Middletown, Connecticut: Robin Price, 2005. First edition. First separate publication of Bloom's short story which first appeared in Ms. magazine. Number 37 of 125 copies SIGNED BY BLOOM, TIERNEY, & PRICE. This copy additionally inscribed "this copy for Allen K. Mears" on colophon by Price who designed, letterpress printed, and..... Item #55875 More
New York: The Century Co., 1916. Later printing. "A dramatization from the story of the same name by John Bennett." Illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper "To Jeanie dear, to whom all that the dedication implies belongs, and more, much more. From "the author." Jan. 1916."..... Item #33128 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. Nice inscription to Hugh Kenner on front endpaper. Apparently the author had been a student of his. Light soiling on tips of page edges else fine. In fine dust jacket with very minor edge rubbing. Item #28277 More
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 AUTHOR J. B. PRIESTLEY on the front free endpaper, "J. B. Priestley/ from his most sincerely/ the author" in Cary's typical..... Item #55174 More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (1976). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the free endpaper in 1976. Very good or better with a touch of rubbing to the bottom of the spine. In a price-clipped dust jacket that has a thin short line of blue offset to the front cover..... Item #50758 More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1914). First edition. INSCRIBED to Hollywood producer and screenwriter Ralph Block - "To Ralph Block - flittings, flutterings, and floatings- from his fellow outcast Clayton Hamilton, to commemorate their year of common exile at the Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, California 1921-1922." Gilt spine lettering..... Item #33449 More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899. First edition. In the Beacon Biographies of Eminent Authors series edited by M. A. DeWolfe Howe. Includes first appearances of many Hawthorne letters. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Fields to Elizabeth Fairchild. The poet and essayist Annie Fields was friends with many literary notables..... Item #51250 More
Various places, Various publishers, 1983-2009. First edition of each of the 7 volumes. Dr. Samuel John Hazo, a National Book Award finalist, founded the International Poetry Forum and served as Pennsylvania’s first State Poet from 1993 to 2003. He is the author of over 50 books, including poetry, fiction and..... Item #55538 More
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
Conway, Arkansas: Seven Oaks Publ. Co., (1994). First edition. Early, or perhaps the first, poetry selection from the writer, author, singer/songwriter, and professional treasure hunter known for his "Buried Treasures of America" series. INSCRIBED TO LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY, "To L.D.--...one who know the words, the language, the joys, the pains..... Item #54260 More
New York: Horace Liveright, (1928). First edition, trade issue. Only 1900 copies per Alberts [Broomfield A9b]. INSCRIBED BY JEFFERS on front endpaper, "Inscribed for Clive M. Saiz./ Sincerely,/ Robinson Jeffers./ Tor House, Carmel, -- November, 1941." 8vo gilt-stamped quarter polished black cloth with purple paper boards; top edge black; 160..... Item #71977 More
New York: Random House, (1967). First edition. Based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and the play "Auntie Mame" by Lawrence and Lee; music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. INSCRIBED BY LEE on the title page, "For -- With friendship, admiration and a woeful lack of cleverness! Bob Lee 8..... Item #14216 More
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1966). First edition. Collection of 16 essays including one on "the making and meaning of one of the author's own novels, THE VELVET HORN." Foreword by Allen Tate. RAMBLINGLY INSCRIBED (covering most of the title page and with a few crossed out false starts)..... Item #72133 More
No-place: Privately Printed, (1937). First edition. Second collection of essays by the "saloonkeeper" profiled in The New Yorker by Joseph Mitchell. INSCRIBED BY MADDEN on the front endpaper, as most copies seem to be. Page top edges foxed and unavoidable offset from binding to pastedowns otherwise near fine in very..... Item #54112 More