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1944réf. 620305New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 311pp. Small dark spot on top of front board a couple scratches and spine ends with some bumping and light wear very good or better. Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh.Burgess 99. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1962réf. 10263Cambridge; Boston: Joyce Chen Associates; Designed and printed at The Nimrod Press 1962. Square octavo 23 x cm. 223 4 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. The original self-published cookbook that was to become an evergreen classic of Chinese-American cooking a book which perhaps did more to introduce Chinese home cooking to Americans than any other before. Cambridge-based Joyce Chen 1917-1994 was a chef author television personality and enterpreneur. She had several acclaimed restaurants in Cambridge. Chef Ming Tsai called Chen the Chinese Julia Child . Joyce Chen helped elevate what Chinese food was about. She didn't dumb it down. She opened people's eyes to what good Chinese could taste like." Laid-in are five related items including a four-page "Christmas Thoughts" an insert printed a year later for the 1963 holiday season; a four-page Mail Order Catalog with envelope and a typed letter signed introducing a special pastry service at Chen's restaurants. Interior is clean and sound. In original pictorial boards printed in brown and grayish blue. No dust jacket as issued; later printings of this edition were issued in tan cloth and a dust jacket that mimics the design on the original boards. Fine. Signed by the author "Joyce Chen" on a preliminary blank. Joyce Chen Associates; Designed and printed at The Nimrod Press hardcover books
1920réf. 316474London: Duckworth 1920. First edition. Frontispiece and 60 other B&W photographs. 220pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. First edition. Frontispiece and 60 other B&W photographs. 220pp. 8vo. Spence 642 Duckworth unknown books
1918réf. 232612New York: B.W. Huebsch 1918. Third Printing. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth very slight rubbing at edges spine split at front hinge Brentano's label on back pastedown. Very good. Third Printing. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This third printing of Joyce's first novel was printed in January 1918 although the Fifth printing says it was June 1918 although the title-page still has the 1917 date on it. The second printing was in April 1917; the first printing preceded it by three months. Slocum & Cahoon 11 B.W. Huebsch unknown books
1922réf. 253031New York: B.W. Huebsch Inc 1922. Fifth Printing. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Spine faded else VG. Fifth Printing. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Slocum & Cahoon 11 B.W. Huebsch, Inc unknown books
1986réf. 80298New York: Limited Editions Club. Fine. 1986. Hardcover. James Joyce DUBLINERS LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB 1986 in 1/4 Goatskin and Irish Linen Covered Boards - SIGNED 1/1500- FINE. Lovely example of this great Limited Editions Club production - 8 1/2 by 11 1/4 inches in 1/4 green Nigerian Oasis goatskin and Irish handkerchief linen covered boards - with photogravures from photographs by Robert Ballagh. Fine and fresh condition #856 of 1000 printed - the slipcase has a small nick/discoloration at one edge otherwise it is also Fine. Introduction by Thomas Flanagan who also signed this copy. ; Signed by Illustrator . Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1986réf. 020929New York: Limited Editions Club 1986. hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Robert Ballagh. Quarto 8-1/2" x 11" bound in quarter dark green Oasis goat leather and Irish handkerchief linen turned over the boards. Illustrated with 6 photogravures by Robert Ballagh printed on handmade paper. Introduction by Thomas Flanagan. Copy #887 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the photographer and by Flanagan on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1975réf. 373115New York and Philadelphia: Octagon Books in association with The Rosenbach Foundation 1975. 3 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth. Fine in near fine slipcase. 3 vols. 4to. Octagon Books in association with The Rosenbach Foundation unknown books
1945réf. 1368344Buenos Aires: Editorial Santiago Ruedas 1945. First Spanish Language Trade Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 833 pages. In Good condition lacking extremely scarce dust jacket. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with black label and gilt lettering to spine. Some shelfwear and rubbing. Boards and text-block slightly bowed. Small tear and hole in rear hinge. A well read copy. JS consignment. Shelved in case 2. First trade edition in the Spanish language first Argentine and the first South American edition. One of 2528 copies 28 being lettered 300 numbered and the remaining 2200 being the trade edition. First published in English in 1922 this translation of the most famous of the modernist novels took six years to complete. Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges who had himself translated small portions of Ulysses in the 1920s wrote that "An exact rendering of Ulysses strikes me as something impossible to achieve." 1368344. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Editorial Santiago Ruedas hardcover books
1916réf. 330792New York: Laurence Gomme 1916. First. hardcover. near fine. Small 8vo cloth backed boards. New York: Laurence Gomme 1926. First Edition. Autographed by Kilmer 1917. Near fine copy with bookplate. Laurence Gomme unknown books
1967réf. 575948New York: Vanguard Press 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Corners very slightly bumped still fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher printed slip and promotional photograph of the author laid in. Warmly Inscribed by the author: "For George Bixby with gratitude and affection. Joyce 1/21/69." The author's fourth book. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1963réf. 140937449New York: The Vanguard Press 1963. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. Near Fine with light shelf wear and toned pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning to the spine panel and faint rubbing at the extremities with publisher's price intact. A sharp copy of the author's first book signed. The Vanguard Press unknown books
1973réf. 50723np: Aloes Editions 1973. First edition limited to 176 copies signed by Oates twenty-six of which are lettered and reserved for the use of the author and publisher. Copy E. Sewn stiff paper wraps with French-fold flaps and printed label and plastic dustwrapper. Designed and printed by Robert Gordon at The Oliphant Press. This copy is also inscribed and dated by Oates to her publisher Evelyn Shrift at Vanguard who published her first books. "For Evelyn with very best wishes as always - Joyce 2/8/74." Faint extremity toning and few small edge wrinkles mostly on the front wrap. Near Fine condition. Oates' signature and especially her inscription are in her former flowing cursive style which differs from her later minimalist-print signatures. Inscribed & Signed By Author. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Aloes Editions paperback books
1968réf. 576252New York: The Vanguard Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Advance Review Copy with slip author photo and other promotional material laid in. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1987réf. 404446Northridge California: Lord John 1987. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarter morocco and marbled papercovered boards. Fine. Letter A of 26 lettered copies specially bound and Signed by the author. Lord John hardcover books
1998réf. 016602The Folio Society 1998. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine Copy In Blue Full Goatskin Leather 1/1750 For Sale #521 As New In Matching Box Gorgeous Production. The Folio Society Hardcover books
1953réf. 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
1939réf. 611295New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Large octavo. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Slight stain on spine topedge stain a little faded scattered foxing on rear endpapers else near fine lacking the dust jacket. A solid copy of the American edition issued simultaneously with the U.K. edition. The Viking Press hardcover books
1914réf. RKILTRE00tpmGeorge H. Doran 1914. Very Good. Kilmer Joyce. Trees and Other Poems. NY: George H. Doran 1914. 1st edition. 80pp. 16mo. Black leather with gilt embossing on spine. Book condition: Very good with rubbed and bumped extremities. Each cover has a few scratches. Pages are clean and clear. George H. Doran hardcover books
1963réf. 120384NY: Vanguard Press 1963. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Minimal board bottom edge shelfwear; dustjacket with minor soiling on front panel internal tape repair not visible on the exterior edgewear mostly at corners and spine ends and a faint circular dampstain on rear panel that has left a barely perceptable shadow on the rear board. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' first book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1905réf. 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
1939réf. 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
1967réf. 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
1963réf. 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
1982réf. 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