A Change of World by RICH, Adrienne Cecile - 1951

Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3, Oscar Wilde, Mustard boards with white cloth spine. Condition: In very good condition. Light soiling to original publisher's two-tone mustard and white cloth boards and spine. Seventh printing of Leonard Smithers Edition, 1899. 8°. 31 pages. Original Hardcover (Quarter vellum with mustard boards). This edition was printed on 23 June 1899 and was the first to reveal the author's identity, putting the name Oscar Wilde in square brackets under his cell number on the title page. (Mason, Stuart, 1914; new ed. 1972, Bibliography of Oscar Wilde. Rota pub; Haskell House pgs. 408–423).

LONDON PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1934. Hardback NODJ, 1934,, 1ST LIMITED EDITION 200 COPIES, Small Thin PURPLE BURGUNDY CLOTH WITH GOLD CREST MONGRAM ON FRONT , Here is a near fine copy of The Enchanted by MDIVANI, Barbara (née Hutton).. . NEAR FINE in burgundy hardback with GOLD gilt edges and a gilt monogram on the front cover. The book is signed "Barbara" and dated August 21, 1934 - in Venice. I cannot make out the first two lines of the dedication but it appears to be "To dear Princess Jane, [6 words I cannot make out], and her signature and date below. - There are two small light spots on the front cover - all inside is like new, 100 pgs ,One of the poems was read by Cliff Robertson at her funeral forty-five years later. The first volume of poetry written by the Woolworth heiress shortly before her twenty-second birthday. At the time, she was married to the playboy, Alexis Mdivani, the first of several failed marriages. The first volume of poetry written by the Woolworth heiress shortly before… Read More

New York: New Directions, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed limited first edition. One of a limited 110 unnumbered copies signed by Ezra Pound. Printed by Andrew Hoyem and Robert Grabhorn in San Francisco, and bound in publisher's tan linen cloth over blue paper-covered boards with errata slip tipped in at rear; in publisher's unprinted white dust jacket. Near Fine, with lean to spine, covers faintly marked. In a Near Fine dust jacket, lightly soiled and with light edge wear. An early long poem of Pound's, and his first attempt to write poetry using world history, and adding opinions of his own. Originally intended to be published in the 1911 first edition of Canzoni, Pound deemed it too serious, and removed it during the proof stage. It was not until 1967 when the poem was finally published, first in an Australian poetry magazine, then here for the first time in book format in a limitation of 110 copies. There is no equivalent trade edition. Gallup A90.

Cleveland, 1966. Faint toning. 11 x 8.5 inches. Title leaf of translucent paper with an original drawing by levy. Mimeographed. 12 pages, on rectos only. Stapled wrappers, front cover with original ink scarab drawing by the author mounted. One of 33 copies. A scarce publication by one of levy's unnamed presses, being Edouard Naville's translation of 'The Litany of Ra.' The large original drawing of a scarab on the cover is reflective of levy's interest in the symbol, which he used as the title of his collection 'Scarab Poems.' Though neither his name, nor that of one of his presses, appears in the text, this has all the hallmarks of levy's important mimeographed books, and appears less frequently on the market than others. Taylor & Horvath P-90.

London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works of poetry to be illustrated by photography. The anthology combines extracts from authors including Keats, Clare, Wordsworth, Cowper, and Longfellow, with mounted photographs depicting idyllic scenes of contemporary rural life by the renowned stereographer William Morris Grundy (1806-1859), to create a harmonious interweaving of verse and imagery. Grundy was born in Birmingham, moving to Sutton Coldfield in 1850. Initially taking up photography as a hobby in 1855, he went on to achieve… Read More

LONDON PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1934. Hardback NODJ, 1934,, 1ST LIMITED EDITION 200 COPIES, Small Thin PURPLE BURGUNDY CLOTH WITH GOLD CREST MONGRAM ON FRONT , Here is a near fine copy of The Enchanted by MDIVANI, Barbara (née Hutton).. . NEAR FINE in burgundy hardback with GOLD gilt edges and a gilt monogram on the front cover. The book is signed "Barbara" and dated August 21, 1934 - in Venice. I cannot make out the first two lines of the dedication but it appears to be "To dear Princess Jane, [6 words I cannot make out], and her signature and date below. - There are two small light spots on the front cover - all inside is like new, 100 pgs ,One of the poems was read by Cliff Robertson at her funeral forty-five years later. The first volume of poetry written by the Woolworth heiress shortly before her twenty-second birthday. At the time, she was married to the playboy, Alexis Mdivani, the first of several failed marriages. The first volume of poetry written by the Woolworth heiress shortly before… Read More

Cleveland, 1966. Faint toning. 11 x 8.5 inches. Title leaf of translucent paper with an original drawing by levy. Mimeographed. 12 pages, on rectos only. Stapled wrappers, front cover with original ink scarab drawing by the author mounted. One of 33 copies. A scarce publication by one of levy's unnamed presses, being Edouard Naville's translation of 'The Litany of Ra.' The large original drawing of a scarab on the cover is reflective of levy's interest in the symbol, which he used as the title of his collection 'Scarab Poems.' Though neither his name, nor that of one of his presses, appears in the text, this has all the hallmarks of levy's important mimeographed books, and appears less frequently on the market than others. Taylor & Horvath P-90.

London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works of poetry to be illustrated by photography. The anthology combines extracts from authors including Keats, Clare, Wordsworth, Cowper, and Longfellow, with mounted photographs depicting idyllic scenes of contemporary rural life by the renowned stereographer William Morris Grundy (1806-1859), to create a harmonious interweaving of verse and imagery. Grundy was born in Birmingham, moving to Sutton Coldfield in 1850. Initially taking up photography as a hobby in 1855, he went on to achieve… Read More

London: Faber & Faber; La Jolla Playhouse, 1951. First Editions. First Editions. Offered here is the original book, and the program for the play which premiered in 1951 (a year after the book), and starring Vincent Price. ìThe Cocktail Party.î 8vo. London: Faber & Faber, 1950. First Edition. Original lime green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. In original color printed dust wrapper. First edition, first issue with "here" uncorrected ["her] on p. 29. An uncommon Eliot title. Book near fine with very slight discoloration on lower margins of covers, wrapper very good with some chipping esp. front cover, tape repairs on inside. ìProgram for the Cocktail Party.î Presented by the La Jolla Playhouse and starring Vincent Price and Marsha Hunt. 4to. Original color pictorial paper wrappers, 12pp. Illustrated with photographs of the actors posed, and in scenes. With scarce original folding playbill. Near fine. A wonderful pairing.

[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]
THE MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART
Scott, Walter
Published by Cadell, 1848, Houlston & Stoneman, London
Complete in one Volume, containing a summary and parts of larger more comprehensive works, including The Life of John Dryden, Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists, Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk, Essay on Chivalry, Essay on Boarder Antiquities, Provincial Antiquities of Scotland, Letters of Malachi Malagrowther on the Currency, on Planting Waste Lands, on Landscape Gardening, Davy's Salmonia, Life of J. P. Kemble, Life and Works of John Home, & Reliques of Robert Burns.
Engravings by Cadell.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING
A beautiful and detailed early fore-edge of Aberdeen's North Pier and docks from the South Pier, Circa 1700-1800s [Footdee]
Years ago, there was much Ferrying 'to and fro' between Futty, as it was then called in the language that was never spelt or written down consistently, and the South Bank Torry on the opposite… Read More