Literature

Shavertown: Sligo Press, 2000. First edition. Limited to 525 copies, 490 case bound and 35 leather-bound. Of the 35 leather-bound copies, 26 were lettered and 9 were designated "Presentation" on the limitation page. This is one of the nine Presentation copies. Signed by the Lennon's and Mailer on the title page. Introduction and commentary by Mailer. Black & white photographs. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in Fine condition. An authoritative bio-bibliography with more than 1100 entries and a full chronology of Mailer's appearances in English-language periodicals from 1941 to 1998.. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Private Printing. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; All edges gilded. Signed by author. ; Color Illustrations; 196 pages; Signed by Author .

Great Britain: Faber and Faber, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. Publisher: Faber & Faber., London; New hardback in new dustjacket. In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.

New York: Antaeus, Spring 1989. Includes: Madison Smartt Bell, "Finding Natasha." Signed by Bell. Robert Creeley, "Four Poems." Signed by Creeley. David Long, "The New World." Signed by Long. W.S. Merwin, "Manini." Signed by Merwin. Mark Strand "From a Lost Diary." Signed by Strand. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine.

Biographien der Dichter nebst Erläuterungen und Inhaltsangaben ihrer Hauptwerke. 516 S. Hilfs- und Vorbereitungsbuch zu den Prüfungen an Seminaren und höheren Schulen, sowie zum Selbststudium

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1928. Near Fine, facsimile letter at frontis is loose, small bump bottom edge of spine, most pages are uncut, in a scarce Very Good Minus dust jacket, large chips at spine ends, chipping along top edge and at flap folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1925. Fourth Printing, with small 4 on copyright page. Dated 1925, but circa 1932, ad for "A Second Common Reader"( Published 1932 ) rear flap. Very Good plus in publisher's original red cloth, prior owner name and date and small bookseller's stamp front end page, end pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket, spine darkened, 1" chip at head of spine, smaller chips at fold tips, soiled rear panel. . Fourth Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House. Near Fine. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth with gilt title. Limited edition #298 of 300. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Near fine slipcase. No DJ issued . Crisp white, clean pages. Fiction, literature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

1896 1st ed Japanese Fairy Tales Wonderful Tea Kettle Badger Illustrated Tokyo

A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, 'The Wonderful Tea Kettle', is an illustrated woodblock book telling the tale of an old priest and his desire to lead the Chanoyu ceremony. While in meditation, his tea kettle began to shake and out of it came a badger!

This volume is numbered no. 16 in a series of 'Antique Japanese Fairy Tales'.
Item number: #6980
Price: $499
JAMES, T.H.
Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #16, The Wonderful Tea Kettle
Tokyo : T. Hasegawa, 1896. First edition. [Meiji 29]

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Language: English
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Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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1730 Works of MOLIERE French Literature Misanthrope School for Wives 8v SET

"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable."
― Molière
A fine eight-volume set of the works of Moliere. This 1753 set was published in Paris and includes works such as 'Tartuffe', 'School for Wives', and 'The Misanthrope'. This set is filled with 32 full-page engravings.
Item number: #13881
Price: $750
MOLIERE
Oeuvres de Moliere
A Paris : Compagnie des Libraires, 1730.

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Vol. I. – Avertissement. Memoires sur la vie & les ouvrages de Moliere. L'etourdi. Le depit amoureux. Les precieuses ridicules.
3 engraved plates
o Vol. II – Sganarelle. Dom Garcie. L'école des maris. Les facheux. L'école des femmes.
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Vol. III – La critique de l'ecole des femmes. L'inpromptu de Versailles. La princesse d'élide. Festes de Versailles, en 1664. Le mariage forcé, comédie. Le mariage… Read More

London: Faber and Fabe, 1933. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition, 1933. Of an edition of 60 copies numbered, signed and printed on English hand-made paper, this copy SIGNED by Walter de la Mare in October 1934 and labelled "out of series". Specially bound in purple vellum with yapp edges, gilt vignette of Lord Fish after Whistler on upper cover and gilt lettering and decorations at spine, top edge gilt, Whistler illustrated end pages, four full page illustrations including the engraved title page. Near Fine, toning at end papers, front board somewhat darkened, small stains at paste down, hidden by flaps, from old jacket protector, no slipcase, in a Near Fine dust wrapper, a few tiny chips along top edge.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

1878 FINE BINDING Claude Voisenon French Tales Literature Contes Zulmis Zelmaide
Claude-Henri de Voisenon was an 18th-century French playwright who wrote numerous works dealing with remorse, indecency, and human struggle. This 1878 limited print run of Voisenon's "Contes" or 'tales' was collected and edited by Octave Uzanne and one of just 100 in the print run. This tome contains works such as 'Zulmis et Zelmaide' and 'Tant mieux pour elle'.
Item number: #17118
Price: $499
VOISENON, Claude Henri de Fusee
Contes de l'abbé Voisenon ... avec une notice bio-bibliographique
Paris, A. Quantin, 1878. Limited edition.

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[4], LXVI, [2], 222, [4]
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8 engraved plates
· Provenance: Supralibros/Bookplate – Tougard de Bousmilon
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Possibly Narcisse- Étienne Tougard de Bousmilon, an architecture student at the Central Society of French Architects in 1841 under the tutelage of Léon Vaudoyer.
· Language: French
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page - " for Nan the only of my ( furlogh?) books she did not co-authored ( what a pity !) Umberto June 83 from the Bloomington Abbey". A wonderful and notably personal Association Copy, no other signed copies of Eco's books found without his surname. Nan Miller was an editor at Indiana University Press for over 30 years. In Indiana University President Thomas Ehrlich's 1993 address for Eco's Honorary Degree for Doctor of Humane Letters he noted that " ... for more than 15 years, Indiana University has been a home away from home. One draw was the university's Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies in Bloomington. Another was the Indiana University Press, which inaugurated its Advances in Semiotics series with Professor Eco's first major English publication, A Theory of Semiotics. Since then, the IU Press has published five additional books in… Read More

Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge. London. 1859. Four volumes bound in two. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated throughout with fine engravings, some full page. Contemporary fine bindings of half dark reen calf. Spines with raised bands with decorative gilt tooling. Gilt ruling, decoration and lettering to compartments. Red title labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper to boards and endpapers. All edges marbled. Overall a very good clean set in attractive nineteenth century bindings. -- This edition was edited by Robert Carruthers.