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1845ref. 540049London: William Pickering 1845. Hardcover. Very Good. First reprint of the original edition. 12mo. 29 3pp. Near contemporary quarter levant gilt lettered spine purple paper over boards. Head and tail of spine are rubbed corners a little scraped else near fine. A scarce reprint of the suppressed edition of 1524 reprinted by William Pickering “on account of its historical importance”. Two auction records note that the Pickering edition was limited to 100 copies. OCLC locates only three copies. William Pickering hardcover books
1995ref. 540429New York: New Yorker Magazine 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover art by Max. Quarto. 128pp. Stapled wrappers. Owner mailing label on cover slight toning at the margins near fine. Includes: "Lunch Hour" by John Updike "After the Genocide" by Philip Gourevitch and more. New Yorker Magazine unknown books
1995ref. 540428New York: New Yorker Magazine 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover art by Barry Blitt. Quarto. 100pp. Stapled wrappers. Owner mailing label on cover tiny creases along the spine near fine. Includes: "The Women Who Got Away" by John Updike "Halley's Comet" by Nicholson Baker and more. New Yorker Magazine unknown books
1998ref. 540433New York: New Yorker Magazine 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover art by Peter de Sève. Quarto. 104pp. Stapled wrappers. Owner mailing label on cover slight rubbing on the spine near fine. Includes: "Changes in the Memory After Fifty" by Steve Martin John Updike's review of Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler "Juliana Cloth" by T. Coraghessan Boyle and more. New Yorker Magazine unknown books
1966ref. 521552New Rochelle N. Y.: The Elizabeth Press 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 47pp. Rust-colored cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket with small stains on the front panel. Perchik's second collection of poems. The Elizabeth Press hardcover books
1967ref. 544186Brazil: Editôra Cupolo Ltda. 1967. Softcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First bilingual edition. Translated by Guilherme de Almeida. Tall octavo. French-folded wrappers. Facing French and Portuguese text. Modest wear and toning including a tiny abrasion near the spine base just about near fine in modestly toned very good unprinted glassine dust jacket with a bit of creasing on the flaps and slight loss at the spine ends. Inscribed by Tygel on the half-title and with one small manuscript change to the text in his hand. Stamped number 11 of an unknown number of copies. Tygel was a Belgian poet working in Brazil. The copyright page notes that the French text was first published as Le Livre des Croyances. OCLC locates no copies of either the French or this bilingual edition. Poetry. (Editôra Cupolo Ltda.) unknown books
1974ref. 536449San Francisco: Straight Arrow 1974. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and edgewear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's material laid in. Straight Arrow hardcover books
1973ref. 498939Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1973. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition “La Librairie des Editions de Minuit sur Bouffant” issue limited to 92 numbered copies this copy is number 87. 12mo. White printed wrappers. Slight soiling on fore-edge of two leaves a fine unopened copy in publisher’s unprinted near fine glassine dust jacket lightly tanned on the spine and with a small chip at head of spine. Publisher’s numbered slip laid into the book matching the limitation number on verso of title page. The French novelist Claude Simon often identified with the nouveau roman movement won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1975ref. 498947Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1975. Softcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition “La Librairie des Editions de Minuit sur Bouffant” issue limited to 92 numbered copies this copy is number 87. 12mo. White printed wrappers. Spine is lightly toned with tiny nick at head of spine else a fine unopened copy in publisher’s unprinted good or better wrap-around glassine wrapper. The wrapper is lightly tanned with a few small closed tears and a chip on the fold over the fore-edge. Publisher’s numbered slip laid into the book matching the limitation number on verso of title page. The French novelist Claude Simon often identified with the nouveau roman movement won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1971ref. 498937Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1971. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition “La Librairie des Editions de Minuit sur Bouffant” issue limited to 92 numbered copies this copy is number 87. 12mo. White printed wrappers. A fine partially opened copy in publisher’s unprinted near fine glassine dust jacket lightly tanned on the spine. Publisher’s numbered slip laid into the book matching the limitation number on verso of title page. The French novelist Claude Simon often identified with the nouveau roman movement won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1985. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1974ref. 500377Albany New York: Magi Books Inc 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Anthony Simon. Quarto. 64pp. Illustrated reproducing numerous photographs of Maritain by John Howard Griffin. Small stain on front board near fine in very good dust jacket sunned at the spine with a few small nicks and tears at the extremities. Inscribed by Griffin: "To Leo Don and family With friendship and gratitude/from the Griffins Love John Howard Griffin. Sept. 20 1977 Magi Books, Inc hardcover books
1987ref. 437744New York: Random House 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The Broadway version featured Linda Lavin Jonathan Silverman and Jason Alexander the made-for-TV miniseries featured Silverman Anne Bancroft Hume Cronyn Jerry Orbach and Michelle Lee. A very nice copy. Random House hardcover books
1984ref. 437711New York: Random House 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Gene Saks directed both the Broadway production with Matthew Broderick and Joyce Van Patten and the film with Jonathan Silverman Judith Ivey and Blythe Danner. A very nice copy. Random House hardcover books
1962ref. 516875Paris: Editions Thea 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Text in French. Tall octavo. Profusely illustrated. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Publisher's small rubberstamp price on front cover spine and covers rubbed very good or better. With publisher's four-page pamphlet laid in printed in German Spanish and English with statements about Brigitte Bardot by Simon de Beauvoir Jean Cocteau Andre Maurois Jean-Jacques Gautier Louis Malle and more. Special issue devoted entirely to Brigitte Bardot. Editions Thea unknown books
1979ref. 505938New York: Harper & Row 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Green wrappers. Fading on the spine and creasing thus very good. Harper & Row unknown books
1980ref. 514087Nottingham: Trasque Press 1980. Unbound. Fine. First edition signed issue. Square quarto. Single sheet of cardstock printed on recto only laid into pink printed wrappers as issued. Poetry broadside laid into printed pink folder. Covers are lightly bumped at tip of one corner small faint soil mark on front cover else a fine copy. Signed issue copy no. 2 of 24 numbered copies Signed by Simon Cutts from a total edition of 250 copies. Signed by Simon Cutts on the inside front cover as issued. Trasque Press unknown books
1950ref. 5249421950. Unbound. Very Good. Gelatin silver print. Measuring approximately 10¼" x 13". Print lightly rippled light foxing on verso edges nicked from a poor framing job about very good. Inscribed by Shaw to Saxe Commins his editor at Random House: "To Saxe with friendship gratitude and admiration. Irwin." Commins was a senior editor at Random House from 1933 to 1958 publishing Irwin Shaw William Faulkner Eugene O'Neill Budd Schulberg and many others. The photographer Richard L. Simon cofounder of the publishing house Simon & Schuster was a friend and colleague of both men; a nice association. Simon is not credited on the photograph but a a similar portrait of Shaw wearing the same clothes and credited to Simon was published by Random House in 1950. unknown books
1972ref. 528652London: Blond & Briggs 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight page creasing else fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing abrasions and tiny tears. The eighth novel in the Alms for Oblivion sequence. Blond & Briggs hardcover books
1970ref. 464048New York: Holt Rinehart Winston 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slight scuffs on the front endpapers else a fine copy in an unusually fine and fresh dustwrapper. Holt Rinehart Winston hardcover books
1962ref. 445416Cambridge: The Golden Head Press 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 23 3 14 plates. Illustrated from photographs. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards with printed paper labels. Moderate overall wear on the boards small chip on the spine label some scattered foxing about very good. Copy number 151 of 250 numbered copies. Warmly Inscribed by designer Simon Lissim. The Golden Head Press hardcover books
1986ref. 433409Port Townsend Washington: Copper Canyon Press 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Some foxing on the foredge else very near fine. Author's first book. Copper Canyon Press unknown books
1964ref. 437702New York: Random House 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustjacket unfaded at the spine and nearly as new. Hit Broadway play featuring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley which was made into a film with Jane Fonda replacing Ashley. An exceptional copy. Random House hardcover books
1970ref. 110900New York: Schocken Books 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. 238pp. Rubbing spine creasing and previous owner name on the half title page thus very good. Schocken Books unknown books
1897ref. 394898London: Cassell and Company 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Front fly darkened spine with some loss lacking front fly good only copy. Cassell and Company hardcover books
1979ref. 392356New York: The Poetry Project 1979. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Folio. Mimeographed leaves printed rectos only in stapled wrappers illustrated by Rochelle Kraut. Age-toning on the wrappers and a bend at the top of the front panel about very good. "Grand Union is a one-shot magazine composed of poems written by participants in Neil Hackman's Poetry & Meditation Workshop sponsored by The Poetry Project." Contributors include Rochelle Kraut Ron Padgett Maureen Owen and others. OCLC locates two copies. The Poetry Project unknown books