:
writing masters who used penmanship training to form and discipline character;
scinetific experts who chalked up variations in script to mere physiological
idiosyncrasy; and autograph collectors and handwriting analysts who celebrated
signatures that broke copybook rules as marks of personality, revealing the
uniqueness of the self." With brief mention of forgery and forgers.
Illustrated and with a detailed index. Very fine copy. (10534) $25.00
545.
(HANLEY, James). GIBBS, Linea. James
Hanley: A Bibliography. Vancouver: William Hoffer, 1980, octavo, cloth. x,
230pp. First Edition. Limited to 526 copies. With collations, descriptions of
bindings and dust jackets; similarly described are later editions. Also
described are first appearances of short stories and essays in periodicals,
anthologies and newspapers; radio and television broadcasts; theatre
performances; book reviews by Hanley; dust jacket blurbs; translations; books
edited by Hanley; plays in collections; broadsides; books about Hanley;
manuscripts. Illustrated. Fine copy. (3749) $50.00
546.
(HARRISON OF PARIS). The
Publications of Harrison of Paris. Autumn 1931. [Cover title]. (Paris:
Harrison of Paris, 1931), one folio sheet of light green laid paper folded four
times to make eight printed pages. Printed in France with the types and borders
of Firmin Didot. A detailed list of publications including "More Ambitious
plans for the autumn of 1931...". Slightly dust soiled, otherwise fine.
(9873) $20.00
547.
(HARRISON OF PARIS). The
Publications of Harrison of Paris. Autumn 1931. [Cover title]. (New York:
Minton, Balch and Company, 1931), one folio sheet of light green laid paper
folded four times to make eight printed pages. Printed in France with the types
and borders of Firmin Didot. A detailed list of publications including
"More Ambitious plans for the autumn of 1931...". With the imprint of
their American Agents. Slightly dust soiled, otherwise fine. (9874) $20.00
548.
HARVEY, P.D.A. Editing Historical Records. (London): The British Library, (2001),
tall octavo, printed boards. (vix), 104pp. First Edition. This book is about
editing documentary texts based on three principles: be accurate; say what you
are going to do and do it; and give full references to the document and describe
it. Among the issues discussed are: selection of documents; the quest for
accuracy; normalization; translation; punctuation, abbreviations; calendaring;
presentation and layout; consistency in the use of symbols; the glossary; and
indexing, including indexing people, places and subjects. An invaluable books
for archivists and historians. Illustrated in black and white. New. (14989)
$25.00
549.
HASELDEN, R. B. Scientific Aids for the Study of Manuscripts. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1935, octavo, printed wrappers. (xiv), 108 pp., followed by 17
plates with tissue guards. First Edition. The author was the curator of
manuscripts at the Huntington Library. Chapters iinclude Introduction to the
Study of Manuscripts, The Care and Handling of Manuscripts, Light and Colour,
Illuminants and Light Filters, Microscopes and Magnifiers, The Ultra-violet Lamp
and Fluorescence, Photography, Measuring Instruments and Handwriting, and
Examplets of Manuscript Problems. Light foxing throughout, wrappers slightly
sunned. (18362) $45.00
550.
HASLAM, Fiona. From Hogarth to Rowlandson. Medicine in Art in Eighteenth Century
Britain. (Liverpool): Liverpool Univ Press, (1996), octavo, wrappers. xvi,
336pp. First Edition. The author places 'the art of medicine' of the eighteenth
century in its social, medical, historical and political context and shows how
this, together with a knowledge of the lives of the artists themselves, is
necessary for a better understanding of that art in an age in which hope was
often raised by medical innovation, but all too often dashed. Among the aspects
considered are: medical images in Hogarth's early satires, the role and practice
of the itinerant quack, blood- letting and surgery, the innovation of
vaccination, fashion in medicine, midwifery and birth, medicine and morality,
madness and death. This book provides an insight into the use of highly charged
and often complicated representations of medicine and doctors in graphic and
literary art. 108 b&w illustrations. Very fine copy. (12169) $30.00
551.
(HASSALL, Joan). CHAMBERS, David. Joan
Hassall, Engravings & Drawings. Pinner: Private Libraries Association,
1985, quarto, black cloth. (lxiv), 160pp. First Edition. Contains Chambers'
"Books and Bookplates" of Joan Hassall. With a list of illustrated
books, illustrated journals, dust jackets and miscellanea, and bookplates.
Covers slightly damp marked and very slightly bowed. (13451) $25.00
552.
(HASSALL, Joan). "The Private Library." A Quarterly Journal of the Private
Libraries Association. Winter, 1974, octavo, wrappers. (42)pp. Second Series,
Volume 7:4. This issue is devoted to the wood-engravings of Joan Hassall who
presented this as a talk on the process of wood-engraving before The Bookplate
Society. Follwed by an open letter to A Beginner Bookseller (Part Two) by Louis
Ginsberg. (11110) $15.00
553.
(HAWKES, John). KUEHL, John. John
Hawkes and the Craft of Conflict. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ Press,
(1975), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xii, 195pp. First Edition. A comprehensive
study of Hawkes's novels. Very fine. (10469) $17.50
554.
HAZLITT, W. C. (editor). Paris and
Vienne. Thystorye of the Noble Ryght Vayaunt and Worthy Knyght Parys and of the
Fayr Vyenne the Daulphyns Doughter of Vyennoys. Printed for the Roxburghe
Library, 1868, octavo, maroon morocco and matching pebbled cloth.. xii, 100, (ii)pp.
First Printing of this edition. From the Unique Copy Printed by William Caxton
at Westminster in theYear 1485. With a Preface, Glossary and Notes by W. C.
Hazlitt. With fold-out facsimile of the first page of the Caxton volume used for
this Roxburgh Library publication. In the original Roxburgh binding. Cloth
scuffed at two corners exposing board, spine fine and gilt stamping bright.
Contemporary inscription on front endpaper. (13365) $350.00
555.
HEATH, Dudley. Miniatures. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905, large quarto, gold
embossed green cloth. (xl), 320pp., illustrations unpaginated. First American
Edition. The purpose of this volume is to present a historical account of the
art of miniature to stimulate further study and appreciation rather than a
catalogue or authoritative guide for the specialist. With 42 color, collotype,
and photogravure illustrations which are a special feature of this book and have
been reproduced in the same size as the originals. Contains an Index to the
illustrations. Part of The Connoisseur's Library series edited by Cyril
Davenport. A fine, clean copy. (14048) $95.00
556.
(HEBREW BOOKS). SMITH, Diana Rowland
based on the work of David Goldstein, Cyril Moss, et. al. Second Supplementary
Catalogue of Hebrew Printed Books in the British Library 1893-1960.
(London): British Library, 1994, large quarto, cloth. First Edition. (xii),
588pp.; (548)pp. From the Introduction: "The acquisition of Hebrew books
between 1893 and 1960 consists of some 9,000 titles. About twelve titles, mainly
liturgies, which were acquired after 1960, have been included in this Catalogue
because of their significance...The books cover the entire period of Hebrew
printing, from one of the first Hebrew books to be printed...to examples of
modern Hebrew typography in Israel and America." Very fine. (10738) $175.00
557.
HELLER, Steven and Louise Fili. British
Modern. Graphic Design Between the Wars. San Francisco: Chronicle Books,
(1998), octavo, wrappers. 132 pp. First Edition. The creative activity in
British graphic arts and commercial design during the twenties, thirties, and
early forties: signs, posters, product packaging, and magazine covers. As new.
(12617) $18.95
558.
(HELLMAN, Lillian). WRIGHT, William. Lillian
Hellman. The Image, The Woman. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986),
octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 507pp. First Edition. Illustrated.
Very fine. (10466) $20.00
559.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). BAKER, Carlos. Ernest
Hemingway. A Life Story. New York: Scribner's, (1969), octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. (xviii), 697pp. First Edition. Illustrtated. Minor restoration to jacket
which is price clipped, else fine. (10464) $25.00
560.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). BURGESS, Anthony. Ernest
Hemingway and His World. London: Thames and Hudson, (1978), octavo, boards
in dust jacket. 128pp. First Edition. "A perceptive literary critic,
Anthony Burgess has also been able to assess objectively the remarkable
contribution Hemingway made to contemporary literature through the creation of a
new style." Extensively illustrated. Former owner's name on endpaper
erased, jacket price clipped. (4524) $40.00
561.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). GRIFFIN, Peter. Along
with Youth. Hemingway, the Early Years. New York: Oxford Univ Press, 1985,
octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 258pp. First Edition. With a
Foreword by Hemingway's son, Jack. Includes five new Hemingway short stories.
The first of a projected three volume biography. Very fine copy. (3947) $30.00
562. (HEMINGWAY, Ernest). GRIFFIN, Peter. Along with Youth. Hemingway, the Early Years. New York: Oxford Univ Press, 1985, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 258pp. First Edition. With a Foreword by Hemingway's son, Jack. Includes five new Hemingway short stories. The first of a projected three volume biography. Paper blemish (scuff) to front boards, else a very fine copy. (3948) $25.00
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563.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). HEMINGWAY, Hilary and Carlene Brennen. Hemingway
in Cuba. (New york:: Rugged Land Books,, 2003),, quarto, brown boards.
(xii), 146pp. First Edition. From the dust jacket, "A richly illustrated
collection of stories about Ernest Hemingway and his love affair with
Cuba." New in dust jacket. (13370) $35.00
564.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). HEMINGWAY, Leicester. My
Brother, Ernest Hemingway. Cleveland,: World, (1962), octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. 283pp. First Edition. Illustrated. Very fine. (10465) $25.00
565.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). HEMINGWAY, Mary Welsh. How
It Was. New York: Knopf, 1976, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. vi, (550)pp.
First Edition. Illustrated. With a detailed index. Jacket price-clipped, else
fine. (3950) $30.00
566.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). KERT, Bernice. The
Hemingway Women. Those Who Loved Him-the Wives and Others. New York: Norton,
(1983), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 555pp. First Edition.
Illustrated. Very fine. (10488) $20.00
567.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). MEYERS, Jeffrey. Hemingway.
A Biography. New York: Harper & Row, (1985), octavo, cloth in dust
jacket. (xviii), (636). First Edition. Illustrated. Very fine copy. (10490)
$30.00
568.
(HEMINGWAY, Ernest). PHILLIPS, Gene D. Hemingway
and Film. New York: Frederick Ungar, (1980), octavo, cloth in dust jacket.
(xvi), 192pp. First Edition. Illustrated. Very fine. (10491) $35.00
569.
(HERBERT, William Henry). VAN WINKLE, William Mitchell. Henry
William Herbert (Frank Forester). A Bibliography of His Writings 1832-1858. New
York: Burt Franklin, (1971), octavo, cloth. xvii, 189pp. With the
Bibliographical Assistance of David A. Randall. Reprint of the edition of 1936.
Illustrated. A bibliography of original works, books edited by the author,
translations, contributions, fugitive works, and attributions. (9956) $30.00
570.
HERGESHEIMER, Joseph. Hugh
Walpole. An Appreciation. New York: George H. Doran Company, (1919), small
octavo, boards. (66pp.). First Edition. In his appreciation, the author states
that "Mr. Walpole possesses almost entirely the qualities which seem to me
the base, the absolute foundation, of a beauty without which creative writing is
empty." With this same enthusiasm, Hergesheimer describes and comments on
eleven of Walpole's novels. Frontispiece portrait of Walpole. Former owner's
inscription on front endpaper, top of spine bumped, light soiling to boards.
(12367) $20.00
571.
HEWISON, Robert. Under Siege. Literary Life in London 1939-1945. New York: Oxford
Univ Press, 1977, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. x, 219pp. First American
Edition. By weaving together social history and literary history, Hewison shows
by anecdote and example how writers, poets, and painters in Britain endured the
war. Illustrated. Light wear to jacket, else fine. (3801) $20.00
572.
HIGHTON, Hester. Sundials at Greenwich. A Catalogue of the Sundials, Nocturnals, and
Horary Quadrants in the National Maritime Museum. Oxford: Oxford University
Press & The National Maritime Museum, (2002), large quarto, blue cloth in
dust jacket and slipcase. 442pp. First Edition. This beautifully produced
large-format book is a catalogue of the sundials and other instruments which
tell the time from the movement of the Sun, Moon, or Stars through the sky.
Accompanying essays illustrate the importance of sundials in different cltures
and ages. Illustrated with 450 halftones and 16pp color plates. New. (15045)
$150.00
573.
HOCCLEVE, Thomas. A Facsimile of the Autograph Verse Manuscripts. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2002, folio, brown cloth in dust jacket. (466)pp. with an
introduction by J. A. Burrow and A. I. Doyle. Published for The Early English
Text Society. From the dust jacket: "Thomas Hoccleve was a scribe in royal
service from ca. 1386 to 1426, as well as a 'Chaucerian' poet who has attracted
much interest, especially for his autobiorgaphical poems. This facsimile
reproduces three manuscripts containing all of his known poetry except his
Regiment of Princes (of which no autograph copy survives). It provides a rare
opportunity to see how a medieval English poet presented his own work in copies
which he made himself, meticulously spelled and metred. Although these
manuscripts have attracted much scholarly attention, only a few pages have been
preivously reproduced in published studies." Very fine in very fine jacket.
(13371) $75.00
574.
HOESEN, Henry Bartlett van. Bibliography.
Practical, Enumerative, Historical. An Introductory Manual. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928, octavo, maroon cloth. (xvi); 519pp. First
Edition. A manual based on lectures given at Princeton University on subjects
are varied as Subject Bibliography: Historical and Social Sciences, Library
Science, General Reference Books, Special Bibliographies, History of Printing,
etc. With a Bibliographical Index for each chapter subject and an Index.
Facsimile illustrations in black and white. Inscribed by Van Hoessen,
"Inscribed To the world's greatest papyrologist, Allan Chester
Johnson...Henry B. van Hoesen." Johnson has passed on the book to
"Henry N. Bowman from A. C. Johnson Apr. 10, 1939." Although van
Hoesen's inscription is phrased in a joking manner, Allan Chester Johnson was,
indeed, the world's greatest papyrologist and contributed greatly to that area
of scholarship and in building Princeton's collection. Spine faded. (18541)
$65.00
575.
(HOGARTH, William). BINDMAN, David. Hogarth
and his Times: Serious Comedy. Berkeley: Univ of California Press, (1997),
quarto, wrappers. 208pp. First American Edition. "This exhibition
commemorates the three-hundredth anniversary of William Hogarth's birth in 1697,
and it is built upon the remarkable collections of prints and drawings by
Hogarth, and his contemporaries and successors, in the Prints and Drawings
Department of the British Museum...It is a premise of both catalogue and
exhibition that Hogarth's moral series are works of fiction, based on a
simplified and schematic view of society, divided between three self-contained
classes: the wealthy, 'the middling sorts' and the poor. By juxtaposing in this
exhibition images from different series with the work of other artists, it
becomes possible to highlight and comment on the very artificiality of Hogarth's
notions of society, and to present the apparent truth of his social observation
as no more (or less) credible than those we might find in a novel or play of the
period. A second theme of the exhibition, which is extensively treated in the
catalogue, is the way in which Hogarth's work and significance were defined by
contemporaries and redefined by posterity." Extensively illustrated in
black and white and in color. Very fine. (10661) $29.95
576.
(HOGARTH, William). CRASKE, Matthew. William
Hogarth. (Princeton): Princeton University Press, (2000), small quarto,
pictorial paper wrappers. 80pp. First American Edition. Hogarth was one of the
most famous, innovative and influential artists of the 18th century. This new
survey provides an account of his creative personality through a discussion of
aspects of 18th century social and cultural history, revealing Hogarth's place
within national society. Hogarth had a significant impact on the ideology of the
period because of his preoccupation with satire and his interest in charity,
independence and individual moral responsibility. With 32 color and 28 black and
white illustrations. Very fine. (14458) $15.95
578.
HOLME, Charles, (editor). The Art
of the Book. A Review of Some Recent European and American Work in Typography,
Page Decoration & Binding. London: Studio Editions, (1990), larege
quarto, boards in dust jacket. 284pp. Reprint. First published in 1914. Chapters
on "British Types for Printing Books," by Bernard H. Newdigate;
"Fine Bookbinding in England," by Cockerell; "The Art of the Book
in Germany"; "The Art of the Book in France"; "The Art of
the Book in American, " by William Dana Orcutt; also Austria, Hungary and
Sweden book arts. Extensively illustrated. A very nicely done reprint. Fine.
(11331) $35.00
579.
HOLMES, Heather and David Finkelstein (editors). Thomas
Nelson and Sons. Memories of an Edinburgh
Publishing House. (East Linton): Tuckwell Press, (2001), small octavo,
pictorial wrappers. (xxiv), 130pp. First Edition. A book about the experiences
of four men who worked at Thomas Nelson and Sons, one of the largest printing
and publishing houses in Edinburgh. They speak of their work practices,
techniques, customs and traditions, and employer-employee relations. Nelson's
was not only a place of work but also a social center as the family-run firm had
a keen interest in the welfare of its workforce. Very fine. (15001) $12.50
580.
HORROX, Reginald, (editor). Book
Handbook. An Illustrated Guide to Old and Rare Books. Bracknell, Berks.:
Reginald Horrox, 1947-1948, octavo, wrappers. Extensively illustrated. Parts I
through V including the Supplement of illustrations. Major essays on the great
rare books of the antiquarian trade feature the Library of DeThou and the
Shakespeare Folios, while shorter essays feature ghost stories of M. R. James,
bookplates, The Quaritch Centenary Catalogue, the works of Richard Ford, and a
descriptive essay of the two signed manuscripts in the collection of Sydney
Cockerell, and more. The first five parts of a nine part set. Fine. (3547)
$35.00
581.
(HOUGHTON Arthur Boyd). HOGARTH, Paul. Arthur
Boyd Houghton. London: Gordon Fraser, 1981, oblong 4to, boards in dust
jacket. 144pp. First Edition. One of the most gifted of Victorian illustrators,
Houghton lived froom only 1836 to 1875, but published many illustrations in
monthly magazines, books and wekkly reviews and newspapers. His subject matter
was varied, but here concentrates on his wood-block illustrations of a trip to
America in 1869-70, first published in the magazine "Graphic." With a
bibliography and appendices of Works in Public Collection, and Select List of
Publications containing Illustrations. Jacket lightly scuffed. (9974) $35.00
582.
(HOUSE OF EL DIEFF). Sixty Five.
Manuscripts and Correspondence; Paintings and Sculptures; Drawings and Graphics;
Books and Periodicals. New York: House of El Dieff, (1965), quarto,
wrappers. (130)pp. 65 items, including collections, listed and described one to
each recto page with facing illustration: Barrie, Besant, Betjeman, Bodenheim,
Burns, Byron, Churchill, Cummings, A. Conan Doyle, Frost, Graves, Hardy, Hitler,
Jonson, Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Picasso, Shelley, Steinbeck, Stevenson, Dylan
Thomas, and others. Fine. (11564) $25.00
583.
HOUSEMAN, A.E. Last Poems. (Gloucestershire, England: Alcuin Press, 1929), tall
octavo, tan boards and linen with spine label. (68)pp. Originally published in
1922, this is the first printing of this reprint. Forty-one poems by Houseman.
Printed with red shoulder notes and initial letters. Name and address on front
endpaper. (16177) $45.00
584.
(HUDSON, W. H). WILSON, G. F. A
Bibliography of the Writings of W. H. Hudson. London: Bookman's Journal,
1922, octavo, cloth. (80)pp. First Edition. Title page transcriptions,
collations, and bibliographical notes on first editions, pamphlets, leaflets,
etc.; contributions to periioodical literature, prefaces to books, etc. Two
small glue (?) splotches on cloth. (10263) $25.00
585.
(HUNT, Leigh). BREWER, Luther A. My
Leigh Hunt Library. Collected and Described by Luther A. Brewer. New York:
Burt Franklin, (1970), octavo, blue cloth. (xlvi), (392)pp. Reprint. Brewer was
the founder of The Torch Press in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, whose annual Christmas
Keepsakes promoted his favorite author. His collection of Leigh Hunt became the
basis for many publications and for this classic of bibliography. Fine. (3747)
$45.00
586.
HUNTER, Dard. Typed Letter, signed. February 12, 1946, 1 page, quarto, about nine
lines, to G. Lynn Sumner, typed on Hunter handmade paper of small Dard Hunter
portrait watermark with DARD HUNTER to the right of the portrait (plate no. 25,
Stoone & Dugal, DH Watermarks). Hunter thanks Sumner for the gift of
Sumner's book, Meet Abraham Lincoln, and invites him to visit the Paper Museum
at MIT. Two tabs at the back of the top corners for mounting, else fine. (12518)
$250.00
587.
HUNTER, Michael, Giles Mandelbrote, Richard Ovenden and Nigel Smith,
(editors). A Radical's Books: The Library Catalogue of Samuel Jeake of Rye,
1623-90. Woodbridge, Eng: D. S. Brewer, 1999, octavo, boards without jacket,
as issued. lxxiv, 364pp. First Edition. The library owned by Samuel Jeake of
Rye, nonconformist and local activist, was one of the most remarkable of its
time. It is of particular importance in that relatively little information has
hitherto been available about the ownership of books in the English provinces,
or the reading habits of intellectuals who - like Jeake -were outside London and
university circles from which most surviving libraries have come down to us. The
collection of some 1500 volumes includes an extraordinary assemblage of radical
pamphlets from the English Revolution alongside works of theology, literature,
scholarship and science. Other books reflect astrological and magical interests,
and the collection also includes a medical library. Jeake's library catalogue,
published here, gives much information about titles that are now lost, about the
penetration of foreign books into provincial England, and about book prices. The
introduction places Jeake's collection in context, and makes a significant
contribution to the history of the book in the early modern period; appendices
list surviving volumes from the library and give a complete list of the Jeake
manuscripts now in Rye Museum. "The generous introduction[to A Radical's
Books] is, in its own right, a substantial essay deserving the attention of
historians of seventeenth-century book culture." Maureen Bell, SHARP News,
Vol. 10, No.1. New. (10250) $95.00
588.
(HUNTINGTON LIBRARY). Guide to
British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. (San Marino, CA):
Huntington Library, 1982, octavo, green cloth. (xiv), 448pp. First Edition. The
third volume of a four-part series Guide to Manuscripts in the Huntingto
Library. This volume surveys archives containing 450,000 pieces, including the
Stowe, Hastings, Ellesmere, Loudoun, and Battle Abbey papers. These historical
manuscripts range in date from the 11th to the 20th centuries. Very fine.
(17219) $30.00
589.
(HUNTINGTON LIBRARY). Guide to
Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. (San Marino, CA): Huntington
Library, 1979, octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering on front cover and
spine. (x), 539pp. First Edition. The second of a four-part series Guide to
Manuscripts in the Huntington Library. This volume lists at least 125,000
literary manuscripts listed according to author and arranged alphabetically.
Contains general information divided into five categories: verse, prose,
letters, documents, and other. Very fine. (17222) $30.00
590.
HUSSEIN, Mohamed A. Origins of the
Book. Egypt's Contribution to the Development of the Book from Papyrus to Codex.
Edition Leipzig, (1970), small quarto, white cloth in dust jacket. (135)pp.
First Edition. Egypt's contribution to the development of the book from papyrus
to codex. Numerous illustrations in black and white and in color. Very minor
shelf wear to jacket, book very fine. (18201) $75.00
592.
HUTNER, Martin and Jerry Kelly. A
Century for the Century. Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999. (Jaffrey,
NH): David R. Godine, 2004, large quarto, blue cloth in dust jacket. (lxii),
110pp. Revised Edition. From the Foreword, "This survey includes only books
printed from the greco-roman alphabets in Europe and America...We have, however,
considered the book as a whole - with all the elements - from typography and
paper through presswork and binding - taken into account...On the following
pages are some of the most beautiful, finely printed books produced during the
twentieth century arranged in chronological order." Each of the one hundred
books chosen is represented with an illustration and a commentary as to why it
was included. New. (13297) $45.00
593.
(HYMNS). ENGLAND, Martha Winburn and John Sparrow. Hymns
Unbidden: Donne, Herbert, Blake, Emily Dickinson and the Hymnographers. New
York: New York Public Library, 1966, octavo, cloth. (x), 153pp. First Edition.
From the Foreword by David V. Erdman: The general subject of this group of
studies is the hymn movement of the eighteenth century. Fathered by the Puritan
hymnodist Isaac Watts, this movement is seen to have been nourished - more than
anyone had realized - by transfusions from Herbert, Donne, and other
metaphysical poets; to have beenbrought to immense power and range by the
Wesleys; and to have exerted no simple influence upon the modes and tunes of
subsequent English and American poets." With a few illustrations and a
detailed index. Fine copy. (3773) $25.00
594.
IACONE, Salvatore J. The Pleasures
of Book Collecting. New York: Harper & Row, (1976), octavo, cloth in
dust jacket. (xiv), 303pp. First Edition. Includes a glossary, a list of
abbreviations, a bibliography and is well illustrated. Closed tears at edge of
dust jacket. Top edge foxed and spine spotted. (11106) $17.50
595.
(IBSEN, Henrik). CLURMAN, Harold.
Ibsen. New York: Macmillan, (1979), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 223pp.
Second printin. Very fine. (10483) $17.50
596.
(ICELAND). SIGUROARDOTTIR, Porunn. Manuscript
Material, Correspondence, and Graphic Material in the Fiske Icelandic
Collection. A Descriptive Catalogue. Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, 1994, octavo,
cloth. (xii), (294)pp. First Edition. This catalogue lists all Icelandic
manuscripts in the possession of the Fiske Icelandic Collection, rotographs of
Icelandic manuscripts made for the collection, manuscripts written by others
than Icelanders on Icelandic or Nordic subjects, handwritten marginal notations
and glassaries in printed works, interleaved books with manuscript material,
and, finally, Fiske's and Halldor Hermannsson's personal manuscripts. Very fine.
(10545) $17.50
597. (ILLINOIS). BYRD, Cecil K. A Bibliography of Illinois Imprints 1814-58. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1966), quarto, brown cloth. (xxvi); 601pp. First Edition. A compilation of books, pamphlets, broadsides, and maps that represents what was actually set in type and printed in the print shops of the villages, towns, and cities of the territory and state of Illinois from 1814 through 1858. Small blemish (flaw in cloth?) on front cover, else fine. (18479) $25.00
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these prices for your net sale price
599.
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS). BACKHOUSE, Janet. The
Isabella Breviary. (London): The British Library, (1993), octavo, pictorial
wrappers. 64pp. First Edition. Written and illuminated in Flanders during the
late15th century, the manuscript was presented to Queen Isabella of Castile by
Francisco de Rojas to commemorate the marriages of her two children. This
breviary is one of the most splendid of Flemish illuminated manuscripts and the
author provides comprehensive coverage of its contents and decoration.
Illustrated in color and black and white with many full-page reproductions. New.
(14999) $18.50
600.
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS). BACKHOUSE, Janet and Christopher de Hamel. The
Becket Leaves. (London): The British Library, (1988), octavo, pictorial
wrappers. 32pp. First Edition. The four-leaf fragment from a 13th century verse
"Life of St. Thomas Becket" are all that survive from the only
illustrated medieval manuscript of his life. The authors set the Leaves in their
historical context and tell the story of their survival and rediscovery. Among
the lively illustrations depicted are one of the earliest pictures of an English
coronation, an important scene of a royal feast complete with early gothic
metalwork, drawings of soldiers, and costumes of all classes from king and pope
to peasant. Illustrations in color and black and white. New. (14996) $18.50
601.
(ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS). BREND, Barbara. The
Emperor Akbar's Khamsa of Mizami. (London): The British Library, (1995),
octavo, pictorial wrappers. 72pp. First Edition. The Khamsa, or 'Quintet,' is a
five-part work in verse by the 12th century Persian poet Nizami. The splendors
of the Mughal court in the late 16th century are reflected in the Emperor
Akbar's Khamsa of Nizami manuscript. The complete range of the illustrations is
reproduced, together with an abridgement of the stories illustrated, and
commentaries on individual pictures. The designs of non-figurative illumination
are also included. Illustrated in color and black and white. New. (14998) $18.50