New York: The League of American Writers, (1938). First edition. Preface by Donald Ogden Stewart. Writers answer the question "Are you for, or are you against Franco and fascism?" (Spoiler alert -- they're against Franco and fascism: Edna Ferber says it all when she ends her response with, "Now please..... Item #72226 More
Longwood, FL: Christopherr-Burghardt Associates, 1990. First edition. Paperback original, in dust jacket. INSCRIBED on title page, "For Allen Mears/ with best regards/ Bruce Aufhammer/ 6/10/91." 8vo white pictorial paperwraps printed in black on front and spine only; matching dust jacket with additional text on rear panel (both flaps blank); presumably..... Item #72225 More
San Leandro: Greater West Publishing Co., 1935. First edition of Everson's first book, SIGNED on the front cover. Sixteen poems with an introduction by "H.A.H." 8vo stapled selfwraps printed in black with purple decorations; twelve pages including covers. In the "Pamphlet Series of Western Poets." Near fine with slight tanning..... Item #72224 More
Castiglione del lago, Italy: Edizioni Di, 2001. First edition. Italian language. Posthumously published hardcover graphic novel adaptation of Jeffers' poem "Hungerfield" designed and with drawings by Pazienza. The volume also includes Pazienza's full-page illustrations for poet and friend Miorelli's TRE CANTI (the text of which is included in a separate..... Item #72223 More
New York: Junior Literary Guild, 1930. First edition thus. Printed from the Harcourt plates with reset title page. "Chosen by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild ... as the selection for October, 1930, sent to Older Girls between the ages of 12-16 years." Seventy poems for young people with..... Item #72222 More
New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. One of an undisclosed number of advance copies SIGNED by Sanchez and dated "2 June 89" on half-title page. 8vo black paperwraps printed in white; housed in white card box printed in black, as issued. Near fine in near fine box. Item #72221 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1991). Third printing. SIGNED BY HIRSCHFELD on half-title page. Includes an introduction by Alistair Cooke and introductory essay by Hirschfeld. Oblong black cloth-backed black paper boards lettered in gilt on spine; 306 pages including index; profusely illustrated with black-and-white plates and few in color. Near fine..... Item #72220 More
[Washington]: [No-publisher], 1852. First edition. DISBOUND. Executive Document Number 91 petitioning Congress for an increase in subsidies for the Collins Lines, an American steamship company, to transport mail “between New York and Liverpool, between New York and New Orleans, Havana and Chagres, and between Panama and San Francisco and some..... Item #72219 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1956). First U.S. edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. SIGNED BY GOLDING on white label affixed to title page. Originally published in the UK as PINCHER MARTIN. Near fine with touch of darkening to spine gutters and inner hinges; in about very..... Item #72218 More
Chicago: Mark Twain Association of America, 1942. First edition. Five "travel" letters by Twain published in the Journal 1853 - 1855, beginning when he was just 18 years old. One of 300 numbered copies, this one being out of series (i.e., unnumbered). 8vo light blue stapled paperwraps printed in dark..... Item #72217 More
Elmira, NY: Mark Twain Society, (1978). Third printing. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For Cindy and Nils --/ Best wishes,/ Robert Jerome/ Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr." Explores Twain's connection to the city where he wrote many of his novels. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 8vo silver-stamped red cloth boards. Fine without dust..... Item #72216 More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1992). First edition. Collection of essays and reviews. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter/ with admiration &/ all best/ wishes/ G" and signed in full above his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on..... Item #72215 More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1980). First edition thus: a paperback reissue of the 1977 edition. Includes introductions by Louis D. Rubin Jr. and Biographical Essays by Virginia Rock from the 1977 edition; the 1962 "Torchbook Edition," and the original 1930 edition. Inscribed and/or signed for Walter and Jane..... Item #72214 More
New York: Random House, (1974). First edition. INSCRIBED BY WARREN in characteristic red ink on title page, "To/ Walter & Jane/ affectionate greetings/ Red/ [underline]/ Fairfield, December 1, 1974/ [underline]." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Warren..... Item #72213 More
New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. INSCRIBED BY WARREN on front endpaper, "To/ Walter & Jane,/ in all friendship,/ Red/ Fairfield, Conn./ October 2, 1980," and with Warren's HAND-CORRECTION to date on dedication page. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature..... Item #72212 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1970). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TATE on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ with love from/ Allen/ December 28, 1971." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature -- and the author of ALLEN TATE: A RECOLLECTION (1988), his..... Item #72211 More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Foreword by Eudora Welty. INSCRIBED BY SPENCER on title page, “For Walter and Jane Sullivan/ With special affection/ Elizabeth/ 31 October 1987." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Spencer -- one..... Item #72210 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1973). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper, "All the good stuff/ came out of ‘Mimic.'/ Written in one of Robert/ Graves’ houses in Majorca/ 1971!/ Best wishes to Walter,/ and in sincere appreciation/ of his valuable work,/ from Alan/ 28th March 1985/ Nashville.”..... Item #72208 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First U.S. edition. Short novel about a young working-class man and wealthy middle-aged widow. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on title page, “For Walter, who is one/ of the happy few,/ a tale from the depths,/ Alan Sillitoe/ Nashville,/ Queen of Cities, 17/4/90.” Walter..... Item #72207 More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. First U.S. edition. Collects over 40 English-language stories from "the wealth and variety of an art that spans some 200 years" (from the dust jacket). INSCRIBED BY PRITCHETT on front endpaper, "For Jane & Walter Sullivan/ affectionately from/ Dorothy & Victor Pritchett”; additionally signed..... Item #72206 More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1985). First edition. The title story was the basis for the TV movie of the same name. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ Cordially/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern..... Item #72205 More
Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, (1985). First edition. Winner of the 1986 Christian Book Award's Gold Medallion for Fiction. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ with best wishes/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature..... Item #72204 More
(New York): New Directions, (1990). First edition. Simultaneous paperwraps issue. INSCRIBED BY NIMS on half-title page, “Snowy greetings but/ warm wishes to/ Jane & Walter/ -- John/ Jan. 14, ’91.” Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72203 More
New York: Atheneum, 1988. First edition. Scare hardcover issue. INSCRIBED BY MERWIN on half-title page, “Warm and good wishes to/ Jane and Walter Sullivan/ Sewanee/ 1/22/90/ William.” Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of The..... Item #72202 More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1990. First edition. Her 4th book, a young girl's coming-of-age story -- "On one side is the pull of reason and safety. On the other, the lure of mystery and adventure" (from the cover). Uncorrected proof in yellow and black paperwraps. INSCRIBED on title page, “For..... Item #72201 More