New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition. Review copy with slip, photograph and publisher's letter laid in. INSCRIBED and dated on front endpaper. Laid in is a TLS from Apple "...I also remember that years ago when you were at The New Republic you were, I think, the first person... Item #30775 More
Cleveland: Privately printed, 1948. First edition. Limited to 200 copies. This copy with TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Mr Alva Bradley to Mrs. Rideout. A geneology compiled for Mr. Alva Bradley, illustrated with photgraphs, maps, and numerous family trees. Green cloth boads gilt lettered on front cover. Fine. Item #52475 More
Vancouver: Barbarian Press, 2005. First edition. Limitation not stated but issued in a small number according to the author. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, "Warts and all, for Allen Mears: ‘the first idea was not our own.’ With best wishes, Robert Bringhurst /27.III.2006." Speech given by Bringhurst as part of a celebration..... Item #55510 More
New York, 1944. One full page, typed letter on Helen Keller's personal stationery; addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and dated June 24, 1944. The letter, soliciting donations for financial support for the American Foundation for the Blind, is SIGNED in ink in Keller's hand. At the time, Keller had... Item #49509 More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1937. First edition. First printing, with "Lovely Pearl" in first line p.19. Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED to famous book collector H. Tatnall Brown, "For Henry T. Brown Jr/ with kindest regards/ John P. Marquand" and with TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED to him... Item #52671 More
While Associate editor of Macmillan's Educational Department, Michener suggested Mrs. Ella-Frances Barker as one of the authors in a proposed series of geography books for children. Mrs. Barker did not have time to complete the assignment and, unbeknownst to Michener, turned the project over to her young son. The first... Item #24926 More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1945. First edition. Her first book for children, a story revolving around the donkey ridden by Christ into the city of Jerusalem. Illustrations in the text and on the dust jacket by Valenti Angelo. Although no indication in book, presume his copy as there is a.... Item #55375 More
Washington D. C. April 1, 1983. Single page, TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Herman Wouk; on BSW Literary Agency, Inc. letterhead. To Mr. Frederick J. Green regarding the effect of films on novel reading, "- - as we see in the case of your class - - the films have persuaded... Item #53031 More