The Masses. July 1911. Vol. 1, No. 7. by Winslow, Horatio [Ed]; Eugene Wood, Art Young, Louis Untermeyer, et al - 1911

1728. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. With A Table of 69 Songs; Overture Compos'd by Dr. Pepusch; typographic music throughout the text; plus woodcut head- and tailpieces. 8vo. Full speckled calf, gilt ruled, spine with 2 gilt lettering-pieces; aeg; by Rivière & Sons. London: John Watts, 1728. Second Edition. The first expanded edition to include the music printed in the text. Gays highly successful ballad opera, satirizing popular Italian opera was an immediate triumph, and ran for a record 62 consecutive performances at the Theatre Royal where it premiered in January 1728. The first edition, printed earlier the same year, had 16 pages of engraved music at the end. Here, the music is printed in the text in woodcut. It features such memorable low-life characters as Polly Peachum, Jemmy Twitcher, Filch and Sukey Tawdry. For some lyrics, Gay borrowed from Allan Ramsays Gentle Shepherd. The music was composed by the German born Johann Christoph Pepusch, a contemporary of George Frederick Handel. It… Read More

New York: New York Committee for the General Strike for Peace, 1961-1963. A collection of nine rare leaflets and letters concerning the General Strike for Peace, which in the early 1960s sought a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons as well as global disarmament. This material belonged to Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004), poet, performance artist, and peace activist.Eight of these items were issued by the New York Committee for the General Strike for Peace, for which Mac Low was one of the organizers. (Julian Beck and Judith Malina of the Living Theatre were also organizers.) The collection also includes a letter from the Committee for Nonviolent Action. The General Strike for Peace consisted of three different phases, the first of which took place in early 1962, followed by additional calls to strike in November 1962 and then again in May 1963. On January 29, 1962, more than 300 people marched down Fifth Avenue in New York calling for a worldwide general strike for peace. The New York Times was there:… Read More

s.l.|[Buenos Aires]: S.n.|[Eloisa Cartonera], 2012. Fine. S.n. [Eloisa Cartonera], s.l. [Buenos Aires] s.d. (circa 2012), 14,5x21,5cm, reliure artisanale. - Nouvelle édition de la traduction en espagnol de ""La guerre des pédés"" paru en français en1982, un des exemplaires numérotés à la main et enrichi d'une signature posthume de Copi en justification. En réalité, cette reliure artisanale est attribuable à la maison d'édition solidaire Eloisa Cartonera qui depuis la crise de 2003, recycle les cartons pour réaliser des reliures artisanales peintes à la main par des artistes maison. C'est donc également à eux que l'on doit cette fantaisie de pseudo ""firma del autor"" plus de 20 ans après sa mort. Reliure artisanale et unique réalisée par Eloisa Cartonera : les plats consistant en un morceau de carton recyclé plié sur lequel il a été peint le nom de l'auteur et le début du titre de l'ouvrage à l'aide de… Read More

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to top edge of the front cover, diagonal crease to top corner of front and back flaps, a touch of rubbing to back cover, and light wear to spine ends, else fine. A beautiful copy of a very scarce title.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First published by Random House in 1959 following the commercial success of Rand's 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged, We the Living tells the story of Kira Argounova, a fierce and independent spirit who struggles against the collectivism of Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. The novel was first completed in 1934 but, despite H. L. Mencken's support, failed to attract a publisher until 1935 when Macmillan agreed to publish the work. Macmillan's agreement to publish Rand's novel purportedly sparked debate within the publisher's editorial ranks, with certain communist-sympathetic editors objecting to its publication. We the… Read More

1728. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. With A Table of 69 Songs; Overture Compos'd by Dr. Pepusch; typographic music throughout the text; plus woodcut head- and tailpieces. 8vo. Full speckled calf, gilt ruled, spine with 2 gilt lettering-pieces; aeg; by Rivière & Sons. London: John Watts, 1728. Second Edition. The first expanded edition to include the music printed in the text. Gays highly successful ballad opera, satirizing popular Italian opera was an immediate triumph, and ran for a record 62 consecutive performances at the Theatre Royal where it premiered in January 1728. The first edition, printed earlier the same year, had 16 pages of engraved music at the end. Here, the music is printed in the text in woodcut. It features such memorable low-life characters as Polly Peachum, Jemmy Twitcher, Filch and Sukey Tawdry. For some lyrics, Gay borrowed from Allan Ramsays Gentle Shepherd. The music was composed by the German born Johann Christoph Pepusch, a contemporary of George Frederick Handel. It… Read More

New York: New York Committee for the General Strike for Peace, 1961-1963. A collection of nine rare leaflets and letters concerning the General Strike for Peace, which in the early 1960s sought a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons as well as global disarmament. This material belonged to Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004), poet, performance artist, and peace activist.Eight of these items were issued by the New York Committee for the General Strike for Peace, for which Mac Low was one of the organizers. (Julian Beck and Judith Malina of the Living Theatre were also organizers.) The collection also includes a letter from the Committee for Nonviolent Action. The General Strike for Peace consisted of three different phases, the first of which took place in early 1962, followed by additional calls to strike in November 1962 and then again in May 1963. On January 29, 1962, more than 300 people marched down Fifth Avenue in New York calling for a worldwide general strike for peace. The New York Times was there:… Read More

s.l.|[Buenos Aires]: S.n.|[Eloisa Cartonera], 2012. Fine. S.n. [Eloisa Cartonera], s.l. [Buenos Aires] s.d. (circa 2012), 14,5x21,5cm, reliure artisanale. - Nouvelle édition de la traduction en espagnol de ""La guerre des pédés"" paru en français en1982, un des exemplaires numérotés à la main et enrichi d'une signature posthume de Copi en justification. En réalité, cette reliure artisanale est attribuable à la maison d'édition solidaire Eloisa Cartonera qui depuis la crise de 2003, recycle les cartons pour réaliser des reliures artisanales peintes à la main par des artistes maison. C'est donc également à eux que l'on doit cette fantaisie de pseudo ""firma del autor"" plus de 20 ans après sa mort. Reliure artisanale et unique réalisée par Eloisa Cartonera : les plats consistant en un morceau de carton recyclé plié sur lequel il a été peint le nom de l'auteur et le début du titre de l'ouvrage à l'aide de… Read More

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to top edge of the front cover, diagonal crease to top corner of front and back flaps, a touch of rubbing to back cover, and light wear to spine ends, else fine. A beautiful copy of a very scarce title.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First published by Random House in 1959 following the commercial success of Rand's 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged, We the Living tells the story of Kira Argounova, a fierce and independent spirit who struggles against the collectivism of Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. The novel was first completed in 1934 but, despite H. L. Mencken's support, failed to attract a publisher until 1935 when Macmillan agreed to publish the work. Macmillan's agreement to publish Rand's novel purportedly sparked debate within the publisher's editorial ranks, with certain communist-sympathetic editors objecting to its publication. We the… Read More