![The Country Girls [together with:] The Lonely Girl [and:] Girls In their Married Bliss. Edna O'Brien](/pictures/thumb/1991.jpg?v=1618006056)
London: Hutchinson/Jonathan Cape, 1960-1964. First editions of Edna O'Brien's first three novels, the "Country Girls" trilogy. 224; 254; 190 pp. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets. The Country Girls: spine slightly rolled, corners slightly bumped; jacket shows edgewear and some small chips at the top corners, two pieces of old tape reinforcement.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. First American edition. xiv, 206 pp. Faux-marbled paper boards, black spine, with the dust jacket. Jacket toned, old tape reinforcement to verso of jacket head and tail of spine. The final novel by the great Italian novelist and poet. Translated by Marianne Ceconi.....
New York: Stein and Day, [1964]. 464 pp. Orange paper boards over black cloth backstrip, spine and front board lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Book about fine with slight rubbing at head and tail of spine; jacket clean and bright with some minor edgewear and a small nick.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First American edition. 292 pp. Orange cloth, lettered and decorated in deep red, with the dust jacket. Some marking to cloth, jacket spine is darkened with some toning. Translated by Roger Senhouse and Yvonne Moyse. Beauvoir's second novel, Le Sang des Autres, originally published.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First edition. xiii, 107 pp. Brown cloth backstrip over silvery decorated paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Color frontispiece and vignettes throughout. Boards rubbed at extremities and corners. A charming little collection of Russian fairy tales focused on bears, including works by Tolstoy, Pushkin, and.....
n.p. [1943]. xi, 303 pp. Black cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine, with the publisher's slipcase, printed label on the slipcase. Slipcase sunned at opening with a little rubbing and a small chip, but is solid. Book has some minor handling wear at the spine, near fine.....
[New York]: The Spiral Press, 1936. First edition. 37 pp. Buckram cloth backstrip over decorated paper boards, printed paper label on spine. Slightest rubbing to corners, fine copy. Privately printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press. Robert Frost commissioned the publication as a memorial following the death of his.....
![King Turd [Ubu Roi]. Alfred Jarry](/pictures/thumb/1984.jpg?v=1617751094)
New York: Boar's Head Books, [1953]. First English language edition. 189 pp. Light brown cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Lower corner of spine bumped, head of spine slightly rubbed; jacket shows corresponding bump and has a couple of tape repairs to verso at head and.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1927]. First edition. 94, 15 [catalog] pp. Deep maroon paper boards, printed label on front cover and spine, with the dust jacket. Slightly rubbed at head and tail of spine and lower front hinge; the jacket is a bit rubbed and has some.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First English language edition. 213 pp. Smooth deep orange cloth, lettered and decorated in black. Some rubbing to edges and corners, interior clean. The rare dust jacket is not present. The first appearance in English of Babel's legendary stories, based on his experiences with.....
New York: Grove Press, 1967. First English language edition. 125 pp. Deep turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with the dust jacket. Slight sunning to board edges, jacket slightly rubbed, near fine. Translated by Helen R. Lane. Perec's first novel, originally published in French in 1965.
London: Faber and Faber, 1970. First British edition. Black boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Fine copy. Gallup A91b, the first British trade edition.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. First American edition. 80 pp. Full blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Very slight rubbing to head and tail of spine, minor rubbing to rear panel of jacket, overall near fine, very clean and fresh. The first edition published by.....
Los Angeles: Siglio, 2016. First edition. 158 pp. Illustrated paper boards over yellow cloth backstrip, spine lettered in black and front board lettered in silver, no dust jacket as issued. New in publisher's shrinkwrap. English translations of Broodthaers' early books of poetry Mon Livre d'Ogre (1957) and Minuit (1960), along.....
Los Angeles: Siglio, 2016. First edition. 158 pp. Illustrated paper boards over yellow cloth backstrip, spine lettered in black and front board lettered in silver, no dust jacket as issued. Minor bumping to corners, small remainder mark on bottom edge. English translations of Broodthaers' early books of poetry Mon Livre.....
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2005. First edition. 100 pp. Oversize tall narrow octavo. Black paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Very slight toning and edgewear to jacket, small remainder mark on bottom edge. Drawings by Peter van Sambeck. True first edition of this Halloween tale by.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. First edition. 72 pp. Gray paper boards, spine lettered in silver, with the dust jacket. Review slip laid in. Fine copy.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1996. First edition. 62 pp. Black cloth backstrip over white paper boards, spine lettered in gilt with Ecco device in blind on front board, with the dust jacket. Fine copy.
New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. First edition. 60 pp. Gray cloth backstrip over red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board in blind, with the dust jacket. Slight spotting to rear board and a small stain to the top edge of the front board, gift inscription on front.....
Willowdale, Ontario: The Piraeus Press, 1978. First edition. Unprinted wrappers with integral dust jacket. [32] pp. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the poet. Very slight rubbing to top and lower edges, else a fine copy. The debut solo publication by an important Canadian poet; his work is both.....
[New York]: The Living Theatre, 1952. Printed illustrated wrappers, stapled. 16pp. Printed (likely via lino or monotype) on cheap brown paper, text block detached from staples with some chipping at the head of the spine and a small chip at the top front corner. A fragile survival. Program for the inaugural.....
Chicago: Third World Press, 1968. First edition. 32 pp. Glossy printed stapled wrappers. Cover by Jef Donaldson, author photo on rear cover by Robert Sengstacke. Minor shelfwear, slight sticker ghost to rear panel. Ebon Dooley, born Leo Thomas Hale, was a poet and community activist and for many years owned.....
Berkeley: Rose Books, 1989. First edition. [30] pp. Glossy stapled wrappers with photo portrait of Jonas on the front cover. An uncommon posthumous collection by an underrated African-American poet. Jonas' collection Love, the Poem, and the Sea was the first book published by White Rabbit Press in 1957. Minor handling.....
New York: Lapp Princess Press/Printed Matter, 1979. First edition. Single sheet, folded accordion-style, tipped into a printed wrapper. Six portraits by Close in various mediums. Minor handling wear, near fine.
![The Second Leaf]. Laura Riding](/pictures/thumb/1965.jpg?v=1615340694)
Deyá, Majorca: The Seizin Press, 1935. First edition. Single sheet of cream laid paper, folded twice, unbound, to form [8] pp. [1], title-page, [2], blank, [3-6], text, [7-8], blank. Top edge cut. Some edgewear and minor browning and spotting. A poem which later became part II of "Disclaimer.....