Search Results: Authors starting with B from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

(Rochester, NY): The Press of the Good Mountain, 1982. First edition. One of 85 numbered copies printed on Tovil paper, out of a total edition of 110 copies printed. As new.. 8vo, accordion-fold, marbled boards, slipcase. As new.

Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1956. Limited to 50 copies signed by Baskin and with an additional presentation inscription by him on the colophon page. As Baskin noted in the Gehenna Press Bibliography: "This was the last book which was made with my hands, that cessation a benefaction since I was a compositor and pressman of no distinction. This book is an homage to Blake and the dear youths who plied him with honour in his late age. My increased skill in wood engraving is here made manifest and a pattern for a kind of Gehenna Press book makes its beginning here; an introduction succeeded by a series of prints. The title-page reveals the novice's poking into historical sources & exemplars." The Gehenna Press, The Work of Fifty Years 7. One of the rarest of Gehenna Press books. Occasional light foxing, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, illustrated with 18 wood engravings, original half-morocco & Cockerell boards by the Harcourt Bindery. One of the rarest of Gehenna Press books. Occasional light… Read More

London: Blackamore Press; N. Y.: Random House, 1930. First edition. Limited to 400 numbered copies, of which 250 were for sale by Random House in the United States. Covers very slightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy.. 8vo, original blue cloth. Covers very slightly soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

Weimar-Munchen: Bauhausverlag, 1923. First and only edition of the famous Bauhaus manifesto, issued in an edition of 2000 copies on the occasion of the Bauhaus exhibition in August-September 1923. The colored plates include original lithographs by Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, L. Hirschfeld-Mack (2), R. Paris, P. Keler and W. Molar, K. Schmidt (2), and F. Schleifer. The texts are by Gropius, Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy. 4to, 226 pages, 20 color plates, 147 halftone illustrations. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy.

A superb pen-and-ink drawing, which was reproduced on the small broadside birth announcement of the Hamadys daughter Laura. The announcement is entitled "Laura Evans Hamady - Printer's Devil". Laura Hamady was born January 5, 1975, and the proud parents printed a broadside to mark the occasion. The broadside reads in part: "Mother Father & Daughter are well and thriving at home, pictured above in a view from the barn drawn by Laura's Uncle Jack who is so modest he didn't even sign it." It may be that Beal annotated the drawing at a later date, on a subsequent visit to the Hamadys, or the statement may simply mean that the drawing wasn't signed in the conventional way. Jack Beal, one of the pre-eminent realist painters in American, illustrated nine Perishable Press books, including Loren Eiseley's The Brown Wasps in 1969, two Gabberjabbs, Hunkering in Wisconsin and Thumbnailing the Hilex, in 1974, and Seeds and Chairs in 1979, as well as a number of ephemeral pieces. Best known for his paintings,… Read More

Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1987. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 25 numbered copies signed by Beckett, the only signed issue of this book, out of a total edition of 325 copies printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, this is copy number 1. Very fine copy. Square 4to, original quarter morocco & paste-paper boards, publisher's slipcase. Very fine copy.

(Iowa City: Iowa Center for the Book at The University of Iowa, 1983). First edition thus. One of 52 press-numbered copies signed by the author and the artist (the total edition) printed by hand on dampened Arches Cover paper by Cheryl Miller, L.J. Yanney, K.K. Merker and Cynthia Rymer. Berger 80. A very fine copy. Rare. Henke, Dellas. Folio, thirteen full-page etchings by Dellas Henke, original quarter black morocco, black morocco fore-tips, and paste paper over boards, speckled endpapers by Bill Anthony, publisher's slipcase. A very fine copy. Rare.

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1957. First edition of one of the greatest plays of the Twentieth Century, arguably the equal of Waiting for Godot, or perhaps even its superior. One of 56 numbered copies of the first edition on Velin Pur Fil du Marais (there were also 10 on Velin d'Arches). Fine copy. Large paper copies of Endgame are seldom seen on the market. In spite of the fact that it was issued in a large-paper edition of 35 copies, unsigned, Waiting for Godot seems to present itself more often than Fin de partie, the most recent copy of Godot reaching a price of $40,000.. 8vo, original printed wrappers. One of 56 numbered copies of the first edition on Velin Pur Fil du Marais (there were also 10 on Velin d'Arches). Fine copy. Large paper copies of Endgame are seldom seen on the market. In spite of the fact that it was issued in a large-paper edition of 35 copies, unsigned, Waiting for Godot seems to present itself more often than Fin de partie, the most recent copy of Godot reaching a price of $40,000.

Paris: Europa Press, 1935. First edition of Beckett's second book of poetry. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Beckett in a bold contemporary hand on the title-page and is numbered "28" by hand on the colophon page. The numbers on the colophons of the ordinary edition on Alfa paper were ink-stamped, suggesting that this may have been a special copy. A very fine copy, rare signed, preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Small, thin 4to, original printed buff wrappers. A very fine copy, rare signed, preserved in a half-morocco slipcase.

N. Y.: Grolier Club, 1997. First edition. One of 100 copies bound in cloth, out of a total edition of 500 copies printed at the Stinehour Press. A beautiful bibliography, of which this hardcover issue was sold out within a month. As new.. 4to, illustrated, cloth. As new.

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1984. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies out of a total edition of 776. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Barbara Guest on the title-page: "For Barbara (where are you?) love, as ever, Bill San Francisco 5/27/92. Very good copy, slightly dented at the head of the spine panel. 8vo, photographic wrappers. Very good copy, slightly dented at the head of the spine panel.

Paris: La Palatine A La Libraire Plon, 1936. First edition of Bernanos's masterpiece, translated as The Diary of a Country Priest, this being one of 1160 numbered copies on papier d'alfa out of a total edition of 4690 copies. A very fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original printed wrappers. A very fine, unopened copy.

(N. Y.): Sea Cliff Press, 1983. First edition. One of only 90 copies signed by Bernard & Sultan. Mint copy.. Thin 4to, original frontispiece etching "Black Tulip" by Donald Sultan, wrappers, printed envelope. Mint copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1973. First edition. Limited to 150 copies signed by Bernard, of which this is one of a small number of copies with a real butterfly and real leaves embedded in the handmade paper. "Some copies have Japanese handmade paper with real butterflies embedded in it to help illustrate the story 'The Queen of Moths'. . . . This book is a favorite in every way." - Hamady 56. A very fine copy of this lovely book. 8vo, original blind-stamped white Hosho paper covered boards by Maroquain. A very fine copy of this lovely book.

(Hennicker, N.H.): United Artists (Bernadette Mayer & Lewis Warsh), (1979). First edition, mimeographed. Limited to 500 copies. Fine copy. 4to, original pictorial wrappers with cover drawing by Rosina Kuhn & photographs by Rochelle Kraut. Fine copy.

(No place: no publisher), 1970. First edition. Fischer, p. 41. Fine copy.. (PORTER, Fairfield).. Broadside, 17 x 11 1/2, with illustration by Fairfield Porter. Fine copy.

N. Y.: United Artists Books, 1982. First edition thus. Includes six sonnets not published in the 1964 C Press or the 1967 Grove Press editions. Fischer p. 56. Signed by Berrigan on the half-title. A very fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece by Joe Brainard, original pictorial wrappers with design by Louise Hamlin. A very fine copy.

(Lenox, MA): Angel Hair Books, (1977). First edition. One of 1000 copies. Fischer, p. 53. Inscribed: "for Burt [Britton], Something out of Nothing, best, Ted Berrigan. Covers slightly dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy. (SCHNEEMAN, George).. 8vo, illustrated, original wrappers by George Schneeman. Covers slightly dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. A curious copy, one of Berrigan's retained copies, presumably bound at his direction, and originally intended for Berrigan's close friend and editor of this book, the poet Ron Padgett. The title-page is signed by Berrigan below his printed name, and embellished in characteristic fashion by him: at the top of the page, surrounding the title, Berrigan has drawn Kilroy, one of his favorite cartoon characters; each of the printed sections of the title-page is also either boxed or circled by a figure resembling an apple. The title-page bears Berrigan's inscription "For Ron" and a few inches below, his note "Never sent it." [Ron Padgett suggests that he (Padgett) may have been out of town at the time of Berrigan's original intention.] On the next page, the dedication page, around the printed dedication to Joe Brainard, Berrigan has drawn a cross carried on a truck; and at the top of the page, there is an "Ouch" glyph drawn by Ed… Read More

(N. Y.): Little Light Books, (1981). First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Although not called for, this copy is signed on the title-page by Berrigan. Lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Despite the ample limitation, an uncommon book. 8vo, original wrappers with cover design by Susan Cataldo. Lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Despite the ample limitation, an uncommon book.