Ommateum, with Doxology
by Ammons, A.R.
Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. First edition. 49 pp. Salmon cloth, lettered in gilt on the front board and the spine, with the dust jacket. Spine a little faded; the jacket is slightly chipped along the top edge with a closed tear at the spine crease and the head of the spine, some rubbing, and the date "1955" written on the front panel. Inscribed on the half-title, "Birthday greetings / on / his / 36th / for / Richard Howard /... Read More
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Tric Trac du Ciel. Illustré de gravures sur bois par Elie Lascaux
by Artaud, Antonin
Paris: Galerie Simon, 1923. First edition. [16] pp. Original printed wrappers. One of 100 copies (of 112 printed), signed by Artaud and the illustrator Elie Lascaux. Hint of wear to head and tail of spine, mild offsetting to endpapers, near fine or better. Artaud's first book, a collection of surrealist poems. Published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the great gallerist who also produced attractive limited editions of works by Gertrude Stein, Max Jacob, Tristan Tzara, and others, with illustrations by... Read More
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Echo’s Bones and Other Precipitates
by Beckett, Samuel
Paris: Europa Press, 1935. First edition. [38] pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. Some minor creasing to covers, else fine. One of 300 copies on Alfa, of a total edition of 327 copies, this copy unnumbered. Inscribed by Beckett on the half-title, “‘Echo’s Bones were turned to stone’ Ovid Met. 3 --- for Alain and Norma Bosquet in friendship Sam Beckett Paris August 1956” Beckett retained copies of the book for decades as it had sold very poorly, and gave some... Read More
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Semina 7. ALEPH / a gesture involving photographs drawings & text
by Berman, Wallace
Larkspur: [Wallace Berman], 1961. [18] unbound sheets, laid into a printed manila pocket mounted in a folded cardstock cover with photo mounted on front panel. Slight rubbing to the spine, else fine, complete, and very rare thus. One of 200 copies printed. This is the sole issue of Semina for which Berman titled and claimed authorship. Berman frequently used the Aleph as a kind of personal logo, "the symbol in kabbalistic lore for the primordial chaos. By linking... Read More
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Semina VI [6]
by Berman, Wallace. David Meltzer
[Houseboat, Boardwalk #2], Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. First edition. [14] unbound sheets, laid into a printed manila pocket mounted in a folded printed cover. Some foxing and soiling to covers, minor creasing to lower corners; still much better than usually seen. One of 335 copies printed. This sixth issue of Berman’s legendary journal is given completely to Meltzer’s poem “The Clown,” printed in red ink on thirteen separate sheets, along with a printed title-page with Berman illustration.... Read More
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Git le Coeur
by [BLACK SUN PRESS]. Lymington, Lord [Gerard Wallop]
Paris: Editions Narcisse, 1928. First edition. [96] pp. Printed wrappers with French flaps. Some toning to extremities, spine a little browned. One of 200 numbered copies printed by Roger Lescaret for Harry and Caresse Crosby. Raised in Wyoming, Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth, Viscount Lymington, fell in with the Crosbys in Paris; they "bowled him right over" and he enjoyed various decadences with them, taking a flat nearby at 1 Rue Gît-le-Coeur. This copy is inscribed... Read More
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Braque. [Une Aventure Méthodique]
by [Braque, Georges]. Pierre Reverdy
[Paris]: Fernand Mourlot, 1949. First edition. Folio (17 x 12 ¾ inches). 60, [53] pp. Unbound gatherings laid into an open folding vellum portfolio, housed in publisher's clamshell case. Original color lithograph frontispiece, 26 en texte lithographs, and 12 offset color lithographs. One of 250 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches. Signed by the artist and author on the justification page. Some minor foxing throughout, some offsetting from prints. Cloth is separating slightly on the lower rear spine edge of the... Read More
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You Gotta Live
by Brown, Bob
London: Desmond Harmsworth, 1932. First edition. 382 pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black, with the dust jacket. Very slightly cocked, corners slightly rubbed, boards very slightly bowed. The jacket shows some minor soiling, spine darkened, pink dampstain to upper corner of front panel (showing more on verso) with very slight offsetting to front board; small gouge mark to lower edge of front panel, with tape repair to verso; lower corner of font flap torn with some loss to... Read More
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Le Livre Blanc
by [Cocteau, Jean]
[Paris]: [Maurice Sachs and Jacques Bonjean], 1928. First edition. [6], 7-80, [6] pp. Quarto. Folded wrappers, title and monogram printed on front cover. Printed on Montval laid paper, handmade by Gaspard Maillol, by Ducros et Colas, printers, Paris. Slightest occasional spotting to leaves, still a fine copy, housed in a chemise and slipcase. One of 31 numbered copies printed, of which ten were reserved for the author. The true and extremely rare first edition of one of... Read More
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CIOPW
by Cummings, E.E.
New York: Covici-Friede, 1931. First edition. [119] pp. Rough-woven tan cloth over boards, cover board stamped in silver facsimile of Cummings' signature. One of 391 numbered copies printed, signed by Cummings on the title-page in watercolor. Some rubbing at spine extremities and hinges, as always seen with this fragile production. Endpapers darkened at gutters, contemporary gift inscription on front pastedown. A luxe edition of Cummings' visual artwork in Charcoal, Ink, Oil, Pencil and Watercolor, with a foreword by him.... Read More
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La Femme Visible
by Dalí, Salvador
Paris: Éditions Surréalistes, 1930. First edition. [72] pp. Original aluminum foil paper wrappers covered by red tissue paper, title printed in black on the cover. Unbound sheets, as this variant was issued. Photo-lithographed portrait of Gala, heliogravure frontispiece retouched with a burin, and six heliographic plates. A bit of wear to the extremities, else a beautiful copy of a very fragile production. Of an edition of 204 copies, one of the very few on Rodingold vellum, in sheets,... Read More
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Liberté, j'écris ton nom
by Eluard, Paul; Fernand Léger, ill
Paris: Pierre Seghers and Imprimerie Union, 1953. Folded concertina, made up of three sheets assembled and attached to the back with strips of cloth. Original hangers attached to verso. With the publisher's original rhodoïd case. A gorgeous, fine copy, bright and fresh. Now housed in a custom clamshell box. Eluard wrote the poem during the German occupation of France in 1942; it was originally published in the clandestine book of poetry Poésie et vérité 1942, and later printed... Read More
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Le Temps Déborde
by Eluard, Paul; pseud. Didier Desroches. Man Ray and Dora Maar, photographs
Paris: Éditions Cahiers d’Art, 1947. First edition. [48] pp. Plain wrappers with attached dust jacket. Some toning to cover extremities, minor handling wear, near fine. One of 500 numbered copies, although Eluard noted that only 258 copies were printed due to a lack of paper. Eluard’s poignant tribute to his wife Nusch, published a few months after her sudden and unexpected death. Illustrated with eleven exquisite photographs of Nusch by Man Ray and Dora Maar. Nusch had also... Read More
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Facile
by Eluard, Paul, and Man Ray
Paris: Editions GLM, 1935. First edition. Unbound folded gatherings laid into publisher’s photographically illustrated wrapper, as issued. Some creasing to the front cover at the spine, as often seen, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Interior clean and bright. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, with title printed on front cover of chemise and displayed through cut-outs on the slipcase. Binder’s signature within the chemise, dated 1988. Of a total edition of 1225 copies, this... Read More
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Mr. Knife Miss Fork
by Ernst, Max, ill. René Crevel
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. First edition. Translated by Kay Boyle. [8], 38, [8] pp. Publisher's black cloth boards, decorated in elaborate gilt and blind, designed by Ernst in collaboration with A.J. Gonon. Nineteen photograms with tissue guards, with text printed in red. One of 200 copies on "finest bristol paper," of a total edition of 255 copies. Some minor wear to head and tail of spine, faint old tidemark to lower corner of leaves, near fine. Housed... Read More
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Au 125 du Boulevard Saint-Germain. Conte par Benjamin Péret, avec une pointe-sèche de Max Ernst et trois dessins de l’auteur
by Ernst, Max, ill., and Benjamin Péret
Paris: [Les Presses du Montparnasse], 1923. First edition. [57] pp. Printed wrappers. Inevitable toning to leaves, else a fine copy of a fragile production. 180 copies were printed; this one of the 100 copies on vergé, unnumbered and unsigned. Frontispiece by Max Ernst, drypoint on chine, mounted, signed in the plate. This is generally considered to be the only drypoint Ernst executed in his career. Konnertz & Spies, Max Ernst, Books and Graphic Work, 5. Rainwater, Max... Read More
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Les Malheurs des Immortels. Révélés
by Ernst, Max, ill. Paul Eluard
Paris: Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, 1945. Second edition. Original wrappers with integral dust jacket. Slight spotting to wrappers, spine a little browned. 1860 copies were printed on various papers; this copy unnumbered and apparently on wove pur fil du marais, of which fifty lettered copies were noted at the colophon. Inscribed by Eluard on the half-title, “à Hans Bellmer, qui a admirablement limité les erreurs de reproduction du désir, son ami Paul Eluard.” The first edition was... Read More
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My Brilliant Friend [signed, limited edition]
by Ferrante, Elena
London: The Cuckoo Press, in association with Europa Editions for John Sandoe (Books) Ltd, 2015. First edition thus, one of one hundred numbered copies, of a total edition of 126 copies, signed by the author. 315 pp. Quarter Japanese silk, Chiyogami blue and gold paper boards, spine and printed label lettered in gilt. Slightest touch of rubbing to slipcase corners, else a fine copy, as new. A beautiful special edition of the first in Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet, a... Read More
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Blues. A Magazine of New Rhythms. Vol. I, no. 1., February 1929
by Ford, Charles Henri, ed
Columbus, MS, 1929. First edition. 28 pp. Stapled wrappers. Light wear to the spine and extremities, near fine. Partially unopened. The first issue of Ford's legendary little magazine, published while Ford was working in the café at the Gilmer Hotel in Columbus, Mississippi, which his father was managing. Charles had dropped out of high school and had had a poem published in The New Yorker, and was eager to lead a literary life. Although the magazine lasted only... Read More
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Twelve to Twelve: Poetry D-Day. Camden Festival 1970
by Heaney, Seamus, Ted Hughes, et. al. Jeni Couzyn, ed
London: Poets Trust, 1970. First edition. [51] pp. Orange cloth, spine lettered in red, with the dust jacket. Slight edgewear to the top edge of the jacket with a tiny crimp on the rear panel, volume fine. One of one hundred numbered copies in boards, signed by all the contributors. “The twelve poems in this book which appear in print for the first time were specially commissioned for the Camden Festival, 1970.” (introduction) Twelve poems by Seamus Heaney, Ted... Read More
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Gilles de Raiz. Pièce en Quatre Actes et un Épilogue
by Huidobro, Vincent [Vicente]
Paris: Éditions Totem/Librairie José Corti, 1932. First edition. 232 pp. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Minor handling wear, yapped edges a little rubbed. Very clean overall. A play by the great Chilean poet. Gilles de Rais was the notorious knight who fought alongside Joan of Arc but is better known as a serial killer; Bataille and Huysmans both wrote works about him. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Picasso, with two illustrations by Joseph Sima. Inscribed by Huidobro "a mes... Read More
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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Three Fragments From Work in Progress
by Joyce, James
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. xvi, 64 pp. Original printed wrappers, in publisher's slipcase. One of 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen paper, of a total edition of 650 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Joyce by Brancusi. A fine copy with supplied later acetate wrapper, in the original slipcase, which is rubbed with tape repair at the corners, splitting at the top edge, and lacking a three-inch piece of the lower edge. Brancusi's frontispiece portrait, commissioned... Read More
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The Old Bachelor and Other Poems
by Justice, Donald
Miami: Pandanus Press, 1951. First edition. [8], 10, [6] pp. Hand-sewn blue wrappers, printed title label on front cover. One of 240 copies, hand-set and printed by Preston H. Dettman. Some edgewear and surface wear to covers, very minor old staining, contents clean. The very rare first publication by an important American poet, preceding his first regularly published book The Summer Anniversaries by nine years. Justice earned his PhD at Iowa in 1954 and was long associated with the... Read More
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The Horse's Tale
by Kavan, Anna, and K.T. Bluth
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1949. First edition. 112 pp. Gray cloth, rounded corners, spine lettered in white. No dust jacket, possibly as issued. Spine text dulled, leaves toned, as always given the paper the book was printed on. The first and only edition of one of Anna Kavan's rarest books, written with her psychiatrist and close friend Dr. Karl Bluth, printed on cheap paper in Lübeck in a fugitive edition shortly after the end of the war. Bluth was... Read More
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Original Pencil Drawing Portrait of D.H. Lawrence
by [Lawrence, D.H.] Alan James Robinson
Pencil drawing of D.H. Lawrence, 7 1/4 x 9 inches. Matted and framed, total size 16 x 17 3/4 inches. Fine condition, not examined out of frame. Robinson published a collection of Lawrence's poems, Tortoises, in 1983 through his private Cheloniidae Press. The press also published two exquisite editions of Poe's The Raven, among many other distinguished works, and Robinson is well-known for his interpretations of classic literature and nature, particularly as they intersect.
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