Search Results: English Literature from Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts

Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1970 *** ONLY EDITION; representing De Lisio's first exhibition in the United States and reproducing his remarkable portraits in terra-cotta or bronze of Proust, Marianne Moore, Poe (2), Stevenson, Janet Flanner, Gertrude Stein (2), Nabokov, Auden, Beardsley (2), Pound, Wilde, Henry James, Verlaine and Rimbaud, Baudelaire, and Joyce (2). Foreword by Anthony M. Clark. Rare. -- The present copy is INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST "To Tommy, with affection. Mike", on the titlepage. -- In 16 (196 x 114 mm): Pp [1-32]. Pictorial wrappers. -- References: OCLC 14044892, 24681527, 48439199. Not in Getty, Frick, or MMA. -- Wrappers somewhat soiled. .

New York: Lew David Feldman / House of El Dieff, Inc,, 1971     ¶ Only edition of this important catalogue; featuring the first leaf of Doyle's autograph notes for A study in scarlet; the autograph manuscripts of four Holmes stories, two Sherlockian plays, and other works; and eight original drawings by Sidney Paget; all at dream prices. Seventy-six items, annotated, priced.   ||| Cover title.  Collation: 216 x 108 mm: Eight leaves, paginated 1-16.  Illustration: One facsimile (F. D. Roosevelt letter 1942, printed on the lower wrapper recto).  Binding: Pictorial wrappers.  Condition: Very good, discreet date-stamp on the lower wrapper recto.  Reference: OCLC 26522182 (misdated "196-"). Not in De Waal (1974). .

Oyster Bay (New York): Feral Books, 2001   ¶ ONLY EDITION of a charming anthology gathered together as a medium for "The remarkable collage images of John Digby[, which] are rich in associations that demonstrate man's ancient links with the sea. Using archival and library sources, he has found and utilized colorful antique illustrations from nineteenth century and earlier publications that show humans of diverse cultures in their many ocean-going pursuits. As a basis, he uses outlines of fish that contain within them and sprouting from them miniature ships, sloops, smaller craft, and shipwrecks." (Dudley, page [278].) The text consists of 101 poems and prose extracts arrayed in seventeen "keepsakes" or fascicles (parts) each illustrated by two or more "collages" or vignettes by Digby, together with three additional fascicles, viz: [18] Water voyages: A note on the keepsakes [by] Joan Digby, [19] The maritime collages of John Digby [by]… Read More

Los Angeles: The press of the pegacycle lady (Patrick Reagh), for William & Victoria Dailey, 1978 ¶ ONLY EDITION of the first book printed by Patrick Reagh, one of 365 numbered copies. This copy is numbered "233" and INSCRIBED ". . . in friendship, Bob Essick February 1992". ||| Collation: In 4s (304 x 227 mm untrimmed): 24 leaves, paginated [i-ii blank] [1-8] 9-32 [33-41] [42-46 blank]. Eight full-page facsimiles. Binding: Publisher's quarter art vellum, slate-blue boards. Condition: Near fine, the covers slightly sunned as usual.. First Edition.