THE LITTLE REVIEW [Vol. VIII, No. 1]
Brancusi tribute issue of the celebrated Modernist journal, published in protest after the persecution and prosecution of the editors for their publication of ULYSSES.
Brancusi tribute issue of the celebrated Modernist journal, published in protest after the persecution and prosecution of the editors for their publication of ULYSSES.
First US edition, special promotional copy of this collection of short stories from the multiple award-winning Irish author – issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series.
Catalogue of an exhibition on the epic of Gilgamesh, incorporating both modern visual art and archaeological artifacts, and with original silkscreened cover and frontispiece by Baumeister.
Signed first printing of Berendt's tale of Venice and the catastrophic fire at the Fenice Opera House.
Signed first trade edition of a landmark graphic novel, in extraordinary condition.
Limited edition re-issue of this major bibliography of French novels first published in 1925-28, a formative reference work for book collectors and scholars on the subject.
First edition of this sweeping history of Paris, from Gallo-Roman Lutèce to the imagined future of 1987 — featuring transmission screens and flying swan-boats, the latter depicted in a stellar full-page image by Robida.
Beautifully bound first edition of Zotti's annotated DIVINE COMEDY, primarily designed for British women learning Italian and dedicated by the editor to three aristocratic women patrons.
Beautiful two-volume illustrated catalogue of the early (1475-1692) French books in the library of artist and collector Charles Fairfax Murray, reprinted from Davies's original 1910 edition.
Weighty and resplendent limited reprint edition of Davies's 1913 descriptive catalogue of German books printed from c.1455 to 1680 housed in the library of artist, dealer, and collector Charles Fairfax Murray.
First US edition of Dinesen's four-part coda to her classic OUT OF AFRICA, recalling the dreams and memories of her years in Kenya.
Pristine slipcased first edition of this gripping Pulitzer prize-winning novel of two children growing up on either side of a world war.
Rare first complete English edition of the classic swashbuckling adventure.
First printing of this scarce anthology of classic American short fiction in Polish translation, with cover art by midcentury poster designer Marian Stachurski.
Second edition, Flaubert's Legend of Saint Julien, illustrated with twelve lithographs by Max Kaus.
First edition of the first modern Western novel featuring a time machine, published eight years before THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells.
Second year (in a single bound volume) of the Expressionist journal of the visual and literary arts, with the scarce original lithographs and woodcuts by Masereel and others.
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
Regency-era edition of these richly hand-colored engravings by one of the finest imitators of Holbein, in a handsome contemporary binding.
Complete run of Eugene and Maria Jolas's landmark literary journal, which — along with Margaret Anderson's THE LITTLE REVIEW — was one of the primary vehicles of Modernist and experimental writing.
The iconic modernist book, signed by Matisse — one of the great editions of one of the great books.
Scarce edition of Kleist's narrative of a doomed and unstable transgressive romance set amid the tumult of the Haitian revolution, illustrated with frightful lithographs by tormented Austrian Symbolist Alfred Kubin.
First US edition of the first volume of Knausgaard's unaccountably compelling and internationally successful six-volume work of autofiction.
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
Stark and haunting card of mourning from the September 10th, 1898 funeral of Stephane Mallarmé.