Authors starting with O from Rabelais - Fine Books on Food, Wine & the Arts

Kodansha Ltd., 1974. Translated by John Bester. Octavo, 274 pages. First English language edition. A cornerstone in the author's work which lead to his receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. A fine copy in black cloth, in a fine, unprice-clipped dust jacket. ... more information

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Something Else Press, 1967. Quarto, unpaginated. First edition, illustrated throughout in black and white as well as color. An "evocation of a seminal moment", this volume documents the events, theories, works and situations surrounding Oldenberg's Store in the years 1961-62. A fine copy in publisher's white cloth with original printed dust jacket. The business card of the store, tipped into the front end papers in a glassine envelope is present. ... more information

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Something Else Press, 1967. Quarto, unpaginated. First edition, illustrated throughout in black and white as well as color. An "evocation of a seminal moment", this volume documents the events, theories, works and situations surrounding Oldenburg's Store in the years 1961-62. Lacking the business card of the store (usually tipped in in a glassine envelope), and in a lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket, otherwise very good. ... more information

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Caresse Crosby / Black Sun Press, 1950. Duodecimo, unpaginated. Second, photo-offset printing of the author's first collection of poems, here reprinted in a lesser format as "Collectors Item No. 1." The first, limited printing appeared in 1948. Illustrated with line drawings by Corrado Cagli. A fine copy, in publisher's printed wrappers. ... more information

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Bodley Head, 1957. Square octavo, 78 pages. First edition. Ostrer (1889-1975) was a poet, fanancier and cinema tycoon and played an important role in the history of television broadcasting in the UK. Some faint darkening to tan cloth spine, otherwise a very good copy in tan cloth with marbled boards. Signed by the author on the free front endpaper. ... more information

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