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1927ref. 338631Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First edition. 24 pp. Errata slip present at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed boards. Spine toned with small losses. Very good. First edition. 24 pp. Errata slip present at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive copy of this pocket volume of Joyce's poems. Slocum A24 Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1963ref. 52268New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver and orange on spine and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; 1112-2533pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny wrinkle to spine ends else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $4.50 with gentle sunning to spine and some trivial wear to extremities. The author's first book and first collection of short fiction gathering 14 stories told "within a framework of realism in a world of sex and blood of poverty and poetry" from front flap. The Vanguard Press, Inc unknown books
1984ref. 432518Northridge California: Lord John Press 1984. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Fine. Copy letter D of 26 lettered copies Signed by the author. Lord John Press hardcover books
1966ref. 576253New York: Vanguard 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing at the spine ends. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip and author photo laid in. A lovely copy of the author's third book. Vanguard hardcover books
1963ref. 166166London: Parroch-McCallum Productions 1963. Draft script for the 1964 UK-US film copy belong to Art Director George Provis with manuscript pencil and ink annotations on eight pages. Laid in are two copies of a carbon typescript copy set listing dated "19.3.1963" one with manuscript pencil annotations listing costs and a "With Compliments" slip on Shepperton Studio letterhead. Provenance available upon request. George Provis was a British Art Director and Production Designer who began his career working on quota quickies low budget features made to comply with Britain's Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 in the 1930s. After the Second World War Provis was appointed by British film producer Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures and is credited on over 120 films. When a wealthy family member goes missing the family seeks the help of a sullen teenage orphan played by Francesca Annis who is said to have psychic powers. Inspiration for the 1978 film "Eyes of Laura Mars" directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present. 111 leaves with last page of text numbered 110. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two flat metal brads. Laid in pages Near Fine bound with a paper clip. Parroch-McCallum Productions unknown books
2002ref. 436876Boston: Little Brown / Bulfinch 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 143pp. Illustrated from portrait photographs. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A compilation of images of accomplished older women. Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes' copy with a packet of related ephemera including an invitation to the book launch party three Autographed Postcards Signed from Tenneson to Seldes an Autograph Letter Signed soliciting Seldes to be a subject she complied and is pictured on page 39 promotional material for the book an Autographed Note Signed to Seldes from another subject of the book actress Mimi Weddell pictured on page 107 and a couple of related photographs. Little, Brown / Bulfinch hardcover books
1997ref. 13264Wild Women Carroll & Graf 1997 first edition lower fore edge corner tips gently bumped else just about fine in fine full color photographic dust-wrapper. This anthology sports contributions by Lisa Tuttle Joyce Carol Oates Edust-wrapper ard Bryant Kate Wilhelm Jane Yolen Connie Willis Alice Walker Joe R. Lansdale Gene Wolfe Richard Christian Matheson Nancy Holder Erica Jong Carole Nelson Douglas Ursula K. Le Guin Nancy A. Collins Pat Cadigan Greg Sarris Erica Jong Margaret Atwood Fritz Leiber and others all of which have SIGNED at their contribution save the last two named. A truly unique copy. Carroll & Graf unknown books
1976ref. 12472ARTISTS ON ART / JOCOSERIOUS JOYCE from Critical Inquiry Volume 2 #4 Summer 1976 first edition just about fine in stapled wraps. Inscribed by the author to a prolific childrens book writer who lists the National Book wartd among her achievements. A very scarce off-print from the University of Chicago Press. University of Chicago Press paperback books
1992ref. 161314N.p.: N.p. 1992. Vintage oversize portrait photograph of author Joyce Carol Oates. Dated October 24 1992 in manuscript ink on the bottom margin of the recto with Oates' name and a credit for photographer Geraint Lewis. Layout annotations in manuscript ink on the verso. In 1992 Lewis released her novella "Black Water" based on the real-life 1969 Chappaquiddick incident involving US senator Ted Kennedy. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2001ref. 13270A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers 2001 first edition very fine without dust-wrapper as issued and like cloth slipcase. 1/225 copies SIGNED by all the contributors: Diane Ackerman Joyce Carol Oates Rick Moody Barry Lopez Robert Coover Howard Norman Paul West Siri Hustvedt Dale Peck Joanna Scott Robert Pinsky Lydia Davis Mary Caponegro John Yau Siri Hustvedt Bradford Morrow Jonathan Safran Foer Martine Bellen John Burghardt Ann Lauterbach Erik Anderson Reece Rosemarie Waldrop et.al. Distributed Art Publishers hardcover books
1905ref. 008638London: John Baillie 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbing and soiling to covers. Very Good or better. Decorated cloth. The second of only two issues of this annual to be printed. Includes "Two Songs" by James Joyce preceding his first book CHAMBER MUSIC by two years. Other contributors to this annual include Arthur Symons Alice Meynell Oliver Gogarty and illustrators J. McNeil Whistler Frank Brangwyn Arthur Rackham and J. S. Sargent. Two of the minor illustrations lacking in this copy. John Baillie hardcover books
1939ref. 516873Guanajuato Gto. Mexico: Casa Salmans 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Rothwell Bouillon aged twelve; Henry Fournier aged thirteen; and Robert Fournier aged eleven. Thin octavo. 44pp. Green cloth stamped in black. Front fly neatly excised else a near fine copy. A collection of stories written in English by an eleven-year old author with illustrations by three young illustrators aged eleven through thirteen. Author's first book.Text in English. Blank eventually wrote adult fiction. Rare. No copy located by OCLC but which does locates three titles in Spanish that the author published as an adult in 1970's through 1990's. Casa Salmans hardcover books
1967ref. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown books
1963ref. 157813New York: Vanguard 1963. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Richard / Joyce Carol Oates." The author's first book. Jacket spine lightly faded and rubbed else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Vanguard unknown books
1982ref. 538236New York / Santa Cruz: The Viking Press / The Cowell Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition of this excerpt. 12mo. 34pp. last 22 pages blank. Frontispiece photograph. Red silk cloth over boards. Glue that affixes the photo has bled-through a little on the previous page else fine. Copy number 3 of 4 copies printed by JoAnn Berns at The Cowell Press. A brief excerpt from the Joyce novel. OCLC locates a single copy. The Viking Press / (The Cowell Press hardcover books
1918ref. 539152Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with laid endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small tape shadows on endpapers where a previous owner probably tried to preserve the original unprinted glassine apparently without success else a very near fine copy lacking the tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1923ref. 427747London: The Egoist Press 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. 12mo. Neat owner's name on front fly else very near fine. One of only 107 copies of this very scarce edition. The Egoist Press hardcover books
1958ref. 89491NY: Viking 1958. Eighth US printing. 628 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with light toning and a few small spots to spine. The first edition to incorporate Joyce’s corrections to the text. Much less common than the 1939 first US edition. NY: Viking unknown books
1930ref. 312065Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press 1930. First edition number XV of 75 "Writer's Copies" initialed by publisher Henry Babou. 73 1 pp. 4to. Printed wrappers. Lacking glassine and slipcase spine heavily chipped dampstaining. First edition number XV of 75 "Writer's Copies" initialed by publisher Henry Babou. 73 1 pp. 4to. First edition of this fragment of what would ultimately become Finnegans Wake. Slocum and Cahoon 41 Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press unknown books
1927ref. 28729Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First edition. Original green printed boards some fading as usual light wear to spine. contents in excellent condition. Signature on front free endpaper. Errata slip present. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1932ref. 48658London: Faber and Faber 1932. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First UK edition of this pair of pieces that partly form the enormous puzzle that is FINNEGANS WAKE in lovely condition. Subtitled "Fragments from WORK IN PROGRESS" TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUN would later be included in parts I and III of FINNEGAN'S WAKE as symbolic of the sons of HCE. They were first published in 1929 in Paris at the Black Sun Press in an edition of 600 copies and were quite obscure until the present Faber and Faber edition. A beautiful copy of an important stepping stone on the way to Joyce's final book. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original mint green boards. Original unclipped 2s. 6d. orange dust jacket. 46 pages. Ownership stamp of B. Naumburg to front flyleaf. Jacket with mild edgewear small closed tear near middle of spine. Binding with a touch of edgewear. Tight. Faber and Faber unknown books
1970ref. 577198New York: The American Place Theatre 1970. Softcover. Good. Playscript. Quarto. 65 leaves spirit duplicated in purple on rectos only. Prong-bound. Inventory number on first leaf "8". Old tape shadows where repairs to various small tears once wear good or better. Signed by Oates on the first leaf. A very uncommon Oates item perhaps because it appears that the play was universally panned by critics. OCLC locates three copies of what appear to be a mimeographed or spirit-duplicated script and we note other possible copies with her papers at Syracuse. The American Place Theatre unknown books
1979ref. 404421Northridge California: Lord John Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition deluxe issue. Full morocco. Fine. Copy number 1 of 50 numbered copies bound in morocco and Signed by the author. Lord John Press hardcover books
1928ref. 817011928. Tasker Robert Joyce 1903-1944. Grimhaven. New York: A.A. Knopf 1928. 3 241 pp. Original cloth in worn dust jacket in a mylar covering. A large piece of front dust jacket missing and bound with tape. Author's presentation inscription "Love/ Len D. Owens Sr./ with sincere best wishes/ Robert Joyce Tasker/ Culver City- Feb. 17th 1930" to front free endpaper. Internally clean. $450. Robert Joyce Tasker was an American writer and screenwriter. While serving a five-year sentence for robbery in San Quentin Prison Tasker wrote this autobiographical account about his prison life Grimhaven. After his release the success of his book permitted Tasker to become a Hollywood screenwriter. In 1942 he relocated to Mexico City to work for various film producers. Len D. Owens was an advertising and billboard executive and the father of Academy award winning screenwriter Frances Marion. unknown books
1953ref. 154829Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film two showing scenes from a beauty pageant and one showing actress Joyce Holden performing a burlesque show for her sorority sisters. Two with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A pair of siblings from a slum neighborhood in New York dream of escaping to a better life but become involved in criminal activities out of desperation and poverty. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
