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1971ref. 42278New York: Genesis: Grasp Press 1971. First Edition. Near fine. First printing of this collection of poems which originally appeared in other publications including Salt Lick Buffalo Stamps Planet News and Two Feet of Poetry. Introduction by Lewis McAdams. One of few publications from Richard Hell and David Giannini's small press. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect bound in printed card wraps. About near fine. Trivial edgewear. Clean tight overall but for tiny hairline crack in middle of book. 43 unnumbered pages. Genesis: Grasp Press unknown books
1985ref. 376829New York: Macmillan; Straight Arrow; Villard 1985. First editions. 5 vols. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and dust jackets The Big Fix in pictorial wrappers. Fine. Heir Mamma Tass and Wild Turkey in cloth slipcases. First editions. 5 vols. 8vo. Five titles by Roger L. Simon including his first novel Heir 1968; The Mamma Tass Manifesto 1970 signed by the author; The Big Fix 1973 which introduced Moses Wine and was released as a film in 1978 starring Richard Dreyfuss; Wild Turkey 1974 signed by the author; and California Roll 1985 inscribed by the author. Provenance: Walter T. Shirley; David G. Hartwell Macmillan; Straight Arrow; Villard unknown books
1966ref. 50821New York: Random House 1966. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket. First printing of the famous Broadway play about two mismatched roommates the basis for the 1968 film and 1970s television series. Neat uptight well-meaning Felix moves in with his friend Oscar a messy careless bon vivant. Despite their inevitable conflicts both men come to realize that they have learned from the other. This edition includes photographic illustrations of the original cast in the play with Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison and Art Carney as Felix Unger before other actors took on those roles in the fall of 1965. A a major fixture in the American popular consciousness of the 1960s and '70s. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter green cloth brown synthetic grained leather boards publisher's device blind-stamped onto front board gilt-lettered spine. In original magenta and orange unclipped $3.95 dust jacket. Red topstain fore-edge machine deckle. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece and two photo illustrations in text. 10 116 pages. Some rubbing to extremities of jacket. Touches to spine tips. Minor scratch to front panel. Book has mild shelfwear. Overall bright and sharp. Random House unknown books
1984ref. 56252London / New York / Sydney / Cologne: Omnibus Press 1984. First printing. Near fine. First edition of this collection of lyrics and photographs published at the height of Duran fever - signed by all five band members. Big hair Screaming fans Video stills All your 1980s New Romantic needs met You bet. Oh and a discography. 12'' x 9''. Original color photographic wrappers. £5.95 cover price. Photographically illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 96 pages. Signed by Simon Le Bon Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor on the front cover and John and Andy Taylor on the first page. Bump to lower corner. Spine faintly sunned. Touches of shelfwear. Overall bright and sound. Omnibus Press unknown books
1884ref. 55054Wien Vienna and Berlin: IM K.K. Schulbocher-Verlag / Gedruckt Von AD. Schulze 1884. Very good. First edition of this Austrian lesson books for blind children part of the famed series from the noted publisher containing both Braille and an embossed Latin alphabet showing the field's move toward the Braille system. Though Braille is now the dominant alphabet for the blind "the system was not given an immediate welcome" note Carter and Morison in PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN; indeed Braille was one of several competing writing and printing systems for the blind until 1878 when an international congress for blind education in Paris selected it as the standard. Even so the output of pedagogical materials did not immediately pivot to Braille. This volume captures that transition with a title page in raised letter and - more importantly - a raised latter key to the Braille system which follows mounted to a stub at the beginning of the book a snapshot of the slow but deliberate shift to the new standard. Austria has been called the "cradle of education for the blind" owing to its early establishment of K.K. Blinden-Erziehungs-Institut a school for the blind in Vienna in 1804 Monroe and its associated press. The editor of this volume from the press Simon Heller was director of the Israelitischen Blindeninstituts which specialized in the education of blind Jewish children. Austrian books for the education of the blind are now difficult to find. One of the largest collection of such books Alexander Mell's was "almost completely destroyed by the Nazis" in Word War II a fate that was common for many such collections Stuckey. 13'' x 10''. Quarter brown cloth with marbled boards. 144 pages with Braille embossment to rectos and versos. Spine cloth sunned label perished. Some staining internally unobtrusive. Front hinge started at top. Else sound. IM K.K. Schulbocher-Verlag / Gedruckt Von AD. Schulze unknown books
2008ref. 55230Riehen/Basel and Chicago: Foundation Beyeler / Museum of Contemporary Art 2008. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket. Signed first edition of this monograph published in conjunction with a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - inscribed to noted Chicago art collectors and museum supporters Gael Neeson and Stefan Edlis. PROTECT PROTECT which ran from October 25 2008 to February 1 2009 before traveling to two other locations features a foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn and Sam Keller an introduction by Elizabeth A.T. Smith as well as essays by Joan Simon and Elizabeth A.T. Smith plus Benjamin H.D. Buchloh's interview with the artist. The inscribees were strong supporters of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art establishing the Edlis/Neeson Art Acquisition Fund which among other projects underwrote the Holzer commission "For Chicago" 2007 a piece that strongly echoes the work in this exhibition. A significant association between artist and collector. Holzer's books are uncommon signed. 12'' x 10.75''. Original grey boards with titles in white. In original unclipped no price as issued color pictorial jacket. 128 pages. Inscribed by Holzer on the half-title page: "For Stefan and Gael / Jenny Holzer." Bright sharp and clean. Foundation Beyeler / Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
1800ref. 374674Np 1800. 1p. On laid paper. Countersigned by William Couch. Docketed on verso. Old folds torn at bottom blank margin without loss of text. 1p. On laid paper. Countersigned by William Couch. Docketed on verso. "Sir You are hereby directed to mortgage to A. K. Maisahale or such person as he may appoint as much of my land as may secure a debt for the sum of 693£ due from me to Joseph Tidball & also as much more as may secure the sum of 399 & 2c due by me to Carswiule & Jackson & for so doing this shall be your warrant." Scarce autograph by the noted frontiersman soldier and scout noted for his exploits in Kentucky Ohio and western Virginia during the Revolution and the Northwest Indian War. unknown books
1952ref. 250620np 1952. Illus. 287 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine green dj. Illus. 287 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Compiled by the United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild the oldest surviving Bartenders trade guild in the world. unknown books
1792ref. 370436Venice: Presso Giacomo Carcani 1792. Quarta Edizione. 174 2pp. 8vo. old pasteboard uncut; moderate wear some foxing. Quarta Edizione. 174 2pp. 8vo. Wellcome V page 279 Presso Giacomo Carcani unknown books
1900ref. 372178Philadelphia 1900. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Blank verso has paper residue where once mounted paper is quite tanned along left margin with creasing few short tears and small chips in blank margins else a good copy. 1 page On Slater letterhead. Dr. Simon Green Atkins the son of former slaves founded the Slater Industrial and State Normal School in 1892 in Winston-Salem North Carolina. The school became Winston-Salem Teacher's College in 1925 and it was the first African-American institute in America to offer degrees in elementary education. Reading in part: "Dear Friend- I hope we may see you and some of your friends at the meeting to which you will find and sic invitation enclosed not present. Our students will also appear in Association Hall Germantown the following evening.Your kindly interest in our cause will be greatlyt appreciated. unknown books
1992ref. 53191London: Faber and Faber 1992. First printing. Fine. Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection - from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in. This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees" and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note to Comstock: "P.S. Did I tell you I was in the U.S.A. in January making a film for the BBC about American poet Weldon Kees Well - I was. Also did I tell you I was a prosecuting probation officer working in court all day every day Well - I am. Maybe that's the connection." Bright and sharp. 7.75'' x 5''. Original orange and white wrappers. 88 pages. Signed by Armitage on title page and inscribed "For Rolland L. Comstock / Signed with great pleasure and wishing health and happiness to you and yours. Bon Voyage to this book on its third trans-Atlantic crossing making it more widely travelled than its author. Regards / Simon." Additional handwritten post-it note from Armitage attached to first leaf. Faber and Faber unknown books
2008ref. 51890Cologne: TASCHEN 2008. Near fine in near fine jacket. Signed first edition of this companion book to a traveling exhibition on the development of the noted environmental art duo's never-to-be-realized installation. Profusely illustrated with sketches photographs plans and more. 10.5'' x 11.25''. Original white paper boards blue-lettered front and spine. In original color pictorial jacket no price as issued. Off-white endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. 180 pages. Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude to half-title. Jacket with faint rubbing. Touch of offsetting to front board. Interior clean vibrant. TASCHEN unknown books
1688ref. 368775Montreal 1688. In French. 2pp. recto and verso on a single leaf. Signed by Perrot Bleinz and notary Benigne Basset. With an English transcription. Quarto. Old folds. Near fine. Provenance: Archibald de Léry MacDonald; Lawrence Lande. Exhibition: An Exhibition of Early Documents and Printed Material Relating to the Beginnings of Trade in North America from the Private Collection of Dr. Lawrence M. Lande McGill University May 30-July 15 1985 with an 8-page exhibition catalogue. In French. 2pp. recto and verso on a single leaf. Signed by Perrot Bleinz and notary Benigne Basset. With an English transcription. Quarto. Scarce seventeenth century voyageur fur trade contract for an expedition to the wilderness to trade with the Ottawa signed by one of the most important early traders and explorers of Canada and the upper midwest. "Partnership agreements such as this one of Nicholas Perrot are of great rarity" Lande. Perrot 1644-1717 was an explorer interpreter trader commandant diplomat and seigneur. He was one of the best-known figures in the early fur trade of New France particularly during the latter part of the 17th century and took possession of large tracts of land in the Great Lakes region in the name of King Louis XIV. His travels commonly took him deep into unexplored territory and he was the first Frenchman to explore the Upper Mississippi in what is now Wisconsin and Minnesota. Perrot arrived in New France about 1660 as a young donné or contracted assistant in the company of Jesuit Missionaries and travelled to the western Great Lakes region where he gained the friendship of the local First Nations people by trading guns for furs believing that they were entitled to defend themselves from their enemies. He also took the opportunity to learn several Native languages which served him well during his career. Perrot soon entered the fur trade full time and began forming business partnerships. He enlisted himself as a translator with government authorities and participated in peacekeeping missions to bring warriors of several First Nations together to sign peace treaties. By 1685 he was appointed Commandant-in-Chief at Bais des Puants present day Green Bay Wisconsin and surrounding regions and travelled to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in the territory of the Sioux tribes where he built Fort St. Antoine in present-day Minnesota. During the spring of 1687 in preparation for taking part in raids on Indian villages in the Seneca country Perrot left his store of furs with the Jesuits at St. Francois-Xavier mission in present-day Wisconsin. While out with the raid party a fire at the mission destroyed his entire fur inventory valued at more than 40000 livres. Financially ruined Perrot returned to Montreal to deal with creditors and renew partnership agreements like the present. In the summer of 1688 Perrot partnered with Simon Bleinz to undertake an expedition to trade with the Ottawa Indians and other Nations. Perrot had always been a staunch ally of Governor Frontenac and had obtained a fur trade license from the governor for this venture to ensure that his activities were in keeping with the rules and regulations of the trade. The agreement states that Perrot would supply Bleinz with goods food provisions a canoe and other necessary supplies for the voyage and that Bleinz would convey the goods to the trading area and do all that he was able for the success of the partnership. Bleinz had the option of taking at his own expense six shirts two capots or hooded coats of blanket cloth moosehide or other material and one rifle to trade for his own personal profit. The pelts resulting from the venture were to be distributed evenly amongst Bleinz another unnamed associate of the partnership and Perrot. An "apichimon" or bonus of six beaver pelts was to be paid to Bleinz by the partnership upon the successful conclusion of the expedition. "Perrot who was often unappreciated even during his lifetime was France's best representative among the Indians of the west. His knowledge of the languages of the country his natural eloquence the happy blend of daring and coolness that were the essence of his character had made it possible for him to win the esteem confidence and even affection of the Indians. The Potawatomis the Menominees the Foxes the Miamis the Mascoutens and the Sioux granted him with the honours of the pipe of peace the rights and prerogatives enjoyed by their own chiefs. His credit was not less among the Ottawas and the Hurons. During the last four decades of the 17th century at a time when alliance with the nations of the west was indispensable in order to ward off the Iroquois peril and allow access to new territories Perrot thanks to the influence that he had acquired rendered valuable assistance to the colony" Dictionary of Canadian Biography. The present document is from the famed collection of Lawrence M. Lande 1906-1998 detailed as item 107 in his second bibliography of his collection The Founder of our Monetary System John Law Compagnie des Indes & the Early Economy of North America Montreal: 1984. Lande began collecting manuscript material relating John Law the Compagnie des Indes and the fur trade - North America's first economy - as early as the 1960s principally working with dealers Izzy Ehrlich and Alfred Van Peteghem purchasing material from the collections of Thomas Phillips Philip Sang and historian Archibald Lery MacDonald the assemblage of which Van Peteghem termed an "unparalleled feat." All of the printed material and many of the documents were donated by Lande in his lifetime; however a grouping of the manuscript items including the present document were sold by his heirs after his death. Lande Founder of our Monetary System 107 unknown books
2013ref. 49662New York: Harper 2013. Near fine. Uncorrected proof of this novel of the persistent connections birthed from an act of kindness in WWII - part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments Powell's Books Portland has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series a subscription-only selection of specially-produced typically limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature Claire Messud George Saunders Michael Chabon Annie Proulx Donna Tartt J.M. Coetzee Jeffrey Eugenides Jonathan Franzen Siri Hustvedt and publishing McSweeney's Graywolf Algonquin. Installments commonly include a specially slipcased recent release as well as one of more promotional titles usually ARCs or like but sometimes advance excerpts. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original wrappers. 214 pages. Rear wrapper with a touch of soil. Tight. Harper unknown books
1927ref. 366946London & Paris: Maggs Brothers 1927. First edition one of 250 numbered copies. Illustrated. xviii 237 3. Printed by Walter Lewis. 1 vols. 4to. Black cloth and boards uncut. Fine. Bookplate of William Wreden. First edition one of 250 numbered copies. Illustrated. xviii 237 3. Printed by Walter Lewis. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf with a play on The Merry Wives of Windsor: to Sir Hugh Walpole from André Simon ".you love 'books' and so do I; would you desire better sympathy" Falstaff reformed but not bettered. Maggs Brothers unknown books
1953ref. 366944London: the Wine and Food Society 1953. First edition #588 of 750 copies. Illustrated. xii 196 1 pp. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. 4to. Crimson cloth. Fine in damaged dustjacket. Bookplate of William Wreden. First edition #588 of 750 copies. Illustrated. xii 196 1 pp. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. 4to. Unzelman p. 132 the Wine and Food Society unknown books
1946ref. 46978New York: Simon and Schuster 1946. First edition. Near fine in very good plus slipcase. First printing of this collection of notable operas including "Don Giovanni" "Lohengrin" "Faust" and "Carmen" with atmospheric illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. Rafaello Busoni was the son of the envelope-pushing pianist Ferruccio Busoni making him well-suited to illustrate these famous operas. 12'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in black white and red. 404 pages. In original blue cardboard slipcase with color pictorial onlay. Slipcase with light edgewear small closed crack near outer edge; a bit of lifting to spine. Wrappers with a bit of edgewear mild sunning to spine. A hint of soil to first leaf. Tight. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1979ref. 45883New York: Harper & Row 1979. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. First edition of the selected correspondence between two major midcentury literary figures whose long-standing friendship became public over their "embittered 1965 debate" on Nabokov's translation of a Pushkin novel. 9'' x 6.25''. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. In original unclipped $15.00 brown typographic dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Gold endpapers fore-edge machine deckle. xii 346 pages. Spine of book and jacket sunned else clean and sound. Harper & Row unknown books
1799ref. 55420Philadelphia: Re-Printed by William Conover 1799. Second American Edition. 12mo 18.5cm. Contemporary tree calf; 320pp. Small perforation at leaf E6 costing a few characters but no loss of sense. Leaf L4 is bound out of order before L3 with marginal loss but no loss of text. Else a complete sound and Good copy in a contemporary binding worn with front joint cracked through held by threads. Ownership signature of a Henry Rogers dated 1801 to front pastedown. A popular 18th-century utopia described in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction on-line as "one of the first Lost World novels in the literature" and "probably the first to suggest that the lost race in question may be Ancient Egyptians." Often attributed to Bishop Berkeley but in fact the work of another Catholic divine Simon Berington; in any case not a translation of any Italian work and "Gaudentio di Lucca" a synonym. Gaudentio which describes an imaginary African kingdom of Mezzorania where "Nature is the source of all that is good for mankind" originally appeared in London in 1737 and proved immediately popular going through a succession of French and German translations prior to the death of the author in 1755. The first American edition appeared in Norwich Connecticut in 1796; ours is the second American edition printed in Philadelphia three years later. Both editions are institutionally plentiful but rather uncommon in commerce. SARGENT p.11 the 1st ed. LEWIS p.18. NEGLEY 93. LCP AFRO-AMERICANA 1125 citing only this edition. EVANS 35183. Re-Printed by William Conover unknown books
1972ref. 41505New York: Theatre Arts Books 1972. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket. First edition of this uncommon history covering the first 90 years of the important performers' charitable organization. Inscribed by the author Louis M. Simon with inscriptions and signatures from all additional special contributors listed to title page including: Nedda Harrigan Logan Jean Loggie Ruth Gordon and Cornelia Otis Skinner. Gordon won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Rosemary's Baby. 9.25'' x 6.5''. Original brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. In original unclipped $10.50 illustrated dust jacket. xiv 274 pages. Inscribed by Simon in year of publication with additional signatures from four named contributors to first endpaper: "For Jerome Schrettner - / A new friend but a good friend / of the Actors Fun. / Sincerely / Louis M. Simon / December 1972." Jacket with trace wear. Cloth bumped at lower right. Otherwise bright clean sharp. Theatre Arts Books unknown books
1940ref. 38674New York: E.P. Dutton 1940. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket. First edition of this story featuring a blue spotted horse named Alexander his friends Aloysius a clown and Penny and a Scottish Guardsman as they have adventures getting to the North Pole. 8.75'' x 5.75''. Original orange cloth. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with full page color lithographs as well as black and white lithographs by Howard Simon. 120 pages. Jacket with light edgewear. E.P. Dutton unknown books
ref. 310212Stanford CA 1982. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. Fine. Approximately 150 pen and ink and pencil partial and complete drawings including five hand-colored pieces. 2 vols. 4to. A fun and fascinating look into the creative process of Samuel Michael "Sam" Simon 1955-2015 a dynamic and versatile force in American television who won nine Primetime Emmy Awards eight of which were for his work on the iconic animated sitcom The Simpsons. Sketchbook One still has it's Stanford Bookstore price tag and dates to 1977 Simon's final year at Stanford when he worked as a newspaper cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and The San Francisco Examiner before becoming a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. Sketches include sports-themed cartoons comic strip ideas for submission to Playboy and Cosmo magazines and various other characters and story concepts. Sketchbook two dates to circa 1980-1982 and includes the loose pages of concept art for "Wags" a cartoon about a group of talking dogs with a related page of concept notes. Other drawings in the sketchbook include concept sketches for "Best of the West" a short-lived ABC sitcom where Simon worked as a writer in 1981; cartoon renderings of Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd from the hit sitcom "Taxi" where Simon served as executive story editor showrunner producer and writer from 1981-1983; and several personal drawings of ideas for a friend's birthday party invitation. unknown books
1803ref. 307354London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees T. Cadell and W. Davies and J. Murray and S. Highley 1803. First Edition. With 3 folding maps 25 plates most hand-colored some folding and 14 vignettes most in color in volume I; plus 26 of 27 plates most are hand-colored some folding 14 vignettes mostly hand-colored and 3 folding maps in volume II. xxiii 1 552; xxx 2 523 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. Modern half black morocco and marbled boards. Lacking plate 4 in volume 2. First Edition. With 3 folding maps 25 plates most hand-colored some folding and 14 vignettes most in color in volume I; plus 26 of 27 plates most are hand-colored some folding 14 vignettes mostly hand-colored and 3 folding maps in volume II. xxiii 1 552; xxx 2 523 pp. 2 vols. Thick 4to. "An extremely charming colour plate book which deserves a place in every colour plate book collection for its numerous attractive coloured vignettes an unusual feature". Abbey Travel 222; Cat. Rusica P59; Tooley 357; Cox Volume 1 p. 199 Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Murray and S. Highley unknown books
1935ref. 308358London: Boriswood 1935. First edition no. 2 of 25 copies printed on Pannekoek all-rag paper signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth over bevelled boards spine titled in gilt t.e.g others untrimmed. Fine. First edition no. 2 of 25 copies printed on Pannekoek all-rag paper signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. O'Brien A163 Boriswood unknown books
1983ref. 257711London: J.M Dent 1983. First edition. Profusely illustrated with 130 duotone illustrations from photos taken at private country homes. 1 vols. 4to. In publisher's deluxe binding of three quarter brown morocco and linen Cockerell endpapers t.e.g. by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with the original dust jacket bound in. Prospectus laid in. Beautfully produced and illustrated social history of "the distinct hunting community" which continues to persist. First edition. Profusely illustrated with 130 duotone illustrations from photos taken at private country homes. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 51 not noting this issue J.M Dent unknown books
