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

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1983. First edition. Limited to 143 copies on Roma, Perusia, Sakamoto, Kumoi & Shadwell handmade papers. Hamady 105. Fine copy. 8vo, original wrappers. Fine copy.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1995). First edition. No. 3 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Alessandro Papetti, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1996). First edition. No. 6 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new, with wraparound band noting that this book was a finalist for the Salotto Veneto prize in 1997. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Silvio Lacasella, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new, with wraparound band noting that this book was a finalist for the Salotto Veneto prize in 1997.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1997). First edition. No. 8 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Giulia Napoleone, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1994). First edition. No. 2 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Adriano Boni, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1996). First edition. No. 7 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new, with wraparound band noting that this book was a finalist for the Salotto Veneto prize in 1997. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Enzo Maiolino, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new, with wraparound band noting that this book was a finalist for the Salotto Veneto prize in 1997.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1998). First edition. No. 9 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Guido Strazza, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Ampersand, 2002). First of this illustrated edition. No. 2 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 100 copies hand-printed by Alessandro Zanella on Magnani paper, signed by the artist. A very fine copy. Folio, illustrated in color with serigraphs and collages by Tommaso Cascella, original bright red hand-made paper wrappers, in publisher's chemise & slipcase. A very fine copy.

(Santa Lucia ai Monti, Italy: Edizioni Ampersand, 1995). First edition. No. 5 in the series Le Carte del Cielo. Limited to 135 copies (the entire edition), signed by the artist beneath the etching. As new. 8vo, original frontispiece etching by Velasco Vitali, original white wrappers, publisher's black paper slipcase. As new.

Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press Limited, 1969. First edition. One of 56 copies printed on the press' own handmade Shadwell paper, beige in this instance, out of a total edition of 200 copies. Hamady 22. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper by Walter Hamady, the printer, to his in-laws: "for mother & father Laird and no. 1 son Tom on this sunny and cold fifth of January 1970 from Walter & Mary.. A fine copy of one of Eiseley's scarcest books. Small 8vo, frontispiece by Jack Beal, original marbled boards. A fine copy of one of Eiseley's scarcest books.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. First edition. Limited to 200 copies printed, of which this copy is one of 144 printed on Charter Oak. Hamady 22. Selected as one of the A.I.G.A.'s Fifty Best Books of the Year. A very fine copy of Eiseley's rarest and most beautiful book. 8vo, illustrated by Jack Beal, original marbled boards. A very fine copy of Eiseley's rarest and most beautiful book.

London: Faber & Faber, (1934). First edition. One of 1000 copies in boards (out of a total edition of 2000 copies). Gallup A26a. Edges & endpapers lightly foxed as often, otherwise a very fine copy. 12mo, boards, dust jacket. Edges & endpapers lightly foxed as often, otherwise a very fine copy.

N. Y.: House of Books Ltd, 1954. First edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Eliot. Gallup A65. Very fine copy. 12mo, cloth, glassine dust jacket. Very fine copy.

London: Faber and Faber, (1932). First edition. One of 3000 copies printed. Gallup A21a; Connolly 100, 72. A very fine copy in bright, clean and unfaded dust jacket. Rare thus. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. A very fine copy in bright, clean and unfaded dust jacket. Rare thus.

Hamburg, Germany: Gebruder Hoesch, 1955). First edition of Eliot's essay, prepared on the occasion of his receiving the Goethe Prize in 1954. The pamphlet includes the English text as well as a German translation by Ursula Clemen. Gallup B74. One of 1200 copies printed. Presentation copy, inscribed on the cover by Eliot "to John Neff in affection T. S. Eliot, 15.ix.55." The recipient of this remarkable inscription was John Ulric Neff, Jr., Professor and Economic Historian at the University of Chicago, and co-founder of the Committee on Social thought. As suggested by the inscription, Eliot must have held Neff in high esteem. Wrappers stained, contents clean.. 8vo, illustrated, original wrappers. Wrappers stained, contents clean.

The majority of books are in very good condition. A detailed list is available. . The majority of books are in very good condition. A detailed list is available. .

N. Y. & London: Columbia University Press, 1971. First edition. Winner of the 1971 Frank O'Hara Award for Poetry. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Joan & Ted, 'A nation of you and you' - Best, - - Kenward Elmslie. Fine copy.. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Paris: (Pierre Seghers), 1947. First edition. One of 600 copies; there were also 10 special signed copies. A fine copy in a custom-made slipcase. 8vo, illustrated by Max Ernst, original wrappers. A fine copy in a custom-made slipcase.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1973. First edition. One of 138 copies printed on Shadwell paper. Fine copy. Small broadside. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Red Ozier Press, (1981). First edition. One of only 16 specially bound & illustrated deluxe copies with a holograph poem by Eshleman & signed by the poet. An additional 200 copies were bound in wrappers. Peich 27. Very fine copy.. 8vo, illustrated with a linen paper piece by Paul Wong, quarter leather & cloth. Very fine copy.