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1976Best.-Nr. 2354232Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 13x9x1. 2nd printing. A few minor blemishes to rear jacket panel otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1976 Large Hardcover. 255 1 pp. A fascinating glimpse into the planning production and profitability of a printed work from the age of incunabula. The Nuremberg Chronicle is unique in that records of each of these exist and are available for scholarly study. Wilson offers a detailed study of the making of an early illustrated book taken from surviving page layouts original contracts for the illustrations contracts for printing etc. and also provides a history of the printer Anton Koberger and a list of known copies of the first Latin and German editions. Nico Israel hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 57324Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio 41 cm 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book with the assistance of Margery Cantor Zahid Sardar and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 147965New York: Frissell and Macdonald Productions 1976. Draft script for the 1976 play which premiered on May 18 1976 at the Little Theatre for a run of 396 performances closing on October 30 1978 copy number "#13" written in manuscript marker on top right of title page. Inspired by the August 1907 murder of Sr. Mary Janina Mezek. Named best Broadway Play of 1976 in the annual Best Plays book. Set in 1911 in Michigan a Roman Catholic priest on trial for a nun's murder. Milan Sitt wrote the screenplay for the 1979 film adaptation directed by Stanley Kramer his final film and starring Dick Van Dyke Kathleen Quinlan and Maureen Stapleton. Green Studio Duplicating Service titled wrappers with credits for playwright Milan Stitt. Title page present with credits for playwright Milan Stitt. 102 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-43. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold screw brads. Frissell and Macdonald Productions unknown books
1911Best.-Nr. 37502Bruxelles: Publiées par le Ministere des Colonies 1911. First edition. Aqurelles par Norman-H. Hardy. 403 photographs and drawings 2 fold-out maps and 29 full- page folio-size plates containing 20 color drawings 15 color plates of raffia designs 53 photographs of carved figures and objects and 14 photographs of 18th century Bombala embroidery. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original tan printed portfilo. Book loose in fasicules. Fine. wrappers slightly worn. First edition. Aqurelles par Norman-H. Hardy. 403 photographs and drawings 2 fold-out maps and 29 full- page folio-size plates containing 20 color drawings 15 color plates of raffia designs 53 photographs of carved figures and objects and 14 photographs of 18th century Bombala embroidery. 1 vols. Large 4to. Publiées par le Ministere des Colonies unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 68085Paris and New York: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; The Fountain Press 1930. First edition limited. Paperback. Good. 72pp. Small quarto 28.5 cm Printed white wrappers. Text printed in green and black. A number of magazine clippings are mounted to the recto and verso of the front flyleaf. The text block cracked at the half title however it is still solid. There is a previous owner's name on front flyleaf. In the glassine wrapper which is lightly soiled and prominently torn and chipped at the spine. Lacking the slipcase. An excerpt from what would become Finnegans Wake Joyce's masterpiece. Copy number 254 of 500 copies on handmade pure linen Vidalon Royal specially manufactured for this edition nos. 101 to 600 from a total edition of 685. Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; The Fountain Press paperback books
1926Best.-Nr. 232614London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. Thirty Bedford Square 1926. Fifth Impression. 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth very slight rubbing at edges and one ding. Very good. Fifth Impression. 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Slocum & Cahoon 11 Jonathan Cape Ltd. Thirty Bedford Square unknown books
Best.-Nr. 31503Orthological Institute. First Edition; 1st Pressing. Phonograph Record. A 12" shellac 78rpm phonograph record good. The labels on each side of the record are of different sizes: Part I is 2 3/4" and Part II is 3 3/8" There is a lot of surface noise making the record difficult to hear. Joyce's voice sounds distant Well-worn. ; 12" . Orthological Institute unknown books
1927Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
2002Best.-Nr. 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
1997Best.-Nr. 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
1976Best.-Nr. 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
1992Best.-Nr. 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
2001Best.-Nr. 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
1905Best.-Nr. 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
1939Best.-Nr. 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
1967Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1982Best.-Nr. 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
1918Best.-Nr. 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
1923Best.-Nr. 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
1958Best.-Nr. 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
