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THE CANTERBURY TALES by GILL, ERIC, Illustrator. (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). CHAUCER, GEOFFREY

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Title: THE CANTERBURY TALES
Author: GILL, ERIC, Illustrator. (GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). CHAUCER, GEOFFREY
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1929-31. No. 344 OF 485 COPIES on paper (and 15 on vellum). 318 x 197 mm. (12 1/2 x 7 3/4"). Four volumes.. Original Niger morocco-backed patterned paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, raised bands, gilt titling, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. The four volumes housed in two burnt orange morocco-backed cloth clamshell boxes with gilt lettering on the backs. Red and blue initials, ONE FULL-PAGE AND EIGHT HALF-PAGE WOOD ENGRAVINGS, AND 267 VERY PLEASING WOOD-ENGRAVED BORDERS (frequently inhabited) AND TAILPIECES BY ERIC GILL (each border design repeated two to five times, so that nearly every page is thus adorned). Chanticleer 63; Gill 281. Spines softly sunned--though uncharacteristically very minor and uniform in the fading; otherwise faultless. AN EXEMPLARY COPY, PRISTINE INTERNALLY. This is as fine a copy as one could hope to find of one of the best examples in modern fine press work of the successful collaboration of text, decoration, and typography. With the "Four Gospels" of 1931 and "Troilus and Criseyde" of 1927, it is one of the three greatest Golden Cockerel Press books, and according to Cave & Mason, its "naughty, amusing" engravings make it one of the five "foremost English illustrated books of the 20th century." It was produced at the zenith of the decade-long collaboration between Golden Cockerel Press director and book designer Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) and artist Eric Gill (1882-1940) which, in the words of Gill biographer Fiona McCarthy, "resulted in some of the classic examples of specialist book production of that period," works that "have a forcefulness and clarity which still excites one." While some squeamish critics deemed Gill's racy engravings inappropriate, the bawdy Chaucer would no doubt have been delighted with them and found them most apt. Colin Franklin astutely observed that the "Gill/Gibbings version [of 'Canterbury Tales'] tackled the problems of illustrating Chaucer IN ALL HIS MOODS. [emphasis in original]." Cave & Mason report that its publication was "regarded as a literary event" and was widely reported and well received by the press. The book was very profitable, grossing some £14,000 for the Press. It is to be expected that a major production from a major press like the Golden Cockerel "Tales" would in many cases be very well treated by owners down through the years, but copies now are almost never found in the immaculate condition seen here..

Collection of 31 books inscribed by Paul Bowles to his friend, composer Phillip Ramey by Bowles, Paul, et al.

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Title: Collection of 31 books inscribed by Paul Bowles to his friend, composer Phillip Ramey
Author: Bowles, Paul, et al.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Generally in very good or better condition, unless noted otherwise below
Description: v.p., v.d.. 31 vols. Various sizes, mostly 8vo. Generally in very good or better condition, unless noted otherwise below. 31 vols. Various sizes, mostly 8vo. Phillip Ramey is an American composer and writer and was one of Paul Bowles' closest friends towards the end of the author's life. Ramey was for many years the annotator and program editor at the New York Philharmonic and has written the liner notes to hundreds of recordings, as well as a biography of the composer Irving Fine. His Horn Concerto was commissioned by the NY Philharmonic to celebrate their 150th anniversary. Ramey continues to compose and write and is in the process of overseeing the recording of his piano works. Ramey was first introduced to Paul Bowles in 1969 by Aaron Copland and later became a close friend and neighbor of the author, renting Jane Bowles' former apartment in Tangier. (A full account of their meeting and friendship can be found here: http://www.paulbowles.org/memoir.html.) Ramey was an important friend and ally of Bowles in his later years, helping to care for his friend as his health deteriorated and protecting the often besieged author from the various journalists and fanatics that would show up at his Tangier home. Ramey was also important in the rediscovery and appreciation of Bowles' work as a composer and had a hand in the recording of some of his friend's piano works. They remained friends until Bowles' death in 1999. The collection comprises books, mostly by Bowles, inscribed to Ramey during his many stays in Tangier: BOWLES, Paul. Let it Come Down [two copies]. New York, 1952. First edition. Inscribed by PB. Poor. ____. The Delicate Prey and Other Stories. New York, 1952. First thus. Very good, with tape repair to spine. "(first paperback edition) Paul Bowles, Tangier, 4/VII/88." ____. Let It Come Down. New York, 1953. FIrst thus. Very good, with some toning and edgewear. Signed by PB on the title page. ____. The Delicate Prey and Other Stories. New York, 1956. Second printing of the Signet edition. Very good. Signed by PB on the title page. ____. Yallah ... Photographs by Peter W. Haeberlin. New york, 1957. First English language ed. Title page excised. In very good dustjacket with fading to spine and edgewear. "Paul Bowles. Tangier - xii/1998." ____. Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue. New York, [1963]. First edition. Near fine in good dustjacket, with chips and closed tears, old tape repair to verso, and darkening to spine. Signed by PB on the title page. ____. Up Above the World. New York, 1966. First edition. Inscribed by PB, "Paul Bowles, 4/vii/88, Tangier." Near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket with light edgwear and repaired tear to spine. ____. The Time of Friendship. New York, 1967. First edition. Inscribed by PB. In torn dustjacket. ____. Up Above the World. New York, 1968. First thus. Very good. "Paul Bowles, Tangier, 4/VII/88." ____. Without Stopping. New York, 1972. First edition. Near fine, lacking dustjacket. "For Phillip Ramey with thanks for his good tidings. All my best. Paul Bowles. Tangier 28/VII/84." ____. Let it Come Down. Black Sparrow Press: Santa Barbara, 1980. Inscribed by PB to PR. ____. Up Above the World. London, 1982. Peter Owen reprint. Near fine in price clipped dust jacket with toning to spine. "For Phillip, my fourth novel and his fourth visit to Morocco. Best, Paul. 30/VII/87 Tangier." ____. The Spider's House. London, 1985. Inscribed, "For Phillip Ramey, on the eve a visit to Fez. Bon voyage. Paul. Tangier 9/vi/85." Very good in dustjacket. ____. Their Heads Are Green. London, 1985. Second edition. Faint waterstaining at top end of gutter and dustjacket, else very good. "For Phillip Ramey on his third visit to the Magreb. All my greetings. Paul B. Tangier. 8/VI/85." ____. A hundred Camels in the Courtyard. San Francisco, [1972]. Fifth printing. Very good with some toning to spine. "on the occasion of his sixth visit to Morocco, for Phillip Ramey, from Paul, Tangier, 9/VIII/89." ____. Without Stopping: An Autobiography. New York, 1972. First edition. Near fine in chipped dustjacket. Inscribed in PB's hand with a quotation from Mrabet. "America is an invention of the English - Mrabet. 4th July 1988, Paul Bowles." ____. Collected Stories, 1939-1976. Santa Barbara, 1980. Third printing. Dampstain to rear cover, affecting some of the text block. "For Phillip Ramey, make many more trips to T. My best, Paul B. Tangier, 9/VI/85." ____. Unwelcome Words. Bolinas, 1988. Signed by PB. ____. Call at Corazón. London, 1988. First English edition. Near fine in dust jacket with some toning. "For Phillip - as he ends his fifth sojourn in Morocco. My best always. Paul. 12/VIII/88 Tangier." ____. Misa de Gallo. Madrid, 1989. Near fine in publisher's stiff wrappers. "For Phillip, recalling the period when he had to dominate. (Recall implies pleasure.) If only he returns! Tangier - 1/XII/97, Paul" and signed and dated again by PB on the title page. ____. Paul Bowles by His Friends. London, 1992. Inscribed by PB, "Tangier, 1993." ____. To Far From Home. Illustrated by Miquel Barceló. Switzerland, 1992. Fine. SIgned by PB in 1998. ____. In Touch: The Letters ... London, 1994. First English edition. Near fine in dustjacket, rubbed, with some pealing to laminate on rear panel. Inscribed in a shaky, barely legible hand, "For Phillip from Paul - Tangier 7/X/1999. It's the effort that counts." ____. Paul Bowles: Photographs. Zurich, Berlin, New York, 1994. First edition. Near fine in dustjacket. "For Phillip, regretting his imminent departure. Paul. 13/x/96 - Tangier." ____. Cuentos Escogidos. Madrid, 1995. Near fine in publisher's thick wrappers. "Phillip - a shame your music was used but not credited to you. Paul. 15/IX/95 Tangier." Bowles is referring to the fact that a snippet of one of Ramey's scores was used without credit as part of the design of the front cover. ____. The Time of Friendship ... with Ten Photographs by Vittorio Santoro. Zurich, 1995. First edition, one of 1500 copies. Near fine. PB has written out the title page, which was printed from his handwriting ("Paul Bowles / The Time of Friendship / 1997"). Additionally inscribed by the photographer to PR. ____. Dear Paul. Dear Ned: The Correspondence of Paul Bowles and Ned Rorem. Introduction by Gavin Lambert. N.p., 1997. Spine faded. Limited signed edition, one of 26 numbered copies SIGNED by PB, Rorem, and Lambert. This copy lettered "P.R." for PR. MRABET, Mohammed, trans. Paul BOWLES. Look & Move On. Black Sparrow Press: Santa Barbara, 1976. Dampstain at top gutter throughout. Inscribed in Arabic by Marabet to PR and signed by PB and dated 1999. ____. The Beach Café & The Voice. Santa Barbara, 1980. Signed by MM and PB. ____. Look and Move On. London, 1989. Signed by PB. Very good in dustjacket. EL YACOUBI, Ahmed Ben Driss. Historias. Madrid, 1952. One of 400 numbered copies. Darkening to covers. Signed by PB in 1999. PR claims this was the last book that PB signed in his lifetime.

If I Should Die: Children Murdered in Wisconsin in 1993 by [ARTIST'S BOOKS] [HEFT, Caren]

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Title: If I Should Die: Children Murdered in Wisconsin in 1993
Author: [ARTIST'S BOOKS] [HEFT, Caren]
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Racine, WI: Arcadian Press, 1993. First Edition. One of 18 copies (plus an additional 6 artist's proofs). Oblong octavo (15.5cm x 23cm); folded and gathered sheets of handmade paper in various shades of beige and grey, sewn together at spine; text is letterpress printed in black and silver inks on a Vandercook 4 press; [44]pp. Fine. An elegant and truly harrowing volume produced by letterpress printer, papermaker, and book artist Caren Heft, part of the Children Don't Count Project - a memorial to children under the age of 14 murdered in the United States in 1993. The volume begins by printing the text of the traditional children's bedtime prayer "Now I lay me down to sleep," followed by the names, birth and death dates, and method of death (all of them violent) of children murdered in the State of Wisconsin. A sobering testament, giving voice to those who no longer have one. OCLC notes 10 holdings. 87859.

Physiologie des amoureux by NEUFVILLE, Etienne de

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Title: Physiologie des amoureux
Author: NEUFVILLE, Etienne de
Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris, 1841. FIRST EDITION. Wood engravings throughout. Later blue cloth. Minor foxing, but otherwise a good copy. First edition, a facetious allegorical typology of lovers. In the first part, the author attempts to define love and differentiate between people who are in love and those who are not. He describes the traits of love at different ages, and codifies six temperaments indicative of love: sanguine, bilious, melancholic, lymphatic, athletic, and nervous. He goes on to list the ways love affects people in different conditions, such as changing seasons, social classes, and locations.

Exhibition card: Jan Dibbets (25 February-9 March [1972]) by (DIBBETS, Jan)

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Title: Exhibition card: Jan Dibbets (25 February-9 March [1972])
Author: (DIBBETS, Jan)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Printed on one side. Card. London: Jack Wendler Gallery, [1972]. Announcement card for Dibbets’ first show with Wendler and the inaugural exhibition at the gallerist’s new premises at 164 North Gower Street. “The opening exhibition was by Jan Dibbets, photographs in which the camera, mounted on a tripod, recorded a shifting horizon.”–Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974, p. [7]. In fine condition. ❧ Teresa Gleadowe, curator, Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery, 1971-1974 (CHELSEAspace: 2009), p. [10].

Cooking Directions. First Edition. These entirely new and reliable recipes for cooking Cerealine have been prepared for us by one of the the most celebrated French cooks in America by [Indiana Cerealine Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Indiana)]

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Title: Cooking Directions. First Edition. These entirely new and reliable recipes for cooking Cerealine have been prepared for us by one of the the most celebrated French cooks in America
Author: [Indiana Cerealine Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Indiana)]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Columbus, Indiana: Copyrighted by the Indiana Cerealine Mfg. Co, 1884. Booklet, machine-sewn in wrappers (19 x 12 cm.), [12] pages. Stated FIRST EDITION. A product cookbook containing a collection of recipes for use with Cerealine, a "flaky substance, the product of White Indian Corn". The short recipes are presented in narrative form. A few short testimonials precede the recipes. In subsequent editions further testimonials and lists of awards appear, and the title changes a "Most Celebrated French Cook" to just a "Celebrated Cook". Clean and sound; printed on pale blue paper throughout. Some light staining and a closed tear to the fore edge of one leaf, otherwise near fine. Very scarce. [OCLC locates one copy (AAS); and two copies of the 1886 second edition (NYU, Indiana Historical)].

REDWOOD HOME PLANS BY CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS

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Title: REDWOOD HOME PLANS BY CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTS
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Description: Houses with their plants, including color illus. of the wood finishes. Photos of 10 houses. Color illus. cover slightly soiled.

IMPRESSIONS QUARTERLY by Elder, Paul (Editor)

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Title: IMPRESSIONS QUARTERLY
Author: Elder, Paul (Editor)
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: San Francisco Paul Elder and Company June 1902 Original gray art nouveau decorated wrappers. Octavo. Volume 2, number 3. Beautifully printed and decorated literary and art journal from the turn of the last century. This volume contains articles by Wallace Irwin, P. I. Johansen, Valentine Blake, Laura B. Everett, Harold Johnson and many others. As issued with the supplement ("With the Field-Lark" by Irene Hardy) laid in Slight age toning to a few leaves, bottom corner of front cover creased and worn but overall a near fine copy with clear, bright colors and the text well printed. Paperback

PARADISE OF DAINTIE DEVICES. A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, BALLADS.|A

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Title: PARADISE OF DAINTIE DEVICES. A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SONGS, BALLADS.|A
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: New York: Charles Pratt & Co, 1882. original stiff paper wrappers. Christmas Books. 8vo. original stiff paper wrappers. 101+(1) pages. Two page preface by the publisher announcing this Christmas keepsake. A near fine copy. Printed throughout with designs and ornaments by Francis Hart & Co.

COMP'S-EYE VIEW OF WORDS.|A by Wulling, Emerson G.

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Title: COMP'S-EYE VIEW OF WORDS.|A
Author: Wulling, Emerson G.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Christmas Lake: Sumac Press, 1936. cloth. Sumac Press. 12mo. cloth. (2), 15+(1) pages. Limited to an edition of 100. Wulling 29. Wulling's views on the importance and flexibility of a comp's style choices. Loosely inserted is a one page A.L.s. from Wulling to a fellow hand-printer. Front cover spotted. Also present is a small broadside printed on both sides by Wulling commenting on Will Ransom and private press printing.

CAMBIO. WWW.NEWNYART.COM

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Title: CAMBIO. WWW.NEWNYART.COM
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Description: New York: Temporary Gallery Space, 1998. b/w and color plates, biography/chronology, color pictorial wrappers. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. Organized by artist Kenny Schachter, CAMBIO was a series of group shows that took place in temporary spaces with a strong geographic thread: half of the artists lived in Mexico and the other half lived in the United States.

Umberto Boccioni by Coen, Ester

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Title: Umberto Boccioni
Author: Coen, Ester
Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780870995231
Condition: VG
Description: New York: Abrams, 1988. Softbound. VG. Illustrated glossy stiff wraps. 272 pp. 72 color, 131 bw plates. A stupendous catalogue for what was a monumental exhibition. An important reference. Published to accompany the exhibition held in NY: Met, Sept. 15, 1988 to Jan. 8, 1989.

Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia by AITKEN, Jonathan

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Title: Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia
Author: AITKEN, Jonathan
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Condition: near fine
Description: New York, 1971. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 267 pages, 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. New York, 1971. Near fine.

"The Night Johnny Ace Died" [in Esquire magazine, March 2007] [cover: Robert Downey Jr.] by Burke, James Lee

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Title: "The Night Johnny Ace Died" [in Esquire magazine, March 2007] [cover: Robert Downey Jr.]
Author: Burke, James Lee
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Hearst Communications, Inc.. Near Fine. 2007. (Vol. 147, No. 3). Magazine. NOISBN . [light handling/reading wear, minor soft finger-creasing to covers; printed subscription address block on front cover]. (B&W/color photographs, ads, etc.) Contains Burke's short story about a honky-tonk singer. Magazine also includes: profiles of Robert Downey Jr. and film director David Fincher; short features on Iggy Pop ("What I've Learned") and Christina Ricci; article, "The American Way of Justice," by Lt. Commander Charles Swift, about the Guantanamo Bay detention center. .

The God of Shelley and Blake by Clarke, John Henry

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Title: The God of Shelley and Blake
Author: Clarke, John Henry
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1966. London & New York: Haskell House, 1966. 8vo, 21pp. Stapled printed wrappers with light sunning to spine. A very good copy. §.

Brasov County

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Title: Brasov County
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Condition: Very Good
Description: Editura Foton. Very Good. Brasov County. Brasov, Romania: Editura Foton, ND. 29pp. Illustrated. Long 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bumped and yellowed edges.

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