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

Venezia: Neri Pozza Editore, 1956. First edition of Montale's most celebrated collection of verse. One of 1000 copies in the edition (there were an additional 100 hors commerce copies on different paper). As new. 8vo, original printed wrappers. As new.

Paris: Editions Poesie & Cie, 1936. First edition. One of only six copies printed on Japon Imperial paper out of a total edition of 500 copies. Chagall contributed the design for the figure of the main character which appears on the front cover. Fine copy. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy.

London: Marlborough AG Schellenberg FL, 1969-70. First edition. One of 150 numbered screenprints initialed by Kitaj (there were also 10 artist's proofs). Kinsman 37. Kitaj's series of fifty screenprints consists of reproductions of original bookcovers of left-wing tracts, antisemitic pamphlets, popular novels, and critical essays. A representative cross-section of Kitaj's reading, Kitaj once said "For me books are what trees are for the landscape painter.. Fine condition. Original screenprint, in colors, approximately 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches. Fine condition.

(West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1994). First edition. Limited to 100 copies designed & printed by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press & signed by the poet. A wonderful three-dimensional presentation of Dove's poem about the return of the Freedom statue to the dome of the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D. C., with cut-outs of the face of the statue & the Capitol. As new.. 8vo, original cut-out folded sheets, plastic folder, in cloth slipcase with printed label on spine. As new.

(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First edition of Lowell's scarce first book. One of 250 copies printed. Very small spot of faint discoloration on the back cover, otherwise a very fine copy of a book rarely seen without the almost inevitable fading to the spine, in a cloth folding box. 8vo, title-page woodcut by Gustav Wolf, original blue boards without printed dust jacket as issued. Very small spot of faint discoloration on the back cover, otherwise a very fine copy of a book rarely seen without the almost inevitable fading to the spine, in a cloth folding box.

Newark, VT: Janus Press, 1987. First edition. One of 150 copies signed by Burke and Fine (the entire edition). Fine copy. 8vo, original stiff printed wrappers, 9 irregularly sized pages, accordion folded, with an irregularly sized 24-page pamphlet sewn between pages 7 and 8. Fine copy.

Dublin: Cuala Press, 1939. First edition. One of 500 copies. Wade 200. Last Poems includes "Under Ben Bulben", "Long-Legged Fly", "A Stick of Incense", "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened copy in the original glassine. 8vo, cloth-backed blue boards, printed spine label, glassine dust jacket. Discrete ownership signature on first blank page, bottom corner slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine unopened copy in the original glassine.

Paris: Hours Press, 1930. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies printed on Haut Vidalon paper and signed by Aldington. Covers lightly rubbed and sunned along spine, otherwise a near fine copy. Small 4to, green velvet-textured cloth. Covers lightly rubbed and sunned along spine, otherwise a near fine copy.

Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, (1973). First edition of this series of broadside poems (all published) from The Eggplant Skin Pants and Poems, the broadsides printed on the same paper (Hosho, a Japanese hand-made paper) used in the book, but with the broadsides printed in either long horizontal or tall vertical form. In the published book, the title of the poem "Life in the Country" appears as "In The Country". The broadsides bear neither imprint nor colophon. Fine condition. 4 large oblong broadsides, illustrated by the author. Fine condition.

London: Macmillan, 1922. First edition. One of 1500 copies printed. Wade 134 (not recording the dust jacket). Connolly 100. Front inner hinge strained, former owner's signature, otherwise a very good copy in the rare jacket, which is chipped at extremities.. 8vo, blind-stamped green cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, plain brown printed dust jacket. One of 1500 copies printed. Wade 134 (not recording the dust jacket). Connolly 100. Front inner hinge strained, former owner's signature, otherwise a very good copy in the rare jacket, which is chipped at extremities.

(N. Y.: Jordan Davies, 1981). First edition. One of 20 copies printed on Canterbury paper & bound in boards, out of a total edition of 210 copies signed by Lauterbach. Fine copy.. Thin 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine copy.

(Cambridge, MA): Da Capo Press, (2002). First edition. Signed by Oliver on the title-page. Very fine copy. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Very fine copy.

Paris: Encyclopedie Essentielle, Robert Delpire Editeur, (1958). First edition, preceding the American edition. "The Delpire first edition Les Américains (1958) is more like a sociological study, wherein Frank's photographs appear as illustrations of the probing texts printed on facing pages, gathered by Alain Bosquet from dozens of illustrious writers. . . . When Barney Rosset at Grove Press agreed to publish The Americans in the U.S., Frank pulled out all the text, leaving only blank pages with captions facing the images, mirroring the layout of Evans's American Photographs. . . . The French edition is sociology, the American edition is poetry." - David Levi Strauss, as quoted by Roth, The Book of 101 Books, p. 150. Very fine copy, with none of the fading or wear endemic to this book. Oblong 8vo, original laminated boards after a design by Saul Steinberg. Very fine copy, with none of the fading or wear endemic to this book.

London: Tetrad Press, 1971. First edition of this pamphlet. One of 500 copies printed. Presentation copy, inscribed by Phillips "for Jonathan [Williams - plus 3 illegible miniscule lines]. Fine condition. 4to sheet folded to a bifolium, full-page illustration with text en face. Fine condition.

Black Mountain, North Carolina: (Black Mountain College Press), 1951. First edition. One of approximately 50 copies printed. Boughn A6. Butterick A 4. Presentation copy, inscribed by Olson to his mentor Edward Dahlberg at the end of the poem: "for Edward (Melville's & my / Ned / with the love of another battler Charles / Dec 51, for his Laurels for Borrowers." (See Olson to Dahlberg, letter of Dec. 19, 1951, in In Love, In Sorrow: the Complete Correspondence of Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg pp. 192-195.) Olson's long poem, a fiery diatribe against professional academicians and Melville scholars, was a great hit with the students at Black Mountain, and was printed at their expense at the Black Mountain College press. Front cover evenly sunned, otherwise in very good condition. An important association copy. Long sheets, folded and tipped into a printed folder. Front cover evenly sunned, otherwise in very good condition. An important association copy.

Hopewell, NJ: Pied Oxen Press, 2009. First separate edition. One of 85 numbered copies hand-set and printed in ATF Garamond types, the intaglio prints by Nancy Grossman were printed by Marjorie Van Dyke at Van Deb Editions in New York signed by the poet, artist and the printer, David Sellers. The entire edition consisted of 100 copies, of which 15 were hors commerce, and 85 for sale. As new, at publisher's price. Folio, illustrated with two intaglio copper-plate prints by Nancy Grossman, original Belgian linen-covered boards, recessed printed paste-paper labels. As new, at publisher's price.

Cambridge: University Press, 1919. First edition. Endpapers & edges slightly foxed, back paste-down a bit rippled, covers slightly rubbed & sunned along spine, else a near fine copy. Large 8vo, portrait, original cloth. Endpapers & edges slightly foxed, back paste-down a bit rippled, covers slightly rubbed & sunned along spine, else a near fine copy.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1973). First edition. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Waldman and Brainard. Fine copy.. 8vo, with illustrations by Joe Brainard, George Schneeman & the author, original wrappers by Brainard. Fine copy.

N. Y.: Grenfell Press, 1993. First edition of these seven poems inspired by seven black and white paintings by Clemente. Limited to 70 copies (the entire edition) printed accordion-fold on Arches, signed by Creeley and Clemente. Mint copy of this exquisite book, preserved in a black linen folding box. 8vo, illustrated with seven original photogravures after paintings by Francesco Clemente, gilt-stamped Japanese tea chest paper, in black paper chemise. Mint copy of this exquisite book, preserved in a black linen folding box.

London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1863. First edition. Volume I contains Gilchrist's biography of Blake; Volume II prints a selection of Blake's poems and other writings. Fine copy. 2 volumes, portrait and illustrations (some fold-out), marbled endpapers, half red morocco and yellow buckram over boards, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, half-titles bound in. Fine copy.