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[BIBLE STUDIES]
1. Ainsworth, Henry.
Annotations Upon the second book of Moses called Exodus * Annotations Upon The Third Book Of Moses Called Leviticus * Annotations Upon The Fourth Book of Moses, Called Numbers * Annotations Upon The Fifth Book Of Moses Called Deuteronomie * Annotations Upon the fifth book of Moses called Genesis.
Amsterdam: (Giles Thorp), 1617-1621. First editions. 20.5 x 16 cm & 21 x 16 cm. (Exodus: A4-Gg4, Hh2), (Leviticus: A4-Mm4), (Numbers: A4-Qq4), (Deuteronomie: A4-Nn4, Oo2), (Genesis: *4-**2, A4-Ii4, Kk3). Printed in double columns. Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622 or 1623), leader of the separatist congregation at Amsterdam, and controversialist, a fine type of the Elizabethan puritan—learned, sincere, earnest, and uncompromising. At first a Puritan, Ainsworth joined the Separatists who broke entirely with the Church of England. Driven abroad in the persecution of 1593, settled in Amsterdam. He attached himself to those who were styled ‘Brownists,’ who, under the name of ‘Independents,’ afterwards played so important a part in English history, and who were the ancestors of the ‘Congregationalists’ and other free churches of the present time. He and Francis Johnson founded an an independent church in Amsterdam. A falling out between the two created two separate congregations, whom they styled respectively Franciscan Brownists and Ainsworthian Brownists. Ainsworth is among the authors whose work traveled to New England in 1620 with the Pilgrims. Practically entire title page of Genesis volume laid-down, with contemporary light owner inscription of Henry Martin dated 1715, first few leaves chipped at lower corner with no loss, a few leaves, D-E marginal damp stains, Leaf F with upper corner torn away, approx. 5 x 5 centimeters; original rear free endpaper with births and deaths of Walpole and Pim families. Contents of other four volumes generally clean. Modern full brown morocco, raised bands, red leather spine labels printed in gilt. Genesis volume half brown morocco and brown boards. All bindings fine. 5 vols. $2,750.00
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[LITERATURE]
1A. Ainsworth, W. Harrison. Guy Fawkes An Historical
Romance.
London: Bentley's Miscellany, 1840 [January-June]. 540 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Full page illustrations printed recto only by George Cruikshank. Illustrated book plate of George Cukar, who was an American film director and producer (My Fair Lady). Elegantly bound by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Interior contents clean and fresh. Raised bands, spine panels lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. OCLC: 1015375537. Full brown morocco. Teg. Near fine.$195.00
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[BOXING]
1B. Lynch, Bohun.
The Prize Ring.
London: Country Life, 1925. First edition. 137 pages. 31 x 24 cm. illustrations by Rowlandson. Frontispiece and forty plates, some in color. All plates with tissue guards. Illustrated by reproductions of old prints, several oil paintings, "and the famous Byron Screen." History of boxing in England, much anecdotal data concerning boxers, matches and the nobility, Lord Byron included who embraced the sport despite a club foot. Limited edition, copy 144 of 750. Boards rubbed at extremities, round black leather label with title printed in red at front cover. Orig. marbled boards and vellum spine. Teg. Very good. $250.00
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2. Marie, Aristide.
Henry Monnier (1799-1877) L'Art et la Vie Romantiques.
Paris: Librairie Floury, 1931. First edition. 290 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 57 of 100 on Papier Du Japon. Profusely illustrated in black and white and with color lithographs. Bibliography. Index of Proper Names. Mostly unopened. Monnier, a French playwright, caricaturist and actor was particularily known for his satirising the mores and physiognomies of his contemporaries and of the "grisettes" (or louche young men) in his office. A surprisingly almost as new copy with the original glassine overwrapper in tact. Orig illustrated stiff tan wrappers in glassine overwrapper. Fine. Stiff Wraps. $200.00
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[ENGLISH & LATIN TEXT]
3. Milton, John.
Paradisus Amissus. Poema A Joannis Miltonni. Latine Redditum A Guileilmo Dobson, LL.B.
Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1750-1753. 304, 303 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Errata. Latin and English text with latter in smaller type at the foot of each page. Translated by William Dobson. Dobson was an academic from New College, University of Oxford, and his translation written on commission. One theory as to the need for a Latin translation: "an attempt by the English middle-class intelligentsia to reclaim from the popular masses the preeminent English non-Biblical religious text." Interior contents very clean and fresh. Owner inscription title page of Vol. I and free endpaper of Vol. II. Raised bands, leather spine labels. small scrape front covers of both Vols. Small bookplate of R.J.W. Milton Library, Wickenheiser. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked. Very good. 2 Vols.$495.00
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[SOUTH SEAS & TRAVEL]
4. Missionary Tract Society.
Missionary Records. Tahiti and Society Islands.
London: Religious Tract Society, (1835). First edition. 334 pages. 15 x 10 cm. Large fold-out map entitled "Polynesia," depicting New Guinea, New Zealand, Hawaii and half of Australia. Interior contents clean, bookplate of James Edge-Partington. The author notes the areas addiction to warring in which they take great delight. Orig. brown pebbled boards rebacked to match, paper spine label. Near fine. $290.00
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[SHORT STORIES]
5. Morand, Paul.
L'Europe Galante.
Paris: Les Arts et Le Livre, 1927. 245 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 156 of 1165. 15 black and white lithographs hors-texte by Marcel Vertès. Publisher's decorative paper wrappers. A collection of short stories illustrating life in Europe in the 1920s. Morand was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. Vertes primarily known for his book illustrations, murals and tapestry designs. Bookplate of Harry S. Goebel. Covers reinforced at backstrip extremities. Orig. publisher's decorated and lettered tan stiff wraps. Near fine. Stiff wraps. $120.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
6. Morris, William.
An Address Delivered By William Morris At The Distribution Of Prizes To Students Of The Birmingham Municipal School Of Arts On Feb. 21, 1894. * Art And The Beauty Of The Earth * Some Hints On Pattern-Designing.
London. Longman and Company, 1896-1899. First Editions. 25, 31, 45 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. These lectures were published after his death in 1896 of tuberculosis. Bright, fresh and very crisp copy. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt, slight nick to backstrip head. Inner dentelles, binding signed 19 GS 03. Full brown calf in pattern design. Aeg. Near fine. $975.00
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[ALICE VIA MOSER]
7. Moser, Barry & Lewis Carrrol.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1982. 146 pages. 35 x 22 cm. Illustrated by Barry Moser in color and black and white. Published by the Pennroyal Press. Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selywn H. Goodacre. Text printed in colors -- blue and red. Signed by Moser on the title page. Orig. two-toned quarter red clot and mauve boards and marbled endpapers. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper. $250.00
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[SIGNED BY MOSER]
10. Moser, Barry & Lewis Carrrol.
Through The Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1983. 167 pages. 35 x 22 cm. Illustrated by Barry Moser in color and black and white. Published by the Pennroyal Press. Preface and Notes by James R. Kincaid. Text edited by Selywn H. Goodacre. Illustrated end papers. Signed Moser presentation copy on colophon in red ink, "for Larry on his sixtieth." Orig. two-toned blue cloth spine and boards. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper. $420.00
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[LITERATURE]
11. Nathan, Leonard.
The Matchmaker's Lament And Other Astonishments Drawings By Leonard Baskin * Poems By Leonard Nathan.
Northampton: The Gehenna Press, 1962. First edition. Unpaginated. 28.5 x 21 cm. Printer's Copy noted by Baskin "Harold: picture printer from Leonard: type printer 1968." Laid-in an extra sheet off leaves five through six (four pages). Label on front cover pastedown of Nancy E. Hugo. As new copy. Brown boards. Fine in clear acetate cover. $200.00
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[GREENHOUSES]
12. Neumann, Louis.
Art De Construire Et De Gouverner Les Serres.
Paris: Audot, 1844. First edition. 104 pages in text. 18.5 x 22.5 cm. Twenty-one lithographic plates, one a large foldout (Greenhouse of the Botanical Garden at the University of Louvain), and containing eighty-eight individual illustrations of plats and greenhouses (design details of interior and exterior views). Some drawings to scale. Text covers construction of an orangerie, warm and cold weather greenhouses. The author was Chief gardener of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Lovely copy, slight text age-toning, original wrappers bound-in, marbled endpapers, a few plates with toning at fore-edge not affecting images. OCLC lists three copies only. Text in French. Later marbled boards with brown leather spine label printed in gilt. Fine.$350.00
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[FREAKS & POPULAR CULTURE]
13. New York. World Publishing House.
Lives Of Great And Celebrated Characters Of All Ages And Countries: Containing Heroes, Conquerors, Statesmen, Authors, Artists, Extraordinary Humorists, Misers, Mountebanks, And Queens, Jugglers.... Compiled From Authentic Materials Illustrated By Several Hundred Engravings.
New York: World Publishing House, 1876. First edition. 767 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. This type of encyclopedic publication for the masses was popular and common in the 19th century -- something for everyone. Napoleon heavily featured here with a side attraction -- an Irish dwarf (Owen Farrel). Remarkably clean copy with characteristic publisher design features of the period. All pages fresh and clean. Front cover decorated in black design, back cover in blind. Very slight mottling to back cover at base. Owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. green cloth, backstrip bright, decorated in gilt. Near fine. $150.00
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[NOBILITY]
14. Nolhac, Pierre de.
Louis XV Et Marie Leczinska.
Paris: Goupil, 1900. First edition. 189 pages. Small folio, 32 x 25 cm. 47 black and white and color lithograph frontispiece of Leczinska and Le Daupin. All plates with lettered tissue guards. Limited edition, copy 49 of 1000 on Sur Papier A La Cuve. Ex-library. Bookplates of Marie-Louise Le Bel and Redwood Library, Newport R.I. on front and back cover pastedowns. Slight toning to fore-edges. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt. Three quarter maroon morocco. Teg. Near fine. $350.00
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[GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/EARTHQUAKES]
15. Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command.
The Fukui Earthquake, Hokuriku Region Japan 28 June 1948; Volume I, Geology & Vol. II, Engineering.
Tokyo: Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command, 1949. First edition. 81 and 205 pages. 27 1/2 x 36 cm. Geology prepared by Geological Surveys Branch Intelligence Division Office of the Engineer, and Engineering prepared by Design Branch Engineering and Operations Division. Vol. I with two foldout maps at rear pocket -- one aerial and one topographic -- also details "Principal Earthquakes in Japan from 559 AD through 1948. Forty-six figures and 291 figures respectively : maps, photographs, drawings, tables, etc. The Japanese Islands along the western side of the circum-Pacific seismic belt have been subject to particularly severe disturbances within historic time. Printed on quality glossy stock, cover soiling, minor nicks fore-edge Vol.I. Orig. buff, stapled stiff wrappers. Very good. 2 Vols. $150.00
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[FASHION]
16. Paris. Chez Janet.
Almanach Des Spectacles for the Year 1818.
Paris: Chez Janet, 1818. First edition. 144 pages. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. 11 engraved color fashion plates, plus color title page. Eight page events calendar for the year 1818 at rear. Interior contents generally clean. Where to go and what to see in France for the year. Text in French. Modern green cloth faded to brown. Very good. $200.00
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[JAPANESE ART]
17. Paris. Musee Du Jeu De Paume.
Exposition D'Art Japonais (Ecole Classique Contemporaine) 1 Juin - 15 Juillet 1929.
Paris: Musee Du Jeu De Paume, 1929. First edition. Unpaginated. Preface by Albert Maybon. Notre Art Japonais by Kirou Yamata. List of paintings during the Meiji-Taisho period, 1869-1912 & 1912-1926. Sections on Decorative Arts, Ceramiques. Approx. 16 black and white plates printed recto only. Covers slightly toned at edges with a few nicks. Orig. illustrated printed wrappers, front cover in red and black. Very good. $125.00
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[MODERN ART]
18. Paris. Societe Internationale D'Art XXe Siecle.
XXe Siecle Nouvelle Series * XXX1 Annee * No. 32 * June 1969.
Paris: XXe Siecle, 1969. First edition. Approx. 180 pages. 31 x 25 cm. Two full page original lithographs: Sonia Delaunay and Andre Masson -- both in color. Front cover illustrated by Debuffet. Plus. a plethora of black and white and color plates. Articles on Will Grohmann, Yvon Taillandier, Dubuffet et al. Text in French. Bright, very clean copy. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine. $300.00
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[MODERN ART]
19. ____.
XXe Siecle Nouvelle Series * XXX1 Annee * No. 33 * December 1969.
Paris: XXe Siecle, 1969. First edition. Approx. 180 pages. 31 x 25 cm. Two full page original lithographs: d'Esteve (collage) and Capogrossi -- both in color and the latter is double-paged. Plus. a plethora of black and white and color plates. Articles on Manzu, Calder, Leger et al. Text in French. Bright, very clean copy. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine. $250.00
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[MODERN ART]
20. _____.
XXe Siecle Nouvelle Series * XXX11 Annee * No. 35 * December 1970.
Paris: XXe Siecle, 1970. First edition. Approx. 180 pages. 31 x 25 cm. Two full page original lithographs: Marino Marini and D'Anna-Eva Bergman -- both in color. Front cover illustrated by Man Ray. Plus. a plethora of black and white and color plates. Articles on Matisse, Miro, Marini, Poliakoff et al. Text in French. Bright, very clean copy. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine. $250.00
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[LITERATURE]
21. Philadelphia. E.H. Butler.
Friendship's Offering, And Winter's Wreath A Christmas And New Year's Present For MDCCCXLIII. 1843: E.H. Butler,
Philadelphia. First edition. 320 pages. 16 x 11 cm. Half title, frontispiece and host of full page black and white steel engraved plates with tissue guards. Scattered, intermittent foxing, mostly marginal, yellow endpapers. Covers and spine decorated in gilt and blind with spine in gilt arabesques and slightly faded. Orig. decorated cloth. Aeg. Near fine. $150.00
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[19TH CENTURY LITERATURE]
22. Philadelphia. H.C. Carey & I. Lea.
The Atlantic Souvenir; A Christmas And New Year's Offering.
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. First edition. 353 pages. 14.5 x 9 cm. Literature by James Kirk Paulding, William Cullen Bryant, Catherine Sedgwick et al. Paulding who served as Secretary of the Navy probably authored "Biographical Sketch of Admiral Paul Jones." Contents contain twenty-four titles of varying lengths. "The Catholic Iroquois," is one of the longer articles. Full page engravings also presented, one engraved by Fairman and Childs [Gideon Fairman and Cephas Childs] prominent engravers of the period for a portrait by English artist William Brockedon. Light, scattered toning in immaculate binding, green velvet endpapers, inner dentelles, raised bands, spine panels in elaborate gilt motifs and cover borders paneled in floral designs. Full crushed red levant morocco. Aeg. Fine. $375.00
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[EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH]
23. Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Photiou Patriarchou Konstantinou-poleos Epistolai = Photii Sanctissimi Patriarch? Constantinopolitani Epistol?
London: Robert Daniel, 1651. First edition. 393 pages, plus (5 leaves: Index Rerum & Verborum & Index Scripturarum). 32 x 21 cm. Translated and edited by Richard Montague. Parallel text in Latin and Greek. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as St. Photios the Great, viewed as the most important intellectual of his time - "the leading light of the ninth-century renaissance," and a central figure in both the conversion of the Slavs to Christianity. Considered by some scholars as only one of many Byzantine scholars of Armenian descent. Text generally clean and fresh. Armorial bookplate, hinges cracked but firm, woodcut device on title, leaf Ddd browned, minor marginal worming not affecting text, errata. Lacks first blank free endpaper. BRUNET Vol. IV, p.623. WING P2136. Contemporary Cambridge style full brown calf lacking spine label. Very good. $575.00
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[ROYCROFTERS]
24. Reedy, William Marion.
The Law Of Love Being Fantasies Of Science And Sentiment Inked Into English To Cheer Up The Gloomsters.
East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1905. First edition. 159 pages. 19.7 x 14.8 cm. Limited edition, copy 12 of 106 printed on Japan Vellum, signed by Elbert Hubbard. Printed in red and black. This book contains a new style of title page border and ornamental initials composed of geometrical shapes--circles, diamonds, and prominent helixes. Designs attributed to staff artist, Theodore Neuhuys. Raised bands, spine lettered in gilt. Half brown calf and darker brown boards. Teg. Near fine. $840.00
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[LITERATURE]
25. Romains, Jules [Louis Henri Jean Farigoule].
Les Copains.
Paris: Jeanne Walter, 1929. 221 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Eighty-six charming colored woodcuts by Veillepreux, and ten hors texte illustrations. Limited edition, copy 141 of 400. An early work of fiction first published 1913. An English edition "The Boys in the Back Room" (literally "the pals") appeared in English in 1937. A poet and writer, his politics allied him with Edouard Daladier, the unfortunate Prime Minister of France before the Nazi invasion. Scattered light text toning. Three quarter burgundy morocco and marbled boards, matching endpapers, with original wrappers bound-in. Teg. Fine. $120.00
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[MODERN ART]
26. Sabartes, Jaime (Introduction).
Picasso 30 Cuadros Ineditos 1917-1960.
Barcelona: Sala Gaspar, 1980. First edition. 4 pages in text. 23.5 x 19 cm. 30 plates, two in color with Index presenting size and date of each. Plates printed recto only. Text in Spanish. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $200.00
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[LITERATURE]
29. Scott, Sir Walter.
Kenilworth; A Romance By The Author Of "Waverly," "Ivanhoe,"&c.
Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constantable Cadell and Co., and John Ballantyne And Hurst Robinson, And Co., 1821. First edition. 320, 369, 348 pages. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. Half titles. First state, mixed state with printer's on the verso of the titles, Vol. 1-2. p.119 in first state in Volume two and p. 338 in second state. TODD & BOWDEN 149AA-B. WORTHINGTON 11. Two pages of adverts end of Vol. III. Clean, fresh set. Contemporary flat spine, three quarter brown morocco and green boards with marbled endpapers. Near fine. 3 Vols. $300.00
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[19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC]
31. Scrapbook of Miss Jemima Mattingly.
Series of 19th Century American Music Sheets.
Boston & New York, Louisville et al: Various, 19th Century. 35 x 25 cm. Contents as follows: The Old Arm Chair * A Life On The Ocean Wave * Songs of The Congo Melodists * The Main Truck, Or A Leaf For Life * The Rose That All Are Praising * The Rose of Allandale * Forget Thee Ah! Never * The Fairy Boy From The Songs Superstions of Ireland * The Midnight Hour * and more than 30 additional titles, many for piano forte, quick step and military marches. Covers are black and white engravings and one a color lithograph. Damp stain first few leave not affecting text, intermittent foxing mostly marginal. Cover wear corners and extremities. Binding solid. Quarter roan spine and heavy boards, front cover black leather label chipped bearing ownership of Miss Miss Jemima Mattingly. Very good. $275.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
32 Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator).
The Cunning Little Vixen by Rudolf Tesnohlidek.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First edition. 186 pages. 24 x 19.5 cm. Signed by Sendak on title page.Illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. The adventures of Sharp-Ears, the enchanting heroine of the author's classic Czech novel of human and animal relationships deftly poised between poetry and farce. Decorated color endpapers in animal motifs. Signed by Sendak on title page. Orig. dark green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $200.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
33. _____.
Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator).
The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition. 332 pages. 18 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell. Segal and Sendak chose twenty seven of 210 stories. Signed presentation copy on half title "for Jane - Maurice Sendak Jan. 74." Lovely, fresh set, dust wrapper of volume one nicked at head. Orig. decorated brown cloth. Fine in near dust wrappers in fine slipcase. 2 vols. $220.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
34. _____.
King Grisly-Beard Translated by Edgar Taylor.
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1973. First edition. Unpaginated. 22.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy on free front endpaper in blue ink, "To David Greeve - Maurice Sendak Jan. 74." A tale from the Brothers Grimm illustrated with color plates on each page. Orig. brown cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper with small nicks at front cover lower corner and spine. $200.00
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[COSTUME]
34A. Strutt, Joseph.
A Complete View Of The Dress And Habits Of The People Of England, From The Establishment Of The Saxons In Britain To The Present Time: Illustrated By Engravings Taken From the Most Authentic Remains Of Antiquity. To Which Is Prefixed An Introduction, Containing A General Description Of The Ancient Habits In Use Among Mankind, From The Earliest Period Of Time To The Conclusion Of The Seventh Century A New And Improved Edition, With Critical And Explanatory Notes, by J.R. Planche, Esq. F.S.A,.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 114 & 275 pages. 33 x 27 cm. First published 1796 with 143 plates. New edition with 153 hand-colored engravings. Strutt was an English engraver, and writer on art. BRUNET Vol. 5, p.566, noting earlier edition. BRYAN Vol.5, p.138. DNB notes, "Although the amount of Strutt's work as an engraver is small....it is of exceptional merit and is still highly esteemed." Index of sources from which the illuminations were taken . Interior contents -- text and plates -- bright, clean and fresh. Ex-library with no external marking, ownership signature verso of title pages, and three initials at top corner verso of plates, minor extremity wear. Three quarter brown calf and marbled boards, matching endpapers. Teg. 2 vols. Very good. $1,350.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
35. Van Vliet, Claire (Illustrator).
Of Gravity And Grace by Sabina Thorne.
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, 1982. First edition. Unpaginated. 23 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 56 of 225, signed by Thorne and Van Vliet. Printed in red and black, the text set in fourteen point Monotype on Barcham Green Dover paper and bound into Diana covers. Van Vliet received a MacArthur award, and her work has been the subject of about 40 solo exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia. As new copy. Mauve cloth spine and light brown boards. Fine. $150.00
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[BOOK ARTS]
36. _____.
Seasons Seven Poems by Kenneth A. Lohf with a color relief print by Claire Van Vliet.
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, 1981. First edition. Unpaginated. 18.5 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 57 of 150, signed by Lohf and Van Vliet. Printed in red and black, the text is Trump Medieval Italic set and printed by Nancy Reid on old Fabriano paper; the Japanese paper on the cover was dyed especially for this edition by Catherine Hall. Van Vliet received a MacArthur award, and her work has been the subject of about 40 solo exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia. As new copy. Brick cloth spine and decorated boards. Fine. $200.00
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37. Walker, Todd.
A portfolio of Eighteen reproductions of Photographs In conjunction with & perhaps related to Five of the worldly works of the sixteenth century poet, John Donne.
Rochester: Thumbprint Press, 1968. First edition. Unpaginated. 25 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 73 of 500. "As he expressed in words, each photography is intended as a visual expression. Counter to approaching this in a direct graphic manner, since a photograph must derive from some reality, one blossom of an Iris becomes, with three exceptions, the visual referent." A combination of Donne's poetry and Walker's photographs. The first poem is "The Baite." Photos printed recto only. Contents loose as issued laid-in tan portfolio, front cover paper label. Fine. Stiff Wraps. $175.00
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LITERATURE]
38. Walpole, Horace.
Castle Of Otranto And the Mysterious Mother Edited With Introduction And Notes By Montague Summers.
London: Constable And Company, 1924. 306 pages. 25.5 x 16.5 cm. Seven colored engravings in an edition of 550 copies. With textual notes and early bibliography (Otranto) plus textual notes for the Mysterious Mother. Spine design is adapted from a portion of the engraved frontispiece to the same Description of Strawberry Hill. Title page of The Mysterious Mother A Tragedy notes "Printed at Strawberry Hill." Interior clean with wide text margins. Ex-library, no cover stamps. The only representations on back cover -- library slip card, and small stamp on free front enpaper. Elaborately decorated front cover, gilt designs and lettering. Near fine. $285.00
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[EXECUTION]
39. Wilde, Oscar.
The Ballad Of Reading Gaol.
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Sixth Edition. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. One of a 1000 copies on handmade paper. The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C, Cell 3. This narrative, a tale of Charles Thomas Woodbridge's 1896 execution at Reading for the murder of his wife. Small owner signature free front endpaper, free endpapers toned. Orig. cream cloth and light brown cloth, spine darkened. Very good. $375.00
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