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Your search for Literature has returned 1106 results. Bacon, Francis  The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall  The Limited Editions Club. New York. 1944..  Cloth Backed Decorative Boards.  Francis Bacon -- Baron of Verulam; Viscount Saint Alban. With an Introduction by Christopher Morley. No. 1060 of 1100 copies signed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at the Press of William E. Rudge's Sons. In folding box. Gilt edged pages. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Some unopened pages. 190 pages. Measures 8 3/4 x 13. Bacon published the first edition of these Essays in 1597. Essays on: Truth; Death; Unitie in Religion; Parents and Children; Marriage and Single Life; Envie; Travaile; Cunning; Regiment of Health; etc.   Illustrated Books. English Literature. Literary Works. Writings.  (Book ID 549)  $100.00 Balzac, Honore De  The Girl with the Golden Eyes (La Fille Aux Yeux d'or). Translated By Ernest Dowson.  Privately Printed.  London, England.  1925.  Illustrated by Beardsley, Avbrey.  Number 66 of 1000 copies printed, circa 1925. 145 pages, illustrations; publishers binding with title label on spine. A story of love and passion. Solid clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  French Literature, Fiction. DK-15  (Book ID 9759)  $37.50 Bangs, John Kendrick  Paste Jewels: Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe  Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York. 1897.  1st edition. BAL 735. Decorated cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on front cover and spine. Frontispiece. 202 pages plus publisher's advertising. In the Preface the author notes: "It may interest the readers of this collection of tales, if there should be any such, to know that the incidents upon which the stories are based are unfortunately wholly truthful." Contents include: Mr. Bradley's Jewel; Unexpected Pomp at the Perkins's; A Strange Banquet; etc.   Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Fiction. Tales. Stories.  (Book ID 19)  $20.00 Bangs, John Kendrick  The Idiot  Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York. 1895.  1st edition. Cloth; front cover decorations and lettering; gilt lettering on spine. Illustrations. 115 pages with publisher's advertising. Discussions of residents in a home for single gentlemen; a resident called Idiot, Mrs. Pedagog the landlady, the poet, and other assorted characters.   LITERATURE, AMERICAN  (Book ID 20)  $47.50 Barbeau, Clayton  Dante & Gentucca, a Love Story  Capra Press.  Santa Barbara.  1974.  First Edition.  Publisher's illustrated paper over boards. Number 6 of 100 copies hard bound, signed by the author at the colophon page. Further inscribed on front end paper: "For Bob & Betty, lovers, this love story with warmest good wishes, Clayton Barbeau." Number 19 in the Capra Chapbook Series. Illustrated. 43 pages, plus colophon.   Condition: Fine.  Literary Limited Editions. Signed and Inscribed Books  (Book ID 8666)  $37.50 Barbour, Ralph Henry  Kitty of the Roses  J.B. Lippincott & Co..  Philadelphia & London.  1904.  First Edition.  Illustrated by Frederic J. Von Rapp.  Photo illustrated. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Oval portrait on front cover. Illustrations of roses surrounding text on each page. A lovely book in both binding design and printing. 174 pages.   Condition: Fine.  Designed Bindings. Illustrated Books  (Book ID 8150)  $37.50 Baring, Maurice  Hildesheim, Quatre Pastiches.  William Heinemann Ltd..  London.  1924.  viii, 20 pages, printed wrapper, no. 96 of 115 copies, signed by Baring and printed by Stnley Morison. Very good, front and rear panel of wrapper darkened.   French Literature; Fine Printing; Limited Edition  (Book ID 5986)  $50.00 Barr, Amelia E.  Signature on Card  2 1/2 x 4 inches. The card reads, in Barr's hand: "Amelia E. Barr. Cherry Croft. June 6th / 96." Barr was an English born writer who emigrated to American in the 1870's and had a long career as a popular novelist.   Condition: Fine.  American Authors. Autographs and Manuscripts  (Book ID 8073)  $17.50 Barrie J.M.  George Meredith 1909  Thomas B. Mosher.  Portland, Maine.  1909.  Wrappers over stiff boards. Fine copy in publisher's slipcase that is slightly split and missing a small piece from the top rear. 950 copies printed. Barrie's tribute to Meredith and his writing, written after Meredith's death. The essay originally appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette. Foreword by Mosher, the publisher. Also contains poem by Thomas Hardy: "G.M. 1828-1909." Attractively printed on French-fold paper in red and black. 10 pages plus colophon.   British Literature.  (Book ID 7424)  $20.00 Bartlett, Lee  William Everson: The Life of Brother Antoninus.  New Directions Publishing Corporation.  1988.  First Edition.  Signed by the author Lee Bartlett and William Everson, in ink on the half title page. 272 pages; illustrations; notes, bibliography, index; grey cloth binding with dust jacket under mylar. Biography of the Sacramento, California-born poet also known as Brother Antoninus. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Poetry, Biography, Brother Antoninus. DK-74  (Book ID 11508)  $37.50 Bates, H.E.  Edward Garnett.  Max Parrish.  London.  1950.  First Edition.  Fine, clean copy in the original dust jacket. Tight binding in publishers' brown cloth. Robert Young Jr.'s bookplate with signature on inside cover. Slight soiling to the back of the dust jacket, small chip missing from upper back corner, else fine. 87 pages with illustrations.   Condition: Fine.  Author's Biographies. British Literature.  (Book ID 8802)  $37.50 Baum, Vicki  And Life Goes On. Translated By Margaret Goldsmith.  Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc..  Garden City, N.Y..  1931.  First American Edition.  320 pages, orange cloth with black and silver stamping, 8 x 5.5", dust wrapper. Very good plus, clean and tight, jacket lightly rubbed and edge worn, protected by a mylar jacket. "Here is the story of Elisabeth, the divine drudge and of the little town of Lohwinkel where humdrum life is suddenly interrupted by four enchanting strangers suddenly marooned there by an accident."   Modern First Editions; Literature  (Book ID 6092)  $37.50 Beach, Rex  The Ne'er-Do-Well.  Harper & Brothers.  New York & London.  1911.  First Edition.  Illustrated by Christy, Howard Chandler.  402 pages, 8 plates by Howard Chandler Christy, blue cloth with gilt title and mounted color illustration, dust wrapper, 7.5 x 5". Nice copy in somewhat worn dust jacket with some red stains on back panel, protected with a mylar jacket. "For rush of action for genuine and startling surprise, and for bubbling good-humor, Rex Beach here outstrips himself. The scene is Panama. Pictures by Christy."   Literature; Illustrated Books; Panama  (Book ID 6065)  $150.00 Beattie, James  The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: And Other Poems.  Printed for John Sharpe.  London.  1816.  176 pages, 6 engravings by Richard Westall (including extra engraved title page), nicecly bound in full leather with gilt decorations, marbled edges, 6.5 x 4". Nice copy, offsetting from engravings.   English literature; Poetry; Leather Bindings  (Book ID 5866)  $37.50 Beecher, Henry Ward  Autograph Quotation Signed  One page. Five by eight inches. In black ink. On Beecher's Brooklyn stationery. Beecher (b. 1813--d. 1887) was a Congregational clerbyman, abolitionist and pro-suffrage reformer. He was a lecturer and author of many books. The quotation reads: "A great deal better to leave a name off than to put the wrong one one--we cannot be too careful in signing names. Henry Ward Beecher. Thansk for your faith." Ink blott and small coffee-like stain in bottom margin, not affecting handwriting.   Condition: Very Good.  Religious and Literary Autographs and Letters  (Book ID 7609)  $75.00 Beer, Thomas  Autograph Letter Signed  Written to an unnamed recipient on both sides of a three by five card. In this letter, Beer answers questions such as has he ever written poetry: "I wrote tons of poetry in college, all of it exerable." Written in ink. No place. No date. Beer (1889-1940) was an American writer of both fiction and history.   Condition: Fine.  American Literary Letters and Manuscripts  (Book ID 5279)  $37.50 Beer, Thomas  Collected Stories of Thomas Beer: Mrs. Egg and Other Americans...edited and with an Introduction By Wilson Follett  Alfred A. Knopf.  New Yorik.  1947.  Dust wrapper very lightly worn, but with no chips. Former owner's name on front end paper. 531 pages plus colophon.   Condition: Fine.  American Literature  (Book ID 7502)  $25.00 Belasco, David  Autograph Note Signed  Autograph note (5 x 4 inch) signed, with the envelope. Letterhead on note 'The Belasco Theatre'. The accompanying envelope is addressed to William Jefferson Winter, son of drama critic William Winter. David Belasco (1854-1913) was an American playwright and producer.   Condition: Very Good.  Theater, Playwright, producer  (Book ID 8935)  $25.00 Belasco, David  The Return of Peter Grimm. Novelised from the Play.  Dodd, Mead and Company..  New York.  1912.  Illustrated by Rae, John.  344 pages, 3 color plates by John Rae, brown cloth with color pictorial front cover and gilt stamped title, 7.5 x 5". Nice copy. A novel which seems to involve the occult and spiritualism and an attitude many booksellers often hear too late - "Heirlooms? Relics?...This junk all over the house? Oh, I'll have it carted to the nearest ash heap. It isn't worth a red cent of any one's money."   Literature. Spiritualism  (Book ID 6503)  $25.00 Benchley, Robert C.  Of All Things  Henry Holt and Company.  New York.  1921.  First Edition.  Publisher's blue cloth with decoration of men sitting at table and smoking cigars. Hunorous essays, including "The Social Life of a Newt." Author's first book. This copy published without the four pages of advertisements at the back (no priority known). 234 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Author's First Books. American Literary Humor.  (Book ID 8370)  $50.00 Benet, Stephen Vincent  Nightmare at Noon  Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. (1940). New York..  Wrappers. First edition. The author has written a good deal of prose and poetry. This lengthy poem describes the peace here at home in America and the beginning of war in Europe.   POETRY. VERSE. RHYTHM. Lit  (Book ID 2100)  $10.00 Bennett, Arnold  Arnold Bennett to Joseph Conrad  (First Edition Club). (1926). (London)..  Wrappers. One of 220 copies printed by the Curwen Press. In this 1912 letter to Joseph Conrad, Arnold Bennett states he has often had the impulse to write to Conrad but refrained because of "..some silly notion about conceivable impertinence". He did use this opportunity, however, to praise Conrad's writings, especially "Under Western Eyes", which he called "superb".   LITERATURE. WORKS. LITERARY WRITINGS. ENGLISH AUTHORS.  (Book ID 2068)  $37.50 Bennett, Arnold  Clayhanger  E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc..  New York.  First American Edition.  (1910). Publisher's brown cloth with black lettering. Bookplate of Ralph Kirkham Blair, descendent of a prominent British family and a Nevada County, California miner, on front pastedown. (Short, amusing artifcle about Blair laid in). Two small holes in front end paper. 698 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  British Fiction.  (Book ID 8195)  $25.00 Bennett, Arnold  The Feast of St. Friend; A Christmas Book  George H. Doran Company. (1911). New York..  First American edition. Illustrated boards; gilt decoration front cover and spine. Illustrated dust wrapper. Bottom edges of pages are uncut. Chapters on: The Solstice and Goodwill; The Appositeness of Christmas; Defence of Feasting;To Revitalize the Festival; The Feast of St. Friend ; On the Last Day of the Year; etc.   ENGLISH LITERATURE. LITERARY WORKS. WRITINGS. NOVELS. SAINTS.  (Book ID 2701)  $37.50 Bennett, Arnold  The Old Wives' Tale; Two Volumes  The Limited Editions Club. Oxford. 1941..  Illustrated by Austen, John.  Cloth backed boards in dust wrapper. Boards illustrated with floral pattern; gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dust wrapper front cover and spine. Two volumes, 729 total pages. No. 910 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. Measures 7 3/4 x 11 3/4. With an Introduction by Frank Swinnerton and a Preface by the Author. The author writes about the England he loved and some of the local characters.   Illustrated Books. English Literature. Literary Works. Fiction. Story. Novel. Limited Editions.  (Book ID 530)  $75.00 Bennett, Arnold  The Plain Man and His Wife  George H. Doran Company.  New York.  First American Edition.  Dust wrapper with two small splits at top of each side of the spine. (1913) Marriage advice by this British author, best know for his novel "The Old Wives' Tale." 110 pages, plus two pages of advertising for other books by Bennett.   Condition: Fine.  (Book ID 7934)  $25.00 Benson, A. C.  Walter Pater  The Macmillan Company. New York. 1906..  First Edition.  Cloth.  Gilt decoration front cover. Gilt page tops. 226 pages. From the author's Preface: "In the absence of any official biography of Walter Pater, it has been necessary to collect information as to the events of his life from his relatives and friends". Contents include: Early Life; Early Writings; Oxford Life; Marius the Epicurean; London Life; Later Writings; Personal Characteristics; Index.   English Literature. Biography. Writings. Literary Works. English Author.  (Book ID 355)  $20.00 Bierce, Ambrose  The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter, Translated from the German of Richard Voss by Gustav Adolf Danziger and Adapted by Ambrose Bierce  Printed for The Limited Editions Club by the Tri-Arts Press. New York, 1967.  Illustrated by Ciry, Michel.  Cloth. Folding slip case. Slip case; spine label, small scrape mark on spine. No. 482 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Color illustrations. Measurements 7 1/2 x 10 3/4. "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter is a fine example of the type of pseudo-medieval tale which was popular on the continent toward the end of the nineteenth century".   European Literature. Literary Works. German Fiction. Medieval Tale. American Adaptation.  (Book ID 26)  $75.00 Biggers, Earl Derr  Love Insurance.  Bobbs-Merrill Company.  Indianapolis.  First Edition.  Illustrated by Snapp, Frank.  (1914), first edition. 402 pages, black and white plates by Frank Snapp, original cloth with blindstamped decorations, 7.5 x 5". Nice copy, clean and bright.   Literature  (Book ID 6216)  $37.50 Bird, Robert Montgomery; Arthur Hobson Quinn, Editor  The City Looking Glass; A Philadelphia Comedy, in Five Acts  Printed for The Colophon by Pynson Printers. New York. 1933.  Cloth; silver spine label. Dust jacket. Limited edition of 465 copies. Page sides and bottoms uncut. Unopened pages. Robert Montgomery Bird is a singularly interesting figure in the history of American drama. He began to write plays in 1827. From the Introduction: "The City Looking Glass, printed here for the first time, was written in July, 1828. It is a comedy in which life in Philadelphia is portrayed with a reality that is ahead of its day". Characters in the play include Ravin, a gentleman swindler who has an ambition above the counterfeiting and pocket picking of his brother Ringfinger; Diana, an heiress he wishes to marry, and others. A controversy erupts in the fourth act over the issues of slavery, the tariff and states rights, which brings the period vividly before us.   American Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Play. Comedy. U. S. History.  (Book ID 25)  $50.00 Bisland, Elizabeth  The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn.  Houghton Mifflin and Company.  Boston and New York.  1906.  First Edition.  2 volumes, plates, orig. cloth with gilt stamping, Lots of letters to friends from New Orleans, Kobe, Tokyo, etc. Very good, spine top of v.2 bumped.   Literature  (Book ID 5599)  $47.50 Black, Walter J  Typed Letter Concerning "Blood on the Black Market", By Brett Halliday  Detective Book Club.  New York.  1943.  Two typed pages dated July 13, 1943, in which the Detective Book Club asks Dodd, Mead & Co., Inc. for book club rights to publish "Blood on the Black Market" by Brett Halliday, and offers to pay $500 for those rights. Signed by Walter J. Black, President, and accepted beneath by Howard C. Lewis, President of Dodd Mead & Co.   Books on Books. Publishing. Detective Fiction.  (Book ID 6816)  $50.00 Blackmore, R.D.  Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor. Edited By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey.  Milton Bradley Company.  Springfield, Mass..  1921.  Illustrated by Brett, Harold.  Bradley Quality Books for Children. 351 pages; 14 color illustrations; bound in publisher's cloth with color illustration glued to the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine. Inscribed in the front is 'Happy Birthday to Peggy, from Aunt Frances. March 1922'. Clean copy with sound binding.   Condition: Fine.  Romance Novel, Juvenile Literature. DK-16  (Book ID 9821)  $37.50 Blake, William  Selections from the Symbolical Poems of William Blake (by) Frederick E. Pierce  Yale University Press.  New Haven, Conn..  1915.  First Edition Thus.  Publisher's plain brown board, unworn, with gilt letter on front cover. Limited to 500 copies. 77 pages.   Condition: Fine.  Scholarly Studies. University Press. English Poetry  (Book ID 7271)  $47.50 Bland, Henry Meade  Stevenson's California  The Pacific Short Story Club. San Jose, Calif. (1924)..  First Edition.  Paper over boards, with illustration of Stevenson on front cover. 36 pages. Illustrations. The author provides a sketch of Stevenson's stay in California in the 1880's (before his lengthy sea voyage on the Casco to the south sea islands) and the development of friendships in Monterey and San Francisco.   ENGLISH LITERATURE. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. NOVELIST. FICTION. SOUTH SEAS.  (Book ID 417)  $25.00 Blaser, Robin  Apparitors  Auerhahn Press.  1963.  Illustrated by Herndon, Fran.  Broadside (13 x 20 inch) printed in black with 2/3 page print by Fran Herndon and the seven lines of the poem. Signed by the author and artist under their names. 300 copies printed at the Auerhahn Press, unnumbered. Robin Blaser (1925-2009) moved from San Francisco to British Columbia where he taught at Simon Fraser University. He won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize in 2008. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Poetry, Fine Press. DK-54  (Book ID 11077)  $100.00 Block, Etta, Translator  One-Act Plays from the Yiddish  Stewart Kidd Company.  Cincinnati.  First Edition.  (1923). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Consists of the plays Champagne, by Isaac Loeb Peres; Mother and Son, by J. Halpern; The Stranger, The Snowstorm and When the Dew Falleth, by Perez Hirschbein; The Eternal Song, by Marc Arnstein. This is the copy of the German-born film actress Hedwiga Reicher, with her name and address (1048 Union St., San Francisco) written in pencil on the front end paper. Reicher (b. 1884, d. 1971) was the sister of the actor Frank Reicher and the daughter of actor Emanuel Reicher. Her movie career spanned the 1920's and '30's. Front hinge glue strenghtened. 165 pages, plus three pages of advertisements for other books by the publisher.   Condition: Very Good.  Judaica. Association Copies.  (Book ID 8579)  $37.50 Bokkalini, Trajano. Also Spelled Boccalini, Traiano  Secretarie of Schryf-zaal Van Apollo, Vervatende Veerlerlei Brieven Aan Verscheiden Volkeren, Vorsten, keiseren, Koningen, hertogen, Graven, En Andere Groote...  Jan Ten Hoorn.  Amsterdam.  1697.  (vi), 702, (9) pages, illustrated leaf precedes title page, bound in vellum, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4". Boards a little warped, as usual with vellum, binding and pages with some staining, loosening, complete and pages are still flexible. Dutch translation of Traiano Boccalini's 'I Ragguagli di Parnaso'. (Advertisements from Parnassus with the Politicke Touchstone). Apollo, Julius Caesar, Socrates, Cicero, and others.   Classics; Early Printed Books; Vellum Bindings; Greek & Roman Classics  (Book ID 5854)  $150.00 Bolitho, William  L'Epopee De Bolitho (The Epic of Bolitho)  La Connaissance.  Paris, France.  1930.  Limited to 500 copies, # 74. 43, [7] pages; bibliography; light purple paper wrapper (some fading). Clean copy on the inside, small tear on the back wrapper.   Condition: Very Good.  French Language. DK-36  (Book ID 10570)  $25.00 Bolitho, William, 'and' Coward, Noel  Camera Obscura. Preface By Noel Coward.  Simon and Schuster.  New York, N.Y..  1930.  First American Edition.  Publisher's black cloth binding, strong joints. Good clean copy both inside and out. Collected essays by the British writer and journalist from the 'New York World' and other unpublished essays after his death. 219 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Journalism, New York World  (Book ID 8796)  $25.00 Bonner, Geraldine  Autograph Letter Signed  Circa 1920. Miss Bonner (1870 - 1930) was a California novelist. Single sheet personal stationery, 5 1/2" x 6 3/4", with Miss Bonner's name and New York City address, written on one side. In this brief note to a Mr. MacGowan, she mentions a letter (not present) that a Miss Foote has asked to be forwarded to Mr. MacGowan. The letter is apparently in regard to "Mr. O'Neill's remarkable play".   California Novelist. California Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Publications.  (Book ID 4146)  $20.00 Boswell, James  The Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.D., Including a Journal of a Trip to the Hebridies: A New Edition with Numerous Additions and Notes By JohnWilson Croker.  John Murray, Albemarle Street.  London.  1831.  First printing of the Croker edition. Five volumes: lvi, 532; 571; 565; 559; 551. Three quarter contemporary leather. Minor splitting at some hinges, but holding and strong. Former owner's bookplate in each volume. A very attractive set. Photograph available.   Johnson and Boswell. British Travel. English Literature  (Book ID 5144)  $750.00 Bowen, Catherine Drinker  Typed Letters Signed (six)  Six letters, six pages, to Frederick Hard dated 1958-67, from Bryn Mawr and Haverford, Pa. Typed personal letterhead paper from 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 to 7 1/4 x 10 1/2. (Also two related letters and one pamphlet by Ms. Bowen.) Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) was a writer and lecturer best known for her biographies of Justice Holmes, John Adams, Francis Bacon, etc. Dr. Frederick Hard (b. 1897) at the time of the writing of most of these letters by Ms. Bowen was the President of Scripps College, Claremont, California. The context of the letters is Ms. Bowen accepting or having to turn down speaking engagements at Scripps College. As a friend of Dr. Hard and his wife, Ms. Bowen not only addresses the invitations to speak, but also discusses her books, her writing plans, and her love of the fiddle. Specific letters are -- April 25, 1958, Ms. Bowen writes that she hopes to see Dr. Hard while he is on the East Coast; December 10, 1960, Ms. Bowen tells Dr. Hard she will bring her fiddle with her on her next speaking engagement; January 7, 1961, Ms. Bowen says she seems to be thinking a lot about money lately; June 6, 1962, she writes about lectures at Redlands, Occidental, Stanford, and Rutgers; March, 1967, she writes that she has to forego lectures to work on her books ... continues to play the fiddle as a hobby; May 17, 1967, she turns down offer at being "writer in residence at Santa Cruz" to concentrate on writing books. The two related letters are -- Sept. 22, 1961, Bill Coberly writes Dr. Hard thanking him for the pamphlet, "The Nature of the Artist", by Ms. Bowen (pamphlet included); May 26, 1967, Dr. Hard writes Ms. Bowen about the marriage of his son (carbon copy of original). Ms. Bowen's 19-page pamphlet, "The Nature of the Artist", was published in 1961 by Scripps College and was printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. Pamphlet contained her address delivered at building dedication ceremonies at the college April 27, 1961. Ms. Bowen's remarks centered on the importance of music and the arts in our lives. She relates anecdotes from famous writers, composers, authors, etc., about music, and she asks the question -- "What is the motivation that lies behind most art?" What propels the artist to his work?" She notes: "Your great artist looks on his talent as a responsibility laid on him by God, or perhaps a curse set on him by the devil".   Author. Writer. Lecturer. Speaker. Biographer. Fiddle Player.  (Book ID 5025)  $350.00 Bradley, William Aspenwall, Editor  The Story of Flamenca: The First Modern Novel, Arranged from the Provencal Original of the Thirteenth Century  Harcourt, Brace and Company. New York. 1922.  Cloth backed boards. Number 378 of 750 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts by Florence Wyman Ivins. Uncut page sides and bottoms. From the Preface: "Flamenca is the creation of a man of talent who wished to write an agreeable work representing the most brilliant aspects of courtly life in the twelfth century. It is a novel of manners". "The unique manuscript of Flamenca is incomplete. Among the pages missing are the first and last. Hence we have no knowledge of the author or of the date of composition. The latter has been placed approximately in the first half of the thirteenth century".   French Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Fiction. Novel.  (Book ID 40)  $47.50 Brady, Cyrus Townsend  The Grip of Honor: A Story of Paul Jones and the American Revolution  Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1900..  First Edition.  Illustrated Cloth.  No. 943 of 1000 copies signed by author on Author's Autograph Edition plate affixed to front end paper. Illustrations. Gilt decoration and lettering front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Small spot near upper spine pages 50-65, does not affect text. From the Note page: "The interests of the story require some slight variations from exact history in the movements of the Serapis and the Bon Homme Richard before their famous battle, for which the author asks the indulgence of the reader. In all other respects it is believed the account of the battle is sufficiently accurate to present a true picture of the most famous single-ship action ever fought upon the seas".   American Literature. Literary Works. Writings. Novel. Sailing Vessels.  (Book ID 41)  $47.50 Brennan, C.J. (or Christopher John Brennan)  A Chant of Doom and Other Verses.  Angus & Robertson Limited..  Sydney, Australia.  1918.  First Edition.  Fine clean copy in boards with dust jacket under mylar. 48 pages. Better example of the poetry published in Australia during the First World War.   Condition: Fine.  Poetry, Australia, WWI. DK-11  (Book ID 9566)  $47.50 Brent, Duncan  Le Monde Passe La Figure De Ce Monde Passe. a Remembrance of Duncan Brent, in a Memoir and Commentary on His Correspondence with Lawrence Clark Powell.  Privately Printed.  Van Nuys, California.  1983.  First British Edition.  Printed by Richard J. Hoffman. 81 pages; illustrations; bound in dark gray cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and wreath design on the cover. Inscribed by Lawrence Powell, formaly the head librarian at UCLA to Richard Dillion, former librarian at the Sutro Library, both librarians of note, above the inside half title "RHD / LCP / 25 July 83". A gathering of 48 letters and postcards sent by Duncan Brent to Lawrence Clark Powell between August 1961 to September 1981 with comments by Powell.   Condition: Fine.  Malibu, Southern California. DK-72  (Book ID 11444)  $47.50 Brinig, Myron  Singermann.  Farrar & Rinehart.  New York.  1929.  First Edition.  446 pages, original brown cloth, inscribed "For Merle Armitage, that aristocrat of Art - Myron Brinig Feb. 5, '32". Back cover is spotted. Novel about Jewish emigrants from Roumania.   Literature; Jews  (Book ID 6204)  $75.00 Bromfield, Louis  The Work of Robert Nathan, Containing Also a Bibliography.  The Bobbs-Merrill Company.  Indianapolis, Ind..  Nice, clean pamphlet with title and printed drawing of Nathan on the cover. Contains a bibliography in the back. No date, but published 1927-28? 22 pages.   Condition: Fine.  Author's Biographies. American Literature.  (Book ID 8809)  $37.50 Bromige, David  The Ends of the Earth.  Black Sparrow Press.  Los Angeles, California.  1968.  First Edition.  #97 of 125 hardbound copies numbered and signed by the poet on colophon page. 57 pages; bound in light green woven cloth with title paper labels on the spine and front cover. David Bromige (1933-2009) was a Canadian poet who taught at Sonoma State University and published over 30 books of poetry. He was twice honoured by the National Edowment for the Arts. "The ends of the Earth" has a ghostly tone to it. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Poetry, Literature. DK-89  (Book ID 11906)  $25.00 Go to page: 1  2  3  4 5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23

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