8vo, blue-grey wrappers. A short-lived periodical [4 issues] "devoted exclusively to new poems" by the four contributors, this issue containing pp. 109-152 of the series. 4 poems by Brooke. ##### CONDITION: Fair; Covers toned; 1/2" chip top of spine, corners bumped, several edge nicks. Interior is good; a reasonably tight copy but with occasional light foxing. View More...
First printing of the novelette 'Victory' on pp.112–240, Just these pages and front cover; bound in grey boards with paper label on front. A clean near-fine copy with some rubbing at bottom of the cover page; binding has several small chips at spine edge, lightly soiled. View More...
"Holiday", a 3-page short story, is one of Hammett’s earliest works of fiction. It is not a crime story, but a sensitive vignette, possibly autobiographical. War veteran Paul Hetherwick is a patient at Public Service Health Hospital in San Diego. He obtains a day pass, withdraws $100 from the bank, and catches a bus to Tijuana. He spends some time playing the ponies at the track and then drinking with a couple of bar girls. With economical, prose Hammett lets us know that in addition to his lung disease, Paul is suffering from a bad case of ennui; he doesn’t care whether his horses pay off or ... View More...
A trade paperback magazine featuring work by Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Gregory Corso, Kenneth Rexroth and others. Good; clean and tight but with A few small chips along edge of spine and shelf-wear at edges. View More...
Printed by Charles Green Say, for J. Payne, London, 1754. Second edition. Four volumes. 12mo. (iv), 308p; (vi, 292p; (vi, 298p; (iv), 297p. The Adventurer was one of several 18th century English periodicals to publish the essays of Samuel Johnson. This 4-volume set contains all 140 numbers as in the first edition. Bound in contemporary calf, ribbed spine with gilt labels and double lined borders. 25 of the papers are attributed to Johnson, 70 to Hawkesworth.
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Condition: Fair/Poor. The text blocks are clean and tight overall with only occasional light foxing; the only significant flaw ... View More...
Small format (approximately 6x9) newspaper, original and complete but disbound from a larger volume. Each issue 16 pp. consecutively numbered.The Niles Weekly Register was a national magazine published in Baltimore from 1811 to 1848. The most widely circulated magazine of its time, the Register was the nation's first weekly newsmagazine and exerted a powerful influence on the early national discourse. This is a broken run of ten issues from March 25-April 8 [3]; May 6-May 13 [2], and June 3-June 24 [5]. Contents include extensive news and commentary on the final weeks of the War of 1812, the... View More...
War communiques, German atrocities, Holocaust, Soviet Annexation#####Published by the Czechoslovak Government Press Bureau, NY. Vol 4 nos. 1-103 [less issue 46] 102 issues in all; a near complete run of the final year of publication. 11x8.5", 4-8 leaves each. Offset printed from typed originals. Most, but not all, stapled in upper left corner. Each issue contains news about the progress of the war and the occupation, reports of the Holocaust and other German war crimes, reprints of important documents, and speeches by Jan Masaryk, Edvard Benes and others.#####Among significant topics:-Apparen... View More...
1st ed. 4to (11 x 15.5 inches). 166 pp. Library binding, orange cloth. With original pictorial covers bound in. Hundreds of period photographs and advertisements illustrate East African agriculture, hunting, architecture, natural history, sports, etc. [Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar]. This was the second year of publication. Ex-libris Paramount Pictures Research Department with the film studio’s ink stamp and library pocket inside front cover.
Condition: Good; Covers fair -- well worn and soiled. Interior very View More...
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San Francisco, McSweeney's Publishing : 2002
Seller ID: s17062906
First edition, first printing. Nine separately bound booklets in board/cloth shell with a large rubber band holding it all together. A fine copy, signed by editor DAVE EGGERS on the rear board with the signatures of MICHAEL CHABON ['the lost chapter from "The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay with cover art by Chris Ware) and ANN CUMMINS ("Red Ant House") inside their respective booklets. View More...
“California Gold. Important Official Report.” In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848, published by Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath. Original elephant folio newspaper, 4pp. complete, the report on p. 3.”Colonel Richard B. Mason’s famous report of his trip to newly discovered placers. It ranks as one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the Gold Rush.” (Kurutz 105) “One day Mr. Marshall, as he was walking own the race to this deposit of mud, observed some glittering particles at its upper edge…” [from the Report). This issue was printed just three days after the “Message from t... View More...
3 issues of German POW Newspaper “Rundschau” / Camp Myles Standish, Mass.
Dec 1945 26 pp.; No. 11 Jan 1946 10 pp.; Jan 26 1946 22 pp.
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Black mimeograph on newsprint, stapled at left. 8-1/2x11”. News summaries, essays, poems, camp announcements, drawing-contest-winners' artwork, humor and puzzles
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Condition: very good; toning as expected for pulp newspapers View More...
Complete run [12 issues] for the first year of the monthly miscellany of fine books, bibliography, typography and kindred literary matters. Laid in marbled paper-covered portfolio. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" with a total of 64 pp including index. Several b/w woodcuts. Articles on book publishing, typography and more, including articles featuring Bruce Rogers, Rockwell Kent & major presses of the era. Five subscriber announcements, advts. Laid in.CONDITION: VERY GOOD. Cover of issue 1 lightly toned, as is last page of issue 12, all others clean and bright with some minor toning to top edges. Substantial... View More...
64 pp., DYN (derived from the Greek word κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, that which is possible) was an art magazine founded by the Austrian-Mexican surrealist Wolfgang Paalen, published in Mexico City, and distributed in New York City, Paris, and London between 1942 and 1944. Only six issues were produced. Condition is poor: Interior is good with some toning but with no tears or markings. Covers soiled and chipped, with front cover detached. First several pages partially detached. Articles by Paalen, Robert Motherwell, Migeul Govarrubias, An... View More...
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