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Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Orig. softcover in custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. very good/no dj as issued. In custom slipcase. Black Sun Press, 1930. 4to. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Publisher's wraps (lightly spotted) printed in red and black. Glasine cover strengthened with tape at the bottom and top of spine. In custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. Page edges rough cut. -- Facsimile letters and portrait of Proust under tissue guards after title page. Parallel text in French and English.   Ships from Hawaii well packaged and with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. (Please inquire for international rates).

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. 1st editions, limited to 50 copies. Leatherbound Hardcover. Fine/no dj's as issued. New York, The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1908, Full Leather binding The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, SISTER ANNE, 1902, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock', (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). GUSTAVE / GUSTAVE/M MARTIN'S DONKEY, 1904, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock', (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). MADAME PANTALON, 1904, a novel in 1 volume from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock' (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). SCENES OF PARISIAN LIFE, 1904, a novel in 1 volume from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul de Kock' (8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches,/ 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm). (see photos, the last photo shows more volumes of the Passy Edition. Only six volumes are for sale in this listing. Please ask if you… Read More

Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2010. !st edition of only 115 copies. Hardcover in slipcase. like new/no dj as issued. Bird & Bull Press, Newton, PA, 2010. [4] pp., i.e., single 12 x 9 in. sheet folded to 6 x 9 in. With a description of the work and physical production. Printed on Arches paper. = = Like new, no. of an edition of only 115. hardcover in slipcase. Quarter Morocco and Japanese cloth, slipcase, 8vo, 33 pages, followed by 12 intaglio plates of tradesmens' cards with descriptions of each interleaved. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. = = Morris' first dos-a-dos binding. Engravings and etchings (intaglios) are printed on special presses which exert the far greater pressure needed for this kind of printing. After successful experimentation in printing small intaglio plates by letterpress, Morris produced this book, with twelve plates (some as large as 5 x 6.5") printed in the same manner. A foreword and texts on the Origin of Intaglio, The Process, and background… Read More

Andoversford, Gloucestershire / London: The Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1979. Large hardcover edition of only 200. Hardcover. Fine. FINE, The Whittington Press & William Heinemann. Andoversford, Gloucestershire / London. 1979. Tall 4to (33,5 x 25,5 cm). 19 pages. One from an edition of 175 quarter bound by Hunter & Foulis using Whittington marbled paper, in slipcase, from a total edition of 200. Illustrated by Sally Scott. Signed by Sally Scott and Roland Grant on the limitation page. Preface by Roland Gant. --A retelling of the Cinderella story, illustrated by the author's daughter, Sally Scott, and with a preface by Roland Gant. -- Ships from Hawaii --. Hardcover Fine A posthumously released book from the Booker Prize winning author of "Staying On" Preface by Roland Gant Includes illustrations by Scott's daughter Sally Published in a limited large hardcover edition of 200 by the Whittington Press in association with William Heinemann 175 quarter bound by Hunter & Foulis using… Read More

Freiburg: Syrinx Presse, 1968. Edition litd. to 90 signed copies. Hardcover. very good/very good. Mit Linoldrucken von Chiron (= Peter Richter). Syrinx Presse, 1968 Asi se toca. Portrait des Manitas de Plata.Traditionelle Flamencotexte. -- Block book, not paginated, with 5 linocuts. 22.5x22.5cm. boxed. *No 2 of 90 copies signed by the artist on the title page. Very well preserved.

London: Folio Society, 2011. No 59 of an edition limited to 1000. Hardcover in slipcase. LIKE NEW/no dj as issued, slipcase with faint shelf wear. Birds of Paradise - Monograph of the Paradiseidæ or Birds of Paradise and Ptilonorhinchidæ, or Bower-Birds. -- Folio Society 2011. Edition limited to 1,000 copies (this is no. 59). Foreword by David Attenborough. Plate Volume with 79 color plates, dimensions: 21½" x 15" (550mm x 380mm). (Text volume was published separately,) Quarter-bound in goatskin leather. Canvas cloth sides blocked with a design by Neil Gower. Gilded top edge, Ribbon marker. Very solid cloth-bound slipcase, Blocked in gold. The original prospectus and some sales material are included. Condition: Book like new, slipcase with some faint shelf-wear. --- Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail or UPS upgrade within US !!! --- Please inquire for international rates. -- The Folio Society is proud to reproduce, for the first time, all 79 plates of Sharpe's Birds of Paradise in book… Read More

Santa Cruz: Peter and Donna Thomas, 1990. No 2 of an edition limited to 50. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Santa Cruz 1990. Loose Leaf Very Good 32 pp Illustrated by Donna Thomas 76 x 50 mm, sewn in an Asian style and housed in one side of a board folder 11 sheets of handmade paper, made in the Philippines, illustrated by Donna Thomas, on the opposing board with a ribbon tie No 39 of 50 copies Fine. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.

Vienna: Rikola Verlag, 1922. 1st editin limited to 500. Hardcover. very good. Oskar Laske. Rikola Verlag, Vienna, 1922. Mann, Thomas: Bekenntnisse Des Hochstaplers Felix Krull - Buch Der Kindheit. In German. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Limited edition, no 474 of 500. With 6 colored original lithographs by Oscar Laske, two signed in plate. Blue original solid Interim cardboard binding. with title and spine labels, Rough cut paper edges. No slipcase. No foxing, spots or damages throughout. First edition of the first chapter, written in the years 1910 to 1913 and with the preface "An den Leser". With this humorous work, Thomas Mann planned a parody of Goethe's autobiography "Poetry and Truth", but was never able to complete the novel despite several attempts. Extended versions appeared in 1937 and 1954.

Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2016. - Limited, numbered and signed Centipede Press edition of 300. Hardcover. New/New. Like NewThe Black Curtain- Limited, numbered and signed Centipede Press edition. Limited to 300 copies. This is no. 276. Introduction by Jack Seabrook. Several reprints of old Cornell Woolrich The Black Curtain covers, all in full color. All copies signed by Jack Seabrook, Matt Mahurin, and Jacob McMurray. Sewn binding, rounded back, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, printed endpapers, top-edge stain, and other extras. -- Like New, unread, very small nick to front of cover. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.

London: Tangerine Press, 2019. Numbered edition of 100 (total 126). Hardcover. like new/no dj as issued. Tangerine Press, London, Sold out edition. 2019. Blade Runner: A Movie. With photographic frontispiece. Introduction by Oliver Harris. Cloth-backed boards, spine label. Signed by Harris at the colophon. No. 25 of 100 signed and numbered copies. Fine. Quarterbound with Fabriano Tiziano 'oatmeal' paper covered boards and cloth spine; acid-free text paper; Fabriano Tiziano light blue endpapers; front cover artwork embossed in black. AUTHOR PHOTO BY GERARD MALANGA Includes a bound in high quality reproduction of Mr Malanga's photo of the author on Mohawk Superfine paper. -- In this trenchant science-fiction screen treatment written in the mid-1970s, William S. Burroughs outlines the coming medical-care apocalypse: a Dante-esque horror show brought to a boil by a mutated virus and right-wing politics, set in a future all too near. "The fascination of  William Burroughs' Blade Runner doesn't end… Read More

Paris: Cercle Grolier and Société les Centraux Bibliophiles, 1978. no. XIV of 50 copies specially printed for members, from a total edition of 180 printed for members of Cercle Grolier and Société les Centraux Bibliophiles. Loose Leaf in portfolio. Very Good. Lars Bo. Vian, Boris L''Herbe Rouge Color frontispiece, 5 hors texte, and 7 in-text etchings by Lars Bo 4to, contents loose as issued in decorated wrappers; terracotta cloth clamshell box number XIV (imprime pour M. Alfred Chauvac) of 50 copies specially printed for members, from a total edition of 180 printed for members of Cercle Grolier and Société les Centraux Bibliophiles, 1978. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Slipcase has light shelfwear, 2 corners bumped with small tear (see photo). pages unbound and in like new condition. Ships from Hawaii. A fantastical work about an engineer who invents a machine to erase his memory large format (135 x 105 x 22 inches) Unbound, as issued in printed wraps, card chemise and matching slipcase Limited… Read More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. No 277 of the De Luxe edition limited to 376 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray each containing a previously unpublished broadside poem by Bukowski. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black Sparrow Press 1999, First Edition. Sharp copy of the definitive bibliography of Bukowski's work from 1946-1999. Limited Issue, No 277 of the De Luxe edition limited to 376 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, each containing the previously unpublished broadside poem "Crime and Punishment," this being copy no.26. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and teal cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 204,[4], with [92]pp of black and white photos of Bukowki's works bound in at center. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. -- Ships with free Priority Mail upgrade (within US).

Paris: L. I. (Louis Icart), 1940. 1st edition limited to 147 copies. in original wrappers, marbled folder and slicpcase. very good. Louis ICART. LOUYS, Pierre - ICART, Louis: CHRYSIS. Tale of Pierre Louÿs illustrated with Fifteen etchings by Louis Icart. IN FRENCH. Publisher: L. I. - 1940, 2 sheets, 28 pages, 2 sheets. With 15 (5 full-page) colored etchings by Louis Icart. Nearly all with tissue guards. Text and plates loose, as issued. (Pages slightly browned and foxed.) Quarto (11.25 x 8.375 inches; (29 x 20.5 cm), .-. Printed in 147 copies; this one n° 97 of 125 on cream vellum copies, numbered from 23 to 147. Cover with undamaged, original pergamine cover (very slightly browned and foxed), inserted in original, undamaged marbled cardboard folder, in original marbled cardboard slipcase (edges rubbed). Paris, Monod 7397. -- Edition published under the direction of Charles Meunier, with the etchings of Louis Icart printed in intaglio by the master printer Manuel Robbe. - "Icart's etchings have… Read More

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1981. Keepsake 8, edition of 130. in wrappers. like new. Like New. Softcover. Cantata di Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez Text in Italian. Published by Plain Wrapper Press, Verona, 1981 No. 59 of 130 press-numbered copies. Soft cover. Stitched spine with brown card wrappers. 4to. 16 pages Printed by Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella as keepsake otto (8) Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.

Portland, OR: No Reply Press, 2021. Limited Edition of 400. Hardcover. NEW/no dj as issued, in plexiglass slipcase. Harry Clarke. NEW, unread === No Reply Press, 2021. The edition is limited to 400 copies, numbered 1 through 400. This is no.204. == Printed by Phil Abel on Zerkall-bütten paper using a Heidelberg cylinder press. Bound in handmade paste paper wrappers. Housed in an acrylic slipcase with a genuine wine label. A sequel to No Reply's The Masque of the Red Death, our Amontillado returns to a familiar author and artist with a livre d'artiste twist. The story is presented as a bottle of amontillado itself, with a clear slipcase and genuine letterpress wine label, containing flowing paste paper with latticework which evokes the brick, mortar, and nitre that Fortunato finds in lieu of what he seeks. ===. Poe is the quintessential American author. As one scholar put it, "Whether or not America has produced a greater genius than Poe, it would be hard to prove that it has produced one more… Read More

Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1939. unique edition of only 25 portfolios. D'Essertine. 1939 Limited Edition Portfolio with French Original Art: Contes de J De La Fontaine Paris, France, Philippe Gonin, 1939, Portfolio Contes de J De La Fontaine, Philippe Gonin (Paris, France). 1939 Limited edition portfolio #14 of 25, original art in gouache of fables in French by Jean De La Fontaine, signed by the artist "D'Essertine" (Claire Gonin-Vergès). From the preliminaries: "This edition consists strictly of twenty-five copies numbered 1 to 25 and will never be reprinted. The painter D'essertine illustrated each copy of this book, with original gouaches executed entirely with his own hand. The typography is by Philippe Gonin, which has been printed hard on his presses in 1939 in his workshop, 15, Rue de Lille, in Paris." Signed and illustrated by Philippe Gonin's wife, Claire Gonin-Vergès under her pseudonym, "D'Essertine", which originates from her childhood village Essertine-sur-Yverdon in Switzerland. Many… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover Fine hardcover, 20 pages, with letter from Ambrosio (with typed name), mentioning that "the cover is an original serigraph on Ingres paper over 4-ply rag boards" Also laid in is a folded brochure titled "An artist working in the book form: D'AMBROSIO" with yearly checklist of works until 1982 Ships with regualr mail, not slow media mail.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2020. Letter X of 52 signed, specially bound copies, housed in a custom traycase. Hardcover in traycase. Like New/in traycase, no dj as issued. Kathleen Neely. Like New book in Like New traycase. Ships from Hawaii with FREE Priority/Courier Mail upgrade WORLDWIDE! Subterranean, 2020. 361 pages. Illustrations by Kathleen Neeley. The Subterranean Press edition includes an exclusive bonus section that was trimmed and altered for inclusion in the novel. This is the only chance to see the section as originally written. Grayson, Moss, and Chen are astronauts turned rebels, navigating version upon version of a nameless City created by the villainous, all-powerful Company, familiar to readers as part of the Borne universe. The City is overrun with the results of the Company's ill-considered experiments. This is a world where a blue fox is an echo across space and time, prophetic. Where a fight in which the duck may or may not be on your side. A leviathan waits, as do other… Read More

Haarlem: Enschede en Zonen, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Printed for the Gezelschap Nonpareil, Amsterdam, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, 1951. 8vo, (7.5x4.5") 31pp. + colophon,. Marbled paper-covered boards, In fine condition with very slight shelfwear. -- From the estate of printer and publisher David Way; with inscription "To David Way with all good wishes for 1952 from Jan van Krimpen." The initials of the seventeen members of the Gezelschap Nonpareil are printed upon the colophon.

Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, 1901. No 3 of a Limited edition of five copies: Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Full morocco leather binding. near fine. Emond Rudaux (each plate in four states). The Devil's Pool. Philadelphia: Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1901]. Limited edition of five copies of which this is number three, Edition Magnifique of Chefs-d'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain, Romanticists, bound for Adelia R. Carr. Octavo. 209 pages. Illustrated after Emond Rudaux, each plate in four states. Full chocolate levant morocco, triple ruled in gilt with stag's head crest and Latin motto in gilt to upper board, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised spines. Front joint starting. Inlaid levant doublures in green and terra cotta, decorated in gilt and black. Cream silked free endpapers with gold design, binder's stamp to rear doublure. Internally generally clean and tight, all edges gilt; minor intermittent thumbsoiling, Housed in brown Japanese… Read More