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1936réf. 311572New York: The Black Sun Press 1936. First Edition LIMITED ISSUE number 450 of 800 numbered copies from an edition of 850 fifty copies were printed on Japan Vellum and signed. Frontispiece portrait after a crayon drawing by Augustus John original tissue guard preserved. 66 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original publisher's white boards decorated in blue blue silk page marker. Stain to top and bottom of spine. John Augustus. First Edition LIMITED ISSUE number 450 of 800 numbered copies from an edition of 850 fifty copies were printed on Japan Vellum and signed. Frontispiece portrait after a crayon drawing by Augustus John original tissue guard preserved. 66 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. This collects 'Chamber Music' 'Pomes Penyeach' and 'Ecce Puer' the last of which is published for the first time. Slocum & Cahoon A44 The Black Sun Press unknown books
1927réf. 328305Paris: Shakespeare & Co 1927. hardcover. very good. Thick 8vo 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards gilt top. Paris: Shakespeare & Co. 1927. 9th printing. The binding is rubbed at the joints pages lightly tanned but a sound copy . Shakespeare & Co unknown books
1957réf. 447978Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A free adaptation for the theater by Mary Manning. Ownership signature of actor Michael Clarke-Laurence. Fine in a very good or better dustwrapper with faint toning on the spine. Letter laid in from director and screenwriter Mary Bute on the stationary of Expanding Cinema to Michael Clarke-Laurence offering him a part in the adaptation. Bute eventually directed the film in 1966; it was awarded as Best Debut at the Cannes Film Festival; Clarke-Laurence did not appear in it. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1914réf. 229230First edition first issue. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; light soiling; rubbing; edges reinforced with paper tape on verso. Very good. 75 pages. Enclosed in a 1/2 brown polished leather with gilt stamped red leather spine label over brown cloth slipcase with folding fleece lined chemise. Laid in loose is a facsimile of the Autograph Manuscript of Joyce Kilmer's beloved poem "Trees" in the collection of Thomas F. Madigan with a printed Christmas letter of thanks Christmas 1935. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
1968réf. 504080New York: Vanguard Press 1968. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Tall narrow quarto. Spiral bound yellow printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled with slight surface wear a very good copy of this proof usually prepared in very small numbers in this format. Vanguard Press unknown books
1971réf. 629423Windsor Ontario Canada: Orange Bear Reader 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First editions. Edited by Juanita Galle Michael Galle John Bedford and Steven Osterlund. Eight of nine handprinted broadsides each measuring 10" x 13" save one that is a bifolium in printed paper sleeves. Broadsides and sleeves are fine housed in toned and soiled publisher's envelopes with cardboard stiffeners. Each broadside handprinted in an edition of 500 copies. Poems by Paul Goodman Joyce Carol Oates "'Woman is the Death of the Soul'" Douglas Blazek "The Door my Hand Remembers is Handleless" Irving Layton "For Anna" Greg Kuzma Alex Gildzen George Bowering Lewis Warsh. The first eight apparently only nine were printed. Orange Bear Reader hardcover books
1939réf. 562588New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Large octavo. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine in a moderately worn very good dust jacket that is about 1/8" shorter than the book with shallow chipping at the crown a small faint tape shadow on the front panel and a couple of longer tears at the extremities. A nice presentable copy of the first American edition. The Viking Press hardcover books
1916réf. 777Laurence J. Gomme 1916. KILMER Joyce. THE CIRCUS AND OTHER ESSAYS. NY: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. 16mo. brown cloth & tan boards in dust jacket. First Edition earliest issue without the Mitchell Kennerley plate on the front pastedown. Kennerley eventually took over publication of the book and affixed its own publishing house plate on later copies. Signed presentation from Kilmer on the front endpaper to author and editor Ethel M. Colson: "To Ethel M. Colson from Joyce Kilmer. November 1916 New York City." Colson and Kilmer were undoubtedly acquainted with Colson being much involved with poetry particularly supporting Amy Lowell and the Imagist Movement. Very Good; little wear & soil small chip near Kilmer's name on the spine d/j. A nice copy!! $875.00. Laurence J. Gomme unknown books
1947réf. 2580Camp Lee Va. and various locations in and around Fukuoka Japan 1947. Very good. Sixty-four vernacular photographs and five professional photographic postcards between 2.25 x 2 inches and 8.75 x 11 inches plus two documents and a canceled check. Minor occasional wear to images. A small but informative archive of photographs and documents pertaining to Private Fred N. Joyce's service in Occupied Japan at the conclusion of the Second World War. Joyce served in the Third Platoon of the 93rd Quartermaster Training Company stationed at Camp Hakata in Kyushu Japan. The two documents present here include a "Letter of Merit" given to Joyce while in training at Camp Lee Virginia in August 1946 and his "Honorable Discharge" granted in November 1947. Between those dates Joyce spent his short career in Japan documented with over sixty candid shots some of which are captioned in manuscript on the verso. The vernacular shots show a variety of subjects and settings including American serviceman on base at work and play in both Virginia and Japan portraits of Joyce's fellow soldiers numerous street scenes in Japan one manuscript caption reads "One of the modern Jap theatres on Main Street in Fukuoka" elevated views of the city of Fukuoka one taken from the Red Cross Building a shot of three Japanese "Janitors that work here in Battalion Headquarters" and other locals an image of Joyce with several Japanese children captioned on the verso "'Me' and some other little 'Japs'" and more. Three of the largest images present here are aerial photographs of Camp Hakata one with numerous buildings captioned in manuscript in the image area and keyed to a printed list on the verso. The other larger photograph is a professional group photograph of Joyce's Third Platoon with all members identified. Six commercial photographic postcards round out the collection which depict scenes in Japan with English printed captions beneath the images. unknown books
1971réf. 152448N.p.: N.p. 1971. Shooting Draft script for the 1971 film here under the working title "Sunshine Ladies." The second film in producer Roger Corman's "nurse quartet" preceded by "Student Nurses" 1970 and followed by "Night Call Nurses" 1972 and "Candy Stripe Nurses" 1974. George Armitage's directorial debut and the second film released by Corman's New World Pictures. Set and shot on location in Manhattan Beach and South Bay Los Angeles. Green titled wrappers. Title page present dated February 2 1971 noted as SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter George Armitage. 97 leaves with last page of text numbered 84. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1927réf. 140939125London: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. First trade edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original pale green paper-covered boards lettered in dark green. Near Fine with toning to covers light wear to spine with minute loss at head and tail. Small previous owner bookplate to front paste down and light toning to pages. A lovely copy in much nicer condition than as normally found in. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1969réf. 576249New York: Vanguard Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Very warmly Inscribed by the author. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates as a commercially successful author. A superior copy of this National Book Award-winning novel. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1978réf. 461461978. LANCASTER Joyce Wilson. A Child's Garden of Verses. By Robert Louis Stevenson. 114 4 pp. Illustrated throughout by Joyce Lancaster Wilson with 9 full-page woodcuts 36 woodcut initials and several woodcut vignettes of various sizes. Large 8vo. 250 x 160 mm bound in half morocco over boards title in gilt on spine. San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1978. Nine poems by Stevenson are published here for the first time. The book is a combination of colourful initials vignettes and full-page plates designed and printed by Joyce Lancaster Wilson and skillfully printed by her husband the renowned San Franciscan scholar-printer Adrian Wilson in Centaur and Arrighi types. One of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
2014réf. 9032668London: Folio Society 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. First Folio Society edition. Edited by Rose and O'Hanlon prefaces by Rose O'Hanlon and Deane introduction by Greetham illustrated by Lord with an introduction. Bound in publisher's original blue black and silver illustrated cloth with blue and silver leather spine label. Top edge silver. Comes with black paper-covered board slipcase stamped in illustrated silver. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Lord. 7 3/4 x 11 inches. 492 pages plus introductions and plates. Folio Society hardcover books
1925réf. 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
1939réf. 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
1930réf. 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
1997réf. 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
1997réf. 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
1925réf. 459674New York City: Samuel Roth 1925. Softcover. Very Good. First American printing. Four quarterly issues in printed wrappers. Volume 1 Nos. 1-4 September 1925; December 1925; March 1926; June 1926. Contains the first four of five installments of an unauthorized serial appearance of Finnegans Wake reprinted from European publications. One of 500 copies printed. Small ownership signature of a noted American psychologist in ink on the first page of each issue. The back cover of issue no. 1 also has a small presentation in ink to the psychologist. Toning and light dust soiling to the printed wrappers some creasing and short tears to the spines very good housed in two cloth slipcases covered with brown paper tape. The first four consecutive issues of Samuel Roth's Two Worlds containing a scarce pirated American printing of Finnegans Wake a 20th Century literary highspot. Slocum and Cahoon C65; Burgess 99 and Connolly 100 one of only three titles on both lists. Samuel Roth unknown books
1914réf. 337054New York: Doran 1914. First. hardcover. very good-. 75 pages small 8vo light brown cloth extremes of spine chipped; bookplate. New York: Doran 1914. First Edition. Autographed by Kilmer on the flyleaf. First. or early issue with Cortez for Cortes on p. 22 and copyright page without "printed in the U.S.A." Only one blank terminal leaf instead of four. Doran unknown books
1969réf. 596823New York: Vanguard Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. The author's fourth book and breakthrough novel published in a small print run when the publisher had given up on Oates as a commercially successful author. A superior copy of this National Book Award-winning novel. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1950réf. 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
1926réf. 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
1944réf. 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