november-2019
Building a Great Library. The Coolidge Years at Harvard.
Cambridge: Harvard University Library, 1976, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. xiii, 218pp. Harvard University Library, A biography of Archibald Cary Coolidge (1866-1928) and his work as director of the Harvard University Library. Illustrated. Printed at The Stinehour Press. Very fine. More
Hogarth and his Times: Serious Comedy.
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1997), First American Edition. quarto, wrappers. 208 pp. University of California Press, "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..... More
Bibliography of American Literature. Volume 1: Henry Adams to Donn Byrne. (Volume I; Volume One).
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968, Fourth Printing. quarto, black cloth. l, 474 pp. Yale University Press, Volume 1. Includes bibliographical descriptions of the works of Henry Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, John Kendrick Bangs, Ambrose Bierce, H.H. Brackenridge, William Cullen Bryant, Frances Hodgson Burnett, John Burroughs, and..... More
Typographic Years. A Printer's Journey Through a Half Century 1925-1975.
New York: Beil, (1982), First Edition. octavo, 153pp. Beil, Printed at The Stinehour Press. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts of the book in the United States. In this professional autobiography he has written a fascinating account of his life..... More
The Big Book of Big Little Books.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997), First Edition. octavo, boards. 121 pp. Chronicle Books, The chapters of this book are broken into genre: Funnies, Space, Adventure, Movies, Crime, Wild West, and Aviation. Extensively illustrated in color. Very fine copy. More
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume II: The Letters.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1984), First Edition. Wrappers Issue. octavo, pictorial wrappers. xxviii, 334pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, From the introduction: "The Faulkner letters printed here complement those collected by Joseph Blotner in Selected Letters of William Faulkner. Readers familiar with that volume will quickly note further mention of..... More
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume III: The De Gaulle Story by William Faulkner.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. Wrappers issue. octavo, wrappers. (50), 400pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, This third volume in the series provides further insight into Faulkner's connection with jack Warner and into the Hollywood of the Second World War era. "In the inner story of Faulkner's writing..... More
Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume IV: Battle Cry, A Screenplay by William Faulkner.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1985), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (50), 409pp. Univ Press of Mississippi, "Unlike its predecessor, 'The De Gaulle Story,' Faulkner's most ambitious attempt to draft an original screenplay, 'Battle Cry' demonstrates Faulkner's skill as an adaptor and collaborator. Though Faulkner was a principal..... More
Boswellian Studies. A Bibliography.
(Edinburgh): Edinburgh University Press, (1991), Third Edition. large octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xiv), 176pp. Edinburgh University Press, Revised. A thorough compilation of the reviews and other public comment made on Boswell's work from his time to 1989. Very fine. More
James Dickey: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. xxii, 423pp. University of Pittsburgh Press, With a foreword by Dickey. Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory..... More
James Gould Cozzens: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (xiv), (194)pp. University of Pittsburgh Press, Part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory Poems and Poems Referring to Stevens;..... More
Another Leaf Omitted out of the record report; or some remarks upon the proceedings of the recent committee upon the public records; contained in a second letter addressed to a member of Parliament. (Cover title).
London: John Hatchard and Son, 1837, First Edition. small octavo, self-wrappers, stitched. 18, (ii) pp. John Hatchard and Son, Attributed to John Bruce in NUC-pre 1956 imprints. John Bruce's displeasure with the Committee report regarding the public records. This is his second statement regarding the Committee report. Small chip to..... More
Rules and Regulations of the Bedford Literary and Scientific Institution, Established the 24th of November, 1846.
Bedford: Printed by F. Thompson, (1947), First Edition. duodecimo, printed self wrappers. 8 pp. Printed by F. Thompson, Address on the Institution by John R. Bull and John Cox. With a list of 17 Rules. Wrappers chipped, dusty and with tears. Appears dis-bound. More
Letters to Katie.
(London): British Museum, (1988), First printing of this edition (originally published in 1925). octavo, boards in dust jacket. (96)pp. British Museum, Illustrated with photographs and with plates reproducing the letters. Katies Lewis, the recipient of "Letters of Katie", entered Burne-Jones' life at an opportune moment, filling what Robertson called 'the..... More
Licensed by Authority. Ben Jonson and the Discourses of Censorship.
Ithaca: Cornell Univ Press, (1993), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xx), 227pp. Cornell Univ Press, From the jacket: "A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to the office of court censor himself, Ben jonson embodies the contradictions..... More
The Franklin D. Murphy Lectures V. Programs of Medieval Illumination.
Univ of Kansas. (1984), First Edition. quarto, cloth. 157pp. Univ of Kansas., The two lectures printed in this volume deal with widely separated periods of medieval manuscript illumination. Both essays examine two highpoints of medieval ilumination: the first concerning developments in the early Middle Ages, and the second at the..... More
Aubrey Beardsley.
(New York): Abrams, (1998), large octavo, boards in dust jacket. 224pp. Abrams, Co-published by the V & A Museum to commemorate the centenary of Beardsley' s death. "Beardsley's startling designs are reproduced here from original drawings and from rare early editions of the books and magazines he illustrated. Also included..... More
Mirror in Parchment.
London: Reaktion Books, 1998, First Edition. octavo, tan boards in dust jacket. (411) pp. Reaktion Books, In Mirror in Parchment, Michael Camille presents a far-reaching analysis and critique of the use of the Luttrell Psalter illuminations as records of historical experience, examining the Psalter as part of a particular medieval..... More
"On dit that all good Americans, when they die, go to Paris but I can assure you that this is no place for a dead one." (Cover title).
New York: Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., circa 1930, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" one sheet folded once to form (4) pp. Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., Salmon color heavy stock printed in black and silver. An announcement from Melbert Cary, "to tell you that I am starting on my regular round..... More
Indian Miniature Painting.
Delhi: Lustre Press, (1999), 2nd impression. quarto, boards in dust jacket. 96pp. Lustre Press, The evolution, development and decline of schools of miniature painting. Numerous color illustrations. More
Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Volume III, Prints and Drawings. Part ii: Portraits.
(Cambridge): D. S. Brewer, (1994), First Edition. large octavo, black cloth with gilt decoration. (xxiv), 259pp. D. S. Brewer, In this volume are described the contents of the three albums (2978-2980) which Pepys entitled 'My Collection of Heads in Taille-Douce . . . put together Anno Domini 1700 .... More
Falk. Amy Foster. To-Morrow.
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1903, First Edition. octavo, original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, with blind-stamped design on front cover. (vi), (272), (10)pp. ads. McClure, Phillips, Slight residue from book plate on front endpaper, one half-inch weak spot to front hinge, back inner hinge..... More
The University of Wisconsin. A History 1848 - 1925. Two volumes.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1949, First Edition. octavo, red cloth with volume two in dust jacket. (xiv),739, University of Wisconsin Press, Illustrated. Volume 1: spine faded, light bump to lower corner. Volume 2: bump to lower corner, dust jacket with shelf wear but no major chips or tears. Laid..... More
Firebrand. The Life of Horace Liveright.
New York: Random House, (1995), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (398). Random House, From the jacket: "Liveright was a man of puzzling contradictions - a self- professed socialist and a high-living Wall Street gambler, a deeply caring father and a compulsive philanderer. It was Liveright..... More