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ACKERLEY, J.R. The Prisoners of War: A Play in Three Acts London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Octavo, 108 pp. First edition. Very good in publisher's printed wrappers. Includes various ephemera concerning the 1955 revival, including a letter from director D. P. Chaudhuri and complimentary tickets to the opening.
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350.00 |
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ALBEE, Edward. Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox New York: Coward-McCann, 1960. Octavo, 158pp. Near fine, in like dust jacket. First edition of Albee's first book. Owner's inscription to front-free endpaper, otherwise fine in a more thank very good dust jacket.
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250.00 |
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BLECHER, M. Intamplari In Irealitatea Imediata. Bucuresti: Editura Vremea, n.d. Octavo, 192pp. First edition of the major work by the major Rumanian writer of the 20th Century, a collection of stories that has been likened to the work of Kafka: it would seem under the circumstances that there is no reason to grope for further comparisons. A near fine copy in publisher's printed wraps. Astonishibgly, Blecher seems as yet to have failed to penetrate the English language.
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2,500.00 |
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BLOCH, Ernst. Geist der Utopie. Munich & Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1918. Large octavo, 445pp. in original wraps. Bloch's first major work, the most important philosophical work to emerge from German Expressionism. It was in this edition that the work was read by Adorno on whom it had a profound effect -- "Ich meine nie etwas geschreiben zu haben, was er nicht, latent oder offen, gedachte."
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2,500.00 |
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CORTÁZAR, Julio. Bestiario. BA: Sudamericana, 1951. First edition of Cortázar's first work of fiction, stories included in the English-language collection End of the Game. The work appeared in Argentina the month Cortázar left, on scholarship but, as it turned out, permanently, for Paris. Fine in self-wraps. Warmly inscribed by Cortázar on the year of publication, "A Daniel, amigo muy querido, con todo el afecto de Julio."
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8,500.00 |
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DAUMAL, René. La Grande beuverie. Paris: Gallimard, 1938. Octavo, 156pp. First edition of the only novel published in his lifetime by this visionary poet and mystic, whose lifelong spiritual quest (he died at the age of 36 of tuberculosis) led him to investigate sacred Hindu texts (which he translated from Sanskrit into French) occult phenomena including ESP, drug use, surrealism and, lastingly, the teachings of Gurdieff. The present volume, along with Mount Analogue his chief literary achievement, is a scathing indictment of Western intellectual society and values. Minor darkening to borders, else a very good+ copy in wraps.
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450.00 |
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FOCILLON, Henri. Trois essais romains. Rome: Philippe de Rubeis, 1910. Octavo, 111pp. First edition of this early work by Focillon, successor to Émile Mâle in the chair of art history at the Sorbonne. The essays are “Sainte Columbe,” “Les Jardins de Malta,” and “Aricie.” Moderate wear, text block detached from publisher's printed wrappers, else better than good. Inscribed by Focillon to one Max Jasiusk. This work was published before Focillon took up an academic life, probably at his own expense, and we imagine it must be extremely rare. Focillon has been rediscovered of late as one of the fertile precursors of the post-modernist boom in French intellectual life.
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500.00 |
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LAING, R.D. The Divided Self. An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness. London: Tavistock Publications, (1959). Octavo, 240pp. First edition of Laing's first book. Near fine in green cloth-covered boards and very good+ illustrated dust jacket.
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350.00 |
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