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1928ref. 140944930New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. Signed by Robert Joyce Tasker on the half title upon his release from prison with the inscription "A new 'First Day' -- for those who know my career- a title with double meaning:- signed with sentiments rising but the situation well in hand. Robert Joyce Tasker at San Francisco!! Dec. 10 1929." An earlier handwritten note from Tasker while incarcerated is pasted onto the facing page. On pink paper it reads "You might paste this in your copy of Grimhaven-- Mr Eugene Plunkett -- signed Robert Joyce Tasker April 26th -1929- San Quentin Calif." Four newspaper articles about Tasker are pasted in at front with the former owner's explanations and notes written ink next to them. Second printing of the first edition. iv 241 3 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping. A Good only copy lacking jacket. Spine worn and frayed along ends glued down to spine offsetting from clippings. Former owner's bookplate on paste down San Francisco bookseller's ticket on rear paste down. A rare fan's copy of a popular memoir of life at San Quentin which the author was able to parlay into a successful screenwriting career. After relocating to Mexico City in 1942 he committed suicide by eating sleeping pills. A very unusual copy for being signed once while in prison once out. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1978ref. 1395292Amsterdam Netherlands: NICO ISRAEL 1978. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Tall quarto 255 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is beige with black lettering. Dust jacket has mild soiling and staining along head of front cover an open chip along the front head joint small tears along tail edges and corners and a 1 in. closed tear along the rear head edge. Boards fully bound in charcoal cloth with mild shelving wear along spine head. Mild bending wear along tail fore corner of front free endpaper. Contains a letter from Adrian Wilson Author to William Gardiner signed in his hand bound with adhesive to the front free endpaper verso. Between the front endpapers are two letters of correspondence between Wilson and Gardiner: a carbon copy of Gardiner's letter to Wilson and Wilson's reply written entirely in his hand. Shelved in Rm. A. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969. Wilson became renowned for his printing and book design work at his San Francisco printing operation The Press at Tuscany Valley throughout the 1960s and 70s. In 1967 he released influential title in the genre of Books on Books THE DESIGN OF BOOKS. Book making perforated the entirety of Wilson's life. With the help and interest of his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson Wilson invested his attention in studying the entire production process of THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE the first known book to include a rudimentary map of Europe a plethora of woodcuts and a history of the world beginning at creation. The book that came out of it Wilson's THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE is an astute and thorough study on one of the earliest examples of exemplary book making. This particular copy includes correspondence between William Gardiner an English author and Adrian Wilson. 1395292. Special Collections. NICO ISRAEL hardcover books
1983ref. 322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown books
1958ref. 9011572Berkeley: University of California Press 1958. Hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dust jackets. 177 photogtaphic images on 67 sheets. Volume 1 is the text and volume 2 is the plates. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with the front covers and spines stamped in red. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Dust jackets are price clipped and have minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. University of California Press hardcover books
1967ref. 80716NY: Vanguard Press 1967. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Beginning toning on the front board topedge and spine edges and tiny soil spot on rear board; dustjacket with edgewear mostly at corners and the spine topedge and faint toning to spine. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' second novel and the first in her Wonderland quartet. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
ref. 576250New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine-lettering modestly toned. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Oates' first book a collection of short stories. An attractive copy. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1979ref. 68619Cambridge Massachusetts: Pomegranate Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Printed papercovered boards very slightly rubbed else fine. One of 20 lettered artist proof copies this being copy I bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp the artist with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. Pomegranate Press hardcover books
1964ref. 576251New York: Vanguard Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing and a tiny tear at the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Oates. Also laid in is a complimentary slip for the book also Signed by Oates. A book usually found much more worn. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1918ref. 5208Boston MA: The Cornhill Company 1918. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Unauthorized American Edition which precedes the First Authorized American Edition. Believed to be a print run of 1000 copies. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Seldom found in such lovely condition. Hint of shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering deckled paper. 12mo. np. 36 numbered poems. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1950ref. 323229n.p.: n.p. 1950. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Standard B&P cloth-covered three-ring binder some soiling quite good. Pages starting to yellow and some pages towards the rear tearing at binding holes. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Portions of Joyce's book are typed out word for word nine lines per page with five blank lines separating each line of text. The space below each line is used for word by word elaboration for example some of the words in the first page alone: "riverrun": river runs Liffey rive vers Fr. un "Armorica": Brittany love Fr. America armor "isthmus": =neck G ist muss he is he must Pages numbered 13-84 correspond to the opening roughly two-thirds of Book 1 Chapter 1. There are 19pp. of duplicate pages out of the section loosely inserted with more elaboration. Pages 595-683 correspond to the Mookes and the Gripes section of Book 1 Chapter 6. Pages 853-864 corresponds to the end of Book 1 Chapter 8 the Anna Livia Plurabelle section. Pages 1237-1256 correspond to Book 2 Chapter 3 the Mullingar Inn section. Pages 2373-2393 correspond to the opening of Book 4 Chapter 1 the final chapter of the book. n.p. unknown books
1926ref. 345989New York / Birmingham England: J. Fischer & Bro 1926. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. Unbound folio wrappers with small chip at lower corner circa one-quarter inch in blank margin of corner only former ownership in black ink on top right original seller's stamp at lower right rear cover has one small tear with a small ink blot at upper blank margin toning at upper fore-edge else a very good copy. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. A scarce early James Joyce sheet music. OCLC lists a single holding British Library. J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
1944ref. 371012London: Michael Joseph 1944. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick cloth stamped in silver. Fine in very good plus dust jacket tiny chip at foot of spine panel two short closed tears in front panel. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The great wartime novel by Joyce Carey a dark comedy featuring the adventures of artist Gulley Jimson. Filmed in 1978 with Alec Guiness and Kay Walsh. Michael Joseph unknown books
1985ref. 108769Minneapolis:: Word Weavers. Very Good. 1985. Paperback. 0961560509 . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. First edition paperback. Light shelf wear small corner crease to rear cover else very good in oversize pictorial wraps.; 181 pages . Word Weavers, paperback books
1934ref. JC10701New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. xvii 768. Cloth a little dust-soiled; spine somewhat tanned; spine tips and corners gently rubbed. Dust jacket lightly chipped and torn along the edges; front flap detached but appears whole under mylar; not price-clipped $3.50. Random House hardcover books
1977ref. 55740Portage Indiana: The Compulsive Printer 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 50/75. Quarto. Unpaginated 32 leaves. Original burgundy velvet clamshell with gilt relief serigraph inset housed in red paper-covered clamshell box with black lettering on red label of spine. Signed and numbered in pencil by D'Ambrosio on all three block print title pages and colophon. Here also signed by the printer Elmore Mundell. The Mookse and the Gripes is Joyce's retelling of Aesop's fable of 'The Fox and the Grapes.' It was originally published in 1939. This edition is illustrated with numerous block prints and serigraphs in color and b/w. This edition of The Mookse and the Gripes limited to seventy-five copies and five artist proofs has been set in 18 point Bulmer and printed on Rives BFK paper by the Compulsive Printer Portage Indiana on a No. 3 Vandercook proof press. All serigraphs blockprints and binding by D'Ambrosio. Cover relief-serigraph gilded with 23 K gold. The story is taken from 'Two Tales of Shem and Shaun.' This edition published by Joseph J. D'Ambrosio 3824 Alta Vista Terrace Chicago Illinois 60613. This copy is number 50/75 and signed by the artist and printer. Outer clamshell box with light wear two small closed tear at head and tail of front edge of spine. The Compulsive Printer hardcover books
1986ref. D1717The Limited Editions Club 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Linen-covered boards backed in dark green morocco gilt-stamped lettering on spine; in slipcase. Number 46 from a limited edition of 1000 copies printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress and Heritage Printers. A lavish production in near fine condition with a few little scuff marks on boards and spine. Internally pristine with crisp tissue-guarded photogravures by Robert Ballagh. Newsletter of the LEC laid-in. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1916ref. 309232New York: Laurence J.ames Gomme 1916. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth and boards. Very Good. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed on ffep "Joyce Kilmer Christmas New York 1916." The earliest copy listed by BAL is at UVa and inscribed Nov. 24 1916. BAL 11108 Laurence J.[ames] Gomme unknown books
1916ref. 020418New York: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear and spotting to the spine mild wear to corners. Very Good lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Earliest issue without publisher Mitchell Kennerley's plate on the front pastedown. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Father Philbin/from/Joyce Kilmer/Nov. 22 1916/For punctuality/and good conduct." A delightful inscription by the devout poet soldier who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. Laurence J. Gomme hardcover books
1975ref. 185651975. The letters to Stephen Schwartz then editor of the surrealist review "Antinarcissus" 1967-75. touch on her personal life habits health with discussion of surrealism and various surrealists politics poetry etc. Joyce Mansour 1928-1986 born in England to Egyptian-Jewish parents spent her childhood in Cairo and moved to Paris in the 1950s where she became identified with the surrealist movement. unknown books
1977ref. 404426Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. Fine in modestly rubbed near fine acetate dustwrapper. Copy number 1 of 3 copies for presentation Signed and with an original ink drawing by the author tipped-in as issued. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1925ref. 29280Paris 1925. 1 "Mon jour terreste diminue" a setting of Paul Claudel's poetry for voice and orchestra. Six pages musical partition in red and black ink with hand written cover and a formal dedication to Adrienne Monnier. Signed at the end and dated June 1920 and 2 "Finale des Choeurs pour un exposition Coloniale. A la mémoire de Joseph Conrad et ses navigateurs" Six pages musical partition in pencil with title and annotations in ink. 350 x 270 mm. Inscribed by Benoist-Méchin to Adrienne Monnier. Before becoming a politicianthe young Benoîst-Méchin tried his hand as a composer. He was not yet 20 years old when he wrote the first piece. At Adrienne Monnier's request he also translated the "Penelope" section of Joyce's "Ulysses" for which he supplied musical notation that Joyce had photographed and used in print. When he was an official in the Vichy government Benoîst-Méchin was able to use his influence to have Sylvia Beach released from internment. unknown books
1939ref. 403164New York: The Business Bourse Publishers 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 324pp. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Frederick at a later date: "To Charles Paoly Sea Isle Hotel Miami Beach with appreciation of the author J. George Frederick President Gourmet Society. New York N.Y. 10/28/83." Frederick's recipes edited by Jean Joyce. A beautiful copy. The Business Bourse, Publishers hardcover books
1930ref. 353066Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press 1930. First edition 368 of 500 on pure hand-made Vidalon Royal. 73 1 pp. 4to. Printed wrappers in glassine glassine with loss at bottom rear portion. Fine. First edition 368 of 500 on pure hand-made Vidalon Royal. 73 1 pp. 4to. First edition of this fragment of what would ultimately become Finnegans Wake; a fine copy. Slocum and Cahoon 41 Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press unknown books
1997ref. 1400882Dublin: The Lilliput Press 1997. Limited Dublin Edition #496/1000. Hardcover. Octavo 739 pages. In Good plus condition. Housed in publisher's mildly worn black cloth slip case. Bound in publisher's green-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Staining and light sunning to spine. Fraying to end of bookmark. Enumerated on tipped-in limitation page near front of textblock. Shelved in Case 2. 1400882. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Lilliput Press hardcover books
1997ref. 50725Dublin: The Lilliput Press 1997. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Copy #297. Edited with a Preface by Danis Rose. Introduction by John Banville. Cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine in cloth-covered slipcase. Satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. The first edition of this title produced in Ireland. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Lilliput Press hardcover books
