[Adagio Press] Strouse, Norman H. and John Dreyfus

C-S The Master Craftsman

Harpers Woods, MI: The Adagio Press, 1969. Hard Cover. INTERESTING ASSOCIATION COPY WITH RELATED MATERIAL LAID IN.  This beautiful copy is inscribed by author John Dreyfus to noted Chicago book collector and philanthropist Samuel R. Rosenthal, "for Sam R Rosenthal after a splendid evening John Dreyfus 16 December 1978 Chicago."  Rosenthal and his wife, Marie-Louise, had a pre-eminent book collection that concentrated on livres d'artistes, illustrated books, and private press. This is 39 of 75 folio copies issued with one vellum leaf and one handmade paper leaf laid in from books printed at the Doves Press. There were 329 copies originally printed of this Adagio Press edition (although fewer than 180 were offered for sale), each with two Doves Press leaves: 12 with  both Doves Press leaves printed on vellum; 75 with one leaf on vellum and the second on handmade paper; and 242 with both leaves printed on handmade paper. This copy has an octavo vellum leaf from Goethe's "Faust," issued in 1906, and a folio double leaf on paper with Leviticus 16-22 from the famed Dove's Bible. The Adagio Press was founded in the late 1950s by Leonard Bahr, who signed the colophon.  In Roderick Cave's The Private Press, second edition, he cites the Bible as the most substantial title printed by the press.  In 1970, Strouse had sent two letters to Rosenthal, included with this copy, offering C-S The Master Craftsman. Strouse said that he would make Rosenthal's copy "a little special" by putting in a double leaf from the Bible. Two letters dated 1978 are laid in from Dreyfus to Rosenthal and his wife. These letters and the 1978 inscription indicate that he got to know Rosenthal around this time.  In one letter, Dreyfus expresses his appreciation for their expressions of sympathy over the tragic death of his son. There are a few handwritten additions to the text of Dreyfus's essay in this copy, which may have added when he inscribed the book, but this is conjecture. The book is hand sewn and bound in quarter vellum with Cockerell marbled paper covered boards and gilt title to spine.  It is printed in red and black Palatino Roman and Pascal types on handmade Tovil paper.  In addition to the Doves Press leaves, laid in are the prospectus, a mounted photograph of Cobden-Sanderson with Emery Walker developed from the original negative, a smaller copy of the photo, and a pamphlet issued in 1971 titled "A Letter from Stella."  This pamphlet reprints the text of the last letter written by Cobden-Sanderson to his daughter, Stella, a few hours before he died, with an introduction by Strouse. [54 pages.]  PRI/042309. Fine.

Adams, Evelyn Taylor

The Courthouse in Virginia Counties, 1634-1776

Warrenton, VA: The Fauquier Democrat, 1966. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Near Fine. 4to. Light blue cloth backed yellow cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Numerous illustrations. Virginia. VA/5063. Near Fine.

Aldington, Richard

Love and the Luxembourg

New York: Covici, Friede, Inc. 1930. Hard Cover. Number 223 of 475 printed in this edition, signed by author and designer F. Warde. In slipcase. Slipcase is very good, with a bit of bumping to corners and rubbing along edges. Book has slightly faded spine, Minor foxing throughout, but is otherwise near fine. Top edge of pages in gilt. Poetry. POE1/3100. Very Good.

Aldington, Richard

The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis and Other Prose Poems

Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1920. Hard Cover. Number 37 of 150 copies that are SIGNED BY AUTHOR. A total of 1010 copies were printed of which only 150 were signed and numbered. End sheet and wrapper design by Frank Mechan. Very good in original black cloth boards with gilt title to front board and faded gilt title to spine. Wear to corners and spine ends and a few light markings to boards. Clean interior with illustrated endpages. 112 pages. PRI/070610. Very good No Jacket.

Andoh, Elizabeth

At Home With Japanese Cooking

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Blue illustrated glossy paper covered boards with red title to white box on spine. Minor bumping to corners and to spine ends. Inscription to front free end page reads "I hope you feel at home with Japanese cooking and will continue to do so. Come visit me in Japan! Elizabeth Andoh." Ink stain to edge of first 82 pages though mostly only to pages 33- 82 and text is not effected. Else is clean and bright. Ephemera laid in. Blue illustrated dust jacket with red title to white box on front and spine panels. Edgewear to jacket includes one small open tear and one small closed tear to top edge of front panel. Index, 254 pages. COOK/040510. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ.

Anene, Joseph C. And Godfrey Brown [editors]

Africa in the nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Ibadan University Press and Nelson, 1970. Hard Cover. 8vo. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Signed and inscribed by previous owner, else interior is very clean. Dark blue illustrated dust jacket with orange title to spine. Heavy creasing, fading, and wear to jacket. Index, 555 pages. AFR/072806. Very Good in Good Plus dj.

Arcanum [C.H. Cook]

The Blot on Parliament

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1923. Hard Cover. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Olive green cloth boards with black title to spine and front board. Includes 5 laid-in copies of the afterword. Clean, bright interior with minor browning to end pages. 256 pages. LIT/121406. Fine.

Arnold, Edwin

The Secret of Death [from Sanskrit] with some Collected Poems

London: Trubner and Co, 1885. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed from the author to his daughter, Kate. The inscription reads: "The First Copy, for 'Kate'; E.A. / Feb 7.10.1885." It is written on the dedication page above a poem addressed "To my daughter". The poem closes with the line "Here - while these last - our love I celebrate, for thy sake and thy Mother's; - writing "KATE." Very good minus in original olive green cloth with gilt title to spine. Minor dampstains to spine and boards which have resulted in bubbling to book cloth. The only portion of the interior that shows evidence of dampstaining are the end pages. Both the front and rear endpages are adherred together along the edges and there are a few closed tears to the front free end page where is has been partially sepearted from the pastedown. A few spots of foxing to first and last few pages, else the interior is clean. 406 pages. POE/091908. Very good minus.

Atherton, Gertrude

A Whirl Asunder

LondonL John Lane, 1909. Paperback. A very good wrap with pictorial color cover. First page is signed by author Literature. LIT7/02011. Very Good.

Auster, Paul; Sam Messer (illustrator)

The Story of My Typewriter

New York: Distributed Art Publishers Inc, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed by the Author on the title page and dated 9-13-02. A tribute by the author to the instrument of his creation and travais, an old Olympia typewriter, now immortalized in a series of paintings by Sam Messer. Fine in black and white paper covered boards with white title to spine. Includes 70 illustrations by Sam Messer. In fine white illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine panel. 71 pages. LIT/052511. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.

Ayres, William [editor, guest curator] , Ann Barton Brown [currator of collections]

A Poor Sort of Heaven A Good Sort of Earth: The Rose Valley Arts and Crafts Experiment

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Musem, 1983. Paperback. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Cream colored paper wrappers with grey title and illustration to front wrapper. Slight fading to edges of front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright with inscription from the author to half title page and illustrations throughout. 134 pages. Antiques and collectables. ANTI/100810. Near Fine in Wraps.

Baker, Falcon

Saving Our Kids from Delinquency, Drugs, and Despair. 1st Edition.

New York: Harper-Collins, 1991. Hard Cover. Vg/Vg Dj/SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY Psychology. PSY110151. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket.