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Gaume Fres.Ed.1836.In 16.128 pp.Demi basane verte, filets.Suivi de Fernandina.Anonyme.1839. Bookseller reference : 530 |
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New York: J. P. Lippincott, 1939. 1939, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First edition. 8vo. pp. 96. With contributions by Zora Neale Hurston, DuBose Heyward, Faith Baldwin, Christopher Morley, among others. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with an unfortunate large horizontal chip [3/4" x 3"] on the top edge of f ront panel. Scarce. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 11198 |
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Austin: University of Texas, (1966). 1966, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine copy in the original mustard cloth covered boards, morocco-style black and gold label on the spine in a fine pc. pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 175 pp. Inciteful essays on Edward Albee's, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Heller' s, Catch-22, Henry Miller's, Tropic Of Cancer and Capricorn, William Golding as pedagogue and Nathaniel West's, Miss Lonelyhearts. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 17042 |
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Reading Black, Reading Feminist. A Critical Anthology, Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. New York: Meridian, The Penguin Group, 1990. 1990. Soft cover, Uncorrected Proof Copy. Thick 8vo. 506 pp. Near fine in light purple stiff wrappers with black lettering on the front and back panels and spine. Showing a hint of overall wear. An intricately woven and in-depth study of the feminist literary heritag e and future of Black American women writing. "And of that muffled chord, the one mute and voiceless note has been the sadly expectant Black Woman." Anna Julia Cooper. Bookseller reference : 13106 |
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Writing Lives. Conversations between Women Writers. London: Virago Press, (1988). 1988, 1st Edition. Soft cover, First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. 8vo. 275 pp. Black and white authorial photographs throughout. An inciteful and revealing collection of interviews with two generations of women authors including Maya An gelou, Eudora Welty, Rosamond Lehmann, Grace Paley, Rebecca West et al. Bookseller reference : 19757 |
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Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf. 1992, 1st Edition. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's black cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper. 4to. 256 pp. Superb colour illustrations throughout. Essays on reading, in celebration of the bi-centenary of W. H. Smith, Booksellers, by Jeanette Winterson, A.S. Byatt, Margaret Atwood, Doris Lessing, Hermione Lee, Stephen Spender, John Fowles, J.G. Ballard et al. Bookseller reference : 19255 |
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African Trio. Paul Auster Translates. New York: Harcourt Brace, (1979). 1979, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over rose paper covered boards, white titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 325 pp. Author Simenon's three fictional works are translated by Paul Auster, Lydia Dav is and Stuart Gilbert. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 21104 |
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The Furious Passage of James Baldwin. London: Michael Joseph, (1968). 1968, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's navy blue cloth covered boards, stamped silver on the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper portraying a portrait of James Baldwin. 8vo. 256 pp. A compelling and fascinating journey into the life a nd times of this great author, often in his own words, who through his writing, forced America to understand the terror and wrath of being black in the United States. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 17035 |
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Yearbook of the Arts in Canada. 1928-29. Toronto, Macmillan. 1929, 1st Edition. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 gray cloth over gray paper covered boards, (previous owner's discreet bookplate on the limitation page), black titles to the spine. Illustrated eps decorated by the Editor. In a lovely dustwrapper sh owing minimal use. Limited to 999 cc. Small 4to. 308 pp. Illustrated with 50 stunning black and white plates. Includes stories, poems and essays- reviews of literary, art and musical developments for the year. Inclusive of Bliss Carmen's last poem and contributions by E. J. Pratt, Lawren Harris, Duncan Campbell Scott, Arthur Lismer, Marius Barbeau et al. An unusually nice example. Bookseller reference : 20024 |
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Bloomsbury Painters and Their Circle. With a Preface by Iann Lumsden. Fredericton: Beaverbrook Art Gallery, (1977). 1977, 1st Edition. Soft Cover, First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's red wrappers, printed in black, (printer's defect on the back panel). Oblong 4to. 52 pp. With a superb introduction to the Bloomsbury Group and their times. Marvellous black and white plates throughout of paintings by Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, Mark Gertler and Dora Carrington. Bookseller reference : 19213 |
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Duncan Grant & Vanessa Bell. Design Amd Decoration. 1910-1960. London: Spink. 1991. 1991, 1st Edition. Soft cover, First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's illustrated beige stiff card wrappers, depicting a Duncan Grant design on the front and back covers. Introduction and explanation of each piece's history wonderfully elucidated upon by Bloomsbury art cr itic and historian, Richard Shone. With numerous colour and black and white plates of works by Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry. Square 8vo. 48 pp. A stunning catalogue. Bookseller reference : 19648 |
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London, Jill Norman & Hobhouse Ltd. 1981, 1st Edition. First Edition. A near fine copy in black cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper portraying a stunning photograph of a seated Vanessa Bell. Small 4to. 144 pp. Introduction by Quentin Bell. With notes by Angelica Bell Garnett. Revealing and unique camera portraits of the Bloomsbury Group and private family photographs at Charleston and abroad, snapped by the very private Vanessa Bell. A truly stunning photographic memoir recalling Vanessa and Clive Bell, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, Dora Carrington, John Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey, Gerald Brenan, E.M. Forster, David Garnett et al. A fascinating portrait. Bookseller reference : 27158 |
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Bloomsbury Needlepoint. From the Tapestries at Charleston Farmhouse. Boston: Little, Brown, (1992). 1992, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's navy cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fabulous pictorial dustwrapper depicting Vanessa Bell's, Charleston Garden on the front and Duncan Grant, Roger Fry and Vanessa Bell Charleston ian paintings on the back panel. Quarto. 120 pp. A panoramic view of Charleston, exploring its design developments that now attracts thousands of tourists yearly. Illustrated with sumptuous colour photographs recalling the daily lives of all of its inhabitants and Bloomsbury Group visitors, including Clive Bell, Maynard Keynes, Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry, E.M. Forster, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, David Garnett et al. A truly stunning book. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 19121 |
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London, The Hogarth Press. 1993, 1st Edition. First Edition, second impression of this official guide to Charleston, the home of Vanessa and Clive Bell, their children, Duncan Grant and home away from home to Bloomsbury luminaries, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Roger Fry, E.M. Forster, John Maynard Keynes et al. A fine copy in pictorial stiff card wrappers, (Vanessa Bell designs) as issued. 8vo. 176 pp. Black and white and colour photographs of the rooms and environs of Charleston, family and friends. With engaging portraits of Charleston by Quentin Bell, Angelica Garnett, Bloomsbury art historian, Richard Shone and Henrietta Garnett, Vanesa Bell's granddaughter. Bookseller reference : 27992 |
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Vanessa Bell. A Life of Painting. London: Cecil Woolf, (2001). 2001, 1st Edition. Soft cover, First Edition, second impression. Fine in beige illustrated stiff card wrappers, reflecting the designs of the Bloomsbury/Charleston artists. 12 pp. of colour and black and white photographs and reproductions of Vanessa Bell paintings. 8vo. 32 pp. An illulminating study of Vanessa Bell as painter. A Bloomsbury Heritage Series title. Bookseller reference : 19219 |
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Paris, Editions Bernard Grasset. 1967, 1st Edition. First Edition Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A near fine copy in stiff card wrappers, as issued, with just a hint of use. 8vo. 250 pp. An early and excellent study of Saul Bellow inclusive of superb readings of Dangling Man, The Victim, The Adventures of Augie March, Seize the Day, Henderson The Rain King, Herzog, Alfred Kazin's essay, My Friend Saul, a little known interview with Saul Bellow, and a Bellow bibliography. Text in French. Bookseller reference : 28052 |
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Journey to Outermost House. Signed. Bethlehem: Butterfly & Wheel, (1991).. First Edition Signed by the author on the title-page. A near fine copy showing light use, in the publisher's original pictorial stiff card wrappers portraying the Outermost House on the front cover. 8vo. 94 pp. Lovely colour and black and white photographs throughout. An enchanting chronicle of Henry Beston's 'Fo'c'sle, (the Outermost House) and Nan Turner Waldron's observations during her sixteen-year stay in that magical place. Bookseller reference : 26900 |
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The Letters of William Blake. Signed. London, Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956, 1st Edition. First Edition Inscribed by Geoffrey Keynes in his characteristic brown ink on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh dustwrapper showing light use. 8vo. 261 pp. Bookseller reference : 27586 |
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London: Paul Elek/Granada, (1980). 1980, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A lovely copy in the publisher's cinnamon paper covered boards, gilt on the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper portraying Roger Fry by Mela Muter on the front and Fry's, Madonna Lily on the back panel. Black and white plates throug hout. 4to. 304 pp. Bloomsbury biographer Spalding lends her knowledge and expertise to a masterful biography of Fry, heir apparent to Virginia Woolf's biography of Roger Fry. Stunning glimpses of Vanessa and Clive Bell, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, L ytton Strachey, Maynard Keynes, Duncan Grant, E. M. Forster et al. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 17125 |
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New York: Harcourt Brace, (1989). 1989, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 navy cloth over indigo blue paper covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper portraying Vanessa Bell's now famous portrait of Leonard Woolf. Thick 8vo. 616 pp. With b lack and white photographs. Spanning the years, 1901-1969, Woolf's letters provide an outstanding glimpse into the lives of Bloomsbury Group members Lytton Strachey, John Maynard Keynes, Vanessa Bell, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, E.M. Forster, Roger F ry and quite especially, its founders, Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Luedeking and Edmonds A46b. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 19016 |
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An Account of French Painting. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1932. 1932, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's black cloth covered boards, cream paper label to the spine printed red and black in a lovely archivally restored dustwrapper. 8vo. 220 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Art historian an d literary critic, Bell, noted for his marriage to Vanessa Bell and his life -long relationship with Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, expounds upon the history of French art. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 19769 |
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1922. 1922, 1st Edition. Hardcover, First Edition. A lovely copy, (spine gently sunned), in the original navy cloth covered boards, cream paper label to the spine printed in black. 12mo. 230 pp. llustrated with black and white plates. Art historian and literary critic, Bell, noted for his marriage to Vanessa Bell and his life -long relationship with Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, champions modernism in art valiantly. Includes a superb chapter on Duncan Grant. Bookseller reference : 18130 |
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Everything to Lose. Diaries. 1945-60. Boston: Little Brown, (1958). First Edition. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 gray cloth over mauve paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper with some creasing to the back panel. 8vo. 383 pp. With black and white photographs. Frances Partridge's stunning memoir of her life as part of the Bloomsbury Group. A fascinating portrait. $30.00. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 26540 |
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Letters of Roger Fry. Complete in Two Volumes. New York: Random House, (1972). 1972, 1st Edition. Hardcover, First Edition. Fine copies in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spines in lovely pictorial dustwrappers. Vol. 1, Duncan Grant's Omega Workshops signboard, Vol. 11, Roger Fry's self-portrait. 8vo. 366 pp. 787 pp. Black and white photographs. Truly a stunning biography of Fry in letters illuminating his relationships with Vanessa Bell, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, The Bloomsbury Group and the artistic scene of his time. Edited and with an introduction by Denys Sutto n. Bookseller reference : 19784 |
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Great Friends. Portraits of Seventeen Writers. London: Macmillan, (1979). 1979, 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, First Edition. A near fine copy in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettered brown morocco-style label on the spine, previous owner's discreet bookplate on the first free endpaper in a lovely indeed pictorial dustwrapper depicting an older David Garnett. 8vo. 240 pp. Astute and insightful essays on Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, Lydia Lopokova, Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington, E.M. Forster, D.H. and Frieda Lawrence et al. Stunning black and white photographs. /Dust Jacket Included. Bookseller reference : 19100 |
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