Charles Agvent

WHAT THE GRASS SAYS

SIMIC, Charles · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

San Francisco. Kayak. First Edition. Decorated wraps. Poet's first book, issued in an edition of 1000 copies, this in the first state binding. Illustrated with 12 color prints by Joan Abelson. . Joan Abelson. Slight foxing to covers; toning to text. Very Good

BILLY THE KID

SPICER, Jack · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

(Stinson Beach, CA). (Enkidu Surrogate). First Edition. Illustrated stapled wraps. Second state with the handwritten addition of the word "Face" in Part VI. One of 750 copies, illustrated by Jess.. Small, light stain at bottom of front cover. Near Fine

THE ILIAD OF HOMER

HOMER · 1931

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Haarlem. Limited Editions Club. Tall quarto (8" x 12") bound in full red linen, gold-stamped. Translated with an introduction by Alexander Pope. Copy #594 of 1500 printed by Joh. Enschede and designed by Jan van Krimpen and SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page.. Small o...

THE HISTORY OF ZADIG, OR DESTINY

VOLTAIRE · 1952

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Paris. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in brown linen on which a psuedo-oriental design is deposited in gold through silk screens, the title stamped in gold on a blue leather spine label; the slipcase covered with gold paper lithographed in brown; 174 pag...

JULIA WARD HOWE 1819 - 1910

[HOWE, Julia Ward] RICHARDS, Laura and ELLIOTT, Maud Howe · 1915

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Two volumes in original cloth-backed boards with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Copy #236 of 450 copies of the Large-Paper Edition with a leaf of Howe's unsigned AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT tipped in by the publisher, t...

SWEET THURSDAY

STEINBECK, John · 1954

$9,375.00 (€8,505.72 | £7,096.11 | ¥1,496,591)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. In the first issue dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper: "For Craig/Sincerely,/John Steinbeck/New York." A scarce book to find authentically signed. Slight bump to bottom front corner. About F...

THE NOEL COWARD SONG BOOK

COWARD, Noel · 0

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

London. Michael Joseph. First Edition. Cloth in dustwrapper (9" x 11-1/2"). With an Introduction and Annotations by Noel Coward. Frontispiece color portrait of Coward by Clemence Dane. Illustrated in color and black & white by Gladys Calthrop. INSCRIBED in Coward's hand on the...

"I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU." A Light Comedy in Three Acts

COWARD, Noel · 19201925

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.61 | ¥149,659)

London & New York. Samuel French, Ltd.. Early Edition. Printed green-blue wraps (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"); 71, [1] pages plus covers. Coward's First Book and his first play produced in the West End. At the age of 20, he also performed in the role of Bobbie. The play ran for a month at...

Will the Discovery of a d Lead Us to Ethicophysics?

THEMERSON, Stefan · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

[London]. [Heinemann]. First Edition. Slim printed stapled wraps of this offprint containing a 7-page article by Themerson that is SIGNED "Best wishes/S." The cover title is THE SCIENTIST SPECULATES "Extracts taken from The Scientist Speculates, Edited by I. J. Good" and state...

THE GOLDEN HOUSE

RYKWERT, Joseph · 1951

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

[London]. Anthony Froshaug. First Edition. Slim, stiff wraps with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper cover and frontispiece by Edward Wright. Poems. Copy #23 of 258 printed. With ink note on limitation/copyright page, likely by the publisher: "This typographical specimen, in/exchange [?...

THE LAY SCRIPTURE. Or, A Draft for a Preface to a Textbook of Physics

THEMERSON, Stefan · 1947

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

London. Anthony Froshaug. First Edition. Slim, stiff wraps with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper cover and frontispiece by Franciszka Themerson. A long poem on physics and metaphysics. Copy #57 of 120 printed. With ink note on limitation/copyright page, likely by Stefan Themerson: "Co...

GABERBOCCHUS BLACK SERIES 1 - 7

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$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. The first seven titles of the short-lived Gaberbocchus Black Series in publisher's wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed tape spines and a window opening on the front covers. Housed in likely publisher's multi-colored paper slipcase. Sever...

VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS OF HEINE

SISSON, C. H · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. Gaberbocchus Black Series No. 4. Publisher's black wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed yellow tape spine and a window opening on the front cover. Several small illustrations.. Near Fine

CAMILLE RENAULT (1866-1954) WORLD-MAKER

SAINMONT, J. H · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. Gaberbocchus Black Series No. 10. Publisher's black wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed orange tape spine and a window opening on the front cover. English translation and presentation by Stanley Chapman. Illustrated throughout including ...

THIS ROOM BEFORE SUNRISE

MANNING, Hugo · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. A prose poem addressed to "a nameless force and beauty.". Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper

PROFESSOR MMAA'S LECTURE

THEMERSON, Stefan · 0

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. Preface by Bertrand Russell. A novel in which the social and personal conflicts of a termite colony are enacted. Drawings and endpapers by Franciszka Themerson. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author to poet Douglas Newton and dated April 195...

GIMANI

HÉAFOD, Edmund [BAIN, Osias] · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. A diary of thoughts on philosophy and psychology by a research ballistician.. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE NIGHT'S MOVES

BLAKESTON, Oswell [HASSLACHER, Henry Joseph] · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition. A thriller by a British writer and artist who also worked in the film industry about a young black American accused by an African government of a crime.. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

EXERCISES IN STYLE

QUENEAU, Raymond · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

(London). Gaberbocchus. First Edition in English. Translated from the French and with a preface by Barbara Wright. Illustrated with drawings. The story of a minor brawl in a Paris bus told in 99 different ways.. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper

AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD. A Bibliography of Accounts Published Before 1900

SMITH, Harold F. (compiler) · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Carbondale-Edwardsville (IL). Southern Illinois University. First Edition. Printed wraps; (vi), 166 pages. Annotated bibiliography with over 1,500 entries with descriptions of the physical book followed by a description of the travel account. Includes bibliography of sources a...