THE JANUARY CORPSE.
New York: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper. Photograph of Albert laid in. Fine in a bright dust jacket. Item #29818 More
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POWER IN MEN.
London: Nicholson & Watson/The Liberal Book Club, (1939). First edition. The "Liberal Book Club" edition preceding the first trade. SIGNED by Cary on the title page and INSCRIBED TO J. B. PRIESTLEY on the front free endpaper, "J. B. Priestley/ from his most sincerely/ the author" in Cary's typical tiny..... Item #55174 More
THE FAULKNER READER: Selections from the Works of William Faulkner.
New York: Modern Library, (1959). Modern Library Giant, first edition thus. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To The Maracay Book Club / with gratitude and best wishes / William Faulkner / Caracas / 20 April 1961" and signed on the title page "William Faulkner / Maracay / 10 April 1961."..... Item #52461 More
DRAWINGS.
New York: H. R. Russell and Son, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD. Large (18 x 12") oblong off-white beveled paper-covered boards with plain quarter linen spine. Author's Gibson Girl drawing on front cover in black. Wonderfully satirical drawings of love and life from ballroom to drawing..... Item #71535 More
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899. First edition. Part of the Beacon Biographies of Eminent Authors series, edited by M. A. DeWolfe Howe, this work includes the first appearance of many of Hawthorne's letters. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Fields to Elizabeth Fairchild. Annie Fields was the wife of the..... Item #51250 More
BOOK OF MIRACLES.
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition. INSCRIBED BY HECHT on front endpaper, "To SHOLEM ASCH/ of the line of the Prophets/ my deep admiration/ Ben Hecht." A nice sentiment to Asch, the Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist. Both he and Hecht were prolific writers, more celebrated in their own..... Item #55181 More
AND NOW GOOD-BYE.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1932. First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED BY HILTON on front endpaper to a prolific Baltimore book collector, "For Aquilla D. Hanson Jr./ with best wishes from/ James Hilton." Light aging and faintest of damp staining to covers but still very good with old tape shadows..... Item #55561 More
FIVE AND TEN.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. INSCRIBED BY HURST beneath the printed dedication ("To/ New York/ City of Cities"), "To David Kirschenbaum, with every good wish for success plus! Fannie Hurst. 1929." During her lifetime Hurst's books were extremely popular, making her somewhat of a celebrity--a platform she..... Item #56038 More
WHERE SHALL I TAKE YOU TO: The Love Letters of Una and Robinson Jeffers [1/225 numbered copies in cloth].
(Covelo, CA): Yolla Bolly Press, (1987). First edition. Includes 9 previously unpublished poems, 47 previously unpublished letters (of 57 letters total), and eight tipped-in family photographs, 6 of which are published here for the first time. Number 12 of 225 numbered copies from a total issue of 245 printed on..... Item #55577 More
THE TRIBUTE OF HIS PEERS: ELEGIES FOR ROBINSON JEFFERS.
No-place: Tor House Press, 1989. First edition. In paperwraps. This presentation copy is INSCRIBED BY ZALLER, "For Allen Mears/with warm regards/Robert Zaller 10.28.89." An Autograph Note Signed from editor is laid in. Introduction by Zaller. Poems by Everson, Reynolds, (has phrase "Fragments of an Older Fury") Hass, Milosz, Williamson, Tate..... Item #55610 More
TWO CONSOLATIONS: With an Excerpt from Una Jeffers' English Journal.
San Mateo, Ca: Quercus Press, 1940. First edition. One of 200 from a total edition of 250. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHERS, FRANCES & THEODORE LILIENTHAL, TO ILLUSTRATORS, VALENTI & MAXINE ANGELO. The scarcer variant green binding (also issued in deep umber); issued without dust jacket. Printed on Kelmscott handmade paper..... Item #55946 More
THE W. D. TAYLOR COLLECTION OF WOODCUT ARTIST J. J. LANKES: Art, Correspondence & Related Ephemera.
Highlights include some 800 WOODCUT PROOFS (most SIGNED): His woodcuts of Virginia, Bavaria, Pennsylvania Dutch Barns, for Thomas Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and other books, including those for Robert Frost, Sherwood Anderson, Roark Bradford, W. R. Burnett, Robert Coffin, Ellen Glasgow, et al. Original Prints, Paintings, Etchings..... Item #71540 More
A SIMPLE MATTER OF JUSTICE: The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA Story.
Pompano Beach, FL: Exposition Press, (1985). First edition. Written by an educator, administrator and past president of the PW YWCA, this history of the independent Young Womens Christian Association of Washington DC founded by and for black women chronicles its struggles with the all-white National Capital YWCA at the height..... Item #56056 More
WALKING THE BLACK CAT: Poems.
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1996). First edition. A Harvest paperback original. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "For Tony & Helen: with best wishes, Charlie / Nov 14, 1996 / Strafford, N.H." Fine in pictorial white paperwraps printed in black and red..... Item #53744 More
THE LAST DAY THE DOGBUSHES BLOOMED.
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED on the title page, "To Lane / Lee Smith 12/12/91." Crisp and fine in bright, fine dust jacket with the barest wear. Provenance: from the estate of Lana Pipes. Lana and her husband, Lane, were prominent Washington-area collectors..... Item #54793 More
STURGEON'S WEST.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, (1973). First edition. INSCRIBED, "For the Laites with thanks and warmest good wishes. Theodore Sturgeon / April 1973." About fine with just the barest rubbing on corners; in a near fine dust jacket with light soiling, a few spots of creasing, most noticeably on..... Item #51499 More
JARNEGAN.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition, sixth printing. INSCRIBED, "To Bill Fountaine with the best wishes of his old friend. Jim Tully." A novel about the world of silent film era Hollywood. Jim Tully has largely been forgotten today, but during the 1920s and 1930s he was..... Item #55257 More
LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE POETS AND NON-POETS.
St. Louis: (no-publisher), 1991. First edition. Rare, privately printed volume published for friends after winning the Pulitzer Prize. Final poem in the volume, "Long Stretch Minimalist Sonnet IXX (for Howard)," pasted to blank opposing p.28 opens with, "You were out of town/ for the smashing surprise:/ my head's heavy disguise/..... Item #54274 More
ROB WAGNER'S CALIFORNIA ALMANACK.
Los Angeles: Times- Mirror Press, (1922). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author/illustrator of this humorous guide to California. A tall, narrow book with paper-covered boards and no dust jacket, as issued. Item #46799 More
DANGEROUS INHERITANCE.
Diana Younger. London: Hutchinson & Co., (1965). First edition. INSCRIBED on the title page to his step-daughter Diana Younger, "For Diana and Went / With love from Dennis." She illustrated the dust jacket for his 1938 book, THE GOLDEN SPANIARD as well as endpapers for several others. Fine in near..... Item #53578 More
VENDETTA IN SPAIN.
London: Hutchinson of London, (1961). First edition. INSCRIBED TO HIS STEP-DAUGHTER on title page, "For Diana and Went / With love from Dennis." Diana Younger was Dennis's stepdaughter and they remained close all his life. She illustrated the dust jacket for his 1938 book, THE GOLDEN SPANIARD and endpapers for..... Item #53620 More
THE UNCIVIL WAR.: Washington During the Reconstruction 1865-1878.
New York: Twayne Publishers, (1958). First edition. Illustrated. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A look behind the scenes during the Reconstruction of Washington D.C. after the Civil War. Near fine in good dust jacket with some wear, damp stains and mending. Item #47679 More
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