English Literature from Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts
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Sherlock Holmes and sherlockiana: 76 items [from the distinguished collections of Edgar W. Smith and Carl Anderson, together with property from the Estate of Adrian Conan Doyle]
by Holmes, Sherlock, fictitious character. Bibliography.) Smith, Edgar Wadsworth, 1894-1960
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- 1971
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New York: Lew David Feldman / House of El Dieff, Inc,, 1971 ¶ Only edition of this important catalogue; featuring the first leaf of Doyle's autograph notes for A study in scarlet; the autograph manuscripts of four Holmes stories, two Sherlockian plays, and other works; and eight original drawings by Sidney Paget; all at dream prices. Seventy-six items, annotated, priced. ||| Cover… Read more about this item Item Price
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Water voyages, 1[-17]. Compiled by Joan and John Digby
by Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur, 1854-1891.) Digby, John, b. 1938
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- 2001
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Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, USA
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Oyster Bay (New York): Feral Books, 2001 ¶ ONLY EDITION of a charming anthology gathered together as a medium for "The remarkable collage images of John Digby[, which] are rich in associations that demonstrate man's ancient links with the sea. Using archival and library sources, he has found and utilized colorful antique illustrations from nineteenth century and earlier publications that show… Read more about this item Item Price
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Michael de Lisio: Sculpture, literary figures. The Gallery of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, [30 December 1970 - 3 February 1971]
by Joyce, James, 1882-1941.) De Lisio, Michael, 1911-
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- 1970
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Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970 *** ONLY EDITION; representing De Lisio's first exhibition in the United States and reproducing his remarkable portraits in terra-cotta or bronze of Proust, Marianne Moore, Poe (2), Stevenson, Janet Flanner, Gertrude Stein (2), Nabokov, Auden, Beardsley (2), Pound, Wilde, Henry James, Verlaine and Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and Joyce (2). Foreword by Anthony M. Clark. Rare.… Read more about this item Item Price
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William Blake's relief inventions
by Blake, William, 1757-1827.) Essick, Robert N
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- 1978
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Los Angeles: The press of the pegacycle lady (Patrick Reagh), for William & Victoria Dailey, 1978 ¶ ONLY EDITION of the first book printed by Patrick Reagh, one of 365 numbered copies. This copy is numbered "233" and INSCRIBED ". . . in friendship, Bob Essick February 1992". ||| Collation: In 4s (304 x 227 mm… Read more about this item Item Price
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