Le harnais
by Pinget, Robert
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1984. First edition, on ordinary paper. Original wrappers, fine. 57 p. 17 x 10 cm;.
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Entre Fantoine et Agapa
by Pinget, Robert
Jarnac, France: La Tour de Feu, 1951. First edition, on ordinary paper. Black and gray Revorim binding by Jean de Gonet, marked "artefacts 1989" on front cover; original wrappers and spine preserved; text paper slightly browned. 226 p., frontispiece. Pinget's scare first prose work, published at his own expense, the 1966 second edition contains only a portion of this text. Inscribed by Pinget in 1990.
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Between Fantoine and Agapa. Translated by Barbara Wright
by Pinget, Robert
New York: Red Dust, 1982. First edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket slightly faded on the spine.
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The Libera me Domine. Translated by Barbara Wright
by Pinget, Robert
New York: Red Dust, 1978. First American edition. Cloth, fine in dust jacket 239 pp. 22 X 13 cm. Jacket split along rear flap crease (not unusual for this printing).
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Blaubart. Ein Märchen erzählt und geziechnet
by Pocci, Franz Graf von
Munich, 1845. First edition. Original printed wrappers, frontispiece and 16 leaves, illustrated with woodcuts. Very good condition. W / G 11.
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Selected Tales of Mystery
by Poe, Edgar Allan
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1909. Shaw, Byam. [336] pp. Black cloth stamped in gilt and red, t.e.g. 16 tipped-in color illustrations by Byam Shaw with printed tissue guards. Modest wear to boards; slight evidence of a removed bookplate to front endpapers; tear with some loss to margin of p. 255; tissue guard to p. 284 torn with a large piece missing from head, affecting text. Very Good.
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Les drapeaux habillent mal, ou, Les ismes et les hommes. Roman infini
by Pollès, Henri
Paris: Henri Lefèbvre, 1950. First edition. 25 x 16 cm; 840 pp; Original wrappers in wraparound jacket. "Tirage monumental". One of 50 large paper copies "sur Bouffant" This copy is not numbered but was specially printed for Raymond Queneau, with his name printed in the colophon. Inscribed and signed.
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La Seine. Images de Maurice Blanc
by Ponge, Francis ; Maurice Blanc; Max Delatte
Paris / Lausanne, 1950. White boards, gilt. (p. [77]-187] illus.) 24x18 cm. Tape marks on endpapers, else fine, in near-fine dust jacket. Guilde du livre. Loosely laid in "Francis Ponge: Bibliographie sommaire. Mars 1951," published by Librairie Max Ph. Delatte, one of 500, numbered and sgned by Delatte. 192.
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Le dessin, l'objet et la reste
by Pons, Louis
Paris: Fata Morgana, 1992. First edition. Pons, Louis. 8vo, 113 pp. One of 50 copies from the tirage de tête, printed on Arches paper with an original etching signed by the author / artist, numbered 14/450; this copy has a second original etching, printed in green, numbered 6/11. Inscribed by Louis Pons with a drawing. Bound by Antonio Perez Noriega, brown box calf spine, wood veneer panels, the front cover has an onlaid original relief collage by Pons. Fine... Read More
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The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age
by Pontus Hulten, K.G.
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First edition. Exhibiiton catalog. Bound in stamped, serigraphed stainless steel covers designed by Anders Osterlin, 218 pp with illustrations (200 b&w, 12 col.). Very good. 24 X 22 cm. [218].
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Portfolio One. The Seasons. Twelve Original Dye-transfer Prints
by Porter, Eliot
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1964. First edition. Porter, Eliot. One of 105 copies. 20 x 15 inches. Fine condition, in original folding linen case. The prints measure between 10 x 7-3/4 inches to 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches and are dry-mounted on Strathmore Illustration Board. A letterpress folio, with Porter's comments, a list of the prints, and a colophon, was printed by Lawton Kennedy (as usual, two copies are present). Each print is numbered and has the publisher's... Read More
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Gists & Piths. A memoir of Ezra Pound
by (Pound, Ezra) Laughlin, James
Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1982. First edition. Original quarter brown goatskin, fine, boxed as issued. One of 25 special signed copies, which include a postcard from Pound to the author, and a printed slip concerning Laughlin's donation of the post cards to the University of Iowa Foundation. The postcard, dated 6 June 1938, typed on both sides, with Pound's handwritten annotations, signed with initial, shows Pound's concern with the design of "Guide to Kulchur": "In absorbing KULCH/ I trust... Read More
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Section: Rock-Drill.; 85 - 95 de los cantares
by Pound, Ezra
Milan: All' Insegna del Pesce D'Oro, 1950. First edition. Original grey paper boards, slight wear to corners; a very good copy. One of 500 numbered copies, printed by the Stamperia Valdonega. Gallup A70a.
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Homage to Sextus Propertius
by Pound, Ezra
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First separate edition, reprinted from "Quia Pauper Amavi. Original light blue paper boards, Knocked on the top edge, otherwise a fine copy, in faintly worn dust jacket. One of 1000 printed. Gallup A 38a.
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Scrittori su Nastro. Guillén - Ungaretti - Pound - Moravia.; II a cura di Pier Annibale Danovi
by Pound, Ezra; Jorge Guillén; Giuseppe Ungaretti; Alberto Moravia
Milano: All'insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1965. First edition. Wrappers, with wraparound band, very good. One of 500 numbered copies, there were 100 more numbered with Roman numerals. Interviews with the poets, and a 45 r.p.m. recording of them reading, with electronic music by Vittorio Gelmetti. Pound reads Canto XLV. Not in Gallup.
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Cathay. Translations by Ezra Pound for the most part from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa, and the decipherings of the professors Mori and Ariga
by Pound, Ezra
London: Elkin Mathews, 1915. First edition. Original brown wrappers, a fine copy, free from the frequently found spotting or foxing, one of 1000 printed. Bookplate of Eleanor and Fred Reid by Jack B. Yeats. These poems were not Pound's actual translations, but superbly allusive versions of the Chinese poems and the Anglo-Saxon poem "The Seafarer". Gallup A9.
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Down the Colorado. Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon 1869. Photographs and Epilogue 1969
by Powell, John Wesley; Porter, Eliot
New York: Dutton, 1969. First edition. Porter, Eliot. Folio, cloth, fine in dust jacket. 48 color photographs by Porter.
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
by Powers, Richard
New York: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1985. Cloth backed boards, fine in dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book.
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Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance
by Powers, Richard
New York: Beech Tree Books/William Morrow, 1985. First edition. Original printed wrappers, slight fading, otherwise fine. Uncorrected proof copy of the author's first book.
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Prisoner's Dilemma
by Powers, Richard
New York: Morrow (1988). Cloth backed boards, fine in dust jacket. First edition.
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Oeuvre tissé
by Mario Prassinos
Paris: [s. n.], 1974. [70] p. ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.; Cover title. Very good.
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L'Instant Fatal. En six poèmes de Raymond Queneau et seize cuivres de Mario Prassinos
by (Prassinos, Mario) ; Queneau, Raymond
[Paris]: Aux Nourritures Terrestres, 1946. First edition. Prassinos,Mario. Original wrappers, 34 cm., in gilt stamped chemise and slipcase (lightly worn). Illustrated with 15 full-page copper engravings by Prassinos, plus the engraved cover design. One of 15 numbered copies on Rives paper, containing two suites of the 15 engravings in black, plus one in color, in four states from a total edition of 250. This copy also contains an original drawing, 25 x 31 cm, signed and dated, corresponding to... Read More
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Signed Program
by Previn, André
San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music Series program, January 9, 1994 (Previn played piano in the Brahms F minor quintet).Signed on p. 15 by Previn. Fine, with a ticket stub and a subsequent review clipped from the San Francisco Chronicle laid in. Previn (b. 1929) enjoys international acclaim as pianist, conductor, and composer. He studied in Paris under Marcel Dupré and San Francisco under Pierre Monteux, received Academy Awards for his film scores (Gigi, Porgy and Bess, My Fair Lady),... Read More
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Manon Lescaut from the French of L'Abbé Prévost. Introduction by J. Lewis May. Illustrated by John Austen
by Prevost
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. Austen, John. Small folio, vellum backed boards, vellum a little spotted, signature on front endpaper. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Austen. With twelve full-page color plates.
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Mario Prassinos : arbres & bouquets
by Galerie de France;Mario Prassinos;Gisèle Prassinos;Myriam Prévot
[Paris]: Galerie de France, 1960. [34] p. (Paris France)/ [texte par Gisèle Prassinos.] ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. "Cette plaquette a été éditée à l'occasion de l'exposition des oeuvres récentes de Mario Prassinos (22 avril-15 mai 1960) à la Galarie de France." "Biographies" par Myriam Prévot. Fine.
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