Borzoi 1925 Being Sort Record, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED presentation copy. Boards/spine a bit tanned. General shelf/age wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Inscribed by Blanche Knopf and signed by Alfred A. Knopf and Samuel Knopf on the half-title. The contents include: "Thomas Mann" by Edwin Björkman, "Katherine Mansfield" by Willa Cather, "Arthur Machen" by M.P. Shiel, "Ernest Newman" by Carl Van Vechten, "A Note on D.H. Lawrence" by Francis Brett Young, etc. Octavo: xii, [2], 351, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank] pp. with 29 illustrations. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a natural cloth spine with green-stamped titling. Largely unopened. Light bump to the spine heel; else very good or better. Housed in the publisher's slipcase.

A handsome production on watermarked, laid paper, with high-quality illustrations. Contributors include Thomas Mann, Charles A. Beard, Willa Cather, Sigrid Undset, D.H. Lawrence, H.L. Menken, Carl Van Vechten, et al. Octavo. 351 pp. Photogravure portraits. Cloth-backed batik boards. Minor soiling to spine. A near fine copy, uncut and unopened, in cardboard slipcase. Slipcase lightly soiled with one small crack. Also, the dedicatee's name has been written on the slipcase in colored pencil, apparently in the hand of Blanche Knopf. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Blanche and Alfred Knopf. One of 500 copies.

First edition of this commemorative volume that showcases the publishing house's first decade. Octavo, publisher's original cream half-cloth over marbled boards, Borzoi Books logo with Russian Wolfhound endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated with portraits of Alfred A. Knopf, Blanche W. Knopf, and of the contributing authors. Presentation copy, inscribed by Alfred A. Knopf, Blanche W. Knopf, and another on the half-title page, "To Benjamin Silbermain From - Blanche W. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf." In near fine condition. The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing by Alfred A. Knopf is a commemorative volume produced to mark the first decade of the Knopf publishing house, reflecting both the firmâs achievements and its cultivated identity within American literary culture. Designed with the elegance and typographic sophistication that became the companyâs hallmark, the book catalogues notable authors, titles, and design innovations that distinguished Knopfâs list between 1915 and 1925. More than a mere anniversary record, The Borzoi 1925 functioned as a statement of Knopfâs philosophy: a commitment to internationalism, high literary standards, and bookmaking as an art form.

First Edition. THE BORZOI 1925 -BEING A SORT OF RECORD OF TEN YEARS OF PUBLISHING, Knopf, 1925, first edition, some fading to the spine and light wear to the fore edge corner tips, else a tight vg+/near fine copy of this, 1/500 copies of the special large paper issue INSCRIBED by Alfred, Blanche and Sam Knopf with black & white photographs of the contributors. Housed in a special slip-case. Original contributions for this work are by: Cather, Coppard, de la Mare, Dell, Lawrence, MacFall, Mencken, Nathan, Shiel, Van Doren, Van Vechten, et.al. with a bibliography of all the Knopf publications as well as their stable of writers to date.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. Large 8vo. 351 pp., photogravure portraits. Printed on Borzoi all rag paper, limited to 500 copies. Original decorated boards, cloth spine, paper spine label, sans slipcase. Spine toned, small red mark to lower front joint, portions of boards sunned; overall, a very good copy. From the collection of Susan Brynteson. Inscribed Copy of the Borzoi 1925 from Blanche Knopf to Hollywood Film Producer Walter Wanger First edition, limited to 500 copies. An exceptional presentation copy of The Borzoi 1925, inscribed on the half-title: "For Walter Wanger with my love [and] my respect. Blanche Knopf [indistinct word] Borzoi". Blanche Knopf, co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., was one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American publishing, instrumental in building Knopf's transatlantic list and bringing modern European and Latin American authors to U.S. readers. Her inscription to Walter Wanger, then newly successful with The Sheik starring Rudolph Valentino and soon to become one of Hollywood's leading producers, underscores the intersection of American publishing and cinema in the interwar years. The Borzoi 1925 is both a commemorative volume and a literary anthology. It includes original essays and appreciations by leading critics and novelists such as Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, D. H. Lawrence, and H. L. Mencken. Part Two features a "Who's Who" of writers associated with Knopf, while Part Three offers a bibliography of all Borzoi books issued to June 30, 1925. Illustrated with portraits of authors and editors, the book is both a record of Knopf's first decade and a self-conscious statement of literary ambition.