Search Results: Titles starting with D from James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

NY: Alfred A.Knopf, 2009. First edition. One of Gilbert's retained copies, initialed by the poet. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1993. First edition, deluxe issue. Limited to 125 copies signed by each of the translators & with an original etching signed by Francesco Clemente laid in. The translators include Heaney, Strand, Halpern, Kinnell, Clampitt, Jorie Graham, Charles Wright, Richard Howard, Stanley Plumly, C. K. Williams, Alfred Corn, Robert Haas, Sharon Olds, & Cynthia Macdonald. The text was set in Monotype Dante & printed letterpress by Michael & Winifred Bixler on Rives heavyweight paper. A handsome book, as new.. CLEMENTE, Francesco.. Small folio, quarter black calf & red silk over boards, slipcase, by Claudia Cohen. A handsome book, as new.

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. Fifth edition, in deluxe binding. Inscribed by Rilke on the second blank leaf to Milan Morgenstern, the manager of Heller's Bookshop in Vienna, where Rilke was a customer: "Gute Wünsche eingeschriben für die Eigentümer diesen Bücher in den Wiener Tagen 1916. Rainer Maria Rilke, July 16, 1916." On the title-page Morgenstern has written: "Mir selbst zum Geburtsag 1914. 13/xi, Milan." The inscriptions, in English, state: "Kind wishes inscribed for the owners of these books in the Vienna days 1916" and "Happy Birthday to myself.. Slight staining and rubbing at top and bottom of spine, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box. 8vo, original quarter-calf over decorative boards, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., in the original publisher's slipcase. Slight staining and rubbing at top and bottom of spine, otherwise a very good copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box.

Weimar-Munchen: Bauhausverlag, 1923. First and only edition of the famous Bauhaus manifesto, issued in an edition of 2000 copies on the occasion of the Bauhaus exhibition in August-September 1923. The colored plates include original lithographs by Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, L. Hirschfeld-Mack (2), R. Paris, P. Keler and W. Molar, K. Schmidt (2), and F. Schleifer. The texts are by Gropius, Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy. 4to, 226 pages, 20 color plates, 147 halftone illustrations. Tiny abrasions to the corners at the head of the spine, otherwise a fine unfaded copy.

London: Printed for the Whitechapel Art Gallery by Lund Humphries, 1970. First edition of this exhibition catalog. Signed by Hockney on the title-page. Few foxmarks on edges, otherwise a very good copy. 4to, portrait and illustrations, original unprinted wrappers, dust jacket. Few foxmarks on edges, otherwise a very good copy.

(Burton, OH: The Asphodel Bookshop, 1975). First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author (the entire edition). Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the colophon-page: "for Jonathan Williams". Laid in is a single-page ALS, 7 February 1975, to Williams: "Though I never came up with a contribution to the Basil Bunting commemoration, he did get into this. (It was something in reference to Bunting's Chomei that I tried to work up for you.) In a way, you, too, are behind my having written this. So, I thank you. Will. Tape worn away at two staples on the front wrapper, otherwise a fine copy. 4to, original stapled and tape-backed unprinted wrappers, printed paper label on front wrapper. Tape worn away at two staples on the front wrapper, otherwise a fine copy.

N. Y.: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Fine copy in lightly dust-soiled & rubbed jacket with a few nicks along the top edge & a bit of wrinkling to the head of the spine.. 8vo, cloth-backed, dust jacket. Fine copy in lightly dust-soiled & rubbed jacket with a few nicks along the top edge & a bit of wrinkling to the head of the spine.

(Netherton, Wakefield): The Fleece Press, (1991). First edition. One of 220 copies printed (the entire edition). Very fine copy. Small, narrow 4to, portrait and illustrations tipped-in, quarter linen and decorated paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Very fine copy.

Paris: Henri Babou and Jack Kahane, 1930. First unexpurgated edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies (the entire edition), ordinary issue. The authoritative text of Aldington's bitter World War I novel, restoring the expurgations made to the previously published British and American trade editions, which were both bowdlerized owing to obscenity laws, although the American text was less sanitized than the British. Kershaw 56. Slipcase broken, otherwise a fine copy. 2 vols., 4to, original paper wrappers, glassine outer wrappers, in publisher's matching marbled paper chemise and slipcase. Slipcase broken, otherwise a fine copy.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, (1946). First edition. One of 3000 copies printed. Rolph B10. Connolly 100, 96a. Includes "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire, of a Child in London", "Poem in October ('It was my thirtieth year to heaven')", "In my craft or Sullen Art", and "Fern Hill", among other important poems. Dust jacket a trifle rubbed, inside front flap of dust jacket creased, otherwise a fine copy. 12mo, original orange cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket a trifle rubbed, inside front flap of dust jacket creased, otherwise a fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1983. First edition. Limited to 228 copies. Hamady 103. Fine copy. 8vo, illustrated by Walter Hamady, original wrappers. Fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1983. First edition. Limited to 228 copies. Hamady 103. Fine copy.. 8vo, illustrated by Walter Hamady, wrappers. Fine copy.

(München): R. Piper & Co. Verlag, (1968). First German edition, translated by Paul Baudisch. Laid in is a 3 1/2 inch-square b/w photograph of Robert Graves sitting on the roots of a large tree. On the verso, Dahlberg has inscribed: "For my dear, good Friend, Jonathan [Williams]. Love - Edward June 21, '69 [illegible] / taken at Deya [sic], Mallorca 1964. The book and the photograph are in fine condition. 8vo, original cloth, printed paper spine label, dust jacket. The book and the photograph are in fine condition.

Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1908. First edition, printed on a smooth glossy paper. Von Mises 63. The book is dedicated to Auguste Rodin. A few nicks in dust jacket, otherwise a very fine copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box. Original suede-backed decorated paste-paper boards, t.e.g., plain unprinted dust jacket, in publisher's slipcase with printed label. A few nicks in dust jacket, otherwise a very fine copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box.

London: Fulcrum Press, (1968). First edition, limited issue. One of 150 numbered copies printed on fawn glastonbury antique laid paper, specially bound, and signed by Duncan. Laid in is an original New Year's Card, "Happy Turn of the Year and a joyous leap to 72! for Jonathan from Jess and Robert", to poet and Jargon Press publisher Jonathan Williams. Top-edge dust marked, othewise a fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Top-edge dust marked, othewise a fine copy.

N. Y.: Ecco Press, (1980). First edition. Signed by Gluck on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 1989. First edition. One of 175 numbered copies signed by McPherson, Claire Van Vliet, and others involved in the production. Very fine copy. Square 8vo, irregularly cut colored papers bound accordion-fold, original patterned cloth, publisher's cloth clamshell box. Very fine copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. First edition. A fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket. 8vo, illustrated, original boards, dust jacket. A fine copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket.

(Gloucestershire): Whittington Press, (1977). First edition. One of 525 numbered copies signed by Myfanwy Thomas, Grant & Weissenborn. Fine copy. Large 8vo, pictorial endpapers, cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., publisher's slipcase. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Atheneum, 1965. First edition. Hagstrom & Bixby A17a. Presentation copy, inscribed by Merrill to his close friends, the Summers: "for Joe, U. T., Mary, Hazel & Joseph - ever affectionately, Jim. March '65. A little light foxing, otherwise a fine copy in jacket a trifle rubbed at extremities. 8vo, cloth, pictorial dust jacket. A little light foxing, otherwise a fine copy in jacket a trifle rubbed at extremities.