Search Results: Titles starting with H from Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA

London: Oasis Books, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 250 x 172 mm), 92 pages, in an illustrated dust jacket over heavy card binding (soft cover). A collection of poems by the British poet Lee Harwood (1939-2015), who wrote these pieces between 1967 and 1972. The poems are interspersed with black-and-white postcard images of ships. CONDITION: Light scuffing and soiling to jacket, corners lightly bumped, internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

Hong Kong: Hanart T Z Gallery and Hong Kong Arts Centre, 1994. First Edition. Invitation, printed on heavy card stock, for an exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by Taiwan artist Chiang Chao-shen (1925-1996). Several images, along with text in Chinese and English. The invitation is printed on a single sheet and is folded to create six panels, each measuring 8 x 7 1/8 inches (205 x 180 mm). Chiang's name can also be rendered as Jiang Zhaoshen. CONDITION: Slight edge wear. Near Fine.

New York: New Century Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Gus Hall, national secretary of the Communist Party USA, denounces American foreign policy in Asia. Speaking at Madison Square Garden on June 28, 1950, Hall declared that the United States "has launched an undeclared shooting war against all the peoples of Asia and the Pacific." DETAILS: 24mo (5 x 3 1/2 inches; 126 x 88 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled, green and white wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Slight edge wear, internally bright and unmarked. Near Fine.

New Rochelle, New York: The Elizabeth Press, 1972.
A collection of poems by Simon Perchik (1923-2022). This is one of 400 copies printed by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona, Italy. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches; 245 x 160 mm), 57, [3] pages, in printed brown dust jacket over heavy card wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Light edge wear, particularly along bottom edge, mild soiling and tiny stain to rear jacket panel, bleeding through to card wrapper, small glue mark between front wrapper and first preliminary page. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better dust jacket.

Fayetteville: The University of Arkansas Press, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Eric Leigh on the title page and dated March 2010 in the year of publication. A collection of poems by the San Francisco-based writer. This stunning debut collection deals with heartbreak and loss, featuring such diverse settings as drag bars, country roads, beer halls, and farmhouses. Part of the University of Arkansas Press Poetry Series. SCARCE SIGNED. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), pp. x, 60, in illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Slight edge wear and rubbing but internally clean, bright, and unmarked. Near Fine.

Single sheet folded to create 10 panels, each measuring 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (242 x 140 mm) when folded.
An imaginative announcement for an exhibition of paintings by Grace Hartigan and Larry Rivers and poems by Frank O'Hara. This glossy booklet unfolds to form a 10-panel announcement for the show and features a poem by Frank O'Hara interspersed with images from the exhibition. It was held November 24 through December 24, 1959, at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, a very important player in the New York School of painting and poetry.
The exhibition featured Oranges (eight oils on paper by Hartigan); Stones (12 lithographs by Rivers and O'Hara); portraits of O'Hara by both Hartigan and Rivers; and a portfolio of lithographs from the press of Universal Limited Art Editions.
A rather uncommon bit of New York School ephemera. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Some soiling and staining to the outer panels (less so inside) along with general handling wear. About Very Good.

12mo (7 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 188 x 131 mm), 103, [3] pages, in printed cream wrappers over heavy card stock (soft cover).
Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. One of only 60 hors commerce copies, comprising the entire edition, on Lana de Docelles paper. (Eight of the 60 copies were numbered. Ours is an unnumbered copy.) The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." (See photo). Text in French.
Haute Surveillance [Deathwatch] was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd," the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story [Genet] tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts."
CONDITION: Heavy age toning to the wrappers, far less so internally. Numerous pages are unopened along the top edges. A Very Good copy.

[Place of Publication Not Identified]: [Publisher Not Identified], [1956?]. Octavo (8 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 213 x 97 mm), 14 pages, in stapled wrappers. Lurid antisemitic pamphlet that begins, "Are the Methodists teaching Judaism instead of Christianity?" The pamphlet goes on to give excerpts from Jewish and Methodist publications in an attempt to show the Methodists are teaching from the Talmud, which supposedly promotes communism. These excerpts are interspersed with sarcastic commentary, such as referring to the Anti-Defamation League as the "secret police" of the American Jewish Committee. The author also attacks the NAACP, saying it's not led by a "Negro" but by "a revolutionary New York Jew..." Moreover, we're told that "documented information" links Zionism with "the World Communist conspiracy." The author also has a thing against universal brotherhood: "The creed of those who sponsor this program is to eliminate all personal freedom and the sovereignty of nations including America in favor of a… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1974. First American Edition. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 208 x 142 mm), 169, [1] pages, in quarter cloth over boards, titles to spine, in a price-clipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). Ionesco's only novel, originally appearing in French as Le Solitaire. Office clerk inherits a lot of money, quits his job, moves to the suburbs, has affairs, and worries about death. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver. CONDITION: Heavy rubbing to edges of rear board but internally bright and clean. The price-clipped dust jacket has some light toning and soiling as well as a pinprick hole in the fold of the front flap. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket.

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an illustrated dust jacket.CONDITION: Rubbing to green cloth, upper corner bumped, some fading to spine titles, a few leaves unopened, but otherwise clean, bright, and unmarked. The dust jacket has soiling, a few stains, chips, and tears, with the most prominent tears (1/4 to 1/2-inch) on both ends of the spine, not affecting any text. Very Good or Better in a Fair dust jacket.

16mo (6 1/2 x 5 inches; 165 x 130 mm), 90 pages in tan printed wrappers (soft cover).
INSCRIBED by Brassaï on the half title: "Pour Françoise / bien amicalement / Brassaï / Paris / de 9 mai 1977." A volume of poems by the great Hungarian-French photographer, who was born Gyula Halász (1899-1984). In this book, Brassaï presents the thoughts and monologues of Marie, a cleaning lady. The short texts are essentially snapshots of Marie's life (and the lives of those around her). Text in French.
The book contains an admiring introduction by American writer and fellow Paris resident Henry Miller. One of 2,500 copies numbered 101 to 2,600 on Vélin Alfa paper. (There were also 100 deluxe copies containing an original signed etching.)
This volume comes with a notarized letter from Thomas Marotta, explaining that Brassaï had inscribed it to his wife, Françoise, during a visit to Brassaï's home in Paris in 1977. SCARCE INSCRIBED.
CONDITION: Pages largely unopened and age-toned. Binding a bit loose,… Read More

Paris: Victor Lecou, 1849. Later printing. 12mo (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 182 x 115 mm), [4], iv, 500 pages, in original morocco spine, titles in gilt, over marbled boards. A vigorous defense of private property and opposition to "communism," appearing in the immediate aftermath of the 1848 revolutions in Europe. The first edition appeared in 1848; our copy was published the following year. This is the first history of socialism (or communism) in any language, according to George Watson's "The Lost Literature of Socialism." Alfred Sudre (1820-1902) maintained that private property -- far from oppressing the poor -- was the best defense the poor had against oppression. Text in French. CONDITION: Some rubbing to boards and foxing to page edges. Very Good or better.

Millwood, Virginia: Sow's Ear Poetry Review, 2010. First Edition.
INSCRIBED on the title page: "For Barbara / all love / Kathleen / 2014." A collection of poems, issued as Vol. XX, No. 1 of the Sow's Ear Poetry Review. SCARCE SIGNED. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 153 mm), 31, [1] pages, in illustrated, stapled wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: A bit of soiling to the white wrappers, slight curling to corners. Very Good or better.

Bruxelles: Éditions de la Connaissance, S.A., 1949. Rare offprint of an essay on Hokusai from Les Arts Plastiques, published by Éditions de la Connaissance of Brussels. The essay marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Hokusai (1760-1849) and is part of a package of articles on the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire of Belgium (Royal Museums of Art and History).
Besides the essay, the offprint features several black-and-white prints and a list of more than 120 works (mostly prints) owned by the Belgian museums. The offprint is dated November 1949-January 1950. Text entirely in French. This publication is rare; OCLC shows a single institutional holding, at Belgium's Royal Library. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 5/8 x5 3/4 inches; 220 x 147 mm), 15, [1] pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Soling to covers, some general handling wear, and rusting to staples but the pages are clean and unmarked. About Very Good.

Bruxelles: Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1977. First Edition, First Printing.
Catalogue for a 1977 exhibition of works by Belgian artist Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) at the Fine Arts Museum in Brussels. The catalogue lists 123 works accompanied by numerous black-and-white and color plates. There's also commentary on some of Delvaux's more famous works. Text entirely in French. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Oblong Octavo (8 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 210 x 190 mm), unpaginated (68 pages), in laminated, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some curling to extremities, light stain to rear wrapper, internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, [2000]. Square Small Octavo (7 1/2 inches; 190 mm), 23, [1] pages, in stapled illustrated wrappers (soft cover). A Hong Hong exhibition catalogue for Hoo Mojong (1924-2012). High-quality color plates of 23 works, all from the 1960s. Foreword by Zhou Yuejia in Chinese, while details of each painting are in English. A list of exhibitions in both English and Chinese is laid in. This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Hoo Mojong, Figure Studies," held at Alisan Fine Arts in 2000. Scarce: no other copies in commerce (May 2021). CONDITION: Rubbing to wrappers but pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Near Fine.

Santa Barbara, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 240 x 155 mm), [16] pages in stapled printed wrappers. A poem found in a notepad following the death of Charles Olson (1910-1970). The notepad was dated March 1963; the poem appeared here in Sparrow 43 in April 1976. CONDITION: Light soiling to wrappers, a bit of creasing to page edges. Very Good or better.

New York: China 2000 Fine Art, 2004. First Edition. Invitation to an exhibition of paintings by Hua Lee, March 18-April 10, 2004, at China 2000 Fine Art in New York. Single sheet, printed on heavy card stock, and folded once to create four panels, each measuring 7 1/4 x 5 inches (183 x 125 mm). SCARCE. Condition: Fine.