Cairo, Egypt: Editions de La Revue Caire, 1939. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1929. First American edition, first printing. xviii, 225 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth stamped in black, red topstain. Near Fine with slight crimping at head and tail of spine and small abrasion to back pastedown from price sticker removal. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket..... More
Prague: Orbis, 1929. First edition. Signed by Helena Bochorakova-Dittrichova on the title page in pencil. Bound in publisher's cream-colored boards with black stamping to front board. Text in Czech with 52 woodcuts. Very Good+ with rebacked spine, resoration to joints with heavy foxing to top edge of text block. Fresh..... More
![Item #140948953 Labryrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writing [Donald A. Yates' Copy]. Jorge Luis...](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140948953.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1768592533)
New York: New Directions, 1964. First American paperback edition. A fantastic association copy of Borges' first work translated into English, signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the title page and additionally inscribed by Borges' editor, translator and friend Donald A.Yates on the half title page, "This is the first copy..... More
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 2003. The Arion Press edition. One of a limited 400 copies, this being one of 200 with the Wayne Thiebaud lithograph, signed by him on the opposite page. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over grey boards decorated and lettered in black. With a duotone photographic..... More
![Item #140948699 Mactep N Maptapnta (The Master and Margarita) [in] Moskva Magazine. Mikhail...](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140948699.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1762284308)
Moscow: Soyuz pisateley, 1966, 1967. First edition. The first appearance of Bulgakov's oft-banned masterpiece, serialized in two issues of the conservative Soviet journal Moskva. 6-[130], [56]-144 pp. Two volumes bound together in contemporary cloth, lacking the original printed wraps, titles, and contents besides the novel; half-titles glued onto blank endpapers..... More
![Item #140948138 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice...](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140948138.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1752625375)
West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1982. A rare matching numbered set of the highly regarded publication; both volumes signed by Barry Moser at the rear colophon and both copy #270. Trade issue bindings in three-quarter morocco stamped in gilt, housed in publisher's clamshell boxes with separate suites of loose signed..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1954. First edition. xii, 154 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with silver spine lettering. About Very Good with light dampstaining to cloth along bottom edge, slightly musty smell, a little foxing along top edge, in About Very Good dust jacket with toned spine panel, head..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1894. First American edition. xvi, 187, [1], [8, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with black stamping to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine, toning to spine, mottling to cloth, bright and clean internally. Contemporary bookseller's ticket to front free endpaper.The remarkable Russian..... More
[No place]: Scanuscryption, 2006-2007. First edition. Complete in four volumes.lxxvi, 490; [ii], [491]-1020; [1021]-1428; 1429-1774 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow wraps. Very Good+ with a few minor scuffs and stains to edges. Small scratch to front wrap and peeling to laminate on bottom of back wrap of Vol. 1. Nice..... More
New York: PAJ Publications, 1986. First edition. Signed by Maria Irene Fornes on the half title, inscribed to fellow writer Gregg Barrios with a small drawing. 147 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Near Fine with slightly sunned spine, a few pages have slight corner crease. A collection of four critically-acclaimed..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. First American edition. xii, [2], 111 pp. Bound in publisher's original crimson cloth with spine lettered in white, variant with blindstamped front board. Former owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, else Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with sunned spine panel, slightly brightened front panel, light..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. First American and first English language edition, first printing. Signed by Viktor Frankl on the front free endpaper and dated Detroit, Oct. 17 1960, spaced to accommodate Charles Bruce Lee's name below. xii, [ii], 111 pp. Bound in publisher's dark crimson cloth-affect paper-covered boards stamped in..... More
Athol, MA: Published by W. Paul CookThe Recluse Press, 1926. First edition. A nice presenation copy signed by Frank Belknap Long and inscribed to small press publisher Gerry de la Ree on the front free endpaper, "For Gerry, With the cordial regards of Frank Belknap Long." Bound in publisher's blue..... More
New York and Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. A rare 1930 catalogue of Black Sun Press books with a preface by the press's American distributor, Harry Marks, dating from the post-Harry Crosby period. [12] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good, some separation along head and foot spine folds..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1934. First edition, first printing of this literary high spot. One of 1,000 copies, in publisher's original printed wrappers with price of 50 fr. intact, Front wrapper printed with Maurice J. Kahane's striking crab and globe design. Near Fine with browning and light soiling to wraps..... More
New York: Leon Amiel, 1975. First edition; number 1712 of 5000 copies. 253pp. Cream colored cloth with red lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket with belly band, in glassine wrap and plain cardboard slipcase. A hint of offsetting on a few lithographs. Slipcase top starting to split. A beautiful copy..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1954. First English-language edition. 187, [3] pp. Original purple wraps over card covers. A Near Fine copy, light wear to tips, spine slightly creased and the fugitive purple is a little sunned but much less than is common. An uncommon paperback original that presents well, often..... More
Paris: Albert Lévy, 1923. First edition. Complete in two imperial folio volumes, immense illustrated boards with cloth ties containing loose sheets. Copy #52 of 300 total. Text in French. Ex-art museum library copies with tiny call numbers written on spines, card pocket on paste down, stamps on the verso of..... More
Paris: Emile Lévy, 1923. First edition. Complete in two imperial folio volumes, immense illustrated boards with cloth ties containing loose sheets. Copy #49 of 200 total. Text in French. Ex-art museum library copies with tiny call numbers written on spines, card pocket on paste down, tape stains to cloth and..... More
The Netherlands: Servire/Wassenaar, [1970]. First edition. Signed by Dane Rudhyar on the front free endpaper in blue ink. 343 pp. with photo of author tipped-in at front. Bound in green leather with silver and red stamping. Good+ with fore edge foxed, gift inscription written on front free endpaper, some underlining..... More
Boston: American Humane Education Society / George T. Angell, [1890]. First American edition. (First printing with Angell's preface). [2], iv, [5]-245, [15] pp. Bound in publisher's buff boards. Very Good+ with light rubbing and foxing to boards, a few small cracks along head and tail, slight lean to spine, toning..... More
London: The Olympia Press, 1971. First British edition. xxxvi, 52 pp. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine, light wear, contents lightly toned with age. A radical feminist manifesto. Its author became famous when she nonfatally shot Pop artist Andy Warhol in 1968. More
New York: Heritage Press, 1946. One of 1000 copies signed by Arthur Szyk, this copy inscribed for Albert A. Cornish. Original full black morocco lettered in gilt, batik-printed board endpapers, housed in matching slipcase. Near Fine with rubbing along spine edges, occasional slight rippling to leaves. In Near Fine slightly..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954. Advance proof of the first edition. ix, 101 pp. Self-bound in what would be the dust jacket for the first edition, with "advance proofs only" rubber-stamped on front cover. Very Good with slight lean to binding, light sunning to spine, light edge..... More