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FINE PRESS. A group of fine press and limited edition books.
31 March – 8 April 2025, 12:00 EDT
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FINE PRESS.
A group of fine press and limited edition books. Including:
1. The Black Mountain Review. Volume 1, number 1, Spring 1954. Publisher's printed wrappers, custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase. INSCRIBED TO CARESSE CROSBY by Charles Olson, who has two pieces published in the issue, and additionally signed by Robert Hellman, also a contributor.
2. CROSBY, CARESSE. Graven Images. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1926. Publisher's gray boards, gray dust jacket printed in red and black. Jacket a bit sunned, light browning and spotting.
3. ADAMS, B.M.G. England. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Publisher's floral printed boards, custom cloth chemise. Joints cracked, old crude tape repair. LIMITED EDITION, number 31 of 150 copies.
4. FRIEND, H. KREBS. The Herdboy. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1926. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in quarter black morocco, custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Browning, slight chipping to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, number 34 of 60 copies.
5. WINDELER, B.C. Elimus. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Illustrations by D. Shakespear (Dorothy Shakespear Pound). Publisher's quarter red cloth and printed gray boards, pages uncut, custom cloth chemise. Light wear and minor bumps to corners of boards, offsetting to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, number 30 of 300 copies.
7. BROWN, ROB. Can we Cooperate? Staten Island: Roving Eye Press, 1940. Publisher's red cloth printed in black. Soiling to covers, browning to title page, old ownership label to front paste-down. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front paste-down.
8. PARKER, DOROTHY. Sunset Gun. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Publisher's quarter white cloth and purple boards, purple card slipcase with paper label. Slipcase faded and broken, some sunning to boards and soiling to spine. LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, number 187 of 250 copies sold, from a total edition of 275.
9. ---. After Such Pleasures. New York: Viking Press, 1933. Publisher's beige cloth printed in red, pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some wear to edges, slight browning, cloth a bit rubbed at edges.
10. ---. Not So Deep as a Well. New York: Viking Press, 1934. Publisher's black quarter cloth and red boards with Dorothy Parker logo in white. Lacking dust jacket, soiling to covers, browning to endpapers, light wear to edges. LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, number 316 of 400 copies.
11. ---. Here Lies, the Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker. New York: Viking Press, 1939. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt, paper lettering piece on spine, printed dust jacket. Jacket worn and chipped at fold seams, cloth a bit faded, light browning. First edition.
12. ---. Death and Taxes. New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Publisher's red cloth, printed dust jacket. Chipping, browning and tears to jacket, browning to endpapers. Seventh printing, (jacket marked "Fifth Printing").
1. The Black Mountain Review. Volume 1, number 1, Spring 1954. Publisher's printed wrappers, custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase. INSCRIBED TO CARESSE CROSBY by Charles Olson, who has two pieces published in the issue, and additionally signed by Robert Hellman, also a contributor.
2. CROSBY, CARESSE. Graven Images. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1926. Publisher's gray boards, gray dust jacket printed in red and black. Jacket a bit sunned, light browning and spotting.
3. ADAMS, B.M.G. England. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Publisher's floral printed boards, custom cloth chemise. Joints cracked, old crude tape repair. LIMITED EDITION, number 31 of 150 copies.
4. FRIEND, H. KREBS. The Herdboy. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1926. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in quarter black morocco, custom cloth chemise and slipcase. Browning, slight chipping to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, number 34 of 60 copies.
5. WINDELER, B.C. Elimus. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Illustrations by D. Shakespear (Dorothy Shakespear Pound). Publisher's quarter red cloth and printed gray boards, pages uncut, custom cloth chemise. Light wear and minor bumps to corners of boards, offsetting to endpapers. LIMITED EDITION, number 30 of 300 copies.
7. BROWN, ROB. Can we Cooperate? Staten Island: Roving Eye Press, 1940. Publisher's red cloth printed in black. Soiling to covers, browning to title page, old ownership label to front paste-down. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front paste-down.
8. PARKER, DOROTHY. Sunset Gun. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Publisher's quarter white cloth and purple boards, purple card slipcase with paper label. Slipcase faded and broken, some sunning to boards and soiling to spine. LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, number 187 of 250 copies sold, from a total edition of 275.
9. ---. After Such Pleasures. New York: Viking Press, 1933. Publisher's beige cloth printed in red, pictorial dust jacket. Jacket with some wear to edges, slight browning, cloth a bit rubbed at edges.
10. ---. Not So Deep as a Well. New York: Viking Press, 1934. Publisher's black quarter cloth and red boards with Dorothy Parker logo in white. Lacking dust jacket, soiling to covers, browning to endpapers, light wear to edges. LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, number 316 of 400 copies.
11. ---. Here Lies, the Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker. New York: Viking Press, 1939. Publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt, paper lettering piece on spine, printed dust jacket. Jacket worn and chipped at fold seams, cloth a bit faded, light browning. First edition.
12. ---. Death and Taxes. New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Publisher's red cloth, printed dust jacket. Chipping, browning and tears to jacket, browning to endpapers. Seventh printing, (jacket marked "Fifth Printing").