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1991150687Savage Maryland: Brandon / Barnes & Noble 1991. Hardcover. VG- DJ is slightly faded along spine otherwise clean. Black cloth gilt letters on spine orange & illus. dust jacket 311 pp. A collection of essays and writings by various authors. "Provides an international perspective on the Big House in Irish literature in the writings of amongst others Maria Edgeworth George Moore Joyce Cary Elizabeth Bowen Sean O'Faolain Molly Keane W. B. Yeats Paul Muldoon and John Banville." dj. Brandon / Barnes & Noble hardcover books
194958733Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. First edition. . 50 pp. Trivially light crease to corner of rear cover else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Paris: Paul Morihien unknown books
194854534Lyon France: L'Arbalete 1948. First edition 1/1000 copies. 4to. 107 pp. Outer wrapper is a photographic portrait montage of the author by Douchan Stanimirovitch. Original French-fold illustrated wrappers with publisher's acetate. Head of spine a little chipped but a very good unopened copy. 1429. <br/><br/> L'Arbalete unknown books
1960WRCLIT27383London: Faber 1960. Cloth. First British edition of Bernard Frechtman's translation. Fine in dust jacket. Faber hardcover books
1957170871Paris: Maeght 1957. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners minor soiling and scuffing. White and illustrated folio with black lettering containing seperate booklet. 25 pp. BW illustrations. Text in French. Essay by Jean Genet "L'Atelier D'Alberto Giacometti." Maeght paperback books
1949600Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. First Edition Trade Issue. Octavo 51 pages paperback. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition of 50 copies also appeared. Wrappers age-toned and nicked at the edges. Overall a nice copy with a striking cover image. <br/><br/>French radio commissioned "L'Enfant Criminel" but refused to broadcast it because of its controversial nature it concerned young criminals and the French justice system. The other work here " 'Adame Miroir" is an opera. Paul Morihien paperback books
1978247882San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press 1978. Hardcover. 325p. introduction photos lightly-foxed edges otherwise a very good first edition limited to 26 lettered and signed copies out of 500 hardcover copies in blue cloth boards and unclipped dj. This is letter R signed at colophon and also personally inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the editor. Gay Sunshine Press hardcover books
1948166160Lyon: L'Arbalete 1948. Limited. paperback. very good-. Handsomely printed throughout in red & black. 110pp. 4to original wrap-around photogravure collage wrappers by Douchan Stanimirovitch under printed mylar mylar is chipped at edges with clumsy tape repairs; collage is just a bit edgeworn otherwise in very nice shape save for 2 unfortunate punctures at rear that continue through the last 25 pages. Lyon: L'Arbalete 1948. A very good- copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 124 of 1000 copies printed all reserved for subscribers.<br/><br/> L'Arbalete unknown books
35200N.p. Paris. Second edition NO. 400 of 1500 COPIES. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Near fine. Second edition NO. 400 of 1500 COPIES. 1 vols. Small 8vo. No imprint but this simple declaration on the verso of the half-title: "Cette édition strictement hors-commerce et réservée aux seuls souscripteurs a été achevée d'imprimer en avril 1948 et limitée à 1.500 exemplaires numérotés." Preceded by the edition of 1947 which was limited to 500 copies. unknown books
1958254429New York: Grove Press 1958. First Grove and First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in almsot fine dj. First Grove and First American edition. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grove Press unknown books
1958300243Paris: L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat Décines Isère 1958. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. Printed cream wrappers. Fine in glassine. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat, Décines Isère unknown books
1956WRCLIT74652Lyon: L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat 1956. Sq. octavo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrapper the former bearing a lithograph by Giacometti printed by Mourlot. About fine largely unopened. First edition ordinary issue. One of 3000 numbered copies on Lana from a total edition of 3265 copies. Perhaps Genet's most widely known play adapted to an English language film in 1963 directed by Joseph Strick based on a script by Ben Maddow and starring Shelley Winters Lee Grant Peter Falk Ruby Dee Leonard Nimoy et al. L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat unknown books
1954008612The Olympia Press 1954. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First English Language Edition. Near Fine in Wraps.Terrific Copy.Scarce. The Olympia Press Hardcover books
194735069N.p. Paris: Morihien 1947. Second edition after the rare first edition of a few months earlier with Cocteau's illustrations NO. 345 OF 1850 COPIES. 249pp. 1 vols. 28 x 19 cm. Original printed wrappers. Fine in original glassine the latter torn and ragged. Second edition after the rare first edition of a few months earlier with Cocteau's illustrations NO. 345 OF 1850 COPIES. 249pp. 1 vols. 28 x 19 cm. Morihien] unknown books
197730222Monrovia CA: Little Caesar 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled stiff wrappers. The uncommon second issue of Dennis Cooper and Jim Glaeser's small press literary magazine. 44 pp. Includes contributions by Padgett Lyn Lifshin Wayne McNeil Gerald Locklin and more. A clean very good copy in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. Small prior owner name. 44 pp. Little Caesar paperback books
1960264823np: Pirated Edition 1960. Number 1 of 12 hardbound copies Signed by Diane di Prima. With two illustrations by Jean Cocteau. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Crimson cloth. Fine. Number 1 of 12 hardbound copies Signed by Diane di Prima. With two illustrations by Jean Cocteau. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. NUMBER ONE. Inscribed to Bob Wilson on the title-page "For Bob w/ love Diane". Pirated Edition unknown books
1956300241Paris: Marc Barbezat 1956. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Fine with original glassine. Giacometti. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Marc Barbezat unknown books
1831717Prospect Hill 1831. 4to. 260 x200 mm. 10 ¼ x 8 inches.  1 page plus small portions of two other pages folio sheet folded approximately 150 words. Written in ink Moderate brown stain toward center obscuring a number of words. Letter laid down into marginal paper supports. This letter discusses Genet's enclose Christmas gift for President Andrew Jackson which the verso of the letter indicates to be a medallion bearing the head of Julius Caesar. Genet begs the recipient thought to be William L. Marcy U.S. Senator and former Secretary of State to give Jackson the gift because: "no one I believe at Washington being better than you acquainted with my humble history in this country as an unchangeable Republican and a zealous friend of General Jackson." Genet wished to deliver the gift to Jackson personally but Jackson's proposed visit to Albany never materialized. The letter is significant for several reasons. It demonstrates Genet's continued involvement with the highest political men in America as well as his commitment to democratic ideals now translated for the Jacksonian age. A Governor of New York Senator and Secretary of State Marcy was influential on American foreign policy and the letter demonstrates Genet's intimacy with him. ".be then My dear Sir my Interpreter near him and add to my letter with your usual eloquence what my rusticated style has not been able to express." The contact between Genet and Jackson came at an important moment of U.S.-French relations a subject of continuous interest to Genet the first minister of the French Republic to the United States. President Jackson had sent William Rives as representative to France to try to negotiate a settlement of the "Beaumarchais claim" a claim by the family for repayment for services rendered by their ancestor to the American Revolution. Rives was also seeking reparations against the French for their role in the commercial crisis that preceded the War of 1812. In 1830 the U.S. had manipulated wine tariffs as a weapon in the negotiations but by 1831 both sides were finally agreeing to settlements which favored American claims. Genet's "small hommage" to Jackson cannot have failed to figure in the President's perception of France at this crucial time in the diplomatic relationship of the two countries. Jackson and Genet did occasionally correspond and two letters dated 1831 are held by the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library. unknown books
1947604Paris: Cinéastes-Bibliophiles 1947. First Edition First Printing. Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. Octavo 103 pages. Original cream wrappers. The pages are slightly age-toned and the heavy card wrappers are somewhat tanned. But overall this is an excellent copy of an hors-commerce edition that amounted to only 60 copies. The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." Rare. <br/><br/>Haute Surveillance Deathwatch was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd" the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story Genet tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts." Cinéastes-Bibliophiles unknown books
1946041346Paris: L'Arbalète 1946. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Near Fine Condition. Number 370 of 475 in beige cloth on Rives - light wear faint soiling to boards - internally bright and largely uncut. The first edition of one of Genet's central works - along with Thief's Journal and the great short film Un Chant d'Amour it exemplifies the qualities most unique and magnetic about Genet - the inversion of ideals the transcendence of the sordid. An attractive example. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Inventory No: 041346. <br/><br/> L'Arbalète hardcover books
194635093Lyon: L'Arbalète 1946. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'. Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Original white cloth. Fine copy of perhaps Genet's most famous work. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'" Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. L'Arbalète unknown books
194458732Monte Carlo: Aux Depens d'un Amateur 1944. First edition. Small 4to. 265 pp. Covers unevenly tanned a few light reading creases to spine; in all near fine in wrappers and original slipcase which is a little foxed and soiled but otherwise solid. Genet's first novel second book. One of 350 numbered copies. Monte Carlo: Aux Depens d'un Amateur unknown books
1946170216009Washington DC: Black Sun Press 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Volume III Spring 1946. Complete in 31 broadsides numbered 1-28 with Book reviews plus "Cover Leaf" and "Foreleaf" in fragile yellow wraps with pockets. One of approximately 1000 copies. Krumhansl 1. Very Good overall. Wraps as is typical are in fair shape-- split foxed and chipped. Occaisional corner bumping edge chipping and slight creasing to broadsides; foxing spot on TOC page. Bukowski broadside lightly foxed with a bit of edge wear. Apart from being a literary magazine composed of beautifully-printed broadsides with Henry Miller as its prose editor this issue is quite scarce complete featuring contributions from such 20th Century luminaries as Henry Miller Sartre Boyle Genet Garcia Lorca Rexroth and the first separate publication of Charles Bukowski preceding his first book Flower Fist and Bestial Wail by 14 years. Black Sun Press paperback books
10094French writer and political activist with a troubled past of crime who later took to writing. He produced several autobiographical novels in which he depicted the rejection of the bourgeois society that had repudiated him. These included his most famous novel "Our Lady of the Flowers" Notre Dame Des Fleurs ostensibly concerned with the trial of an young assassin. Handwritten Autograph Letter Signed 2 page on Terrass Hotel Paris letterhead no date. Important content letter about his most famous novel "Our Lady of the Flowers". Genet writes in his hand "Dear Madame I was very happy to receive your letter in excellent French in fact. But I must regretfully tell you that Freschdun has already translated N D Notre Dame des Fleurs in English and it is he who possesses all the rights to that language and for this book. regarding the movie I have communicated your letter to the owner of the film. he will write to you and will tell you a price. It is with him that you must deal. But I thank you for all your kindness and I hope to see you soon in Paris. In the meantime I shake your hand in friendship. Jean Genet". Genet's letters are generally very scarce however with one such reference to his book "Our Lady of the Flowers" is a great find. unknown books
1949265887Paris: aux dépens d'un ami Albert Skira 1949. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. Loosely laid in as issued printed white wrappers. Fine in publisher's slipcase very slightly soiled. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. aux dépens d'un ami [Albert Skira] unknown books
