Spinster
by Ashton-Warner, Sylvia
1959. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. 8vo, (vi), 242, (1) pp. Original quarter cloth with blue boards lettered in gilt, a few light marks to the backstrip. Original unclipped dust-jacket, spine panel faded, some worming, largely to the rear panel. ß First US edition. Based on the New Zealand novelist s own experience of teaching Maori children. It was made into the film, Two Loves (1961), starring Shirley MacLaine.
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His Fortunate Grace
by Atherton, Gertrude
1897. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. 8vo, 210, (8, ads)pp. Publisher's decorated light blue cloth, binding yellowed and somewhat weak, closed tears to half-title and title, a good signed copy. ß First edition, signed by Atherton with the date 1934 on the title page. Atherton has also notes "First and only edition! G.A." on the front pastedown. A critique of high society set in the Gilded Age of New York starring a wealthy heiress... Read More
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The Doomswoman
by Atherton, Gertrude
1893. New York: Tait, Sons & Company, [1893]. 8vo, 263 pp. Publisher's gray cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth somewhat rubbed and faded, text block spotted; a good inscribed copy. ß First edition, inscribed by Atherton on the front free endpaper: "This is a first edition and that printing was the only edition! For Mr Christian S[?] from Gertrude Atherton 1935." A historical romance set in Spanish-Mexican California on the eve of change.
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The Jealous Gods
by Atherton, Gertrude
1928. New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. 8vo, 452 pp. Original black cloth, lightly worn, unclipped dust-jacket priced $2.30, some transfer of the heavy black ink, but free from chips and tears. A very good signed copy with an additional gift inscription on front free endpaper, and the small ticket of San Francisco bookseller Paul Elder & Co on rear pastedown. ß First edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper and dated 1928. Historical fiction,... Read More
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Adventures of a Novelist
by Atherton, Gertrude
1929. New York: Liveright Inc., [1932]. 8vo, 598 pp. Publisher's black cloth stamped with the author's name in gilt to the upper board. A clean, bright copy with front hinge cracked, in unclipped near fine dust-wrapper with some toning to spine, no chips or tears. ß First edition, inscribed presentation copy of Atherton's autobiography: "Gertrude Atherton 1939 / for Mr Thomas Mann" (potentially the novelist? 1939 was the year the Manns emigrated to the United States).... Read More
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Dido Queen of Hearts
by Atherton, Gertrude
1929. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 8vo, 384 pp. Original black cloth, unclipped dust-jacket (priced $2.50). A fine, sharp copy in a very good dust-jacket with a just a hint of toning and small stain to spine panel of backstrip. Bookplate of Richard Montgomery Tobin. ß First edition, inscribed by the author to the San Francisco banker and diplomat Richard Montgomery Tobin on the front free endpaper: "To Richard Tobin, With a Merry Christmas and the... Read More
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Narrative Unbound: Re-Visioning William Blake's The Four Zoas. Foreword by George Quasha
by Ault, Donald
1987. Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1987. 8vo, xxvi, 518pp. Illustrated. Black cloth, illustrated dust-jacket in protective mylar. Very good. ß First edition of this very substantial book. Bentley, BBS, p.356: an attempt to provide the reader with a process text that plausibly retells this immensely complex...narrative .
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Faithful Friends : Pictures and Stories for Little Folk
by [Various authors]
1913. London: Blackie, [1913?]. 8vo, [88] pp. with color illustrations in the collation. Original pictorial boards, red cloth backstrip, covers a bit soiled and worn, internally very good. ß Later edition of this much reprinted book, with plates by Rackham and Cecil Aldin and text from various authors. Collations and descriptions vary in library catalogues and online copies for sale. Some of the plates are dated 1901. In this copy, illustrations rendered as half-tones in the... Read More
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One published and one unpublished photograph of Muriel Rukeyser with TLS from Avedon to Rukeyser
by Avedon, Richard
1976. New York: 1975-1976. Kodak Color Film card box with Muriel Rukeyser's name in her hand on lid containing 1pp. TLS from Avedon to Rukeyser signed in pencil and two gelatin silver prints each 10 x 8 in. (25.9 x 20.8cm) in trace paper sleeves. The first photo is that titled "Muriel Rukeyser, poet, New York City, 7-30-75" with the printed issue statement and guarantee on verso, signed and numbered in ink by Avedon, this being number... Read More
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The Unfortunate Traveller
by Ayrton, Michael. Nashe, Thomas
1948. Great Britain, John Lehmann, 1948. 8vo, 122 pages. Fifteen black and white plates by Michael Ayrton. Original blue cloth with black plate and gold lettering on the spine. Slight tearing on upper jacket spine, and pages somewhat loose, fair condition. ß First edition. Rigby Graham, Romantic Book Illustration in England 1943-1955, page 26. Not in Yorke.
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The Rhine Including The Black Forest & Vosges Handbook for Travellers
by Baedeker, Karl
1911. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1911. Small 8vo., xxxiv, 554 pp., 69 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. ß Seventeenth revised edition. The German first edition of The Rhine was published in 1828, and pioneered the long series of Baedecker books now issued in three languages, The maps and travel plans are meant to aid the... Read More
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Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria) Handbook for Travellers
by Baedeker, Karl
1907. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1907. Small 8vo., xxx, 335 pp., 30 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed, lacking the front fold-out map; otherwise good. ß Tenth revised edition. In earlier editions Southern Germany was combined in one volume with Austria, but since 1895 the two countries appeared separately. The missing map in this copy indicates how essential this... Read More
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Northern Germany as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers
by Baedeker, Karl
1910. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1910. Small 8vo., xxxviii, 430 pp., 47 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. ß Fifteenth revised edition. The maps and travel plans are meant to aid the traveler so as to make him independent, and thus the captain of his own voyage, immune to the tricks and traps that befall the... Read More
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Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire Excluding Paris and its Environs Handbook for Travellers
by Baedeker, Karl
1894. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1894. Small 8vo., xliii, 411 pp., 9 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very bright clean copy. Ex-library copy with call number written in white on the backstrip, library bookplate to front free endpaper, and card pocket to the final free endpaper. ß Second edition. The maps and travel plans are meant to... Read More
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The Scattered Portions. William Blake's Biological Symbolism
by Baine, Rodney M. Baine, Mary
1986. Athens, Georgia: Rodney M. Baine, (author), 1986. 8vo, 260 pp, with 77 illustrations. In original cloth with illustrated dust-jacket. Very good. ß First edition, discussing the biological images and symbols in Blake. The Baines wrote several books on Blake. Bentley, BBS, p.358.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark
by Baker, C.H.
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. ß Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Revised and enlarged by R.R. Wark
by Baker, C.H.
1957. San Marino: 1957. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. ß Revised and enlarged by R. R. Wark from the 1938 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 646C.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library
by Baker, C.H.
1938. San Marino: 1938. 8vo, 42 pp, 24 plates. Original green quarter cloth with brown paper-covered boards. Pencil notes to front and rear endpapers. Very good. ß Pencil notes at front and back. Bentley, Blake Books, 646A.
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Catalogue of William Blake's Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library
by Baker, C.H.
1963. San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Very Good in original quarter cloth illustrated paper-covered boards. ß Second Edition, second printing. Revised by R.R. Wark. Bentley, BB, 646A.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark
by Baker, C.H.
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. ß Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library
by Baker, C.H.
1938. San Marino: 1938. 8vo, 42pp., 24 plates. Original quarter cloth, backstrip toned, pages somewhat toned but very good. Bookplate affixed to rear pastedown. ß First of several printings, a very good copy. Bentley, Blake Books, 646A.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Enlarged and revised by R.R. Wark
by Baker, C.H.
1963. San Marino: 1963. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. ß Second edition, revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1957 edition. See Bentley, Blake Books, 646.
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Catalogue of William Blake s Drawings and Paintings in the Huntington Library. Revised and enlarged by R.R. Wark
by Baker, C.H.
1957. San Marino: 1957. 8vo, vii, 55 pp., 38 plates. Original quarter cloth; a very good copy. ß Revised and enlarged by Wark from the 1938 edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 646C.
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The International Studio Volume Twenty-Five
by [Baldry, A.L.]
1905. New York: John Lane, 1905. Large 4to, 367, xcvipp. With hundreds of illustrations in the text including several in color and on separate leaves. Original olive green cloth lettered in green, backstrip faded to brown. ß A scarce and massive compilation of art of the period including crafts. Baldry contributed a section on the work of Rackham (pp. 189-200) including 13 illustrations, one in color. One of the first detailed studies of Rackham s... Read More
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An Investigation into Principles, &c
by Baldwin, George. [Blake, William, assoc.]
1801. [London : Dalla Stamperia di Gul. Bulmer, 1801]. Thick 4to, [2], [1], 1-721 pp. Printed in English and Italian. Contemporary red straight-grained goatskin, flat spine banded with double gilt rules, single gilt rule to the margins of the boards, all edges gilt, some foxing to the preliminaries, binding repaired and refurbished, still showing some scratches and stains, but still an attractive copy. ß Only edition, of absolute rarity (three copies recorded, none at auction,one in... Read More
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