![QUIXOTE - VOL.4, NO.6 [THE MADISON POEMS]. d. a. levy](/pictures/thumb/4136.jpg?v=1568074598)
Madison, WI: Quixote Press, [1972]. Second Edition. Attractive portfolio of levy's work, which he produced during a one month stint in October, 1968 as the "Free University Poet-in-Residence" at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Two editions of the portfolio were assembled and produced by levy's friends and fellow poets..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. The first volume in Mann's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. Easily the most elusive of the four books..... More
Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2001. First Canadian Edition. The author's breakout novel, reportedly published with a tiny print run of just 2,000 copies. Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2002, and basis for the four time Oscar-winning film adaptation directed by Ang Lee (2012). First Printing (and correct First), preceding..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1939. First Edition. Miller's semi-autobiographical follow-up to his 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer. Shifreen & Jackson A21b. Second issue, with the 60FRS price stamped over in black on spine, but differing from Shifreen & Jackson's description in that there is no 175.00 printed price on the..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2013. Limited Edition. Octavo (25.5cm); full rust-colored leather, with titling, ornaments, and decorative ruled border stamped in black and gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; 272pp; housed in the publisher's original decorative cloth slipcase. Fine and unread, still sealed in the original shrinkwrap..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. An attractive set of Nabokov's best-known novel. Basis for two film adaptations: the classic 1962 film directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring James Mason, Shelley Winters, and Sue Lyon, and the 1997 version starring Jeremy Irons. Juliar A28.1. Fourth Printing (Juliar's state B). Two octavo volumes..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, 1972. Second edition. A stunning copy of the Chilean Nobel Prize-winner's collection of poetry, and a masterpiece of design and typograhy by Andrés Ramón Vászquez and Silvio Baldessari. Octavo; illustrated wrappers printed in black white, red and yellow; dustjacket; 383pp, [5]. A fresh, Fine copy in..... More
London: John Hogg & Co., 1877. First British Edition. An important and early De Quincey biography by one of his contemporaries, including portions of his writings, in addition to gathering an extensive collection of correspondence. A stunning set, and scarce in this condition. Green 452. First Impressions. Two octavo volumes..... More
New York: Radio Ethiopia, [1979]. First Edition. Broadside advertising the Patti Smith Group's shows at the Palladium, on May 22-23, 1979. The left half features a portrait of Jesus Christ and the Sacred Heart, next to the lyrics for Smith's song "Hymn." Her signature, illustration of a crucifix, and a...... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1895. First Edition. Handsome edition of this monumental work on the Marquis de La Fayette by Tower, Jr. (1848-1923), tracing his career in America from his arrival in 1777 until his return to France after the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. Tower's own copy, in presentation..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. Handsome edition of Vonnegut's best-known novel, both a re-telling of his experience during the bombing of Dresden during WWII as well as a story of time travel. The Franklin Library edition was the first signed limited edition of Slaughterhouse-Five ever produced, bearing..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996. First Edition. Wallace's second novel and magnum opus, a lengthy and complex work which takes place in a North American dystopia, centering on a junior tennis academy and a substance-abuse recovery center. First Printing. Thick octavo (24cm); blue two-tone paper-covered boards, with titles stamped..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. Very Good+ in like dustjacket. Some minor shuffling to the boards, with a faint, shallow tidemark and minor waviness to the lower edge of the textblock. Jacket is unclipped, with some minor rubbing at the extremities and a 1.5 inch..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Wieners, Ginsberg, and editor Raymond Foye, this being copy 'H'. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and paisley-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 317,[7]pp..... More