Jerome Salzmann (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Heavyily torn DJ. Now protected by a mylar cover. Binding is fine. Pages are clean and bright with no markings.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Chess, Collections of games) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Moderately worn. Signed by former owner.

Condition: Good. Location:jane 19 363 pp. writing on fep jane 19.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jones, Ann Laird (illustrator). VERY GOOD: Very Good Copy of this Fold Out Book which opens out to 12 feet in length and is printed on both sides. Location: V33.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Eight unbound pages printed in red and black from Optima type by Lili and Erich Wronker at the Ron Press. One of 150 copies printed for the Alfred A. Knopf Keepsake. A fine copy.

Hardcover. First Edition. 5.5 x 8.5in. xvii. 366pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FINE/AS NEW in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows some closed tears and small losses along the extremities, panels somewhat rubbed, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright and distinct. As pictured.

cloth. Ron Press (illustrator). 16mo. cloth. (106) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Printed on a Pearl treadle press in 12 point Ondine on Sulgrave Text paper. Text consists of curious adages. Signed by the printers, Lili and Erich Wronker.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Rare later book-format issue of Allen De Loach's important underground literary magazine. Features distinctive logo calligraphy by Brion Gysin on the cover. Unmarked copy, minor cover soil. Not Signed.

16mo, unpaginated; illustrated title page, full-page illustrations (one folding) throughout; accordion binding, text printed on both sides, original green cloth, paper label with decorative border, decorative front endpapers; a fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st edition, Limited. First edition, hardcover, inscribed by author and limited no. 56/150, has light sunning to spine, very slight bumps to spine ends and lower corners, a touch of wear to upper corners, and some faint rubbing, otherwise a solid VG copy in clear protective plastic dustjacket. Inscribed by Author(s).

Other. An unnumbered pressing of an art piece by Jerome Salzmann titled "My Self-Doubt Goes On"; plus seven letters from artists and writers, one of which is an inscribed photograph. The letters are dated 1950, 1960 and 1961. Shelved in Room A Ephemera. Letter 1: Dated May 4, 1950. From Norman Cousins, who was a journalist and editor of The Saturday Review. One page, TLS. On The Saturday Review stationary, Cousins recommends Jerome Salzmann's work titled "Atomic Age Fables". Light age toning overall, and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 2: Dated December 13, 1960. From Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was Vice President of India at the time. Radhakrishnan gives encouragement to Jerome Salzmann for his work. Light age toning overall, and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 3: Dated January 1st 1961. From British philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Russell. One page, TLS, plus the envelope. Russell apologizes for the delay in response and explains that he had been overwhelmed with correspondence since his release from prison. Light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 4: Dated January 17, 1961. From Julian Huxley, English evolutionary biologist. One page, TLS. Huxley rejects writing a formal letter for Salzmann who hopes to obtain a publisher. Light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 5: Dated January 23, 1961 [Le 23 Janvier]. From French author André Maurois. One page, TLS. Text in French. Light age toning overall. Letter 6: Dated February 9th 1961. From Spanish diplomat and writer Salvador de Madariaga. One page TLS. Light age toning overall, and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 7:Undated. From Danish author Karen Blixen. An inscribed photograph of Blixen with her cows, with a hand-written note on the back. The photograph has light age toning. Jerome Salzmann is an artist and writer. He compiled an anthology on chess titled "The Chess Reader: The Royal Game in World Literature." 1407684. Special Collections.