Palimpsest

Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. First Edition. Softcover. Good/good. [4],338,[1] pp. Publisher's French-folded printed wrappers. Spine chipped, rear (outer) wrapper separated at spine, loss to rear free endpaper, wrappers mildly dust-soiled, half-inch mark above title on front cover. Internally clean. Good. The first edition of the first published novel of Hilda Doolittle, printed by Maurice Darantiere in Dijon for… Read more about this item

Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1926 1st American edition of H.D.'s (Hilda Doolittle's) first published novel, originally issued out of Paris by Contact Editions. An impressive copy. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its beige wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. "Printed at Dijon (France) by Maurice Darantiere"

Palimpsest by H.D. 1968 Southern Illinois Press, first printing. Hilda Doolittle was a poet and friend of Ezra Pounds, who became her editor. According to the New Yorker: "H.D.'s tense, chiselled verse led critics to describe her, repeatedly, as "the perfect Imagist." Her lyrics extracted sensory abundance from minimalism...She developed a reputation as "crystalline," not just for her poetry but… Read more about this item

Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by H.D. and inscribed on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's wraps printed in black. Near Fine with soiling and light edge wear to wraps, light foxing to textblock edge.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin,, 1926. First US edition, first printing, one of 700 copies. This semi-autobiographical triptych of stories shifts between first-century BC Rome to 1920s London and Egypt. Palimpsest was published in France earlier the same year. The work is dedicated to H.D.'s lover, Bryher, and opens with a poem to her: "when all the others, blighted, reel and… Read more about this item

Paris: Contact Editions,, 1926. First edition, first impression, of the first book in the Magna Graeca cycle. Boughn notes that the true first edition, as here, was printed by Maurice Darantière in Dijon. The first American edition used sheets printed in France but was issued later. This semi-autobiographical triptych of stories shifts between Rome in the first century BCE… Read more about this item

Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Crosscurrents / Modern Fiction First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Tiny indentation to the bottom of the front board, text block unaffected. No markings. Two very light water spots to spine of the mylar covered dust jacket. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Tan cloth with titlles in gilt, octavo. 268 pages, appendix. First published by Robert McAlmon's Contact Editions in 1926. This contains a preface by T. Henry Moore, Note on the Text by Matthew J. Bruccoli, and "Forewarned as Regards H.D.'s Prose" by Robert McAlmon. Fine copy in… Read more about this item

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.25". 268pp. First published by Robert McAlmon's Contact Editions in 1926. This contains a preface by T. Henry Moore, Note on the Text by Matthew J. Bruccoli, and "Forewarned as Regards H.D.'s Prose" by Robert McAlmon. Hint of fading to dust jacket spine.

Carbondale / Edwardsville Il: Southern Illinois University Press, 1968. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ; Preface By Harry T. Moore; Postscript By Robert Mcalmon; Editing And Note By Matthew J. Bruccoli. Xi, 268 Pp. Yellow Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing Of This Well Edited Reprint. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $7.95, No Wear But 1/2" X… Read more about this item

Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardback. Author's 1st book. Fine cloth-backed batik boards in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 338 pages; Description: 4 p. L. , [3]-338 p. , 1 l. 20 cm. Limited to 700 copies.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First US Edition. Hardcover. Binding is cracked between the two front blanks. Covers have light corner and edge wear and slight rubbing. Page margins are lightly browned. ; Limited to 700 copies. .