Virginia & Leonard Woolf includes the history of the authorship, publication, and reception of 71 books by Virginia Woolf and from the Woolfs' library, detailing the relationships behind many association copies from the estates of Dadie Rylands, Trekkie Ritchie Parsons, and others. 72 pp., 9 x 11 ¼, 9 color photographs. Paper-covered boards, $50.
This isn't folly, this is me: The letters of Jack Kerouac. With an introduction by Joyce Johnson, 'Acquainted with the Void.' Describes and excerpts over six dozen letters by Kerouac from 1941 until the year of his death, including correspondence to his Lowell intimates, his Columbia friends and fellow Beats (most prominently Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg), his family (mother and sister), and others, as well as limited manuscript material. 94 pp., 6 x 9 in., 2 black and white plates. Paperback, $30.
Heretical Visions: Words and images by Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Brion Gysin. With a foreword by Simon Anderson discussing the artwork represented; and an essay by John McWhinnie detailing the history of the multiple collaborations documented with the collection. 32 pp., 6 x 9 in, 10 color images, 1 fold-out. Stiff wrappers, spiral bound, $30.
The Forzinetti Archive and The Dreyfus Affair details the history of the Affair and the crucial role Ferdinand Forzinetti played in the early promotion of Dreyfus's innocence, through 170 items of correspondence, books, photographs, manuscript notes, and official government documents. 88 pp., 7 ½ x 10 ½, 12 black and white plates. Paperback, $30.
Véra's Butterflies: First editions by Vladimir Nabokov inscribed to his wife, a biblio- and biographical history of Nabokov's career, features descriptions of 135 books from the library. It includes a previously unpublished excerpt from Nabokov's Lolita screenplay, accompanied by an essay by Michael Wood, as well as essays by several prominent Nabokovians and scholars: his son and translator Dmitri Nabokov; his biographer Brian Boyd; Véra's Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Stacy Schiff; lepidopterist Kurt Johnson; novelist and memoirist James Salter; and Stephen Jay Gould. Descriptions of additional family association copies, dozens of Nabokov's shelf copies of his works in Russian and English, and hundreds of his copies of translations of his works are also available. 272 pp., 6 ¼ x 9 ½ in., 37 color plates. Cloth, $125; paperback, $75.
James Joyce Books and Manuscripts: 141 items ranging from his 1901 essay 'The Day of the Rabblement' to autograph letters from the 1940s, and including inscribed copies of his major titles. Also prints our census of the first edition of Ulysses, prepared from Sylvia Beach's notebook. 134 pp., 7 x 10 in., 15 plates. Cloth, $75; paperback $30.
Ulysses: 24 Inscribed first editions: Elucidates 24 key Joyce relationships; with a preface detailing the publication history of Ulysses. 66 pp., 7 x 10 in., 25 plates. Cloth, $75; paperback, $30.
Stephen Crane documents each of Crane's works in various editions, and includes the scarcest dust-jackets, much ephemera, and several letters; 88 items in all. 96 pp., 6 x 9 in., 10 color plates. Paperback, $30. *AIGA 50 Books of the Year.
Affectionate Regards: Presentation copies from the collection of Stanley Wertheim documents the history of 55 inscribed volumes by canonical English and American novelists, poets, and dramatists, from Auden to Yeats. Among the highlights are Dreiser's An American Tragedy inscribed to his editor; Henry James's copy of The Red Badge of Courage; and O'Casey's I Knock At the Door inscribed to G. B. Shaw. 100 pp., 6 ¼ x 9 in., 15 color plates. Paperback, $20.
Against the Tide: Commentaries on a Collection of African Americana 1711-1987. With an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. A chronological history of African-American cultural history as told through 300 items including letters, manuscripts, books, broadsides, pamphlets, and periodicals. 278 pp., 8 ¾ x 11 ½ in., 7 plates. Cloth backed boards, $75. *AIGA 50 Books of the Year
Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Books, Manuscripts, & Letters . 129 items from the collection of Donald S. Carmichael. With an introduction by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 93 pp., 8 ½ x 11 in., 37 plates. Paperback, $30.
Post-War Literature: Highlights in prose and drama in English since 1945. Annotated, literary and personal association copies of 203 canonical works from the later half of the century. 93 pp., 6 x 9 in., 24 color plates. Paperback, $30. *AIGA 50 Books of the Year