Berliner Novellen by Brentano, Bernard (Clement Moreau/carl Meffert Signed) - 1934

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Baden-Powell Of Gilwell on the front end paper and dated March 1933.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed first edition of this 1979 collection of essays, mesostics, and other procedurally generated writings by the avant-garde American composer. The title work is a text-score in which chance operations are used to systematically deconstruct the journals of Henry David Thoreau--a tactic born of Cage's interest in "demilitarizing" language by making it less understandable. Other pieces include a long anecdotal poem relating to Cage's macrobiotic diet, and the "The Future of Music," which was essentially the last of Cage's nonfiction works written in a traditional essay format. Quarto (8.25 x 9.5 in.); ix, 187pp.; black cloth boards, white spine titles, in dust jacket. Neatly signed and inscribed ("For Jo") by Cage, in red felt-tip pen, on the half-title page. Light foxing to edges of textblock and sporadically to interior; boards lightly shelfworn; mild musty… Read More

This listing is for a beautifully scripted 7-1/8 x 4-1/2 Beckett-encapsulated John Williams autograph. John is the multiple Oscar award winning composer of such films as Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park and others. Condition is as new.

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Autographed edition limited to 100 copies, this being copy 31, inscribed on the limitation page. Stated First Edition. Bound in full crushed Levant by Harcourt Bindery, Boston; spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Dentelle and marbled endpapers; sewn-in silk ribbon. Printed on mold-made white Arches paper. Designed by Moses F. Carr. Some light soiling on about a dozen pages, otherwise fine. 27 illustrations on plates (eight of them two-page spreads) and a tipped-in color frontispiece. Slipcase in ochre cloth with paper label on back side; one of the top rear corners of slipcase is bumped. 244 pages. Inscribed on the limitation page, ''[This copy is Number] 31 / and is for my friend Hal Daugherty, Jr. / Tom Lea / At El Paso del Norte / Day of San Miguel / anno Di 1964''. Hal M. Daugherty and Tom Lea were both executive officers of the El Paso Museum of Art in the early 1960s.… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2012. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY ARNOLD on a special page obtained directly by the publisher. Authenticity guaranteed by publisher's statement on the signature page. First printing in unread near fine condition (mild wear and closed tear on DJ). "Autographed Copy" sticker (from Barnes & Noble) attached to front. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to your dust jacket. Expedited and international shipping are welcome but overseas should request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Baden-Powell Of Gilwell on the front end paper and dated March 1933.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed first edition of this 1979 collection of essays, mesostics, and other procedurally generated writings by the avant-garde American composer. The title work is a text-score in which chance operations are used to systematically deconstruct the journals of Henry David Thoreau--a tactic born of Cage's interest in "demilitarizing" language by making it less understandable. Other pieces include a long anecdotal poem relating to Cage's macrobiotic diet, and the "The Future of Music," which was essentially the last of Cage's nonfiction works written in a traditional essay format. Quarto (8.25 x 9.5 in.); ix, 187pp.; black cloth boards, white spine titles, in dust jacket. Neatly signed and inscribed ("For Jo") by Cage, in red felt-tip pen, on the half-title page. Light foxing to edges of textblock and sporadically to interior; boards lightly shelfworn; mild musty… Read More

This listing is for a beautifully scripted 7-1/8 x 4-1/2 Beckett-encapsulated John Williams autograph. John is the multiple Oscar award winning composer of such films as Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park and others. Condition is as new.

Boston - Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Autographed edition limited to 100 copies, this being copy 31, inscribed on the limitation page. Stated First Edition. Bound in full crushed Levant by Harcourt Bindery, Boston; spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Dentelle and marbled endpapers; sewn-in silk ribbon. Printed on mold-made white Arches paper. Designed by Moses F. Carr. Some light soiling on about a dozen pages, otherwise fine. 27 illustrations on plates (eight of them two-page spreads) and a tipped-in color frontispiece. Slipcase in ochre cloth with paper label on back side; one of the top rear corners of slipcase is bumped. 244 pages. Inscribed on the limitation page, ''[This copy is Number] 31 / and is for my friend Hal Daugherty, Jr. / Tom Lea / At El Paso del Norte / Day of San Miguel / anno Di 1964''. Hal M. Daugherty and Tom Lea were both executive officers of the El Paso Museum of Art in the early 1960s.… Read More

Simon & Schuster, 2012. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY ARNOLD on a special page obtained directly by the publisher. Authenticity guaranteed by publisher's statement on the signature page. First printing in unread near fine condition (mild wear and closed tear on DJ). "Autographed Copy" sticker (from Barnes & Noble) attached to front. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to your dust jacket. Expedited and international shipping are welcome but overseas should request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.