New Arrivals
Cezanne: The Late Work.
New York: MOMA, 1977. With 427 illustrations, including 50 in color. 416pp. Square 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: MOMA, (1977). First edition. A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with the major exhibition held at the MOMA. More
American Folk Art of the Twentieth Century.
New York: Rizzoli, 1983. Profusely illustrated in color, 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1983). Fine. More
Brandt: The Photography of Bill Brandt.
New York: Abrams, 1999. Frontispiece, and illustrated with 378 duotone photogaphs. Foreword by David Hockney. Introductory essay by Bill Jay, and The Career by Nigel Warburton. 320 pages. Thick square 4to, textured black boards, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1999). First edition. Fine. More
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1991. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1991). First American Edition. More
Photography Until Now.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1989. Illustrated with 17 color and 126 duotone plates. 344 pages. Square 4to, rust cloth. New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1989). First edition. Page are just a bit wavy and edges are foxed, still a very good copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Exhibition catalogue. Springs of Achievement series on the art of photography. More
Me: Stories of My Life.
New York: Knopf, 1991. Some black and white photographs throughout. 418 pages. Large 8vo, red cloth, price-clipped and lightly edgeworn d.w. New York: Knopf, 1992. Tenth printing. Binding slightly cocked and blank rear endpaper has been removed with rear hinge neatly re-enforced, otherwise a very good solid copy in very good dust wrapper. Inscribed in a shakey hand on the front fly-leaf: "For Susan ... / all good thoughts / from Katharine Hepburn/ (Hana's Friend)" More
Sophie's Choice
New York: Random House, 1979. 515 pages. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered black cloth, price-clipped and lightly edgeworn d.w. New York: Random House, (1979). Third printing of the trade edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed by Styron on the title page: "To Sue with best wishes & thanks, Bill Styron." More
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers
New York: Basic Books, 2003. 129 pages. Slim 12mo, brown boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2003). First edition. A fine copy iun a fine dust wrapper. Inscribed and dated by Gates on the title page: "For... With the deepest affection" More
Madame Bovary.
Zurich: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx Aveling. Introduction by Andre Maurois. Title page vignette and watercolor illustrations throughout by Gunter Bohmer. 349 pages., 8vo, bound in gold silk cloth with leather spine label. Zurich: Printed for the Limited Editions Club by Fretz Brothers, 1938. A fine copy in a very good(+) slipcase. Limited Edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the artist. More
Das Haus in Der Sonne
Taunus: Langewiesche, 1909. 16 color-plate reproductions; black & white text illustrations. Thin 4to, flexible cloth. Taunus: Langewiesche, (1909). More
In the Garden.
New York: Abrams, 1982. Introduction by John Russell. 200 illustrations in color & in black & white. Oblong 4to, pink cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1982). The cloth is just a bit sun-faded at edges and some faint staining along fore-edge, still a very good(+) copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Last Romantic: The Life of The Legendary Marie, Queen of Roumania, The Most Famous Beauty, Heroine and Royal Celebrity of Her Time
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. some black and white illustrations. 510 pages. Thick 8vo, purple cloth-backed boards in dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, with lengthy personal inscription from the author on a preliminary page. More
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
New York: Viking, 1943. 8vo, cloth, colored pictorial label. N.Y., 1943. Limited Illustrated Edition. Of 500 signed copies, this is one of 100 for private distribution. This limited edition contains 4 color plates not present in the trade edition. The spine is quite rubbed & the leather spine label missing, otherwise no condition faults. More
Pavlovsk: The Life of a Russian Palace.
Boston: Little Brown, 1990. Illustrated in color and black & white. xx + 394 pages. Short square 4to, purple cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston; Little Brown, (1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, with personal inscription from Massie on the title page. More
The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1973. Translated by Lore Segal, with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell. Pictures by Sendak. 2 vols. d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus, (1973). First Edition. Fine copies with price-clipped jackets, in publisher's orange board slipcase with pictorial label. More
Go Set a Watchman
New York: Harper Collins, 2015. 8vo, black boards, d.w. New York: Harper Collins, (2015). First Edition. Fine. More
The Robots of Dawn
New York: Doubleday, 1983. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Doubleday, 1983. First Edition. Fine. More
Lanterns on the Levee; Recollections of a Planter's Son.
New York: Knopf, 1941. 348 pages. Thick 8vo, blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine; a bit worn at ends, chipped d.w. New York: Knopf, 1941. Third printing. Ownership signature, still a very good copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
The Wild Party and The Set-Up.
New York: Blue Ribbon, 1931. Illustrated endpapers and other figures and plates by Steele Savage. 8vo, cloth, original blue boards, edgeworn. New York: Blue Ribbon, (no date, circa 1931). Reprint. Ownership signature on title page, else a very good(-) clean copy. More
Mrs. Leicester's School and other Writings in Prose and Verse
New York: Armstrong, 1886. xiv, 411 pages, plus ads. Short 8vo, original burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered spine, evenly sunned and with very minor wear at spine ends; top edge gilt. New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son, 1886. A very good(+) copy. More
Romeo and Juliet
Norwalk: Easton, 1990. The text of the First Folio, with Quarto insertions, edited and amended where obscure by Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated in color by Ervine Metzl. 106 pages. Slim 4to, pictorially gilt-stamped burgundy leather, burgundy silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton, (1990). A fine copy. More
Giorgio Armani: Collezione Autunno Invenrno 1992/93
Milan: Giorgio Armani, 1998. Black and white photographs by Peter Lindbergh & Aldo Fallai. Two slim softcover 8vo volumes, one for women's collection and one for men's, housed in a white board slipcase. Milan: Giorgio Armani, 1992. A fine copy. More
A Time of Change: A Reporter's Tale of Our Time.
New York: Harper, 1988. 352 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Soviet Union.
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Commentary by Harrison E. Salisbury. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white photographs. 233 pages. Wide 4to, yellow boards. New York: Harper & Row, (1972). First U.S. edition. A very good(+) copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Large dated inscription on the front endpaper from Harrison Salisbury. More