Rare books from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York: Orientalia. Fine. 1920. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. 2nd Edition, following a printing by 1897 Gelett Burgess printing (who published Noguchi's first verses in his magazine, The Lark). Limited to 500 copies. This copy includes Yone Noguchi's business card with a note stating that this is a review copy. This copy has been signed (and include the author's hanko) underneath his portrait on the frontispiece. This book is paperbound and with a string binding - housed in a folding slipcase with ivory clasps. The book is in Fine condition. The slipcase has some toning, and spotting. The paper spine label has been lost and there is a bit of beginning fraying. A nice clean copy with a scarce signature. ; Signed by Author .

New York: Reynal & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the front endpaper by the subject, Felix Frankfurter. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning chips, along with some lightish spots of rubbing to the spine ends and front cover. "Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was a jurist, who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically, helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the… Read More

France: Self Published. Very Good. 1918. Flexible covers. B&W Illustrations; World War I Scrapbook (13" x10" approx) with 48 pages from an instructor at the Second Aviation Instruction Center at Tours France, 1918. <P> The scrapbook was the property of, and photographed by James F(Fred) Chappell, who is best known as one of the early photographers at the Lick Observatory, and for whom the Chappell Crater on the Moon is named. <P> The scrapbook includes 48 pages of various sized photographs taken by Chappell, starting with photographs of shipboard activities on the transport from the US to Tours, France, candid photos of France and the French rural folk on their travel from the coast to Tours, and then to the compound of 2nd AIC (Second Aviation Instruction Center) which was founded by the French at the Tours Aerodrome and then given over for the use of the United States as a place for instructors in aerial observation and aerial gunnery to teach students.… Read More

New York: Viking Press. Very Good+. 1930. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. #Signed, Limited Edition - limited to 200 copies, this is #176. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket, but with a slipcase. The slipcase is in good only condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition with the exception of a chip with loss of cloth to the bottom spine end (approximately 1/2 depth) . The text pages are clean and bright. The slipcase is missing the whole top edge but is otherwise in Very Good condition. "James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) , where he started working in 1917. In 1920 he was the first African American to be chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating… Read More

Tokyo / Germany: Taschen. Very Good+. 2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Limited to 2500 copies, this is number 1632, signed and numbered by the author. Pink silk covered boards with a pink silk tray case. The book is in Very Good+ condition. The slipcase has unfortunately, got marks / ground-in dirt to the top and bottom covers, though not the sides. The book itself is mostly clean and bright. There are two spots with fingerprints on the front cover, and two light fingerprints on the the rear cover, along with a few tiny spots of discoloration that look vaguely like rust. The text pages are crisp and clean. This is copy # 1632 of the worldwide edition (with text in English, German, and, French). "Araki is considered to be one of the most prolific artists alive or dead in Japan. Many of his photographs are erotic; his work has been said to exist on a line between art and pornography. Among his photography books are Sentimental Journey (1971) , and Tokyo Lucky Hole… Read More

Prairie City, IL: Press of James A. Decker. Very Good. 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have noticeable toning as does the title page. This copy has been signed by William Everson as William Everson (dated 1944) with an inscription, and signed again in 1962 as Brother Antoninus. This is the author's third book of poetry and is quite scarce. From Wikipedia: "Everson was an influential member of the San Francisco Renaissance in poetry and worked closely with Kenneth Rexroth during this period of his life. Throughout his life, Everson was a devotee of the work and lifestyle of poet Robinson Jeffers. Much of his work as a critic was done on Jeffers's poetry. Everson registered as an anarchist and a pacifist with his draft board, in compliance with the 1940 draft bill. In 1943, he was sent to a Civilian Public Service (CPS)… Read More

Various Places: Various Publishers. Very Good. 0. Other. B&W and Color Photographs & Illustrations; <P>CONTENT WARNING: This description includes information about The Civil War South, The Klu Klux Klan, racial depictions of African Americans, suicide, and a host of other delicate topics dealing with the United States before and during Reconstruction. <P> <P> The Birth of a Nation - a controversial film from before it became a film, was based, for the most part, on the play The Clansman, which was adapted by Thomas Dixon, Jr. From his own novel: The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, published 1905 (Doubleday, Page & Company, 374p. ) , The Clansman was part of a trilogy that chronicled the US Civil War and Reconstruction. The Birth of a Nation - a controversial film from before it became a film, was based, for the most part, on the play The Clansman, which was adapted by Thomas Dixon, Jr. From his own novel: The Clansman: A Historical Romance… Read More

Venice, Italy: Ex Bibliotheca Aldina (Aldine Press) (. Very Good+. 1569. Later Printing. Vellum. Also includes: Annotationes, Sevemendationum Rationes Dionisil Lambinimonstroliensis in Cornificii Libros IIII Rhetoric ad Herennium. <P> Likely published by son Paulus Manutius. <P> <P> Full vellum binding. Very Good- condition. The vellum binding is complete and in clean, solid condition. There are four slightly raised bands to the spine of the book. The text pages are generally clean and bright - though there are patches of foxing occasionally throughout. <P> <P> The title page has a previous owner's inked notations (including one that has been marked out on each side of the by the press's famous imprint of the dolphin and anchor) . <P> There is a previous owner's bookplate adhered to the front pastedown page (LeRoy Brandt). <P> "Book IV of the Rhetorica ad Herennium's systematic treatment of Latin oratory style identifies two… Read More

Chicago, IL: F. Tennyson Neely Publishers. Very Good. 1895. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Vincent Starrett on the reverse of the front endpaper, and also includes Vincent Starrett's bookplate on the front pastedown page. "Small octavo, pp. [1-2] [1-9] 10-316 [317: ad] [318: blank], pictorial cloth in green, with a rectangular patch in brown, with a lizard and Neely's Prismatic Library as part of the interior. The top edge of the text block has gilding, The frontis and bottom edges of the text block are untrimmed. There are three printings with title pages dated 1895, this particular one is generally accepted as the first. There is no inserted frontispiece and page [318] is blank. The sheet bulk is 1.5 cm. " This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the scarce dust jacket. The book cover has spots of foxing and the green cloth has darkened a bit in general. The text pages are clean and bright. "The book… Read More

New York, NY: Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, Inc.,. Very Good+. 1917. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This set is limited to 2000 numbered sets , signed by the American Director of the Oriental Foundation. This is copy # 356. The set is complete and all volumes are in Very Good+ condition. The set is lacking dust jackets (not known if dust jackets were issued) . The books are in very clean, bright condition, with very little bumping, rubbing and wear. There is a little light ground-in dirt to the bottom edges of the text blocks on all the volumes. There is a previous owner's bookplate on each of the front pastedown pages. 14 volumes in total, including: #1 Babylonia / Assyria, Egypt, Ancient Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Ancient Arabia, Medieval Arabia, Ancient Persia, Medieval Persia, India Brahmanism, India Buddhism, Ancient China, Medieval China, Japan, and, the Great Rejected Books. .