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

(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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

(London): The British Library, (1994), First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 64pp. The British Library, The Gospels is the outstanding treasure of a cultural and spiritual Renaissance in 14th century Bulgaria and a masterpiece of Byzantine manuscript art. The supreme achievement of Bulgarian medieval culture, it also marked its final flourishing..... More

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of..... More

University Park: Penn State University Press, (1979), First American Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 333pp. Penn State University Press, This study examines the personal and business relationship between Tennyson and his publishers, Kegan Paul, and later Alexander Macmillan. Illustrated. Very fine. More

(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1995), quarto, wrappers. 144pp. Thames and Hudson, First Wrappers Edition. Foreword by Michael Holroyd. A discussion of the entire range of Carrington's art: portraits, still lifes, landscapes, glass paintings, and decorative work. With 150 illustrations, 30 in color. Very fine. More