The Bridge
by Crane, Hart; Shapiro, Joel (Artist)
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. New. Shapiro, Joel. Scroll format, 13-1/2" x 50', set by hand and printed by letterpress in black on handmade Chinese paper, with 7 images bound in, presented in a box along with a separate volume containing the introduction, 300 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Hart Crane’s 1930 poem "The Bridge", with seven woodblock prints by sculptor Joel Shapiro, is one of Arion's most ambitious and innovative projects. It combines a... Read More
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The Bridge [with extra suite of prints]
by Crane, Hart; Shapiro, Joel
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. New. Shapiro, Joel. Portfolio Edition: 30 copies, 24-3/4" x 19-1/4", three woodblock prints, individually signed and numbered, printed on Magnani mouldmade paper, 13-1/2" by 25" (one double sized) in a cloth-covered portfolio, with documentation. Included is a copy of the book, numbered and signed by the artist, scroll format, 13-1/2" x 50', set by hand and printed by letterpress in black on handmade Chinese paper, with 7 images bound in, presented in... Read More
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The Blood of the Martyr
by Crane, Stephen; Angelo, Valenti (Illustrations)
Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Angelo, Valenti. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo size, 23 unnumbered pp., signed by Valenti Angelo. American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900), best known for his Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage", wrote in the Realist and Naturalist styles; "The Blood of the Martyr" is a political satire, in the form of a play, critical of German imperialism taking place in China through the work of... Read More
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Lessons of Thrift, Published for General Benefit By a Member of the Save-all Club
by [Crawford, John William Roy]; [Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (Illustrator)]
London: Printed for Thomas Boys of Ludgate Hill [printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars], 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Cruikshank, Isaac Robert. Quarto size, 212 pp. (not matching pagination, see below), with 12 aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank. A humorous collection of sketches exalting through parody the merits of the thrifty. The writing, although very much a parody, contains many nuggets of truths which illuminate how little the world has changed in the about 200 years since the... Read More
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Impossibility
by Crawford, Robert; Saltzwedel, Caroline (Artist)
Hamburg: Hirundo Press, 1998. First and Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Fine. Saltzwedel, Caroline. First edition in book form, number 10 of 25 copies, elephant folio size, [56] pp., signed by Robert Crawford and Caroline Saltzwedel. The first artists' book published by Hirundo Press. The text of "Impossibility" was first published on 18 September 1997 in the "London Review of Books", this is the first illustrated edition published in book form. Caroline Saltzwedel, born in England, has... Read More
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Curtains
by Crombie, John
[Paris]: Kickshaws, 1985. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. One of 120 copies, oblong sixmo size, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize with the typography of the books and to illustrate, or decorate, the text", very much in the style of a French livres d'artiste (n.b., quote from Wiki).... Read More
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Lapse and Collapse
by Crombie, John
[Paris]: Kickshaws, 1985. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize with the typography of the books and to illustrate, or decorate, the text", very much in the style of a French livres d'artiste (n.b., quote from Wiki). ... Read More
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The Passage [with] The Twelve [and with] The City of Mirrors
by Cronin, Justin; Tikulin, Tomislav (Cover Artwork); Bauman, Jill (Illustrations)
Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bauman, Jill. Each volume one of 948 copies, quarto size, 695, 523, and 655 pp. respectively, all three signed by Justin Cronin. Justin Cronin (b. 1962) has been awarded the PEN/Heminway Award for Debut Novel, the Stephen Crane Prize, and a Whiting Award. "The Passage", the first book of this trilogy, debuted on the New York Times hardcover fiction best-seller list at number three, and remained for... Read More
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Nature's Metropolis; Chicago and the Great West
by Cronon, William
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First printing, large octavo size, 530 pp. William Cronon (b. 1954) has earned multiple degrees and garnered multiple awards. This book, "Nature's Metropolis", won "the 1992 Bancroft Prize, the 1993 George Perkins Marsh Prize, and was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for History" (n.b., per Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in half red cloth over blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering stamped on the spine,... Read More
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Les Quatre Saisons [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]
by Cros, Charles; Rothchild, Judith (Artist)
Octon, France: Verdigris Press, 2003. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine. Rothchild, Judith. Number 8 of 35, quarto size, [22] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild, text in French. Charles Cros (1842-1888) was a French poet and scientific inventor. His proposals and theories about color photography and the phonograph were published almost simultaneously with those of Louis Ducos du Hauron and Thomas Edison. Cros did not devotedly belong to any fixed group or school, but was friends with poets such... Read More
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The Deep
by Crowley, John
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Octavo size, 180 pp. First book from the seminal Fantasy and SciFi author John Crowley (b. 1942), who is perhaps best known for his 1981 SF novel "Little, Big". "The Deep" is set in a medieval world where two factions, the "Reds" and the "Blacks" struggle for supremacy through battle - it was praised upon publication as "a remarkable first novel, well written... Read More
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Novelty [The Nightingale Sings at Night, Great Work of Time, In Blue, (and) Novelty]
by Crowley, John
New York: Doubleday, A Foundation Book, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing, octavo size, 239 pp., signed by John Crowley. John Crowley (b. 1942) had "The Deep" as his first novel, but is best known for his seminal SF novel "Little, Big" - this work had such an impact on late 20th century fantasy literature that Clute & Grant used the phrase in their "Encyclopedia of Fantasy" as short-hand "to describe a relationship between an outer world... Read More
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[Ink Sketch of Bukowski] Original Portrait of Charles Bukowski
by Crumb, R.
n.p., 1988. Fine. Ink sketch, signed "R. Crumb" with the date of [19]88. Image measures 8" by 7", framed to 15.75" by 13.75" A unique work of art, and to our knowledge never published. This original ink sketch of Bukowski by R. Crumb links one of the "preeminant underground cartoonist with one of the preeminent writers of his time, whose work provided a link between the Beat generation and the 1960s counterculture and beyond." "Crumb worked... Read More
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Europe Between the Oceans; 9000 BC - AD 1000
by Cunliffe, Barry
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First printing, quarto size, 528 pp. From the dustjacket flap: "Weaving together titanic concepts while remaining sensitive to specifics, [Barry] Cunliffe has produced an interdisciplinary tour de force. His is a bold book of exceptional scholarship, erudite and engaging, and it heralds an entirely new understanding of Old Europe." ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in green textured paper over boards, gold lettering stamped onto spine, yellow endpapers, book... Read More
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A Desert Tale
by Cunningham, Carol; Collin, Marcie (Illustrations)
Mill Valley, California: Sunflower Press, 1993. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Collin, Marcie. No. 19 of 55 copies, miniature book, [36] pp., signed by Carol Cunningham, in the original gift box. A charmingly illustrated tale, "[b]ased on a Middle Eastern proverb 'The Boots of Hunain' which refers to something that is not such a bargain as it seems" (n.b., quote from the book). The hand-coloured illustrations by Marcie Collin are delightful; Marcie "once lived in the Middle East" (per... Read More
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L'Histoire d'un Tournesol, The Story of a Sunflower
by Cunningham, Carol; D'Ambrosio, Joseph
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 2008. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Cunningham, Carol. No. 18 of 30, octavo size, 29 unnumbered leaves, signed by Carol Cunningham. First (and thus far the only) edition of this stunning bibliography from the Sunflower Press, bound by Joe D'Ambrosio; this volume spans nearly 50 years of The Sunflowers Press's publications. Carol Cunningham (1925-2013) and her Sunflower Press was best known for significant contributions to modern book arts; she is... Read More
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Apricot Moon; images in the japanese haiku style of seventeen syllable verses
by Cunningham, Carol
[Mill Valley, California]: Sunflower Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Cunningham, Carol. No. 43 of 50 copies, twenty-fourmo size, eighteen unnumbered leaves. Carol Cunningham (1925-2013), under the imprint of the Sunflower Press, was known for her significant contributions to modern book arts; she is best known for her miniature books and was the second woman to become a Companion of the Moxon Chappel, a historic Bay Area printmaking club. Cunningham and close friend Diane Weiss founded the... Read More
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Bibliography of Yosemite, the Central and the Southern High Sierra, and the Big Trees, 1839-1900
by Currey, Lloyd W. and Kruska, Dennis G.
Los Angeles / Palo Alto: Dawson's Book Shop / William P. Wreden [designed and printed by The Castle Press], 1992. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 300 copies, quarto size, 234 pp., with prospectus and separate (related) Zamorano keepsake by Dennis Kruska. The most comprehensive bibliography done of the literature of Yosemite, the High Sierra, and the big trees. In this work will be found a diversity of material, including "individual books, pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, broadsides,... Read More
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Gorey Stories, French's Musical Library
by Currens, Stephen et al.
New York: Samuel French, Inc, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine. Gorey, Edward. Octavo size, 54 pp. Edward Gorey (1925-2000) is probably most well known for his poisonously funny miniature picture books which are complex, humorous, serious, and provocative. His vast body of work includes over 100 books written by himself, as well as having illustrated works by many well-known authors such as T. S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, H. G. Wells, and Virginia Woolf (N.... Read More
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In Defence of Woman
by Cynwal, Wiliam; Williams, Gwyn (Translator); Petts, John (Artist)
(London): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Petts, John. One of 100 special copies, octavo size, 28 pp., in slipcase. We cannot do better than to set forth here the comments in Cock-a-Hoop: "Cynwal was a sixteeth century poet, a serious man who was more vexed than amused by the widely circulated satire 'Against Women'. Skirmishes of wit between the sexes were all the fashion at this time, and the earnest Cynwal rushed to... Read More
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Nineteen Years and Counting, A Retrospective Bibliography, 1969-1988
by D'Ambrosio, [Joseph J.]
n.p.: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ocatvo size, 137 pp., signed by Joe D'Ambrosio, one of 10 AP copies. A work of art itself, this, his second bibliography, sets forth books produced over a period of almost twenty years. First/Limited edition of 10 artist proofs and 75 numbered copies. Joseph J. D'Ambrosio (1934-2009) was an exceptional book artist who wrote, set type, printed designs, did the artwork, and bound his books. He... Read More
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La Pioggia Nel Pineto; (La Lluvia en el Pinar)
by D'Annunzio, Gabriele; Veroni, Raul (Artist)
BS. [Buenos Aires] - Argentina: (Colombo), 1954. Limited Edition. Wraps. Near fine/near fine. Veroni, Raul. Number 40 of 60 copies, quarto size, [32] pp. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (1863-1938) was an Italian writer, a proto-futurist obsessed with sex, whom some people believe invented fascism. This poem was written in 1902 for his lover Eleonora Duse, and was originally intended to be part of a series of seven books dedicated to the Pleiades (only four... Read More
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
by Darwin, Charles
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First US edition, octavo size, 396 pp. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was interested in the origins of life from a young age, and when the "Beagle" had an opening for a naturalist, his interest and reputation for "collecting, observing, & noting any thing worthy to be noted in Natural History" earned him the post on this voyage which would last for five years, and which would... Read More
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Tartarin of Tarascon
by Daudet, Alphonse; LeClercq, Jacques (Translator); Dwiggins, W.A. (Illustrations)
New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by Richard W. Ellis at The Georgian Press], 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Dwiggins, W.A.. One of 1500 copies, sixmo size, 303 pp., signed by W.A. Dwiggins, in glassine wrappers and with slipcase. The LEC publication of this novel (originallly published in 1872) is graced by having been both designed by W.A. Dwiggins, as well as containing his illustrations (line drawings). William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956) was a man of... Read More
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Daisy Matthews; and Three Other Tales
by Davies, Rhys; Parker, Agnes Miller (Illustrations)
[Waltham St. Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Parker, Agnes Miller. One of 325 copies, octavo size, 69 pp., signed by Rhys Davies. Vivian Rees Davies (1901-1978), known as Rhys Davies, was "one of the most prolific Welsh prose writers of the 20th century....[writing] approximately one hundred short stories, as well as twenty novels, three novellas, two books about Wales and an autobiography" (n.b., quote from Wiki). This collection of four... Read More
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