101. Shakespeare – Cox, John D.

Shakespeare and the Dramaturgy of Power.

Princeton, University Press, 1989. 8°. XVIII, 282 pages. Original hardcover. Library copy with usual stamps and ugly markings on the edge and binding. Inside NO underlinings or highlightings.

102. Shakespeare, William.

Collection of 9 interesting publications of literary criticism and history regarding William Shakespeare. The collection includes: 1. Brents Stirling – The Shakespeare Sonnet Order (1968) / 2. Katharine Cooke – A.C.Bradley and his influence in Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism (1972) / 3. Nichol Smith – Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare. Second Edition (1963) / 4. Walter Whiter – A Specimen of a commentary on Shakespeare – Being the text of the first (1794) edition revised by the author and never previously published. edited by Alan Over – Completed by Mary Bell (1967) / 5. Kenneth Muir – Shakespeare – The Comedies. A Collection of critical Essays. Edited by Kenneth Muir. Englewood Cliffs, 1965 / 6. Peter Quennell – Shakespeare the poet and his background (1963) / 7. S.C.Sen Gupta – Shakespeare’s Historical Plays (1964) / 8. Anne Righter – Shakespeare and the Idea of the Play (1964) / 9. Bertrand Evans – Shakespeare’s Tragic Practice (Clarendon Press, 1979)//

Berkeley / Los Angeles and others, University of California Press (and other publishing houses), c. 1968 – 1975 8°. c. 2000 pages. All volumes in hardcover. All titles are former library copies with ugly red markings on edges and bindings. Inside very good. More images upon request.

103. Sienkiewicz, Henryk.

Quo vadis ? Aindrias O Céileachair do chuir i nGaedhilg.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1936. 18cm. 693 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

104. Sinclair, Upton.

Depression Island.

First Edition. Pasadena, Published by the Author, 1935. 8°. 124 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with black lettering on spine and cover. Fine condition of this novel on the american Depression. Rare, but in this condition rather scarce.

105. Skvorecky, Josef.

Babylonsky Pribeh a jiné povidky.

Praze / Prague, Svobodné, 1967. Small Octavo. 178 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. First edition of this volume of short stories which includes Bassaxofon, a long story evincing Skvorecky’s love of jazz. Illustrated. Spine lightly faded and a faint dampstain to upper corner of rear board, else a near fine copy in illustrated cloth-covered boards.

106. Smith & Son, W.H.

A Guide to Buckingham. Containing a map of the district, 12 illustrations and descriptive letterpress. Being No.65 of “The Borough Guides”.

Buckingham, Smith & Son, no year (approx. 1910). Small-8°. 44 pages. Softcover. Original Brochure. Few signs of rubbing and wear as well as some minor foxing.

107. Soupault, Philippe / Teige, Karel.

Bratri Durandeau / (The Brothers Durandeau). Autorisovany preklad Jar. Fastrove. Obalku kresil J. Jelinek / Titulni list podle navrhu K. Teigeho.

Prague, Odeon, 1926. Octavo. 111 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Karel Teige, in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear to the lower spine.

108. Stead, C. K.

The Secret History of Modernism. A Novel.

London, The Harvill Press, 2001. 8°. 230 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only absolutely minor signs of wear.

109. Stechova, Marie / Obrtel, Vit.

O Zene.

Prague, O. Girgal, 1929. Octavo. 27 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers – Typography of the wrappers by Vit Obrtel. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Absolutely rare.

110. [Tate, Allen] Squires, Radcliffe.

Allen Tate – A Literary Biography.

New York, Pegasus, 1971. 8°. 231 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth. Excellent condition.

111. Terlecki, Tymon.

Krytyka Personalistyczna.

Londyn, Oficyna Poetow i Malarzy, 1957. 8°. 34 pages. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Inscribed / signed by Tymon Terlecki. First Edition of the first publication.

112. Tzara, Tristan / Gross, Frantisek.

Slunna Silnice Sama Radost / (Une Route Seul Soleil). [Verse a poznamku prelozil Adolf Kroupa. Poznama k ceskemu vydani: Marie Kotatkova. Basen Jde to ze stejnojmenne knizky prelozil Ivo Fleischmann. Obalka, frontispiece a graficka uprava Frantisek Gross. Vydalo naklatelstvi Svazu pratel SSSR roku 1946].

Ceskoslovensku, Nakladatelstvi Svazu Pratel, 1946. Octavo. 29 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Frantisek Gross, in protective collector’s mylar. Bookblock cleanly detached with small lesion to rear cover. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers. Very Scarce !

113. Updike, John.

The Witches of Eastwick.

First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 15 x 22 cm. 307 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with minimal signs of rubbing and some minor fraying to the dustjacket.

114. Vancura, Vladislav / Teige, Karel / Mrkvicka, Otakar.

Pekar Jan Marhoul. II. Vydani.

Praze / Prague, Odeon, 1925. Octavo. 136 pages. Original, illustrated softcover designed by Otakar Mrkvicka and Karel Teige in protective collector’s mylar. First edition in illustrated wrappers. The photomontage on the wrappers designed by Mrkvicka and Teige. Starting fore edge hinge, some edge wear, ownership stamp on cover, some pages detached, else very good.

115. Vargas Llosa, Maria.

Mesto A Psi (La ciudad y los perros). [Inscribed / Autographed Edition]

First czech edition. Praha, Odeon, 1966. 8°. 293 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Beautifully inscribed by Maria Vargas Llosa: “For Vladimir Kordus, with very best wishes – M/V/L – Berlin, July, 1992”

116. Verne, Jules.

Cuaird an domhain i gceithre fichid lá – Le Tour du Monde en Quatre Vingt Jours. Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (Torna) d’aistrigh.

[First gaelic edition of “Around the World in Eighty Days”]. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1938. (8º). 408 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by M.A.Keane. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

117. Vischer, Friedrich Theodor.

Faust – der Tragödie dritter Teil. Treu im Geiste des zweiten Teils des Goetheschen Faust gedichtet von Deutobold Symbolizetti Allegoriowitsch Mystifizinsky.

Meersburg, F.W.Hendel, 1936. 8°. 265 Seiten. Hardcover / Originaler, orangener Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand.

118. Voinovich, Vladimir.

In Plain Russian. Stories. Translated by Richard Lourie.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Octavo. XV, 299 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A collection of short stories by the author of “the Soviet Catch 22” The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin. Near fine in dust jacket with mild crease to rear panel, small bump to head of spine. Inscribed / signed by Voinovich to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

119. Voinovich, Vladimir.

The Ivankiad. Or the Tale of the Writer Voinovich’s Installation in his new apartment. Translated by David Lapeza.

New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1977. Octavo. 131 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. First English translation of “Ivan’kiada” – this satirical autobiographical novel by the Russian dissident writer, “the tale of the writer Voinovich’s installation in his new apartment.” Near fine in lightly spine-soiled dust jacket. Inscribed by Voinovich and another person to Art Editor Jeff Schaire in 1981.

120. Waten, Judah.

Love and Rebellion.

Mebourne, Macmillan, 1978. 8°. 137 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. First Edition. Very good condition. Hardcover – Edition. Original cloth with dustjacket. From the Australiana collection of Colin Roderick (ask for more titles).

121. White, Patrick.

Riders in the Chariot. A Novel.

First British Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1961. 20.6cm x 13.8cm. 552 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition. The dustjacket illustration is taken from a painting by Sydney Nolan.

122. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny (Evtushenko, Evgenii Aleksandrovich).

Almost at the End.

New York, Holte, 1987. Octavo. 145 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. A work of interrelated prose and poetry, some translated by the author himself. Faint Remainder mark to top edge, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket with a very nice portrait of Yevtushenko. Beautifully signed by Yevtushenko on the endpaper.

123. Zeromski, Stefan.

Utwory Wybrane. Wstepem poprzedzil Henryk Markiewicz.

Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1961. 8°. 482, 496, 727, 480, 270 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition of this rare collection of Zeromskis writings.

124. Zilahy, Lajos

Two Prisoners.

New York, Giniger, 1968. 8°. 468 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Inscribed by Lajos Zilahy on titlepage: “To Judd and Jane Pollock with warmest regards – Lajos Zilahy”. [Great Novels and Memoirs of World War I – Volume 4]