IN THE SHADOW OF THE ROSE - COPY #1, SIGNED WITH A LARGE ORIGINAL DRAWING by Bukowski, Charles - 1991

London: John Murray, 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6, 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes ( lacking Vols. 13 and 17), as follows: Pauline-Sordello, Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I, Vols. 5 &6, and 7 bound in Vol. II, Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III, and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram, the backs richly gilt, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, scant toning at illustrations.… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" (???) ministre des Etats Unis de la (? )de l'auteur. Rome Avril 1819 ( author's initials)". Two volumes rebacked in 20th c. quarter leather with gilt lettering over original paper covered boards. Eight page publisher's catalogue at front of Vol. I, frontispiece portrait of bust of author, xl, (2), 388, frontispiece map of Plan of Rome Vol. II, 419 pp. Very Good, 1st signature Vol. ! loose but holding, boards worn at edges and lightly soiled, end pages browned, light spotting throughout both volumes, some pages yet uncut. Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, (1775-1840), was a younger brother of Napoleon and a French statesman who played an indispensable role in Napoleon’s rise to power. He wrote this heroic poem on Charlemagne while living in exile in England, where he was forced to stay after attempting to obtain a passport to go to America. SIGNED copies of… Read More

New York: Ecco Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 42pp. A very good copy, crisp and clean, with the spinea tinge cocked and the very top edges gently sun-faded. In a very good dust jacket with a couple short closed tears, and some droplet stains to the rear panel. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gluck on the leaf opposite the half-title to fellow author and literary critic David Madden: "For David, with warm wishes. Louise Gluck." Madden's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper, as does the previous owner, fellow North Carolina poet and author [Katherine] "Bonnie" Soniat. Gluck's second book is scarce in the first printing, especially signed, and particularly in the time since Gluck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020.

Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1908. Reprint of the 1885 edition. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Engraved image to title page by G. Stodart. Finely bound, by Ramage of London, in beautiful early full brick red morocco, gilt. The spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt, including dark green dyed central dots. Elaborate floral centre design to boards with gilt tooling over green and fawn leather onlays. Floral corner decorations with green morocco onlays. Board edges with partial ruled gilt lines. Inner Dentelles fully decorated with gilt ruled lines and floral designs, surrounding fawn Moire silk centre pieces. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine just very slightly toned. A light mark to the top outer corner of the rear silk endpaper. Neat school prize label, from St. George's school Harpenden and dated 1913, to the front blank free endpaper and gilt coat of arms stamp to the front inner board but otherwise the pages are clean and bright throughout. A beautiful copy.

New York: Vito Acconci, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled plain wrappers. The rare final issue of Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer's seminal 1960s mimeo revolution magazine of experimental writing and art. Includes many works by first-rank avant-garde artists and their scribbling confreres. This copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of a rare survival with a significant provenance, light wear and minor evidences of material experience.

London: John Murray, 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6, 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes ( lacking Vols. 13 and 17), as follows: Pauline-Sordello, Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I, Vols. 5 &6, and 7 bound in Vol. II, Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III, and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram, the backs richly gilt, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, scant toning at illustrations.… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" (???) ministre des Etats Unis de la (? )de l'auteur. Rome Avril 1819 ( author's initials)". Two volumes rebacked in 20th c. quarter leather with gilt lettering over original paper covered boards. Eight page publisher's catalogue at front of Vol. I, frontispiece portrait of bust of author, xl, (2), 388, frontispiece map of Plan of Rome Vol. II, 419 pp. Very Good, 1st signature Vol. ! loose but holding, boards worn at edges and lightly soiled, end pages browned, light spotting throughout both volumes, some pages yet uncut. Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, (1775-1840), was a younger brother of Napoleon and a French statesman who played an indispensable role in Napoleon’s rise to power. He wrote this heroic poem on Charlemagne while living in exile in England, where he was forced to stay after attempting to obtain a passport to go to America. SIGNED copies of… Read More

New York: Ecco Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 42pp. A very good copy, crisp and clean, with the spinea tinge cocked and the very top edges gently sun-faded. In a very good dust jacket with a couple short closed tears, and some droplet stains to the rear panel. This copy SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Gluck on the leaf opposite the half-title to fellow author and literary critic David Madden: "For David, with warm wishes. Louise Gluck." Madden's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper, as does the previous owner, fellow North Carolina poet and author [Katherine] "Bonnie" Soniat. Gluck's second book is scarce in the first printing, especially signed, and particularly in the time since Gluck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020.

Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1908. Reprint of the 1885 edition. Small 8vo. (6.1 x 4.1 inches). Engraved image to title page by G. Stodart. Finely bound, by Ramage of London, in beautiful early full brick red morocco, gilt. The spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt, including dark green dyed central dots. Elaborate floral centre design to boards with gilt tooling over green and fawn leather onlays. Floral corner decorations with green morocco onlays. Board edges with partial ruled gilt lines. Inner Dentelles fully decorated with gilt ruled lines and floral designs, surrounding fawn Moire silk centre pieces. Silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine just very slightly toned. A light mark to the top outer corner of the rear silk endpaper. Neat school prize label, from St. George's school Harpenden and dated 1913, to the front blank free endpaper and gilt coat of arms stamp to the front inner board but otherwise the pages are clean and bright throughout. A beautiful copy.

New York: Vito Acconci, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled plain wrappers. The rare final issue of Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer's seminal 1960s mimeo revolution magazine of experimental writing and art. Includes many works by first-rank avant-garde artists and their scribbling confreres. This copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of a rare survival with a significant provenance, light wear and minor evidences of material experience.