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Jolas, Eugene; Paul, Elliot; editors. Transition 2, May, 1927. Shakespeare and Co., Paris, 1927.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: The front cover and spine are missing. Rear cover is detached but present. Pages are loosely attached. Page edges are lightly browned. ; Approx. 5 1/2" wide by 7 1/2". Contents include Continuation of a Work in Progress by James Joyce. ; 185 pages
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Crane, Hart. East of Yucatan.. Transition Press, Paris,, 1927.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In: TRANSITION 9 December, 1927. Jolas, Eugene and Elliot Paul, Editors. Octavo, Front wrapper missing, most of the paper chipped away from the spine. Damage to the back wrapper. Printed on brittle newsprint. Browning to the edges. In delicate condition. Five pages of Cranes poems, pp. 132-136. Individual poem titles: Island Quarry; Royal Palm; Overheard; El Idiota; The Hour. Schwartz and Schweik B 26, p. 94. A very scarce issue.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
TRANSITION. Jolas, Eugene and Paul, Elliot (edit).. Transition - 7.. Paris. October,, 1927.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp 176, [6] adverts. Wrappers. Contains James Joyce ''Continuation of a Work in Progress'', William Carlos Williams ''A Voyage to Pagany (Extracts)'', Laura Riding ''In a Café''; poems by Allen Tate, Yvor Winters, John Rodker, Laura Riding, Hans Arp, Pierre Reverdy, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Comte de Lautréamont, Hart Crane ("Van Winkle"), Robert Graves, Pierre Minet, Ivan Goll; reproductions of work by Alexander Calder and Max Ernst.Covers slightly faded at the spine and edges. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
JOLAS, Eugene & ELLIOT, Paul, eds. transition 9. Shakespeare & Co, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, printed light red wrappers. Paris: Shakespeare & Co., December, 1927. Contributions by Djuna Barnes, William Carlos Williams, Max Ernst, Hart Crane & others. The wrappers are faded, lightly stained on the back cover, with a vertical crease on the front cover, but an excellent copy of an ephemeral little magazine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Jolas, Eugene. transition 7. Transition, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$164.44 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: dark gray wraps, black lettering with title 'transition' in green, 176 pp + 6 pages of ads in rear, one page of ads loose and laid in, covers attached but worn at edges, spine concave, small tear separating rear cover from spine at top, edges untrimmed, some pages uncut Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Jolas, Eugene - Elliot, Paul (Hrsg.):. transition. Paris, Shakespeare & Co. 1927., 1927.
Price: US$164.44 + shipping
Description: Erstausgabe. October, 1927. No. 7. 8°. 176 Seiten, 4 Blätter. Original-Broschüre. Buchblock papierbedingt vergilbt, sonst gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Inhalt: William Carlos Williams: A Voyage to Pagany. Marcel Jouhandeau: Prudence Hautechaume. Laura Riding: In A Cafe. James Joyce: Continuation of a Work in Progress [Finnegans Wake]. George B. Leonard: The Prostitute. Philippe Soupault: The Death of Nick Carter. John Mithchell: Renunciation. C.W. Whittemore: The Fur Coal. Paul Elliot: No.4 Commercial Street. Carl Sternheim: A Pair of Drawers. Photograph of a wire sculpture by Alexander Calder, and reproductions of paintings by Polelonema and Max Ernst. Poems by the Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Ducasse),(translated by John Rodker), Yvor Winters, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Karel Toman, Allen Tate, Henri Solveen, Pierre Minet, Emily Holmes Coleman, Pierre Reverdy, Hart Crane, Hans Arp, Robert Graves, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Ivan Goll. Laura Riding: Jamais Plus. Eugene Jolas: Enter The Imagination. Robert Sage: A Modern Xantippe. Elliot Paul: Honeysuckle-Coloured Pyjamas. Glossary. Advertisement.
Seller: Versandantiquariat Peter Kardos, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green Card Covers, Slight Chipping At Bottom Front Cover, Tiny Chip. O/W Excellent. William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Allen Tate, Et Al. Very Rare176 Pgs 4 Pages Advertisments.
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
JOLAS, Eugene, ed. Transition 5. Shakespeare & Co, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 163p., printed wrappers, uncut; edges lightly chipped & browned. Paris: Shakespeare & Co., August, 1927. First Edition. Good copy of a fragile publication. Contributors include James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Andre Breton, Robert McAlmon, et al.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Jolas, Eugene and Elliot Paul (Eds.). TRANSITION 5. Transition, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$181.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 163p., printed wrappers, uncut; edges lightly chipped & browned. Paris: Shakespeare & Co., August, 1927. First Edition. Good copy of a fragile publication. Contributors include James Joyce, Pablo Picasso, Andre Breton, Robert McAlmon, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Paul Eluard, Robert McAlmon, Kay Boyle et al. Includes the 5th installment of Joyce's (Finnegan's Wake) "Work in Progress"
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Jolas, Eugene [editor]; Paul, Elliot [editor]. TRANSITION. Shakespeare and Company, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 158 pages; VG-; softcover; in gray wrappers; spine age-toned, with black and faded red lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; age-toning to upper and fore edges of front cover; crease to center of spine; small chips missing from crown and tail of spine; spine age-toned; spine slightly cocked; textblock age-toned; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean. CX consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1346322. Special Collections.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sm.octavo.Wrappers. 185pp. plus ads. Experimental literary magazine featuring James Joyce's "Continuation of a Work in Progrss" which is the earliest form of what became Finnegan's Wake. Also featured are works by Kay Boyle and Gertrude Stein, with poetry by Laura Riding and Rilke and 4pp. of reproductions of work by surrealists artists. Some darkening and minor spots to cover, minor wear to spine. Later glassine cover. Very nice and clean.
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original printed paper wrappers, pp. 164, [iii] - publ. adverts., 3 black & white illustrations on 2 plates (reproduction of painting by Pablo Picasso and Aztec Art). Covers dust soiled and chipped, browning to cover margins and spine strip, with browning to edges and page margins, pieces missing from upper corners of rear panel. A nice copy of a fragile item. Contains the first appearance of the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway; "Continuation of a Work in Progress" by James Joyce; other contributors include: Gottfried Benn, Ruth Pine Furniss; Marcel Noll; Hjalmar Soderberg; Andre Breton; Robert Sage, etc. Size: 12mo.
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$288.19 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. pp 184, [7] adverts]. Illustrations. Wrappers. James Joyce contributes ''Continuation of a Work in Progress'' (19 pages). Léon-Paul Fargue, Ma Pa We, Gertrude Stein, Panteleimon Romanov, Kurt Schwitters, Walter Lowenfels, William Carlos Williams, Valéry Larbaud, Michael Fraenkel, André Gide etc also contribute. Covers slightly darkened at spine and edges. Short closed tear to tail of spine. Very good indeed in the original glassine. Scarce in such sharp condition.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
JOLAS, Eugene & ELLIOT, Paul, eds. transition 7. Shakespeare & Co, Paris, 1927.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo, printed gray wrappers. Paris: Shakespeare & Co., October, 1927. Contributions by William Carlos Williams, James Joyce, Allen Tate, Hart Crane, Robert Graves, and others. Unusually nice copy, with pages unopened & wrappers with some fading but no chips.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original bound wrappers. The premiere issue of Transition, a magazine of art and literature first edited by Eugene Jolas. Distributed out of Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris. Notable in many ways including the first appearance of the first section of Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce plus contributions by writers and artists such as Hart Crane, Marcel Noll, Pavel Tselitsieff, Max Ernst and many more. Front cover loose from binding. Several small chips to cover edges. Internally clean, unmarked and still decently bound. A rather fragile production. Transition ran from 1927 to 1938 and included 27 issues. Intended as an outlet for experimental writing with a heavy emphasis on surrealist, expressionist and Dada artists.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Two issued bound together by Bayntun in full tan calf with gilt frames, ornate gilt spine panels with gilt-stamped title on a black morocco label, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pp. 185, [5] adverts; [183], [6] adverts, 2 double-sided black & white plates in No. 2 and also in No. 3. Bound without the original wrappers and without the half-title to No. 3, pages tanned as usual. Joints rubbed, outer corner of No. 3 title-page missing with loss to the year, professionally repaired. A beautifully bound, handsome copy of two early issues of this important literary review produced in Paris in the twenties. Sylvia Beach in her book "Shakespeare and Company, talks of 'transition': "All the best Anglo-Saxon and European work of the period appeared in it, much of it for the first time. Of all the reviews I came in contact with, 'transition' was the most vital, the longest-lived, and the review that I felt was most intelligently devoted to the interests of new writing." Contributors include: James Joyce, Gottfried Benn, Elliot Paul, Rainer Maria Rilke, Kay Boyle, William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, Morley Callaghan, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Pavel Tchelitcheff, Laura Riding, Size: 12mo.
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada