(Stockton, NJ: Designed and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972). Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. SIGNED. A collection of aphorisms, with: WORDS SPOKEN IN MEMORY OF RICHARD NICKEL AT A GATHERING OF HIS FRIENDS. This copy is SIGNED by Frederick..... More
Stockton, NJ: Designed and printed at the Carolingian Press, 1972. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Square 12mo., 20 leaves, printed recto only. Printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers are lightly soiled. Signed, " Jim Friedman, 1972, M.I.T." - Jim Fiedman was a student of Minor White at the Creative Photography Laboratory, M.I.T. A..... More
Steichen, Edward. Hand-pulled photogravure on tissue, 8 X 6 1/4 inches, archivally matted. Fine. The image is a fine richly-toned photogravure from CAMERA WORK 42/43, 1913. More
London: John Murray, 1847. First edition. 8vo., vii, 492 pp., with 16 pp. of advertisements dated July, 1846. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt on the spine. Tips slightly curled and rubbed; a clean tear at the rear joint and at the spine crown have been expertly..... More
![Item #54379 LETTER TO BOB [ROBERT SHERRILL]. Gay Talese](https://cahanbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/54379.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682528201)
1973. Typed Letter Signed "Gay." One page 7.25 x 10.5 inches, on his personal letterhead, Oct 9th, 1973, to Bob [Robert Sherrill] friend and editor of the New Journalism at Esquire. Old folds. Very good. Gay Talese writes to Bob Sherrill (1925 - 2007) his editor at Esquire, as well..... More
Babylone [Paris]: n. p., 1760. First edition. 16mo., [Part I] [2], 176 pp; [Part II] [2], 174 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf, with the spine in six gilt-decorated compartments; slight cracking of the joints at the spine ends, holding firmly; rubbing at the edges and chipping at the corners. Moderate..... More
[Atlanta]: Trevor Arnett Library, 1955. First edition. 8vo., 4 pp., stapled into illustrated wrappers. Near fine. The Trevor Arnett Library at [Clark] Atlanta University, joined with Morehouse and Spellman to form the world's largest consortia of African American private institutions of higher education, located in central Atlanta. More
Brewster, Mass. Steven Albahari / 21st, 2004. Joel-Peter Witkin. First edition. Folio, 171 pp., illustrated with both color and b&w photographs. Red cloth with a debossed photograph affixed to the front cover. Housed in the publisher's white cloth clamshell box, titled along the spine. All housed in the publisher's card..... More
Amsterdam: Ins & Outs press, 1978 - 1980. First editions. Five numbers in four issues. 8vo., various paginations, b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings. Stapled into printed wrappers; light wear and creasing to the wrappers; tiny punctures to the blank bottom margin of no. 2. Very good. Among the contributors..... More
New York and London: White & Allen, 1889. 8vo., 50 pp., frontis and other b&w illustrations. Illustrated paper over boards with cloth spine. The binding is stained, rubbed and worn, as is usually found; owner's neat signature on the front endpaper. A good copy. Wright III, No. 5583... More
London: [publisher not stated], 1766. 32mo. [90mm x 150cm], 263 pp. Contemporary calf with five raised bands and red spine label in gilt; edge-rubbed, front and rear joints partially cracked but firm. Second and final blanks have been excised, with owner's name in ink dated 1777 on the first blank..... More