Search Results: Titles starting with C from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Boston: Published By Laurens Maynard At 287 Congress Street, 1897. First (trade) edition, first issue, following a limited edition of 35 large-paper copies, signed by Dr. Bucke, of which 25 were for sale. Myerson A14.1.b1. In addition to the letters by Whitman, who died in 1892, this book contains a very interesting interview with Peter Doyle, conducted by Bucke and Horace Traubel in 1895, in which "Mr. Doyle is reported almost absolutely in his own words." Presentation copy, inscribed at the top of the front free endpaper: "Patrick Dougherty With the regards of Pete Doyle". Walt Whitman's relationship with Peter Doyle was the deepest and the longest of his erotic-romantic relationships with younger men, the only such long-term relationship that Whitman ever enjoyed. It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of their relationship in either man's life. They met in 1865 and within a couple of years, Whitman's friends (e.g. William Douglas O'Connor) began to comment on how powerfully… Read More

N. Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co, (1972). First edition. Signed by Calder. Alhough in the same format as the limited edition of 100 copies, this copy does not contain the colophon page. Fine in price-clipped jacket.. Small 4to, 171 pp., illustrated, original yellow boards & dust jacket, red cloth slipcase. Fine in price-clipped jacket.

London: Marlborough AG Schellenberg FL, 1969-70. First edition. One of 150 numbered screenprints initialed by Kitaj (there were also 10 artist's proofs). Kinsman 37. Kitaj's series of fifty screenprints consists of reproductions of original bookcovers of left-wing tracts, antisemitic pamphlets, popular novels, and critical essays. A representative cross-section of Kitaj's reading, Kitaj once said "For me books are what trees are for the landscape painter.. Fine condition. Original screenprint, in colors, approximately 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches. Fine condition.

N. Y.: Camera Work, 1916-1917. First (only) editions of the final two issues of Alfred Stieglitz's monumental photographic periodical, Camera Work, including, in number 48, the earliest appearance in print of the work of Paul Strand, and in number 50, an issue entirely dedicated to the work of Strand. Limited to 500 copies printed. "The work of Paul Strand was the first photography to excite Stieglitz in a long time. He saw Strand as practicing a truly photographic version of the kind of forceful representation he found in painters like Picasso and Matisse, and he presented Strand's work as a clean break, even changing the time-tested production methods of Camera Work, Strand's photogravures were printed on thicker paper and with different inks." - Roth 101, pp. 42-43. Issue No. 48 includes six photographs by Strand, six halftones by Steiglitz of installations at his gallery 291, and single photographs by Frank Eugene, Arthur Allen Lewis and Francis Bruguiere. Issue No. 49/50 includes… Read More

Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1981. First edition of this libretto consisting of three narratives and three cantos in Spanish, translated by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds. Limited to 83 numbered copies printed in Bauer Horizon Light on white Wookey Hole handmade paper, signed by the author and artist. Smyth 31. Fine copy. 4to, illustrated, original quarter black leather, slipcase. Fine copy.

(Iowa City): Stone Wall Press; The Seamark Press, 1972. First edition. One of 250 copies printed. Berger 50. Fine copy.. 8vo, cloth with printed label on spine. Fine copy.

(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.

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1924. First edition (500 copies printed). Wade 145. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Some light browning to free endpapers, otherwise a fine, unopened copy.

Dublin: Cuala Press, 1924. First edition. Limited to 500 copies printed. Wade 145. Faint offsetting to endpapers, spine a little tanned with one small stain, otherwise a fine copy in acetate with one closed tear. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed spine label, acetate dust jacket. Faint offsetting to endpapers, spine a little tanned with one small stain, otherwise a fine copy in acetate with one closed tear.

Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, (1970). First edition. One of 50 copies printed on Saunders mould-made paper, including an extra proof of the frontispiece portrait, signed by Joan Hassall, specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, and signed by Schroder and Hassall on the colophon page. A fine copy. Folio, illustrated, original quarter green morocco & cloth. A fine copy.

London: Faber & Faber, (1978). First trade edition. One of 5700 copies printed. Sagar & Tabor A46b.1. Presentation copy from the author and the designer of the book to the book-binder for the edition, inscribed in October 1978 by Berthow Wolpe, who designed the book, to Brian Dickson; and then, in July 1979, by Hughes to Dickson. A remarkable association copy. Lacking the dust jacket, perhaps with good reason, otherwise a very fine copy. Oblong 4to, original cloth-backed marbled paper boards with paper label. Lacking the dust jacket, perhaps with good reason, otherwise a very fine copy.

Dundrum: Cuala Press, 1916. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies. Gallup A12. Wade 269. Bookplate & bookseller's label on front paste-down, corners a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Bookplate & bookseller's label on front paste-down, corners a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1970. First edition. Limited to 75 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hamady to his in-laws on the front inner wrapper: "for my mother and father-in-law with all the best wishes this autumn 1970 and with love, Walter". Hamady 37. Fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece by Jack Beal, original illustrated wrappers. Fine copy.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. One of 100 numbered hardbound copies signed by Elmslie & Brainard. Fine copy.. 4to, original patterned cloth. Fine copy.

Columbia, MO: Open Places / Stephens College, 1977. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author "For Jonathan [Williams] with all my best wishes Peyton". Issued as Number 3 in the Open Places Poets Series. Foxmarks on front wrapper, otherwise a very good copy. 8vo, original unprinted wrappers, dust jacket. Foxmarks on front wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1967. First edition. Though the colophon states there are 250 copies, in reality there are many fewer. Hamady 14. Signed by Creeley. Fine copy.. 8vo, quarter leather & cloth. Fine copy.

(Andoversford, Gloucestershire): The Whittington Press, (1981). First edition. One of 350 numbered copies (out of a total edition of 375). Very fine copy. Small, narrow 4to, original quarter cloth and Whittington marbled paper over boards. Very fine copy.

(Baltimore, MD): Charles Seluzicki, (1977). First edition. One of 55 roman-numeraled copies printed at the Janus Press & signed by Hughes & Van Vliet. Sagar & Tabor A52. As new. VAN VLIET, Clare. Square 8vo, original wrappers. As new.

(Baltimore, MD): Charles Seluzicki, (1977). First edition. One of 5 or 6 copies specially bound for participants of the edition out of a total edition of 175 copies printed at the Janus Press and signed by Hughes and Van Vliet. According to the colophon there were 120 copies for sale, and 55 copies hors commerce. The bibliographers note that: "There were ten copies out of series.  Of these, six were special copies for the participants in the project, each containing an extra line printed with the recipient's name and bound in decorated boards with black leather spines.  Hughes did not sign these special copies, possibly through an oversight.  Of the four remaining out of series copies, two were signed." Sagar & Tabor A52. The present ad personam copy, however, is designated "for Victoria Fraser" in Van Vliet's hand on the colophon page, and is also signed by Van Vliet and Hughes. Victoria Fraser collaborated with Claire van Vliet on a number of Janus Press publications. Ruth Fine, on the other… Read More

Eugene, OR: Lone Goose Press, (1992). First separate edition. Limited to 75 copies printed by hand and signed by the author and artist. A very fine copy. Small folio, colored pulp paper, original decorated handmade paper over boards, publisher's folding cloth clamshell box. A very fine copy.