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One of de Sade's earlier works, but from an unpublished manuscript first published in France in 1926. 1st U.S. ed., small 4to, decorated cloth. 52 pp+. on handmade paper, deckled edges. The first edition in English, translated from the French by Samuel Putnam. Number 415 of 650 copies.
The work expresses the author's atheism by having a dying man tell a priest about what he views as the mistakes of a pious life. deSade completed the notebook which contains the Dialogue while imprisoned at Château de Vincennes. He took the manuscript with him when he was transferred to the Bastille in 1784.
Following the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, deSade's manuscript survived in private collections and was sold on at auction a number of times during the nineteenth century. In 1920 it was bought by Maurice Heine who oversaw its publication in France for the first time in 1926 in a limited edition of 500 copies for which he wrote an introduction. This first English translation includes Heine's introduction.… Read More

8vo, wrappers. 84 pp. Pristine copy; 1st edition of this indispensable reference for Hammett and Chandler collectors. limited to only 500 copies. As-new.

New York: Lippincott Story Press Book. 1944. Good+ copy; clean and sound except for upper corners of binding r ubbed and frayed. No toning or staining to pages or boards. Jacke t has a ½”x2” open tear and several smaller tears along top front; similar tears on back cover and a 1”x3/4” open tear at bottom of spine. Some edgewear to jacket along spine and lower e dge. Suspense thriller taking place in one evening, young couple races against the clock to find a murderer and lest they be accus ed of the crime. Subject for 1946 Film Noir classic of the same n ame starring Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas. .

Paris: J. Baudry. Fair. Blue board. 1881. 1st edition. 1st ed., 1881. 2 volumes, folio. ¼ morocco, blue pebbled cloth; ribbed spines. ##### . tapestries and furniture coverings, mostly in b/w or sepia but in cluding thirteen chromolithographic plates with tapestries or det ails in color. Each plate accompanied by a sheet of descriptive t ext. The Mobilier National, formerly the Garde-Meuble de la Couro nne was the French department responsible for storing and repairi ng all movable furnishings and décor from the royal households o f the Ancien Regime. [16th-18th centuries]. . Plates very good-near fine with only occasional light foxing in the margins. Covers and spines heavily worn with front board of volume two nearly detached. Bookplate of Robert Heysham Sayre [18 24-1907] inside both front boards. Sayre was vice president and chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and vice president o f Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel Corporatio n. The… Read More

Napoli: Francesco Castaldo. Good. Marbled Boards. 1754. 2d edition. Title Continues: Tomo Prio, Partei Seconda / Che contiene XXX. Ra gionamenti fulla famosa parabola del Figliuol Prodig. Dati in Luc e Da D. Ludovico Sabbatini D’Anfora, Della Congregazione de’ Peii Operarj, e Vescovo dell’ Aquila. [Volume I and Second Part Containing 30 additional orations on the famous Parable of the P rodigal Son. Annotated by D. Ludovico Sabbatini d’Anfora, of t he Congregation of Pious Workers, and Bishop of Aquila. . volumes in one. 4to marbled boards, gilt band on spine. pp. 326 [vi] 454 . able of the Prodigal Son for use on various Holy Days and celebra tions. The first 26 orations were published in 1752. This 2d e dition reprints them and continues the work with an additional 30 works. Annotated and highlighted by d. Lodovico Sabbatini d'Anfo ra ... Text in Italian and Latin. . us Workers in Naples was founded circa1600 for… Read More

Los Angeles:: Dawson's Book Shop,. Good;. Cloth;. 1976.. First Thus;. First book publication of Jeffers' poem, first published in the O ccidental Mid-Winter magazine, 1905. Fine in outward appearance, but interior hinge crack. See photo. 2"x2-3/4". .

Ground breaking bibliography in the field of detective fiction; the first bibliography of the detective short story. One of 1060 copies of which 1000 were offered for sale. Several closed tears in dust jacket edges and spine; otherwise a nice clean copy.

Charles T. Powner. 1946. 1946 reprint of a book first issued in 1924. 8vo illustrated wra ppers. 130 pp. A collection of minstrel gags, jokes, and speeches 'adapted to the use of amateurs and professionals.' Fine copy; no chips or tears - mild age-toning to the news pulp pages. .

San Diego: Don Diego's Libreria. Very Good-Near Fine. 1964. 1st ed.. The Journal of Padre Serra, From Loreto, the Capital of Baja Cali fornia, to San Diego, Capital of the New Establishments of Alta C alifornia in three months and three days March 28 to July 1, 1769 . Including San Diego's Great Water Rights Document Now Published for the First Time. 1st ed., 8vo, softcover, 108 pp. Illustrat ions & map. Inscribed on title page by translator Ben F. Dixon. A very good-near fine copy: a darkened band 1” wide along back spine; light fade line along front spine. No tears, chips, or mar kings other than Dixon’s signature and date. .

NY/East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop. 1899. 1st ed. 12mo, handmade paper, gray-green limp suede covers with gilt titl es, red satin paste-downs and tie. #557/950 copies, signed by Elb ert Hubbard. Fine; backstrip lightly faded and light fade line ac ross top of upper cover. [Livingston suppl. p. 137] .

Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith. 1997. 1st ed. Signed by Bradbury on title page. Pristine copy! .