Search Results: Authors starting with E from Triolet Rare Books, ABAA

Davis, CA: Putah Creek Press, 1977. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. One of 200 numbered copies printed, signed by Eberhart and the illustrator, Carolyn Shine. Printed on Japanese paper and bound Japanese-style. Number 3 in the Library Associates Fine Arts Series. Two poems, Hour and Gnats, and one illustration. Minor surface wear, else fine. Printed by Sid Berger.

London: The Egoist, 1916. First edition. [6], 7-19, [3] pp. Printed wrappers, single staple. Minor foxing, staple rusted. A scarce collection of pacifist poetry. OCLC locates six copies in the US.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. Original wrappers. Near fine. One of 140 copies in wrappers, of a total edition of 150 copies. [20] pp. Sewn wrappers with dust jacket. Signed by Eigner, as called for. Extremely minor edgewear, near fine or better. Wyatt A11. Morrow & Cooney 18b (corrected issue).

Guildford: Circle Press, 1981. First edition. Original wrappers. Near fine. Unprinted wrappers with integral jacket, French flaps. One of 150 copies of the regular edition, illustrated with six plates designed by Ronald King and printed relief in one color. Just about fine.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1961. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. First edition of Elmslie's first book, published in an edition of 300 copies. 34 pp. Staple-bound wraps with dust jacket. The jacket was originally glued under the flaps to the front and rear covers; the glue has come undone on the front flap. Small ink mark on rear cover, else a fine copy. Signed by Elmslie on the title-page and dated 1963 and additionally inscribed across the front flap, inside front cover, and front flyleaf, "for Rosalinde / with love / from KSE." The debut publication of a major figure in the New York School scene, known for his stewardship of Z Press and collaborations with Joe Brainard.

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1987. First edition thus. 79, [14] pp. Glossy perfect-bound printed wrappers. A version of this play was originally published in 1972. Cover by Joe Brainard. Fine copy.

Paris: Editions GLM, 1935. First edition. Unbound folded gatherings laid into publisher's photographically illustrated wrapper, as issued. Some creasing to the front cover at the spine, as often seen, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Interior clean and bright. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, with title printed on front cover of chemise and displayed through cut-outs on the slipcase. Binder's signature within the chemise, dated 1988.Of a total edition of 1225 copies, this is one of 200 roman-numeraled hors commerce copies. Signed on the half-title by both Eluard and Man Ray, and inscribed to Leon Pierre-Quint, the literary director and editor of the major surrealist publishing house Editions du Sagittaire, and friend and biographer to Proust and Gide. Although not an uncommon book, the hors commerce copies are less seen, and it is very rare to find it signed by both authors.Facile is one of the most beautiful and influential books of the twentieth century, the very definition of a… Read More

Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'Art, 1947. First edition. [48] pp. Plain wrappers with attached dust jacket. Some toning to cover extremities, minor handling wear, near fine. One of 500 numbered copies, although Eluard noted that only 258 copies were printed due to a lack of paper. Eluard's poignant tribute to his wife Nusch, published a few months after her sudden and unexpected death. Illustrated with eleven exquisite photographs of Nusch by Man Ray and Dora Maar. Nusch had also been the subject of Man Ray's camera in the similarly superlative Facile, published ten years earlier (see item 13). In 1965, Louis Aragon, during a tribute to his friend, mentioned his first encounter with the book: "He signed it with an invented name Didier Desroches, because he had killed Paul Eluard... What he had shown me of Didier was of a confounding beauty. This little book which was to appear as the work of an unknown, it is an understatement to say that in my eyes it surpasses all that Eluard signed with his name. I… Read More

Paris: Pierre Seghers and Imprimerie Union, 1953. Folded concertina, made up of three sheets assembled and attached to the back with strips of cloth. Original hangers attached to verso. With the publisher's original rhodoïd case. A gorgeous, fine copy, bright and fresh. Now housed in a custom clamshell box. Eluard wrote the poem during the German occupation of France in 1942; it was originally published in the clandestine book of poetry Poésie et vérité 1942, and later printed in leaflet form and parachuted over occupied territories by the thousands by the British Royal Air Force. Liberté became a symbol of the Résistance under the oppression of Vichy and the German occupation. Eluard himself said of his stirring ode to freedom, "I thought of revealing at the end the name of the woman I loved and for whom this poem was intended. But I quickly realized that the only word I had in mind was the word Liberté. Thus, the woman I loved embodied a desire greater than her. I confounded it with my most… Read More

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. First edition. Fine. First edition, wrappers issue, of the first book by this acclaimed poet, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006. 58 pp. Printed glossy wrappers. A fine copy.

Paris: Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, 1945. Second edition. Original wrappers with integral dust jacket. Slight spotting to wrappers, spine a little browned.1860 copies were printed on various papers; this copy unnumbered and apparently on wove pur fil du marais, of which fifty lettered copies were noted at the colophon. Inscribed by Eluard on the half-title, "à Hans Bellmer, qui a admirablement limité les erreurs de reproduction du désir, son ami Paul Eluard." The first edition was published in 1922 and marked the first major collaboration between Ernst and Eluard; this copy introduces a third association bringing together three of the most important figures in the surrealist movement.

Paris: Aux Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First edition. One of 800 numbered copies (of a total edition of 816 copies). Five volumes, in publisher's slipcase. Each volume is numbered 335, interestingly some are stamped and some are hand-numbered. The five volumes are as follows: Premier Cahier: Dimanche / Elément: La Boue. Exemple: Le Lion de Belfort. Deuxième Cahier: Lundi / Elément: L'Eau. Exemple: L'Eau. Troisième Cahier: Mardi / Elément: Le Feu. Exemple: La Cour du Dragon. Quatrième Cahier: Mercredi / Elément: Le Sang. Exemple: Oedipe. Dernier Cahier: Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi / Eléments: Le Noir; La Vue; Inconnu. Exemples: Le Rire du Coq, L'Ile de Paques; L'Interieur de la Vue; La Cle des Chants. Slight sunning to spine of each volume, as often seen, hint of wear to spine tips. Overall an excellent set. One of Ernst's most important and extraordinary works, a narrative without text, in which he collaged the images from nineteenth century engravings. This was the third of his collaged… Read More

Paris: [Les Presses du Montparnasse], 1923. First edition. [57] pp. Printed wrappers. Inevitable toning to leaves, else a fine copy of a fragile production. 180 copies were printed; this one of the 100 copies on vergé, unnumbered and unsigned. Frontispiece by Max Ernst, drypoint on chine, mounted, signed in the plate. This is generally considered to be the only drypoint Ernst executed in his career. Konnertz & Spies, Max Ernst, Books and Graphic Work, 5. Rainwater, Max Ernst, Beyond Surrealism, 16. Hugues & Poupard-Liessou, Max Ernst, Écrits & Oeuvre Gravé, 45. Spies & Leppien, Max Ernst, Das Graphische Werk, 9B. Rossier & Goerg, Max Ernst, Oeuvre Gravé, 4.

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931. First edition. Translated by Kay Boyle. [8], 38, [8] pp. Publisher's black cloth boards, decorated in elaborate gilt and blind, designed by Ernst in collaboration with A.J. Gonon. Nineteen photograms with tissue guards, with text printed in red. One of 200 copies on "finest bristol paper," of a total edition of 255 copies. Some minor wear to head and tail of spine, faint old tidemark to lower corner of leaves, near fine. Housed in a custom modern slipcase. A major surrealist collaboration. Crevel's text was the first chapter of his novel Babylone, translated by Kay Boyle at the request of Black Sun publisher Caresse Crosby. The nineteen photograms (or cliché-verres) illustrating the book were produced using a similar process to Man Ray's rayographs. Ernst's images were made by combining textural rubbings and line drawings on sheets of thin translucent paper, and then using those sheets as negatives to create a reverse image on photosensitive paper. These were then… Read More

New York: B. Ess, 1979. Oversized tabloid format, unbound as issued. Just Another Asshole was an experimental "no wave" publication that ran from 1978 to 1987. Each issue was published in a different format, the first two being xeroxed zines estimated at about 20 copies printed. This third issue compiles various black-and-white photocopy, collage and text-based works; contributors include Barbara Kruger, Dan Graham, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Becky Howland, Kim Gordon, Barbara Ess, Robin Winters and many more. Fine copy.

Berkeley: Oyez, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 181 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Jacket a bit rubbed at extremities, book fine. Bartlett & Campo A41. 500 hardcover copies were printed according to the Oyez checklist.

Newcastle, CA: The Blue Oak Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 44 pp. Linen boards over brown cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. Slight tape ghosts to boards, some rubbing to jacket. Illustrated by Richard Hotchkiss. Photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann. Afterword by Allan Campo. One of 100 numbered copies on special paper, signed by Everson.

Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. First edition. Original wrappers. Very good +. 86 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Some minor rubbing to the extremities. Inscribed, "for Madeline [Gleason] / with best wishes / Brother Antoninus." Bartlett and Campo, p. 96.

Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. First edition. Original wrappers. Very good +. 86 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Some minor rubbing to the extremities. Inscribed by Everson to Don Allen, dated 1971. Bartlett and Campo, p. 96.

Berkeley: Oyez, 1969. First edition. Original wrappers. Fine. [8] pp. Printed stapled wrappers. Fine copy. Inscribed "for Ken & Pat [Carpenter] in belated praise of the finished Springing of the Blade, a superb feat of design and craftsmanship! Brother Antoninus May 9, 1969." Kenneth J. Carpenter was the founder of the Black Rock Press at the University of Nevada, Reno. Bartlett and Campo A32.