Charles Agvent

LIBER SCRIPTORUM. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE AUTHORS CLUB

ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy); TWAIN, MARK [Samuel Clemens]; et. al · 1893

$10,625.00 (€9,639.97 | £8,042.30 | ¥1,696,675)

New York. The Authors Club. First Edition. Thick folio (10" x 13") in publisher's full dark brown morocco leather with ornately blind- and gilt-tooled spines and boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Copy #96 of only 251 copies SIGNED by each of the 109 contributors, all noted America...

POLITICS & POETICS

ARISTOTLE · 1964

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

Lunenburg, VT. Limited Editions Club. 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...

THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

WHITTIER, John Greenleaf · 1945

$62.50 (€56.71 | £47.31 | ¥9,980)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheepskin leather and illustrated with pencil drawings by Raymond Holden. Edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Copy #696 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. A luxurious b...

A STRONG DOSE OF MYSELF

ABSE, Dannie · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London. Hutchinson. First Edition. Autobiography of by this English poet, doctor, and novelist, INSCRIBED in the form of a prescription to the poet William Meredith and his partner: "Rx To William + Richard/to be taken after meals/affectionately, Dannie.". Slight dust spotting...

LONG ISLAND LIGHT. POEMS AND A MEMOIR

HEYEN, William · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. The Vanguard Press, Inc.. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet William Meredith in 1979 in Brockport: "William, inscribed for you/with admiration, and with/thanks for many kindnesses,/always--/Bill.". Slight dustspotting to the top edge of the text. Fine i...

WALKING THE BOUNDARIES. POEMS 1957 - 1974

DAVISON, Peter · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York. Atheneum. First American Edition. Galleys consisting of 7" x 9" loose sheets stapled in the upper left corner. An uncommon format, likely existing in just a handful of copies, this from the library of poet William Meredith, though there are no ownership notations.. N...

TWICE-TOLD TALES

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel · 1966

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in powder-blue homespun linen boards with a leather label stamped in gilt; 432 pages. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Selected and introduced by Wallace Stegner and illustrated with 27 four-color drawings by Vale...

THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG AND OTHER STORIES

TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel) · 1970

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in full linen of three colors with silver and gold lettering on the cover and spine and a silver frog on the cover. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Copy #1219 of 1500 with color and B&W drawings by Joseph Low and SIGNED ...

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) with a 21-WORD HOLOGRAPH POSTSCRIPT

KENNEDY, John F · 211953

$5,625.00 (€5,103.51 | £4,257.69 | ¥898,240)

Washington DC. On 8-1/2" x 11" United States Senate stationery to John Keegan thanking him for his views "concerning the security test for federal employees" and promising to consider them "should legislation be brought before the Senate." SIGNED at the conclusion with the fol...

THE ART OF LOVE

OVID · 1971

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,959)

[Mt. Vernon]. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9") bound in full imported natural vellum over heavy beveled boards with Cupid stamped in pure gold leaf on both covers and lettered in gold leaf on the spine; 152 pages. Translation, introduction, and notes by B. P. Moore....

THE CANTERBURY TALES

CHAUCER, Geoffrey · 1934

$187.50 (€170.12 | £141.92 | ¥29,941)

London. Limited Editions Club. Two volumes, tall quarto (8" x 12-1/2") bound in half cream canvas and decorated gray boards. Illustrated with floriated initials in green and yellow with each page ruled in pale gold on pale gray paper. Copy #397 of 1500 designed, printed, and b...

ONE ARM AND OTHER STORIES

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$2,500.00 (€2,268.23 | £1,892.31 | ¥399,218)

[New York]. New Directions. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Crandell A8.I.a. Second State of the First Printing with the title page on a stub. Less than 50 copies of the first state exist. Interestingly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpape...

THE URBAN PRISONER: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MATT WEBER

WEBER, Matt · 0

$312.50 (€283.53 | £236.54 | ¥49,902)

(New York). Sanctuary Books. First Edition. Oblong quarto (12" x 9-3/4") bound in black cloth. First Limited Edition, copy #21 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies with an original 8x10 SIGNED print laid in. Introduction by Ben Lifson. An impressive first collection of photograph...

THE VENICE NOTEBOOK

WRIGHT, Charles · 0

$312.50 (€283.53 | £236.54 | ¥49,902)

(Boston). (Barn Dream Press). First Edition. Stiff pictorial wraps. Copy #76 of 100 (of a total edition of 500 copies) SIGNED by the poet. Photograph of the poet on the rear cover by James Tate.. Fine

LORD JOHN TEN (10), A CELEBRATION

CARVER, Raymond; FORD, Gerald; HARRISON, Jim; UPDIKE, John; WALCOTT, Derek; etc. · 1988

$562.50 (€510.35 | £425.77 | ¥89,824)

Northridge, CA. Lord John. First Edition. Edited by Dennis Etchison, this anthology brings together contributions by 26 writers, each of whom has SIGNED the book at his or her contribution: Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond Carver, James Crumley, Jack Dann, ...

PLAYS AND OTHER DRAMATIC WRITINGS 1928 - 1938 BY W. H. AUDEN AND CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

AUDEN, W. H [MENDELSON, Edward (editor)] · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,994)

(Princeton). Princeton University Press. First Edition. Includes dramatic works created by both authors together, including two that appear in print for the first time: THE ENEMIES OF A BISHOP and THE CHASE, authored by Auden alone.. Fine in Fine dustwrapper

RAIN IN THE WIND. FOUR STORIES

MARUYA, Saiichi · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Tokyo/New York. Koansha International. First Edition. A collection of 4 short stories by this Japanese writer described by Anthony Burgess as "a revealer of inner essences, a universal voice.". Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS

BARNUM, P. T · 1878

$1,562.50 (€1,417.64 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,511)

Buffalo. Courier Company. Original cloth; 324 pages. Illustrated with engravings. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This edition has a new introduction and preface by Barnum. A compl...

DEATH OF A SALESMAN

MILLER, Arthur · 0

$625.00 (€567.06 | £473.08 | ¥99,804)

New York. Viking. First Edition. The First Illustrated Edition of Miller's landmark play, limited to 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author with photographs from several productions of the play.. Fine in a Fine slipcase, as issued

TRESORS DE LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX OU NOUVEAU DICTIONAIRE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE

GRAESSE, Johann George · 0

$562.50 (€510.35 | £425.77 | ¥89,824)

(Staten Island). M. Martino. Reprint. Octavo. Eight volumes in four totaling 4,600 pages. Originally published in Dresden in 1858-69, this compilation describes more than 100,000 rare books and is particularly strong in German titles supplementing Brunet. Brunet and Graesse be...