English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), Second impression. quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. HMSO, With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. More
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The Library of John M. Schiff.
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 11, 1990, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (158)pp. Sotheby's, 350 lots. Schiff's interest in breeding and racing horses is reflected in his library of sporting, racing, and hunting titles. The library also contained nineteenth century English and American literary first editions and twenty-one lots of Presidential autographs "apparently..... More
The Marvin P. Epstein Sherlock Holmes Collection.
Santa Barbara, CA; Sharon, MA: Pepper & Stern Rare Books, (1985), small octavo, printed wrappers. (27) pp. Pepper & Stern Rare Books, Pepper & Stern rare books catalogue of this impressive Sherlock Holmes collection. The collection was offered en bloc. Twelve full page illustrations. Staples slightly rusted, else a very..... More
Sixpenny Wonderfuls.
(London): Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, (1985), First Edition. quarto, boards. 69pp. Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Pres, From the Introduction: "Free schooling and libraries had encouraged a new, literatre working class...Chatto's directors were among the first publishers to move towards this new market. The intention was to republish some of their most..... More
Eugene O'Neill: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh: University Press, 1974, First Edition. octavo, cloth. (xiv), 410pp. University 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; Books about Stevens; Books..... More
Elizabeth Bowen.
New York: Twayne Publishers, (1971), First Edition. octavo, cloth. 134pp. Twayne Publishers, More
A History of Histories of German Literature, 1835-1914.
Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, (1993), First Edition. octavo, green cloth. (xiv), 301pp. McGill-Queen's University Press, 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. More
'Murder Will Out'. The Detective in Fiction.
Oxford: Oxford Unviersity Press, (1990), 2nd Printing. octavo, wrappers. viii, 166pp. Oxford Unviersity Press, A history of the detective in fiction from pre-Holmes to the professionals described by P. D. James and those who focus on police procedures. A final list for further reading lists the authors from the text..... 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
Prince of Forgers.
(New Castle, DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 202pp. Oak Knoll Press, 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..... 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
A Directory of Printing, Publishing, Bookselling & Allied Trades in Rhode Island to 1865.
New York: New York Public Library, 1958, First Edition. octavo, wrappers. 211pp. New York Public Library, Printers, publishers, booksellers, auctioneers who sold books, binders, paper and press manufacturers are included. Very fine copy. 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
Of Making Many Books. A Hundred Years of Reading, Writing and Publishing.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1996), Reprint of earlier edition. octavo, black cloth. (xxxvi), 347pp. The Pennsylvania State University Press, One in a series in Penn State Reprints in Book History giving second life to classic works in the field of publishing history. This reprint, with a new..... 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
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
Calligraphy Today. Twentieth-century tradition and practice.
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1988), Third Edition. quarto, green boards. 128pp. Taplinger Publishing Company, A largely pictorial survey embracing the development and practice of Western calligraphy in the 20th century. It ranges from the revival by Edward Johnston of calligraphy based on historical scripts, through the pioneering work of..... 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
Printed Writings by George W. Russell (AE). A Bibliography.
Evanston: Northwestern University, 1961, First Edition. octavo, cloth. 255pp. Northwestern University, Classified, part chronological, part alphabetical arrangement of works, manuscripts, ephemera, ana, etc., with discursive collations, locations, and bibliographical notes. Fine. More