ILLUSTRATED BOOKS from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

(Verona): Stamperia Ponte Pietra, (1980). First edition. Text in Italian, English & Latin. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Testa. Fine copy. 12mo, illustrated with 2 original prints by Fulvio Testa, quarter morocco & linen, slipcase. Fine copy.

Carlisle: Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery, (1982). First edition of this splendid anthology of art and poetry by forty-one contemporary artists. Contributor's copy, one of 50 numbered copies signed by each of the contributors, including: Jonathan Williams, Thomas Meyer, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Melvyn Bragg, Fay Godwin, Andy Goldsworthy, Jon Silkin, Roy Fisher, Paul Joyce, Raymond Moore, Norman Nicholson, William… Read more about this item

(No place): Sea Cliff Press, 1985. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies. Corners of box a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy. JACKSON, Jean Jones. Oblong 4to, loose sheets laid in to publisher's cloth folding box. Corners of box a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.

(No place, but NY): Boke Press, (no date, but 1968). First edition. Fischer p. 26. Covers a little sunned, otherwise a fine copy.. (BRAINARD, Joe).. 4to, original stapled pictorial wrappers. Covers a little sunned, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: Grossman Publishers, 1970. First edition, simultaneous paperback issue. Fine copy.. 4to, illustrations by Dine, original wrappers. Fine copy.

(N. Y.): Kulchur Press, (1969). First edition, wrappers issue, dedicated to James Schuyler. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Brainard and Elmslie on the half-title page. Covers a little sunned, otherwise a fine copy. 4to, original decorated wrappers. Covers a little sunned, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: ACA Galleries, (1999). First edition of this collaboration between the poet Mark Strand & the artist Wendy Mark. One of only 20 copies specially bound with an original signed monotype by Wendy Mark laid into a pocket at the back of the book, which is also signed by Strand & Mark. As new.. MARK, Wendy.. Square… Read more about this item

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1993. First edition, deluxe issue. Limited to 125 copies signed by each of the translators & with an original etching signed by Francesco Clemente laid in. The translators include Heaney, Strand, Halpern, Kinnell, Clampitt, Jorie Graham, Charles Wright, Richard Howard, Stanley Plumly, C. K. Williams, Alfred Corn, Robert Haas, Sharon Olds, & Cynthia Macdonald. The… Read more about this item

(N. Y.): Sea Cliff Editions, 1985. First edition. One of 120 copies signed by Bradley & de Kooning. Mint copy.. Thin 4to, frontispiece illustration by Elaine de Kooning, blue patterned wrappers. Mint copy.

(N. Y.): Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991. First edition. One of 160 copies printed on Hahnemuhle etching paper by Leslie Miller at The Grenfell Press and signed by Burroughs and Condo. As new.. CONDO, George.. Folio, with 3 original etchings & several tipped-in color illustrations, pictorial endpapers, black cloth, matching slipcase. As new.… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Grove Press, (1956). First edition. One of only 15 copies, signed by Kallman, and containing an original drawing signed by Larry Rivers tipped-in as a frontispiece. Offsetting to title-page from the original drawing, otherwise a very good copy. Small 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jacket. Offsetting to title-page from the original drawing, otherwise a very… Read more about this item

(London): Gogmagog Private Press, (1980). First edition. One of 35 numbered copies "designed, cut, modelled, hand-printed & bound" and signed by Cox. "Plates & text printed on Japanese Hosho & Kuzo-shi papers.... Binding material woven in Hong-Kong, supplied by Mr Corrie Guyt". Chambers 33. Presentation copy from Cox to Guyt, who supplied the binding materials, with Guyt's bookplate on… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Grenfell Press, 1988. First edition. One of 324 numbered copies, signed by Mathews and Clemente, out of a total edition of 350 copies. As new.. CLEMENTE, Francesco.. 8vo, illustrated by Francesco Clemente, original black cloth, printed paper spine label. As new.

(N. Y.): Sea Cliff Editions, 1985. First edition. One of 120 numbered copies signed by Yenser & Tanning. Mint copy.. 4to, red patterned wrappers. Mint copy.

(N. Y.): Limited Editions Club, (1982). First edition. Limited to 2000 numbered copies signed by Heaney, Pearson & Flanagan. A very fine copy of this handsome book, increasingly difficult to find in unfaded condition. 4to, original full embossed calf, slipcase. A very fine copy of this handsome book, increasingly difficult to find in unfaded condition.

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. First edition, deluxe issue, of the bibliography of the most extraordinary English book-artist of the Twentieth Century, published in celebration of Morris Cox's 88th birthday "as a tribute to the brilliance of his work at the Gogmagog Press - as author, artist, and printer, creator of some of the most original hand-printed books in… Read more about this item