MODERN LITERATURE from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

London: Cassell, London: Cassell, 1893. Original blue-grey gilt decorated cloth, a very good bright copy. First London edition, the New York (Scribner's) edition precedes by six days, first issue, with ink price correction on p. [ii]. 16 page inserted publisher's catalogue, dated 3.93.

[Paris]: Gallimard, 1944. First edition. Boards, with decorations after a design by Mario Prassinos. 233 p. ; 18 X 12 cm. "Exemplaire sur Heliona," number 786 of 1000. Very good.

Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1945. First edition. Original wrappers, fine., with Seghers Collection 150 dust jacket. One of 140 copies on vélin (after ten on chine).

Paris: Gallimard, 1938. First edition, on ordinary paper. Original wrappers, some separation at the front joint, but a very good copy. Service de presse copy, indicated on title page and back wrapper.

[Paris]: Gallimard, 1953. First edition. Service de presse copy. 122 p. 21 cm. Inscribed and signed by Queneau to Armand Salacrou. Text yellowed. Wrappers. Original Gallimard publiciy included.

Paris: Editions Hautefeuille, 1958. First edition, on ordinary paper. 19 cm; 40 pp; Collection Caracteres. Inscribed and signed by Queneau to Pierre Josserand. Somewhat yellowed,

Genève, Paris: Éditions des Trois Collines, 1946. First edition. Masson, André. Original wrappers. 65, [5]p. . plates. 23cm. Fine.; Poems. Limited, numbered edition of 3000.

Paris: Nagel, 1947. First edition, on ordinary paper. Original wrappers, text browned owing to paper quality, else fine.

[Paris]: Grasset, 1954. First edition. 139, [4] p. 20 cm. Original pink wrappers, fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies on velin de Lana. Les trois premiers textes de ce volume ont été composés en vue d'une émission radiophonique organisée par Lise Deharme. Le quatrième a été spécialement écrit, sur sa demande, dans le même esprit"-"

Paris: Calman-Lévy, 1952. First edition, (there were no special paper copies). With indication of "premier tirage Avril 1952) on title page verso. Original printed wrappers,spine tanned, else fine, unopened. S.P. copy.

[Paris]: Gallimard, 1966. First edition. 236 p. Original wrappers, fine. One of 50 numbered copies on pur fil.

Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 2000 numbered copies on bouffant.

Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1967. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 24 copies on vélin pur fil de marais, for the Club de l'Edition Originale, signed by both authors. 220 p. 22 cm. 31 pp; In acrylic slip case with the publisher's promotional brochure: Histoire d'un livre La Mulatresse Solitude; Edition hors-commerce.

Paris: F. Maspero, 1978. 215 p. Wrappers, fine. 22 cm. Collection Action poétique;.

Montigny-sur-Canne: Gérard Oberlé, 1984. First edition. Original wrappers, fine. One of 50 on Hollande (total edition of 250).

Paris: E. Losfeld, 1969. First edition. Fini, Léonor. 247 p. Plain grey cloth, pink dust jacket., very slightly rubbed. 8 illustrations printed on pink paper. Inscribed and signed by the author.

Plombières-les-Dijon: Ulysse, Fin de Siècle, 1990. First edition. Original wrappers, slightly dust-marked. Unnumbered copy. Acrostic poems.

Zurich: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Two volumes, original linen, slipcase. Near-fine. One of 1500, signed by the illustrator.

Paris: Editions Estienne, 1958. First edition. Wrappers, in dust jacket, fine copy, small edge tears on jacket. 45 pp 16 cm.Design, composition, printing, and binding executed by the students at Ecole Estienne. Inscribed and signed by author to Raymond Queneau. Copy number 3 of 200.

[Paris]: Eric Losfeld, 1973. First edition. 191 p. 21 cm. Wrappers. One of 50 copies printed on ingres MBM rose. This is copy number 33. Very fine.