SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS
by AQUINAS, St. Thomas
Chatham, England: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Reynolds Stone. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") in slate-gray pyroxylin-impregnated vellum cloth stamped in black pigment leaf with a checkerboard pattern of multiple crosses; 132 pages. Book designed by Will Carter. The translation of Father Thomas Gilby, selected and arranged by Dr. George N. Shuster who has also written the introduction. Copy #887 of 1500 copies illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone and SIGNED... Read More
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SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS. SELECTIONS FROM HIS WORKS
by AQUINAS, St. Thomas
Chatham, England: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Reynolds Stone. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") in slate-gray pyroxylin-impregnated vellum cloth stamped in black pigment leaf with a checkerboard pattern of multiple crosses; 132 pages. Book designed by Will Carter. The translation of Father Thomas Gilby, selected and arranged by Dr. George N. Shuster who has also written the introduction. Copy #1085 of 1500 copies illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone and... Read More
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ORLANDO FURIOSO and I CINQUE CANTI
by ARIOSTO, Lodovico
Venice: F. Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Hardcover. Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines, affecting one line of text in the dedication; other margins quite adequate. Vellum soiled. Very Good or better. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of Ferrara... Read More
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THE BIRDS
by ARISTOPHANES
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Small adhesive remnant from removed bookplate on front pastedown. About Fine in Fine chemise and slipcase. Marian Parry. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Prry. Copy #355 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the... Read More
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THE BIRDS
by ARISTOPHANES
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine chemise and lightly soiled slipcase. Marian Parry. Quarto (7-7/8" x 11") bound in classic parchment with decorations in ochre and blue with a polished black calf spine; 72 double-folded pages. Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Dudley Fitts. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Marian Parry. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon... Read More
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POLITICS & POETICS
by ARISTOTLE
Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Leonard Baskin. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #1213 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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POLITICS & POETICS
by ARISTOTLE
Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Leonard Baskin. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #473 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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POLITICS & POETICS
by ARISTOTLE
Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine a little darkened. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Leonard Baskin. Quarto (7-7/8" x 10-3/4") bound in cream buckram with blue cloth belt, stamped in gold. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 20 portraits drawn by Leonard Baskin and printed at Meriden Gravure. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter... Read More
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STORMY WEATHER
by ARLEN, Harold and KOEHLER, Ted
(New York): Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc., (1961) but likely later. wraps. Skim mark and small tear on front cover not affecting the inscription. Small tape marks on front cover and a horizontal strip of loss of music on the rear cover. Still Very Good and attractive. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") in illustrated wraps; 4 pages. Vintage sheet music with words by Ted Koehler and music by Harold Arlen. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the Arlen on the... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) of 4 pages
by ARMSTRONG, Louis
14 June 1970. Letter. Some creases and wrinkling from mailing. Very Good. Fine 4-page letter written entirely in the jazz legend's hand with interesting personal content on the back of four 8-1/2" x 11" photocopies of his advertisement for "Lose Weight The Satchmo Way," often used by Armstrong as stationery to his frequent correspondent, Mr. Kauffmann. Armstrong mentions being very sick in the hospital: "I was really sick this time. Everybody thought that I would die. But the... Read More
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BILL & MOYA LEAR. AN UNFORGETTABLE FLIGHT
by [ARMSTRONG, Neil; ALDRIN, Buzz; FORD, Gerald; et. al.] LEAR, Moya Olsen
Reno, NV: Jack Bacon & Co., 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine without dustwrapper, as issued. Bound in half black leather and blue marbled boards. Illustrated with photographs. The story of the Lear Jet written by the widow of the founder in a personal, autobiographical manner. Of a total edition of 5000 copies, there were 26 lettered and signed copies and 20 Presentation copies given to the signers. This is Copy Z of the 26 lettered copies. It is... Read More
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FULL MOON
by [ARMSTRONG, Neil] LIGHT, Michael
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Pictorial boards in dustwrapper (11-1/2" x 11-1/2") illustrated with photographs scanned and processed by Michael Light with an essay by Andrew Chaikin. A total of 129 full-page and oversize black-and-white and color reproductions of NASA photographs of the moon's surface primarily from Apollo missions. Attractively SIGNED in silver ink next to an image of the moon printed on black paper by the first... Read More
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LITERATURE AND DOGMA, AN ESSAY TOWARDS A BETTER APPREHENSION OF THE BIBLE
by ARNOLD, Matthew
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tightly bound; wear to tips of spine which is a little darkened. Very Good. Publisher's brick cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; 316 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blank: "with sincere regard and all/good wishes./Matthew Arnold.--/Indianapolis, Feb. 4th 1884." Arnold spent the latter months of 1883 and the first months of 1884 touring the United States for the first time and giving a series of... Read More
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THE LIGHT OF ASIA BEING THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF GAUTAMA, PRINCE OF INDIA AND FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM
by ARNOLD, Sir Edwin
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Ayers Houghtelling. Quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in cotton with an all-over Indian pattern and a gilt-stamped green leather label; 220 pages. Introduction by Melford E. Spiro .Illustrated by Ayers Houghtelling with 8 full-page color plates, 8 two-color line drawings, and 8 part-page black-and-white drawings in the text. Copy #1085 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.... Read More
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THE LIGHT OF ASIA BEING THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF GAUTAMA, PRINCE OF INDIA AND FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM
by ARNOLD, Sir Edwin
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Hardcover. Touch of sunning to the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Ayers Houghtelling. Quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") bound in cotton with an all-over Indian pattern and a gilt-stamped green leather label; 220 pages. Introduction by Melford E. Spiro .Illustrated by Ayers Houghtelling with 8 full-page color plates, 8 two-color line drawings, and 8 part-page black-and-white drawings in the text. Copy #523 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.... Read More
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TURANDOT AND OTHER POEMS
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers neatly strengthened internally with professional paper repairs to a few small chips at the top and bottom as well as to the bottom margin of a few pages towards the end. Near Fine example of this scarce book. Jane Freilicher. Ashbery's first book, a 23-page chapbook in sewn decorated paper wraps, one of only 300 copies printed. Illustrated with four drawings by Jane Freilicher. In this copy... Read More
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TURANDOT AND OTHER POEMS
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers are slightly darkened with two round oily stains on the rear, not too dark. The front wrapper has one short closed tear neatly repaired internally with tape and a sliver chip on the lower right corner with the detached piece still present. Very Good to Near Fine example of this scarce book. Jane Freilicher. Ashbery's first book, a 23-page chapbook in sewn decorated paper wraps, one of... Read More
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LE COLONIE UNITE DELL'AMERICA SETTENTR[IONA]LE. DI NUOVO PROJEZIONE
by [ATLAS] ZATTA, Antonio
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1778. First Edition. Softcover. Some minor worming to inner marginal folds of maps, occasional spotting. Complete with vibrant coloring. Close to Fine. Oblong folio (16 1/4" x 12") bound in contemporary limp decorated paper covers. Containing 15 double-page engraved maps (including the double-page title), each beautifully hand-colored, depicting Bermuda; the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to the Great Lakes and south to "Luigiana" and "Messico"; Lake Superior and its... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by AUDEN, W. H
New York, 21 May 1947. Letter. Creases from folding, otherwise Near Fine. Scarce AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the poet to a Mr. Roberts about his first book. In part: "Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, I can help you very little myself. There was a little privately printed (on a hand-press by Stephen Spender) book of my poems in 1928. As to the Faber 1930 volume, I have no idea how many copies there were in the first... Read More
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CITY WITHOUT WALLS AND OTHER POEMS
by AUDEN, W. H
New York: Random House, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a very close to Fine dustwrapper with just a touch of wear to the spine head. Preceded by the English edition. SIGNED by the author below his crossed-out name on the title page.
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CITY WITHOUT WALLS
by AUDEN, W. H
London: Faber & Faber, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped Near Fine dustwrapper with a few small stains to the rear cover. First English Edition. Bloomfield & Mendelson A63b: 5000 copies printed.
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GAZETTE OF THE GROLIER CLUB: "Address on Henry James"
by (AUDEN, W. H.)
[New York]: Grolier Club, Feb. 1947. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Near Fine. Stapled wraps. An 18-page essay by Auden on Henry James. Also includes an essay by Clifton Fadiman as well as a catalogue of the Henry James exhibition at the Grolier Club. Bloomfield & Mendelson C312.
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THE ORATORS. AN ENGLISH STUDY
by AUDEN, W. H
New York: Random House, (1967). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Originally published by Faber & Faber in 1932, this edition is revised with a new foreword. This copy is SIGNED by the poet on the title page with an ink stroke through his printed name.
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THE DYER'S HAND
by AUDEN, W. H
London: Faber & Faber, (1963). First British Edition. Hardcover. Hinges fairly neatly repaired. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Bloomfield A45b: 3000 copies, preceded by the American edition which had a larger printing. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "To/Hedwig [Petzold]/with love/from /Wystan" in 1963 on the front free endpaper and with seven manuscript corrections by Auden in the text. Sensational association copy! According to Humphrey Carpenter in W. H. AUDEN: A BIOGRAPHY (p. 69), Auden's "first sexual experience with a woman... Read More
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SELECTED WRITINGS OF SYDNEY SMITH
by [AUDEN, W. H.]
New York: Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. hardcover. Very Good in Good dustwrapper with some edgewear and tears. Bloomfield B61. Edited and with an introduction by W. H. Auden of this collection of letters and essays by Smith (1771-1845), "the most famous wit of his generation." Owner signature on front endpaper.
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