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1934140946393Paris: The Obelisk Press 1934. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of this literary high spot. One of 1000 copies in publisher's original printed wrappers with price of 50 fr. intact Front wrapper printed with Maurice J. Kahane's striking crab and globe design. Near Fine with browning and light soiling to wraps light edge wear top corner lightly bumped and light creasing to wraps. Contents tanned. Housed in a custom chemise slipcase. <p>The scarce first appearance of Miller's scandalously erotic novel which would eventually test the boundaries of free speech in America and become a landmark of 20th century literature rare in the original wrappers. Since so many copies of the first edition were seized by authorities in England and the U.S. The Obelisk Press discarded the printed wrappers in favor of less conspicuous plain ones for the second and subsequent editions. Shifreen & Jackson A9a. The Obelisk Press unknown
198848260DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG 1988. 1. softcover. DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG paperback
193463142Paris:: The Obelisk Press 1934. publisher's wrappers illustrated by Maurice J. Kahane rear wrapper detached. A dark brown stain affects the bottom 1-1/4 inch of the spine extending to a larger unprinted area on the back panel; small chips at the edges of the spine affecting the lettering at the bottom of the front panel. Old pencil ownership signature; contents otherwise clean and fine. 8vo. Preface by Anais Nin. The Obelisk Press, unknown
9380New York: Crown Publishers 1976. Full Leather. Fine binding. Octavo. 160 pp. illus. First edition first printing thus. Full bound in burgundy morocco with blind-tooling sanding and dyed and acrylic-toned goat onlays. Top edge gilt with sgraffito designed. Hand-woven silk endbands. Housed in clamshell box. <br /> <br /> In this binding Brenda Gallagher has drawn from Boyce's erotic illustrations to render a beautifully blind-tooled drawing spanning both covers. Stamped onlays and sanded details bring the binding into perfect union with the text. Gallagher has subtly titled the cover by embedding both the author's name and title within the blind tooling. A remarkably designed and excellently executed binding capturing the spirit of Nin's prose and quite directly the character of Boyce's drawings. Gallagher is a design bookbinder and a graduate of the American Academy of Bookbinding. Crown Publishers unknown
1936163655Paris: Siana Editions 1936. Inscribed to a "hell-cat with a tongue made of broken bottles and dipped in acid" First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Rebecca and Henry with affection Anaïs Paris 1936". This edition comprised 249 copies all numbered and signed by the author: this is number 67. It was Nin's "first best and most challenging volume of prose fiction" Franklin and Schneider. The recipient was Nin's friend Rebecca West the author and critic hailed as "indisputably the world's number one woman writer" by Time in 1947 and her husband the banker Henry Maxwell Andrews. West's literary opinions were strongly held and sharply worded. She called Tolstoy the "most bogus great writer of all time" declared "I am dead to Dante" and dismissed H. G. Wells the father of her child as "the old maid among novelists" Rollyson p. 10 Her friend and colleague at the Evening Standard once told her that she had the reputation of a "hell-cat with a tongue made of broken bottles and dipped in acid" ibid. Nin's diaries often refer to West including a recollection of their first encounter. West had written to Nin praising her first published work D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study 1932 and invited her to visit London. Nin accepted and an intense friendship blossomed. "I liked her immediately" recalled Nin "her warmth her brilliant dark eyes her wit. She visited me in Louveciennes. We talked so much together we lost our way in the forest and had to telephone to a friend to come and pick us up in a car. In Louveciennes she commented that she had never seen a house where deep talks could be treated so lightly." vol. 2 1966 p. 31ff. Despite their mutual admiration their friendship cooled in large part because of Nin's long-term relationship with Henry Miller. West despised Miller as both a writer and a person. "She first met him in Paris in Anaïs Nin's apartment. Rebecca happened to be passing the bathroom and heard a gurgling sound. She opened the door and there was Henry Miller committing suicide by drowning himself in the bathtub. 'So I pulled the plug and walked out' Rebecca confided to a friend. 'You know he never thanked me'" Rollyson ibid. The House of Incest is a prose poem "a book of dreams fantasies half-realities visions interior monologues and journeys; an esoteric description of a progress through experiences and relationships that actually represent the unnamed narrator dealing with her own multifaceted self" Franklin and Schneider p. 4. Tall octavo. Original cream wrappers lettered in black edges untrimmed. With original glassine. Spine ends slightly bumped and chipped short closed tear at head of front joint; glassine a little chipped with a few faint marks: a near-fine copy in like glassine. Wendy M. DuBow Conversations with Anaïs Nin 1994; Benjamin Franklin & Duane Schneider Anaïs Nin: An Introduction 1979; Carl Rollyson Rebecca West and the God That Failed 2005. unknown
198948259DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG 1989. 2. softcover. DEUTSCHER TASCHENBUCH VERLAG paperback
24841BERTELSMANN CARL. 1. hardcover. Nur für Mitglieder! BERTELSMANN, CARL hardcover
194232954New York: Gemor Press 1942. Very Good . New York: Gemor Press n.d. ca. 1942 First American Edition Limited to 500 copies. Octavo 21.5cm; publisher's black pictorial paper-covered boards; 4155pp.; copper engravings throughout. Brief rubbing to spine ends and corners white spine titling browned textblock lightly toned else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Dorothy Perera - one of the new women! this decadent world we are transcending / Anaïs Nin / New York 1943." <br /> <br /> The first work to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942 naming it the Gemor Press after Gonzalo though Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. <br /> <br /> The works Gemor published--eight titles all together six of them by Nin herself--were frequently illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler who went under the pseudonym Ian Hugo. The colophon in this work notes that Hugo "used the tecnique sic which William Blake called 'revealed' because it was revealed to him by his brother in a dream. This is the first time this technique as developed by S.W. Hayter has been employed since Blake invented it." <br /> <br /> Winter of Artifice was first published by the Obelisk Press in 1939 but the contents were revised for this edition which Nin's bibliographer Benjamin Franklin yes that's right claims is one of the hardest to date. Nin's diary usefully notes that the work was delivered fully bound on May 15 1942. <br /> <br /> Franklin A3b. Gemor Press unknown
1948144891New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1948. First edition of this landmark novel from the library of Anais Nin. Octavo original black cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Accompanied by a clipped dedication page that reads "For Anais Nin" boldly signed by Vidal laid in. Gore Vidal and Anais Nin's friendship emerged from their shared commitment to challenging the literary and cultural orthodoxies of mid-twentieth-century America. While Vidal’s incisive social satire and Nin’s lyrical explorations of erotic subjectivity differed in style both writers pursued themes of identity and transgression which created a foundation of mutual admiration. In fine condition. From the library of Anais Nin. An exceptional association linking these two great writers. Stylistically influenced by Hemingway this work "is distinguished by its honesty and lack of self-pity; the central figure is unexceptional in every respect but his sexual choices" Stringer 690. "One of the best novels of its kind. . . . It isnt sentimental and it is frank without trying to be sensational and shocking" Christopher Isherwood. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover
200484362powerHouse Books. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1576871827 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pages 20 illustrations; 8 vo. -- with a bonus offer-- . powerHouse Books hardcover
2014112239Silvana. New. 2014. Paperback. 8836628486 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in English and Italian. -- with a bonus offer-- . Silvana paperback
19666343<p>London: Peter Owen 1966. Anaïs Nin writes intimately on her philosophies of society culture and feminism reflecting over six decades of private and very public literary life mainly in France and the USA. Published with a foreword from Gunther Stuhlmann complete Peter Owen sets of the Journals are pretty thin on the ground but despite the rather rocky relationship between Owen and the author the end product is a deservedly respected and indispensable collection of the unstoppable and luminous Anaïs Nin.</p><p>First edition seven volumes. Complete set of hardbacks in varied colours of cloth and original dust jackets. Cloth binding to Vol I is slightly soiled but in good condition. Dust jacket is worn around edges shows creases across the top of the front cover. A couple of small chips on top and bottom edges as well as two 5 mm closed tears. A trifle worn but holding together and in solid condition. Volumes 2-7 essentially near fine with some inoffensive edgewear shelfwear and the odd crease.</p> Peter Owen hardcover
1818ZB445242Paris 1818-1851. Series I: volumes 3-6 8 10 12-13; Series II: volumes 1-8; Series III: volumes 1-20; Series IV: volumes 1-6; 8; 9 13-20 1818-1851 complete volumes bound some bindings require repairs or replacement ex library however textually clean. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Paris unknown
1932368277Paris: Edawrd W. Titus 1932. First edition of the author's first book number 491 of 500 copies. 10 146 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt lettered on front cover and spine. Unopened fine in dust jacket that is lightly toned with some modest chipping at extremitites light soiling to rear panel. First edition of the author's first book number 491 of 500 copies. 10 146 2 pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation copy inscribed on the ffep: "For Richard who accompanies me faithfully on the inner-outer voyage started with this book / Love Anais / February 21 1973." The recipient is likely Richard Centing co-founder of the first Anais Nin periodical. Centing invited Nin to Ohio State to give lectures and and championed her work internationally. Franklin A1 Edawrd W. Titus unknown
19741343253London: Peter Owen 1974. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 275 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket spine black with white and green titling. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Price uncut: "£4.50 net." Mild shelfwear and rubbing overall with light bumping to lower corners. Stamp on front free endpaper reads "From the Library of Anais Nin and Ian Hugo." There are no markings or marginalia. Shelved in Case 12. 1343253. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Peter Owen hardcover
0491022182New. Brand new and still unused unknown
194533870New York: Gemor Press 1945. Very Good -. New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo 21cm; publisher's cream pictorial paper-covered boards printed in magenta; 183pp.; woodblock prints by Hugo throughout. Boards rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends general dust-soiling and brief damp stain at bottom margin of rear cover internally clean and sound. A Good to Very Good copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper "For George Davis avec amitié / Anaïs."<br /> <br /> One of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though named after Gonzalo Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work for the press. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. Many of the works as is the case here were illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler. <br /> <br /> Excellent association copy inscribed and signed on front free endpaper to Harper's Bazaar and Mademoiselle editor George Davis 1906-1957. Davis and a collection of like-minded friends had founded a bohemian artist's commune in Brooklyn Heights in 1940 to which Nin was a regular guest. It was Nin who gave the commune its name February House after noticing that most of its residents had been born in that month. <br /> <br /> Franklin A6a. Gemor Press unknown
194680234New York: E.P. Dutton 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Signed by Anaïs Nin and inscribed by her husband engraver and filmmaker Ian Hugo born Hugh Parker Guiler 1898-1985 to attorney Ferdinand J. Wolf with a handwritten thank you card from Nin signed "Anaïs Guiler" laid in. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt-stamped titling and decoration. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light toning and wear along the extremities.<br /> <br /> The first novel in Nin's celebrated Cities of the Interior series interweaving the stories of several women each emotionally inhibited in her own way: through self-doubt fear guilt moral drift and distrust. The author's own experiences as recorded in her famous diaries supplied the raw material for her fiction. It was her intuitive experimental and always original style that transformed one into the other. E.P. Dutton hardcover
199140229KNAUR THEODOR 04/1991. 1. softcover. KNAUR, THEODOR paperback
19500013271950. Soft cover. Near Fine. Anais Nin folding woodblock print social note card probably circa 1950s. Unopened size is 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". Opened size 8 1/2" x 2 3/4". Softly erotic woodblock print of the female form on the cover closed format. Signature and handwriting certified by an FHE and the physical form of that certification will accompany this piece. Also some provenance in the form of the business card of the previous owner himself a rare manuscripts dealer. A flirtatious note from Ms.Nin to a gentleman who had previously wanted to write a story about her telling him that now the time may be right for that - and including her phone number. Date of this piece not known but might be deduced from her phone number by a Nin authority. Such an expert may also know who the gentleman in question is. And for that matter it may not even be a gentleman. Near fine condition just a bit toned from the years not much and no other flaws. See scans. A neat and very "that's-so-HER" little piece of manuscript ephemera from the world of and history of literature - from a time when there were such things. Today she would have just texted the guy. You can't collect that. L52 <br/> <br/> paperback
303279Hollywood Oaxaca Los Angeles etc. 1979. 15 pages with mailing envelopes two post cards. 8vo. Fine. 15 pages with mailing envelopes two post cards. 8vo. American author and playwright James Leo Herlihy 1927-1993 author of All Fall Down and Midnight Cowboy here writes to John Ferrone a New York based friend and editor at Harcourt Brace and elsewhere on a variety of topics concerning his journals books and frequently his friend Anaïs Nin whose journals Ferrone edited. <br /> <br /> Autograph Note signed "Jamie Herlihy" dated 22 February 1974 in part: "I'm very happy that we've me: Anais's trust in you and her devotion to you are deep and the reasons were immediately apparent"<br /> <br /> Autograph Note signed "Jamie" dated 3 April 1974 2 pp. opening "I have begun this answer to your note of March 13 at least 3 times. Moving. Incredible confusion. ."<br /> <br /> Autograph Letter signed 8 May 1974 2 pp. 38 lines concerning permission to use photographs not present Herlihy's ambivalence about the journals Ferrone is reading noting in part: " The journals I'm doing now will perhaps one day be more interesting to readers. As for photo identification: these photos the two I'm sending were made the year I wrote All Fall Down. But I am much better known of course as the author of Midnight Cowboy. . I enjoyed hearing from you."<br /> <br /> Autograph Letter signed 17 June 1974 2 pp. "I liked your letter. Yes I'm afraid the - - relationship would have to stay in the background of any memoir I might ever publish. . He asked for instance to be omitted from Anaïs's dairy."<br /> <br /> Autograph Note signed 22 October 1974 postcard from Oaxaca thanking Ferrone for "the fine Nin album. Very happy to be part of it." A photographic supplement to the diaries published that year.<br /> <br /> Autograph Note signed 15 March 1976 postcard with Nin's address and device requesting paperback copies of the diaries.<br /> <br /> Autograph Note signed 14 March 1977 thanking Ferrone for "these Mumford volumes".<br /> <br /> Autograph Letter signed 30 October 1978 2 pp. letter of introduction for Alicia Bay Laurel author/illustrator of Living on the Earth 1971.<br /> <br /> Typed Note signed 15 February 1979 conveying a 2 pp. typescript transcription of a journal entry from Black Mountain College days describing a 1947 meeting with Anaïs Nin. unknown
DOY 3Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. A FINE FIRST IN NEAR FINE DJ. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of the author's first book number 491 of 500 copies numbered on the colophon and with publisher's stamped slip with number from an edition of 550 of which 50 were for the press. Hardcover
194532968New York: Gemor Press 1945. Very Good . New York: Gemor Press 1945. First Edition Limited to 50 de luxe copies on Etruria paper this unsigned copy presumably hors série. Octavo 24.5cm; publisher's pink pictorial paper-covered boards; 183pp.; hand-colored woodcut frontispiece four leaves of color plates. Light wear to spine ends margins toned brief ink spotting to top edge of rear cover else a Very Good internally clean and sound copy.<br /> <br /> Exceptional example of this de luxe edition of one of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though named after Gonzalo Nin raised the money taught herself to set type and did the lion's share of the physical work for the press. Distribution in turn was aided by Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart. Many of the works as is the case here were illustrated by Nin's husband Hugh Parker Guiler. A trade edition limited to 1000 copies with uncolored illustrations appeared simultaneously though this limitation has two extra plates. <br /> <br /> Franklin A6b. Gemor Press unknown
pb33TITUS Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN NEAR FINE DJ. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION of the author's first book number 46 of 500 copies numbered on the colophon and with publisher's stamped slip with number from an edition of 550 of which 50 were for the press. TITUS Hardcover
112217Harcourt. First Edition. Hard Bound Volume. Very Good/Very Good. 7 vols. Published 1966-1980. The first five vols. contain autograph postcards signed by Nin. They are to one Robert Altman who published an item of Nin's. Harcourt unknown
