1950. POUND, Ezra. PATRIA MIA: A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTS, THEIR USE AND FUTURE IN AMERICA. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, (1950). Inscribed First Edition. 8vo. 97pp. Light Brown cloth, lettered with dark brown background to front and spine and lettered in dark brown to back. Inscribed in ink by Pound... More about PATRIA MIA: A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTS, THEIR USE AND FUTURE IN AMERICA
1981. POUND, Ezra. FROM SYRIA: THE WORKSHEETS, PROOFS, AND TEXT. [Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1981. First Separate Edition. 8vo. 8pp. 28 fascsimiles on 14 plates. Black cloth with tan paper paper label printed in black to spine. Issued without dust jacket. Fine. (Gallup A106.). More about FROM SYRIA: THE WORKSHEETS, PROOFS, AND TEXT
1911. POUND, Ezra. CANZONI OF EZRA POUND. London: Elkin Mathews, 1911. First Edition, second issue (without the author's name on the spine) . 8vo. 51pp. + 4pp. ads. Brown paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front and spine. Front and bottom edges untrimmed. No dust jacket, as issued. Bookplate... More about CANZONI OF EZRA POUND
1930. [ELIOT, T. S., translator]. PERSE, Saint-John. ANABASIS. A poem by St.-J. Perse with a Translation into English by T.S. Eliot. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. Signed, limited edition: 350 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper and signed by Eliot. This is number 350. Tall, slim 4to. 10 x.... More about ANABASIS
1932. ELIOT, T. S. SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1932). First American edition with a typed letter, addressed to Louis Untermeyer and signed by Eliot, laid into the original mailing envelope, which is mounted on the ffep. The letter, nineteen typed lines on Eliot's letterhead (B-11... More about SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932
1932. ELIOT, T. S. SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1932). Signed, limited edition: 115 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper and signed by Eliot, of which only 100 were offered for sale. This is number 67. 454 pp. 8vo. Original edition binding of flexible blue vellum... More about SELECTED ESSAYS 1917-1932
1930. [ELIOT, T. S., introduction]. JOHNSON, Samuel. LONDON: A POEM AND THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. With an Introductory Essay by T. S. Eliot. London: Fredreick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1930. One of the Haslewood Books series. From a total edition of 450 numbered copies printed at the Chiswick Press... More about LONDON: A POEM AND THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES
1922. ELIOT, T. S. THE WASTE LAND. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First edition, first state. [2], [6], 9-64 pp. 8vo., flexible black cloth boards stamped in gilt. Edges untrimmed. Stamped number 394 (of 1,000) on verso of title page. First state, "mountain" spelled correctly with an "a" in... More about WASTE LAND
1945. SIGNED BY ELIOT ELIOT, T. S. USE OF POETRY AND THE USE OF CRITICISM. London: Faber & Faber, [1945]. Later printing. 8vo. 156pp. Signed by Eliot on title page. Lilac cloth, stamped in gilt to spine. Front and bottom edges untrimmed. Spine and rear board lightly sunned. Prior ownership... More about USE OF POETRY AND THE USE OF CRITICISM
1969. POUND, Ezra. DRAFTS & FRAGMENTS OF CANTOS CX- CXVII. [New York]: New Directions & The Stonewall Press, [1969]. First Deluxe Edition. #159 of a total of 310 copies printed by Kim Merker in Romanee type on handmade paper, all signed by author. Red cloth with white paper label to... More about DRAFTS & FRAGMENTS OF CANTOS CX- CXVII
1988. STRAND, Mark. FAMOUS SCENE. n.p. The Logan Press & Papermill, [1988]. 4to. #72 of 100 printed, signed by the author. Four color reduction woodcut portrait of the author signed by the artist, Sidney Chafetz. One folded leaf in decorated paper wrappers with cutout window showing author's name. Untrimmed. Fine. More about FAMOUS SCENE
1928. JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1928. 10th printing. 735pp. 8vo., Rebound in grey/blue bords and maroon cloth spine, Original blue wrappers not present. Leaves browned as usual. The final leaf is chipped (with lose of one letter) and has been "silked"- laid down on fine light paper... More about ULYSSES
1909. POUND, Ezra. PERSONAE. London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First Edition. First state, the spine title is 15mm rather than the earlier 20 mm,. Small 8vo. 59pp. Drab brown paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front and spine. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Light foxing throughout. More about PERSONAE
1916. POUND, Ezra. GAUDIER-BRZESKA: A MEMOIR. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head; New York: John Lane Company, 1916. x + [2] + 168 pp. First Edition. First Printing. Small 4to., green cloth with gilt lettering, embossed front board. Good, sound copy, some faint damp spots to spine, light shelfwear and rubbing... More about GAUDIER-BRZESKA: A MEMOIR
1910. POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1910). First Edition, first issue. One of about 200 copies printed. Small 8vo. 84pp. Tan paper covered boards lettered in dark brown to spine. Edges untrimmed. Head tail of spine chipped, otherwise minimal wear. (Gallup A6). More about PROVENCA
1922. (Printed in France) JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, 1922. First English edition (printed in France): Limited to 2000 numbered copies on handmade paper; copy number 1120. Small 4to, [xii],732 pp. Printed from the plates of the original edition, in contemporary full... More about ULYSSES
1901. AUSTEN, Jane. THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN (IN TEN VOLUMES). Edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson. London: J. M. Dent, 1901. Third Edition. Color illustrations by C. E. and H. M. Brock. Title-pages printed in blue and green. Ten small octavo volumes. Three-quarter blue-green leather over light blue cloth, stamped... More about NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN (IN TEN VOLUMES
1955. POUND, Ezra. SECTION: ROCK-DRILL 85-95 de los cantares.Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1955. 8vo. 107pp. First Edition. Grey paper covered boards. #434 of 500 copies designed and printed by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. In publisher's blank acetate dust jacket. Fine. More about SECTION: ROCK-DRILL 85-95 de los cantares
1978. SARTRE, Jean-Paul. FIVE PLAYS. Frankin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. 484pp. Red Leather stamped in gilt to front, back and spine. Limited edition collection of plays, sigend by the author. More about FIVE PLAYS
1990. STRAND, Mark. THE CONTINUOUS LIFE. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. Limited First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Stitched, heavy grey cloth wraps with bone clasp closures. Letter 'E' of 26 lettered copies on Umbria (there were also 225 numbered trade copies on Windhover). Signed by author and by the artist, Neil... More about THE CONTINUOUS LIFE
1932. [BAUMANN, Gustave] ed. Elmer ADLER & John T. WINTERICH. THE COLOPHON, VOL. III, PART TWELVE. (New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1932) unpaginated. 4to., pictorial paper covered boards. Some light soil and rubbing to boards. Number Three of The Colophon Crier (one folded sheet, printed on one side) laid in... More about THE COLOPHON, PART TWELVE
1964. STRAND, Mark. SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN. Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1964. Limited First Edition. 8vo. 53pp. Red cloth stamped in gilt to spine.Author's first book #40 of limited edtion of 225. Inscribed by athor on ffep. "For Gary/with both eyes open/-Mark Strand/July 28, 1966, Small split to... More about SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN
1993. STRAND, Mark. DARK HARBOR: A POEM. New York: Knopf, 1993. Signed First Edition. 8vo. 49pp. Dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt to front and spine. Inscribed by the author on title page."To ____ from MArk Strand". Fine in fine dustjacket. More about DARK HARBOR: A POEM
1968. STRAND, Mark. REASONS FOR MOVING. New York: Atheneum. 1968. Signed First Edition. 8vo. 47pp. Dark blue cloth, blindstamped to fromt and lettered in gilt to spine. This copy belonged to the poet John Frederick Nims with his signature on the flyleaf. It is also signed by the author on... More about REASONS FOR MOVING
