Authors starting with Z from William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB

Ormond Beach, Fl.: Published by the author, 1945.. Three quarter morocco, gilt. Fine. First edition in book form. Signed by the author. Issued in a small edition for presentation by the author, at large cost to him, considering the binding. ... more information

Ormond Beach, FL: The Doldrums, 1951.. Gilt cloth. Frontis. Photographs. Illus. First edition. One of 750 copies published as Zabriskie's keepsake for the year. Two marginal ink highlights, else fine in dust jacket. ... more information

Arles: [Actes Sud], 1992.. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. First edition. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Espace Van Gogh. Fine. ... more information

Paris: [Actes Sud, 1992].. 119pp. Quarto. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Black and white photographs. 31 colour reproductions. Bibliography. Wrappers lightly shelf-worn with one small tear to lower wrapper, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition. Text in French. This exhibition catalogue published for the Musée Réattu and Cloître des Cordeliers contains essays by various art historians and academics, and a Foreword by Jacques Chirac. ... more information

[Paris: Chez Marcel Sautier, 1966].. Small quarto (25.5 x 17.5 cm). Loose gatherings, laid into printed wrappers. Fine in board chemise and slipcase. First edition in this format. Illustrated with five original full-page (and one double-page) etchings by Zadkine. One of 175 numbered copies printed on Grand Papier d'Auvergne, from a total edition of two hundred copies signed by the author and the artist on the justification. The text was printed by Jean- Paul Vibert, and the etchings by Jacques David. MO... more information

Paris: Editions de La Vie Reelle, [1950].. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. First trade edition. Wrappers a bit tanned, light use to extremities, but a good copy. ... more information

New York: Bantam Books, [1991].. Cloth and boards. First edition. Review copy with author photo and other material laid in. About fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. ... more information

Paris: "Annales Contemporaines," 1929.. Original printed wrappers. Minor tanning and use to overlap edges, but a very good copy. First edition of the second novel Zaitsev published after his emigration, a narrative of a tragic love played out against the background of the Revolution. ... more information

Paris: YMCA Press, 1932.. Printed wrappers. First edition of this impressionistic short biography. Small chips to wrapper extremities, otherwise very good. ... more information

[Seattle: Querencia Books, 1976].. Stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition. One of three hundred copies. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author to poet/publisher Cid Corman. Wrappers slightly marked, else near fine. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1898.. Thick octavo. Orange cloth, stamped in black and gilt. First edition. Extremities rubbed, but a good copy. ... more information

New York: Harper, 1898.. Purple cloth, stamped in gilt. First U.S. edition. With a note about the size of a business card, signed by Zangwill and dated August, 1899, tipped into the front free endsheet. Front inner hinge cracked but sound, spine lightly faded, else a good or better copy. ... more information

New York: Museum Books, 1964.. Quarto. Quarter vellum and boards. Facsimiles, including tipped-in specimens. Bookplate on front pastedown, top edges of boards sunned, else about fine in faintly worn dust jacket. First edition, U.S. issue. Refaces by Paul Standard, G.K. Schauer, and Charles Peignot. Commentary notes and specifications. From a total edition of one thousand copies printed on Hahnemühle paper at the printing office of the Stempel Foundry, this is one of five hundred numbered copies for Ame... more information

[New York]: Grove Press, [1954].. Cloth. First edition of this attractively produced book. Fine in dust jacket with a few small chips at edges. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1937.. Cloth. First edition, second book. Non-authorial gift inscription, bit of darkening to gutters, top edge lightly tanned, else very good in a price- clipped, spine- darkened dust jacket with some shallow chipping to the edges. ... more information

New York: Hawthorn Books, [1967].. Cloth. Photographs. First edition. About fine in lightly used dust jacket with a short closed tear, a couple of nicks, and a few soft creases. ... more information

South Brunswick & London: Barnes/Yoseloff, [1974].. Large octavo. Cloth. First edition. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket with US price clipped, but UK price intact. ... more information

Leipzig: Chez Guillaume Engelmann, 1846.. xlvii,[2],264pp. Modern cloth and marbled boards. A few short marginal tears, most noticeably one at the top of the gutter of the title-leaf, ink ownership signature of a bibliographer, otherwise very good. First edition in French of the first volume (of two) of this pioneering work, recording over 1800 titles, occasionally with comments and annotations. The second volume appeared in 1861. Zenker (1811-1884) was an accomplished German orientalist, and in 1867 publis... more information

Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 2003.. Cloth. Illustrated with facsimiles and photographs (the latter chiefly by Rob Rusk). New in dust jacket. First edition. A case-study of print and art in the service and spirit of revolution (of various orders) in the Bay Area in the space of slightly over a decade. History, anecdote, narrative, bibliography -- often inseparable. ... more information

New York: Coward-McCann, [1966].. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket with minor trace of edge wear. First American edition. The Swedish actress/director's own film version of her novel was the source for much controversy and praise at the 1966 Venice Film Festival. ... more information