Literature from Pages For Sages

This First Edition, First Printing copy of The First Kingdom by Jack Katz, with an Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon was published in 1978 ny Pocketbooks, a Simon & Schuster division of Gulf & Western Corporation of New York. Its ISBN number is 0-671-79016-1. The book, which measures approximately 9.25 inches wide by 13 inches tall by 0.5 inch thick, contains… Ler mais sobre este item

This First Edition copy of Empire, A Visual Novel by Samuel R. Delany, Author & Howard V. Chaykin, Illustrator was published in 1978 by Berkley Publishing Corporation and distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, both organizations from New York. The book was printed in the United States. The contents of the book are a copyright of Byron Preiss Visual Publications,… Ler mais sobre este item

This copy of Werewolf by Richard Corben was published in 1984 by Catalan Communications of New York and printed in Spain. The book, which measures approximately 8.75 inches wide by 11.25 inches tall by 0.375 inches thick, contains 76 pages of text and illustrations devoted to seven stories, each featuring a werewolf. The book's ISBN number is 0-87416-007-3. The book is… Ler mais sobre este item

This copy of the First English Language Edition of Torpedo 1936 (Volume 2), Written by Sanchez Abuli & Illustrated by Jordi Bernet was published in 1985 by Catalan Communications of New York and printed in Spain. The book, which measures approximately 8.25 inches wide by 11 inches tall by 0.25 inches thick, contains 80 pages of text and illustrations devoted… Ler mais sobre este item

This copy of the colored science fiction First Edition of Signal from Space by Will Eisner was published in 1983 by the Kitchen Sink Press of Princeton, Wisconsin and printed in Italy. The book carries the ISBN No. 0-87816-014-0. The material originally appeared, in black and white, in Will Eisner's Spirit Magazine, serialized under the title "Life on Another Planet".… Ler mais sobre este item

This First Edition, First Printing copy of The Dream Keeper and other poems by Langston Hughes, Illustrated by Brian Pinkney was published in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. as a Borzoi Book. The book is signed on the half-title page by Brian Pinkney, who added a hand drawn illustration of a bird and the date 2001 to his signature.… Ler mais sobre este item

This First Edition copy of Life Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 9 was published on September 1, 1952 and had a cover picture of Ernest Hemingway and, in large letters, the text "An Extra Dividend in this Issue 'THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA' BY HEMINGWAY A Complete New Book First Publication". The Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella… Ler mais sobre este item

Life was an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 until 2000. This issue of Life (Vol. 65, No. 25, December 20, 1968) contains the unpublished and unfinished manuscript by Mark Twain titled Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer Among the Indians. The issue features a picture of… Ler mais sobre este item

The Lyric is the oldest extant literary magazine in North America devoted to formal poetry. The journal was established by Norfolk-based poet John R. Moreland in 1921, and was published by the Norfolk Poets' Club until 1928. By 1949 it had moved to New York City, and was being published by the Lyric Foundation, an organization founded by the magazine's… Ler mais sobre este item

This booklet, Concerning Some Words by Beatrice Warde & Types by Varied Hands, consists of quotations from the writings of Beatrice Warde, each quotation here printed in accord with the design of a different printer, all to commemorate a visit to the United States by Mrs. Warde during May of 1953. The booklet, in its entirety, was printed by John… Ler mais sobre este item

This letter, handwritten by Sinclair Lewis on 7 x 10 inch letterhead stationery of the Elton Hotel in Waterbury, Connecticut (which name Sinclair crossed out and replaced with So. Pomfret, Vt.), addressed to Mr. Milton E. Cornman of Cleveland, was written on June 20, 1936. The text of the letter is short, but characteristic of Lewis' approach to life. The… Ler mais sobre este item

This copy of The Tale of King Florus and The Fair Jehane, Done Out of The Ancient French Into English by William Morris is one of a Limited Edition of 425 copies (Second Edition) was published in 1898 by Thomas B. Mosher of Portland, Maine and printed on Japan Vellum at the Press of George D. Loring in Portland, Maine.… Ler mais sobre este item

This is copy number 17 of a limited edition of 50 numbered copies and seven Artist's Proofs of "Literary Figures" by Joseph J. D'Ambrosio. The item was published in 1978 by The Compulsive Printer of Portage, Indiana. The objective of this folio, as stated in the Preface, is to use "a collection of graphic prints...intended to visually convey the style… Ler mais sobre este item

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843- (Includes the first appearance of Edgar A Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum") was copywritten in 1842 and published in 1843 by Carey and Hart in Philadelphia. The 328 gilt-edged page book is bound in a medium tan, age toned leather binding with beautiful ornate floral gilt tooling on both… Ler mais sobre este item

It is not often that a world-famous author uses one of his books to express his clarifications in a handwritten note on the front free end paper of one of his books. It is more rare for a book dealer, finding the note in the book, to send the author a letter requesting clarification of the note. It is rarest… Ler mais sobre este item

This Limited Edition (450 copies) of Beatrix Potter – A Bibliographical Check List by Jane Quinby was published in 1983 by Ian Hodgkins & Company. The book, which measures approximately 6 ½ inches wide by 8 ½ inches tall by 3/8 inch thick, contains 123 pages of text and illustrations devoted to the works of Beatrix Potter. The book is… Ler mais sobre este item

This copy of Lectures and Biographical Sketches by Ralph Waldo Emerson was published in 1891 in Boston by Houghton, Mifflin and Company and printed by The Riverside Press in Cambridge. It is Volume X of Emerson's Complete Works. The book, which measures approximately 5 ½ inches wide by 7 ½ inches tall by 1 1/8 inches thick, contains 463 pages… Ler mais sobre este item

The Harlem Renaissance, An Annotated Bibliography and Commentary , by Margaret Perry was published by Garland Publishing, Inc. of New York and London in 1982. The book, which measures approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, contains 272 pages of Bibliographical and Reference Material plus multiple pages of preliminary material including a table of Contents, a Preface, Acknowledgments, Sources Consulted… Ler mais sobre este item

This First Edition copy of "The Wise Men of Chelm", by Samuel Tenenbaum and Illustrated by Zevi Blum was published in 1965 by Thomas Yoseloff of New York and London, and printed in the United States. The book, which measures approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ½ inches, contains 176 pages of text and B & W illustrations dedicated to the… Ler mais sobre este item

This Limited Edition copy (No. 1 of 25 copies) of "Robrt Frost's 10 Mills" by Malcolm Tarlofsky was Mr. Tarlofsky's student project in the art of book design and printing. In it, he selected ten verses from Section 2, "Ten Mills" of Robert Frost's 1937 book of verses titled "A Further Range" to use as the basis for the project.… Ler mais sobre este item