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201071344London: Picador 2010. First U.K. edition first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 142 pp. Octavo 20.5 cm. Publisher's black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped titles on the spine. Black endpapers. In the original illustrated dust jacket designed by David Pearson with the "£9.99" price intact. A nice bright clean copy. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. Throughout a friendship spanning forty years Potter’s bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy; the two shared a rapport rooted in a mutual appreciation of literature art music and history. While this copy is neither signed nor marked it originates from Potter's collection. McCarthy who famously avoided public life inscribed most of his published works to Potter.<br /> <br /> Set in a sparse New York apartment the work is a claustrophobic dialogue sparked by a thwarted suicide. With McCarthy’s prose stripped to its essential core the play pits existential despair against faith in a high-stakes dialectic for the soul. Picador hardcover
71342Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1994. First edition first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Cormac McCarthy in blue ink on the half-title page. <br /> <br /> 133 pp. Octavo 22 cm. Publisher's black cloth and grey paper-covered boards with blind-stamped design on the front and silver titles on the spine. First edition clearly stated on the copyright page. In the original dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd with the "$19.95" price and "9404" code intact on the front flap.<br /> <br /> A Near Fine unread and clean copy. The rear board is bound slightly askew a minor binder's aberration. The dust jacket is likewise Near Fine showing only very light surface rubbing. A nice copy. Signed by the notoriously reclusive author. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. Throughout a friendship spanning forty years Potter’s bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy where the two shared a rapport rooted in their mutual appreciation of literature art music and history. This volume represents a vital fragment of that connection.<br /> <br /> Written in the mid-1970s The Stonemason remained unpublished for nearly twenty years until its release by Ecco Press in 1994. The professional relationship began when Ecco founder Daniel Halpern reached out to McCarthy via a letter to his Tennessee home. This collaboration eventually established Ecco as a primary publisher for McCarthy’s dramatic and poetic work.<br /> <br /> Set in Louisville Kentucky the work meditates on craft and heritage. McCarthy’s rhythmic dialogue reflects the precision of masonry elevating manual labor to a spiritual discipline. Prioritizing thematic architecture over narrative the play measures the permanence of stone against the fragility of family structures. The Ecco Press hardcover
71330London: Picador 2006. First U.K. edition first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of only 200 copies issued with a bookplate signed in black ink by Cormac McCarthy mounted to the title page. These bookplates were signed specifically for this first Picador edition and distributed via the British retailer Waterstones. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller and McCarthy associate Nicholas Potter. Laid in is Potter's original invoice and purchase receipt from Nicholas & Helen Burrows booksellers Surrey/London UK dated 20-Nov-06.<br /> <br /> 241 pp. Octavo 24 cm. Publisher’s black paper-covered boards with silver stamping to the spine. Original pictorial dust jacket with the "£16.99" price intact. A bright square and clean copy. The inclusion of the signed bookplate at the title page is notably scarce. A short note in Potter's hand is also laid in: "w/signed Bookplate tipped in. October 2006. Cormac told me he would not sign this book title so it is rare signed even if it is on a bookplate." Throughout a friendship spanning forty years Nicholas Potter’s Santa Fe bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy where the two shared a rapport rooted in their mutual appreciation of literature art music and history. This volume represents a vital fragment of that connection.<br /> <br /> Pulitzer Prize-winning and austere The Road is a harrowing odyssey and a testament to paternal devotion. Set in an ash-covered wasteland the narrative depicts a father and son navigating a landscape of predatory cannibals among the ruins of civilization. Refining the sparse prose of his late career into minimalist parable McCarthy captures the endurance of hope in the face of total environmental collapse. The work was adapted into a film directed by John Hillcoat and starring Viggo Mortensen. Picador hardcover
195978726ABLondon, Secker & Warburg, 1959. 208 S. OLn.
71333New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2022. First editions first printings in publisher's slipcase. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. From the library of the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter a long-time friend of Cormac McCarthy. Both volumes are signed by the author on publisher’s tipped-in pages: The Passenger in blue ink and Stella Maris in black ink. Laid into the first volume are two small memo notes in Potter’s hand providing a record of the set's rarity: "This is one of the two copies of the boxed signed edition that Dorothy Massey proprietor of Santa Fe’s Collected Works Bookstore got in the "lottery" for them. Collected Works was one of hundreds of bookstores that tried to order them. Probably fewer than 500 were signed. Dorothy gave it to me."<br /> <br /> 383; 189 pp. Two octavo volumes 24 cm. Publisher’s blue and red paper-covered boards respectively; titles gilt-stamped to spines. First edition clearly stated on the copyright pages. In the original illustrated dust jackets with prices and date codes intact. Housed in the publisher's decorative pictorial paper-covered slipcase with the original paper label tipped-on the rear panel. All elements are Near Fine; bright square clean copies showing only the faintest hints of shelfwear or handling. This set documents a direct connection within the Santa Fe book trade having been gifted from Dorothy Massey to Nicholas Potter. The signatures are provided on the publisher’s tipped-in pages with provenance established by a laid-in note in Potter’s hand. This note identifies the volumes as a gift from Massey proprietor of Collected Works establishing a professional association that distinguishes this set from typical signed issues. It stands as a physical record of the professional network and relationships that supported McCarthy’s work in New Mexico for four decades.<br /> <br /> Alfred A. Knopf published The Passenger on October 25 2022 followed by Stella Maris on December 6 2022. This slipcased boxed set was released concurrently with the second volume and contains both first-edition hardcovers. These signed sets were distributed via a highly restricted "lottery" to select bookstores; it is estimated that only 500 such sets were produced. As McCarthy declined public appearances for these final titles these tipped-in pages represent rare "officially" signed copies of his final works. McCarthy passed away in June 2023—scarcely six months after the final volume's release—marking these as the last works published during his lifetime.<br /> <br /> Conceived as a profound late-career diptych The Passenger and Stella Maris constitute Cormac McCarthy’s final novels. The first volume follows Bobby Western a salvage diver contending with his father’s legacy on the Manhattan Project and the suicide of his sister Alicia. Its companion Stella Maris is a psychiatric transcript recording Alicia’s own struggle with mathematics and hallucination. Eschewing conventional linear plotting the pairing serves as a rigorous inquiry into the "unshareable" nature of reality and the constraints of human knowledge. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
196571251New York: Random House 1965. Second printing of the first edition in the first issue dust jacket. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Cormac McCarthy in black ink on the half-title page to Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter: "For Nicholas All the very best Cormac." <br /> <br /> 246 pp. Octavo 21 cm. Publisher's green cloth and light burgundy paper-covered boards stamped in gilt red and blind. Publisher's green topstain. White dust jacket with red and black typography designed by Muriel Nasser. Second printing clearly stated on the copyright page. First issue dust jacket with "$4.95" price intact at top-front flap and "5/65" code at the bottom-right. <br /> <br /> A Near Fine copy the text block is clean square and seemingly unread throughout. The green topstain is lightly faded and the paper at the fore-edges of the boards show bits of abrasion. The dust jacket is Very Good gently sunned at the spine and showing light overall surface soiling and minor edgewear including a short split beginning at the top-front flap fold and tiny chips at the spine head and the top-right corner of the front panel. An attractive copy with an intimate association. A significant association copy warmly inscribed by the notoriously reclusive author to his long-time friend the late Santa Fe bookseller Nicholas Potter. Throughout a friendship spanning forty years Potter’s bookstore served as a frequent destination for McCarthy where the two shared a rapport rooted in their mutual appreciation of literature art music and history. This volume represents a vital fragment of that connection; McCarthy who famously avoided public life inscribed most of his published works to Potter.<br /> <br /> The second printing of The Orchard Keeper consisted of a small run of only 750 copies. It has been noted that surplus first-issue dust jackets were used for this printing; these were frequently price-clipped to accommodate the second printing’s increased $6.95 price. The present example is notably not price-clipped retaining the original $4.95 price.<br /> <br /> Set in a remote rural Tennessee community between the World Wars The Orchard Keeper is McCarthy’s debut novel inaugurating a cycle of four Southern Gothic works with Outer Dark Child of God and Suttree to follow. The narrative explores the forces of modern civilization as they encroach upon older more rugged ways of living. Upon its release the novel earned McCarthy immediate critical acclaim and comparisons to the likes of William Faulkner. Random House hardcover
VERMONT, Brattleboro, The Stephen Greene Press - 1961 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Illustrations Nb de l'auteur - 238 pages - bon exemplaire - Ex-libris illustré Kristin Desmond
193370034Edinburgh: John Grant 1933. New Edition. Hardcover. Good. 442; 458; 355pp. Thick royal octavos 24 cm Navy blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a blind stamped vignette on the front board. Top edge gilt; other edges deckled. 1/2" closed tear at head of backstrip of volume 1. Minor stain to front board of this volume as well. Hatching to approximately a dozen pages in volume 1 mostly in pencil. As is. Some plates detached. With only one map at the rear of volume 3 the following map IS present: "Map of the United States Showing Indian Reservations". May require extra postage due to the number of volumes. Ex-libris novelist and historian of the Old West James D. Horan with his bookplate on the front pastedown of volume 2. By the authors of "The McKenney-Hall Picture Gallery." A new edition edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. John Grant hardcover
163867902London: Printed by T. Cotes for William Cooke 1638. First edition in English. Leather Bound. Good. 327 numbered pages. Twentyfourmo 14.5 cm Full brown leather with a red leather spine label decorative gilt tooling to the spine and double blind-ruled borders on the boards. Later endpapers circa 18th-19th century. Lacking the frontispiece portrait. Extremities rubbed. Cracks to the head of the spine along the joints the longer crack along the front joint measures 1 inch. Leather boards darkened at the edges. Ownership inscription "C Humphreys 1746" on front flyleaf. Two contemporary notations on the title page. A single manuscript notation within the text. One gathering hanging by a thread. Text block cracked at p. 317 and pp. 317-322 are partially detached. Small stains in the top margins of pp. 40-162 of "The Epistle." P. 286 is numbered as p. 287 and vice versa. <br /> <br /> Ex-libris English antiquary verse-writer and politician Hudson Gurney of Norwich 1775-1864 with his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Hudson a highly acclaimed intellectual and bibliophile avowed to have read all 15000 volumes in his library and was a fellow of the Royal Society and the vice president of the Society of Antiquaries. His own verse works include the free translations of "Cupid and Psyche" 1798 and "The Orlando Furiosa" 1808 and his chronicle of major events in ancient history "Heads of Ancient History" 1814. His "Observations on the Bayeux Tapestry" 1817 presented an argument for the authenticity of its subject. He made numerous contributions in Parliament where he was viewed as an independent who tended to see both sides of every question. The book opens with a note on the translation which is followed by an unpaginated section titled "To the Inhabitants of the Island of great Britaine Unitie and Felicity."<br /> <br /> Gildas was a 6th century British monk and historian who lived for many years as an ascetic hermit on Flatholm Island in the Bristol Channel and was known for his piety and good education. He founded a monastery in Brittany known as St. Gildas de Rhuys. His "De excidio et conquestu Britanniae" "The Overthrow and Conquest of Britain" is one of a handful of sources for the country's post-Roman history. This work "The Epistle of Gildas" is a longer work which is a series of sermons on the moral failures of rulers and of the clergy.<br /> <br /> A work by one of the most influential figures of the early English Church. Printed by T. Cotes, for William Cooke unknown
New and cheaper Edition. In 12o di 298 pagine. Tela editoriale. Ex Libris Henry Sanderson Furniss. --- Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson (1868–1939) was the third Principal of Ruskin College. Furniss was born in London on 1 October 1868, the elder son of Thomas Sanderson Furniss (1833–1912) and Thomas' wife and second cousin Mary Sanderson (d. 1899). Like his eldest sister, May, Furniss was discovered to be blind from a very young age, possibly as a result of ophthalmia neonatorum at the time of his birth.Two younger siblings had normal eyesight. Furniss's eyesight allowed him to distinguish large objects but he was never able to read. Fortunately, private tutoring (made possible by his family's wealth) allowed him to gain an education that led ultimately to a distinguished academic career in economics.
190970290Salt Lake City Utah: Intermountain Catholic Press 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 350 pp. Quarto 25 cm; full green cloth covered and beveled boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Centerpiece design also in gilt. Illustrated with many photographs maps and drawings. With the double-page Map Showing Route Taken by Fr. Silvestre Velez de Escalante July 29th 1776 – Jan 2nd 1777. Numerous photographs of prominent Catholic buildings including a double-page plate of Judge Memorial Home. The volume shows general light shelf wear; the boards are lightly scratched and there is some rubbing and bumping to the edges and corners. Binding is solid and square. Internally clean and bright. Ex-libris Historian J. Roderic Korns with his prior ownership label affixed to the front pastedown. Korns was a noted historian of the American West and author the work "West from Fort Bridger: The Pioneering of the Immigrant Trails Across Utah 1846–1850" which he completed with the assistance of Dale L. Morgan.<br /> <br /> This work is a review of Spanish and Missionary Explorations Tribal Divisions names and regional habitats of the pre-European tribes the Journal of the Franciscan Explorers and discovers of Utah Lake. Covers the trailing of the priests from Santa Fe N.M. with Map of the route illustrations and delimitations of the Great Basin. Also contains the first English translation of Escalante's account of his explorations in Utah. Howes H238. Flake 3869. Intermountain Catholic Press hardcover
1904042918Boston, The Troutsdale Press, 1904. gr 8°, geb. Pappeinbd., 4 Bl. u. 32 Tafeln - ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar, Kanten berieben, Tafelseiten gestempelt
191168898New York: Duffield and Company 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good . 128pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Light brown paper over boards with printed paper title labels on the spine and front board. Ex-library with traces of library markings on the rear endpaper. Spine subtly darkened. Ex-libris Emma K. Willits with her bookplate on the front pastedown. Emma K. Willits 20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965 was a physician and surgeon who played a significant role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco now the California campus Women and Children's Center of the California Pacific Medical Center serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934. She is thought to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States and the first to head a surgery department. A play set among the Paiute Indians. A nice association copy. Duffield and Company hardcover
156713778Paris, aedibus Rovillii, (1567) ; in-8 ; plein veau havane marbré, dos décoré et doré, roulette sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure du XVIIIe) ; 376, (21) pp. (Index rerum et verborum et Index Autorum), (1) p. blanche, (1) f. blanc. ; portrait gravé sur bois (p.81).
1896ABE-1559492472986TRADUCTION NOUVELLE AVEC INTRODUCTION NOTICES ET NOTES PAR G.HINSTIN-BROCHE-448 PAGES-12 CM X 19 CM-EX LIBRIS DU LITTERATEUR PIERRE DES GACHONS EN PAGE 3-DOS CASSE ET RECOLLE-(JDG30)
3409Sans lieu, sans nom,1986 ; petit 4°; en feuilles, sous double emboîtage, l'un illustré portant le titre, l'autre recouvert d'un tissu japonais,4 feuillets texte explicatif et 48 planches en couleurs. Raffiné.
1961178131961 VERMONT, Brattleboro, The Stephen Greene Press - 1961 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Illustrations Nb de l'auteur - 238 pages - bon exemplaire - Ex-libris illustré Kristin Desmond
190446404933London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York and Toronto, 1904 ; petit in-8, toile brune à grains, fleurons dorés au dos. (Reliure d’éditeur) XXXII pp., 976 pp.La garde porte l’ex-libris autographe du jeune Julien Green : Julian H[artridge] Green Va[Virginia] 1920. Alors âgé de 20 ans, il finissait ses études à l’Université de Virginie. En 1917, il s’était engagé dans l’American Field Service alors qu’il n’avait pas l’âge requis. Redevenu civil en 1919, il part aux États-Unis à l’invitation de son oncle maternel Walter Hartridge. À l’université de Virginie, il choisit la littérature anglaise, le grec, le latin, l’allemand, l’histoire et la philosophie. Au verso de la couverture, l’étudiant Green a collé le bel ex-libris gravé illustré d’un coeur, dessiné pour lui par un de ses camarades. Dans Jeunesse (p. 47), J. Green évoque cet ex-libris : “Si Ludovic dessinait à ravir, le dessinateur chez lui se doublait d’un perfectionniste qui n’arrivait jamais à bout de ce qu’il entreprenait. J’ai de lui un ex-libris qu’il fit graver pour moi et que je fus longtemps à regarder sans bien comprendre ce qu’il fallait y voir, sinon une influence de Beardsley nouvellement redécouvert. Ce trait délicat et façonnier me paraissait le comble du raffinement.”
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<p>18 cm, brossura originale; p. 61. Edizione di 101 esemplari numerati, il nostro n. 48. Al verso del piatto ex libris di Freancesco Paolo Ruggiero, Pari del Regno. Qualche rara brunitura</p>
kk2983Eryx Reliure signée 0 "In-4 de maroquin ocre janséniste, sous chemise et emboitage, tranches dorées, doublure en velours rose avec un cuivre original, ayant servi à l'illustration, doré et encré, couverture et dos conservés, reliure signée JP Miguet, un des 15 exemplaires sur papier vélin d'Arches, contenant deux suites, une en noir et une en sanguine avec remarques, illustré de 15 pointes sèches originales de Bécat, imprimées en couleurs, notre exemplaire possède, en plus du cuivre doré et encré, une pointe sèche originale ainsi qu'un envoi de Bécat ""En toute sympathie. P. Emile Bécat"", également présent un bon à tirer, lui aussi signé par Bécat, et une aquarelle originale signée par Bécat, ex-libris prestigieux (Aga-Khan), sans date ; emboitage très lègèrement fendu, très bel exemplaire, en parfait état.. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
190648791ABMünchen, Albert Langen, 1906. VIII, 285 S., 3 S. Anz.Mit 24 Abb. auf Tafeln. OPp. mit reicher goldgepr. Einbandverzierung. 1.-3. Aufl.
1963037030Rudkøbing, Grafolio, 1963. kl 8°, Brosch., 21 S. u. 11 Bl. m. montierten Ex Libris - gutes Exemplar m. signiertem Ex Libris eines anderen Künstlers
A Paris, Chez Tilliard, libraire, quay des Augustins, à Saint Benoît, MDCCLVII [1757] -Edition Originale - In-8 - Reliure plein veau de l'époque(épidermures, coiffes usées) - Dos lisse orné de motifs floraux - toutes tranches rouges - roulettes dorées sur les coupes - Bel ex-libris armorié (gravé par Desmarets) de l'Abbé de Pennamprat, de la Société Royale - CII-396 pages + (3) privilège - Très frais - Réf. 47298
PARIS, Lib. de Gide fils - 1819 - 1/2 Reliure veau havane -fetrs à froid dorés - Plats & gardes jaspées - viij, 265 pages - Très bel exemplaire - Ex-libris armorié "bibliothèque de M. Dunoyer de Segonzac" Première édition française de cette enquête sur les institutions politiques et administratives de la Grande Bretagne suivie d'un rapport sur le système fiscal britannique. Publié sous le titre de 'Darstellung der innern Verwaltung Grossbritanniens', l'ouvrage devint un classique en Allemagne. (Goldsmiths, 'Online catalogue', n° 22342.37).
