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19239084Jacksonville FL: Drew Press 1923. First Edition First Printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 15 1 PP. Scarce original historical tract on the 1562 landing of the French near St. Augustine. The landing bested the Spanish and the English and marks the first landing of Protestants in North America. Written by Emma Rochelle Williams this tract aimed at saving the marker identifying the spot of this landing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT COVER BY WILLIAMS TO MR. WILLIAM BEER. Beer was a fellow historian as well as a noted literary figure in New Orleans at the time of publication. Sunning and fold marks. Original stapled binding a bit rusty. OCLC locates only 12 copies. <br /> <br /> William Beer was a well-known librarian of his time who headed the free public library of Topeka Kansas; the Howard Memorial Library of New Orleans; the New Orleans Free Public Library. He was an intimate friend of George W. Cable Ruth McEnery Stuart and Grace King. It is said that his work and life in New Orleans represented the literary birth of the city. Beer was the author of over eighty articles in books encyclopedias library and historical journals including Louisiana Historical Quarterly Library Journal Architectural Art and Its Allies Mississippi Historical Society Publications and American Historical Review. Drew Press unknown
200751019Brighton: Photoworks in association with Impressions Gallery Bradford 2007. First edition. 4to. 287 1 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth pink lettered to the spine and upper board dust jacket warmly inscribed by Fox on the half title. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Mild wear to the corners very good. Brighton: Photoworks in association with Impressions Gallery, Bradford unknown
1864008184London: Longman Green Longman Roberts & Green 1864. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Finely bound in contemporary green polished calf gilt back gilt top maroon end papers with wide gilt dentelles signed by Riviere & Son. Near Fine rubs to calf at spine ends. A lovely copy and RARE in First Edition. OCLC locates one copy at the British Library. Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green Hardcover
1999251452New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1999. First edition. Illustrated from paintings by Synthia Saint James. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's laminate boards near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated from paintings by Synthia Saint James. 1 vols. 4to. INSCRIBED by the illustrator to Lena Horne "For Lena w/love - Synthia Saint James" Inscribed to Lena Horne. <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
19927363Traverse City MI: Countrysport Press 1992. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4 X 11 3/4 Inches. 287 PP. #261 of 500 copies signed on the limitation page by Williams. Additionally signed by Williams to early IBM employee and noted hunter Bruce Nicholas on the ffep. Light staining to edge of first few pages. Original faux leather binding and gilt stamping clean and tight. Countrysport Press hardcover
1795338479Boston: Printed by Samuel Hall 1795. Sixth edition. 132pp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep covers detached spine abraded. Two contemporary lending library bookplates on front pastedown. Sixth edition. 132pp. 12mo. A later edition after many others beginning with the extremely rare 1707 First edition printed in Boston. One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada. His wife and two of his children were tomahawked on the way. "As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative published in 1682 ." Howes. Howes W461; Evans 29893 Printed by Samuel Hall unknown
1913383702New York: Leo Feist Inc 1913. Unbound. Very Good. Broadsheet. Measures 11.5" x 16.5". Printed in red and black with vignette illustrations. Horizontal center fold two sub-headlines printed in red just above the horizontal fold are smudged else a very good bright copy. An early 1913 poster advertisement for two music scores published by Leo Feist: "When You Play in the Game of Love" a hit song by Al Piantadosi and Joe Goodwin and the "Kathlyn" Hesitation waltz. The poster was printed a week before the release of The Adventures of Kathlyn the very popular adventure serial released on December 29 1913 by the Selig Polyscope Company which was directed by Francis J. Grandon and starred Kathlyn Williams as the heroine. Leo Feist, Inc unknown
1937350222Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Some slight fading and small stains on the spine a very good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Ownership stamp of John F. Kennedy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1990611842New York: New Directions 1990. Softcover. Very Good. A collection of catalogs order forms and promotional material from New Directions Books spanning six decades with the earliest dated piece from 1947 and the latest from 1990. Comprised of material made in various formats and sizes with a vast array of aesthetic directions from colored text to low-res black-and-white photos. The collection has been well preserved with only a few minor issues such as a small tear to the rear wrapper of just one catalog and light bumping to corners and rubbing to wrappers throughout overall a very good to near fine collection with all of the order forms intact and unused.<br /> <br /> New Directions was founded in 1936 by a struggling young poet named James Laughlin on the advice of Ezra Pound who read Laughlin’s poetry and so the famous story goes told him to go back to Harvard and “do something useful.†Laughlin indeed did do something useful creating a press resilient to the influences of commercialism corporate interests and fads instead bringing the avant-garde and experimental to readers around the world for nearly ninety years. As Maria Bustillos puts it in her 2016 feature on New Directions for The New Yorker “New Directions evolved as it did because its founder was as far-seeing in business as he was in matters of taste. Laughlin wasn’t looking to corner a market or to disrupt anything; his ambition was to create an institution that would last.â€<br /> <br /> New Directions remains in business today and while this collection does not span the entirety of the publisher’s long history it gives an impressive look into their approach to marketing over the span of six decades. Not only does it provide a history of New Directions’ ever growing ever evolving catalog it also displays the changing aesthetic of the brand from the rather modest offerings of the 1950s to the bright and colorful multi-format catalogs and order-forms of the 1960s to the subdued yet bold black-and-white designs of the early 1970s to the classic outline of Heinz Henghes’ sculpture New Directions’ signature colophon making its first appearance within this collection on the front cover of a 1988 catalog. This collection truly speaks to New Directions’ ethos the belief that art always comes first.<br /> <br /> In total the collection consists of 33 items which includes two duplicate catalogs the bulk of the material is from the 1950s and 1960s eight items and 14 items respectively 1940s: one item 1970s: four items 1980s: three items 1990s: three items. A detailed list describing each item is available upon request.<br /> <br /> A fascinating collection covering six decades of one of America’s most daring and enduring publishers. New Directions unknown
2002531791Orono Maine: University of Maine 2002. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. 398pp. Light foxing on page edges else fine. Paper tipped in "In Memoriam sic Carroll F. Terrell February 21 1917 - November 29 2003 Founding Editor of Paideuma Founding Director of the National Poetry Foundation"; Hugh Kenner January 7 1923 - November 24 2003 Senior Editor of Paideuma Lifelong Friend and Supporter of NPF." This special volume is dedicated to James Laughlin 1914 - 1997 & Guest-Edited by Emily Mitchell Wallace. Contributions by Rodney Grove Dennis Tom Vitale James Atlas Joel Conarroe Anne Conover William Eric Williams Hught Witemeyer Hayden Carruth Penelope Laurans Fitzgerald Samuel A. Streit Emily Mitchell Wallace Terry Halladay Leslie A. Morris Patricia C. Willis John A. Harrison Ezra Pound Zhaoming Qian Richard Taylor Demetres Tryphonopoulos William McNaughton Patrizia De Rachewiltz and fourteen poems by James Laughlin. University of Maine unknown
200274372Kyoto: The Iris Press 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Two volumes booklet 694pp. 687pp. No. 84 of 200 numbered copies. One volume is ‘Poems’ the other is ‘Essays’. Hubbell was an American poet who worked as a librarian notably at the New York Public Library. His work took him to Japan cataloguing books and he ended up staying for life he became a naturalised Japanese citizen and changed his name Hayashi Shuseki. These beautifully produced books are in both English and Japanese. The white cloth bindings are clean and bright the slipcase also white has a couple of bumps to the corners and is slightly dull from handling. Very good. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 74372. . The Iris Press hardcover
19888462New York: E.P. Dutton 1988. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 310 PP. Signed by author the week of puplication in 1988! Inscribed "For Betty - with dearest memories of a good friend - and with thanks for her help and support and that of her family - love always - Joan / May 20 1988" directly on the FFEP. Signed again by author on the title-page. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.95 intact on front flap. Light rubbing and wear to DJ edges. A very nice association copy signed to a personal friend. E.P. Dutton hardcover
196127815New York: Random House 1961. First edition. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in slightly chipped and faded dust jacket. First edition. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Joshua Logan: "To darling Nedda and Josh with more than affection from the author Emlyn for the All-American New Year 1962" <br/><br/> Random House hardcover
2000H4752Green River VT: Longhouse Press 2000. Paperback. Fine. Group of lovely printed poetry books from this interesting small press under the direction of Bob & Susan Arnold printed 1990s-2000s. Most measure approximately 4.5 x 3 inches stiff folders housing accordion folded poetry sheets with belly bands giving titles and sometimes signed on the belly band. No doubt limited and many still available from publisher. There are 36 such 'booklets' and 30 cards or single sheets with folds mainly the size of postcards with poems or information plus a larger folder 9 x 4 inches with Longhouse recommendations from 2004 Surviving - Essays by Cid Corman apparently a Longhouse production and the substantial Famous Blue Aerogrammes 2004 limited to 100 copies. Titles of the booklets are: Poems from the Sattasai of King Hala 2 copies trans. Schelling; Thirty Years to Instant Enlightenment by Seaton; another copy of the Seaton title signed by J.P. and Jerome Seaton; Han Shan Cold Mountain Seaton trans.; builder Bob Arnold signed; All Wind and Sunshine Arnold signed lim. to 52 copies; Woodcutter's Autumn Arnold signed; Cigarette Cards Guy Birchard signed; I Tend to Simplify Everything Beltrametti 2 copies; some small lines on the great earth Malcolm Ritchie; Universe / Milking Arnold signed; Karmal Fudge or Just Plain Sludge Corman; You'd be So Nice to Come Home To Arnold; Janos Pilinszky trans Corman; Being Saigyo translations by Corman signed; a little nasty zen poetry Wan Fan-Chih 2 copies one signed Grass for a Pillow translations by Cid Corman lim. 50 copies in 8 booklets Celan Ryokan Char Scotellaro Sengai Korean Courtesans Montale; Yellow Thomas A. Clark signed; Gospel Earth II: Stranger in a Strange Land Jeffery Bean signed; from Zeno Bisnu's Takes on the Chinese.Corman trans. 2 copies; tree house John Martone; night falls and is slow to get up Cralan Kelder; Broken Glass Road Greg Joly; Following Frogs Jane Wodening; Another one of those true stories from poetry land Arnold; Temple Poems from the Chinese Che Youming & Andrew Campbell Maurice Blanchot/ Cid Corman; Tu Fu Corman trans. signed; in these lines is my reclusion Malcolm Ritchie; So Many Cousins J. D. Whitney; The Slightly Nauseating Poems of Monk Gurupta of Benares Alvaro Cardona-Hine; The President of the United States is Really a Tree Heathcote Williams. The poetry cards which we are too exhausted to list include Henri Michaux Bob Arnold Cid Corman and other familiar names. All fine condition all no doubt limited. Arnold is the literary executor of Cid Corman and his publishing projects encompass the work of Corman and its eastern influences as well as adding a Yankee regionalism to the catalog which we find to be a great combo. Longhouse Press paperback
1963337690London: Royal Court Theatre 1963. Unbound. Near Fine. Flyer. Measuring 8" x 10". Faint vertical bend very near fine. Scarce. Royal Court Theatre unknown
193597996NY:: Samuel French. Fair. 1935. Hardcover. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name and notation "Repertory Players / Straight Wharf / Theatre / Nantucket / Mass." on the front cover. Her handwritten name also on the half-title page. The Mrs. Bramson lines throughout the text are underlined presumably her role. First edition paperback. Covers are torn along the spine and age darkened thus only fair in illustrated wraps. A great association with this historic theatre. ; 150 pages . Samuel French, hardcover
198974621Harpenden: Rothamsted Experimental Station 1989. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 165 A4 leaves printed on the recto only and bound with a cloth spine and hard board covers. Rothamsted Experimental Station now known as Rothsmsted Research is one of the foremost agricultural science centres in the country. It was founded by Sir John Lawes who was shortly joined by Sir Henry Gilbert and they have a claim to have between them begun modern scientific agriculture. This is more than a catalogue of their correspondence as each letter is given a precis of its contents and so this volume would act as a good substitute for being able to read the originals. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: farming & Rural Life; Books on Books. Inventory No: 74621. . Rothamsted Experimental Station hardcover
1973611315No place: Twentieth Century Fox 1973. Unbound. Very Good. Original promotional film poster. Measuring approximately 27" x 40". Folded presumably as issued with light wear along the creases and remnants of scotch tape not to repair tears presumably from being taped to something overall still very good. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Roddy McDowall Claude Akins Natalie Turndy Severn Darden Lewayres Paul Williams and John Huston. "The final chapter in the incredible Apes saga. The most suspenseful showdown ever filmed as two civilizations battle for the right to inherit what's left of the earth. Twentieth Century Fox unknown
1960H4147Chicago: Montgomery Ward 1960. Paperback. Fine. Published 1960 pictorial stiff paper folder 11.25 inches high 16 pp. color illustrated pamphlet on home design with facing pocket containing furniture measurement sheet graph paper Sherwin-William Home Decorator and How to Paint Book 1961 44 pp color illustrated Sears Harmony House Home Decorating Color Guide 11-59 publication 24 pp color illustrated. All fine very minor wear to folder. Oddly enough there are a few copies online none with the Sears and Sherwin-Williams inserts yet none in OCLC. Montgomery Ward paperback
1923624330New York: Spencer Williams Music Co 1923. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Separated along the fold but both leaves are present rubbing to the exterior with some of the color bleeding through to the interior owner name on the front cover and minor edgewear and soiling complete but just a good or better copy. For voice and piano. Plate imprint "You're always Messin' &c 4." The front cover features a portrait of singer Lizzie Miles. Also included is a shellac record of Lizzie Miles singing "My Pillow and Me" by Brymn-Smith-Clarence Williams and "Black Man" by Spencer Williams. Unfortunately the record is cracked so it is not playable but it remains a neat companion piece to the sheet music. Lizzie Miles was born Elizabeth Landreaux in New Orleans. She was an Afro-Creole blues singer who had a long career touring the U.S. and performing with acts like Elgars Creole Orchestra Freddie Keppard King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Paul Barbarin and Fats Waller. Both pieces appear to be rather uncommon with OCLC locating only two holdings of "You're Always Messin' Round With My Man. Spencer Williams Music Co unknown
19459443Berkeley CA: Bern Porter 1945. 1945. Fine. - Octavo light gray boards backed with gray cloth titled in black with an illustration in red on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with its spine & extremities slightly darkened. Title 3 leaves & 157 pages printed on several different colored stocks. Full-page illustrations in black on white or colored stock. Near fine in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.<p>One of 750 copies printed for distribution in 1945. This copy is unnumbered. (Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1945). hardcover
1840673Philadelphia Pa. 1840. Calling Card printed one side only. 40 x 75 mm. 1 ½ x 3 inches. Painter's name scratched out and "Miss Louise Bradley West Springfield" is penciled in Engraved border pinholes. James W. Williams was a miniature portrait painter. He also experimented with early photographic processes to produce his portraits. He was born in England about 1787 and set up shop in Philadelphia. The Smithsonian holds two of his works; a Talbotype paper print with applied color of Edward Robinson Squibb and an ivory type of two girls untitled. Ivory types were positive photographic prints resembling a hand-painted ivory miniature and were first produced in the mid-1850s. As the term suggests some of these images were made on thin sheets of actual ivory or artificial ivory made of pigmented and hardened gelatin. Louise Bradley 1818-aft 1880 of West Springfield Massachusetts acquired Williams's calling card and used it as her own in this instance since she crossed out his name and penciled in her own. She married a farmer Charles White and lived and died in West Springfield. Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th century Europe and the art was practiced during the 17th century and 18th century but the development of photography contributed to the decline in the popularity of miniatures. . unknown
1971587494Shippensburg Pennsylvania: John Taggart 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. 12mo. 96pp. Wrappers illustrated by Anne Charters. Wraps moderately rubbed and soiled a small stain on the topedge very good. Gift Inscription on the half title by "John" likely John Cech. Limited to 500 copies. An issue dedicated to Charles Olson with selections of his poems letters and remembrances as well as various writing about Olson from William Carlos Williams Cid Corman John Cech David Melnick and John Scoggan. John Taggart unknown
448076Ellsworth Maine: Sylvester Pollet. Unbound. Fine. Single folio sheets of various color folded twice. Fine. A collection of 49 issues of the Backwoods Broadsides' Chaplet Series which ran for 100 issues from 1994 to 2006. The idea for the series came from publisher Stanley Pollet who authored the first number. This group of issues Numbers 9 16 17 36 37 40-51 66 67 70-100 come from the collection of poets Rochelle Owens and George Economou and is housed in two Backwood Broadside envelopes that are addressed to the couple. Among the poets represented in these issues are Owens Economou Aram Saryon Jonathan Williams David Meltzer George Bowering Keith Waldrop Alice Notley Hoa Nguyen Joanne Kyger Robert Kelly and Rachel Blau DuPlessis. Also included is Pollet's farewell letter to subscribers of the Chaplet Series that has a complete list of the contributors. Sylvester Pollet unknown
1887003452Chicago and New York: Belford Clarke & Co 1887. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good . True Williams. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo. x 11-316 4 pp. illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 b&w plates and 4 pages of ads. Light blue decorated cloth. Very mild soiling to the cloth. Lower tips bumped. Hinges secure. Internally clean. A Very Good copy. George Wilbur Peck 1840- 1916 was an American author and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin and the 9th Mayor of Milwaukee. He served in the Union Army and wrote stories of his time in the army with an audience of teenagers and young adults. . Belford, Clarke & Co unknown
