1989ref. 016132New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1989. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Wraps 340 pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases tears or toning. Publisher's promotional letter to booksellers laid in. A sharp collectable copy at a great price. E.P. Dutton & Company unknown books
1983ref. 016192New York: E.P. Dutton Inc 1983. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Wraps 187 pp. Solid Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square tight and clean throughout with some edge creases. Edges mildly toned. Still bright with no chipping or tears. A nice collectable copy at a great price. E.P. Dutton, Inc unknown books
1988ref. 016131New York: The Ecco Press 1988. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Wraps 198 pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price. The Ecco Press unknown books
1986ref. 016183New York: Dutton Adult 1986. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Wraps 305 pp. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy of an uncommon item. Dutton Adult unknown books
1977ref. TB26019Hartford: The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society of Connecticut 1977. First Edition. Fine perfect bound within heavy paper printed wraps. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 51 pages of text illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Although based on the facts known about the life of Nathan Hale some portions of this title have been fictionalized. The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society of Connecticut paperback books
1997ref. 574136New York: Dutton 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A novel. Dutton hardcover books
1997ref. 010420Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1997. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. 254pp. Beautiful Unread "Collector's Edition" one of Easton's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Bound in full brown leather with titles and decorations in gilt. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Square tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Introduction by Hugh Kenner. Illustrations by Brian Keogh. Though open at the top seam. still enclosed in original shrink-wrap. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price. Easton Press unknown books
1981ref. 004709New York: E. P. Dutton 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.434pp. Beautiful First Edition First Printing. #135 of 500 copies specifically authorized by the author for distribution by Signed Editions Limited. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A couple of tiny spots on the top page edges. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper $15.50 is fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. Signed by the author on a specially affixed limitation label on the ffep. A very pretty collectable copy and at a great price. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
1980ref. 136167New York: E.P. Dutton 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
2001ref. TB22629Guilford Conn.: TwoDot Books/ The Globe Pequot Press 2001. First Edition. First printing Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the front board. An oblong small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 9 1/2" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 151 pages including an index photo credits author's notes bibliography Shosoni Vocabulary a roster of the Corps of Discovery and text. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps color photographs and drawings. TwoDot Books/ The Globe Pequot Press hardcover books
2001ref. TB22628Guilford Conn.: TwoDot Books/ The Globe Pequot Press 2001. First Edition. First printing Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamped on the front board. An oblong small quarto measuring 9 1/2" high by 9 1/2" deep. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 151 pages including an index photo credits author's notes bibliography Shosoni Vocabulary a roster of the Corps of Discovery and text. Extensively illustrated throughout with maps color photographs and drawings. TwoDot Books/ The Globe Pequot Press hardcover books
ref. ST21186New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company 1987. No. 15 OF 50 COPIES for sale and 15 Artists' Proofs. 385 x 325 mm. 15 1/8 x 12 3/4". 2 p.l. 40 pp. 5 leaves. Unbound as issued in original wraps with a portrait of Joyce on front cover his round glasses cut out to reveal part of a collage on the opening leaf. Housed in a clamshell box by David Bourbeau of Thistle Bindery this covered in burgundy-flecked taupe Japanese handmade silk woven for this box upper cover with incised vertical line showing the profile of Joyce this with silver Japanese tea paper peeking through spine with silver "JJ." With a total of 62 etchings employing more than 150 plates original watercolors collage and hand cutting some of the pieces folded into multiple sections the artwork divided into four sections: "Dreams" "Games" "Planes" and "Death" each preceded by a title page also printed with the page numbers of the texts that inspired the art. Printed on Moulin du Gue paper; section title leaves for illustrations wrapped with Japanese paper. SIGNED in the colophon by Weil and Van Dyke. See: E. Brunazzi "Susan Weil's Art of Joycean Illumination" in James Joyce Quarterly Vol. 34 No. 1/2 Joyce's Women Fall 1996 - Winter 1997 pp. 121-34. In pristine condition. With a very strictly limited press run this collection of carefully crafted sketches by Joyce is offered here as an important artist's book honored as one of the best illustrated productions of its time. Compiled after Joyce's death and first published in 1956 the text here consists of 40 short but polished fragments in prose and poetry the author put together between 1901-04 and then drew on in the composition of his major works "Dubliners" "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" "Ulysses" and Finnegans Wake." "Epiphanies" was an appropriate choice for the present striking production since our publisher Vincent FitzGerald aimed to produce deluxe publications in the mode of the French livres d'artiste by facilitating an artistic environment like that of Paris in 1920s. And so when he asked his friends Susan Weil and Marjorie Van Dyke what writer's work they would like to illustrate they immediately chose Joyce one of brightest lights of 1920s Paris. Weil was a longtime Joyce devotee and suggested his little-known "Epiphanies" for their first project since these notes and ideas provided material for some of his greatest books. As Weil said "'The Epiphanies' seemed so perfect. Words were released like a flock of birds to roost in Joyce's future works." Elizabeth Brunazzi tells us that "FitzGerald challenged Weil and Van Dyke to create an innovative relationship among the visual images responding to the verbal texts; to make them 'flow' one into the other rather than present them frame by frame as in an illustrated work; and thus to create a novel organic form for the visual text and a different interpretation of the 'artist's book' altogether." The result is a work where the "illustrations" are not static but are intended to be manipulated by the reader in order to fully reveal themselves. Weil and Van Dyke independently produced images for each of the 40 "Epiphanies" then began dividing the contributions into four themes: "Dreams" "Planes" "Games" and "Death." Both employed a variety of techniques including watercolor etching collage and paper cut-outs and worked with other artists to refine and produce their final works. Brunazzi says that the present production results in the reader beginning "to rediscover and explore the frontiers of textuality much as a child first encounters a book as a beloved physical object incorporating physical images both tactile and visual." The resulting book was chosen by the Independent Curators for the Franklin Furnace exhibition "Contemporary Illustrated Books" as one of the 50 best illustrated books from 1966-88 and was featured in the Boston Athenaeum exhibition "Artists of the Book 1988 A Facet of Modernism.". Vincent FitzGerald & Company unknown books
1986ref. 574001New York: E.P. Dutton 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition. Small stain on topedge on rear board spine slightly cocked very good in a very good lightly toned dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher slip laid in. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1976ref. 2354232Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 13x9x1. 2nd printing. A few minor blemishes to rear jacket panel otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1976 Large Hardcover. 255 1 pp. A fascinating glimpse into the planning production and profitability of a printed work from the age of incunabula. The Nuremberg Chronicle is unique in that records of each of these exist and are available for scholarly study. Wilson offers a detailed study of the making of an early illustrated book taken from surviving page layouts original contracts for the illustrations contracts for printing etc. and also provides a history of the printer Anton Koberger and a list of known copies of the first Latin and German editions. Nico Israel hardcover books
1972ref. 560430Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures 1972. Unbound. Very Good. Promotional movie poster. One 16" x 20" sheet printed on both sides and folded twice. Light wear and a light horizontal crease tiny cover stain very good or better. An promotional piece for the 1972 film Stand Up and Be Counted directed by Jackie Cooper and starring Jacqueline Bisset. From IMDB: "A fashion-magazine reporter comes home to Denver for a story and brings women's liberation with her." One side of the poster prints the cover image film information and several articles: "Changing Roles" by Dr. Joyce Brothers "Time For a Turn" by the screenwrither Bernard Slade and a brief editorial and piece titled "Working Women." The material on the verso occupies all four panels and prints "Women's Lib Chronology" "All Things Being Equal" and a film still. An interesting piece of both Hollywood and Women's Rights ephemera. (Columbia Pictures) unknown books
1985ref. 566279London: Jonathan Cape 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First English edition. Moderately toned pages near fine in a fine dust jacket. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
2010ref. 567008New York: HarperCollins 2010. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. HarperCollins unknown books
2009ref. 567013New York: HarperCollins 2009. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Slight edgewear else fine. HarperCollins unknown books
2005ref. 542968New York: HarperCollins 2005. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Slight creasing else near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
2002ref. 536144New York: HarperCollins 2002. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Blue wrappers. Faint spotting on the top edge else fine. HarperCollins unknown books
2006ref. 516838New York: HarperCollins 2006. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Slight edgewear else about fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1992ref. 403323New York: Oxford University Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with the slightest of rubbing. Oxford University Press hardcover books
2002ref. 143399New York: HarperCollins 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. VG inscribed on title page by unknown hand; otherwise clean. Green & brown & color illus. boards matching dust jacket illus. flyleaves 237 pp. color plates. The memoirs of Polish-French modern artist Balthus 1908-2001. With an introduction by Joyce Carol Oates and a foreword by Paul Lombard. Originally published in French as "Memoires de Balthus." HarperCollins hardcover books
1981ref. 312033New York: Oxford University Press 1981. Softcover. Fine. Advance proof. Fine in wrappers. Oxford University Press unknown books
2003ref. 58643NY: Harper Tempest 2003. First Edition first printing. Signed by Oates on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice copy! Harper Tempest unknown books
