English Music.
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1992. Frontispiece by Norman Walker. 400 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped red leather, a.e.g. Franklin Library, 1992. Fine. Signed first edition. More
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Yaacov Agam
Neuchatel: Griffon, 1962. All texts by the artist, translated from the French. Illustrated throughout, a few in color; musical record in pouch at rear. 129pp. Slim 4to, white-lettered gray cloth, d.w. Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1962. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the artist on the title page. the Sculpture of the Twentieth Century. A collection edited and published by Marcel Joray. More
Homage to Yaacov Agam.; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Exhibition, 1980. Special issue of the XXe Siecle Review.
New York: Leon Amiel, 1980. 160pp. with 126 color plates and 128 in b/w, plus 2 original color lithographs, blank on rear. Thin 4to, pink textured boards, d.w. New York: Leon Amiel, (1980). Text pages are a bit toned at edges, otherwise a near fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. This copy has an original ink drawing and signed inscription on the front end papers. More
February Trouble
New York: Walker, 1992. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Walker, (1992). First Edition. Autographed on the title page. More
January Corpse.
New York: Walker, 1991. 8vo, orange boards, d.w. N.Y.: Walker, (1991). First Edition. Fine. Scrawled autograph of the author on the title page, and with a publicity photo of him laid in. More
The Colonel's Daughter.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. Tall 8vo, green cloth, uncut; spine faded. London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. Limited First Edition. One of 210 signed copies. More
Fifty Romance Lyric Poems.; Now Collected and Translated by Richard Aldington.
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Limited First Edition. One of 900 copies, autographed by Aldington and by Bruce Rogers. Spine slightly faded, still a near fine copy. More
Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain
New York: Applause, 2009. Illustrated in black & white and color. 265pp. 4to, red boards, pictorial d.w. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, (2009). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed by Gerard Alessandrini on endpaper. More
Israfel. The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe
New York: Doran, 1926. 2 vols. green cloth, dust wrappers (wrappers dust soiled, edgeworn and large closed tear on front panel of volume 1 wrapper). N.Y., 1926. Limited First Edition. One of 250 copies, autographed by the author and especially prepared for the Edgar Allan Poe Shrine, Richmond, Virginia. With the first issue point pertaining to the wineglass in the Longfellow plate. A fine set in very good(-) dust wrappers. Laid in is an A.L.S from bookseller John S. Van... More
Earth Moods and Other Poems.
New York: Harper, 1925. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Harper, 1925. First Edition. Inscribed by the author. More
The Achievement of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969. 177 pages, 8vo, red cloth with a gilt-lettered spine, dust wrapper (worn and chipped). Carbondale & Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, (1969). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed "Marcia" by the editor on the front free endpaper. More
My Remembrances of Rosa Ponselle.
New York: Vantage, 1994. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Vantage, (1994). Fine. Inscribed by the author on the fly-leaf. More
The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter.
New York: Acanthus, 2001. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white with photographs and floor plans. Small 4to, green cloth, d.w. New York: Acanthus, (2001). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author. More
Nixon. Volume Three: Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1900
Norwalk: Easton, 1991. Illustrated. 667pp. Thick 8vo, gilt-stamped burgundy leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1991). First edition. A fine copy, signed by the author. More
The Nightingale
New York: Crown, 1984. Illustrated in color by Beni Montresor. Adapted by Alan Benjamin. 4to, cloth, d.w. New York: Crown, 1984. First Edition. Presentation copy: "For Howard and his family with a kiss from Beni Montresor 1985" More
Gymnasts : Earth, Air, Water, Fire.
Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2002. Illustrated throughout with duotone photographs. Slim 4to, white pictorial boards, matching d.w (a bit yellowed and scuffed on rear panel). Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2002. Limited first edition - one of 1000 copies, this one signed by Anderson & Low on the limitation page. Near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Based in London, Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low have worked as the photographic team since 1990. This book features nude photographs of the... More
Pyramids Rise, Spheres Turn, and Cubes Stand Still: David Nash, 19 May - 16 July 2005
London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 2005. Illustrated in color and black and white. 72 pages, slim oblong 8vo, tan pictorially stamped cloth. London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 2005. A fine copy (every so slightly bumped spine ends). Signed David Nash on the title page with a drawing of a pyramid, a sphere, and a cube. More
Robinson Jeffers: Fragments of an Older Fury.
Berkeley: Oyez, 1968. Essays in Tribute and Definition. 8vo, printed wrappers. Oyez, 1968. First Edition. Review copy. Inscribed by the author. Crease in front cover, otherwise fine. More
The Mechanism of Meaning: Work in Progress (1963-1971, 1978).; Based on the Method of Arakawa.
New York: Abrams, 1979. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. 99pp. Slim square 8vo, purple cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1979). First edition. A fine copy. Inscribed by Arakawa in ink on title page. More
Brett Weston Photographs.
New York: Weyhe, 1956. 28 plates by Weston. 102pp., very small stain on fore edge, not affecting the margins. Square 4to, black cloth (extremities of spine rubbed and worn), d.w. is present, but tattered and in pieces. New York: Weyhe, (1956). First Edition. Very good(+). Inscribed on the fly-leaf by the author "Merle & Isabell" More
Eve Arnold: In Retrospect.
New York: Knopf, 1995. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 289 pages. Short 4to, beige cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1995. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, inscribed by Arnold on a preliminary page. More
27 Contemporary American Artists.
New York: Artists Equity Association, 1959. Slim folio with title page plus 27 illustrated sheets, EACH SIGNED and loose as issued, in a tattered printed paper wrappers. New York: Artists Equity Association, 1959. A limited edition portfolio - Volume X in the publisher's series on American artists. First edition. Overall a very good copy with rough cover but clean plates. A unique copy as all 27 of the artists have signed their respective pages in ink or pencil: Samuel Adler... More
Aesop's Fables.
New York: Viking, 1947. Edited and illustrated with 20 wood engravings by Boris Artzybasheff. 86pp. Thin 8vo, red cloth with paper labels on cover and spine (top of front cover slightly faded and with small white stain below label). New York: Viking Press, 1947. Fifth printing. A very good copy, with a full page original pen and ink drawing and 3 line presentation by the artist on the half-title. More
Selected Poems
New York: Viking, 1985. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1985). First Edition. The dust jacket has minor edge- chips & 2 short, closed tears; mylar. Autographed by Ashbery on the title page. More
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems
New York: Viking, 1975. 83pp., coth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1975). First Edition. Autographed by Ashbery on the title page. More