France (ca. 1450). A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, on vellum; 115mm x 83mm; verso and recto. Gothic littera bastarda script, in red and dark brown, or black ink; single column, 14 lines. One-quarter panel border decoration of rinceaux, with burnished gold ivy leaves and floral..... More
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(Missouri, 1913 & 1914): Manuscript. Full-Leather. Quarto. Manuscript English translation from the original Spanish of Alarcon by John Thornton Worths. 346pp. in a lovely script on rectos only, handsomely bound in a fine red straight grained morocco, tile gilt within triple rules with corner embellishments, spine lettered and decorated in..... More
Soft Cover. Quarto; 14 pages, carbon typescript, with ALS: "This is the carbon copy / of the original manuscript / - the first story I ever / sold - Music of Madness / - Weird Tales - (signed) W. E. B." Staple bound in a black plastic folder. William E...... More
New York; (1941): Harcourt, Brace and Co. First Edition. Hard Cover. 420pp., bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt over black. Includes the above short story "The Use of the Past. A fine bright copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with fading to spine, minor edge wear and one..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1930. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN ERSKINE ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Autographed edition with one page of original typed manuscript corrected and initialed by the author. LIMITED EDITION OF 356 COPIES. THIS IS No. 238. 351pp. Bound in rust colored cloth over beveled boards..... More
1922. Hard Cover. Folio. Original typed manuscript from the library of publisher Edwin Newberry Durland with his bookplate, of which is an original hand drawn sketch to be used for the printing of his bookplate. THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER. A Complete and Unexpurgated Translation , in Which are Incorporated..... More
Paris: 1930. Unbound. Paul Fort's original manuscript, neatly and beautifully written in ink; quarto, 79 leaves of heavy cream paper and laid loose into a green portfolio. Paul Fort drew much of his inspiration from the Middle Ages, and the aballad form that he used almost exclusively was taken from..... More
[CAMBRIDGE, nd. Ca.1917). First Edition. Quarto. WINIFRED HERSELF is actually the working title for "Catherine Herself". Original carbon typescript, ribbon bound into three gatherings: 1-153, 158-337 and 340-527 pp. several endleaves to the second gathering detached, torn and frayed; gaps in collation noted above a consequence of detached leaves now..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828. First Edition. Full-Leather. 12mo. 224 pages; bound in contemporary leather, with red leather label on spine. Front and rear blanks are lacking; light occasional browning to text and a couple of signatures loose. Binding is a little scuffed; overall, about very good. Now rare..... More
Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY LEA H.. LAWRENCE without personlization [Together with] The original corrected typescript of the Forward, hand-corrected and signed twice, by baseball icon Ted Williams; 2 pages, quarto. Mr. Williams has written his phone number..... More
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED BY HAROLD MACGRATH AND MR. DIXEY ON PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE without personalization. WITH A LEAF OF MANUSCRIPT QUOTES tipped in. 361pp., (7)pp. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. Bound in pictorial green cloth depicting a man in a...... More
Unbound. Long Galley Proofs, 7 pages, with numerous holograph corrections by Spielmann, for an article in Connoisseur Magazine, c. 1940 [together with] Autograph letter signed, from H. M. Hake to Spielmann, dated Feb. 16, 1940, 2 pages, informing Spielmann of an article appearing in the January 1940 issue of The..... More
N.P. 1927. (ALS), Octavo, 6 pages, to a friend "Christian." With three caricature drawings in the text - written in blue ink. Philippe Swyncop (1878 - 1949) was the older brother of Charles Swyncop, both were accomplished artists. Philippe lived in Spain for 12 years, produced valuable works in oil..... More