Essays & Criticism from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

1st ed., 8vo. A Very Good- near fine copy but in a dulled and lightly soiled dustjacket with several small edge nicks, darkened spine; not price-clipped.

NY: Thomas Crowell & Co. 1899. First separate American edition. Tan stapled wrappers with black lettering on front cover. 5"x7" inches. 16pp. This is a sequel to the original Kreutzer Sonata, originally published in 1889. An a bsolutely pristine copy. The publication of The Kreutzer Sonata set off an explosive debate in Europe, America, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Privately printed: NY. Poor. 1920. 1st edition. Inscribed by Hartmann to minister/writer Paul Jord . 1st ed. 8vo, brown boards, 109 pp, No. 53 of 3000 numbered copies . With an inscription by Hartmann to Paul Jordan Smith -- “from [as Bernard Shaw expressed it] ‘the man who writes about the l ast 30 days of Christ when the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Heian / Dohosha, South San Francisco . Fine.. 1979. 1st ed.. textiles, fabric, design . 1st ed. Folio, red cloth, 248 pp.; 236 color plates and15 in b/w of fabric designs -- plus bibliography. An Important publication on Peruvian textiles from a private collection. A fine copy in VG -near fine d/w and slipcase. The book itself… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Charles Green Say, for J. Payne. Fair. 1754. 2nd edition. Printed by Charles Green Say, for J. Payne, London, 1754. Second edition. Four volumes. 12mo. (iv), 308p; (vi, 292p; (vi, 298p; (i v), 297p. The Adventurer was one of several 18th century English periodicals to publish the essays of Samuel Johnson. This 4-volum e set contains all… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1931. 8vo, marbled boards, black cloth spine lettered in gold, t.e.g, r ibbon place marker. 1st ed. Limited to 1000 copies. An essay publ ished in tribute to McCutcheon who was a noted collector of first editions and a lover of fine books. Introduction by William Dana Orcutt who designed the .

Free World Magazine. 1944. 1st. Free World Magazine, 1944. 1st ed., 8vo, brown cloth. 28 pp. Sev eral of Welles' political writings first published in FREE WORLD magazine between April-December 1994. Welles was an avid support er of President Roosevelt and his views were often well in advanc e of political thinking of the time. Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Robert T. McBride & Company. 1927. First edition. 12mo stapled slate blue wrappers. Simultaneously p ublished in hardcover. 32 pp. biographical and bibliographic stud y by the noted critic. Published for free distribution to promot e the Kalki Edition of Cabell's works. .

n.p.: Press of the Wooly Whale. 1935. 1st ed., 16mo, 9 pp. First edition. Cloth backed decorated board s. Good copy with rubbed corners and scratches on back cover. Int erior clean and tight throughout. A lovely production from this f ine small press. The 8th of the Press' Armistice Day publications . Foreword by Melbert B.Cary Jr., founder… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bath: Printed for Private Circulation. Good. 1873. 1st ed.. Inscribed by author . 1st ed., 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt decorations an d lettering. 41 [2] i-xxxiii. Tipped in photographic frontispiece of “Wordsworth’s Glen.” [See note below] A talk about the Quantock Hills area of southwest England, where Coleridge and Wo rdsworth wrote Lyrical Ballads, which… Saber más sobre este artículo