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$150.00NY: Clarkson N. Potter (1964). First US edition. 127 pp. Slight lean to spine, toning to extrems, else near fine in like dust jacket with a short tear and light edgewear. Translated from the original French by George Ordish.$35.00NY: Knopf, 1961. First US edition. 272 pp. Some light offsetting along base of front free and fixed endpapers, else near fine in near fine dust jacket that is toned along the upper third. Translated from the original French by Justin O’Brien.
$125.00Norfolk: New Directions (1954). First US edition. 287 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to crown and some light rubbing. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman and Jack T. Nile. Wormwood Review editor Marvin Malone’s copy, dated (’55) and signed by him on the first leaf.$25.00Normal: Dalkey Archive (1995). Advance excerpt. Fine in printed yellow wrappers. Translated from the French by Dominic Di Bernardi. Celine's last major work to be translated into English. Printed exclusively for Borders Inc is emblazoned across the top of this copy, and a letter from Dalkey to Borders Booksellers on the front panel.$125.00NY: Delacorte (1972). Uncorrected proof. Narrow small 4to. 301 pp. A few light stains to front cover, two gentle reading creases to spine; in all, very good plus in printed red wrappers. Translated from the original French by Ralph Manheim (though not credited in the proof).$75.00Santa Cruz: Green Horse (1973). First US edition. [32 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and printed integral dust jacket. Text in French with facing translations by Paul Mann. One of 1000 copies printed by Wesley Tanner at the Arif Press. Green Horse One. Dated (3.74) and INSCRIBED by Tanner on the front free endpaper, “For Jack Shoemaker from his printer / Wesley Tanner.” This copy is wrapped in a sheet of makeready, that has the cover printing over a previously-published sheet.$75.00NY: Sun, 1979. Second revised and corrected edition. x +163 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Edited and translated from the original French by Irving Weiss, with his introduction.$45.00NY: Macaulay (1956). First US edition. 88 pp. Pages browned (acidic paper), else near fine in near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed overall. Preface and illustrations by Cocteau. Young 709* (uk ed).
$125.00(np): Quarter Horse (1965). First printing of this edition, “pirated” from the Autumn 1921 Little Review. 4to. 54 pp. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Karl Bissinger. Cocteau’s long poem here in English translation by Jean Hugo. Printed dedication to the Living Theatre of New York in exile.$20.00Annandale-on-Hudson: QRL, 1964. First US edition. [82 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Entire issue of The Quarterly Review of Literature, Vol. XII, No. 4, devoted to this work by Cocteau. Translated from the original French by Arno Karlen.$20.00Providence: Burning Deck, 1995. First edition. 106 pp w/notes. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Translated from the original French by Cid Corman. Serie D’Ecriture No. Nine.$20.00London: Secker & Warburg (1956). First printing in the Uniform Edition. 286 pp. Offsetting to front and rear endpapers, inked ownership name to first leaf. In all, near fine in very good plus dust jacket with chipping to base and crown of spine, and some light soiling to rear panel. Translated from the original French by Antonia White.$125.00NY: Albert & Charles Boni 1930. First US edition. 297 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with light wear to crown, light overall edgewear, and toning to spine.$125.00NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First US edition. 161 pp. Toning and damp staining to spine, else very good plus in very good only dust jacket with chipping along top edge of rear panel, base and crown of spine, an edges overall. Translated from the original French by Jane Terry.$20.00London: Secker and Warburg, 1955. First printing in the Uniform Edition. 152 pp. Some light offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with wear to base and spine, and tips of flap folds, and a small spot on front panel. Translated from the original French by Roger Senhoouse.![[Poems].](https://www.detritus.com/wp-content/uploads/17422.jpg)
$20.00Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1967. First paperback printing. 46 pp. Fine in printed wrappers with pasted-on cover and spine labels. Teo Savory’s English translations of these poems, followed by the original French works.$250.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. First edition, publisher’s copy. 190 pp. Foxing along top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Translated from the French by Thomas W. Cushing. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Cossery.$75.00Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1981. First US edition, numbered & signed issue. 190 pp. Taps to upper corners, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Thomas W. Cushing. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Cossery.
$1,250.00North Pomfret: Elysium Press (1996). First US edition. 4to. 32 pp. Fine loose sheets laid into printed wrappers. Very near fine publisher’s silkbound clamshell box with printed spine label. The original French poem with a facing English translation by Keith Waldrop. Illustrated with two hand-colored soft ground etchings by Jonathan Hammer. Portrait of Crevel by George Platt Lynes, printed by photogravure and laid into the text. One of 30 numbered copies on Somerset paper SIGNED by Hammer. Original prospectus accompanies.$20.00San Francisco: North Point, 1985. First US edition. 169 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with sunning to red spine lettering. Translated with an introduction by Kay Boyle. Illustrated by Max Ernst.$25.00Normal: Dalkey Archive (1992). First US edition. xxvi + 173 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Thomas Buckley. Foreword by Ezra Pound. Introduction by Edouard Roditi. First appearance of this key surrealist novel in English translation.$40.00London: Rapp & Carroll (1967). First UK edition, numbered & signed issue. 67 pp. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Edward Lucie-Smith, with his introduction. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Lucie-Smith.$20.00Chicago: Swallow Press (1967). First US edition. 67 pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the French by Edward Lucie-Smith, with his introduction.$150.00NY: Braziller (1971). First US edition. 248 pp w/appendices. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wrinkles near crown of spine. Deleuze’s text paired with the complete text of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s VENUS IN FURS.$45.00Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1995. First edition. xii + 499 pp w/notes, works cited, & bibliography of other interviews. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by Elisabeth Weber. Translated from the original French by Peggy Kamuf and others. Nathaniel Tarn’s copy, with his bookplate.$20.00Los Angeles & Fairfax: Red Hill Press, 1978. First edition. [76 pp]. Light tanning to spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. Poems in French by Algerian Dib, with facing translations by Carol Lettieri and Paul Vangelisti.$15.00London: Maclehose Press/Quercus (2013). First UK edition. 91 pp. Foxing to top edge, else very near fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Sian Reynolds.$45.00NY: Living Hand (1976). First edition. [74 pp]. Toning to spine and along top edges, else very good plus in printed wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies. In addition to translating the poems, Auster contributes an introduction.$35.00London: J.M. Dent (1946). First UK edition. 346 pp. Very near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with some light wear along top edges, faint sunning to spine, and light wear to base and crown of spine. Translated from the original French by Béatrie de Holthoir.$40.00Weston: Living Hand (1973). First trade edition. 71 pp. Small spot on top edge, a few smudges to covers. In all, very good plus in printed wrappers. Living Hand 2. Entire issue devoted to Auster’s translations of these poems.$25.00NY: Scribner’s (1992). First US edition. 144 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Barbara Bray.$12.50NY: Grove Press (1986). First US edition. 60 pp. Sticker shadow and wrinkle (production flaw) inside front cover, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear to tips of flap folds. Translated from the original French by Barbara Bray.