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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 760 pages. Definitive collection of writings for opera and drama. One of the greatest literary achievements by Wystan Hugh Auden and his collaborator, Chester Kallman. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of The Complete Works of W. H. Auden by Princeton University Press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents W. H. Auden's and Chester Kallman's "Libretti And Other Dramatic Writings". The prodigious and enduring contribution to the performing arts by two literary giants. "Opera gave him the opportunity to rise to the High Style, not in an attempt to elevate his own status, but in service of the heroic… Leer más

New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 770 pages. Exhaustive book-length study on subject. One of the most important books on modern and contemporary Western culture ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Alex Ross' "Wagnerism: Art And Politics In The Shadow of Music". Intentionally or not, his most disquieting, controversial book. "Reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics, an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. For better… Leer más

New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 308 pages. The author's breakthrough second novel. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Ha Jin's "Waiting". The novel that finally brought Ha Jin mainstream, "bestseller" success in the United States and the international recognition he richly deserved after a period of obscurity. Translated into numerous languages, "Waiting" is firmly identified with Ha Jin even though he had already published a brilliant body of work that includes two poetry collections, two short story collections, and a novel. Ha Jin came to the United States as an… Leer más

New York City, NY: New York Review Of Books, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: New York Review Of Books, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 425 pages. Retrospective collection of literary and personal essays. One of Daniel Mendelsohn's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Daniel Mendelsohn's "Waiting For The Barbarians: Essays From The Classics To Pop Culture". His second collection, a glorious intellectual feast, the continuation of "How Beautiful It Is And How Easily It Can Be Broken" (2008), which is expanded and illuminated by his third, "Ecstasy And Terror: From The Greeks To Game of Thrones" (2015). Like those two books, it demonstrates once again his unique, profound, and… Leer más

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 180 pages. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Elliot Ackerman's "Waiting For Eden". The third novel in what is, ostensibly, a War Trilogy for our time, preceded by "Green On Blue" (2015) and "Dark At The Crossing" (2017). "How often does one encounter a novel as perfectly shaped, as fresh, as subtle, and as explosive as this? I couldn't turn away from Elliot Ackerman's taut wonder, and when I got to the final page, I wanted to start all over again, in light of the haunting last words. Patiently, and unflinchingly, Ackerman is… Leer más

New York City, NY: Metropolitan Museum Of Art/Princeton University Press, 2000. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Metropolitan Museum Of Art/Princeton University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 318 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the best books of the photographic art and achievement of Walker Evans. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Bruce Campbell: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Walker Evans. Essays by Maria Morris Hambourg, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Doug Eklund, and Mia Fineman. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Madrid, Spain to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine,… Leer más

New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 294 pages. The author's debut collection of short stories. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jonathan Lethem's "The Wall of The Sky, The Wall of The Eye: Stories". Seven stories that affirm the author's stature as one of the most inventive and innovative contemporary American writers. The title is an "hommage" allusion to the work of the great German silent film director, Fritz Lang, one of the giants of cinema. Lethem is, by now, probably our most brilliant deconstructionist of every literary genre and sub-genre (and also cinema). Still, although… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 880 pages. Volume Two of the author's collected essays. One of the greatest literary collections of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of Harvard University's Complete Works of Walter Benjamin. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Walter Benjamin's "Selected Writings: Volume 2: 1913-1926" in a felicitous English translation. The second volume of the Series, a landmark publication in the history of modern thought and literary criticism. The body of work shows Benjamin at the peak of his intellectual powers and rather poignantly, at the top of his… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 477 pages. Volume Four of the author's collected essays. One of the greatest literary collections of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of Harvard University's Complete Works of Walter Benjamin. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Walter Benjamin's "Selected Writings: Volume 4: 1938-1940" in a felicitous English translation. The fourth and final volume of the Series, a landmark publication in the history of modern thought and literary criticism. "However insistently the idea of catastrophe hangs over Benjamin's writings in the final years of… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 520 pages. Volume One of the author's collected essays. One of the greatest literary collections of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of Harvard University's Complete Works of Walter Benjamin. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Walter Benjamin's "Selected Writings: Volume 1: 1913-1926" in a felicitous English translation. The inaugural volume of the Series, a landmark publication in the history of modern thought and literary criticism. "Against conformism, homogeneity, and gentrification of all life into a new world order, Benjamin made the word… Leer más

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 462 pages. Volume Three of the author's collected essays. Possibly the greatest literary collection of the mid-20th century, published in English posthumously, more than fifty years later. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only and as part of Harvard University's Complete Works of Walter Benjamin. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Walter Benjamin's "Selected Writings: Volume 3: 1935-1938" in a felicitous English translation. The third - and most important - volume of the Series, a landmark publication in the history of modern thought and literary criticism. "Radical critic of a… Leer más

Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Patrick Frey, 2001. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Patrick Frey, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 164 pages. Rare Walter Pfeiffer collectible set. A pristine copy of "Welcome Aboard" Artist Book, signed by Walter Pfeiffer, with a brand-new copy of "Walter Pfeiffer" DVD. "Welcome Aboard": One of the most beautiful erotic art photography books of our time. Oversize-volume format. Pale gray hard boards with black titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Walter Pfeiffer. Essay by Martin Jaeggi. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Walter Pfeiffer's "Welcome Aboard". A monograph, an Artist Book, and a photo-novel. Pfeiffer takes us on a long trip from suburban bliss to the horse race at Ascot, from… Leer más

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 220 pages. The author's second novel. One of Tommy Orange's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Tommy Orange's "Wandering Stars". His acclaimed follow-up to "There There" (2018), his now-classic debut novel. "Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous. For the sake of knowing, of understanding,… Leer más

New York City, NY: Scribner, 2015. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Scribner, 2015. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 435 pages. The authors' breakthrough novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Signed By The Author" red sticker pasted in front. Presents Christopher Robinson's and Gavin Kovite's "War of The Encyclopaedists". A thrilliang and accomplished collaborative debut. "Two major new talents join their voices to tell the story of a generation at a crossroads, and a friendship that stretches over continents and crises, from the liberal arena of Boston academia to the military occupation of Iraq. On a summer night, in the arty enclave of Capitol Hill, Seattle, best friends Mickey Montauk and… Leer más

New York City, NY: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Grove Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. Unpaginated. The author's debut children's book. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Donald Sultan: Regular-sized volume format. Text by David Mamet. Drawings by Donald Sultan, who is a lifelong friend of the author and frequent collaborator. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents David Mamet's and Donald Sultan's "Warm And Cold". Their fruitful collaboration. David Mamet has mined his "Jewishness" with increasing interest and genuine pathos. The combination with Donald Sultan's exquisite work is incredibly moving and memorable. An… Leer más

Houston, TX: Museum Of Fine Arts Houston, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. Houston, TX: Museum Of Fine Arts Houston, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 606 pages. Monumental Exhibition Monograph. One of the most valuable photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: Oversize-volume format. The book weighs 17 pounds. Black cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, THE Who's Who of the history of war photography. Curated with texts by Anne Wilkes Tucker and other prominent scholar-contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by SYL in Spain to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as… Leer más

New York City, NY: Hogarth Press, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Hogarth Press, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 290 pages. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" round green sticker pasted in front. Presents Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's "The Watch". His novel about the war in Afghanistan, which situates the Afghan war "classically", in the context of ancient Greek mythology, particularly Sophocles' "Antigone", the iconic narrative about the clash between ethics ("moral law") and politics ("the rule of law"). "A legless woman approaches a military outpost in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, ostensibly to retrieve… Leer más

Tokyo, Japan: Shinchosha Company Publishers, 1996. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. Tokyo, Japan: Shinchosha Company Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 288 pages. Artist Book. One of the greatest art photography books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Tadanori Yokoo: Oversize-volume format. Red hard boards with black titles on spine, as issued. Postcards collected, photographed, and assembled by Tadanori Yokoo. Essay by Hiroshi Aramata appended at the end. Oversize blue obi-band intact and wrapped around the book. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with colorful titles and design on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents… Leer más

Lyme, CT: Callaway Editions, 1980. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Lyme, CT: Callaway Editions, 1980. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 76 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the greatest art photography books of the 20th century. Limited Clamshell Box Edition of 216 numbered and signed copies. This copy is un-numbered (the space intended for the limitation number is left blank). As such, it did not come with the print, but is signed by Harry Callahan. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition, which is inferior to it in terms of production values. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Harry Callahan, Nicholas Callaway, Anne Kennedy, and Katy Homans: Oversize-volume format. Hand-crafted beige linen cloth boards. Photographs by Harry Callahan. Poem by A. R. Ammons. Matching hand-crafted clamshell box. Printed on 100 LB Quintessence… Leer más

New York City, NY: Random House, 1994. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 253 pages. The author's eighth novel. E. L. Doctorow's third and highly acclaimed novel about New York City. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents E. L. Doctorow's "The Waterworks". Set in the 1870's, an absorbing narrative and also a brilliant portrait of The City at a crucial moment in its history. Doctorow has been creating a fictional history of New York City through a series of novels, from "Ragtime" to "World's Fair" and now this, perhaps his most accomplished novel on the subject (he published his fourth installment, "Homer &… Leer más