New York: various publishers, 1936 - 1957. First edition of each volume. Her three most popular novels. Finely rebound in matching full red leather aptly embossed with an industrial pattern; each with gilt-stamped leather spine label and marbled endpapers. WE THE LIVING (New York: Macmillan, 1936): small chip to lower..... Item #72771 More
![Item #72770 ANTHEM; [in the original boards and housed in custom slipcase]. Ayn Rand](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72770.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781827513)
London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First edition of the most elusive of Rand's first editions, a dystopian tale not published in the U.S. until 1948 in a revised edition. 8vo red patterned-paper boards stamped in gilt on spine. About near fine with spine just slightly cocked, previous owner's name on..... Item #72770 More
New York: Theodor Herzl Press, 1958. First edition. "Farrell's observations made in the course of a recent study trip to Israel" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY FARRELL on the front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With fraternal regards/ Jim Farrell." Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979) was a social..... Item #72769 More
[New York]: The Academy of American Poets, 1977. First edition in this format. One of a designated 500 copies, this one SIGNED BY STRAND. Precedes the poem's appearance in Strand's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1998 collection, BLIZZARD OF ONE (its original appearance was in the Times Literary Supplement). Designed and illustrated by..... Item #72768 More
(Toronto): Viking, (1995). First edition. Text in English and French. SIGNED BY ATWOOD on p. 3 beneath the French version of her one-page foreword (the English version is on p. 2). Includes profiles and portraits of over 100 exceptional Canadians, including Atwood, Leonard Cohen, k. d. lang, Donald Sutherland, Wayne..... Item #72766 More
New York: The Book Service Company, 1937. Typographic letter dated "October, 1937" soliciting orders for the MODERN PUBLICITY 1937 - 1938 hardcover issue published in London by "The Studio Limited" and in New York by "The Studio Publications, Inc." While it's possible The Book Service Company -- who published an..... Item #72765 More
[No-place: no-publisher, no-date [circa 1910s]. Charming, circa mid 1910s four-page autograph poem comprised of fourteen four-line stanzas each employing the simple rhyme scheme of ABCB. Written on plain off-white 8 x 10” note paper lightly lined in blue and tied together with 2 mustard-colored ribbons at top. The poem alludes..... Item #72764 More
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1947). First editions thus: with new introductions by Farrell. Published one per month from February to May 1947. “MY DAYS OF ANGER concludes the tetralogy dealing with the history of the O’Neill and O’Flaherty families” (from Farrell’s introduction). Note: The eventual fifth and final volume in..... Item #72763 More
New York: The Modern Library, (1938). Later printing, circa 1950s, of Modern Library Giant G41. Collects the three volumes in Farrell's "Studs Lonigan" trilogy: Young Lonigan; The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan; and Judgment Day. INSCRIBED TO CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN on front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With affectionate regards/ Jim..... Item #72762 More
(Middleboro, Mass.): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Key Theatre, 1940. First edition. Promotional "herald" produced for handing out on street corners or in front of theaters in order to drum up ticket sales. This particular one is for the premiere four-day showing from Wednesday May 1st to Saturday May 4th [1940] at the..... Item #72761 More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1945 – 1948). Inscribed association copies of 1940s reprints (first published in the 1930s). From the collection of famed sportswriter Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman. ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED TO ZIMMERMAN’S FATHER, CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN, Farrell’s “old friend and comrade.” Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979)..... Item #72760 More
[New York]: (Dressmakers' Joint Council, ILGWU, 1967). First edition. Published as a tribute to Charles "Sasha" Zimmerman, a social activist, long-time official of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union [ILGWU], national Co-Chairman of the Socialist Party of America and Social Democrats USA, founding member of what came to be known..... Item #72759 More
London: Secker & Warburg, (1984). First edition thus. Over 40% of Orwell's handwritten fourth draft is reproduced in facsimile with a typescript, including corrections, on opposing pages. According to Orwell's second wife, Sonia (as quoted in Peter Davidson's introduction), "George always threw away all his [manuscripts], letters etc., so his..... Item #72758 More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1937. First edition. Published in January, 1937, this first volume in the American Guide Series was a resounding success, selling over 1800 copies in the first few months alone (Penkower, p. 127). Vardis Fisher was appointed state director to oversee the creation of the Idaho..... Item #72757 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First U.S. edition. In heavy-paper advertising dust jacket imprinted “Columbia Book Cover/ Protector Co.,/ Patented/ 1320 Chamber of Commerce/ Chicago Ill,” and consisting of fold-on sleeves for the book covers, each one three-holed punched and fitted with metal grommets through which string is laced..... Item #72755 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1952. First edition. A hefty book, running to 700 pages including the index, and covering every conceivable question of etiquette as well as suggestions for conducting ones life. Illustrated with line drawings by Fred McCarroll, Mary Suzuki, and a 20-something "Andrew Warhol," who is clearly..... Item #72754 More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009 - 2015. First edition of each of the three volumes. VOLUME ONE (2009) covers 1890 to 1930 (700 copies printed); VOLUME TWO (2011) covers 1931 to 1939 (525 copies printed); and VOLUME THREE (2015) covers 1940 to 1962 (only 425 copies printed). A duplicate set..... Item #72753 More
Andover, Mass. [Phillips Academy], 1932. First edition. Program for the June 11, 1932, annual baseball game between longtime rivals Phillips Academy (aka "Andover") and Phillips Exeter, two New England boarding schools both founded by members of the Phillips family. First and only appearance of Lardner's 40-line poem about Andover --..... Item #72752 More
![Item #72751 DIE ERGOETZLICHEN NACHTE [THE DELIGHTFUL NIGHTS]; [2 volume, limited edition with 15...](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72751.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777502104)
Munich: Georg Muller, 1908. First edition thus: with illustrations by Renner. German language edition translated from the Italian by Hanns Floerke. Number 808 of 850 numbered copies (the first 50 were printed on handmade paper). Volumes 8 & 9 in the publishers 31-volume “Pearls of Older Romance Prose” series edited..... Item #72751 More
[No-place: No-publisher], 1954. First edition. Christmas card issued for the use of Zev and wife, Gertrude; Broughton; and fellow founder of Centaur Press, Kermit Sheet -- per OCLC, which locates only 3 copies. Prints a poem by Broughton inside with drawing on front by Zev depicting the arrival at a...... Item #72750 More
Washington: Thompson & Homans, 1831. New edition. Originally published in 1788. Collects the series of 85 essays written anonymously by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" that first appeared in various New York state newspapers between October 1787 and August 1788 to urge New Yorkers to ratify..... Item #72749 More
London: R. Royston, 1670. Third edition of the first text and presumed first edition of the latter one, bound together in full leather. Thomas Pierce (1622–1691) was, by all accounts, an argumentative “controversialist” who spent the vast majority of his life engaging in writings defending his positions while attacking those..... Item #72747 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition. One of Hemingway's most influential works. Second issue with publisher's seal on copyright page and disclaimer present. Very good with light touch up to rubbed areas of spine label but otherwise only mild wear. Lacking the dust jacket. Item #72746 More
London: John Hunt, 1823. First edition, published anonymously. The first edition was available in three sizes: the more expensive "Large Paper" issue (1,500 copies, approximately 8.75" tall, 182 pages); the less expensive "Small Paper" issue (3,000 copies, 7" tall, 182 pages); and the much cheaper "Common" issue (16,000 copies, approximately..... Item #72745 More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Limited, 1915 and 1916. First edition of each. Both volumes are first separate editions of poems previously appearing in the 1915 collection 1914 AND OTHER POEMS. The first volume includes the sonnets "Peace," "Safety," two entitled "The Dead," and "The Soldier." The second volume prints only..... Item #72744 More