Nothing Like Leather
by Pritchett, V.S.
New York: Macmillan, 1935. Printed wrappers, a few leaves roughly opened, otherwise fine. Advance copy of the first American edition, gathered and sewn sheets, glued into the flapless dust jacket.
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Close Range. Wyoming Stories. Watercolors by William Matthews
by Proulx, Annie
New York: Scribner, 1999. Cloth, with cover label. Fine in slipcase. One of 150 specially bound, numbered copies signed by Proulx and Matthews.
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Vellum leaf from a small Psalter
by Bible. Psalms
Italy, early 14th century. Script: Gothic miniscule, 2 columns, initials in alternate red and blue. Text: a portion of Psalm 118. 160 x 105 mm.
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63: Dream Palace
by Purdy, James
Helskini: Eurographica, 1990. First edition. Wrappers, as new. One of 350 copies, signed and dated by Purdy.
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Sonnets
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Editions Hautefeuille, 1958. First edition, on ordinary paper. 19 cm; 40 pp; Collection Caracteres. Inscribed and signed by Queneau to Pierre Josserand. Somewhat yellowed,
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Le dimanche de la vie
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1951. First edition. Original boards with Mario Prassinos design, 306 pp. Very good copy. Cover is very attactive and shows minimal wear. Copy number 203 of 930. 18 cm X 12 cm.
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Petite cosmogonie portative, poème
by Queneau, Raymond
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1950. First edition, S.P. copy. 147 p. 13 x 19 cm. Original wrappers, unopened. Paper browned; very good. Inscribed and signed by Queneau "à Madame... à l'aube de ce 16ème. Service de Presse en fidèle hommage / Queneau
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A la limite de la forêt
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Fontaine, 1947. First edition. Prassinos. 36 p. ; 14 cm. Paste-paper boards with leather spine, gilt top, by Duhayon; spine trifle faded, otherwise fine. original wrappers preserved. One of 25 copies on Marais paper (tirage de tête) from a total edition of 550.
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L'instant fatal, poèmes
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1948. First Gallimard edition, greatly expanded from the 1946 book of the same title which contained only six poems. 136 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers, very fine, unopened. Tirage de tête, copy number II of 13 copies (10 numbered, three lettered) printed on vélin pur fil.
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Courir les rues
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First edition, on ordinary paper. Service de presse copy with perforation on back cover. Wrappers, slight lean, else fine. 199 p. 18 cm. Poems. Inscribed by Queneau to Alain Bosquet.
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Temps Mêlés. Avec quatre textes de Raymond Queneau et un hommage à Boris Vian
by (Queneau, Raymond; Vian, Boris)
Verviers, 1961. First edition. Wrappers, fine.
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Cahiers Raymond Queneau
by (Queneau, Raymond)
Levallois: Association des Amis de Valentin Bru, 1997. First edition. Includes No.1, 2/3,4/5, 6, 10,12/13, 14/15, 16, 17/19, 20/21, 22/23, 24/25, 26/27, 28/30, 31. Original wrappers, in fine condition. 350-400 copies of each issue were printed. 26 of the 31 issues published. With new series No. 1, 1997. = nos. 1-6, 10, 12-31.
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Les derniers jours
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1977. New edition. Original wrappers, 2 p. l., 7-249 p., 1 l. 19 cm. Copy number 20 of 25 on vélin d'Arches. Very fine.
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Le dimanche de la vie
by Queneau, Raymond
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1951. First edition, on ordinary paper. 306 p. roman. 19 cm.. 20 cm. Inscribed and signed by Queneau to Pierre Josserand, his co-editor for Les écrivans celebrées. Wrappers. Paper yellowed.
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Saint Glinglin : précédé d'une nouvelle version de Gueule de Pierre et des Temps mêlés : roman
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1948. First edition. Original wrappers, fine. 267 p. 19 cm."Les deux premières parties de Saint Glinglin ont paru sous le titre de Gueule de Pierre et de Les temps mêlés." Tirage de tête, copy number 7 of 18 copies on pur fil, the only special paper issue.
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Traité des vertus démocratiques; Présentée et annotée par Emmanuél Souchier
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1993. First edition. Wrappers, fine. 239 p. Copy number 21 of 31 copies on vergé, the only limited edition. Very fine. Uncut pages. 21 cm.
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Loin de Rueil, roman
by Queneau, Raymond
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1944. First edition. Boards, with decorations after a design by Mario Prassinos. 233 p. ; 18 X 12 cm. "Exemplaire sur Heliona," number 786 of 1000. Very good.
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Cent mille milliards de poèmes.; Postface de François Le Lionnais
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1961. First edition. Original white cloth, clear plastic jacket. 9-1/2 in. x 11-1/14 in. First printing, May 1961, one of 3000 numbered copies (this is one of 250 hors-commerce). Design by Robert Massin. Fine condition. Presentation copy from Queneau to Anne and Georges-Emmanuel Clancier. Anne Clancier was a doctor, a psychiatrist, and an analyst. She published several books. including "Raymond Queneau et la psychanalyse," (1994), which includes a chapter on her meetings with Queneau. The first work... Read More
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Journal Intime
by [Queneau, Raymond] ; Sally Mara, pseudonym
Paris: Éditions du scorpion, 1950. First edition. 254 p.19 cm. Original printed wrappers, fine. The only limited issue, copy 40 of 120 on Alfa.
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Les enfants du Limon, roman
by Queneau, Raymond
Paris: Gallimard, 1938. First edition, on ordinary paper. Original wrappers, some separation at the front joint, but a very good copy. Service de presse copy, indicated on title page and back wrapper.
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Les Joues en feu.; Ornés de quatre images dessinées et gravées au burin par monsieur Jean Hugo
by Radiguet, Raymond
Paris: Imprimerie François Bernouard, 1920. First edition. Hugo, Jean. 19 cm. x 27.5 cm. Unpaginated. Copy 44 of 85 on Arches (second paper after just 4 on chine, from a total edition of 101). The rare first edition of Radiguet's first book, published when he was but 17 years-old, and the first book fully illustrated by Hugo, who contributed four etchings. Contemporary dark blue goatskin gilt, slight spotting, else fine, original front wrapper bound in.
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Medical Flora, or, Manual of the medical botany of the United States of North America : containing a selection of above 100 figures and descriptions of medical plants, with their names, qualities, properties, history, &c. : and notes or remarks on nearly 500 equivalent substitutes
by Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
Philadelphia: Atkinson and Alexander, 1830. First edition. Two volumes, uncut in period style quarter green morocco. 7-1/4 x 4-1/4 inches, xii, 268, 276 pp. 100 woodcut plates printed in green, with plates 50 and 53 (the last in v. 1 and the first in v. 2,) probably omitted by accident in the original gathering, provided in excellent facsimile. Fine condition. "Beginning in 1818, with his 2,000-mile tour to the west of the Alleghenies, Rafinesque made important botanical explorations, mostly... Read More
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The Collected Poems of Carl Rakosi
by Rakoski, Carl
Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, 1986. First edition. Original green cloth, fine, not issued in dust jacket. Inscribed by Rakosi, and with a brief a.l.s. inserted.
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RadioPaper
by Ramsden, Mary ; Thirlwell, Adam
London: Studio Leigh, 2016. First edition. 16-7/8 x 12 inches, 44 leaves, all but two with the fore edges uncut. Card covers, hand-painted by the artist, in a flourescent tinted Perspex box as issued. One of an edition of 30 numbered copies, plus two artist proofs, signed by the artist. Printed on the Indigo Digital Press by F.E. Burman, on 100 gsm Zerkall mouldmade paper. RadioPaper is a collection of abstract color lithographs by Mary Ramsden; the textured colors... Read More
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Rauschenberg Currents
by Rauschenberg, Robert
Minneapolis: Dayton's Gallery, 1970. First edition. Wrappers, fine, one gathering bound upside down. Signed by Rauschenberg on the cover.
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