Recent Arrivals from Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA

Charleston, South Carolina: n.p. [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], 2012. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For -- with love, Mira Peck. 3-12-2012." A collection of poetry and prose with settings in Poland (where she was born), Australia, and the U.S. SCARCE SIGNED. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 153 mm), 69,… Read more about this item

Bristol, U.K.: Shearsman Books, 2016. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. A collection of poems by the Argentina-born Luisa Futoranksy (b. 1939). Translated from the Spanish by Philippa Page; the book originally appeared in Spanish as Ortigas in 2010. This bilingual English-Spanish edition was published in the U.K. in 2016, with each poem in Spanish translated into English on the facing page.… Read more about this item

Trenton, N.J.: Delaware Valley Poets, Inc., 2009. First Edition. A scarce anthology of poems by the Delaware Valley Poets, a New Jersey poetry organization founded in 1952. In 2021, they merged with the US1 Poets Cooperative, also based in New Jersey. Nearly 100 poets are represented in this anthology. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 230 x 152… Read more about this item

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest University Press, 1995. Second Printing. A collection of poems by this acclaimed Northern Ireland poet. She is a professor of English at Queen's University Belfast, where she studied with Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 83, [1] pages, in perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers (soft… Read more about this item

Townsville, Australia: Dolmen House Press, 2018. First Edition. INSCRIBED on a preliminary page: "To Ellen -- With Best Wishes, Michael." Also signed, with his full name, on the title page. A collection of poems by this Australian writer, who died in 2021. Postcard laid in. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 inches; 224 x 153 mm), 162 pages, in perfect-bound… Read more about this item

Corvallis, Oregon: CALYX Books, 2010. First Edition. A collection of poems by Penelope Scambly Schott, who lives in Oregon. This book won the Sarah Lantz Memorial Poetry Prize Award, and Schott is also a recipient of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 152 mm), 87, [1] pages, in perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers… Read more about this item

Rhinebeck, New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 2016. Second Printing. A collection of poems by Aliki Barnstone, who is a professor at the University of Missouri and was the poet laureate of Missouri from 2016-2019. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x 6 1/2 inches; 228 x 164 mm), 121, [1] pages, in perfect-bound, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: A bit of soiling… Read more about this item

Huntington, West Virginia: Aegina Press, 1992. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Ellen, / All the best / on your writing. / Dave." Scarce collection of poems with religious themes. Illustrations by Jacob Landau. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 82, [4] pages, in illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers (soft… Read more about this item

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland: Salmon Poetry, 2019. A collection of poems by Estha Weiner, who is an English professor at City College of New York and the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 xn135 mm), 69, [3] pages, in photo-illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Stray pencil marks to fore… Read more about this item

Union, New Jersey: Get Fresh Publishing, 2022. INSCRIBED by Mary Brancaccio on the title page: "Thank you for supporting Maine Public and the Arts." She has signed her name above the inscription. A collection of nearly 30 poems by this New Jersey-based writer. SCARCE INSCRIBED. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 x6 inches; 230 mm), 87, [1] pages, in photo-illustrated, perfect-bound wrappers… Read more about this item

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1935. First Edition. An issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts during the Depression. New Theatre was close to the Communist Party USA. This issue features the complete text of Albert Maltz's one-act play, "Private Hicks," in which a soldier refuses to follow orders to shoot striking workers;… Read more about this item

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1935. First Edition. An issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts during the Depression. New Theatre was close to the Communist Party USA. This issue features an interview with Duke Ellington, who criticizes a production of "Porgy and Bess," a profile of the actor James Cagney, an… Read more about this item

New York: Program Publications, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Profusely illustrated souvenir program featuring dancers and set designs of the Ballets Russes for the 1947-47 season. Laid in are four loose plates on magazine stock featuring large photographs and biographical sketches of Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, André Eglevsky, and Lubov Tchernicheva. Ballets this season include Francesca da Rimini, Constantia, Aurora's Wedding, Graduation… Read more about this item

New York: The New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1936. First Edition. The July, 1936 issue of this influential left-wing magazine devoted to the performing arts during the Depression. New Theatre was close to the Communist Party USA. This issue features "A Call for a National Theatre" by producer Mark Marvin; a look at some recent Federal Theatre plays; a… Read more about this item

Angers, France: Musées d'Angers, 1998. Catalogue of Zao Wou-ki's paintings, prints, and book illustrations for 1998 exhibitions in Angers, France. The catalogue contains essays, an extensive biography, and a list of exhibitions and publications. Text entirely in French, heavily illustrated. SCARCE. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 300 x 240 mm), 128 pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover).… Read more about this item

Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1968. Revised American Edition. Important reference work on Cubism by John Golding (1929-2012). The book was first published in 1959; this American edition appeared in 1968. Golding says he may have been unfair in the first edition when assessing some of the minor artists who dabbled in Cubism. Here he says he has "softened" some… Read more about this item

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1997. First Paperback Printing. A revised and expanded version of Michael Sullivan's essays on the interaction between Eastern and Western art, originally published in 1973. Nicely illustrated with images in both black-and-white and color. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (10 x 7 inches; 255 x 177 mm), pp. xxii, 306, in illustrated wrappers… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Alisan Fine Arts, 1995. Catalogue for an exhibition of paintings by Lu Fusheng (b. 1949) at Alisan Fine Arts in Hong Kong. Foreword by the artist and introduction by Alice King, owner of Alisan Fine Arts. Featuring 31 high-quality color plates. Text in English and Chinese. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Quarto (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches;… Read more about this item

New York: PUSH, 2002. Startling poetry memoir by New Jersey writer Eireann Corrigan on her eating disorder as a teenager and her boyfriend's attempted suicide. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 x 5 inches; 178 x 127 mm), 123, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Some edge wear and rubbing to wrappers, spine slightly cocked. Very Good or better.

London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Important reference on the Hong Kong art scene in the years prior to the handover to China in 1997. The author covers painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation works as well as architecture, fashion, graphic design, and graffiti. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm),… Read more about this item