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Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. First edition. Hard Cover. nf/vg. A couple of small tears to dust jacket otherwise a very nice copy.
The dream life of Balso Snell by West, Nathanael - 1931
by West, Nathanael
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The dream life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathanael
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Paris & New York: Contact Editions, 1931. Paperback. 95p., 6.5x9.75 inches, very good limited first edition #234/500 copies in sewn wraps chipped at the top of spine obliterating the "The" in the spine title; expect general wear and severe "reader's cracking" of spine. Textblock has begun to crack in several places, all threads still intact, paperstocks have browned (particularly the light Bristol wraps). West's first book, a scatological sneer at writing novels.
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- Keywords 1930S Modern first edition Fiction, Novels, Prose, Literature Fine Printing, Fine Press Small Press, Independent Press
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St. Louis and The Arch; Photographs by Joel Meyerowitz
by Meyerowitz,Joel and preface by James N.Wood
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Drums
by Boyd,James
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New York: Scribners, 1928. first edition with N.C.Wyeth's illustrations. Hard Cover. vg/vg. A very nice copy in price clipped dust jacket Dust jacket. has a couple of small chips and tears. (brodart protected wrapper) 14 full page color illustrations. Color pictorial end-papers.
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NEGRO DRAWINGS
by Covarrubias, Miguel
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Sarasota, Florida, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece and 56 plates, some in color, by Covarrubias. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Brown Modern art binding: full, polished morocco; front and back covers each has a stylized African-American head outlined in gilt. Top edge gilt. A few spots of foxing on the front fly-leaf and the margins of the final plate, still a beautiful copy. Near fine/No dust jacket. (Insurance required to ship this item).
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A Moonlight Boy
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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A Moonlight Boy, Ticknor and Company, 1886, first edition, slight wear and rubbing to spine extremities and fore edge corner tips, else a tight vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. While not a fantasy title per se, chapter 12, "The Attic Ghost," does indeed contain 12 pages of an encounter with a talking ghost. A very scarce book.
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London: John Webber, 1820. Two versions of Webber's print of Macao; the rarest Lifetime Issue colored by Webber himself & the Boydell Issue. The rare lifetime issue was self-published by Webber and is a soft ground etching. This is an extremely rare hand colored copy, which Sir Maurice Holmes states in his "Captain James Cook RN FRS, A Bibliographical Excursion" (1952) that the original drawings were "etched and coloured by himself". Impression mark 450 x 323 mm with large margins, 539 x 390 mm. With notations in pencil, quite possibly by Webber - "Pl.13" penciled in the top right corner, along with "1st Augt. 1788" in the lower right. Soft ground etching with hand color. Watermark J. Whatman. Joppien 3.372A.a. [with] The Boydell issue, published in John Webber's "Views in the South Seas", which has been called "the most striking publication resulting from Cook's expeditions". (Parsons Collection 136). Vide Cook's Last Voyage Vol. 3 Chap. 11. London. Pubd. April 1, 1809 by Boydell & Compy. No. 90…
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Bible Overpaintings from the Sammlung Frieder Burda
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Hatje Cantz Publishers. vg/vg dj. 4to, 361 pp. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 160 color illustrations. A massive work.
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Brideship and Gulls. Illustrated by Susan Weil
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New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company, 1991. One of 25 copies, text on Apta Royale Laid Richard de Bas paper (made in 1938), images on Musee paper, backed on custom-made papers by Paul Wong on Dieu Donne' Papermill. Page size: 16 inches x 16 inches. Bound by Zahra Partovi in Coptic-style mauve-grey silk over boards, box by David Bourbeau, Thistle Bindery, fine. Six original line etchings by Susan Weil are hand-painted in watercolor and gouache with gold-leafing throughout, each mounted on museum board. These images surround the 40-page text when sitting in the box and when lifted out become three-dimensional paintings. There are also two original collages in the text and on the boards of the cover which is printed in three colors. The calligraphy is by Jerry Kelly and the letterpress is by Dan Keleher at Wild Carrot Letterpress. Susan Weil's third Joyce book takes an excerpt from FINNEGAN'S WAKE and it is as much as tour de force as her previous two. The box itself is a piece of sculpture, and…
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Simples Histoires, trouvees dans un pot au lait. 8 Volumes
by Bres, Jean-Pierre
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Paris: Lefuel, 1825. First Edition, eight volumes each with one engraving PRINTED IN COLOR, heightened by hand, original white wrappers printed with color lithographs housed in original double-compartment box with lithograph printed in color on cover (lid), gold foil which is stamped bordering edge of box, original pink and blue ribbon pulls. Page size: 6 x 4". The eight volumes are titled: The Little Milkmaid, The Little Schoolgirl, The Little Flower Seller, The Little Harvester, The Little Savoyard, The Little Shepherd, The Little Boatman, and The Little Firewood Gatherer (5 girls and 3 boys). Each volume has an engraving printed in color of a child dressed in the manner suiting the occupation in the title. The neo-classic colored bordered lithographs on the covers of each title have elements of the occupation included, such as flowers in La Petite Marchande des Fleurs and fish, seashells, and seaweed in The Little Boatman. The text of this charming children's set is titled Simple Stories, and they…
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Drums
by Boyd,James
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New York: Scribners, 1928. first edition with N.C.Wyeth's illustrations. Hard Cover. vg/vg. A very nice copy in price clipped dust jacket Dust jacket. has a couple of small chips and tears. (brodart protected wrapper) 14 full page color illustrations. Color pictorial end-papers.
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(not signed) on a full length sexy shot of Ursula Thiess dress in a on piece snugly fitting swim suit with long robe abound her shoulders in a scene from "the Americano". Photograph is on single weight stock; 7 3/8" x 9 3/8"; very good (minor signs of handling). Information slip on the back.. No Binding. Very Good.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by Nathanael West
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Dover Publications, Incorporated, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by Nathanael West
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Dover Publications, 2004-03-19. Paperback. Good.
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THE DREAM LIFE OF BALSO SNELL
by West, Nathanael
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PASADENA, California, United States
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paris: contact, 1931. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. First Edition; original publisher's wrappers; 359 of 500 numbered copies chip at top of spine.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by WEST, NATHANAEL
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Paris: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. Copy number 389 of an edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Paperbound. Very good copy in printed wrappers with some minor darkening to the covers and a bit of edge wear and with a half inch chip at top of spine. This was West's first novel, telling the story of a young man's quest for meaning in a series of surreal and satirical encounters within the body of the Trojan Horse.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by WEST, NATHANAEL
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Paris: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Wrappers heavily repaired; a good copy.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by WEST, NATHANAEL
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Paris: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition; original publisher's wrappers; one of 500 numbered copies. Gift inscription on rear endpaper; minor cover spotting; a nearly fine copy in a custom clamshell box with a leather spine.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathanael
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931. Book. Good. Paperback. Limited First Edition.. 95 pages, 8vo. Very Scarce. First Edition of Nathanael West's First Book. This edition of "The Dream Life of Balso Snell" is limited to 500 numbered copies of which 300 are for sale in America and 200 for Great Britain and the Continent. This is copy no.184. Printed in the U.S. Tan soft wraps with black lettering along spine and front cover, blue and black lined design on front cover. Shelfwear: moderate scuffing along edges and covers, chipping and a few missing pieces at top and bottom spine edges, 2-inch tear at top spine edge of front cover and small tear at bottom spine edge of front cover, front cover remains loosely bound, light water marks along spine edges of front cover, light tanning along page edges. Otherwise, volume is tightly bound with clean and crisp pages. No marks. Volume is in Good condition..
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell.
by WEST, Nathanael
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- Used - Starting to split at the front hinge; wrappers tanned, with small chips at the extremities of the spine.
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Paris and New York:: Contact Editions,, [1931].. First edition; No. 352 of 500 numbered copies.. publisher's cream wrappers printed in blue and black.. Starting to split at the front hinge; wrappers tanned, with small chips at the extremities of the spine.. Tall 8vo,.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathanael
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Paris / New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. wrappers. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 8vo. 95pp. Light coloured wrappers printed in blue and black, with black lettering to the spine. Both covers with light staining around the edges, spine ends also lightly stained and worn, with a short 2cm tear in the front cover in the upper right corner, covers remain unusually bright and clean otherwise.Two small pieces of the original glassine jacket remain glued in at each flap. Ink note to front endpaper of American book collector John Jermaine Slocum, his copy. This copy inscribed on the half-title by Nathanael West to American art dealer, collector and author Ely (Eric) Estorick. Edition of 500 copies, this is number 111. Even with the wear and light staining to the covers, this is a nice copy of a fragile book often found in rough condition. Author's first novel.
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The Dream Life of Balso Snell
by West, Nathanael
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New York, New York, United States
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Paris and New York: Contact Editions, 1931 First edition, first printing. One of 500 numbered copies, this being number 388. Inscribed by West on the front free endpaper: Affectionately / Nathanael West [underlined]. Publishers original wrappers, blue and black geometric design to front wrapper, titles in black. Very good with light toning to extremities, mild creasing to fore edge of rear wrapper, light chipping to spine ends, and a small portion of original glassine cover attached inside the folded flaps. Overall, an excellent copy of Wests scarce first novel. Housed in a blue custom folding box with red label. Nathanael Wests surrealistic and irreverent debut, The Dream Life of Balso Snell, follows a poet who comes across the Trojan Horse and climbs into its backside. There he meets various representatives of different literary forms - writers in search of an audience - and nihilistically rejects their ideas one by one. Leslie Fiedler called the book…
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