Pryor-Johnson Rare Books [1082 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10028] Catalogue III Te 2016 Holiday Hundred pryorjohnsonrarebooks.com
[email protected] 1 (212) 452-1990 1 (646) 546-4883 Contents Prolegomena 3 Antiquarian 4 (nos. 1-21) Modern Firsts Signed 33 (nos. 22-67) Unsigned 37 (nos. 68-73) Poetry 38 (nos. 74-79) Fine Press 39 (nos. 80-85) Illustrated 41 (nos. 86-90) Art and Photography 42 (nos. 91-100) Holiday Hundred 2016 Pryor-Johnson Rare Books Dear Reader, As we contemplate our last weeks here at 1082 Madison, we look to books for solace and for delight. How can one be glum when thumbing La Fontaine’s Fables, or Frank’s Lines of My Hand (well, perhaps)? Books endure, and so shall we. Te life-cycle of a book, especially an old one, is to pass in and out of love. Love impels the purchase, perhaps from the publisher himself or at a book fair or shop. Te book is treasured and perhaps shown off afer dinner or to a visiting friend. Te book is inherited, and it reminds the daughter of the father, happy memories flooding back unaided by tea-soaked cakes. Te book is inherited once again, and it is, luckily for us, ignored. Tis or the subsequent generations sell, and we the bibliopoles look for a new lover. Tat, hopefully, is you, dear reader. Or maybe it’s your own lover or a friend or a parent or a lover’s parent. Peruse and enjoy for yourself and for others. Tis set of one hundred books is a mixture of our perennial favorites and of favorites for the season.