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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First American Edition. Publisher's advance copy for the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's second novel, announcing a first printing of 350,000 copies. The novel was a nominee for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, as well as a finalist for the National Book Award. Octavo; off-white wrappers, with titling and publisher's information stamped in black and bronze; 340pp, [2]. Minute wear to lower front corners, else Near Fine.
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THE LOWLAND - ADVANCE READING COPY
by Lahiri, Jhumpa
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THE FLASH OF PASADENA - ISSUE #4 (MAY 12, 1967)
by Laidig, David (editor); Bukowski, Charles (contributor)
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Pasadena: David Laidig Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 24pp; illus. Subtle toning to extremities, else very Near Fine. Fourth issue of this short-lived Pasadena magazine, with an emphasis on poetry, cartoons, and local happenings. Notable for the inclusion of Charles Bukowski's 'A Rambling Essay on Poetics and the Bleeding Life Written While Drinking A Six-Pack (Tall),' which first appeared in OLÃ 2 (March, 1965), and a beautiful full-page psychedelic flyer on p.19, advertising a Love-In at Brookside Park. Scarce in commerce, with OCLC showing just 11 institutional holdings for any issues. Dorbin D29.
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EKSTASIS - WALLACE BERMAN'S COPY, INSCRIBED TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
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San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1959. First Edition. An extraordinary copy of the Italian-American poet's second collection of verse. "For California's poetry community of the 1950s and 1960s - and for Wallace Berman, in particular - Philip Lamantia served as a direct link to European Surrealism. More than any poet of his generation, Lamantia shared the Surrealists' enchantment with the irrational and he hungered for ecstatic experience. Lamantia was willing to pay the full price of admission for experiences demanding a conscious disordering of the senses, too, and his life was marked by drug addiction and the periodic bouts of depression that invariably afflict those who fly too close to the sun" (Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle, p.206). His connection to Berman was a significant one: Berman would include Lamantia's work in Semina 4, his photos of Lamantia shooting heroin would end up on the cover of Lamantia's first book, Narcotica. The inscription here by Berman to his…
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SALOME
by Lamb, Mary & Charles (poem); Johnson, Fridolf (text & binding)
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N.p.: Fridolf Johnson, 1948. A unique manuscript of Mary Lamb's romantic poem "Salome," composed around 1808-09, and first published in her husband Charles Lamb's Works [1818]; while the poem was originally published in her husband's works, and while his name is credited on the title page of this volume, the poem, according to scholar Adriana Craciun, "is indisputably hers" ("The Subject of Violence: Mary Lamb, Femme Fatale." Romanticism and Women Poets: Opening the Doors of Reception, p.65). Fridolf Johnson (1905-1988) was an American author, calligrapher, and illustrator, whose early work as a designer led him increasingly toward an interest in printing and typography. He eventually established the Mermaid Press, and became and active member of the Zamorano Club, Typophiles, and New York Chappel of Private Presses. His archive is held at the University of Delaware. (cf.Biographical Note. Fridolf Johnson Papers, 1950-1985). Quarto (26.25cm); original calligraphic manuscript (rectos), composed in…
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ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
by Landon, Margaret (novel); Ayer, Margaret (illustrations)
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New York: The John Day Company, 1944. First Edition. Landon's semi-fictionalized novel based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, a widowed mother of two who was invited by the King of Siam (Thailand) to teach his wives and children the English language and western customs. Basis for John Cromwell's 1946 film of the same name, and Walter Lang's well-loved 1956 film The King and I, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. An attractive copy of a war-time edition which went into numerous printings. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brown cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine; bright yellow topstain; dustjacket; [iv],v-viii,360pp; illus. Hint of dustiness to cover, with small patch of rough erasure to upper front pastedown; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly rubbed and a little wavy, with a small tear to lower front panel, and a faint vertical crease along the rear joint; Very Good+ or better.
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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
by Lanes, Selma G.
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1980. First Edition. New. First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine acetate dustjacket that shows minor shelfwear and rubbing. The definitive retrospective on Sendak's artwork. Contains 94 color plates, 261 illustrations, 3 fold-out plates, and a pop-up of Little Red Riding Hood designed by Sendak which is not present in later printings of the book. A beautifully produced volume highlighting Sendak's career in illustration.
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FRAU IM MOND: EIN FILM VON FRITZ LANG (THE WOMAN IN THE MOON) - ORIGINAL FILM PROGRAM
by Lang, Fritz (director); Von Harbou, Thea (novel)
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Berlin: Alfred Weiner / Illustrierter Film-Kurier, 1929. First Edition. Original program for Lang's final silent film, starring Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, and Gerda Maurus. Based on the novel by Lang's wife, Thea Von Harbou, Frau Im Mond is considered one of the first serious science fiction films. The groundbreaking film presented the basics of rocket travel to a mass-audience for the first time, and marks the first occurrence of the "countdown to zero" prior to a rocket launch. The program is richly illustrated with photographic stills from the film, with a cast of characters and synopsis printed throughout. OCLC notes a single separate holding for the program at the Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar, though longer runs of Illustrierter Film-Kurier are more broadly held. Quarto (30cm); original pictorial wrappers, saddle-stitched; [8]pp; illus; text is in German. Light wear along the spine-fold, some oxidation to staples, with a few faint (partial) horizontal creases at center; contents are fresh; Very…
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M - ORIGINAL AUSTRIAN PREMIERE PROGRAM
by Lang, Fritz (director & screenwriter); Von Harbou, Thea (screenwriter); Lorre, Peter (starring)
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Berlin: Nero-Film AG, 1931. First Edition. Original Austrian premiere program for Fritz Lang's 1931 German film, customized for the film's premiere at the Apollo Theater in Vienna - Lang's birthplace and home for the earlier part of his life. A highly influential pre-war film noir and masterpiece of world cinema, ranking among the best of Lang's body of work. In addition to being Lang's first sound film, 'M' also served as the vehicle for Peter Lorre's breakout role as child murderer Hans Beckert. The program is chiefly illustrated throughout with a series of photo-montages, and gives the date of the premiere as 3 September, 1931. A rare premiere program for one of Lang's most enduring films. Small folio (22.5cm); green and white photo-illustrated wrappers, folded, with the premiere information printed in red on front wrapper; [8pp]; illus. Faint horizontal fold at center, faint diagonal crease to upper right corner of front wrapper, with a chip to lower left corner of rear wrapper and a few tiny…
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ORIGINAL HERALD FOR THE 1948 FILM NOIR "SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR"
by Lang, Fritz (director); King, Rufus (novel)
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N.P.: Universal Pictures Co, 1948. A Fine copy with a single center fold, printed in red and violet on buff-colored paperstock. Measures roughly 5.75 X 8.75 inches (closed) and 5.75 X 11.5 inches (opened). An original advertising herald for the 1948 film noir "Secret Beyond the Door," directed by Fritz Lang and starring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave. Based on Rufus King's novel 'Museum Piece No. 13.'.
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JUNE MOON: A COMEDY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS
by Lardner, Ring and George S. Kaufman
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. A play based on Lardner's short story "Some Like Them Cold," centered around a songwriter who moves from Schenctady to New York City in hopes of making a name for himself in Tin Pan Alley, and his struggles with love. The original Broadway production ran for 273 performances, and gave way to two film adaptations: A. Edward Sutherland's June Moon (1931), and George Archainbaud's 1937 musical comedy Blonde Trouble. Bruccoli & Layman A24.1. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); pale pink linen, with printed title label mounted at upper spine; dustjacket; xii,187,[1]pp. Trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped ($2.00), with trivial wear to heel, and a single, tiny tear at upper edge of rear panel; very Near Fine, with the spine notably unfaded - the anomalous copy.
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THE PLUMED SERPENT [QUETZALCOATL]
by Lawrence, D.H.
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New York: Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Lawrence's novel of modern Mexico, a portrayal of a turbulent country with a focus on a wide-spread poitical movement among the peasantry to revive the cult of the ancient deities. Written mostly in Mexico at Oaxaca and on Lake Chapala, Lawrence completed the novel early in 1925, and at the time considered it his most important work. The American edition was published from new plates, presumably in smaller numbers than the British edition (3,000 copies). A scarce title in the lovely illustrated jacket; we have noted a single copy jacketed copy of the American edition in the trade in recent memory. Roberts A33. First Printing. Octavo; yellow cloth, with titling and decorations stamped black and red on spine and front panel; red topstain; 445pp, [2]. Subtle fading to extremities, with faint spotting to spine panel; Near Fine. In the rare dustjacket designed by Dorothy Brett, priced $3.00 at mid-spine; light soil and spotting, numerous small, and several large,…
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THE LETTERS OF D.H. LAWRENCE & AMY LOWELL, 1914-1925 - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Lawrence, D.H. (text); Healey, E. Claire & Keith Cushmann (editors)
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for use by the publisher, editors, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and paisley-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [4],5-143,[5]pp. Signed by both editors on a tipped in leaf following the copyright page. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. A substantial collection of correspondence between Lawrence and Amy Lowell (1874-1925), an imagist poet and posthumous winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1926.
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CONSCIOUSNESS
by Lawrence, D.H.
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[Los Angeles]: Printed for John Martin by the Press of the Pegacycle Lady, 1974. First Edition. The text of this small book is a letter written to Charles Wilson, a freelance journalist who was active in the labor movement. Wilson had asked Lawrence for a message to the miners at Willington Colliery; he was living at Willington, Durham at the time. Lawrence's message was incorporated in three short poems, "For God's Sake," "O! Start a Revolution" and "It's Either You Fight or You Die" (A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence, pp.247-48). Uncommon in commerce, with the bulk of the edition (35 copies, as of November, 2021) held in OCLC member institutions. Roberts A118. One of 50 copies. Small quarto (26cm); marbled paper-covered boards, with letterpress-printed title label mounted to upper front cover; unprinted dark blue laid paper dustjacket; [16]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with a hint of sunning to spine and upper edge of front panel.
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TORTOISES: SIX POEMS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
by Lawrence, D.H. (poems); Robinson, Alan James (illustrations)
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[Williamsburg, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1983. Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this one being copy no.98. Quarto (28.5cm); sandy brown paper-covered boards and vellum backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [64]pp; illus. A Fine copy. Fine press publication of Lawrence's 1921 collection of poems, written after the conclusion of World War I and the publication of The Rainbow and Women in Love. Masterfully illustrated with seven wood engravings of tortoises by Alan James Robinson, and an introduction by Jefferson Hunter.
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YESTERDAY AND TODAY - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Layachi, Larbi (pseud. of Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi)
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon and signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-186,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Layachi, the pseudonym of Moroccan author Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi, wrote A Life Full of Holes, which was translated by Paul Bowles.
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
by Le Carré, John (pseud. of David John Moore Cornwell)
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First Edition. Le Carré's third and best-known novel, one that changed the direction of modern espionage fiction. The novel is "not so much concerned with the machinations of espionage as with the machinations of the minds of those in the profession; not so much what they do in the course of their gray and thankless jobs as with what those jobs do to them. With this story of what happens when British agent Leamas is dispatched to entrap an enemy master spy in East Berlin, Le Carré gave the spy novel a new breath of life" (Pronzini & Muller, p.468). Winner of the CWA's Gold Dagger Award in 1963, and the Edgar Award for Best Novel after the publication of the American edition the following year. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1965 film of the same name, starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Rupert Davies, and Oskar Werner. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2143. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket;…
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A MURDER OF QUALITY
by Le Carré, John (pseud. of David John Moore Cornwell)
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New York: Walker and Company, 1963. First American Edition. Le Carré's second novel, the only one of his novels placing George Smiley in a setting outside the espionage community. Basis for Gavin Millar's 1991 film of the same name, starring Denholm Elliott, Glenda Jackson, and a young Christian Bale. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2142. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); yellow linen, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-189,[3]pp. Light wear to crown, faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, with upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a tiny nick to upper front flap fold, and a faint, shallow stain to upper edge of front flap; Near Fine.
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CALL FOR THE DEAD
by Le Carré, John (pseud. of David John Moore Cornwell)
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New York: Walker and Company, 1962. First American Edition. Le Carré's debut novel, which introduced the world to master spy George Smiley. Basis for Sidney Lumet's 1967 neo noir The Deadly Affair, starring James Mason, Simone Signoret, and Maximilian Schell. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2141. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); jade green linen, with titles stamped in navy blue on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-192pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.50), with a single tiny tear at upper rear flap fold.
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD - REVIEW COPY
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New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1964. First American Edition. Le Carré's third and best-known novel, one that changed the direction of modern espionage fiction. The novel is "not so much concerned with the machinations of espionage as with the machinations of the minds of those in the profession; not so much what they do in the course of their gray and thankless jobs as with what those jobs do to them. With this story of what happens when British agent Leamas is dispatched to entrap an enemy master spy in East Berlin, Le Carré gave the spy novel a new breath of life" (Pronzini & Muller, p.468). Winner of the CWA's Gold Dagger Award in 1963, and the Edgar Award for Best Novel after the publication of the American edition the following year. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1965 film of the same name, starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Rupert Davies, and Oskar Werner. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2143. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's typed review slip and publicity letter laid in.…
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THE JUMBLIES
by Lear, Edward (poem); Gorey, Edward (illustrations)
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New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Gorey's illustrated version of the first poem in Lear's Book of Nonsense. Toledano B38a. Oblong octavo (16cm); illustrated boards; dustjacket; [48]pp; illus. Faint, scattered foxing to board edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustjacket, with a touch of dustiness and a single short tear.
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