Travels It's always good to get out break out of the common paths we all tread. It's so easy to get into a routine: Antiques Road Show on Monday, fish on Friday, etc. So, we headed west on Amtrak's California Zephyr two weeks ago today. Don't get me started. I have two words for you: Do. It. Then off to Tucson to visit family for close to a week, back to Maine on Monday. As you know, new routines does not mean that booksellers don't keep looking at books and I picked up some beauties -- the Arion Press edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, a copy of Gwendolyn Brooks' only work of fiction (signed!), and this crucial piece of Cold War history:
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1954) You just never know what you're going to stumble on -- there are four more items below. I continue to catalog, so check this link for even more: New Arrivals A few weeks ago I sent you an email outlining my plans to step back from a bricks and mortar store and shift to a business model that is online and combined with the occasional book fair. If you or someone you know might be interested in a fine inventory, an amazing space, and an exciting career as a used and rare bookstore owner in Belfast, Maine, please reach out. As always, the next time you're in the area make it a point to visit Craig Olson Books at 99 Main Street in Belfast, Maine, where we have a large selection of books in all subjects, and a few hundred on architecture, art, design. ~Craig ************ Hoffer, Eric.
The Passionate State of Mind and Other Aphorisms.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing (C-E). 151 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, minimal creasing to head and foot of spine, now in mylar cover. Whisper of age toning to endpapers, clean within.
Often known as the "longshoreman philosopher," Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) burst onto the publishing scene in 1951 with his first and most famous book, "True Believe" which explored the rise of fascist movements. Hoffer was self-educated, never completing high school, if even the lesser grades. Much of his early life was spent roaming the country as a migrant worker, by 1943 he found permanent employment on the docks of San Francisco as a longshoreman where he worked, while writing, until his retirement in 1964 when he became an adjunct professor at the University of California-Berkeley. This is his second book. (#31520)
Price: $100.00 |  | |  | Shakespeare, William; Vendler, Helen (Editor).
Shakespeare's Sonnets.
San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1988.
Quarter Leather. First Edition. 154 pp. Bound in brown quarter leather with a brocade cloth to covers and a lightly rounded spine, titled in gold on spine with a Fine slipcase covered in dark brown paper used for edition endpapers, the same brocade for foot, head, and sides, with a paper label pasted at spine, the head and foot of the opening of the slipcase are rounded and covered in leather and replicate the curve of the spine.
An exquisite production. Hand-set in Bulmer and Stylescript type, printed on Hahnemuhle linen paper. 226 copies were produced, 200 numbered and 26 lettered hors de commerce, this being copy #136 of 200. The fifty-third publication of the Arion Press. (#31513)
Price: $1,000.00 |  | | | Fergusson, Erna; Vidaurreta, Valentín (Artist).
Fiesta In Mexico.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
Hardcover. First Edition. 267, iv (Index) pp. 8vo. Bright yellow boards with slight sunning to spine and Valentín Vidaurreta designs gracing front cover and spine. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. Clean inside with 14 full page Valentín Vidaurreta illustrations.
Signed by Erna Fergusson on the half-title page. (#31514)
Price: $50.00 |  | | | Brooks, Gwendolyn.
Maud Martha.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing (I-C). viii, 180 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips at edges, 3/8" loss at head of spine, slight age toning to rear panel and spine, now in mylar cover. Yellow cloth boards, green cloth spine with burgundy/brown embossed title, small bump to lower right corner of front board. Minor age toning to endpapers, clean within.
Gwendolyn Brooks' (1917-2000) third book and her only novel. Signature only, in blue ink, on the half-title page. Very scarce signed without an inscription. (#31515)
Price: $5,500.00 |  | | | |
