Marianne Moore, Poems, from The Egoist Press, 1921.
October 24, 2011
October 18, 2011
October 14, 2011
Gatsby Le Magnifique. Traduit de l’angalais par Victor LLona, 1926.
September 30, 2011
1935 “copyright edition” of Journal of Katherine Mansfield, published by The Albatross Press.
I love the stern “not to be introduced into the British Empire or the U.S.A.” printed in small lettering.
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One of several little odds and ends I picked up last weekend at the San Francisco Public Library’s annual Big Book Sale that I plan to scan and post soon.
September 22, 2011
"The attentive reading of a book is really a continuous commentary, a succession of notes that emanate from the inner voice."
— Paul Valéry, “Some Fragments from Poe’s Marginalia”
September 19, 2011
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“awkwardly we bump into stars
we see nothing we hear nothing
we beat with our fists on the dark ether”— Zbigniew Herbert, from “First the Dog,” trans.... -
“Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.”
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“So, I say, what of the night, the terrible night?”— Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
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Federico Hurtado.
Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo
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Erté Harper’s Bazaar cover; perfect for this time of year.
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Pelagio Palagi, Unfinished Portrait, 19th century
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These images come from the fabled manuscript, ‘Liber Floridus’ (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago...
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