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1. Morris, William.
The Life Of Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York Written by George Cavendish. Upper Mall,
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. 287 pages. 20.8 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 printed in red and black in Golden type. Woodcut ornaments and initials designed by William Morris. Transcribed after the autograph manuscript of the author, now in the British Museum. PETERSON A14. Slight fade to gilt of "Life" on spine title. Interior contents very fresh and clean. Orig. limp vellum, yapp edges and cloth ties. Near fine. $6,450.00
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2. _____.
The Love-Lyrics & Songs Of Proteus By Wilfrid Scawen Blunt With Love-Sonnets Of Proteus By The Same Author Now Reprinted In Their Full Text With Many Sonnets Omitted From The Earlier Editions.
Upper Mall, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. 251 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 300 copies, printed in red and black in Golden Type. There is a separate title to each of the four parts into which the poems are divided. William Morris border on page one. The only Kelmscott book with initials in red. Gilt spine lettering bright, partly unopened. PETERSON 3. SCOTT pp.83-84. Orig. limp vellum, yapp edges and cloth ties. Fine. $5,500.00
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Mackail, John William.
Biblia Innocentium: Being the Story of God's Chosen People Before The Coming Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Upon Earth, Written Anew For Children.
Hammersmith: Kelmscott, 1892. [2], viii, 249, [1] pp. 21x14.5 cm. Woodcut border to first leaf of text; woodcut initial letters throughout. One of 200 copies printed on Flower paper in Golden type. Spectacular binding by Zaehnsdorf, with their gilt name stamp on front doublure (dated 1900) and their small pictorial stamp on rear endleaf. Bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on verso of front endleaf and of George Edward Dimock on recto of rear endleaf. The first octavo volume issued by the press. The author a sometime fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. PETERSON A9. Finely bound in full tan morocco, elaborate acanthus leaf pattern stamped in brown, with borders of gilt and brown rules, matching full morocco doublures with acanthus leaf devices at corners, ruled borders, morocco endleaves with ruled borders, untrimmed. Aeg. $12,500.00
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4. Dickens, Charles (Editor).
The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands With Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Phiz &c.
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1841. First Edition, First Issue. 323, 298, 378. 18.5 x 12 cm. Three frontispieces and eleven etched plates by George Cruikshank, Phiz and Robert Jacob Hammerton. Lacks publisher ads. First issue with the error "publisher young" in Dicken's introduction in volume one and imprint of Cox and Son on copyright in volume I. Dickens edited the first two volumes, wrote the introduction and was responsible for The Lamplighter's Story. Interior and plates bright and fresh with scribbling circles on each title page in an effort to hide a previous signature. Later three quarter black morocco, marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Near fine. Aeg. $525.00
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5. Dickens, Charles.
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury & Evans, March 1852-September 1853. First edition. 624 [16] [16] [14] pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. From The Library of Jean Hersholt, with his signed bookplate inside of slipcase. First edition in the original 20 issues in 19 parts, with 40 inserted plates, including frontispiece and vignette title by Hablot K. Browne. With the Bleak House advertiser in each, back cover ad wrapper in first state, issues one to five, lacks the eight page "Grace Aguilar's Works," slip in part 16; however, all others are retained, and with the scarce "Village Pastor" booklet in part 15. Also, lacks the "New Geographical and Educational Works" ad in part XIV. First issue of the text, uncorrected thus: in Part 1. p.19 line six with "eligible" & Part VII, p.209, line 23 with "chair." Part IX, p.275, line 22 with "cousinship" [i-vii]vii-x[xi]xii-xiv[xv]xvi,[1]2-624. Spines expertly renewed on a few parts. Some light soil to a few wrappers. Neat subscriber's name to margin of Part XIX/XX. Tissue guards in place. Plates of Parts VIII,IX, and XII lightly tanned at edges, but not affecting illustrations. Two of the ten dark plates with light offsetting onto the adjacent plate. Remaining plates are very good to fine. Part X unopened, ergo unread. Overall a sharp set. Dickens's assault on the abuses in the Courts of Chancery, "many of the characters in the book were identified as having for their prototypes several of Dickens's friends." (ECKEL pp.79-81). HATTON AND CLEAVER, pp.275-304. Housed in full crimson morocco felt lined clamshell box with raised bands, spine panels with gilt arabesques and lettering (expert repair to front hinge). Near fine. $3,250.00
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6. Dickens, Charles.
A Child's History Of England With a frontispiece by F.W. Topham.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1852-1854. First edition. 210, 214, 321 pages. 15 x 12 cm. Dickens' intensely anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchist history of England for children. Originally serialized anonymously in Household Words between 25 January 1851 and 10 December 1853. Topham was also one of Dickens's company of actors in 1850. He also engraved landscapes for Bartlett and Allom. Bound by Brentano's. Raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, spine panels lettered in gilt with interior contents very bright and fresh. ECKEL p.128. SMITH II: 10. Full crimson morocco, Aeg. Fine. 3 Vols. $1,200.00
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7. Dickens, Charles.
Dealings With The Firm Of Dombey And Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1847/1848. First edition. 22 x 14 cm. 20 parts in 19 illustrated with forty plates by Hablot K. Browne [Phiz]. Plates have offsetting from tissue guards, wrappers generally clean with a few small nicks or chips. Pt.1. Later issue wrapper. Pt.2. Complete. Pt.3. Rear wrapper in later state. Pt.4. Inside front cover blank, lacks Lett's Diaries, lacks (7) Cheap and Elegant. Pt.5. Front ads in mostly later states but with the 11 line errata. Pt.6. Rear ads complete but out of sequence. Pt.7. Complete. Pt.8. Front ads from p.1-12 later state and with 4p cheap edition ad. Rear ads Mr. McGlashan's lists dated April 1847. Pt.9. Lacks "Just Publish" (8)p; With the word "Delight" twice noted. Pt.10. Lacks Gilbert's Dictionary. Pt.11. Complete. Pt.12. Booksellers stamp and early owner's name to front wrapper; Complete. Pt. 13. Early owner's name to front wrapper. Rear wrapper later state. Ad#2 same as in but in different font. Pt.14. Early owner's name to title page. Rear wrapper later state. e. Moses & Son's Lines to "A Bull, lacks ads 5-8. Page 432 and "if" present Pt.15. Ad on page 9 with large area torn away. Slip following plates lacking. 13 of the 18 diary samples dated 1857. Pt.16. Lacks "Punch Almanack". With four line heading in rear ad. Pt.17. No comma after February . Pt.18. No comma after march. Extra line on ad p. 12 Complete. Pt.19 & 20. Lacks slip following plates. Rear ads "Waterflow & Sons later state. ECKEL. pp. 74-76. "Under his contract with Bradbury & Evans his profits were 75 per cent, so this netted him for the first six months 2,200 pounds......financial worriment ceased." Dickens approached this work with more careful planning than his earlier novels. Some critics place it as the first of the later novels. HATTON & CLEAVER. pp.223-250. YALE/GIMBEL. A102. Overall bright and fresh set with color covers and backstrips with little or no faults. From the Library of Edward Dean Richmond with his bookplate. Orig. green pictorial wrappers. Near fine in green chemises in matching three quarter green cloth and brown morocco drop down case. $2,650.00
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8. Dickens, Charles.
Dealings With The Firm Of Dombey And Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. 624 pages, 23 x 15 cm. First edition in book form. Thirty eignt full-page plates by Hablot K. Browne [Phiz]. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the addition of 12 engraved plates interleaved throughout (some plate spotting). Early issue with following points -- two line errata leaf, no half title, vignette title with Cuttle's hook in left hand, "Delight" instead of "Joy" (p.284), page number 431 present. "Capatin" for "Captain" in last line p. 234, and "if" missing in line 9 on p. 426, no period at end of last line p. 234, and "if" missing in line 9 on p. 426, no period at end of last line on p. 582. ECKEL pp.74-76. SMITH 1:8. YALE/GIMBEL A103. Text clean, plates also bright and fresh with a few slightly toned at margins. Frontispiece and title page with light margin toning. Modern three quarter brown calf and marbled boards. All edges marbled. Fine. $950.00
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9. Dickens, Charles.
Little Dorrit.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition. 625 pages, 22 x 15 cm. First edition in book form, first issue with "Rigaud" for "Blandois" on pp.469-474, but without the additional 9-line errata. Etched frontispiece, vignette title page and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). ECKEL pp. 82-85. SMITH I:12. Bound by Smyth, Liverpool: raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs, green leather spine label printed in gilt, Nicholas Robinson bookplate and signature on title; intermittent, scattered foxing mostly marginal, heavier first few and last leaves, solid and tight binding. 19th century half red calf and marbled boards, matching marble endpapers and edges. Very good. $425.00
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10. Dickens, Charles.
Little Dorrit.
London: Bradbury & Evans, December 1855 - June 1857. First edition. 625 pages. 22 x 13 cm. In the 20 original parts (in 19). 40 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) including frontispiece and vignette title with latter, title page, Contents and List of Illustrations housed in last issue. The business relations of Dickens with Bradbury & Evans ended with "Little Dorrit." It was the last of the big novels issued by this firm. This novel like "Pickwick" was an assault on the archaism of imprisonment for debt. First issue with white slip in the center of p. 481 in part XVI, and uncorrected errors (Rigaud/Blandon) in part XV, B2 instead of BB2 on page 371, with Gimbel second issue point of page 573 correctly numbered. Text generally clean, some plates browned at margins, spines have a few nicks and small losses, moderate chipping to extremities of some issues. ECKEL, pp. 82-85. HATTON & CLEAVER, p.307, Orig. blue pictorial wrappers. Very good in fine custom, felt lined three quarter maroon morocco and marbled and red cloth drop down case. $1,750.00
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11. Dickens, Charles.
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz"
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, second issue. 288, 263 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Half–titles, EXTRA–ILLUSTRATED WITH 61 ENGRAVINGS including the 12 etchings by George Cruikshank, many hand–colored and folding (including a play bill from the Drury Lane Theater announcing his last public appearance, Friday, June 27. 1828), several proofs before letters. Grimaldi was considered the most celebrated of English clowns, know particularly for his pantomime. An early work of Dickens, who wrote the preface, the last chapter, and edited this work on the famous English actor and clown according to Johnson's biography. Gilt stamped, bound by Baytun; issue with the plate "Last Song" without a border. Spine in six compartments, raised bands gilt lettered, inner dentelles, original brown cloth bound in at end, marbled endpapers with spine lettered at foot noting "Extra Illustrated." ECKLES p.152-153. GIMBEL B64. Full green levant with large central pictorial inlays of Grimaldi as a clown and as another theatrical character in various color morocco's within a geometric gilt frame. Aeg. Two vols. $4,150.00
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12. Dickens, Charles.
Oliver Twist; Or, the Parish Boy's Progress.
London: Robson & Kerslake, 1886. 331, 307, 315 pages. 20.5 x 13 cm. Facsimile edition of the 1836 edition uniformly bound by Zaehnsdorf with the original brown cloth covers laid-in. List of etchings to Oliver Twist with the pages which they illustrate in the first edition. Limited edition copy 114 of fifty sets with twenty-one colored etchings by F.W. Pailthrope. and black and white etchings by George Cruikshank. Raised bands, gilt floret decorated panels, triple gilt cover border panels, and marbled endpapers. Interior contents clean and fresh. OCLC: 8642857.Uniformly bound brown morocco. Teg. Very good/Near fine. 3 Vols. $950.00
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13. Dickens, Charles.
Our Mutual Friend Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No.CLXIX-CLXXXVII.
New York: Harper & Brothers, June, 1864 - December, 1865. First American edition. 26.2 x 16.8 cm. Wood engraved portrait of Dickens after Marcus Stone and 34 parts in 19 vols. This was the first American periodical in parts. Each part appearing one month after the first British serial publication which ran from May 1854 to November 1865. Harper and Brothers purchased advance proofs of the work paying 1000 pounds to assure that the issue in the Magazine was probably its first appearance in the United States. Also intriguing, commentary on aspects on the American Civil War and slavery in the first issue. WILKINS p.32. SMITH AMERICAN 14, p.392, note 1. Text generally clean, chipping to wrappers, some light margin stains, a few spines with some loss. Attractive well preserved set. Orig. printed wrappers, very good housed in two fine red cloth slip cases with black leather spine labels printed in gilt.. $1,350.00
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13A. Dickens, Charles.
Our Mutual Friend (In the Original Monthly Parts and with the Rare Misprint in Part 10 Advertiser, p.13).
London: Chapman & Hall, May 1864-November 1865. First edition. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. In original blue/green wrappers. All latter correct with all ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver present, save for the rare "The Economic Life Assurance Society" following plates in Pt. 14. First issue of wrappers without the imprint at foot of front wrapper of Pt.1 in advertiser of Pt.10. Hatton and Cleaver note, "In a few copies seen, p,13 misprinted "31." Our copy has this misprint. Plates clean and good to fine, text wrappers bright without repair. Pt.15 text unopened. Practically all spines expertly and invisibly repaired. This title has more of the Advertiser ads than any other works by Dickens having 320 pages and 89 inserts and slips in the rear of the parts. Truly in excellent shape and a pedigree from the Hatton & Cleaver collection. Armorial bookplate on chemise interior of Charles L. and Sandy Parkhurst. Dropdown case by Morrell, London. Orig./blue/green pictorial wrappers. Near fine in green chemises in matching three quarter green cloth and brown morocco drop down case. $2,150.00
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14. Dickens, Charles.
Pictures From Italy The Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel Palmer.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition. 270 pages. 17 1/2 x 12 cm. ECKEL pp.135-136. The efficacy for Dickens in this journey and vacation with his family: his encounters with Italy's colorful street life that captured his imagination and is described here. Two pages of adverts. Interior contents clean, backstrip nicked head and foot. Orig. publisher's blue cloth decorated in blind. Very good. $390.00
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15. Dickens, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club Forty-Three Illustrations, By R. Seymor And Phiz.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. First edition. 669 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Charles Dickens's first novel was published by Chapman & Hall in monthly installments from March of 1836 until November 1837. The publisher had just started a series of amusing stories dealing with “Cockney sporting scenes”. The series was built around the illustrations of Robert Seymour. Publication began on March 30th. Less than a month later, on April 20th, Robert Seymour committed suicide. Minor browning to a few leaves, some spotting, spine rebacked and rubbing to board covers. Bookplate of Thomas C. Ogden. GIMBEL A16. GROLIER ENGLISH 78. SMITH I:3. Contemporary half green morocco, raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt and marbled boards. Very good.$825.00
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17. Beckett, Samuel.
Nohow On.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. 128 pages. 27.5 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 53 of 550 signed by Beckett and Robert Ryman. The letterpress type is set by hand in 12 pt. English Monotype Bodoni 357 by Julia Ferrarie and Dan Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry with the typographic refinement of extensive kerns. Text printed by David Wolfe at The Shagbark Press in South Portland, Maine on 100 percent cotton paper made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia, Italy. All six aquatints printed on 200 gram Arches paper in combination with handmade Japanese papers. The book carefully hand-sewn and bound in full black Nigerian Oasis goatskin, spine and front board stamped in twenty-two carat gold leaf. Six different book binders split the work of this edition with the boxes made by hand at Portfoliobox in Providence, Rhode Island from black cotton lined on the inside with gray ultra suede. The label inlaid on the spine of the box is black goatskin stamped in gold. The engravings by Ryman are in white, hardly perceptible reliefs, an attempt to present Beckett's hauntingly elusive prose. Beckett's work became increasingly minimalist in his later career. LEC prospectus laid-in. Orig. full black morocco. Fine in fine matching black clamshell case. $2900.00
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18. Bradbury, Ray.
Fahrenheit 451.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. 182 pages. 28 x 16 cm. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated with oil paintings by Joseph Mugnaini, a four color lithograph frontispiece and three pullout triptychs, the lithograph from zinc plates on the illustrations drawn by Mugnaini. Book printed by letterpress on a Heidelberg press by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco on acid-free paper. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000 signed by Bradbury and Mugnaini. The heavy aluminum foil cover can resist heat of 451 degrees, the temperature at which paper catches fire. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter. NEWMAN & WICHE 527. LEC small insert read "Fragile This Book is Bound in Aluminum Sensitive to the touch. Bright, almost as new copy. Orig. silver foil covers decorated and lettered in red and black. Fine in matching fine silver aluminum slipcase. $875.00
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19. Bradbury, Ray.
Martian Chronicles.
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. 356 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Introduction by Martin Gardiner. Illustrated with eleven color lithographs by Joseph Magnaini: two double page, ten full page, plus black and white intaglio images; all drawn on the metal. Text printed by The Connecticut Printers. Limited edition, copy 1206 of 2000. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter and one page copy of Number Three, a pre release notification. NEWMAN & WICHE 480. Very fresh, clean copy. Bound in black silk screened speckled cloth, edges to match. Fine in fine matching slipcase. $495.00
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20. Covarrubias, Miguel (Illustrator).
Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lonely by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. 294 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 622 of 1500 copies signed by Covarrubias in red ink. Introduction by Raymond weaver, illustrated with 16 full page lithographs by Covarrubias. Printed by the Harbor Press. Interior contents crisp and fresh. Three quarter dull red morocco and marbled boards. Slight spine fade. Near fine in very good gray slipcase, spine darkened. $525.00
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21. Derain, Andre & Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrators).
Salome by Oscar Wilde.
Paris & London: Limited Editions Club, 1938. 71 & 106 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Five full-page pochoir plates illustrated by Derain on black paper (gouache drawings). Type designed by A.M. Cassandre, a new face, called Peignot and set by hand. Limited edition, copies 691 of 1500 signed by Derain. The second volume by Beardsley, with illustrations reproduced under the direction of Ernest Ingham at The Fanfare Press. With a New Introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Limited edition, copy 691 of 1500. The Derain volume is in illustrated black wrappers with tissue guards. The Beardsley is bound in maroon cloth with gilt front cover illustration. Laid-in the Salome volume the Circle In the Square Theatre playbill, listing the cast -- Al Pacino as Herod, and Frances McDormand, wife of later. Molly Ringwald plays Salome. Both copies fine in worn publisher slipcase. $275.00
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22. Grass, Gunter.
The Flounder Written And Illustrated By Gunter Grass Translated By Ralph Manheim.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. 530 pages. 26.5 x 28 cm. The history of women and cooking is Grass's subject mater. Etchings by Grass: each image was printed from two plates. One flatback-ground plate was printed in a transparent green tint with the image overprinted in black. Book design by Ben Shiff, printed at the Wild Carrot Press. Limited edition, copy 752 of 1000 signed by Gross on the colophon page. This marks the first time The Limited Editions Club has published an edition illustrated by the author. Laid-in The Limited Editions Club Letter, Number 544 (December 1985) and The Club's invitation to a reception for Grass at the New York Public Library, January 16, 1986 the cover of the invite illustrated by Grass: lizard and key motif. Gray eelskin spine and gray cloth with front cover paper labels. Fine in fine matching gray cloth slipcase. 3 vols. $350.00
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23. Heaney, Seamus.
Poems And A Memoir.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. 374 pages. 30.4 x 19 cm. Selected and illustrated by Henry Pearson with an Introduction by Thomas Flanagan and a Preface by Seamus Heaney. Illustrated with engravings by Thomas Flanagan, printed by the Wild Carrot Press with wide text margins. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000 signed by Heaney, Flanagan and Pearson. NEWMAN & WICHE 530. LEC Montly Letter laid-in. As new copy. Full brown aniline leather, spine stamped in gold, cover blind engraving in intricate design complimenting Flanagan's interior designs. Teg. Fine in fine brown slipcase. $425.00
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24. Hemingway, Ernest.
The Old Man And The Sea Photography By Alfred Eisenstadt * Introduction By Charles Scribner.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. 82 pages. 28 x38 cm. Limited edition, copy 443 of 600 signed by Eisenstadt printed in Munich on Arches Paper printed by Cartieri Enrico Magnani, and designed by Benjamin Shiff. The five photogravures with tissue guards. Extremely wide margins, text very fresh and bright. Quarter navy goatskin morocco, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine suede lined matching clamshell box, brown leather spine label, back of box slightly sunned. $1,450.00
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25. Kafka, Franz.
Metamorphoses.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984. 76 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings (intaglio techniques and lithographsby) by Jose Luis Cuevas. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1500, signed by Cuevas, bound at the Gray Parrot bindery. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir; introduction by Robert Coles. LEC Newsletter laid-in. NEWMAN & WICHE 7529. As new copy. Quarter gray Niger goatskin, and gray striped boards. Fine in fine matching slipcase. Boards. $380.00
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26. Mapplethorpe, Robert [Illustrator].
A Season In Hell by Arthur Rimbaud Translated by Paul Schmidt.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. First edition thus. 87 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 63 of 1000 signed by Schmidt and Mapplethorpe, with LEC Letter laid-in. Eight photogravures by Mapplethorpe protected with tissue guards. Text in English and French. Schmidt's translation of Rimbaud's "Complete Works," first published by Harper and Row in 1975. The livre d'artiste images by Mapplethorpe are his own interpretation of mystical, nocturnal melancholy of the Rimbaud work. Printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress in Gill's perpetua type. Text of mould-made paper with prints hand-made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Owner card front cover pastedown. Full maroon goatskin lettered in blind. Fine in fine lined slipcase. $1,350.00
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27. Miller, Arthur.
Death Of A Salesman Certain Private Conversations In Two Acts And A Requiem.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984. 176 pages. 27.5 x 20.5 cm. Foreword by the author. Designed by Benjamin Shiff, illustrated with five etchings by Leonard Baskin, curiously at the time, same age, 63 as Willy Loman, printed at the Wild Carrot Press on Cartiere Enrico Magnani paper, the leather binding by Gray Parrot. Limited edition, copy 752 of 1500 signed by Baskin and Miller. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter. Also laid-in a copy of the New York Time "Style," of Friday, November 30, 1984 article of a party held at the Algonquin Hotel celebrating the publication. Among the guests: Raphael Soyer, Garson Kanin, Ruth Gordon, Stephen Spender and Miller. NEWMAN & WICHE 540. Bright, very fresh copy. Full brown Nigerian goatskin. Fine in fine brown slipcase. $280.00
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus & Balthus.
Cosi Fan Tutte.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 2001. 52 pages. 48 x 46 cm. Limited edition, copy 36 of 300 signed by Balthus. Six multicolor woodcuts by Balthus cut and editioned by Keiji Shinohara. the opera, conducted by Hans Rosbaud, is included on three CDs inserted into the box. Cosi Fan Tutti, first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Laid-in a birthday Als from Canada dated 2003 commending Wolfensohn (World Bank President) for his cello artistry. His greatest love was the arts. Mr. Wolfensohn grew up loving symphonies and participating in operettas at school. Later in life, he learned to play the cello from world-renowned cellist Jacqueline Du Pre, and performed at Carnegie Hall on his 50th, 60th and 70th birthdays, including performances alongside YoYo Ma and Bono. LEC Letter no.591 also laid-in. Deep peacock green silk with gilt-lettered cover label; suede-lined clamshell box with spine label. Fine. $1,300.00
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29. Neruda, Pablo.
Heights Of Macchu Picchu.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1998. 32 unnumbered pages. Oblong folio, 31 x 39 cm. Limited edition, copy 13 of 300 on Velin Arches with ten photogravures by Ramey, and signed by the photographer, Edward Ramey and the translator, John Felstiner in the colophon. This edition of Pablo Neruda's poem, Heights of Macchu Picchu printed in English and Spanish. The typography was designed, set in Monotype Centaur, and printed by Dan Carr & Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry in Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The photogravures were made and printed by Jon Goodman in Hadley, Massachusetts, with additional printing by Peter Pettengill in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Orig. emerald green linen boards, gilt lettered title label on spine. Fine in near fine black cloth clam shell box, upper spine and front cover sunned. $1,250.00
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30. Paz, Octavio.
Sight and Touch In Spanish, English And French, With Three Woodcuts By Balthus (Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola).
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994. Unpaginated. Elephant folio, 59.5 x 56.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 89 of 300, signed by Paz and Balthus, printed in Lutetia type designed by Jan van Krimpen, printed at Wild Carrot Press; the three Balthus multi-color woodcuts editioned by Keiji Shinohara, and printed on handmade Kozo Uwazen paper from Japan. The English translation by Elbert Weinberger, French translation by Claude Esteban. Paz received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990. Laid-in the LEC Newsletter. Orig. boards covered with pure linen on the sides, overlapped at the spine with goatskin, front cover paper label. Fine in fine matching clam shell box with beige goatskin front cover label printed in brown. $1,650.00
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31. Poe, Edgar.
The Fall Of the House of Usher Illustrated By Alice Neel.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. 32 pages. 39 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1500 copies, signed by Raphael Soyer and Alice Neel in pencil. Neel signed an undetermined number of copies prior to her demise as noted in the bibliography noted below. Designed by Ben Shiff, printed at the Anthoesen Press with mould-made paper by The Cartiere Enrico Magnani. With the LEC Club Letter laid-in, and as noted in the latter, "Alice Neel died soon after she selected the images which would illuminate Poe's tale." The last image of a skeletal head is a self portrait. NEWMAN & WICHE 542 & 543a. Bright, fresh copy bound by Denis Gouey. Orig. quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine in fine sued lined slipcase with front cover gilt lettered leather label. $450.00
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31A. Singer, Isaac Bashevis.
The Magician Of Lublin With Lithographs By Larry Rivers.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984. 236 pages. 31 x 23.5 cm. Translated by Elaine Gottlieb and Joseph Singer with a prefatory note by the author. Illustrated with three full page lithographs by Rivers printed on paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Designed by Ben Shiff, printed by the Anthoensen Press, bound by Gray Parrot. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 1500, signed by Rivers and Singer. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter. NEWMAN & WICHE 538. Bright, very fresh copy. Quarter Nigerian blue goatskin and beige Irish linen. Fine in matching gray slipcase. (#22359) $250.00
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32. Pound, Ezra.
Cathay: Poems After Li Po.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. 34 pages. 32 x 25.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 13 of 300 set in Monotype Lutetia, signed by Francesco Clemente with seven color woodcut illustrations by the latter. Francesco Clemente is a contemporary Italian artist known for his dreamlike paintings based on esoteric themes of sexuality and spirituality. In the 1980's he collaborated with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Allen Ginsberg. Editions designed by Dan Carr, printed by Arthur Larson on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper. Originally published: New Directions, 1926 in Personæ: the shorter poems of Ezra Pound. Sunning to spine and slipcase edges. Orig. blue Japanese linen with blocked design in blind on upper cover. Very good in very good slipcase. $825.00
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33. Szyk, Arthur (Illustrator).
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill.
Brattleboro: Limited Editions Club, 1946. 618 pages. 26 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 360 of 1500 signed by Arthur Szyk in ink with numerous color engraved plates by Pioneer-Moss designed by him. NEWMAN & WICHE 175. Letter press printed by Aldus Printers with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs. Orig. half white sheepskin gold stamped with full color paper sides patterned by Szyk. Fine in fine matching slipcase. leather-bound. $525.00
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34. Whitman, Walt.
Song Of The Open Road.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. 52 pages. 27 x 27 cm. Limited edition, copy 13 of 500 illustrated with six photogravures by Aaron Siskind, and signed by him on the colophon. The book was set in English Monotype Scotch at Golgonooza Letter Foundry by Julia Ferrari and Dan Carr. The text was printed by Heritage Printers. Paul Taylor made the photogravure plates and printed them with Clary Nelson at Renaissance Press. Black half morocco and green cloth, leather gilt label on spine. Fine in fine black cloth slipcase. $930.00
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35. Williams, Tennessee.
A Streetcar Named Desire With A Foreword by Jessica Tandy and an Introduction by the Author.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000, with line drawings illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, and signed at colophon by him. With LEC Monthly Letter for the tile laid-in, noting a description of the binding: " The fine aniline leather on the spine, in burgundy, complements the covering cloth, imported from Italy by Clarence House Imports of New York....the Chequered Lady pattern was hand-printed in thirteen colors." NORMAN & WICHE 532. Orig. leather spine and decorated boards. Fine in fine slipcase. $495.00
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