[Private Press] Group of 13 Titles

1. [Cummington Press] Five Prose Pieces by Rainer Maria Rilke. Cummington, Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947. Limited edition, #141/203 numbered copies (from a total of 271). 4to. Illustrated with woodcuts by Wightman Williams. Publisher's boards.

2. [Eden Hill Press] Ten Proverbs. (Connecticut): Eden Hill Press, 1959. First and limited edition #104/350 numbered copies, signed by Joseph Low. 4to. Color prints by Low. Sheets loose as issued in publisher's black paper wrappers; in original slip case.

3. [Gaberbocchus Press] Aesop. The Eagle & The Fox The Fox & The Eagle. London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited, (1949). Limited edition, #264/400 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Franciszka Themerson. 8vo. Illustrated by Themerson. Publisher's wrappers.

4. [Gehenna Press] Crane, Hart. Voyages. (Northampton, Massachusetts: The Gehenna Press for) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1957. First and limited edition, #390/975 numbered copies (from a total of 1,000). Oblong 8vo. Engravings by Leonard Baskin. Publisher's wrappers; in original chemise.

5. [Gehenna Press] Skelton, John. A Poem Called the Tunning of Elynour Rummynge the Famous Ale-Wife of England. Worcester: The Gehenna Press, 1953. Limited edition, #90/118 numbered copies. Engravings by Leonard Baskin. Publisher's boards.

6. [Grabhorn Press] Goll, Yvan. Landless John. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1944. First and limited edition, one of 175 unnumbered copies. Folio. Illustrated by Eugene Berman. Publisher's boards.

7. [Haymarket Press] Judith. London: Haymarket Press, 1928. First and limited edition thus, #39/100 numbered copies signed by the illustrator W. Russell Flint. 8vo. Illustrations by Flint. Publisher's limp vellum, yapp edges, ties intact. Envelope with four extra plates laid in.

8. [Janus Press] Kafka, Franz. A Country Doctor. Philadelphia: The Janus Press, 1962. First and limited edition thus, #70/250 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Claire Van Vliet. Illustrations by Vliet. Publisher's boards; in slip case.

9. [Janus Press] Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Parables and Paradoxes. Philadelphia: The Janus Press, (1963). First and limited edition thus, #40/50 numbered copies signed by Claire Van Vliet. Lithographs by Van Vliet. Publisher's wrappers; in slip case.

10. [Janus Press] Lorca, Federico Garcia. Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola The Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard. Philadelphia: The Janus Press, (1963). First and limited edition thus, #40/45 numbered copies (from a total of 52), signed by the illustrator Jerome Kaplan. Woodcuts by Kaplan. Publisher's wrappers.

11. [Pickering Press] Some Trees and Bushes. (Maple Shade, New Jersey: The Pickering Press, 1959). First and limited edition, #38/125 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Claire Van Vliet. Woodcuts by Vliet. Publisher's boards.

12. [Riccardi Press] The Book of Genesis... London: (The Riccardi Press for) Philip Lee Warner Publisher to the Medici Society, 1914. Limited edition, #18/500 numbered copies (from a total of 512). 8vo. Illustrations after F. Cayley Robinson. Publisher's boards.

13. [Saturday Night & Sunday Press] They Came to Bethlehem. Philadelphia: The Saturday Night & Sunday Press, 1966. First edition, artist's proof R (outside of the edition of 200), signed and numbered by the illustrator Edward Porter. Wood engravings by Porter. Publisher's wrappers.

Condition varies, but generally near-fine. Scattered library stamps and labels. Sold with all faults and not subject to return.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Christopher Brink

Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Senior Specialist, Books & Manuscripts

[email protected]312.334.4217

Darren Winston

SVP, Head of Department, Books and Manuscripts, Philadelphia

[email protected]267.414.1247

Darren Winston, Senior Vice President at Freeman’s, has served as Head of Department for Books & Manuscripts, Philadelphia, since 2018. He has been a trustee of the Rosenbach Museum and Library since 2022, is a member of The Manuscript Society, The Bibliographical Society of America, and Philadelphia’s Philobiblon Club.

Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

The Collected Library

[Private Press] Group of 13 Titles

The Collected Library

[Private Press] Group of 13 Titles

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