Steele Kay (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps, perfect-bound variant. Front cover photograph by Carl Van Vechten of Ruth Bower's painting celebrating Joyce's Finnegans Wake. This copy emerges directly from the inventory of Frances Steloff's Gotham Book Mart, never circulated and showing only the slight shelf wear that one might expect of a bookseller's catalog printed nearly 80 years ago. Gotham's 20th-anniversary catalog, which, as W. G. Rogers writes in his biography of Steloff, "served to establish Gotham Book Mart among avant-gardists" and so captivated the New York publishing world that it gained mention in the New York Times Book Review. Introductory notes by Steloff and Kay Steele, Gertrude Stein, and Samuel Putnam, with sub-introductions to individual sections of the catalog by Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, and Whit Burnett. Sections on literary Modernism, anthologies, writing, Surrealism, and little magazines. 90 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps, spiral-bound. Front cover photograph by Carl Van Vechten of Ruth Bower's painting celebrating Joyce's Finnegans Wake. This copy emerges directly from the inventory of Frances Steloff's Gotham Book Mart, never circulated and showing only the slight shelf wear that one might expect of a bookseller's catalog printed nearly 80 years ago. Gotham's 20th-anniversary catalog, which, as W. G. Rogers writes in his biography of Steloff, "served to establish Gotham Book Mart among avant-gardists" and so captivated the New York publishing world that it gained mention in the New York Times Book Review. Introductory notes by Steloff and Kay Steele, Gertrude Stein, and Samuel Putnam, with sub-introductions to individual sections of the catalog by Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, and Whit Burnett. Sections on literary Modernism, anthologies, writing, Surrealism, and little magazines. 90 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps, spiral-bound. Front cover photograph by Carl Van Vechten of Ruth Bower's painting celebrating Joyce's Finnegans Wake. This copy emerges directly from the inventory of Frances Steloff's Gotham Book Mart, never circulated and showing only the slight shelf wear that one might expect of a bookseller's catalog printed nearly 80 years ago. Gotham's 20th-anniversary catalog, which, as W. G. Rogers writes in his biography of Steloff, "served to establish Gotham Book Mart among avant-gardists" and so captivated the New York publishing world that it gained mention in the New York Times Book Review. Introductory notes by Steloff and Kay Steele, Gertrude Stein, and Samuel Putnam, with sub-introductions to individual sections of the catalog by Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, and Whit Burnett. Sections on literary Modernism, anthologies, writing, Surrealism, and little magazines. 90 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 90 pages. 20th anniversary catalogue issued by the famous Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark. With introductory notes by Frances Steloff, Kay Steele, Gertrude Stein, Samuel Putnam, Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, and Whit Burnett.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. By John Paton Kay (illustrator). A splendid engraved portrait, printed in circa 1837. Plate Size Approx 10 x 7 Ins, 25 x 20 Cms. Engraved size approx 5 x 4 Ins, 13 x 10 Cms. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraved portrait.

Card Covers. Condition: Fine-. Twentieth anniversary catalogue issued by the famous midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark, one of 500 unnumbered copies in spiral binding, from a total edition of 5,500. Introductory notes by Frances Steloff and Kay Steele, Gertrude Stein, Samuel Putnam, Dudley Fitts, William Carlos Williams, and Whit Burnett. Crown 8vo (197 x 134mm): 3-88,[2]pp. Wire-bound pictorial card covers (as issued), featuring Carl Van Vechten's photograph of Ruth Bower's painting "The Life of the Party at Finnegans Wake," created to celebrate publication of Joyce's novel in 1939. This copy reputedly from the inventory of Gotham Book Mart and never circulated. Regardless, a superb survival (barely rubbed), tightly bound and clean throughout. Sales catalogue no. 42 for more than 1,200 items, featuring first editions, presentation copies, letters, and manuscripts, as well as little magazines and anthologies of American, English and Continental authors, with personal recollections and commentary from prominent critics, including Kay Boyle, John Dos Passos, Sherwood Anderson, Dorothy Norman, and Ezra Pound, on an array of Modernist authors. The catalogue is credited with helping to shape the Modernist canon. Beyond merely selling books, Gotham Book Mart, opened by Steloff in 1920, served as literary salon, hosting meetings of the Finnegans Wake Society and the James Joyce Society, poetry and author readings, and art exhibitions, with Steloff distributing copies of banned books, including Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer. The store specialized in poetry, literature, and books about theater, art, music, and dance. It sold both new books and out-of-print and rare books. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 123 Seiten Ein Sammelband mit romantischen Erzählungen, die sich um Liebe und Beziehungen drehen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen starke Emotionen und persönliche Entwicklungen der Protagonisten. Zustand: Einband mit geringfügigen Gebrauchsspuren, insgesamt SEHR GUTER Zustand! HC1-586-6/8-00582255 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 223.