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1929rif. 48822Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. Very Good -. Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First Edition regular paper issue. Octavo; printed wraps; 194pp. Chipped at extremities; split along top portions of joints; staining and rubbing; a Good to Very Good copy. Samuel Beckett's first book appearance a collection of essays published by Sylvia Beach on the "work in progress" which would become Finnegan's Wake. Carlton Lake No Symbols Where None Intended. University of Texas at Austin 1984; no. 1; Slocum B10. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown
1929rif. 48822Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. Very Good -. Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First Edition regular paper issue. Octavo; printed wraps; 194pp. Chipped at extremities; split along top portions of joints; staining and rubbing; a Good to Very Good copy. Samuel Beckett's first book appearance a collection of essays published by Sylvia Beach on the "work in progress" which would become Finnegan's Wake. Carlton Lake No Symbols Where None Intended. University of Texas at Austin 1984; no. 1; Slocum B10. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown books
1821rif. 55104London:: Printed for G. & W. B. Whittaker 1821. The Third Edition. original boards; green cloth spine with printed paper label. . Spine sunned; spine label tanned; but a beautiful copy in original condition. 12mo. Printed for G. & W. B. Whittaker, hardcover
1973rif. 8039Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press 1973. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 50 copies specially bound and signed by all 12 contributors. Octavo 23.75cm; light blue paper-covered boards with printed title label mounted to upper front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; light grey endpapers. Hint of sunning to spine with some very faint foxing to lower front cover and text edges; a bit musty from long storage; Near Fine. While not called for this copy is housed in a sturdy beige cloth slipcase supplied by the bindery; some scattered foxing else Near Fine. "Deluxe" issue of the first twelve installments in the publisher's "Sparrow" pamphlets series with each pamphlet dedicated to the work of a single poet or author. Contents include Bukowski's While the Music Played Krumhansl 43 with contributions by Robert Kelly Clayton Eshleman Diane Wakoski Richard Grossinger Robert Creeley Sherril Jaffe Joyce Carol Oates and others. Provenance: from the collection of Earle and Larry Gray of the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company who bound most of the Black Sparrow Press titles produced between 1967-2001 as well as works by Capricorn Turtle Island and various other small presses. Morrow & Cooney 15. Black Sparrow Press unknown
1939rif. 48832London: Liberal Book Club 1939. First edition. 281 pp. Light tanning along spine else very good plus in decorated pale blue cloth. SIGNED by Cary on the front free endpaper in blue ink to which has been added in black “Heather Harvey from” and “1941” on either side of Cary’s signature. London: Liberal Book Club hardcover
1944rif. 72718London: Michael Joseph 1944. First edition of one of his most famous works a comic novel of Britain during World War II. Basis for the 1956 film of the same name with screenplay by Alec Guinness and starring Guinness and Kay Walsh. Fine in lightly soiled near fine dust jacket showing only a few small nicks and short tears. A nice copy of this poorly produced book and scarce thus. Michael Joseph unknown
1944rif. 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
1939rif. 48832London: Liberal Book Club 1939. First edition. 281 pp. Light tanning along spine else very good plus in decorated pale blue cloth. SIGNED by Cary on the front free endpaper in blue ink to which has been added in black “Heather Harvey from” and “1941” on either side of Cary’s signature. London: Liberal Book Club hardcover books
1944rif. 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
1962rif. 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
1962rif. 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
rif. DISPLAYBROWNJM105UNKNO. Hardcover No Dust Jacket. Very Good. 11x8x0. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes : Very Good Hardcover no dust jacket Clean pages tips bumped Sm4to 85 pages Prompt shipping with tracking. UNKNO hardcover
1934rif. 5863New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition First Printing. First American edition first printing. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 6" with 767 numbered pages. Comes with a brand new facsimile reproduction dust jacket for protection and display. This book is in very good minus condition. Moderate staining and wear to the cloth boards. Moderate staining to the edges of the textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. "Ulysses" chronicles the appointments and encounters of the itinerant Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number O3-7. Random House unknown
2010rif. BRG-20_1_899Wordsworth Editions Ltd 2010-01-15. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 4x1x7. Very Good condition.Crisp pages. Clean cover and pages. Book shows minimal shelf wear. No highlighting/marking. Not Satisfied Contact us to get a refund. Wordsworth Editions Ltd paperback
1969rif. ABE-1520283243363Vanguard 1969 signed on front free endpaper in very good plus dj. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vanguard hardcover
1964rif. ABE-1520283113563Vanguard 1964 signed by Oates 11/16/64 very good Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Vanguard hardcover
2008rif. ferry-Photography-01Bulfinch New York 2008 New York 2008. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A pristine unread copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap $45.00. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page name only Joyce Tenneson. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Quarto. 11" x 9" 159pp. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Bulfinch, New York hardcover
1920rif. 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
1920rif. 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
1918rif. 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
1922rif. 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
1918rif. 72305Boston: The Cornhill Company no-date 1918. First U.S. edition unauthorized. Precedes the authorized edition published the same year in New York. Slocum & Cahoon A5. Collection 36 poems. 16mo green cloth boards stamped in gilt on front cover only; unpaginated. Small bookseller ticket to bottom front endpaper. Near fine with only light scattered foxing and barest rubbing to spine ends and tips. Lacking the plain glassine dust jacket. The Cornhill Company unknown
1986rif. 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
1939rif. 161199New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very good . 628 p. 25 cm. Black cloth. Mylar wrap removed for photos. The very faintest shelf wear on lower edges and a bit of dust on lower edge of text block. Faint mark front free endpaper. Rear hinge cracking a bit at last page of text. In all of Western literature possibly the hardest book to read. Are you up to the challenge The Viking Press hardcover
1964rif. 39028New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1964. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very good/very good. illustrated octavo. A very good to very good copy in a very good dust jacket spine darkened. Erdoes has drawn a full page drawing of the devil on the half title and inscribed it. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
