Search Results: a calendar of saints for unbelievers by wescott glenway

New Haven: Leete's Island Books, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Illustrated by Pavel Tchelitchew. Printed wrappers. Text block edges slightly soiled, spine sunned with moderate dampstaining (not affecting interior text), bottom corner creased, about very good. Publisher's letter laid in, slightly edgeworn. A facsimile reprint of the 1932 Harrison of Paris edition.

Leete's Island Press -, 1932-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. . Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, pages are clean.

UsedLikeNew. LIke new black cloth slipcase. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Previous owners name on the inside of front endpaper. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Harrison of Paris, 1932. hardcover. Very Good. #366 of limited edition of 650 in original cloth beveled boards, top edge gilt. Tight and unmarked but missing the slipcase. B45 Please email for photos.

New York: Harrison of Paris, 1932. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. The Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. The Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 9 x 6" 239pp. #282 of 695, copies SIGNED by Wescott. Black buckram with gilt title, in slipcase. Light rubbing to cloth, with a hint of fading to spine. In good only slipcase shows wear and toning with some splits at edges.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932. Hardcover. Fine. Black beveled buckram decoratively gilt, slipcase, 8vo., 239, (1) pages, decorations of the signs of the zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. One of 695 numbered copies designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed under the supervision of Jan van Krimpen at Joh. Enschede en Zonen on Dutch Pannekoek pure-rag paper. The first book to be printed in van Krimpen's twelve-point Romanee type. This copy is signed by Wescott and additionally inscribed by him to Louise Bogan and designated "Louise Bogan's copy" in Wescott's hand at the head of the colophon page. A fine, entirely unopened copy in archival mylar, in the original slipcase with cover label that is missing the front of the top and bottom panels and has two small tape repairs.

Harper and Brothers, 1933. Good Hardcover, stated first edition D-H, ex-library with stamp on title page, . First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. black cloth, gilt lettering and design, no dust jacket, 239 pp #233 inscribed by the authoor on the front endpaper covers lightly worn lacks slipcase Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, (1932). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. very good, embossed cloth. Pavel TCHELITCHEW. Octavo, 239 pages, black cloth, bevelled edges, extra-gilt spine, untrimmed. Ex libris Prof. Harrison Hayford, the editor for the definitive edition of Herman Melville's writings. Lacking the glassine dj and publisher's slipcase. It is curious that this copy is not signed by Wesctott. Copy number 1 of the ordinary issue: it was gifted at "Xmas to Agnes [ Mongan?, the art historian] by Lincoln Kirstein in 1932. "Tenth -and possibly the costliest -book from the press. "...although the saints are enamored of God, their affections, in Wescott's opinion, are drastically restricted -confined to God and the Church -and therefore separated from most of humanity. Love, whether directed outwardly or inwardly, toward God or self, may lead one away from the truths of human existence -Hugh Ford, PUBLISHED IN PARIS, p. 341." Illustrated by Pavel TCHELITCHEW. Designed by Monroe Wheeler, this… Read More

Leete's Island Press -, 1932. Gd. condition - The signs and symbols of cult worship... (AN87473z). Soft Cover. Good.

[Haarlem: Printed by Joh. Eschedé en Zonen for] Harrison of Paris, 1932. No. 611 OF 695 COPIES on Pannekoek paper (and 61 copies on other papers). 235 x 140 mm. (9 1/4 x 5 5/8"). 239, [1] pp. Publisher's black buckram, smooth spine with two gilt panels formed by tiny gilt Zodiac stamps, gilt titling, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In (the original plain cardboard slipcase (light wear, tape repair on bottom seam). With 12 signs of the Zodiac and tailpiece by Pavel Tchelitchew. Front pastedown with book label of Albert Sperisen. ◆Board and extremities lightly chafed, one two-inch ink mark to lower board, but A PRISTINE COPY INTERNALLY, in a binding with few signs of wear. This hagiographic parody was written by American poet and novelist Glenway Wescott (1901-87), and designed by his longtime partner, Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988). In the preface to the present work, the author tells us that it "should not be taken too seriously"; he notes, for example that Constantine the Great "was not a good… Read More