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1983ref. 21547NY: Dutton 1983. First edition. 212 pp. Fine in fine dust jacketwith light wrinkles to crown and spine. NY: Dutton unknown books
1992ref. 35978Frankfort: Gnomon Press 1992. First edition. 97 pp w/epilogue. Very good plus in printed wrappers. One of 1200 copies. Frankfort: Gnomon Press unknown books
1991ref. 35980Dublin: New Writers' Press 1991. First edition. 243 pp w/notes. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. Dublin: New Writers' Press unknown books
1970ref. 629421Ontario: Orange Bear Reader 1970. Unbound. Fine. First edition. 10" x 13" broadside poem laid into printed paper folder. One of 500 copies printed. Fine. In original publisher's mailing envelope which is a bit soiled. Orange Bear Reader unknown books
1939ref. 1401768New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American Edition First Printing Second State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo 628 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Housed in publisher's moderately worn green cloth slip case bearing red labels with gilt lettering to spine. Protected within slip case in publisher's green cloth folders with green marbled paper inside. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "$5.00." Sunning to spine. Rubbing and tearing along edges of dust jacket. Largest tear at at tail of spine. Some material loss to dust jacket primarily at head of spine and at top corners. Scuffing to dust jacket. Rubbing along extremities of boards. Mild scuffing to cloth. Textblock slightly sunken. Fading to dye at top edge of textblock. Gutter visible at half title page and at page 628. Age toning throughout textblock. Features a 16 page pamphlet titled "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake As Prepared by the Author after Publication of the First Edition" protected with plastic sleeve and stored in rear of textblock. Front inner flap reads "Regular Edition $5.00" making this a second state dust jacket. CM Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1401768. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1895ref. 53612Washington DC 1895. First edition. 12mo. 245 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Joyce served in the 24th Kentucky U.S. Infantry here recounting his experiences at Shiloh and with Burnside in East Tennessee along with other activities from the western theater. Original blue cloth gilt spine title. Very good. unknown books
1971ref. 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
ref. 37462Riverside CA: Bo Press Miniature Books n.d. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A charming miniature book from this well-known private press. Pat Sweet is noted for her many and varied miniature books and objects. This poem is an Irish ballad written by Robert Dwyer Joyce 1836-1883 a Limerick-born poet. The poem first published in 1861 tells the story of an Irish rebel from County Wexford who leaves his lover behind to help fight against British colonial rule. The growth of the barley crop every year in the spring is said to symbolize Irish resistance to British oppression. "I sat within a valley green I sat there with my true love My sad heart strove the two between The old love and the new love - The old for her the new that made Me think of Ireland dearly While soft the wind blew down the glade And shook the golden barley." With several illustrations of barley. Printed and bound in Mohawk Superfine paper with a white dust jacket of the same paper. In fine condition. Measures 2 x 3 inches. Unpaginated 34 pages. MINIAT/091323. Bo Press Miniature Books hardcover books
1975ref. 31856Turtles Quill Scriptorium 1975. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Number 120 of 125 copies. "Jim Baker's Bluejay Yarn is based on a tale told to Mark Twain in the winter of 1864-5 at Jackass Hill by Jim Gillis a prospector friend with a literary bent. It appeared in 1880 in 'A Tramp Abroad'" page 21. Blue paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to spine panel and a few spots of foxing to covers. Clean interior. P RI/031518. Turtles Quill Scriptorium paperback books
1984ref. 17737Boston: David R. Godine 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by the author. Afterword by Philip K. Jason. Lovely compilation of 46 ethereal photographs by well-known fine arts photographer Tenneson. Most of the images feature babies mothers and women. In cream paper wrappers with black title to spine and photographic illustration to front panel. Minor wear to edges of wrappers. In very good condition. 77 pages. Quarto. PHOTO/042806. David R. Godine paperback books
1964ref. 10771London: Melbourne University Press 1964. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. Very Good in an About Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is faded at spine and along lower edge with a few small edge tears. Australia. AUS1/11211. Melbourne University Press hardcover books
1932ref. 20891New York: The Abingdon Press 1932. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good . George A. King. A handsome copy of the 1932 Abingdon Press edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp price-intact $1.00 VG to Near Fine dustjacket with very light chipping and creasing along the spine crown. Octavo nicely illustrated throughout by George A. King. The Abingdon Press unknown books
1950ref. 10825Paris: Gallimard 1950. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A lovely copy of the 1st French hardback edition of James Joyce's play "Exiles" translated from the original English by J.S. Bradley. Clean bright and Near Fine in its gilt-decorated cloth. Also includes a Near Fine example of the mylar dustjacket. 12mo 234 pgs. Gallimard unknown books
1945ref. 7035London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1945. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1945 1st edition of this Joyce Cary poem. VG in a bright price-intact VG dustjacket with very light soiling to the panels. Thin 12mo 28 pgs. Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box. Michael Joseph Ltd unknown books
ref. 06635London: The Folio Society 1998. A Finely Produced Limited Folio Society Ulysses with Original Etchings by Mimmo Paladino JOYCE James. Ulysses. Preface by Stephen James Joyce. Introduction by Jacques Aubert. With etchings by Mimmo Paladino. London: The Folio Society 1998. Limited to 1760 numbered copies this being copy no. 26. Royal octavo 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 235 x 165 mm. xix 1 blank 2 1-735 1 blank pp. Illustrated with eighteen fine etchings by Mimmo Paladino in gold and black and white. Elaborately bound in full light blue goatskin covers decoratively blocked in gilt with a design by Jeff Clements spine lettered in gilt gold endpapers top edge gilt. A fine copy housed in the original black buckram solander case front panel stamped in gilt with the signature of James Joyce spine lettered in gilt. Publisher's four-page prospectus loosely laid in. A Modern Fine Press Interpretation of a Modernist Masterpiece A beautifully realized late 20th-century fine press edition of Ulysses pairing Joyce's monumental text with the bold symbolic visual language of Mimmo Paladino. The etchings - printed in striking combinations of gold and black - offer a contemporary artistic response to Joyce's dense and allusive narrative. Mimmo Paladino born in Paduli on 18 December 1948 is an Italian sculptor painter and printmaker. He is a leading name in the Transvanguardia artistic movement and one of the many European artists to revive Expressionism in the 1980s. Jeff Clements MBE was born in 1934 and died in 2020. He was one of the leading figures in modern British bookbinding and design closely associated with the The Folio Society for whom he created a number of distinguished bindings. The production reflects the Folio Society's highest standards: luxurious materials careful typography and an emphasis on the book as an object of art. The full goatskin binding and solander case place this edition firmly within the tradition of modern private press craftsmanship. London: The Folio Society, 1998 unknown books
1978ref. 520469Cornwall Ontario: Vesta Publications 1978. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Two-page introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. Octavo. 60pp. Fine. Signed by John Ditsky on the title page. Vesta Publications unknown books
1940ref. 622651London: Arts & Crafts Publishing Co 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Illustrated by Bois pseudonym of Edward George William Wood. Printed paper over boards. Some modest splitting and soiling very good. One of 100 numbered copies issued in boards. Arts & Crafts Publishing Co hardcover books
1981ref. 624013New York: Gardner Press 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. xvii 232pp. Binding cocked else fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of edgewear and soil. Gardner Press hardcover books
1974ref. 615828Chicago: Playboy Enterprises Inc 1974. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. 21 No. 3. Small quarto. Stapled wrappers. Wraps moderately rubbed and bumped abrasions along the spine a bit of spotting on the rear cover very good. Includes an interview with Groucho Marx as well as contributions by E.L. Doctorow Joyce Carol Oates Dan Greenburg and others. Playboy Enterprises, Inc unknown books
1987ref. 618899New York: Viking 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Foxing on the top page edge else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Viking hardcover books
1992ref. 621158San Diego: San Diego State University Press 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. Pictorial wrappers. Light edgewear near fine. Includes an excerpt from "Citre et Trans" by Samuel R. Delany an excerpt from "Martyrdom" by Joyce Carol Oates two "transsexual" interviews by Chris Martin "There's Trouble in That Body: Queer Fanzines Sexual Identity and Censorship" by Matias Viegener and more. San Diego State University Press unknown books
1976ref. 621330Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania: US Army Military History Research Collection 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. v 301pp. Spine a bit sunned and tiniest stain on the bottom edge near fine in printed wrappers. US Army Military History Research Collection unknown books
1996ref. 608699New York: New Yorker Magazine Inc 1996. Softcover. Near Fine. Vol. LXXII No. 2. Front cover illustrated by R.O. Blechman. Quarto. 200pp. Stapled wrappers. Wraps with just a bit of wear nicks at the spine ends near fine. Includes contributions by Annie Leibovitz Joyce Carol Oates Mary Karr Virginia Hamilton Adair and others. New Yorker Magazine, Inc unknown books
1921ref. 609063New York: G. Schirmer 1921. Softcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. Two nested bifolia making eight pages. Outer bifolium separating along the top of the fold with a nick at the bottom edgewear and and toning to the exterior a complete and good or better copy. For low voice and piano. Plate number 30758. The back cover features short samples of six other songs. Joyce Kilmer full name Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American Catholic poet journalist and lecturer who died in the First World War his most celebrated poem is "Trees." The composer of this piece Harriet Ware was born in Waupun Wisconsin in 1877 she grew up to graduate from Pillsbury Conservatory of Music and went on to study in Berlin and Paris. Her composition "Women's Triumphal March" became the official song of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and her musical setting "The Rose is Red" set to a poem by Daniel A. Poling was the song of the American Mothers Association. She also started the the Musical Art Society of Long Island and ran a summer music school in Plainfield NJ. G. Schirmer unknown books
1982ref. 613649New York: Pocket Books 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Lee Lorenz. Pictorial wrappers. A few tiny creases on wraps near fine. Jillson was an actress and newspaper columnist whose astrology column was syndicated worldwide in over 200 newspapers and magazines. She was also the official astrologer for 20th Century Fox studios consulting on the best opening days for Fox movies. Pocket Books unknown books
