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New from the handsack press The handsack press presents
the Obelisk Press Facsimile Series. The series includes facsimile copies of
the most rare Obelisk Press titles and other related books. The facsimiles are produced by
painstakingly photographing each page and wrapper of the original books. Books 1 and 2 of the series are available now. Obelisk
Press Facsimile Series Book 1
FOR THE DURATION OR…? Vivian
F Delbos
FOR THE
DURATION OR…? was published by the Obelisk
Press in August, 1933. It is the most
rare of all Obelisk titles. The only
known copy is in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in
Paris. This facsimile is taken from
that copy. The BNF copy has been
rebound with the original stiff paper wrappers bound in and therefore the
original spine graphics are not visible. Thus the spine graphics on this
facsimile are patterned from other Obelisk Press issued titles of the same
period. Based on Delbos' own wartime
experiences, FOR THE DURATION OR…? is
a semi-autobiographical first-person memoir of World War I as seen through
the eyes of a fictional Captain de Breuil. Although very well written, it is
not known why Jack Kahane chose to publish what would seem to be such an
un-sellable book. Friendship and a sympathy for the subject matter are the
likely reasons, as both Delbos and Kahane joined the Royal Fusiliers in
August 1914, both spoke French, both became Captains and it's likely that
they had similar postings and indeed knew each other. The title of the book
is taken from the undertaking given by volunteers who signed up to fight in
1914 that they would fight 'for three years or the duration of the war'. Price: $24.95 CLICK HERE FOR FULL
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Press Facsimile Series Book 2
ULTIMA AND AFTER: A HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 1839 -1939 George
Frederic Lees
Although Ultima and After is not a book that was
published by the Obelisk Press it is none-the-less an important book to collectors
of the Obelisk Press books. It was
published in 1939 by Marcel Servant at his Imprimerie Lecram-Servant (Vendome
Press) as part of the celebration and exhibition commemorating the centennial
(1839 – 1939) of his printing works located at 338 rue St. Honore in
Paris. The book traces the history of
the printing works from its founder Damase Jouaust Sr. to the then present
owner and master printer Marcel Servant.
The book also served as the catalog for the exhibition. Among the publishers who owned and/or used
the printing works throughout the years were Damase Jouaust (father and son),
Herbert Clarke, Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare & Company), Jack Kahane
(Obelisk Press), and Marcel Servant (Vendome Press). Only five hundred copies of the book were
printed and original copies are extremely rare and have a value of three to
five thousand dollars. This facsimile
was created by painstakingly photographing each page of the original 1939
publication. The target copy was
rebound with the original stiff paper wrappers bound in and therefore the
original spine graphics are not visible. Thus there are no spine graphics on
this facsimile. Price: $24.95 CLICK HERE FOR FULL
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Press Facsimile Series Book 3
HUMAN INSIGHTS Robert
Davis
Written by Robert Davis, HUMAN INSIGHTS was
published by the Obelisk Press in December, 1932. It is one of the most rare Obelisk titles. There are only three listings in the
OCLC. HUMAN INSIGHTS is a collection of
autobiographical essays and short stories.
With mediocre writing and seemingly without any broad literary appeal
it is not known why Jack Kahane chose to publish such an un-sellable book. This facsimile was created by
painstakingly photographing the wrapper and each page of the original 1932
publication. Price: $24.95 CLICK HERE FOR FULL
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THE SPANISH EARTH Ernest
Hemingway
The Spanish
Earth was published in a limited edition of 1000 copies by the
J. B. Savage Company of Cleveland in 1938.
In 1938 a Cleveland high-school student, Jasper Wood, persuaded Ernest
Hemingway to allow publication of the transcript of Hemingway’s original
narration for the film The Spanish Earth. Wood took charge of the project and chose
to have the book bound with endpapers and pastedowns decorated with the
banner of the Spanish Anarchist Federation ("F.A.I" [Federación
Anarquista Iberica] - an organization
to which Hemingway was fundamentally opposed). After receiving a furious telegram from Hemingway, Wood destroyed
most of the edition and reissued it with plain endpapers and pastedowns. He also added a disclaimer statement on
the rear pastedown. This paperback facsimile was
created by photographing both the original “bannered” edition and the
“disclaimer” edition. It includes the
Spanish Anarchist Federation banner and the disclaimer. This is one of only 200 copies published. Price: $49.95 CLICK HERE FOR FULL
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MEMOIRS OF A BOOKLEGGER: with a Foreword by Juliette Kahane A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY OBELISK
PRESS COLLECTOR
$18.95 CLICK HERE FOR
FULL DESCRIPTION AND ORDERING INFORMATION OF OBELISKS AND DAFFODILS – THE COMPLETE PUBLISHING
HISTORY OF THE OBELISK PRESS (1929-1939) by Gary
Miers and James Armstrong CONTAINS: THE PUBLISHING HISTORY (WITH COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS) OF
EACH Obelisk Press / Jack Kahane ISSUE THE BIOGRAPHY OF JACK KAHANE A STUDY OF KAHANE’S FIRST NOVEL DAFFODIL
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JACK KAHANE : THE REPUBLISHING OF JACK KAHANE’S MEMOIRS OF A BOOKLEGGER Ó 2004/2011 by Gary Miers LOOKING FOR SISSY NELA Ó 2007 by
Gary Miers “To dear Sissy Nela with love from her
brother Jack
Kahane 29 – 1 – 25” JACK KAHANE /
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Norah C. James, Sleeveless Errand: A Novel, Joseph Hémard,
Joseph Hémard: A Short Autobiography, James Joyce, Haveth Childers Everywhere:
Fragment from Work in Progress, [Anne
de Bellinzani Ferrand], Cleante and Belise: Their Loves and their Letters, Marcel
Valotaire, Laboureur: A Critical Study, Richard Aldington, Death of a Hero: A
Novel, Marjorie Firminger, Jam To-Day:
A Novel, Cecil Barr [pseudonym of Jack
Kahane], Daffodil; or, Accidents Will Happen,
Cecil Barr [pseudonym of Jack Kahane], Suzy Falls Off, G. Sheila Donisthorpe, Loveliest of
Friends!, Henry Bridges, Gold and Silver: A Novel, Raymonde Machard,
Possession, Laurence Dakin, Poems, Philippe Hériat [pseudonym of Raymond Gérard
Payelle], The Lamb, Peter Neagoe, Storm,
James Joyce, Pomes Penyeach, John Gay, The Beggar’s Opera, Cecil Barr
[pseudonym for Jack Kahane], Amour: French for Love, Robert Davis, Human
Insights, Albert H. Whitin, The Queen’s
Reverie, Harold Buckley, Squadron 95, N. Reynolds Packard, Mad About
Women, Radclyffe Hall, The Well
of Loneliness, John Milton, Lycidas:
A Lament for a Friend Drowned in his Passage from Chester on the Irish Seas,
Charles [Henri] Ford and Parker Tyler, The Young and Evil, Vivian F. Delbos, For the Duration or
…?, Laurence Dakin, The Dream of
Abaris and Other Poems, Frank Harris, My Life and Loves, Peter Neagoe, Easter Sun, Nadejda de Bragança, Poems for Music,
Cecil Barr [pseudonym of Jack Kahane], Bright Pink Youth, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Marika
Norden [pseudonym of Mirjam Vogt], The Gentle Men, Laurence Dakin, Sonnets and Lyrics, Gawen Brownrigg, Star Against
Star, Robin Anderson, Four
Schools, James Hanley, Boy,
Henry Miller, Aller Retour New York, Wallace Smith, Bessie
Cotter, [Richard] Thoma, Tragedy
in Blue, Cyril Connolly, The Rock Pool,
Henry Miller, Black Spring,
D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Guillaume de Deguilleville, A Chaucer
A.B.C.: Being a Hymn to the Holy Virgin in an English Version, Helba Baker
Russell, Sonnets and Other Verse, Eric
Ward, Uncharted Seas, Cecil Barr
[pseudonym of Jack Kahane], Lady, Take Heed!, Henry Miller, Scenario: A Film with Sound, Olga Martin, Through the Ark, Princess Paul [I.e. Marie] Troubetzkoy, Half
O’Clock Mayfair, Sheila Cousins, To
Beg I Am Ashamed, Seigneur de
Brantôme, Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies, Charles Beadle, Dark
Refuge, Arion [pseudonym], Starborn,
Lawrence Durrell, The Black Book: An Agon, Henry Miller, Max
and the White Phagocytes, Theodor Zay, Love Counts Ten, Lawrence [i.e., Laurence] Dakin, Prometheus
the Fire Giver: A Lyrical Drama in Three Acts, Henry Miller, Tropic of
Capricorn, Ovide [i.e. Ovid], La
Fable de Phaëton, Anaïs Nin, The Winter of Artifice, Eric Benfield, The
Dead Bury the Dead, Norman Douglas,
Some Limericks, the Spanish earth, ernest hemingway