Search Results: Authors starting with J from Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1977. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of the first three volumes of Jabès' influential work. Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop. 175pp., 236pp. Vol. II: 0819550116. Hardcover. Three volumes, bound as two. Matching. 8vo. Full red cloth. Printed dust jackets unclipped. A few small chipped areas to second. First with a lengthy gift inscription to first endpaper. Otherwise each neat, clean, tight.

Chicago: Charles C. Thompson Co, 1912. Near fine.. Second edition of this early illustrated guide to the mechanical operation of the motorcycle, for "People who want the 'SHOW HOW' Features." 7.5'' x 5.25''. Original gilt-stamped red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. 223, [1] pages. Previous owner's name in pen to front free endpaper. Light edgewear to boards. Corner creases to a few pages; minor damage to upper corners of pages 211-216 (text not affected).

Boston: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, 1998. First Edition. As new.. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at BU, collecting photos from the German Democratic Republic's state archives forming "a study of the political and economic pressures on the visual arts of the [...] GDR." Wraps. 4to. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. As new, in original shrinkwrap.

(Marseilles): (Michéa Jacobi), 2003. Fine.. Unique miniature erotic artist's book, hand-painted and collaged onto a France Poste mailing label booklet. These twenty-six scenes, paired with an indelicate word or phrase for each letter of the alphabet, feature real postage-stamp reproductions of famous figures by Matisse, Boucher, and others, with Jacobi's own illustrations reaching in to interact with the art in ways not usually permitted at the Louvre. 3.25'' x 2.75'', in 5.5'' x 6'' box. Original side-stapled and perforated postal booklet, illustrated throughout with pictorial postage stamps and hand-painted and -lettered additions. Housed in original handmade decorative paper box enclosure. Tiny closed tear to cover perforation line. Minor edgewear, smudge to inside of box lid.

New York: Binney and Smith, 1944. First Edition. Very good.. Set of 38 monthly lesson plans for school art teachers, each containing a new column ("Intimate Comments in the Field of Art") with an overview of new publications and exhibitions, followed by an illustrated project for schoolchildren with target grade levels, working materials, educational goals, and detailed instructions. Lessons for the older grades tend towards the technical (Figure Drawing; Creating Interesting and Unusual Landscapes; Mural Making), while ideas for younger students are typically thematic and didactic: The Indian Village; Robinson Crusoe; Thanksgiving "to Acquaint Children with the Manners and Customs of the Pilgrims." The editor's monthly column changes rapidly with the onset of World War II. From the untroubled and apolitical notes of 1932: "'Kultur' in Germany has done what 'Culture' in America has been vainly trying to do for many years. It has abolished the billboard along the countrysides of Prussia, which… Read More

(Los Angeles): Jazz Press, 1980. First Edition. Very good.. First edition of this charming production, collecting poems by Jacobson paired with Goya's "Disparates" series of prints. Wraps. Oblong 24mo. Perfect-bound printed red wraps. Very good. Touches of soiling, rubbing, and fading to wraps. Light wrinkling to front. Price stamp at title page. Pages else clean and unmarred throughout. Binding sound. Unpaginated.

Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1983. First Edition. Very good.. Catalog of a 17th century volume of 105 Indian miniatures, now held by the Warsaw University Library. Reproduced in color and black and white, with modifications to the original sequence of illustrations. Text in Polish, followed by a brief summary in English. This copy inscribed by the author to abstract expressionist painter Harold Shapinsky ("To Harold and Kate Shapinsky / Marta Jakimowicz-Shah / 17.3.85 Warsaw"). Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Corners bumped; boards slightly bent/curved. SIGNED on title page. About very good.

Gloucester, MA: Bezoar, 1977. First Edition. Near fine.. Issue of the periodical BEZOAR, featuring poems by James, Bowering, and Irby. Bezoar was issued between 1975 and 1981 by a number of editors including Fred Buck, Thorpe Feidt and Paul Kahn in a number of different formats and iterations. This issue was mailed to DC poet Doug Lang. [Clay and Phillips, 265]. Wraps. 4to. Six leaves stapled at top left corner. Near fine. Mild toning and trivial soil. Folded for mailing. Else clean and bright.

n.p.: Situation, 1996. First Edition. Near fine.. Inscribed first printing of this early title from this increasingly important contemporary poet, published as Situations #4. Jarnot was a student of Enslin, poet and biographer of Robert Duncan. And uncommon book and a significant association. Wraps. Small 8vo. Square, stapled illustrated wrappers. Light stains on back cover, else near fine. INSCRIBED: "For Ted [Enslin], Love, Lisa."

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1951. First Edition. Very Good+.. With poems by Randall Jarrell (All of None, The Tower, The Black Swan), as well as Irving Howe on Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Spender on the function of criticism, and two early poems by Edward Field. Wraps. 8vo. Light soil, toning, edgewear. Binding strong, internally clean.

[New York]: Michael di Capua/Harper Collins, 1999. First Edition. Near fine.. First edition of this selection of essays from the noted poetry critic (and poet), edited and introduced by Brad Leithauser. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth over gray boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Hint of edgewear to jacket, trace soil. Bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 376pp.

n.p.: Continental Classics, 1969. Near fine.. Late '60s sleaze erotica, described in a perfunctory and fanciful preface as a bestseller in London banned by protests by the outraged clergy, "one of the few books that have ever described Lesbian practices in such intimate detail." OCLC locates one copy (Duke). Wraps. Mass market paperback. Green printed wraps with yellow Eiffel Tower logo. Minor edgewear, scuffing to spine ends. 160 pages. Near fine.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. Limited ed. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Limited edition of a lecture given by Jeffers at the Library of Congress, Harvard, and several other locations in 1941. According to the publisher, "never before [had] there appeared in book form any prose by Robinson Jeffers other than an occasional brief preface to his volumes of verse." A lovely edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter brown cloth over patterned boards in plain dust jacket. Near fine in the original plain unprinted brown paper jacket. Letter from the publisher laid in, along with receipt for original subscription purchase. Pages faintly toned. Else clean and sharp. 46pp. From an edition of 350 copies, printed letterpress from French Elzevir type with five woodcuts by Mallette Dean.

New York: Journal of Living and Publishing Corp, 1946. Reprint. Very good.. Originally published in book form in 1942 by Gateway. Date of this reprint not given, but certainly soon after; "[c]ondensed slightly in order to cooperate with the war-time paper conservation plan," says copyright page. An early novel by the science fiction and mystery author, better known in later years as Murray Leinster. Wraps. 12mo. Pictorial wraps. About very good. Mild edgewear, light crease to front cover. Hairline crack after copyright page. Else sound. Pages clean, unmarked. 119pp.

San Francisco: Clear Creek Associates, 1971. First Edition. Very good.. Early, short-lived Bay Area environmentalist newsletter. This issue focuses on local American government at the county level, and features a Manifesto for Citizen Counterrevolution by Ted Radke as well as an essay by Jean Giono. Wraps. 4to. Folded newsprint. Uniformly toned, lightly foxed. Mild wear and some tears to page edges. Very good.

San Francisco: Clear Creek Associates, 1971. First Edition. Very good.. Early, short-lived Bay Area environmentalist newsletter. This issue features Nathan Hare on Black Ecology, an interview with Hare by Edward Washington, and an article on the Marquesa Islands. Wraps. 4to. Folded newsprint. Uniformly toned, lightly foxed. Mild wear and some tears to page edges. Very good.

London: Arco Publications Limited, 1957. First UK edition. Very good in a good + jacket.. One of several ufological works by this American auto-parts salesman. A charming edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth in original printed dust jacket. Very good, in a good plus DJ. Several small chips to jacket front panel and at top of spine. Light rubbing to rear panel. On copyright page, the date has been eroded. Mild toning to pages, some mild wrinkles, but overall unmarred; binding sound. 240pp.

Toronto: The Missing Link Press, 1974. First Edition. Very good.. Anthology of concrete poetry by Gerry Osamu Shikatani, Kent L. Bowman, Brenda Saunders, John L. Jessop, Shant Basmajian, Sam F. Johnson, Ted Plantos, and Hans Jewinski. Edited by Jewinski. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Wraps. 8vo. White wraps. Plastic post binding. Light edgewear with some toning and soil to covers. Pages mildly toned, otherwise clean and unmarked. Very good.

(Madison, MN): The Sixties Press, 1967. First Edition. Very good.. First edition thus with short works by the Spanish poet. The Sixties Press also published other poetry translated by Bly, including work by authors such as Trakl and Neruda. Wraps. 8vo. Photographic wraps with French flaps. A very good copy. Touches of soil, light edgewear, mild toning to wraps. Pages lightly toned but unmarked. Binding sound. 104pp.

New York: Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, 1990. First edition. Near fine.. Scarce periodical anthology of gay fiction, with contributions from Dennis Cooper, Robert Glück, Brad Gooch, David Sedaris (a very early appearance), Gary Indiana and many others. 8.5'' x 6.5''. Publisher's illustrated stapled wrappers. November 1990 issue. Touches of shelfwear here and there; pages toned. Else sharp and clean.