Vineyard Haven, Mass. Salt Works Press, 1981. Edition limited to 600 copies, (this, no. 52 and one of 100 bound in boards, signed by the translator and illustrator); 8vo, pp. 61, [3]; 12 illustrations printed in color, most full-page; original pictorial gray cloth lettered in black on the spine, and... More
[Bluffton, OH: Fred Lingel], 1943-1944. 2 volumes, bifolia; illustrations, text printed in double columns; near fine. 2 numbers featuring original pieces by Henry Miller, "Fragments from Open Letter to All and Sundry" and "Letter to Emil". Shifreen & Jackson C114 and C132. More
Paris: René Juillard, avril, 1953. 8vo, pp. 256, [8]; original white wrappers (soiling) printed in red and white; tears to spine ends not affecting text; pages uniformly toned and brittle, textblock loose in binding; a fair copy only. Contents include 5 short pieces by Franz Kafka; a newly discovered poem... More
Paris: René Juillard, avril, 1953. 8vo, pp. 256, [8]; original white wrappers printed in red and white; pages uniformly toned, else a fine, unopened copy. Contents include 5 short pieces by Franz Kafka; a newly discovered poem by the Marquis de Sade; and the first appearance of Henry Miller's "The... More
[New York]: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, 1936. 4to, pp. [6], 337, [1]; plates, text illustrations; original green paper covered boards; covers darkened and creased, especially the spine, otherwise very good. The sale included the Chaucer and a set of other Kelmscott Press books on velum and Blake's "The book of Thel." More
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1831-4. 8 (of 9) volumes, 8vo; contemporary blue-green cloth, paper spine labels (quite browned), spine of Vol. I toned, light uniform wear to edges and corners; endpages a bit spotted, else a very good set, albeit lacking Vol IV. Each volume with additional title page. Works... More
New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1856. Later edition; 16mo, pp. iv, 256; 12 full-page illustrations, each printed page within ruled border; publisher's blind-tooled purple cloth, gilt vignette, faded gilt decorations on spine, shelf wear; some spotting to endpages and fly leaves, else a good tight copy. This edition not... More
Mexico City [i.e. New York]: privately printed, 1944 [i.e. 1948]. 8vo, pp. 157; errata slip printed on yellow paper tipped to p. 150; original black cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; generally very good. Purportedly limited to 250 copies (this, no. 190) printed at the Cruciform Press. "For private... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ca. 1880s. 16mo, unpaged; frontispiece, illustrations, many full-paged, throughout; original green decorative cloth stamped in black, color plate mounted to upper cover; edges a bit rubbed, front hinge cracked; contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown dated 1887; textblock very good and sound. More
London: Longman, [et.al.], 1858. Royal 8vo, pp. 4, xliv-[xlviii], 448, 3 [ads]; 3 facsimiles in color (1 folding); ex-library copy with usual markings, hinges slightly cracked, spine ends and joints rubbed with small crack in top end, extremities rubbed, else good or better in contemporary quarter brown morocco gilt over... More
Haarlem, Holland: Joh. Enschede en Zonen for The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Edition limited to 1500 copies (this, no. 565) signed by the artist René Ben Sussan; 4to, pp. xviii, 502, [2]; translated from the French by Arthur Machen, water-color and drawing illustrations; a fine copy in full patterned cloth... More
London: J. Coote, 1760. Slim 8vo, pp. 51; early 20th century grey boards, typescript paper spine label (quite toned and partially perished); some spotting throughout, else textblock fine. Lacking portrait plate. In May of the year of this pamphlet's publication, Ferrers, the last member of the House of Lords to... More
Los Angeles: printed for the Friends of the Bookshop of Zeitlin & Ver Brugge at teh Press of William M. Cheney, 1954. 16mo, pp. 11; 1/400 copies, very small stain on lower edge of upper cover, else very good in original green printed wrappers, bound with string. More
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1988. 8vo, pp. xiii, [3], i-[vi], 24 [i.e. 17], [4], 416-433; facsimile reprints; original pale grey printed wrappers, "Sexes, battle between" written in pencil at head of upper cover, else fine. The Augustan Reprint Society Publication no. 248. More
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. Thick 8vo, pp. [2], ii, [4], xxxi, [1], 175, [1], 187, [1], 299; original pig-backed paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine in 6 compartments, edges uncut; old ink splatters on spine and upper cover, edges rather scuffed, else a very good copy of this... More
London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 176, 187, [1], 312; full contemporary calf, gilt-lettered calf spine label; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, edges and corners bumped and worn, contemporary signature on title page, else interior mostly very good. Articles include "Discussion of the Slave Trade" and... More
[New York: New Directions, c1957. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 264; original bright red cloth, title on spine in white, some wear to extremities and browning to acidic pages, else very good in torn, tattered, and creased dust jacket. Contains Henry Miller's "Obscenity in Literature" and an excerpt from Jack... More
New York: 1943-1944. 2 volumes, large 4to; illustrations, text printed in double columns; printed staplebound self-wrappers; uniformly toned, shallow chips and tears along edges not affecting text. The earlier issue advertised as the Winter Book Number, and including the first appearance of Henry Miller's "Another Open Letter," a follow-up to... More
Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1687. 6 volumes in 1, thick 16mo, pp. 693, [1]; continuous paging; 2 folding plates, illustrations in the text; later marbled boards, gilt-tooled calf spine, later red accession label at the top; shelf wear and rubbing to boards; interior fine. "Errata pour décembre 1686" on title page... More
London: Joanna Brome, 1682. Broadsheet, folio (342 mm.); one number from Roger L'Estrange's anti-Whig newspaper, which he wrote from April 13, 1681 to January 15, 1704 in order to promote his pro-monarchy agenda. In very good condition. Comes with a modern broadside reprint wood engraving portrait of L'Estrange, dated 1684. More
Tokyo: the Japanese Government Railways, 1933. 16mo, pp. ccx, 506; maps; original red cloth lettered in gilt; a bit shaken and used, but a good, sound copy. A revision and condensation of Vols. II and III, dealing with Japan, of the Official Guide to Eastern Asia, 1914. More
Tokyo: the Japanese Government Railways, 1933. 16mo, pp. ccx, 506; frontispiece, maps, pictorial endpapers; original red cloth lettered in gilt in original printed tan board box; previous owner's name printed on title page, else a fine copy. A revision and condensation of Vols. II and III, dealing with Japan, of... More
London: J.C. Nimmo & Bain, 1881. 12 volumes, 8vo, 48 original etchings of R. de Los Rios; a fine set in half red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, gilt paneled spines in 6 compartments, gilt lettering in 2, marbled boards and endpapers, t.e.g. Contains Don Quixote (trans. by Motteux, ed. by... More
New York: Omnivore, 1963. 8vo, pp. 56; white printed selfwrappers, light toning and wear. Featuring work by Lorenzo Thomas, Gregory J. Markopoulos, and Patric Merla, among others. Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York. More
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1955. 8vo, pp. v, 58, [2]; facsimile reprint, introduction printed from typescript; original brown printed wrappers (very lightly soiled), near fine. Augustan Reprint Society Publication no. 52. More
