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1939140938001London: Faber and Faber 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with previous owner bookplate to front free end paper offsetting to prelims; pages toned and with foxing to prelims and terminals. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact; edge-worn with chips tears and several tape repairs made to the reverse side. One of an edition of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. Faber and Faber unknown books
1939140937376New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding lettered in gilt. Fine with fading to topstain near spine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with several tiny edge-tears and very light soiling. A striking copy of a book and jacket typically found in much lesser condition. The Viking Press unknown books
191192792New York: The Baker & Taylor Company 1911. First edition first issue of Joyce Kilmer's first book of verse. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow poet and literary critic Thomas Walsh "To Thomas Walsh With appreciation of his roast of this book and the sincere admiration of Joyce Kilmer June 20 1913 Brooklyn NY." A scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature Thomas Walsh published four books of poetry and wrote many short articles and reviews including several for the New York Times. With Walsh's bookplate to the pastedown. Octavo original cloth. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise box. A nice association and uncommon signed as Kilmer was killed in World War I. American poet Joyce Kilmer would later write of his first book of verse Summer of Love that ".some of the poems in it those inspired by genuine love are not things of which to be ashamed and you understanding would not be offended by the others." Kilmer gained immense popularity in 1913 with the publication of his best known poem Trees which was later published in book format the following year in a collection which also introduced the popular poem "The House With Nobody In It". The Baker & Taylor Company hardcover books
1916268174New York: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's half brown cloth and boards. Near fine in orange pictorial dust-jacket with clown holding flaming circus hoop jacket toned at spine panel with some chipping to extremities of jacket. With obituary and other contemporary notices and poem pasted in to preliminaries and final leaf and with manuscript poem "Joyce Kilmer" by George Steele Seymour on half-title. First edition first issue. viii 79 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. With Kilmer ALS from the Front with Mention of His War Poem "Rogue Bouquet". With a fine Autograph Letter signed "Joyce Kilmer" to Miss Olson written from the front. Headquarters Co. 165th Infantry A.E.F. France n.d. but after Nov. 1917. 1-1/2 pages tipped in after title-page. <br/>"It was kind of you to send me the book of tickets and I am honored by thus becoming the guest of the Chicago Woman's Club . I'm more homesick for Chicago than for any other city in America you see Larchmont Manor isn't a city . I think you will like my poem 'Rogue Bouquet.' I am a sergeant now and never expect to go any higher. For to get a commission I'd be obliged to go to school away from the Regiment for some months and when school was over I'd be sent - whether or not I had gained a commission - not back to this Regiment but to some strange outfit. And I'd rather be a sergeant in the 69th than an officer in any other Regiment ." Kilmer was proud of his position in the "Fighting Sixty-ninth" though by his time known as the 165th Infantry and had requested permission to join its ranks. Kilmer was killed in action 30 July 1918 while scouting German machine-gun positions near the Ourcq River. BAL 11108 Laurence J. Gomme unknown books
1929WRCLIT69949Paris: The Black Sun Press 1929. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Frontispiece by Brancusi. About fine in later acetate wrapper in lightly rubbed original foil covered slipcase with ribbon pull. First edition. Preface by C.K. Ogden. One of 500 copies on Hollande van Gelder Zonen from a total printing of 650 copies. SLOCUM & CAHOON A36. ARTIST & THE BOOK 32. The Black Sun Press unknown books
193420389ENew York: Random House 1934. First Edition - American. Very good with some slight darkening to the cloth in a near fine bright dust jacket with a trace of dust soiling and a 1/2†tear to the bottom of the front spine fold. A lovely copy featuring the classic design of Ernst Reichl lacking his name on the front cover. Random House hardcover books
1925229064First edition. Octavo. Edited by Robert McAlmon. Full modern black morocco stamped in gilt on the spine; original gray printed wrappers bound in t.e.g.; marbled endpapers. Fine. Printed in Dijon by Maurice Darantiere. Includes Joyce's "From a Work in Progress." Slocum Cahoon B7. Hemingway's "Soldier's Home." Hanneman B3. Gertrude Stein "The Women." Wilson B3. Norman Douglas "A Fragment." Woolf C166. Paris, Contract Editions/Three Mountains Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT82937Paris: Shakespeare & Company 1929. Printed wrappers. Very slight typical edge tanning otherwise a very nice copy in an early glassine wrapper which is a bit wrinkled and soiled. First edition regular paper issue. This copy bears an inscription from Sylvia Beach the publisher beneath the ownership signature of Joyce scholar Patricia Hutchins probably executed in the late '40s or early '50s. Includes contributions by Beckett his first appearance in a book Williams Jolas Gilbert McAlmon McGreevy Paul Rodker Budgeon Dixon et al. A passage from WIP which did not make it into the final text of FINNEGANS WAKE is included. SLOCUM & CAHOON B10. WALLACE B11. F&F 1. Shakespeare & Company unknown books
1926297786Paris: Shakespeare 1926. hardcover. very good. 735 pages. Square 8vo re-bound in blue-green morocco with black leather spine labels raised bands & gilt decorations; small fade-spot on front cover. Paris: Shakespeare & Co. 1926. First edition 8th Printing. The last edition to be published by Sylvia Beach and with the type entirely reset.<br/><br/> Originally published in 1922 the type was entirely re-set for this edition with Joyce participating though not all errors were caught. The next authorized edition was printed in 1932.<br/><br/> Shakespeare unknown books
1937140940529London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1937. First British trade edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British trade edition first printing. viii 766 2 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Near Fine with subtle bowing to boards a little offsetting to endpapers and few tiny stains in an unclipped dust jacket very lightly shelfworn else Fine. An attractive copy of the classic novel. John Lane the Bodley Head unknown books
19172101041The Egoist Ltd 1917. first. Hardcover. very good. First UK edition with use of UK sheets of which about 1000 copies were printed. This copy was preceded by a UK edition using US sheets. The first US edition was published before the first UK edition in 1916. Book very good tanning on spine front and rear free end papers discolored very slightly leaning. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. The Egoist Ltd hardcover books
19391407012The Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Published May 1939 stated on the copyright page. First U.S. Edition which was published simultaneously with the first UK edition. Near fine condition. Negligible tanning of the page edges. Small 3-star stamp in red ink on the back paste down. Dust jacket has water damage to bottom front and back flaps which extends slightly onto the panels. Minor chipping at the edges and at the corners. Couple of closed tears. Original price of $5.00 printed on the front flap. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939WRCLIT81835New York: Viking 1939. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket shallow loss at extreme crown of spine creased edge-tear at lower edge of front panel light edge use otherwise very good and bright. First U.S. printing trade issue. One of 6000 copies printed offset from advance proofs of the UK edition and formally published on the same day as that edition 4 May 1939. "If Finnegans Wake is a key book it is a key which needs a key. The Wake reminds me of the unfinished obelisk which lies on its side at Assuan yet it has passages of unearthly beauty particularly the last page and huge comic scenes" - Connolly. SLOCUM & CAHOON A48. MODERN MOVEMENT 87. Viking hardcover books
1939107104Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First US edition stated on copyright page and front flap of dust jacket where the original $5 price is still present. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some moisture staining on the lower corners of the jacket not affecting the book. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
1930WRCLIT69951Paris & New York: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane / The Fountain Press 1930. Quarto. Printed wrappers. Fine in glassine wrapper with minor frays at crown and toe of spine. The slipcase is split at the end joints and crudely repaired and there are some surface chips to the green onlay otherwise it is sound. First edition. One of five hundred numbered copies on handmade "Pure Linen Vidalon Royal" from a total edition of 685 copies. SLOCUM & CAHOON A41. Henry Babou and Jack Kahane / The Fountain Press unknown books
1934140938129New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First authorized American edition first printing in first state jacket with designer's name Reichl at bottom of front panel. xvii 768 pp. Original cream-colored cloth lettered in black and red. Very Good with toning to spine cloth and pages;d light foxing to cloth and textblock edge; Previous owner bookplate tipped in at front endsheet; hinge at title page slightly over-opened; discrete bookworm tracts to hinge at rear endsheet. In Very Good unclipped dust jacket showing general wear edge wear with several edge tears repaired to the verso soiling and a gentle vertical crease to the spine. A nice copy of the once-banned modernist novel. Random House unknown books
1936Embry 80841The Black Sun Press New York: 1936. First edition number 635 of 800 copies. Fine in fine publisher's tissue dust jacket with a small chip to head of spine. Frontis portrait by Augustus John. Decorative boards. Set by hand and printed under the direction of Caresse Crosby. The Black Sun Press, New York: 1936. First edition, number 635 of 800 copies. hardcover books
19391105588vo. London: Faber and Faber 1939. 8vo 628 pp. Original brick red cloth backstrip titled in gilt top edge stained yellow others untrimmed original dust-jacket neatly repaired. Untrimmed edges aged toned pencil name on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a professionally restored dust-jacket that presents very well. § First British edition trade issue one of a total first printing of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. It was published on the same day as the U.S. trade edition from Viking and the limited edition bearing Faber and Viking's joint imprint. One of the best known least read books in English. Slocum and Cahoon A47. Faber and Faber hardcover books
193928153New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine tight copy in a bright dust jacket with a few minor nicks and some slight rubbing. Not price clipped. Probably a more difficult book to find in collectable condition than the British first. Connolly 100. <br/><br/> The Viking Press unknown books
197630064Derry Pa: Rook Society 1976. First edition. Broadside. 215 x 280 mm. An unnumbered copy from the planned but never published edition of 100. Only a few presumably proof copies were printed. Signed by Oates; she has also corrected the spelling of the dedicatee's name. <br/><br/> Rook Society unknown books
1936402321New York: The Black Sun Press 1936. Glassine with small chips at head of spine with pale associated toning to board and on rear panel. A near-fine copy. Small 8vo. 66 pages. Frontispiece portrait after a crayon drawing by Augustus John original tissue guard preserved. Original white boards decorated in blue blue silk page marker entirely unopened; original glassine. FIRST EDITION LIMITED ISSUE number 626 of 800 numbered copies from an edition of 850 fifty copies were printed on Japan Vellum and signed. This collects 'Chamber Music' 'Pomes Penyeach' and 'Ecce Puer' the last of which is published for the first time. Slocum & Cahoon A44. <br/><br/> The Black Sun Press hardcover books
1936309604New York: The Black Sun Press 1936. FIRST EDITION LIMITED ISSUE number 626 of 800 numbered copies from an edition of 850 fifty copies were printed on Japan Vellum and signed. Frontispiece portrait after a crayon drawing by Augustus John original tissue guard preserved. 66 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original white boards decorated in blue blue silk page marker entirely unopened; original glassine. Glassine with small chips at head of spine with pale associated toning to board and on rear panel. A near-fine copy. John Augustus. FIRST EDITION LIMITED ISSUE number 626 of 800 numbered copies from an edition of 850 fifty copies were printed on Japan Vellum and signed. Frontispiece portrait after a crayon drawing by Augustus John original tissue guard preserved. 66 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. This collects 'Chamber Music' 'Pomes Penyeach' and 'Ecce Puer' the last of which is published for the first time. Slocum & Cahoon A44 The Black Sun Press unknown books
197715347JNew York: Garland 1977. First Edition. Two large volumes complete in slipcase. Inscribed on the first blank to the eminent publisher Peter du Sautoy Chairman of Faber & Faber by three of the editors. Publisher's quarter green cloth over blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spines. In blue cloth slipcase. Full facsimile edition of Joyce's holograph manuscript. Fresh and clean copies. Top of spines slightly bumped else fine minor marks to slipcase. A rare collectors set of a book printed in a quantity intended for research libraries. Garland hardcover books
19272221701<p>Ninth printing. 8 1/2" x 6 1/2". 3/4 contemporary blue morocco cover marble cloth; marbled endpapers t.e.g. No wrappers. No foxing. Very good light rubbing at joints and covers. 735 pages.</p><p>Slocum & Cahoon A17N page 26 ninth printing consists of the entirely reset text of the eighth printing.</p><p>Printed by Darantiere Dijon.</p><p>Neat previous owners signature on verso of front free endpaper.</p> Shakespeare and Company hardcover books
19276931Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. 9th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear ffep split at joint repairable light rubbing at hinges else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound burgundy leather spine and tips marbled paper boards matching marbled endpages four raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements teg. 8vo. 735pp. Original blue wrappers bound in. <br/><br/>In a signed binding by noted New York bookman and binder Whitman Bennett with original wrappers bound in. The 9th printing from the wholly new and corrected setting of type prepared for the eight printing. Shakespeare and Company hardcover books
