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Jack Charles Davis was an attorney, collector, and a philanthropist dedicated to promoting the economic and community development of his hometown, Lansing, Michigan. He and his wife Susan dedicated their time and resources to numerous nonprofi ts in the region. Davis’s son, Greg, recalls how Jack came to be a collector: “My dad’s fascination with collecting modern fi rst edition books emanated from his life-long thirst for knowledge.” Davis’s early interest was in Impressionist art, and son Greg remembers fondly his father’s lessons about Pointillism, which he shared not just with his children, but with public school children in his area. Davis, eager to share his love of art with his children, took son Greg and daughter Jennifer to the see Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. According to Greg: “I still remember him moving my sister and me back from Seurat’s painting so that we could observe how each minute point of color would coalesce into an elaborate image simply by changing our perspective.”
Davis “was a collector at heart, and with the escalating prices being paid for Impressionist art, he wanted to fi nd an alternative – something he could feel passionate about collecting. He revisited his love of existential philosophy, having studied the works of Sartre, Camus, and other existentialists, and later came to deeply appreciate the plays of Samuel Beckett – Waiting for Godot was his favorite. As he became reacquainted with the writings of these luminaries, he began to collect their books.” Over the next several decades, Jack expanded his collection, branching out beyond modern books into manuscripts, autographs and other collectibles.
After Davis passed away in 2020, his family recalls with gratitude the opportunity they had to review his extensive collection, prompting many fond memories, including their many visits with their father to bookstores across the country and other parts of the world. Son Greg remembers his father buying him James Bond books during these visits: "I read them all, and to this day, Ian Fleming’s iconic character holds a special place in my heart, in no small part because those stories remind me of the grand adventures I had with my father over the years.” Daughter Jennifer, upon seeing the works of Tom Stoppard, George Bernard Shaw, Harold Pinter, Eugene O'Neill and Neil Simon, remembered her father’s infectious love of theater, and the books brought to mind the many performances she attended with her father and at his suggestion.
The proceeds of the sale of Jack Charles Davis’s collection will fund community-based charitable giving, long a passion of Davis and Susan. “This is the perfect epilogue to Jack’s life,” Susan says, “Jack spent his life collecting and giving back, and now the sale of his collection will help us continue that good work.” The collection is offered on behalf of the family through the coordination of MS GIFT, the sponsoring organization of Morgan Stanley’s donor advised fund and other charitable giving strategies. MS GIFT services close to 15,000 donors and has granted in excess of $3.8B since inception.
1 ADAMS, Douglas (1952-2001). The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. New York: Harmony Books, 1980. 2 ADDAMS, Jane (1860-1935). Twenty Years at Hull-House with Autobiographical Notes. New York: Macmillan Company, 1910.
8vo. Half-title. Original purple cloth-backed blue boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, REVIEW COPY, with publisher’s review slip, “News Harmony” sheet, and two promotional photos laid in. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first published in London in 1979. The publisher›s sheet includes excerpts from the work and a blurb. A VERY FINE COPY.
$400 - 600 8vo. Photographic frontispiece, numerous full-page and in-text illustrations by Norah Hamilton. Original maroon cloth gilt, pictorial label of Hull House on upper cover. Provenance: Louisa F. Parkhurst (gift inscription, 1911, on front free endpaper); M. B. Lorshman? (signature on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Jane Addams, co-founder of both Hull House and the American Civil Liberties Union, was one of the most prominent reformers and social activists of the Progressive Era, and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States. In 1931, she was the fi rst American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
[With:] ADDAMS. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, WITH A CLIPPED SIGNATURE OF ADDAMS LAID IN. Originally published as a series of articles in McClure’s Magazine, Addams’ work looks at the issue of prostitution, particularly how it affects young girls. $250 - 350
3 [AESOP (ca 620-560 B. C.)]. L’ESTRANGE, Roger, Sir (1616-1704). Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists. London: for R. Sare and others, 1704.
Folio (316 x 198 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plate; title printed within double-rule border. (Some light spotting and soiling.) 20thcentury calf-backed boards, spine gilt.
Fourth edition, fi rst published in 1692, corrected and amended, and including “The Life of Aesop” in addition to fables of Poggius, Anianus, Abstemius, and Barlandus. ESTC N8014. $200 - 300
5 [AFRICAN AMERICANA - SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol. I, for 1835. New York: R.G. Williams, American Anti-Slavery Society, 1835.
12mo (105 x 179 mm), 12 issues: Nos. I-XII (January-December 1835), most with engravings on fi rst page. (Some dampstaining, toning and spotting.) Contemporary green cloth gilt (soiling with slight wear, spine slightly leaned).
FIRST EDITION of nos. 1-9, 12, and second edition of nos. 10-11of this abolitionist periodical with engravings and articles illustrating the brutality of enslavement. Includes articles, essays, and poems, and a biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture and slave narratives. Sabin 81862. 4 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. ARMSTRONG, Louis (1901-1971). Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1954. Satchmo: My Life
8vo. Photographic plates. Original boards; in unrestored dust jacket (priceclipped, minor toning, small chips or tears at edges). Provenance: Josh (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, second printing, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG on half-title: “To Josh, The old Dixie jazz-band from New Orleans!! Your friend Louis Armstrong (“Satchmo”). $400 - 600
6 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. BALDWIN. Go Tell it on the Mountain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.
8vo. Original orange cloth gilt, top edge stained blue; in unrestored pictorial dust jacket (spine panel faded, a few small chips or tears to extremities, price-clipped).
FIRST EDITION of Baldwin’s fi rst semi-autobiographical novel focusing on the role of the Pentecostal Church in African-American communities.
$1,000 - 1,500
7 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. BALDWIN (1924-1987). Notes of a Native Son. Boston: The Beacon Press, 1955.
8vo. Original red cloth; pictorial dust jacket small stain, light creasing, small tears at edges).
FIRST EDITION of Baldwin’s fi rst collection of essays refl ecting on race in America and Europe. $500 - 700
9 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Not Without Laughter. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
8vo. Original pink and white striped cloth stamped in aubergine and blue; in unrestored unclipped illustrated dust jacket (some fading and light scuffi ng).
FIRST EDITION of Hughes’ fi rst novel. IN THE RARE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. According to American Book Prices Current, only two copies with the dust jacket have sold at auction in the last 40 years. $300 - 400 8 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. DU BOIS, William Edward Burghardt (18681963). Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.
8vo. Original navy cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel darkened, chipping and short tears, a few separations along folds). Provenance: W.K. Pierce (ownership inscription dated 1920).
FIRST EDITION of Du Bois’s companion volume to The Souls of Black Folk which includes essays on race, poems, and autobiographical prose. RARE IN THE DUST JACKET: According to American Book Prices Current, only one other copy with the dust jacket, a second printing, has sold at auction in the last 40 years. $400 - 600
10 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Shakespeare in [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Shakespeare in Harlem. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. part lot
8vo. Illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. (Toned.) Original orange and black cloth stamped in purple and black; in unrestored unclipped illustrated dust jacket (minor chipping, toning and soiling). FIRST EDITION.
[With:] Tambourines to Glory. New York: The John Day Company, 1958. 8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth stamped in pink to spine; in unrestored and unclipped illustrated dust jacket (tears and creasing to lower edge). FIRST EDITION.
part lot
11 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. KING, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968). Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed yellow boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (crease along lower edge). FIRST EDITION of King’s fourth and last book. Signed in a secretarial hand on front free endpaper.
[With:] Why We Can’t Wait. New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1964. 8vo. Half-title, photographic plates. Original cloth-backed grey boards; in unrestored unclipped pictorial dust jacket (minor toning). FIRST EDITION of King’s treatise on the 1963 Birmingham campaign and the nonviolence movement against racial segregation in the United States. $400 - 700
13 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). Sula. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Sula. New York:
8vo. Original orange cloth gilt-lettered; in unrestored and unclipped FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with 1/74 code to lower left and other points.
FIRST EDITION of Morrison’s second novel set in the remnants of a black neighborhood in fi ctional Medallion, Ohio which was destroyed so that a golf course could be constructed. Sula was integrally important to the emergence of Black Feminist Literary Theory. $400 - 600 12 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). The Bluest Eye. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
8vo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, in unrestored unclipped dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION of Morrison’s fi rst novel, written when she was a professor at Howard University. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with closeup photograph of Morrison on the rear panel, priced “$5.95,” and with “1070” code on front fl ap. Initially, Morrison’s novel received limited critical attention, however placement on several university reading lists promoted further recognition. $1,000 - 1,500
14 [AFRICAN AMERICANA - SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company, Jewett Proctor & Worthington, 1852.
2 volumes, 8vo. Title-page vignettes, 6 engravings. (Occasional spotting.) Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt-lettered (recased preserving original spines and endleaves, fading, spines slightly leaned); brown cloth slipcase. Provenance: Public Library of the Town of Beverly; Estate of Bessie Baker (bookplates with inscriptions dated 1934).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, in BAL’s binding B [no priority]. Stowe’s abolitionist novel credited with changing the attitudes of the American public towards slavery and Black Americans. BAL 19343; Grolier American 61.
[With:] Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. 2 volumes, 8vo. (Toning.) Original blindstamped blackbrown cloth with spine gilt-lettered (minor wear at extremities, spines slightly leaned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second printing of Volume I, fi rst printing of volume II, BAL “A” binding [no priority].. Preceded by two English editions. Stowe’s follow-up to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the novel focuses on southern enslavers and the mistreatment of the enslaved. BAL 19389.
15 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
8vo. Original purple cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped pictorial dust jacket (small scuff to spine).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY of Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. With publisher’s review copy sheet, photocopy of the 14 May 1982 Publisher’s Weekly review, and a copy of Walker’s author portrait taken by L.A. Hyder laid in. $500 - 700 16 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). A group of three works, comprising:
$500 - 700
17 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940.
8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth stamped in light blue and red; in unrestored and unclipped printed dust jacket (minor creasing at spine cap).
FIRST EDITION, with “A-P” below the edition statement on the copyright page. IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, printed in green and yellow with the price “$2.50,” and without single-spaced blurbs on spine and front panel. Wright’s novel about Bigger Thomas, set on the South Side of Chicago, was an immediate best-seller, selling over 250,000 hardcover copies within three weeks of its release. In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose. 1983. -- Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful. 1984. -- Possessing the Secret of Joy. 1992. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 46 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY TONI MORRISON. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in San Diego et al by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, all FIRST EDITION, 8vo, all in publisher’s bindings, dust jackets unrestored and unclipped, all in very fi ne condition. $300 - 400
18 [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. A group of signed works by Maya Angelou and Alex Haley, comprising:
ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). Gather Together in My Name. New York: Random House, 1974. SIGNED BY ANGELOU. -- ANGELOU, Maya. Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas. New York: Random House, 1976. SIGNED BY ANGELOU. -- HALEY, Alex (1921-1992). Roots. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 126 of 500 copies. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
19 ALBEE, Edward (1928-2016). Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? New York: Atheneum, 1962.
8vo. Original black cloth gilt, top edge stained red (spine very slightly leaned); in unclipped dust jacket (some toning, a few creases and tiny tears). Provenance: Lawrence Shainberg (b.1936), American author (signature on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION. WITH ALBEE’S SIGNATURE ON A SLIP laid in. Albee’s landmark play was fi rst staged at the Billy Rose Theater on 13 October 1962.
$200 - 300
21 ALGER, Horatio (1832-1899). Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf. Boston: Brown, Bazin, & Co., 1856. 20 ALBEE, Edward (1928-2016). A group of 20 works, including:
The American Dream. NY, 1961. -- The Play The Ballad of Sad Cafe. Boston et al, 1963. -- Tiny Alice a Play. 1965. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ALBEE. -- Malcolm… From the Novel by James Purdy. 1966. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Everything in the Garden. 1968. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. 1969. -- All Over. 1971. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Another copy. NY: Pocket books, 1974. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Seascape. 1975. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Counting the Ways and Listening Two Plays. 1977. UNREVISED PROOF. -- Two other copies, one SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- The Lady from Dubuque. 1980. Photograph of Albee by Elizabeth Hausmann, SIGNED BY ALBEE, 1981 lain in. -- The Wounding: An Essay on Education. Charleston, WV, 1981. SPECIAL AUTOGRAPHED EDITION, 32 of 50 copies bound in boards. SIGNED BY ALBEE. -- Another copy. SIGNED BY ALBEE. And 6 others. Together 20 works, most published in NY by Atheneum, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, MOST SIGNED BY ALBEE, several with ALBEE’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400
ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). A group of 6 works by or about Algren,
8vo. Half-title; wood-engraved frontispiece, engraved title (some spotting and staining). Publisher's red blind-blocked cloth, spine gilt (a few tiny holes or separations to joints, spine ends rubbed, slightly leaned). Provenance: Marion L. Tompkins (early signature on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION OF ALGER'S FIRST BOOK, a compilation of his poems and stories, most of which had been previously published in various periodicals. Gardner 53. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only 5 copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 40 years. $400 - 600 22 ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). A group of 6 works by or about Algren, comprising:
The Man with the Golden Arm. Garden City, NY, 1949. -- Chicago: City on the Make. Garden City, NY, 1951. -- A Walk on the Wild Side. NY, 1956. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ALGREN to Herb Yellin. -- Another copy. -- Who Lost an American? NY, 1963. SIGNED BY ALGREN. -- DONAHUE, H. E. F. Conversations with Nelson Algren. NY, 1964. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne.
[With:] ANS ("Nelson"), to publisher William Targ. 1 page, on a postcard, in pencil. Sharing a contact telephone number. $400 - 600
23 ANDERSON, Sherwood (1876-1941). Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1919. Winesburg, Ohio. New York: B.W.
8vo. Half-title. Original mustard cloth, printed label on spine, top edge stained yellow (some light soiling, spine slightly leaned); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Claude, Bridgewater, Connecticut (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “lay” in line 5 on p.86, and broken type in line 3 on p.251. Anderson’s short story cycle centers around the life of protagonist George Willard, and owing to its emphasis on the characters’ psychological insights is considered one of the earliest works of Modernist literature. Sheehy & Lohf 9. $200 - 300 $200 - 300
25 [ARTISTS]. FOUJITA, Tsugouharu (1886-1968). Autograph letter signed (“Foujita”), to Jean Avalon. 23 rue Campagne-premiere, Paris, n.d.
1 page, 8vo, on blue sheet, small annotation upper left corner, a few tiny spots.
Foujita writes Jean Avalon, editor and contributor to Aesculape, thanking him for sending issues of the publication and for his kind words. “Je suis tres touche de votre attention ev amablite envers mois, merci.” Aesculape was published by the International Society of the History of Medicine, a “Revue mensuelle illustrée. Lettres et arts dans leurs rapports avec les sciences et la médecin.” 26 [ARTIST’S BOOK]. GIACOMETTI, Alberto (1906-1966), illustrator. LELY, Gilbert (1904-1985). La Folie Tristan. Paris: Jean Hughes, 1959.
12mo (147 mm x 102 mm). Contemporary quarter burgundy morocco gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine sunned, slight rubbing, very slight bubbling to sides); original wrappers bound in.
LIMITED EDITION, number 43 of 50 copies SIGNED BY LELY. WITH AN ORIGINAL DOUBLE ETCHING, SIGNED BY GIACOMETTI. on limitation page. $400 - 600
24 [ARTISTS]. CALDER, Alexander A. (1898-1976). Autograph letter signed (“Sandy Calder”), to Mumford. N.p., 13 February 1956.
1 page, 4to. Calder writes regarding a unique mobile acoustical refl ector ceiling in the Aula Magna at the University of Caracas. In full: “The ‘platillos voladores’ in the Aula Magna are acoustic refl ectors. The lights were put above them to make them stand out. But thanks for the plug.”
[With:] VLAMINCK, Maurice de. Autograph letter signed (“Vlaminck”), to an unnamed recipient. Paris, n.d. 1 page, 8vo, on on La Tourilliere letterhead Rueil-la-Gadeliere stationery. Regarding a pending payment. -- CHAGALL, Marc. Signature on photocopied program for the “Unveiling of the Stained Glass Memorial by Marc Chagall,” Lobby of the Secretariat Building, UN Headquarters, New York, 17 September 1968. $400 - 600
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27 [ARTIST’S BOOK] -- MIRÓ, Joan (1893-1974). Joan Miró Litografo. Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1972, 1975, 1977.
3 volumes (of 4 comprising vols. I-III), 4to. 27 original lithographs, including 10 double-page, numerous reproductions of Miró’s works. Original cloth (a few board edges bumped, some slight soiling); original lithographic dust jackets (vol. I with minor toning; some minor creasing); original wrap-around bands and glassines for vols.II and III. LIMITED EDITION, each one of 150 copies. $600 - 800 28
28 [ARTIST’S BOOK]. REMINGTON, Frederic (1869-1909). Remington’s Frontier Sketches. Chicago, Akron, OH and New York: The Werner Company, 1898.
Oblong 4to. Pictorial title-page, 15 half-tone plates, printed tissue guards. (Some minor chipping and spotting.) Original pictorial beveled boards, edges gilt (some soiling, slight wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of Remington’s work. “His are no fancy sketches. They deal with subjects which he has studied close at hand, in the wigwam, on the plains, in the arroyos… Remington’s admirable pictures will abide, preserving for all time his unique likeness in a setting true to nature and worthy of the subject” (Introduction). Dykes, Fifty Great Western Illustrators 327; Merle Johnson, p. 426; Howes R-206. $400 - 600
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29 [ARTIST’S BOOK]. WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987). The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
8vo. Original orange cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few slight scuffs or small chips to rear panel). Provenance: Evan Heyman (inscription). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARHOL TO HEYMAN: “To Evan Heyman love Andy W.” $400 - 600
30 [ARTIST’S BOOK]. WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987). Andy Warhol’s Exposures. New York: Andy Warhol Books/ Grosset & Dunlap, 1979.
4to. Numerous photographic illustrations after Warhol; text by Warhol and Bob Colacello. Original black sliver-stamped cloth; in unrestored dust jacket designed by Warhol (price-clipped, minor toning and a few tiny chips). FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY WARHOL in marker on half-title. $400 - 600
31 [ARTIST’S BOOKS]. WARHOL, Andy (1928-1987). A group of 4 works, comprising:
a; A Novel. NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1968. -- The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. SIGNED BY WARHOL. --Portraits of Ingrid Bergman. N.p.: Galerie Börjeson, [1983]. Original pictorial boards; original shrinkwrap; original cardboard folding case. AS NEW IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. -- RATCLIFF, Carter. Andy Warhol. NY: Abbeville Press, 1983. Original pictorial wrappers. TWICE SIGNED BY WARHOL. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
32 [AVIATION]. BYRD, Richard Evelyn (1888-1957). Two works, comprising:
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic.... New York & London, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations maps. Original half parchment gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 240 of 1,000 copies SIGNED BY BYRD AND THE PUBLISHER of the “Author’s Autograph Edition.”
Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1935. 8vo. Illustrated plates. Original cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED ON PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE BY BYRD.
[With:] BYRD. Signature on a newspaper photograph. With:] BYRD. Signature on a newspaper photograph. $300 - 400 $300 - 400
33 33 [AVIATION]. EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying[AVIATION]. EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.
8vo. With original Silvertone phonograph recording in sealed rear pocket, and with inserted leaf preceding the title-page as issued; photographic plates. Original pink cloth (some fading and minor staining).
FIRST EDITION. The inserted leaf at the front discusses the author’s christening of the Essex Terraplane automobile on 21 July 1932, and the recording captures Earhart’s London radio broadcast of May 22, 1932. Earhart discusses her path to becoming a pilot and radio broadcast of May 22, 1932. Earhart discusses her path to becoming a pilot and shares a bibliography of the writings of other female aviators. $200 - 300 $200 - 300
34 [AVIATION]. LINDBERGH, Charles A., (1902-1974). Two works, comprising:
Of Flight and Life. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1948. 8vo. Original cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped). Provenance: Louis Arnett Benton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
The Spirit of St. Louis. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953. 8vo. Original cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. $300 - 400
35 BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). Le Deuxième Sexe. Paris: Gallimard, 1949.
2 volumes, 8vo. Titles printed in red and black. Original black cloth decorated in blue and grey or brown and green, gilt (a few tiny stains to top sheet edges and vol.II pastedowns, tiny scuff to spine vol.II, very light wear to a few corners, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, numbers 1218 (vol.I) and 781 (vol.II) of 2,000 copies on alfuma of a total edition of 2,050. Complete in two parts: I. Les Faits et les mythes; II. L’Expérience vécue. Beauvoir’s best-known work, researched and written between 1946 and 1949, a major work in feminist theory which laid the groundwork for second-wave feminism. The fi rst edition sold around 22,000 copies in a week, and has been translated into 40 languages. $400 - 600
36 36 BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). The Mandarins. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.
8vo. Blue and red cloth boards lettered and decorated in white and gilt, top edge stained blue, others uncut; apparently original glassine (a few tiny chips); original board slipcase.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR. Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt for her roman à clef which follows the lives of a close-knit group of French intellectuals from the end of World War II through to the mid-1950s. $400 - 600
37 BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). A group of 4 works in French, including vols. II-IV of her autobiography, comprising:
L’Amérique au jour le jour. Paris: Editions Paul Morihien, 1948. 8vo. Original wraps and glassine. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR on half-title. -- La Force de l’Age. Paris: Gallimard, 1960. 8vo. Original wraps. FIRST EDITION of the second volume of Beauvoir’s autobiography. -- La Force de Choses. Paris: Gallimard, 1963. 8vo. Original wrappers and glassine. FIRST EDITION of the third volume of the autobiography. -- Tout Compte Fait. Paris: Gaillimard, 1972. 8vo. Original wrappers and glassine. FIRST EDITION of the fourth volume of the autobiography. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
38 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Whoroscope. Paris: The Hours Press, 1930.
8vo. (A few tiny pale spots.) Original printed red wrappers, stapled as issued (some fading to outer margins, some staining, rust stains from staples).
FIRST EDITION OF BECKETT’S FIRST BOOK, LIMITED ISSUE, number 213 of 300 numbered copies (100 signed, this copy being unsigned). WITH ONE HOLOGRAPH CORRECTION BY BECKETT ON PAGE 2.
Whoroscope was entered into a competition for the best poem on Time organized by Nancy Cunard›s The Hours Press, where it was awarded the £10 prize. Beckett later recalls in a letter to Cunard: “Whoroscope was indeed entered for your competition and the prize of I think 1000 francs. I knew nothing about it till afternoon of last day of entry, wrote first half before dinner, had a guzzle of salad and Chambertin at the Cochon de Lait, went back to the Ecole and finished it about three in the morning. Then I walked down to the Rue Guenegaud [the office of The Hours Press] and put it in your box. That›s how it was and them were the days” (Lake, Eichhorn and Leach No Symbols Where None Intended, Austin, 1984). Federman & Fletcher 5; Published in Paris p.411. $1,000 - 1,500
40 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Molloy. --Malone meurt. --L’Innommable. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1951, 1951, 1953.
3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. (Some overall browning as usual). All in original wrappers printed in blue and black, uncut and unopened or partially unopened (minor spotting to Malone meurt); Molloy in glassine.
FIRST EDITIONS OF THE BECKETT TRILOGY, ordinary issues. “The trilogy proceeds by way of collapse. Beckett’s successive monologuists, confi ned to a series of small rooms, try and fail to tell their stories; and each narrator is then revealed to be the alias, and each story the alibi, of its successor, until, pulling all of Beckett’s earlier creations down upon its nonexistent head, there is only the disembodied voice of the Unnamable” (Benjamin Kunkel, “Sam I Am,” in The New Yorker, 30 July 2006). Federman & Fletcher 257, 258, 260. $600 - 800 41 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Watt. Paris: Collected Merlin, Olympia Press, 1953.
8vo. Original printed plum wrappers (a few soft creases to covers, corners very slightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 368 of 1,100 copies. Beckett wrote the majority of Watt, his second novel published in English, from the south of France during the Second World War. Narrated in four parts, the novel describes Watt’s journey to and within Mr. Knott’s house; the novel concludes with a fi fth section of unincorporated addenda, which Beckett apparently intended for the novel, but never included. Federman & Fletcher 32.
39 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Echo’s Bones and Other Precipitates. Paris: Europa Press, 1935.
8vo. Original printed buff wrappers with fl aps over pp. [1-2] and [43-44] (some toning to upper and spine margins of upper cover).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 239 of 250 unsigned copies (with tag laid in), of Beckett’s early collection, “the best of his erudite but highly personal poems” (James Knowlson). Federman & Fletcher 22; Grolier Irish, p.30. $400 - 600
42 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). En attendant Godot. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1961.
8vo. Original wrappers printed in blue and black, uncut (a few tiny pinholes, spine toned, slightly leaned, tiny separation to foot of lower joint). Provenance: Leidsche Straat (small bookseller’s label lower cover).
FIRST TRADE EDITION OF BECKETT’S FIRST-PUBLISHED AND MOST FAMOUS PLAY. One of 2,500 copies printed of Beckett’s tragicomedy, a post-World War II existential play belonging solidly to the tradition of the “Theatre of the Absurd.” Federman & Fletcher 259.
$1,500 - 2,500
44 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Comment c’est. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1961.
8vo. Original wrappers printed in black and blue, uncut and unopened; glassine.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED “CLUB DE L’EDITION” ISSUE, number 32 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BECKETT and printed on Alfa Mousse Navarre paper, and with a blank back cover except for “Édition Originale” printed in lower right corner. The total edition comprised 3,197 copies, including 197 limited or hors commerce copies. The novel is a monologue from an unnamed narrator divided into three parts; before Pim, with Pim, and after Pim. Federman & Fletcher 268. A VERY FINE COPY. 43 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Waiting for Godot. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1956.
8vo. Publisher’s note tipped in. Original mustard cloth lettered in red on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight wear to corners, a few short tears). Provenance: Ed Cox (signature on fl yleaf).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, preceded by an edition in French, and an edition published in New York. Beckett’s play was fi rst performed in London at the Arts Theater Club on 3 August 1955, and was later transferred to the Criterion Theatre after a few small textual deletions were made “to satisfy the requirements of the Lord Chamberlain. The text printed here is that used in the Criterion Theatre production” (publisher’s note tipped in). Federman & Fletcher 373.1.
$400 - 600
45 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Poems in English. London: John Calder, 1961.
8vo. Original teal cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight toning and rubbing to spine, a few small stains). Provenance: George and Jean (presentation inscription from the author).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT on title-page: “For George and Jean, affectionately from Sam, Paris June 1962.” Poems in English includes “those poems written in the English language which the author is willing to have preserved,” as well as poems written in French and translated by Beckett himself “together with the original texts” (front flap). The work includes: “Whoroscope,” “Echo›s Bones,” “Two Poems,” and “Quatre Poèmes.” Federman & Fletcher 40. $400 - 600
46 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Come and Go. Dramaticule. London: Calder & Boyars, 1967.
8vo. Photographic illustrations. Original gilt-lettered buckram; original board slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 77 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BECKETT. Beckett’s Come and Go, considered to be one of his most “perfect” plays, varies between 121 and 127 words, and is accompanied by exacting and precise stage directions. The photographs were taken by Ilse Buhs of Deryk Mendel’s Berlin production featuring Lieselotte Rau, Charlotte Foeres, and Sibylle Gilles, as staged at the Schiller Theater, January 1966. See Federman & Fletcher 46 (the present copy with a slight variation to the wording in the colophon and in a variant binding, both unrecorded). $500 - 700 47 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). No’s Knife. London: Calder and Boyars, 1967.
8vo. Half-title. Original cream gilt-lettered calf, edges gilt; original fl exible cloth slipcase (some minor soiling).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 73 of 100 “Series A” copies SIGNED BY BECKETT, and printed in advance of the fi rst trade edition. No’s Knife comprises a collection of 20 of Beckett’s prose works, including 19 which were originally written in French. The translations are by Beckett, occasionally in collaboration with Richard Seaver. In a variant full calf binding not called for in the publisher’s limitation statement. Federman & Fletcher 386.1.
$500 - 700
$500 - 700
48 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). More Pricks than Kicks. London: Calder & Boyars, 1970.
8vo. Original calf-backed cloth, gilt-lettered on cover and spine; original cloth slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 80 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BECKETT. First published in 1934, More Pricks than Kicks is a compilation of short stories that follow the life of main character Belacqua Shuah from his school days through to his accidental death. Beckett wrote an additional story for the work, “Echo›s Bones,” at the suggestion of his Chatto editor Charles Prentice; in it, Belacqua returns from the dead. Prentice ultimately rejected the story which remained unpublished until 2014. See Federman & Fletcher 16 (note). $500 - 700 49 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). The Lost Ones. London: Calder & Boyars, 1971.
8vo. Original calf-backed buckram, gilt-lettered (spine slightly browned); original buckram slipcase.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, LIMITED ISSUE, number 91 of 100 copies SIGNED BY BECKETT and printed in advance of the fi rst trade edition. Beckett’s English translation of his Le Dépeupleur, published in French in 1970. Written during a period when Beckett was implementing Mies van der Rohe and Adolf Loos’ anti-ornamental architectural theories to his prose, The Lost Ones employs no traditional plot, and is set in “abode [i.e. fl attened cylinder] where lost bodies roam each searching for its lost one.” Not in Federman & Fletcher.
8vo. Designed and printed in blue and black by Henry Morris on mouldmade paper. Original blue morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered on spine, by Bela Blau.
LIMITED EDITION, number 140 of 299 numbered copies SIGNED BY BECKETT on the half-title. Beckett’s short novel was fi rst published as Mal vu mal dit in 1981, and was translated into English by the author in 1982. Not in Federman & Fletcher. $500 - 700
51 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). -- GOREY, Edward (1925-2000), illustrator. Beginning to End. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1988.
8vo. Illustrated. Original black cloth-backed pictorial boards.
LIMITED EDITION, number 252 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED BY BECKETT AND GOREY of a total edition of 326, the second of two collaborations between Beckett and Gorey. “Beginning to End is composed of extracts from my work (prose, verse, theatre) connected to form a dramatic monologue. It was devised and performed over the years...by my friend Jack MacGowran, who died recently in New York....I had nothing to do with this production. It’s [sic] validity depended entirely on the personality of MacGowran, his Irishness and extraordinary feeling for and affi nity with my work. It was uniquely his property and objectively is quite untransmissible” (The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1966-1989, pp. 34-35). Not in Federman & Fletcher; Toledano B76b. $400 - 600
52 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 35 works by or about Beckett, including signed copies and French editions, including:
Murphy. Paris: Bordas, 1947 [but 1954]. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. --Molloy Malone Dies the Unnamable. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. The Traveller’s Companion series. -- Proust. London, 1931. -- Imagination Dead Imagine. London, 1965. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, unnumbered one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- Eh Joe and Other Writings. London, 1967. (Clipped.) SIGNED BY BECKETT. --Not I. London, 1973. SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- Mercier and Camier. Paris, 1970. In original glassine. LIMITED EDITION, number 82 of 92 copies. -- Another copy. London, 1974. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT. --Lessness. London, 1970. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT. -- Fin de partie. Paris, 1957. FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- Nouvelles et Textes pour rien. Paris, 1958. LIMITED EDITION, number 179 of 2000 copies. -- And 25 others. Together, 35 works in 36 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $500 - 700
53 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 24 works published by Grove Press, including:
Proust. 1931. -- Waiting for Godot. 1954. -- Molloy. 1955. (Clipped.) [With:] Another copy. -- Malone Dies. 1956. (Lacking dust jacket.) LIMITED EDITION, number 127 of 500 hard bound copies. -- Another copy. Fifth issue. -- All that Fall. 1957. -- Murphy. [ca 1957]. -- The Unnamable. 1958. -- Another copy. -- Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable. 1959. (Clipped.) -- Watt. 1959. -- Krapp’s Last Tape.1960. -- Happy Days. 1961. -- Poems in English. 1963. -- How it is. 1964. -- Stories and Texts for Nothing. 1967. -- Cascando. [1969.] -- Film. 1969. -- Mercier and Camier. 1974. -- Ends and Odds. 1976. -- Fizzles. 1976. -- Company. 1980. -- Rockaby. 1981. -- Ill Seen, Ill Said. 1981. -- Westward Ho. 1983. -- Disjecta. 1984. -- Together, 24 works in 27 volumes, all published in New York by Grove Press, various 8vo sizes, all in original bindings, most FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $500 - 700
54 BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 19 Limited and English editions, including:
Endgame. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- From an Abandoned Work. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- Another copy. -- Imagination Dead Imagine. Calder and Boyars, 1965. --For to End Yet Again and Other Fizzles. John Calder, 1976. -- Beckett, translator. Drunken Boat A Translation of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem Le Bateau ivre. Reading: Whiteknights Press, 1976. LIMITED EDITION, number 128 of 300 copies. -- All Strange Away. John Calder, 1979. -- As the Story was Told Uncollected and Late Prose. John Calder et al, 1990. -- Dream of Fair to Middling Women. Dublin: The Black Cat Press, 1992. -- Eleutheria. NY: Foxrock, Inc., 1995. -- KNOWLSON, James. Samuel Beckett: An Exhibition held at Reading University Library. Turret Books, 1971. LIMITED ISSUE, number 49 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- And 9 others. Together, 19 works in 22 volumes, most published in London, various folio and 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600 50
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55 BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005). Dangling Man. New York: Vanguard, 1944.
8vo. Original green-gray cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped, some light rubbing to extremities, tiny hole to spine-panel touching one letter).
FIRST EDITION of the author’s fi rst book. “Today, when the war serves as a common excuse for hasty writing, it is more than ever exciting to come across a new author who has preserved his integrity. For this reason the Vanguard Press is especially proud to publish the fi rst novel of a writer who, we predict, will take his place among the most distinguished novelists of our time” (front fl ap). Bellow would ultimately win 3 National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
$400 - 600
57 BURROUGHS, William (1914-1997). The Naked Lunch. Paris: Olympia Press, 1959.
8vo. Publisher’s green printed wrappers (“New Price NF 18” stamped on lower cover); original lacquered dust-jacket with design by Brion Gysin (small chip to top edge of front panel).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, “Francs: 1500” on lower wrapper and title with green typographic border, but with “New Price” inkstamp on lower wrapper. Five-thousand copies of The Naked Lunch were published by Olympia in Paris, but the dust jacket was not issued until some months after the work was first published; due to obscenity laws, Burroughs› work would not be published in the United States until 1962. Maynard & Miles A2a. $500 - 700 56 BLOCH, ROBERT (1917-1994) Psycho. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
8vo. (Some light overall browning as usual.) Original cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor toning, very slight rubbing to extremities).
FIRST EDITION, WITH BLOCH’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, and with the iconic just jacket designed by Tony Palladino. Bloch’s thriller was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1960 into a feature fi lm of the same name, written by Joseph Stefano and starring Anthony Perkins as Bates and Janet Leigh. Currey p.46. $400 - 600
58 CAIN, James Mallahan (1892-1977). The Postman Always Rings Twice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
8vo. Original orange cloth, top edge stained blue (spine very slightly darkened); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (soiling, rubbing, tears and a few small losses). Provenance: Marjorie and Russell Collins (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF CAIN’S FIRST NOVEL, one of the most important crime novels of the 20th century, adapted for fi lm twice: in 1946 starring Lana Turner and John Garfi eld, and in 1976, with a David Mamet screenplay featuring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. $1,000 - 1,500
59 CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987). Tobacco Road. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1932.
8vo. Half-title. Original russet cloth decorated in gilt and blind; in unclipped dust jacket (reinforced on verso along fl ap folds and edges, very slight chipping to spine ends, spine panel darkened). Provenance: Ralph D. Hartman, president of the Cleveland Photographic Society (presentation inscription, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, with “A” on copyright page. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CALDWELL: “To Ralph D. Hartman with all the good wishes of Erskine Caldwell.” Caldwell’s novel, set in Augusta, Georgia, depicts a family of poor white tenant farmers during the height of the Great Depression. It was dramatized for Broadway by Jack Kirkland in 1933, and the Modern Library ranked it among the 100 best Englishlanguage novels of the 20th century. $2,500 - 3,500
60 CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987). God’s Little Acre. New York: The Viking Press, 1933.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in brown and black. Original cloth stamped in orange and green, top edge stained orange; in unclipped dust jacket (a few small neat repairs along top edge verso, some minor soiling along fl ap folds). Provenance: John B. Sanford (blindstamp on fl yleaf).
61 CALDWELL, Erskine (1903-1987). Three limited editions, comprising: FIRST EDITION of Caldwell’s novel which was infl uenced, in part, by textile mill strikes in Gastonia, North Carolina, focusing on the plight of workers who are without Union protection. The novel’s sexual themes lead the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice to ask a New York court to censor it, but the court ruled in Caldwell’s favor. It was Caldwell’s most popular novel, and was adapted to fi lm in 1958, starting Robert Ryan. $500 - 700
Poor Fool. NY: Rariora Press, 1930. Illustrated. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 984 of 1,000 copies. -- We are the Living. NY: Viking Press, 1933. Original cloth, glassine, and boards slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 33 of 250 copies SIGNED BY CALDWELL. -- Another copy. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 7 of 250 copies SIGNED BY CALDWELL. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fi ne.
$300 - 400
62 CAMUS, Albert, (1913-1960). La Peste. Paris: Gallimard, 1947.
8vo. Half-title. Original wrappers; original glassine.
FIRST EDITION, one of 215 copies on velin pur fi l des Papeteries Lafuma-Navarre, this being one of 15 hors commerce copies labeled “i”, of a total edition of 2355. “La Peste represents the liberation of Camus from existentialism into something nearer the collective revolutionary heroism of La Condition Humaine. It is an allegory of the German Occupation, transposed as an outbreak of the plague in Oran” (Connolly, The Modern Movement 95). $1,500 - 2,500
63 CAMUS, Albert (1913-1960). Two PRESENTATION COPIES inscribed to Belgian writer and painter Jean de Bosschère, comprising: L’État de siège. Spectacle en trois parties. Paris: Gallimard, 1948. 8vo. Half-title. (Browning as usual.) Original printed wrappers (spine panel darkened); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: A. M. Antomin (presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title: “A Jean de Bosschère assiege sure anso mars insoumais [L’Etat de Siege] are Esperes a plus cordials Albert Camus.” Critics and the public expected a dramatization of Camus’ La Peste (1947), but L’État de siege was different in tone, and was initially poorly received. Despite this, the work has remained almost constantly in print in French since its fi rst publication.
Les Justes. Paris: Gallimard, 1950. 8vo. Half-title. Original wrappers; original glassine (small sticker on spine of glassine). FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title: “A Jean de Bosschère [crossing through “Les”] an nom des que vous no sommes sens tes cordialement Albert Camus.” Camus’ play is based on the true story of a group of Russian Socialist-Revolutionaries who assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905.
De Bosschère lived for most of the 20th century between London and France, and illustrated his own works as well as the works of Oscar Wilde, Charles Baudelaire, and the classical works of Aristophanes, Ovid, Strato and Apuleius. He published his own works of poetry, and in 1952 was awarded the Prix de la Méditerranée and in November the Mandat des Poètes. $400 - 600
64 CAMUS, Albert, (1913-1960). L’Homme Revolte. Paris: Gallimard, 1951.
8vo. Half-title. (Some overall browning, minor chipping to a few brittle edges.) Original wrappers (some soiling). Provenance: Yvon Belaval (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. REVIEW COPY marked “S.P.” on title-page and lower wrappers.
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CAMUS: “A Yvon Belaval en souvenir des Portiques d’Alger, amicalement Albert Camus.” Philosopher and literary scholar Yvon Belaval was a Diderot specialist. He helped edit an edition of Denis Diderot’s works with Jean Grenier, who taught in Algiers where he was hugely infl uential on Camus. L’Homme Revolte, an expansion of his earlier views expressed in l’Etranger and Le Mythe de Sisyphe, provoked a bitter controversy between Sartre and Camus, resulting in the end of their relationship. $800 - 1,200
65 CAMUS, Albert, (1913-1960). Group of 4 FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:
Actuelles II. Chroniques 1948-1953. 1953. FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title to Natacha and Brice Parain. Parain was a French philosopher and essayist. -- L’Exil et le Royaume. 1957. FIRST EDITION, number 146 of 200 copies on Lafuma-Navarre. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title to writer Gianfranco Zaffrani. -- Discours de Suè de. 1958. FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title to an unnamed recipient. -- Les Possédés. 1959. FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. INSCRIBED BY CAMUS on half-title to “Nathalie.” -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo, all published in Paris by Gallimard, all in original wrappers with glassines (all with a small label on spine of glassine). All FIRST EDITION, SIGNED OR INSCRIBED. Condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700
66 CAMUS, Albert, (1913-1960). Group of 6 works in French, comprising:
Actuelles. Chroniques 1944-1948. 1950. FIRST EDITION, one of 260 copies on alfa mousse Navarre, this copy hors commerce labeled “H.C.” -- Actuelles II. Chroniques 1948-1953. 1953. FIRST EDITION, number 217 of 260 copies on alfa mousse Navarre. -- Actuelles, III. Chronique Algerienne 1939-1958. FIRST EDITION, number 307 of 260 copies on alfa mousse Navarre. -- Le Malentendu; Caligula. 1944. FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue. -- Carnets. Janvier 1942-Mars 1951. 1964. FIRST EDITION, number 185 of 310 copies on Lafuma-Navarre. -- Prométhée aux enfers. Paris: Palimugre, n.d. LIMITED EDITION, number 182 of 250 copies. -- Together 6 works in 6 volumes, all published in Paris by Gallimard (except where indicated), all 8vo, all in original wrappers, most with original glassines, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
68 CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). Breakfast at Tiffany’s. New York: Random House, 1958.
8vo. Original yellow cloth, top edge stained gray (spine slightly rubbed); in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped, spine panel toned with a tiny scuff).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of Capote’s novella, published along with three other short stories: “House of Flowers,” “A Diamond Guitar,” and “A Christmas Memory.” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was adapted to fi lm by George Axelrod in 1961, starring Audrey Hepburn in arguably her most memorable role as Holly Golightly. The fi lm was released on 5 October 1961 to critical and commercial success, grossing $14 million on a $2.5 million budget. $1,000 - 1,500 67 CAMUS, Albert, (1913-1960). A group of English-language editions, comprising:
The Outsider. Stuart Gilbert, translator. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- The Stranger. Stuart Gilbert, translator. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. --The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- The Stranger. Matthew Ward, translator. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. -- Together 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and dust jacket or wrappers, condition generally good. $500 - 700
69 CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). Two works, comprising: CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). Two works, comprising:
Other Voices Other Rooms. 1948. 8vo. Original tan cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears). FIRST EDITION. -- A Christmas Memory. 1956. Original gilt-stamped green cloth; original board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 315 of 600 copies SIGNED BY CAPOTE. -- Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, both published in New York by Random House, both 8vo. Condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
70 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). April Twilights. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903.
8vo. Title printed in green and black. Original drab boards, printed paper labels on upper covers and spine (spine label chipping, some light wear).
FIRST EDITION OF CATHER’S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. Cather’s only collection of verse, featuring poems written while she was working as an English teacher in a Pittsburgh high school, April Twilights was published again, with several of the original poems replaced, in a limited edition in 1923 by Knopf. Crane A1.a. $600 - 800 71 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Alexander’s Bridge. Boston and New York: Houghton Miffl in Company, 1912.
8vo. Original purple gilt-lettered cloth [Crane’s binding b], with “Willa S. Cather” on spine front cover (outside of the title box); in a later (ca 1918) unrestored dust jacket, unpriced, with the 13-line blurb on the front panel, with the adverts on rear panel beginning with Samuel Hopkins Adams’ Success, and with a blurb for My Ántonia on rear flap (a few chips and tears, some soiling).
FIRST EDITION OF CATHER’S FIRST NOVEL, second issue of the text with half-title bound after the title-page. The work follows title character Bartley Alexander, a world-renowned builder of bridges, through his struggles with infi delity and integrity. In its 1912 review, The New York Times praised Cather›s ability at ‹›catching and describing in terse, refined phrase the salient features of personality.›› Crane A5b.i. $600 - 800
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72 72 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). [The Prairie Trilogy:] O Pioneers! 1913. -- The Song of the Lark. 1915. -- My Ántonia. 1918. All Boston and New York: Houghton Miffl in Company.
3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece in The Song of the Lark; illustrated plates after W. T. Benda in My Ántonia. All in original cloth bindings (slight rubbing to corners, My Ántonia with a few small stains to the spine and lower joint).
ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUE: O Pioneers! bound in vertically-grained cloth with the period touching the “O” in the imprint on the spine; The Song of the Lark with ads on copyright page printed in a box, and with “moment” (lacking the “s”) on p.8); My Ántonia with the plates printed on glazed paper.
Cather’s Prairie Trilogy, published in relatively rapid succession, immediately experienced critical and mainstream success, and Cather was praised for her use of American vernacular to tell the story of regular American characters during the era of the new frontier. The works explore the themes of coming of age, isolation, rural versus city life, exploration and discovery. The fi nal installment, My Ántonia, considered Cather’s masterpiece, received on overwhelmingly positive critical response. Crane A6.a.i [binding a]; A8.a.i [binding a]; A9. $1,000 - 1,500
73 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). The Professor’s House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925.
8vo. Original purple cloth-backed orange cloth boards, top edge stained red (some very minor soiling); in unrestored dust jacket (some minor soiling, a few short tears). Provenance: sold Charles E. Lauriat Co. (bookseller’s ticket on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE, written in three parts: Chapter II, “Tom Outland’s Story” (which Cather wrote fi rst), is framed by “The Family” (Chapter I), and “The Professor” (Chapter 3). Crane A14.a.i. $300 - 400
74 74 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 75
8vo. Original green cloth-backed boards gilt; original printed dust wrapper (minor soiling, a few short tears); original board slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 51 of 520 copies SIGNED BY CATHER. Cather began to write her fi nal complicated novel, Sapphira, in the spring of 1937, and she continued to work on it until publication. Set in 1856 Virginia›s Shenandoah Valley, the novel›s vivid characters were drawn from Cather›s own childhood memories, and the novel explores antebellum enslavement through the anxieties and paranoia of a white slaveowner, Sapphira, in the years leading up to the Civil War. Crane A22.a.i. $400 - 600
75 CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). A group of 10 works, comprising:
The Troll Garden. McClure, Phillips & Co, 1905. -- [CATHER]. McCLURE, S.S. My Autobiography. Frederick A. Stokes, 1914. -- Lost Lady. 1923. -- My Mortal Enemy. 1926. -- Shadows on the Rock. 1931. LIMITED EDITION, number 133 of 619 copies. SIGNED BY CATHER. -- Another copy. -- Obscure Destinies. 1932. -- December Night a Scene from Willa Cather’s Novel “Death Comes for the Archbishop.” 1933. -- Lucy Gayheart. 1935. -- Sapphira and the Slave Girl. 1940. -- The Old Beauty and Others. 1948. -- Together, 10 works in 11 volumes, all published in New York, most published by Alfred A. Knopf, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or quarter cloth or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600 $400 - 600
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76 CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.
8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth, stamped in grey (some minor soiling, spine slightly leaned); in unclipped dust jacket (separation along front spine fold with old tape repair verso, chipping with losses, soiling). FIRST EDITION OF CHANDLER’S FIRST BOOK, including the fi rst appearance of detective Philip Marlowe. Chandler’s hard-boiled crime novel has been adapted to fi lm twice: in 1946, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, with a script co-authored by William Faulkner, and in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. Bruccoli A.1.1.a. $1,500 - 2,500 77
77 CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell my Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.
8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth stamped in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few scuffs, some overall browning, spine darkened, light chipping). FIRST EDITION of Chandler’s second novel. “Shocks and thrills aplenty lie ahead in this fast, close-knit, and utterly hard-boiled story of murder, extortion, and assorted rackets and depravities on the criminal fringes of Los Angeles. Readers of The Big Sleep know what to expect of Mr. Chandler; all others have a real experience in store” (dust jacket). Bruccoli A2.1.a $800 - 1,200
78 CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, stamped in green; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light chipping and rubbing, overall browning. FIRST EDITION of Chandler’s fourth Philip Marlowe mystery, the fi rst of which to advertise “A Philip Marlowe Mystery” on the dust-jacket. Bruccoli A4.1.a [With:] CHANDLER. The Little Sister. Boston: Houghton Miffl in Company, 1949. 8vo. Original red cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a touch of wear). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the fi fth Philip Marlowe mysteries. Bruccoli A8.2.a. $800 - 1,200 FOR ADDITIONAL IMAGES AND LOT DETAILS VISIT HINDMANAUCTIONS.COM 21
79 CLEMENS, Samuel L. (“Mark Twain,” 1835-1910). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876.
8vo. Wood engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text by True Williams and others, 4-page publisher’s advertisements at end. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and black, peach endpapers, plain edges (spine lightly dulled, hinges neatly repaired); blue morocco folding case.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, printed on wove paper, versos of half-title and preface blank. “The irresponsibility, the love of odd adventure, and the sense of natural justice as opposed to the village code, which characterize the heroes of this book and its sequel Huckleberry Finn, presented a sharp contrast to the Sunday School or rags-to-riches literature which was then the common fare doled out to children... these books let fresh air into the minds of parents who had shut the door on their own childhood, and they will be classics the world over as long as there are boys” (Grolier American 79). BAL 3369; Johnson p. 27; Peter Parley to Penrod 43. $15,000 - 20,000
80 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Square 8vo. Lithographic frontispiece by E. W. Kemble, photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt (BAL state 1), illustrations in text. (Spotting to a few leaves.) Original green gilt-decorated pictorial cloth (slight rubbing to corners and spine ends, otherwise bright); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: Perry Molstad (bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent); Sold Sotheby’s New York, 27 April 1984, Sale 5184, Lot 419.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, early state, with the following issue points: the title leaf in the second state; the frontispiece in the fi rst state; fi rst state of p. 13 with “Him and Another Man” plate listed as being on p. 88; fi rst state of p. 57 with “was” for “saw”; fi rst state of pagination on p. 155 (without the fi nal “5”); third state of p. 283; with fi nal blank 23/8. BAL 3415; Johnson, p.43-50. $6,000 - 8,000
81 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.
8vo. 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text by Dan Beard, 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in blue/gray, black and gilt, spine gilt (corners slightly bumped, a touch of wear to spine ends, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the S-like ornament between the two words in the caption on p.[59]. BAL 3429; Johnson, pp.50-52. $400 - 600
82 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Following the Equator. A CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). Following the Equator. A Journey Around the World. Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1897.
8vo. Plates and illustrations in text. Original cloth decorated and gilt (very slight rubbing to a few corners); slipcase. Provenance: Gift inscription 1898 on fl yleaf.
FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the Hartford imprint only. BAL 3451. A BRIGHT COPY.
$300 - 400 83 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A group of 11 novels and collections of short stories, including:
The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrim’s Progress. Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1869. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, BAL 3316. -- Roughing It. Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1872. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, state “B” with no advertisement on p. [592]. BAL 3337. -- The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other Stories. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3436. -- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1896. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. BAL 3446. -- The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. FIRST EDITION, in dust jacket. BAL 3527. -- And 6 others. Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $1,000 - 1,500 $1,000 - 1,500 85 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A group of 11 works,
84 84 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A group of 15 novels, CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A group of 15 novels, comprising: comprising:
Pudd’nhead Wilson. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. FIRST ENGLISH Pudd’nhead Wilson. London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. BAL 3441. -- How to Tell a Story and Other Stories. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3449. -- A Double Barrelled Detective Story. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. 7 plates. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3471. -- A Horse’s Tale. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3500. -- Extract from Captain Stormfi eld’s Visit to Heaven. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1909. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3511. -- And 10 others. Together, 15 works in 15 volumes, 8vo, all in publisher’s red cloth bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $800 - 1,200 85 CLEMENS, Samuel (“Mark Twain”) (1835-1910). A group of 11 works, including:
Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance. New York: Sheldon & Company, [1871]. FIRST EDITION, 2nd state. Contemporary half morocco gilt. BAL 3326. -- Autobiography, (Burlesque.) First Romance, and Memoranda. Toronto: James Campbell & Son, [1871]. Unauthorized edition, with the possible FIRST APPEARANCE of “My Late Senatorial Secretaryship.” BAL 3334. -- Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches. New York: Slote, Woodman & Co., [1878]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. BAL 3378. -- The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other Stories. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. FIRST EDITION. BAL 3436. -- Europe and Elsewhere. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, [1923]. FIRST EDITION. In unrestored and unclipped dust jacket. BAL 3536. -- And 6 others. Together, 11 works in 12 volumes, various 8vo, 12mo and 16mo sizes, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $800 - 1,200
86 CONROY, Pat (1945-2016). The Boo. Verona VA: McClure Press, 1970.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Original blue cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped, some pale spotting).
FIRST EDITION, WITH CONROY’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. With “Boo’s Immortals” leaf laid in. Conroy’s fi rst book, which he self-published on his graduation from The Citadel. “ The Citadel is quirky, eccentric, and unforgettable. The Boo and I collaborated on this book to celebrate a school we both love—each in our different ways. Proceeds for the book will go to a gift fund honoring Citadel graduates killed in Viet Nam” (Preface). $500 - 700
87 CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900). The Red Badge of Courage. New York: Appleton, 1895.
8vo. Title printed in red and black. Original tan buckram decorated in red, black and gold (soiling, a few small stains, spine slightly leaned). Provenance: “R” (neat pencil note, 31 December 1959, on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, printed on laid paper with top edge stained yellow, with the earliest advertisements headed “Gilbert Parker’s Best Books.” “An extraordinary study of the common man amid the turmoil, clamor and distortion typifi ed by war...its intensity, its startling yet inevitable descriptive phrase, struck a new note in American prose” (DAB). BAL 4071; Grolier American 98.
$2,000 - 3,000
88 CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900). A group of 6 works, comprising:
The Red Badge of Courage. 1896. Partial dust jacket. -- George’s Mother. NY et al: Edward Arnold, 1896. Provenance: Ephraim James Page (bookplate). BAL 4073. -- The Little Regiment. 1896. FIRST ISSUE. BAL 4076. -- Maggie. 1896. Later edition. -- The Third Violet. 1897. BAL 4078. -- The Open Boat. Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. BAL 4079. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, most published in New York, most published by D. Appleton and Company, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth stamped in various colors, most with top edge cut and others uncut, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $400 - 600
89 CUMMINGS, E.E. (1894-1962). The Enormous Room. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. 89
8vo. Half-title. Original light brown cloth lettered in black on cover and spine, uncut (spine slightly soiled, slight rubbing to extremities); original pictorial dust jacket (restored with small areas of retouching, closed tear to front panel, a few small chips). Provenance: Barbieri & Price Ltd. and Books Old & New (booksellers’ tickets to front and rear pastedowns); George Cosmatos (sold, his sale, Sotheby’s, 2005, lot 163).
FIRST EDITION OF CUMMINGS’ FIRST WORK, with p.219 in the uncorrected state. E. E. Cummings’ autobiographical fi rst novel is based on his experiences as an enlistee with the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in France, where he openly expressed anti-war views. He was arrested and held by the French military on suspicion of espionage for three and a half months. Of Cummings’ fi rst novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Of all the work by young men who have sprung up since 1920 one book survives—The Enormous Room by e e cummings...Those few who cause books to live have not been able to endure the thought of its mortality.” Firmage A1. THE COSMATOS COPY.
$800 - 1,200
90 CUMMINGS, E.E. (1894-1962). A group of 3 limited editions of Cummings’ works, comprising:
New York: Covici, Friede, Publishers, 1933. 8vo. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 1337 of 1381 copies SIGNED BY CUMMINGS. -- Tulips & Chimneys. Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1937. Original vellum-backed boards; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 341 of 481 copies. -- Anthropos. Mount Vernon, NY: The Golden Eagle Press, 1944. Original cloth; board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 222 unnumbered copies. $400 - 600
91 CUMMINGS, E.E. (1894-1962). A group of 13 poetic works by Cummings, comprising:
Puella Mea. [Mt. Vernon, NY], 1923. Printed in rust. -- Another copy. Printed in blue. (Lacking dust jacket). -- Another copy. Printed in rust. (Lacking dust jacket). -- 1 x 1. NY, 1944. -- “Cummings Number.” In: The Harvard Wake. No. 5. Spring 1946. -- Xaipe. Seventy-One Poems. NY, 1950. -- Another copy. (Lacking dust jacket). -- 95 Poems. NY, 1958. -- A Miscellany. NY, 1958. -- Another copy. (Lacking dust jacket). -- A Selection of Poems. NY, 1961. Signed by Marion Cumming. -- 73 Poems. NY, 1962. -- Xaipe. NY, 1979. Advance review copy with slip laid in. -- Together, 13 works in 13 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
92 CUMMINGS, E.E. (1894-1962). A group of 10 works by Cummings, comprising:
The Enormous Room. NY, 1922. (Lacking dust jacket). -- Him. NY, 1927. -- Eimi. NY, 1933. -- The Enormous Room. NY, 1934. Modern Library Edition. -- Tom. Santa Fe, NM, 1935. -- i. Six Nonlectures. Cambridge, MA, 1935. -- Another copy. -- Collected Poems. NY, 1938. Inscribed by Marion Morehouse to photographer Paul Rotha. -- Santa Claus. NY, 1946. -- Poems 1923-1954. NY, 1954. -- Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne.
93 DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection. New York: D. Appleton, 1860.
8vo. Half-title; one folding letterpress table. (Some spotting.) Original brown blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered (wear with minor losses to spine ends and joints, upper hinge just starting). Provenance: John St. James (signatures on fl yleaf and front blank, 1860).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with two quotations facing title-page. Darwin’s work “marked a turning point, not only in the history of science, but in the history of ideas in general, for there is no fi eld of human intellectual endeavor that has not been infl uenced by the thought and fact of evolution” (DSB III, p.571). Freeman 377. $3,000 - 4,000
94 94 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871.
2 volumes, 8vo. Illustrations; 2pp. ads at end of vol.I and 12pp. at end of vol.II. Publisher’s 2 volumes, 8vo. Illustrations; 2pp. ads at end of vol.I and 12pp. at end of vol.II. Publisher’s russet cloth, stamped in black, spines gilt-lettered (some rubbing and very slight wear to spine ends, cloth on upper cover vol.II slightly bubbling). Provenance: R. L. Phelps (early signature). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, including the fi rst appearance of the word “evolution” in any of Darwin’s works. Freeman 941. $400 - 600
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, including the fi rst appearance of the word “evolution”
95 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872.
8vo. 7 heliotype plates with arabic numerals, 3 folding, numerous woodblocks in text; 2 advertisement leaves at end, dated November 1872. (Light soiling to a few leaves.) Original green cloth, covers with blind frame, spine gilt (some light rubbing and wear, hinges just starting, corners and top edge of boards bumped).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with “htat” reading on p.208, and the last signatures being 2B^1 and 2C^4. The work contains studies of facial and other types of expression in man and mammals, and their relationship to various emotions. “This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment” (Freeman). Freeman 1142. $600 - 800
96 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London: John Murray, 1876.
8vo. Errata slip; one diagram, numerous tables. (Spotting to title and a few other leaves.) Original green cloth, covers with blind frame, spine gilt (hinges starting, some light rubbing and wear).
FIRST EDITION of this sequel to Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids, based on painstaking experiments he had undertaken since 1866, making the work his most ambitious plant book to date. “It was too technical and too detailed to command a wide sale,” although 1500 copies were sold before the end of 1876. Freeman 1249.
$300 - 400
98 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). A group of American editions, comprising:
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. NY: Orange Judd & Company, 1868. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Freeman 879. -- Insectivorous Plants. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. 8vo. Original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Freeman 1220. -- Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of the H.M.S. ‘Beagle.’ NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Freeman 64. -- Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine. $300 - 400 97 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands.... London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876.
8vo (190 x 126 mm). 5 folding plates, 2 folding maps. (Folding plates and maps with tears to folds and crossing images occasionally repaired, some spotting.) Russet cloth gilt (touch of wear to extremities, hinges starting). Provenance: B.L.S. Bodichon (signature on half-title).
Second edition of Darwin’s account of his travels during the second voyage of HMS Beagle, commanded by Captain Robert FitzRoy. Freeman 276. $300 - 400
99 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837.
8vo (208 x 128 mm). 43 engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”), Robert William Buss, and Robert Seymour (including engraved frontispiece and engraved title). (Lacking half-title, some staining.) 20th-century red morocco gilt, purple cloth boards, marbled edges (some wear, corners bumped, hinges weak with front hinge reinforced).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the fi rst issue points listed in Smith, with most plates in Smith’s fi rst state. Gimbel A15; Smith I:3. $300 - 400 $300 - 400
101 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Sketches by Boz... New Edition, CompleteDICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Sketches by Boz... New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839.
8vo (210 x 131 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 38 engraved plates by Cruikshank. (Some light offsetting.) 20th-century calf gilt, brown and tan leather lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, stamped-signed by Bretano’s (some light rubbing, front cover detaching, a few stains); tan cloth slipcase. Provenance: Brian Douglas Stilwell (bookplate).
FIRST OCTAVO ONE-VOLUME EDITION of The Complete Sketches by Boz. Chapman and Hall acquired the copyright to both series of Sketches by Boz, which they issued in parts with 13 additional illustrations. In May 1839, the series was published in the present one-volume edition (see Smith I:2, p. 16). Gimbel A7. $400 - 600 100 [DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. Oliver Twist. Extracted from Bentley’s Miscellany, volumes 1-5. [London: Richard Bentley], 1837-1839.
8vo (212 x 126 mm). 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. (Plates browned, some spotting.) 20th-century half black morocco gilt, green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (front cover detached, rear hinge starting, some light wear). Provenance: George Jefferson Mersereau (bookplate); Charles MacA. Willcox (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, extracted from Bentley’s Miscellany, where it was fi rst serialized between February 1837 through April 1839. Smith I:4, p. 36-37. $300 - 400 $300 - 400
102 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841.
3 volumes, 8vo (251 x 164 mm). Frontispieces, numerous illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Knight Brown (“Phiz”). (Slight toning.) Early 19th-century half green morocco gilt, Dickens facsimile signature giltstamped on upper covers, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by Root & Son (some light rubbing, spines faded); wrappers and advertisements bound in (not complete).
FIRST EDITION, bound from the original monthly parts, most with early issue points listed in Smith. Smith I:6; Gimbel A51. $400 - 600
103 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. 104 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
8vo (212 x 131 mm). Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 38 engraved plates (of 39, lacking fi nal plate) by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Some spotting, and staining, a few marginal chips or tears.) Later half green blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, edges sprinkled red (some wear, joints starting). Provenance: early signature.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with frontispiece in 1st state with imprint, plates 1, 2, and 4 in the earliest states with publisher’s imprint, with “visiter” for “sister” on p. 123, and “latter” for “letter” on p. 160. Gimbel A41; Hatton & Cleaver pp.131-160; Smith I:5.
[With:] DICKENS. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. 8vo (212 x 132 mm). 40 etched plates (of 40) by Hablot Knight Browne («Phiz») (including frontispiece and vignette title-page, and 8 dark plates). (Some slight staining or toning.) Later half dark green calf blind-stamped, spine gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges, stamp-signed by Sotheran (some wear, some rubbing to sides, joints tender). Provenance: Thomas Walters James? (signature, 1857). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the fi rst issue points listed in Smith with signature “B2” on page 371 and “Rigaud” mistakenly substituted for “Blandois” pp. 467-474 struck by a previous owner. Smith I: 12.
$250 - 350
mistakenly substituted for “Blandois” pp. 467-474 struck by a previous
105 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Pictures From Italy. London: Bradbury & DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Pictures From Italy. London: Bradbury & Evans for the Author, 1846.
8vo (174 x 110 mm). Half-title; 2 pp. publisher’s advertisements at front, wood-engraved vignette on title-page, 3 wood-engravings in text, 2pp. advertisements at end. (Some spotting and toning, a few leaves roughly opened.) Original blue blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt-lettered (minor wear to spine ends, spine slightly darkened, corners slightly bumped, a few very light stains, covers detaching). Provenance: D.L. Maur? (signature). FIRST EDITION. Dickens’s account was fi rst published in The Daily News entitled “Traveling Sketches - Written on the Road”; he reproduced the work in book form as Pictures from Italy, retaining only two of the original twelve chapter titles, and incorporating several textual changes. Eckel, p. 126; Smith II:7.
[With:] DICKENS. Three Christmas books, comprising: The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. 1846 [1845]. First state of 2 pp. advertisements at rear. Smith II:6. -- The Battle of Life. A Love Story. 1846. Vignette title-page in fi fth state, Todd’s Variant E1 with no imprint and unbroken petals. Smith II:8. -- The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain. 1848. Smith II:9. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in London by Bradbury & Evans, all 8vo, all complete with text, advertisements, and engravings, all in original red cloth gilt and blind-stamped with edges gilt, most rebacked preserving original spine, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $200 - 300 8vo (206 x 126 mm). Half-title, etched frontispiece, etched title-page, 38 etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Lacking half-title, etched title trimmed short at foot, some toning and spotting, a few marginal tears.) Later half green morocco gilt, marbled boards, marbled edges.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, text with most of the fi rst issue points listed in Smith and the common 14-line errata, second issue of engraved title-page with the signpost reading “£100” (no priority) and 6 studs in the trunk. Eckel pp. 71-73; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 185-224; Smith I: 7.
[With:] DICKENS. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. 8vo (219 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 38 engraved plates (of 38) by Hablot Knight Browne (“Phiz”). (Some spotting or toning, plates with some usual browning, a few leaves with marginal chipping.) Original green cloth bind-stamped, spine gilt-lettered (rebacked preserving original spine, renewed endsheets, sunned
FIRST EDITION, with most early issue points listed in Smith, including the earlier 2-line errata, fi rst state vignette title, “Capatin” for “Captain” in last line on p. 324, “, and no period at end of last line on p. 582. Includes the fi rst example of a “so-called dark plate” facing p. 547, and bound in Smith’s variant but without “London 1848” at foot. Gimbel A103; Smith I:8. $250 - 350
106 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870.
6 original parts (223 x 141 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 wood-engraved plates. (Some staining, cork add in part 2 torn but present.) Original blue-green pictorial wrappers (a few spines defective with several covers detached, some chipping and soiling); slipcase. Provenance: E.J. Brooker (signature, part I); Frederick Spiegelberg (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. The “Edwin Drood Advertiser” and inserted advertisements listed in Hatton and Cleaver are present in each part, except: “Edwin Drood Advertiser” in part 1; part 2 with the “Select Library Edition” ad tipped to inner front wrapper; lacking pp. 5, 6, 19, and 20 of “Edwin Drood Advertiser” in part 4; “Chapman & Hall’s Recent Publications” ad in part 5; without “Price Eighteenpence” paste-over on part 6 (upper right corner torn away); and Wilcox & Gibbs 4pp. ad in part 6. Eckel pp. 96-98; Hatton and Cleaver pp. 373-384; Gimbel A154.
[With:] DICKENS. Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.
2 volumes, 8vo (215 x 133 mm). 40 engraved plates after Marcus Stone (including frontispieces). (Lacking half-titles, some toning and staining, some stab-holes gutter margin.) Early 20th-Century half red morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt-lettered, marbled edges, stamp-signed by Sotheran (spines darkened, some light wear). Provenance: Reverend James Mitchell Harvey (bookplates); sold Hugh Hopkins, Glasgow (bookseller’s ticket).FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM with most early issue points listed in Smith (lacking the 36- and 24-page catalogues at end of each volume as often). Gimbel A150; Smith I:15. $300 - 400
107 108
107 DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). One Man’s Initiation-1917. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1920.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (spine panel slightly sunned, touch of wear to spine ends); in unrestored jacket (separation along front fl ap fold, some minor soiling or chipping). FIRST EDITION, second issue, with perfect type on p.35. Dos Passos’ fi rst novel, infused with his anger toward the modern war machine and its absurd logic and devastating effects, and based on his experiences as an ambulance driver during the First World War. $400 - 600
108 DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). The 42nd Parallel. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1930.
8vo. Half-title. Original maroon cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine, top edge stained orange; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears, some very slight chipping to spine ends, some darkening). FIRST EDITION of the fi rst work in Dos Passos’ U.S.A. Trilogy. The trilogy depicts the lives of 12 characters, and employs four experimental narrative modes: fi ctional narratives, “Newsreels,” the “Camera Eye,” and biographical sketches of historical fi gures. $500 - 700 $500 - 700
109 DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). A group of 3 works, comprising:
The Three Soldiers. NY, 1921. FIRST STATE with three blanks at front and p.213, line 31 reading “singing;” third state of the dust jacket, with the Stars and Stripes blurb on the front panel. -- Orient Express. NY et al, 1927. Illustrated. -- Midcentury. Boston et al, 1961. FIRST ISSUE. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $300 - 400
110 DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.
8vo. Half-title, monochrome frontispiece and 15 monochrome plates by Sidney Paget. (Pale spots to a few leaves.) Original pictorial red cloth gilt by Alfred Garth Jones (spine slightly faded and wrinkled, some pale spotting to endleaves).
FIRST EDITION in book form, with the misprint “you” for “your” on p.13. The Hound of the Baskervilles marked the return of Sherlock Holmes after his disappearance over Reichenbach Falls in “The Final Problem,” published 1893, which Doyle described as the “inevitable relapse after repentance.” De Waal 87; Green & Gibson A26. $1,000 - 1,500
112 112 DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Epitaph a Poem. Robert Fawcett, illustrator. New York: Heron Press Incorporated, 1929. 111 DREISER, Theodore (1871-1945). Sister Carrie. New York: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1900.
8vo. Half-title. (Some soiling to half-title, a few small stains.) Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in black (hinges discreetly repaired, some light rubbing); cloth folding case. Provenance: Robert A. Wilson (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK, published on 8 November 1900. After Harper and Brothers declined to print Sister Carrie, Dreiser approached Doubleday, Page, and Co., who had recently published Frank Norris’s McTeague to some controversy (see lot 213). Johnson High Spots, p.151; McDonald 1. $1,500 - 2,500
113 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). A group of 6 works by or about Einstein, comprising:
Folio. Numerous woodcuts. Original black cloth gilt, uncut and unopened; glassine; slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 1029 of 1100 copies, on handmade Keijyo Kami. SIGNED BY DREISER AND BY FAWCETT on frontispiece.
[With:] DREISER. A Gallery of Women. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. 2 volumes, 8vo. Title printed in black and navy. Original brown cloth gilt, stamped in black, top edge cut, others uncut (slight rubbing); in unrestored, un-price-clipped dust jackets (some toning). FIRST EDITION. $200 - 300 The Meaning of Relativity. Princeton, 1923. -- The Fight Against War. NY, 1933. -- EINSTEIN and Sigmund FREUD. Why War? Dijon, 1933. Limited edition. -- The World as I See It. NY, 1949. SIGNED BY EINSTEIN. -- Out of my Later Years. NY, 1950. -- BARNETT, LIncoln. The Universe and Dr. Einstein. NY, 1948. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
114 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). The Waste Land. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.
8vo. Original gold-stamped fl exible black cloth (crease to front board, spine slightly dulled, a few tiny scuffs); original printed salmon dust jacket (lacking original spine panel with neat rebacking, minor losses to corners, backed in japan tissue with a few tears repaired). Provenance: Sold Swann Galleries, 1992, Sale 1591, lot 144.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, number 362 of 1,000 copies. FIRST ISSUE with the “a” in “mountain” in line 339 on p.41, and with the number on the colophon measuring 5mm. Ezra Pound, who suggested extensive revisions to The Waste Land, and who was infl uential in the publication of the work, described Eliot’s poem as “the justifi cation of the modern experiment since 1900.” “Of The Waste Land I will say nothing but that we should read it every April. It is the breviary of post-war disillusion” (Connolly, The Modern Movement 43). Gallup A6a. $2,000 - 3,000
115 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). The Rock. London: Faber & Faber, May 1934.
8vo. Half-title. (Pale spots to a few leaves.) Original grey printed wrappers (some browning, heaviest on spine).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ELIOT, one of 1000 copies printed for sale at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre during the fi rst production of Eliot’s pageant play from 28 May-9 June 1934. Gallup A26a. $600 - 800
116 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). The Family Reunion. London: Faber and Faber, 1939.
8vo. Half-title. Original gray cloth, lettered in red on spine (browning to spine and edges); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (two vertical creases). Provenance: Mrs. B. ?Idding Bell (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELIOT: “Inscribed for Mrs. B. ?Idding? Bell by T. S. Eliot Holy Saturday 1939.” The Family Reunion was fi rst performed on 21 March 1939 at the Westminster Theatre, London, where it ran until 22 April 1939. Gallup A33a. $400 - 600
117 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber, 1939.
8vo. Half-title. Original red-printed yellow cloth (some darkening to extremities); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny losses, some soiling). Provenance: Stephen Spender (1909-1995), English poet, novelist and essayist (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Stephen Spender’s work focused on social injustice and class struggle. In 1930, T. S. Eliot published four of Spender’s poems in The Criterion, and later, in his capacity as an editor at Faber and Faber, published Spender’s fi rst standalone work, Poems, in 1933. Spender recalled: “At our fi rst luncheon [T.S. Eliot] asked me what I wanted to do. I said: ‘Be a poet.’ ‘I can understand you wanting to write poems, but I don’t quite know what you mean by “being a poet,”’ he objected.” Gallup A34. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. $400 - 600
118 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). The Cocktail Party. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine slightly sunned).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, THE RARE FIRST ISSUE with p.35 in the uncancelled state, according to Gallup, one of “not more than ten copies (at most).” The Cocktail Party was the most popular of Eliot›s plays during his lifetime. RARE: We trace only one copy of the first issue of this edition at auction in the last 40 years. Gallup A55b. $400 - 600
119 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). A group of 11 works by Eliot, comprising:
118
was the first issue of this edition at auction in the last 40 years. Gallup A55b.
For Lancelot Andrewes. Essays on Style and Order. L, 1928. -- Anabasis. L, 1930. -- Ash Wednesday. L, 1930. -- Sweeney Agonistes. L, 1932. -- The Dry Salvages. L, 1941. -- Little Gidding. L, 1942. -- The Poetry of Music. Glasgow, 1942. -- Four Quartets. NY, 1943. -- The Cocktail Party. L, 1950. -- The Cocktail Party. N.p., n.d. Program for The La Jolla Playhouse Production starring Vincent Price and Marsha Hunt. -- Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley. L, 1964. -- Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, 8vo. in original bindings, many FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
120 ELIOT, T.S. (1888-1965). A group of 32 works by Eliot, including:
Dante. L, 1929. -- Ash Wednesday. L, 1930. -- After Strange Gods. L, 1934. -- The Waste Land. L, 1940. -- The Idea of a Christian Society. NY, 1940. -- Points of View. L 1941. -- Notes towards the Defi nition of Culture. L, 1948. -- From Poe to Valery. NY, 1948. Limited edition. -- Poetry & Drama. L, 1951. -- Poetry & Drama. Cambridge, MA, 1951. -- The Film of Murder in the Cathedral. L, 1952. -- The Three Voices of Poetry. L, 1953. -- The Confi dential Clerk. L, 1954. -- The Confi dential Clerk. NY, 1954. -- The Literature of Politics. L, 1955. -- The Cultivation of Christmas Trees. NY, 1956. Advance review copy with slip. -- The Elder Statesman. L, 1959. -- The Elder Statesman. NY, 1959. -- To Criticize the Critic. L, 1965. -- Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot. Frank Kermode, editor. L, 1975. Uncorrected proof copy. -- Marina. L, n.d. No. 29 of “The Ariel Poems,” illustrated by McKnight Kauffer. -- And 9 others. Together, 32 works in 32 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, many FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
121 [ENTERTAINERS]. A group of 15 letters, photographs, and ephemera signed, comprising;
HITCHCOCK, Alfred (1899-1980). Self-portrait signed (“Hitch”). Framed. -- ROBESON, Paul (1898-1976). Paul Robeson...Recital. New York, 9 January 1942. SIGNED BY ROBESON and 3 others. -- WELLES, Orson (1915-1985). Typed letter signed (“Orson Welles”). N.p., 22 January 1952. Framed. -- HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984). Typed letter signed (“Lillian”) to Philip Dunning. New York, 22 February 1962. -- HOROWITZ, Vladimir (1903-1989). Photograph inscribed (“V S Horowitz”). New York, 1977. -- And 4 others. Together, 9 signed items, condition generally good to fi ne.
[With:] DOMINO, Antoine “Fats” (1928-2017). Autograph manuscript lyrics to “Blueberry Hill” signed (“Fats Domino”). -- Black and white photograph signed (“Fats Domino”). -- Autograph letter signed (“Fats Domino”) to Jim. -- Together, 3 items signed by Domino, all in very fi ne condition.
[Also with:] HAVILLAND, Olivia de (1916-2020). Typed letter signed (“Olivia de Havilland”). Paris, 7 December 1992.-- BOHROD, Aaron (1907-1992). Autograph letter signed (“Aaron Bohrod”). Madison, WI, 15 September 1978. -- VALLÉE, Rudy (1901-1986). Typed letter signed (“Rudy”). Hollywood, CA, n.d. -- Together, 3 letters signed to Gil Moody, 4to, all in very fi ne condition. $400 - 600
122 [ENTERTAINMENT - MEMOIR]. A group of 13 works regarding actresses, actors, and cowboys, including:
ROGERS, Will. Roger-isms the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference. NY, 1919. SIGNED. -- ROGERS. The Illiterate Digest. NY, 1924. -- COHAN, George M. Twenty Years on Broadway and the Years it Took to Get There. NY et al, 1925. -- ROGERS. Letters of a Self-made Diplomat to His President. NY, 1926. -- TUCKER, Sophie. Some of These Days the Autobiography of Sophie Tucker. N.p., 1945. INSCRIBED. -- JESSEL, George. Elegy in Manhattan. NY, 1961. INSCRIBED. -- AUTRY, Gene. Back in the Saddle Again. NY, 1978. INSCRIBED. -- BACALL, Lauren. By Myself. NY, 1979. SIGNED. -- HEPBURN, Katharine. Me Stories of My Life. NY, 1991. INSCRIBED. -- And 4 others. Together, 13 works in 13 volumes, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth, quarter cloth or boards, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, most SIGNED OR PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
124 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldiers’ Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
8vo. Half-title; title-page printed in red and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in yellow, top edge stained yellow (very slight rubbing, tiny bubble to front board, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER’S FIRST NOVEL, published through his association with Sherwood Anderson, who intervened with his publisher, Boni & Liveright. Petersen A2a. $400 - 600 123 [ENTERTAINMENT - MEMOIR]. A group of 12 works about musicians, artists, comedians, and writers, including:
MARX, Groucho. Beds. NY, 1930. -- HOFFA, James R. The Trials of Jimmy Hoffa. Chicago, 1970. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- DYLAN, Bob. Tarantula. NY, 1971. FIRST ISSUE. -- With 35 pp. partial proofs in a stamped folder. -- [GARCIA, Jerry]. REICH, Charles et al. Garcia a Signpost to New Space. San Francisco, 1972. SIGNED BY GARCIA. -- HOPE, Bob. The Last Christmas Show. Garden City, NY, 1974. SIGNED. -- CASH, Johnny. Man in Black. Grand Rapids, MI, 1975. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- LYNN, Loretta. Loretta Lynn Coal Miner’s Daughter. Chicago, 1976. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- BUCHWALD, Art. The Buchwald Stops Here. NY, 1978. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- And 3 others. Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth, quarter cloth or boards, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, many FIRST ISSUE, most SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
125 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in orange, top edge stained yellow (some minor rubbing to edges, some slight bubbling of cloth on upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping, a few short tears, spine panel soiled).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, in the fi rst state dust jacket with the “mosquitoes” design, of Faulkner’s satirical second novel about the residents of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Petersen A4.1a.
$2,000 - 3,000
126 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red; in unrestored printed dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (some minor chipping, spine panel slightly faded).
FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fi ctional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5.1. $1,500 - 2,500
128 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930.
8vo. Half-title. Original beige cloth, lettered in dark brown, top edge stained red (a few minor stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny losses to corners and spine ends, some soiling to fl ap folds and spine, minor separation to rear fl ap fold).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the “I” on p.11 correctly aligned. The stamping on the front and spine is properly positioned, with the serif on the “I” present. Petersen notes that the irregularities of the binding stamping and differing shades of the top edge stain do not exactly coincide with the dropped “I” issue point. Set in Yoknapatawpha County, Faulkner’s fi fth novel employs a stream-ofconsciousness style to tell the story of the death and funeral of Addie Bundren through 15 different narrators across 59 chapters. Petersen A7.1c. $4,000 - 6,000 127 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed black and grey patterned boards, top edge stained blue (light darkening to edges); in unrestored dust jacket featuring an adaptation of Kathe Kollwitz’s “Woman and Death” (some chipping and rubbing, spine panel faded, small drawings and notes in ink verso); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER’S FIRST GREAT NOVEL, in the fi rst state dust jacket with Maurice Hindus’s Humanity Uprooted priced $3.00 on rear panel. Set in fi ctional Yoknapatawpha County, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family as they struggle with the downfall of their family reputation. Though not immediately commercially successful, The Sound and the Fury became Faulkner›s most popular work. Petersen A6.2a. $6,000 - 8,000 $6,000 - 8,000
129 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed boards, fi gured grey and magenta endpapers [fi rst state], top edge stained black (spine slightly toned, slight wear to corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears and nicks with some minor rubbing and soiling).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. “Sanctuary was written in haste when Faulkner was tired of never selling; like the stories in These 13, it is Faulkner for the non-Faulknerites, determined to shock... The novel was a popular success though attacked by Wyndham Lewis in his ‘Men Without Art’ and I offer it here for not liking Faulkner better” (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 69). Peterson A8b. $1,000 - 1,500
130 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.
8vo. Half-title. Original grey cloth-backed blue cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge stained black, endpapers with printed blue design on grey paper; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (small losses to spine ends, some soiling.) Provenance: Florence Luntz (signature on title-page).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE, FIRST PRINTING with the index reference for “Hair” appearing on p.280, rather than p.208. “It is likely that the limited issue precedes the trade issue.” These 13, a collection of stories, was dedicated to Faulkner’s fi rst daughter Alabama who died nine days after her birth on 11 January 1931. It contains the fi rst appearance of his story “A Rose for Emily.” Petersen A9.2a. $500 - 700
132 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932.
8vo. Half-title. Original coarse-grained beige cloth, stamped in orange on the front cover and in blue and orange on the spine [fi rst binding]; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and tears, some soiling particularly to spine). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. The novel revolves around three main characters: Lena Grove, Gail Hightower, and Joe Christmas. “As Faulkner weaves together the stories of these three characters, he explores the devastating effects of racism and religious fanaticism” (Napierkowski, “Light in August: Introduction,” 1998). Petersen A13a. $800 - 1,200 131 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Idyll in the Desert. New York: Random House, 1931.
8vo. Title printed in brown and black. Original marbled paper boards, unopened; original glassine (some minor chipping).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 120 of 400 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Idyll in the Desert was Faulkner’s fi rst Random House book, and was the only publication of this story until it was included in Uncollected Stories in 1979. Petersen A10.1.
$400 - 600
133 FAULKNER, William. Doctor Martino and other stories. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934.
8vo. Half-title. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some toning, primarily to spine). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE, published on 16 April 1934, with a dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Petersen A16.1.b. $400 - 600
134 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth with horizontal black cloth band, upper cover and spine gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping to corners and spine ends, some overall toning). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 fi lm The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Petersen A17.1c. $200 - 300
136 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth stamped in red and gold; original pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped, very slight wear to corners and spine ends, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Petersen A18.2b. $600 - 800 135 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.
8vo. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut (some toning, corners bumped). Provenance: Patricia L. Blix (signature on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 15 of 300 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The novel details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, and the story is told almost entirely in fl ashbacks narrated by Quentin Compson (his Harvard roommate). Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Petersen A18.2a.
$1,000 - 1,500
137 FAULKNER, William. The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in brown and black. Original grey cloth stamped in red and blue, top edge stained red (spine slightly soiled); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny stain to front panel, spine soiled, a few short tears).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. The Unvanquished follows the Sartoris family, who fi rst appeared in Sartoris, during the Civil War in Yoknapatawpha County. Most of the work was fi rst published serially in the Saturday Evening Post. Petersen A19.2.
138 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in green and black. Original tan cloth stamped in gold and green; in unclipped dust jacket (vertical crease along front fl ap fold, some tears or creasing with old tape repairs verso, browning to spine and lower panels).
FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Faulkner’s Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner’s objections. Subsequent editions have been printed with the title If I Forget Thee Jerusalem. Petersen A20.2b. $400 - 600 139 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down, Moses and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1942.
140 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.
8vo. Half-title; gray title page printed in white and black. Original clothbacked marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 25 of 500 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun is perhaps best-known for one of Faulkner›s most famous lines: “The past is never dead. It›s not even past.” Petersen A32.1a.
$500 - 700 8vo. Original black cloth stamped in gold and red, top edges stained red; in unrestored dust jacket (price clipped, a few creases and tears to edges).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE FIRST BINDING. Go Down, Moses, a collection of seven related pieces of short fi ction, is sometimes considered a novel. It spans more than a century in the history of the McCaslin family, viewing their hardships and triumphs by examining their daily lives. It is considered by some to be Faulkner’s most spiritual book, as shown in the connection to nature and the land in “The Old People,” “The Bear,” and “Delta Autumn.” Peterson A23.2b.
$400 - 600
considered by some to be Faulkner’s most spiritual book, as shown in the connection to nature and the land in “The Old People,” “The Bear,” and “Delta Autumn.” Peterson A23.2b.
$400 - 600
141 FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 7 works, including: FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 7 works, including:
The Hamlet. 1940. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- Intruder in the Dust. 1948. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 324 of 950. SIGNED BY FAULKNER. -- Collected Stories of William Faulkner. 1950. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. (Dust jacket price-clipped). -- Requiem for a Nun. 1951. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, all published New York: Random House except where noted, condition generally fine.
[With:] “The Bear” in: The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 213, No. 45. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 9 May 1942. Folio. Illustrated. Publisher’s wrappers (minor fading). FIRST APPEARANCE OF “THE BEAR” which appears on p. 30. Early versions had appeared previously under the title “Lion.” Later published in book form as one of the seven chapters in Go Down, Moses. $500 - 700
142 FERBER, Edna (1887-1968). Personality Plus. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1914.
8vo. Original blue cloth; in unrestored proof dust jacket (some chipping and soiling, spotting to jacket and edges of text block).
PUBLISHER’S PROSPECTUS OR SALESMAN’S DUMMY FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION consisting of title-page, contents leaf, illustrations leaf, and 10pp. of text. Stamped “Advance Copy” on pastedown, and with advertisement slip laid in. In a proof dust jacket with spine and rear panels and both fl aps blank. Personality Plus was Ferber›s fourth published work, and the second in a series of three collections of Emma McChesney stories. $200 - 300
144 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940), contributor. A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919. Princeton: University Press, 1919.
8vo. Half-title. (Short marginal tear to one leaf.) Original green gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly sunned); original printed dust jacket (soiling along spine edge of front panel and to spine, one tiny chip at foot of spine).
FIRST EDITION, containing the fi rst appearance of three poems by Fitzgerald: “Marching Streets” (p.81); “The Pope at Confession” (p.83); and “My First Love” (p.83). Bruccoli B1. $300 - 400 143 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! A Musical Comedy in Two Acts...Plot & Lyrics by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: John Church Co., 1914.
4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (some light soiling, a few soft creases).
FIRST EDITION OF FITZGERALD’S FIRST WORK, preceded only by printed actors’ scripts of the same work, with the hand-corrected copyright date on p.3 as usual. The score for Fitzgerald’s two-act musical comedy, which was his fi rst show for the Triangle Club at Princeton University. Bruccoli A2. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 4 copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 20 years. $1,000 - 1,500
145 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (small stain upper cover, spine slightly leaned).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with “Published April, 1920” on the copyright page. Fitzgerald’s autobiographical novel, set at Princeton, secured his place as the voice of his generation. The “defi ant tone [of Tales of the Jazz Age] had the same powerful impact on rebellious postwar youth as Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye did in 1951, and it became a Bible and guidebook as the Twenties began to roar “ (Meyers, p.56). Bruccoli A5.1.a. $500 - 700
146 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Flappers and Philosophers. New York: Scribner’s, 1920. 147 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (upper hinge starting, gilt slightly dulled).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with “Published September, 1920” on the copyright page. Fitzgerald’s second book and his fi rst collection of short stories. Among the eight stories in Flappers and Philosophers are “The Ice Palace,” “The Offshore Pirate,” and “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” Bruccoli A6.1.c. $400 - 600
148 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. 8vo. Half-title. Original blue-green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unclipped dust jacket (a few chips and tears, neatly backed on verso with japan tissue); decorative cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the Scribner’s seal on copyright page. Fitzgerald’s second novel, believed to be based on his relationship with Zelda. The Beautiful and the Damned was first serialized in Metropolitan Magazine from September to March, 1922. Bruccoli A8.1.a . $4,000 - 6,000
149 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Vegetable or from President to postman. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923.
8vo. Half-title. (Tiny hole in upper margin of half-title.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (small stain and tiny bump to fore-edge of lower board); in unrestored dust jacket (some chipping and soiling, closed tears along spine folds.) Provenance: unidentifi ed signature in pencil on a blank leaf.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “and” instead of “an” on p. 232. Fitzgerald’s second book of short stories, including the well-known “May Day,” “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Fitzgerald is credited with coining the phrase “The Jazz Age” to describe the Roaring 20’s. Bruccoli A9.1.a. $6,000 - 8,000 8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few chips and tears, some soiling and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. The Vegetable, Fitzgerald’s only professional play, debuted at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 19, 1923. Although he anticipated it would be a great fi nancial success, it fl opped. “The failure of The Vegetable, Fitzgerald’s fi rst professional setback, made him realize that he could no longer count on the success of every book, or continue to drink and spend without suffering the consequences...When it failed, he was forced to go on the wagon and write himself out of debt” (Myers, pp. 107-108). Bruccoli A10.1.a. $1,500 - 2,500
150 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). All the Sad Young Men. New York: Scribner’s, 1926.
8vo. Half-title. (Some spotting to a few leaves at beginning and end.) Original green cloth (upper hinge separating); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (separation to lower spine fold, some very minor chipping). Provenance: Sold Philip C. Duschnes (his label, lower pastedown).
FIRST EDITION of Fitzgerald’s third collection of short stories. Of the nine stories, one of the best received, “Absolution,” was originally planned to explain the background of The Great Gatsby. Bruccoli A13.1.a. $1,500 - 2,500
152 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Taps at Reveille. New York: Scribner’s, FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). . New York: Scribner’s, 1935.
8vo. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping and browning).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with pp. 349-352 integral and unrevised, including the “catch it” reading on p.351. The fourth and largest collection of Fitzgerald’s short stories, and the last work to be published during his lifetime, Taps at Reveille includes “The Freshest Boy,” “Crazy Sunday,” and “Babylon Revisited.” Bruccoli A18.1.a.1. $1,500 - 2,500 151 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1934.
8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and toning, a few short tears).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, IN FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with blurbs on the front fl ap by T. S. Eliot, H. L. Mencken, and Paul Rosenfeld. “The beginning... is a wonderful evocation of the second phase of American expatriates ensconced in glittering villas on the Riviera in contrast to the home-spun tipplers of The Sun Also Rises. The break-down of a marriage... is described with fl ashes of genius by an expert in self-destruction... and there is a haunting account... of the predicament of ‘grace under pressure’ from too many parties and too much money” (Connolly, The Modern Movement 79). Bruccoli A15.1.a.a. $5,000 - 7,000 $5,000 - 7,000
153 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Crack-up. Edmund Wilson, editor. New York: New Directions, 1945.
8vo. Half-title; title-page printed in brown and black. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, printed label on spine; original printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING A FINE COPY. Bruccoli A20.1.a.
[With:] FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940), contributor. A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919. Princeton: University Press, 1919. 8vo. Original green giltlettered cloth (some soiling). FIRST EDITION. $200 - 300
154 [FORD, Henry]. GRAVES, Ralph H. Triumph of an Idea: The Story of Henry Ford. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935.
8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations from photographs. Original blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (a few small losses to lower edge of front panel, some chipping and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HENRY FORD on the half-title, of Graves’ work describing highlights from the 50-year period during which Henry Ford rose to industrial prominence, and telling the story of Ford’s Dearborn plant. $400 - 600 155 FORESTER, Cecil Scott (1899-1966). The African Queen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.
8vo. Half-title. Original palm-patterned cloth lettered in green (slight rubbing to spine ends and corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light dampstain to rear panel, a few tiny chips, spine panel slightly browned).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “Published February, 1935” on the copyright page, one of only 2,500 copies of the fi rst American edition printed. Forester’s novel was the basis for the 1951 fi lm directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. $1,000 - 1,500
156 FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). The Interpretation of Dreams....Authorised Translation of Third Edition with Introduction by A. A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (slight wear to extremities, some staining to rear cover). Provenance: Twamley (signature, 1914, on fl yleaf).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST STATE with integral title-page and errata slip opposite pg. 1. “This is unquestionably Freud’s greatest single work. It contains all the basic components of psychoanalytic theory and practice” (PMM). Garrison-Morton 4980; Norman F33; PMM 389 (all citing the original edition); Rieber & Gach 167 (this edition). $1,000 - 1,500 157 FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920.
8vo. Frontispiece. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly faded); in unrestored dust jacket (partially price-clipped, some soiling particularly to spine panel, some chipping). Provenance: John McBride (bookplate and signature on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Freud’s introductory lectures on psychoanalysis. “Few, especially in this country, realize that while Freudian themes have rarely found a place on the programs of the American Psychological Association, they have attracted great and growing attention and found frequent elaboration by students...These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational.” Garrison-Morton 4989 (English edition of 1922).
[With:] FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). The Ego and the Id. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, printed by Virginia and Leonard Woolf at the Hogarth Press, and translated by Joan Riviere. $500 - 700
158 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A Boy’s Will. London: David Nutt, 1913.
8vo. Half-title. Original bronzed brown cloth, gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Molly (gift inscription , 1913, on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF FROST’S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. One of approximately 350 of the fi rst 1,000 copies in either of the fi rst two bindings issued by Nutt (Crane’s bindings A&B), before Nutt’s fi rm went bankrupt after the First World War. Crane A2 [Binding A]. A BRIGHT COPY. $3,000 - 4,000
160 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1916.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth gilt (very slight rubbing to spine ends); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor chipping to spine ends and corners, minor creasing to top edge, short tear).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the repeating lines on p.88 and with “Come” instead of “Gone” on p.93. The fi rst of Frost’s books to be published fi rst in America, Mountain Interval. includes the fi rst appearance of two of Frost’s best-known poems: “The Road Not Taken” and “Birches.” Crane A4. A VERY FINE COPY. 159 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). North of Boston. London: David Nutt, 1914.
8vo. Half-title. Original green gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly browned, some browning to endleaves).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “Printed in Great Britain” stamped on verso of title, one of 200 in the sixth binding state (which was one of two bindings executed for Dunster House Bookshop in 1923). Includes the fi rst appearance of Frost’s well-known “Mending Wall.” Of the 1,000 sheets originally printed, approximately 350 were sold by David Nutt. Upon Nutt’s bankruptcy after the war, the remaining sheets were sold to Simpkin, of which approximately 259 copies were sold by Dunster House Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Crane A3 [Binding F]. $400 - 600
161 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). New Hampshire. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923.
8vo. Woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes. (Soft crease in lower gutter corner throughout, pale spotting to a few leaves.) Original gilt-stamped black cloth with bevelled edges (a touch of wear to corners and spine ends).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 56 of 350 copies SIGNED BY FROST. New Hampshire, for which Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, includes several of his best-known poems, including “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “Fire and Ice.” Crane A6. $300 - 400
8vo. Woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes. Original green cloth-backed green boards, gold label on upper cover (some light rubbing, a few minor stains). Provenance: The Library Company of Philadelphia (bookplate with “Duplicate Sold” stamp, shelf mark on foot of spine, blind stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FROST: “Robert Frost Philadelphia Feb 25 1936 For the Library Company of Philadelphia.” Crane A9. $300 - 400
163 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). The Gold Hesperidee. Cortland, NY: Bibliophile Press, [1935].
8o. Tan wrappers printed in black, sewn (tiny crease to lower left corner).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with “A” on unnumbered colophon page and the second line up on p. 7 reading “Twas Sunday, and Square Hale was dressed for meeting” all on one line. Of the 500 copies of the fi rst issue that were printed, apparently all but 37 were withdrawn to correct the spacing of the line on p.7. Crane A19. A VERY FINE COPY.
$400 - 600
164 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 12 works, including:
New Hampshire. 1923. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Bread Loaf Anthology. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION. -- A Witness Tree. Steeple Bush. 1942. 93 of 735. SIGNED BY FROST. -- A Masque of Reason. 1945. 303 of 800. SIGNED BY FROST. -- A Masque of Mercy. 1947. 560 of 751. SIGNED BY FROST. -- Steeple Bush. 1947. 186 of 751. SIGNED BY FROST. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED. -- Hard not to be King. NY: House of Books, Ltd., 1951. 244 of 300. SIGNED BY FROST. -- Aforesaid. 1951. 88 of 650. SIGNED BY FROST. -- And 4 others. Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most published in New York by Henry Holt and Company, all in original bindings, many with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets or glassines, many in slipcases, most LIMITED EDITION, most SIGNED BY FROST, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $200 - 300
165 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 17 works, including:
West-Running Brook. 1928. FIRST ISSUE. INSCRIBED. -- A Further Range. 1936. SIGNED. -- A Witness Tree. 1942. SIGNED. -- Come in and other Poems. 1943. FIRST ISSUE. -- Masque of Reason. 1945. FIRST ISSUE. -- Steeple Bush. 1947. -- In the Clearing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. -- And 10 others. Together, 17 works in 17 volumes, various 4to, 8vo and 12mo sizes, most published in New York by Henry Holt and Company, all in original bindings, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets or glassines, most FIRST EDITION or FIRST TRADE EDITION, a few SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY FROST, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400
166 FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 27 Christmas greeting cards with poems by Frost, including:
Two Tramps in Mud-Time. 1934. One of 175 with “The Melchers on Monclair.” -- Neither Out Far Nor in Deep. 1935. One of 450 with “Elinor & Robert Frost.” -- To a Young Wretch. 1937. One of 170 with “Ann and Joseph Blumenthal.” Crane B5. -- Triple Plate. 1939. One of 450 with “Robert Frost.” -- Our Hold on the Planet. 1940. One of 600 with “Henry Holt and Company.” -- I Could Give All to Time. 1941. One of 770 with “Henry Holt and Company.”. -- An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letter Box. 1944. One of 1,250 with “Henry Hold and Company” SIGNED BY BILL SLOANE. -- On Making Certain Anything has Happened. 1945. One of 250 with “Joseph A. Brandt.” -- A Young Birch. 1946. One of 225 with “Ann & Joseph Blumenthal.” -- One Step Backward Taken. 1947. One of 400 with “Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Brandt,” in original envelope from The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University. -- Closed for Good. 1948. One of 1050 with “Henry Hold and Company.” -- On a Tree Fallen Across the Road (To Head Us Talk). 1949. One of 325 with “Ann & Joseph Blumenthal.” -- Doom to Bloom. 1950. One of 125 with “Lesley and Robert Frost.” –2 greeting cards from Amherst College. Amherst, MA: N.p., 1931, 1950. -- And 12 others. Together, 27 works in 27 volumes, most printed in New York by The Spiral Press, most illustrated, all in original colored paper wrappers (many pictorial), all FIRST EDITION or FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600 162
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167 GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the First [-Sixth]. London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1776-1788.
6 volumes, 4to (272 x 215 mm). Vol. I: Half-title; 3pp. contents, X4 and a4 are cancels, errata leaf; Vol. II: Half-title; engraved portrait frontispiece by Hall after Joshua Reynolds dated 18 February 1780 [usually bound in vol.I]; full-sheet folding map of the Eastern Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 bound before p.1 (some minor offsetting), half-sheet map of Constantinople and environs by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 bound before p.23, G1 and Ll1 are cancels, errata leaf; Vol. III: Half-title; full-sheet folding map of the Western Roman Empire by Thomas Kitchin dated 1 January 1781 before p.1, p.177 correctly numbered, p.179 line 18 reading “Honorious,” errata leaf; Vol. IV: Half-title; H3 and L2 are cancels; Vol. V: Half-title; Vol. VI: Half-title; errata for volumes IV-VI on 4Uv. (A few leaves with light to moderate spotting, a few marginal tears.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt by Burnham of Northampton with their ticket (old rebacking preserving original spines and endleaves, a few neat repairs, light wear to a few spine ends, a few joints starting).
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST STATE of volume I with cancels x4 and a4 (so signed) and with the balance of the errata uncorrected. While the fi rst volume was on the press, Strahan decided to increase the print run from 500 to 1000 copies; the second 500 or so copies, constituting the second state, have the errata corrected through p.183 (here uncorrected). The portrait frontispiece and 12pp. of contents, issued with volume II, are bound in to volume I. “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the only historical narrative prior to Macauley which continues to be reprinted and actually read” (PMM). Grolier English 58; Norton 20, 23, 29; PMM 222. $8,000 - 12,000
168 GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, [1956].
12mo. Original stapled wrappers stamped in light blue, printed wraparound label.
Second edition SIGNED BY GINSBERG on the title-page, and appearing as number four in the Pocket Poets Series. Copies of the scarce second edition of Ginsberg’s revolutionary poem were seized by the U. S. Collector of Customs Chester MacPhee on its arrival in San Francisco, resulting in a 1967 trial in which California State Superior Court Judge Clayton Hall ruled in favor of the defendants, declaring that the poem was of “redeeming social importance.” $600 - 800
169 GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). “Kansas City to Saint Louis.” In: Mikrokosmos, No. 14, pp.46-51. Wichita, Kansas: Mikrokosmos, 1969. 170 GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). Photographs. Altadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1990.
Square 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers (a few soft creases). Provenance: Peter Orlovsky (presentation inscription).
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG on p.51: “Allen Ginsberg for Peter Orlovsky.” Peter Anton Orlovsky (1933-2010), American poet and actor, was the long-time partner of Allen Ginsberg. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. $200 - 300
171 GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). A group of 4 works ALL SIGNED BY GINSBERG, comprising: Folio. Illustrated throughout. Original gray cloth; original slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 98 of 100 copies SIGNED BY GINSBERG, of his collection of photographs capturing several of the major fi gures of the Beat Generation. Each image is accompanied by a caption in facsimile in Ginsberg’s hand in the lower margin. $600 - 800
172 GOLDING, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber, 1954.
GINSBERG et al. Stony Brook 1/2. NY, Fall 1968. Original printed wrappers. FIRST ISSUE. -- Portents 17 Notes After an Evening with William Carlos Williams. NY, [1970]. Original printed wrappers. FIRST ISSUE, one of 300 copies. -- LEARY, Timothy. Jail Notes. Allen GINSBERG, introduction. NY, 1970. Original boards; dust jacket. -- GINSBERG et al. Gay Sunshine Interviews. Winston LEYLAND, editor. San Francisco, 1978. Illustrated. Original cloth; dust jacket. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED BY GINSBERG, condition generally good. $300 - 400 8vo. Original red cloth (minor fading to top edge and a few corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping, small loss to foot of spine panel, overall browning).
FIRST EDITION of author’s fi rst book, a “story for adults about small boys; very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island. At fi rst it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long...turns into a nightmare of panic and death” (front fl ap). Gekoski & Grogan A2(a). $3,000 - 5,000
173 GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). My Disillusionment in Russia. London: The C. W. Daniel Company, [1925].
8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting to a few leaves.) Original red cloth, paper label on spine (some spotting, covers slightly bowed). Provenance: Presentation inscription to an unidentifi ed recipient (see below).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on the half-title, London, 1 December 1925. The inscription is obscured by an affi xed label which reads: “This book is a part of the Institutional Library provided through the Cortland County Council of Churches...However, the library program does not necessarily endorse the content of these donated books” (with a portion of Goldman’s inscription adhered to the verso of the label). Goldman left the Soviet Union in 1923, and soon after published My Disillusionment in Russia to share the experiences she had while living there. Goldman was initially supportive of the October Revolution which brought the Bolsheviks to power, but changed her opinion after the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices.
$400 - 600
175 GRAFTON, Sue (1940-2017). The fi rst three works from the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series. All FIRST EDITIONS. Comprising:
“A” is for Alibi. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. SIGNED BY GRAFTON. -- “B” is for Burglar. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,1985. SIGNED BY GRAFTON. -- “C” is for Corpse. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1986. INSCRIBED BY GRAFTON. -- [Also with:] Keziah Dane. NY: Macmillan, 1967. GRAFTON’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in.
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all in original bindings and dust jackets, ALL IN AS-NEW CONDITION. 174 GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). Living My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth lettered in red; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel faded, a few small chips and tears). Provenance: Lois Hall Herrick (presentation inscription).
First single-volume edition, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on front free endpaper: “Mrs. Lois Hall Herrick The daughter of a great father. I hope this mark may inspire you to the idealism and humanity of your father. Emma Goldman New York March 1934.” Anarchist, writer, and political activist Emma Goldman was pivotal in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the fi rst half of the 20th century. $1,000 - 1,500
176 HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851.
8vo. 4 pp. publisher’s advertisements dated March 1851 [BAL’s printing B, no priority]. Original brown blind-embossed cloth [BAL’s binding B] (rebacked preserving endpapers and portions of original spine, a few other repairs, some minor staining).
FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne’s Gothic novel, inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, which belonged to Hawthorne’s cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and by Hawthorne’s ancestors who were involved with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. BAL 7604.
177 HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984). The Children’s Hour. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
8vo. Original purple-stamped yellow cloth, top edge stained purple. in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny chips and tears, spine panel slightly faded, otherwise bright). Provenance: Winifred Noble Gahagan (bookplate on pastedown, name crossed out).
FIRST EDITION OF HELLMAN’S FIRST BOOK, a drama set in an all-girls’ boarding school, which was fi rst staged on Broadway at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in 1934, produced and directed by Herman Shumlin. The Children’s Hour was in consideration for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 1934–35, but the award ultimately went to The Old Maid. Upset at the Pulitzer decision, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle began awarding its own annual prize for drama the following year. A FINE COPY. $400 - 600 178 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). In Our Time. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping primarily to spine ends, spine darkened). Provenance: Curtis Brown Ltd. (label on fl yleaf); signature partially effaced on fl yleaf.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, HEMINGWAY’S AGENT’S COPY. Curtis Brown, Hemingway’s literary agent, was responsible for the foreign rights of the Liveright line of books, and sold In Our Time to publisher Jonathan Cape in 1926.
One of only of only 1335 copies printed, preceded by a limited edition published by the Three Mountain Press in Paris in 1924, containing chapters not included in the Paris edition. Hanneman A3a. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only 5 copies of this work with a dust jacket have sold at auction in the last 20 years. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY. $10,000 - 15,000
179 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Torrents of Spring. New York: Scribner’s, 1926. $10,000 - 15,000
180 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Men Without Women. New York: Scribner’s, 1927.
8vo. Original dark green cloth, stamped in red (hinges loose, some staining and fading, corners worn); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (soiling and staining, chipping and a few tears with minor losses, creasing).
FIRST EDITION OF HEMINGWAY’S FIRST NOVEL. Hemingway’s earlier works established his reputation in literary circles, but by 1925, he had not gained broader public recognition, which he attributed to his restrictive contract with Boni and Liveright, who published his earlier works. He wrote Torrents of Spring in a few weeks in November of 1925, and Boni and Liveright rejected it quickly. “I have known all along,” Hemingway wrote Fitzgerald, that the fi rm “could not and would not be able to publish it as it makes a bum out of their present ace and best seller Anderson” (Selected Letters, p. 183). The contract broken, Hemingway signed with Scribners, and The Torrents of Spring was published on 28 May 1926. Hanneman A4a. $1,000 - 1,500 8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (small indentation to upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight soiling particularly to spine panel, some slight chipping, short tear crossing from front panel to spine).
FIRST EDITION, second state (weighing 14.4 ounces). In the FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with no blurbs in the orange bands on the front panel, with the two errors on the front fl ap, and with the “$2.00” price intact. Hemingway’s second collection of short stories, including contributions about bullfi ghting, prizefi ghting, infi delity, divorce, and death. Hanneman A7a. $1,500 - 2,500
181 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (some rubbing to labels, a few small stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some overall toning, chipping and a few short tears, vertical crease along spine panel).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the disclaimer on page [x]. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and fi lm several times. The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele. Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ( “probably his best”); Hanneman A8a. $1,000 - 1,500
183 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933.
8vo. Original black cloth, gold labels to upper cover and spine (slight abrasion to fi nish of covers); in unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, tears and creasing with a few old tape repairs verso).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the capital “A” on the copyright leaf, and with the dropped “t” in “two hundred twenty-fi ve pounds” on p. 159. In the FIRST STATE dust jacket with Stallings’ review on the rear panel. Hanneman A12a.
$500 - 700 182 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner’s, 1932.
8vo. Frontispiece by Juan Gris; numerous photographic plates. Original black cloth (spine and portion of lower board sunned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light chipping, overall browning and soiling, particularly to spine). Provenance: Wilson Ford Blayney (gift inscription on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, published when Hemingway was in his early thirties and living in Key West. The book “represents the author at his best, fi rst as a writer and second as someone who was never satisfi ed with knowing only a little about his subject but who always dug deeply until he had both the essence and the smallest details” (Charles M. Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z. New York, 1999, p. 74). Hanneman A10a. $400 - 600
184 HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935.
8vo. Original green cloth (some fading to spine and edges); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some fading, particularly to spine, a few creases and tiny chips).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page. In Grissom’s “Jacket A” with the wide green band on rear panel covering 7 lines of text. Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway’s second work of non-fi ction, recounts a month spent on safari in East Africa with his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, in December 1933. Hanneman A13a. $600 - 800
185 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1937.
8vo. Original black cloth gilt, spine blocked in green and gilt; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping or creasing, otherwise bright). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signature on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with the Scribner’s seal, and the capital “A” on the copyright page. Written between 1935 and 1937, Hemingway’s work follows Harry Morgan, a fi shing boat captain in Key West. Hanneman A14a. $600 - 800 186 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Spanish Earth. Cleveland: J.B. Savage Company, 1938.
12mo. Illustrations by Frederick K. Russell. Original pictorial tan cloth; original glassine (some tears and minor losses); quarter morocco folding case.
FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 512 of 1,000 copies. FIRST ISSUE, one of fewer than 100 copies with pictorial endpapers showing the F.A.I. banner. Hemingway, who worked as a correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and who published the book to support Loyalists during that confl ict, requested that the endpapers depicting the banner of the Federacion Anarquista Iberica, be changed: to use the image was to potentially place him in danger while he was working in Spain. Hanneman A15a. $800 - 1,200
187 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. 188 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.
8vo. Half-title. Original red cloth stamped in black and gold; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some soiling and rubbing, minor chipping).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page, of this collection including Hemingway’s only play and four previously unpublished short stories. Hanneman A16a.
[With:] HEMINGWAY. The Fifth Column. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. 8vo. In unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Hanneman A17a.
$500 - 700 8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with “$3.00” price (a few tiny chips, some minor staining verso, otherwise bright). Provenance: Patsy English (publisher’s compliments slip laid in signed by English).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted blue. The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fi sherman, who struggles with a giant marlin off the coast of Cuba. Patsy English worked as Ansel Adams› darkroom assistant in the 1930s. During that time, she became the object of his affection, and Adams almost left his wife to pursue a relationship with English. A BRIGHT COPY. Hanneman A24a.
189 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.
8vo. Half-title. Original light blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with “$3.00” price (corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, a few tiny closed tears).
INSCRIBED BY HEMINGWAY on title-page: “Ernest Hemingway Finca Vigia San Francisco de Paula Cuba 1958.”
FIRST EDITION, later issue without the “A” on the copyright page, but with the Scribner’s seal. In a later issue dust jacket with the rear panel photo tinted olive. Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea in Cayo Blanco Cuba in 1951, and he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the work. Hanneman A24a.
$800 - 1,200
191 HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). A Pitié Suprême. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1879.
8vo. Half-title. (Half-title and front endleaves disbound, chipping to fore-edge). Contemporary half blue calf, marbled boards (worn, joints starting). Provenance: Jules Simon (1814-1896), French statesman and philosopher (presentation inscription from the author); Robert Otis Hayward (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY HUGO: “A Jules Simon Victor Hugo.” Victor Hugo served as witness at the wedding of Jules Simon’s son Gustave in 1879. After Victor Hugo’s death, Gustave Simon ultimately became the guardian of his daughter Adèle and the administrator of her property. Gustav Simon published several works about Hugo. A FINE ASSOCIATION.
$600 - 800 190 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940. [with 3 others]
8vo. Half-title. (Minor staining to fi rst few leaves.) Original beige cloth stamped in red and black; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping). Provenance: Jane M. Deck (signature, fl yleaf, 1940).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “A” on the copyright page. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, without the photographer credit on the rear panel. Published just after the end of the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls is based on Hemingway›s experiences as a war correspondent, and tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. Hanneman A18a. $300 - 400
192 IBSEN, Henrik (1828-1906). The Master Builder. London: William Heinemann, 1893.
8vo. Photographic frontispiece. (Some minor staining primarily to fi rst few leaves.) Original dark green cloth-backed light green cloth (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991), British-born American stage actress (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, Eva Le Gallienne’s copy. Gallienne earned success in 1928 for her work in Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, and regularly starred in his plays. Gallienne’s bookplate bears a quote from Ibsen from The Master Builder: “Solness: Homes for Human Beings. Hilda: But Homes with high towers and pinnacles upon them. Ibsen.” A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY.
[With:] IBSEN. Nora. Copenhagen: Weber’s Academy, 1880. 12mo. Original lavender wrappers. PUBLISHER’S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by T. Weber to Dr. G Stephens. $300 - 400
193 IRVING, John (b.1942). Setting Free the Bears. New York: Random House, 1968. Setting Free the Bears. New York: Random House,
8vo. Original red cloth-backed red boards, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears to folds with repairs verso, some minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION. IRVING’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IRVING’S FIRST BOOK, based on his time studying at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, written between 1965 and 1967. Irving submitted the original manuscript as his thesis at the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop in 1967, which he expanded for publication. A FINE COPY. $300 - 400
195 JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). The Portrait of a Lady. Boston: Houghton, Miffl in and Company, 1882.
8vo. Original decorated brown cloth (upper hinge starting, some staining, slight bubbling to cloth lower board). Provenance: Julia D. Minzesheimer (signature on front blank leaf); Miss magdeline (signature rear fl yleaf); Louise Northam (signature rear fl yleaf); sold Brentano’s with their ticket.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of James’ novel, which has been adapted several times for stage and fi lm. The Portrait of a Lady, fi rst published serially in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan’s Magazine in 1880-1881, received immediate critical acclaim.
$400 - 600 194 IRVING, John (b.1942). The World According to Garp. New York: E. P. Dutton 1978. The World According to Garp. New York: E. P. Dutton
8vo. Original printed wrappers; cloth slipcase. Provenance: Tom Wolfe (19302018), American author (letter from Irving’s editor laid-in).
FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE READING COPY, TOM WOLFE’S COPY, with a typed letter signed from Irving’s editor, Henry Robbins: “Dear Tom: My enthusiasm for John Irving’s The World According to Garp is boundless, and I hope you will accept the invitation extended on the back of this advance copy.” Also with original press release laid in.
John Irving’s breakout fourth novel The World According to Garp was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979, and was adapted to film in 1982. Tom Wolfe famously feuded with Irving, John Updike, and Norman Mailer after their reception to hisnovel A Man in Full, published in 1998. WITH IRVING’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. $300 - 400
Mailer after their reception to hisnovel , published in 1998. WITH IRVING’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in.
196 JAMES, Henry (1843-1916). A group of 17 works, comprising:
A Passionate Pilgrim, and other Tales. Boston, 1875. -- Roderick Hudson. Boston, 1876. -- The American. Boston, 1877. -- Watch and Ward. Boston, 1878. -- Daisy Miller A Study. NY, [1879]. -- Washington Square. NY, 1881. -- Daisy Miller a Comedy in Three Acts. Boston, 1883. -- A Little Tour in France. Boston, 1885. -- The Bostonians. London et al, 1886. -- The Tragic Muse. Boston et al, 1890. 2 volumes. -- The Wheel of Time Collaboration. NY, 1893. Provenance: Lydia Seaman Haviland Field (bookplate). -- The Two Magics The Turn of the Screw Covering End. NY et al, 1898. -- In the Cage. Chicago et al, 1898. --The Wings of the Dove. NY, 1902. 2 volumes. -- English Hours. Boston et al, 1905. -- A Small Boy and Others. NY, 1913. Original printed dust jacket. FIRST ISSUE. -- Another copy. London, 1913. -- Notes of a Son and Brother. NY, 1914. -- Together, 17 works in 20 volumes, various 8vo, 12mo, and 18mo sizes, a few illustrated, all in original cloth, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
197 JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dubliners. New York: Huebsch, 1916.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth (browning to spine and edges, some staining, upper hinge separated). Provenance: Clifton B. Carberry (1877-1940), managing editor of the Boston Post (stamp on endpaper and title, note); Daniel T. O’Connell, Harvard Club Boston (note on pastedown); sold The Old Corner Book store, Boston (bookseller’s ticket).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, from the English sheets. The fi fteen short stories that comprise Dubliners are presented in a variety of narrative styles. The first three stories are narrated by first-person child protagonists, while the remaining twelve are written in the third person and deal with the lives of progressively older people. Many of the characters in Dubliners appear in minor roles in Ulysses. Slocum & Cahoon 9.
$400 - 600
199 JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934. 198 [JOYCE, James (1882-1941)] -- Samuel BECKETT (1906-89) -- WILLIAMS, William Carlos (1883-1963) & Others. Our Exagmination round his Factifi cation for Incamination of Work in Progress. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1929.
8vo. Original cream printed wrappers (a few tiny chips, some minor stains and toning).
FIRST EDITION OF “THE FIRST APOLOGIA FOR FINNEGANS WAKE” (Ellmann, 626), containing “in addition to brief quotations from Work in Progress as it had been appearing in transition, a passage concerning Swift and blindness…which was not later incorporated in Finnegans Wake” (Slocum & Cahoon B10). Also including Samuel Beckett’s important essay “Dante... Bruno. Vico.. Joyce,” (Federman & Fletcher 1), and a passage from Work in Progress not incorporated into the fi nal text of Finnegans Wake. Also with works relating to Finnegans Wake by Joseph Campbell & Henry Morton Robinson, and Mary Manning. $300 - 400 $300 - 400
8vo. Original red and black stamped cream cloth (some light spotting to spine and board edges); original red and black printed dust jacket (abrasion and closed tear to spine, a few short tears, some light soiling).
FIRST AUTHORIZED AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with “Reichl” credit on front panel. Bennett Cerf, who co-founded Random House with Donald S. Klopfer, hired attorney Morris Ernst to argue the case against the ban on Ulysses in the United States. On 6 December 1933, Judge John M. Woolsey rendered his landmark decision to lift the ban, and Random House published the present edition about a month later. In the publication, Random House included a foreword by Morris Ernst, as well as the full text of Judge Woolsey’s decision. The publisher also reprinted an April 1932 letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf (“since you are determined to fight for its legalization in the United States and to publish what will be the only authentic edition there, I think it just as well to tell you the history of its publication in Europe and the complications which followed it in America”). Slocum and Calhoun A21. $1,000 - 1,500
200 KAFKA, Franz (1883-1924). Metamorphosis. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1946. Metamorphosis. New York: The Vanguard Press,
8vo. Title and one plate printed in black and brown, illustrations after Leslie Sherman. Original black cloth stamped in brown; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine slightly sunned, tiny creases to fl ap corners). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE FIRST DUST JACKET with the price on the front fl ap. This English translation by A. L. Lloyd was fi rst published in London in 1937. A FINE COPY.
[With:] 5 additional works by Kafka, comprising: The Castle. NY, 1930. -- The Great Wall Of China. London, 1933. -- Another copy. London, 1946. “Revised and reset edition.” -- Amerika. Norfolk, CT, [1940]. Provenance: Arthur & Rosemary Mizener (bookplate). -- Wedding Preparations in the Country. London, 1954. -- Together, 6 works, all in original bindings, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST ENGLISH OR AMERICAN EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500 201 KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). The Town and the City. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. The Town and the City
8vo. Original gold-stamped red cloth, top edge stained blue (spine slightly darkened with a few stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor creasing and chipping, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION OF KEROUAC’S FIRST BOOK. Kerouac wrote his partiallyautobiographical fi rst novel over the course of several years, prior to adopting the method of “spontaneous prose” writing which he would employ in his later works. The “town” represents Lowell, Massachusetts, where Kerouac was raised. The “city” represents a number of early beat circle fi gures, including Allen Ginsberg (here as Leon Levinsky), Lucien Carr (here as Kenneth Wood), William Burroughs (here as Will Dennison), Herbert Huncke (here as Junky), David Kammerer (here as Waldo Meister), Edie Parker (here as Judie Smith) and Joan Vollmer (here as Mary Dennison). Charters A1a.
$400 - 600
202 KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). Mexico City Blues. KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). Mexico City Blues New York: Grove Press, 1959. 203 KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). The Dharma Bums. KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). The Dharma Bums New York: The Viking Press, 1958.
8vo. Original grey cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny creases).
FIRST EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET printed entirely in black. Kerouac’s fi rst published poem, written in 242 choruses, which he fi rst tried to publish in 1957 as part of City Lights Books Pocket Poets series. After the publication of The Dharma Bums in 1958, Allan Ginsberg took the book to Grove Press and New Directions Press on his friend›s behalf, and this edition was eventually published in 1959. Charters A8a. $800 - 1,200 8vo. Publisher’s black cloth stamped in silver and green; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight rubbing). FIRST EDITION, published the year after On the Road. Chapter 2 includes an account of the legendary 1955 Six Gallery reading, where Allen Ginsberg (here called ‘Alvah Goldbrook’) read his poem “Howl” (here called “Wail”) for the fi rst time. Charters A4a.
[With:] KEROUAC. Big Sur. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. 8vo. Publisher’s cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some very slight soiling, a few tiny tears). FIRST EDITION, written in 10 days, recounting three trips Kerouac (here called Jack Duluoz) made to beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s cabin in Bixby Canyon. Charters A17a. A FINE COPY. $200 - 300
204 KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
Doctor Sax Faust Part Three. 1959. -- Desolation Angels. 1965. -- Vanity of Duluoz. 1968. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in New York, all 8vo, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400 205 KEROUAC, Jean-Louis Lebris de (“Jack”) (1922-1969). A group of 22 works, including:
206 KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York: The Viking Press, 1962.
8vo. Original green cloth lettered in yellow; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears and tiny chips, spine faded, a few small scuffs).
FIRST EDITION OF KESEY’S FIRST NOVEL. WITH KESEY’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN FIRST-STATE DUST JACKET with Kerouac’s 5-word blurb. Milos Forman’s 1975 fi lm adaptation became the fi rst fi lm in 41 years to sweep the major categories of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Karolides et al., 100 Banned Books, pp. 398-400. $1,500 - 2,500 The Subterraneans. 1958. -- Another copy. -- Doctor Sax Faust Part Three. 1959. -- Mexico City Blues. 1959. -- The Scripture Of The Golden Eternity. 1960. -- Lonesome Traveler., 1960. -- Book of Dreams. San Francisco, 1961. -- Pull My Daisy. NY et al, 1961. FIRST ISSUE. -- Visions of Gerard. 1963. -- Satori in Paris. 1966. FIRST ISSUE. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. -- Another copy. -- Pic. 1971. FIRST ISSUE. -- Visions of Cody. 1972. -- Trip Trap… Haiku Along the Road from San Francisco to New York 1959. Bolinas, CA, 1973. -- Heaven & Other Poems. Bolinas, CA, 1977. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. -- San Francisco Blues (in 79 choruses). N.p, 1983. -- Jack Kerouac: Dear Carolyn, Letters To Carolyn Cassady. NIGHT, Arthur And Kit, editors. California, PA, 1983. -- The History of Bop. Montclair, NJ, 1993. Some of the Dharma. N.p., 1997. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS. -- And 5 others. Together, 22 works in 24 volumes, most published in New York, various 4to, 8vo, 12mo, and 16mo sizes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, some with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400
207 KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). Sometimes a Great Notion. New York: The Viking Press. 1964.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth stamped in green and blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some staining verso, some toning and shipping, 1 3/4-in. separation to front fl ap fold.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the Viking logo on the half-title. WITH KESEY’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN FIRST-STATE DUST JACKET with Hank Krangler’s photographer credit on rear fl ap. Kesey’s second novel, considered by critics to be his best work, despite the popularity of his fi rst novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
208 KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). A group of 5 works, comprising:
Kesey’s Garage Sale. 1973. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY KESEY. -- Sailor Song. 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY KESEY. -- Sailor Song. 1992. Uncorrected proof copy. -- Last Go Round. 1994. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY KESEY. -- Last Go Round. 1994. Uncorrected proof copy.
Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all published New York, by Viking, all in original cloth and dust jackets or wrappers, condition generally as-new or fi ne.
$400 - 600 209 KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). A group of 8 works, comprising:
210 KEYNES, John Maynard, 1st Baron (1883-1946). Indian Currency and Finance. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. “The Bible.” In: The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog. Menlo Park, CA, March 1971. -- Kesey’s Garage Sale. 1973. -- Kesey. Eugene, OR, 1977. SIGNED BY KESEY. -- The Day After Superman Died. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. Original quarter cloth, marbled boards. Number 49 of 50 copies. SIGNED BY KESEY. -- Demon Box. 1986. SIGNED BY KESEY. -- Another copy. -- Little Tricker The Squirrel Meets Big Double. Barry Moser, illustrated. 1990. SIGNED BY KESEY AND BY MOSER. -- The Further Inquiry. 1990. UNREVISED AND UNPUBLISHED PROOF. -- The Sea Lion A Story of the Sea Cliff People. 1991. -- Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, most published in New York by Viking, various 4to and 8vo sizes, many illustrated, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITION or LIMITED EDITION, two with KESEY’S SIGNATURE ON A SLIP LAID IN, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
211 KEYNES, John Maynard (1883-1946). A Revision of the Treaty. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
8vo. Half-title. Original russet cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some rubbing and stains, spotting to endleaves). Provenance: H. F. Howard (signature, August 1913).
FIRST EDITION OF KEYNES’ FIRST BOOK, manifesting Keynes’ “characteristic powers and tendencies. It is the work of a theorist, giving practical application to those esoteric monetary principles which Marshall had expounded and Keynes was explaining in the Cambridge classrooms, and at the same time it showed an outstanding gift for penetrating the secrets of how institutions actually work” (Harrod, The Life of John Maynard Keynes, p.163). $500 - 700 8vo. Half-title. (Some minor spotting.) Original blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some toning, chipping, and staining, minor scuff to front panel affecting a few letters of text).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, a sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, published in the same year as the fi rst edition. $300 - 400
212 KING, Stephen (b.1947). Carrie. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. 8vo. Original maroon cloth, spine gilt-lettered (lower hinge starting); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (very slight rubbing to front fl ap fold, otherwise fi ne). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING with code “P6” in gutter of p.199. King’s fi rst published novel employs an epistolary structure through the use of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and book excerpts to tell the story of how Carrie destroyed the fi ctional town of Chamberlain, Maine. $800 - 1,200
213 Carrie. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., KING, Stephen (b.1947). The Shining. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. 8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth-backed boards (very slight rubbing to spine corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (very minor creasing or chipping, a few pale stains and scuffs). Provenance: Judi Crowe (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with publisher’s code R49 in gutter of p.447. King’s third published novel, The Shining, helped establish his reputation as a horror writer. Looking for a change from his native Maine, King and his wife went to Colorado, where they checked in to the Overlook Hotel on 30 October 1974; the hotel was preparing to close for the season, and they were the only guests that night. King later recalled: “It was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book in my mind.” Collings A19. $600 - 800
214 LE CARRÉ, John (1931-2020). Call for the Dead. New York, 1962.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth. In unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny chips to two spine fl ap folds, a few tiny closed tears).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF LE CARRE’S FIRST WORK, WITH LE CARRÉ’S SIGNATURE on a booklabel laid in. Call for the Dead introduced main character George Smiley, who Le Carré created as an intentional foil to James Bond. A FINE COPY.
$500 - 700 The Shining. Garden City: Doubleday & Company,
$600 - 800
215 LE CARRÉ, John (1931-2020). The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963.
8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (spine very slightly leaned); original dust jacket (some very slight soiling).
FIRST EDITION WITH LE CARRÉ’S SIGNATURE on a booklabel laid in. Le Carré’s third novel won the Crime Writers’ Association 1963 Gold Dagger award for “Best Crime Novel,” and was the basis for the fi lm directed by Martin Ritt released in 1965, starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. A FINE COPY.
216 LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Free Air. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1919.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in light blue; pictorial dust jacket (chipping and a few tears with occasional cello tape repairs verso, some minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION. The novel follows Claire Boltwood as she drives from New York to the Pacifi c Northwest, where she falls in love. It was adapted into a silent fi lm in 1922. Pastore 6. RARE IN THE DUST JACKET: We fi nd only two copies sold at auction in the last 40 years. $400 - 600
217 LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Babbitt. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in orange (small gouge to spine); original dust jacket (restored with small portions recolored, soiling and creasing, small hole in spine panel).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “Purdy” and “my fellow” on p.49. In middle-aged, middle class, middle-management title character George Follansbee Babbitt, Lewis identifi ed a new American type. The term “Babbitt” can be found in most dictionaries. Webster’s defi nes it as “a person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards.” Pastore 8.
$500 - 700
218 LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Elmer Gantry. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in orange (some light rubbing, spine slightly faded); dust jacket (losses to spine ends, a few chips including a 1/2-in. portion of the head of spine torn away but present, with some very slight soiling).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of the binding with the “G” resembling a “C.” Lewis’s satirical treatment of evangelism in America created public outcry when the book was published, prompting evangelist Billy Sunday to call Lewis “Satan’s cohort.” Pastore 13. $400 - 600
219 LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). Dodsworth. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in orange; dust jacket (a few tiny chips to corners, spine slightly soiled, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION. FIRST ISSUE OF THE DUST JACKET without reviews on the front fl ap. Lewis’ novel juxtaposes European high culture with American commercialism and values during the early 20thcentury. In 1929, the year following the publication of Dodsworth, Lewis became the fi rst American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pastore, p.171. A FINE COPY. $500 - 700
220 LEWIS, Sinclair (1885-1951). A group of 11 works by Lewis, comprising:
Our Mr. Wrenn. NY, 1914. -- The Job. NY, 1917. -- Babbitt. NY, 1922. In d/j. SIGNED BY LEWIS. -- Main Street. NY, 1920. -- Arrowsmith. NY, 1925. In d/j. -- The Man Who Knew Coolidge. NY, 1928. With d/j. -- It Can’t Happen Here. NY, 1935. In d/j. -- Jayhawker. NY, 1935. In d/j. -- Another copy. -- Gideon Planish. NY, 1943. -- Kingsblood Royal. In slipcase. NY, 1947. Limited edition SIGNED BY SINCLAIR. -- Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400 216
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221 [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. FROST, Robert (1874-1963). The Complete [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. FROST, Robert (1874-1963). The Complete Poems of Robert Frost. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950.
2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous wood-engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Original blue cloth, uncut and unopened (some light toning, a few minor stains); original marbled slipcase (worn).
LIMITED EDITION, number 1109 of 1500 copies. SIGNED BY FROST, NASON, AND BRUCE ROGERS.
$500 - 700
223 [LITERATURE ADAPTED TO FILM]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
DICKEY, James. Deliverance. Boston, 1970. -- LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. NY, 1911. Second issue without imprint at foot of copyright page. -- McMURTRY, Larry. Terms of Endearment. NY, 1975. -- McMURTRY, Larry. Texasville. NY, 1987. -- MICHENER, James A. Tales of the South Pacifi c. NY, 1947. -- SAROYAN, William. The Human Comedy. NY, 1943. FIRST EDITION. -- WOUK, Herman. The Caine Mutiny. NY, 1951. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, all in original cloth, most with unrestored unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700 222 [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] -- A group of 5 works, comprising: [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] -- A group of 5 works, comprising: LIMITED EDITION, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500 224 [LITERATURE ADAPTED TO FILM]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
JONES, Tom. The History of a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Alexander King, illustrator. NY, 1931. Number 43 of 1500 copies. SIGNED BY KING. -- LEWIS, Sinclair. Main Street. Grant Wood, illustrator. Chicago, 1937. Number 810 of 1500 copies. SIGNED BY WOOD. -- GRANDMA MOSES. My Life’s Story. [NY]: Harper & Brothers, [1952]. AUTOGRPAHED EDITON, number 44 of 270 copies. SIGNED BY GRANDMA MOSES. -- WILDER, Thornton. Our Town. Robert J. Lee, illustrator. Avon, CT, 1974. Number 19 of 2000 copies. SIGNED BY WILDER AND LEE. -- IONESCO, Eugene. Journeys Among the Dead. NY, [1987]. Number 158 of 1000 copies. SIGNED BY IONESCO. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, most published by the Limited Editions Club, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most illustrated, all in original bindings, all LIMITED EDITION, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500
224 [LITERATURE ADAPTED TO FILM]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
KESSERLING, Joseph. Arsenic and Old Lace. NY, 1941. -- RAPHAELSON, Samson. The Jazz Singer. NY, 1925. -- WEBB, Charles. The Graduate. NY, 1963. -- WELLES, Orson. Mr. Arkadin. NY, 1956. -- WEST, Mae. Babe Gordon. NY, 1930. -- WEST, Mae. She Done Him Wrong (Diamond Lil). NY, 1932. -- WEST, Mae. The Constant Sinner. NY, 1949. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, original cloth and unrestored dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700
225 [LITERATURE ADAPTED TO FILM]. A group of 8 works, comprising:
CORMAN, Avery. Kramer versus Kramer. NY, 1977. -- DICKEY, James. Deliverance. Boston, 1980. -- GRISHAM, John. A Time to Kill. NY, 1993. SIGNED BY GRISHAM. -- IRVING, John. Cider House Rules. NY, 1985. -- LEONARD, Elmore. Get Shorty. NY, 1990. SIGNED BY LEONARD. -- MADDOW, Ben and John HUSTON. The Asphalt Jungle. IL, 1980. Later edition. -- MANN, Patrick. Dog Day Afternoon. NY, 1974. -- SPIELBERG, Steven. Close Encounters of the Third Kind. NY, 1977. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, original cloth and unrestored dust-jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700
227 MAILER, Norman (1923-2007). Marilyn. A Biography. [New York]: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1973.
4to. Illustrated with color and black-and-white reproductions of photographs of Monroe by Avedon, Capa, Newman, Arnold, and others. Publisher’s white blind-stamped cloth, navy blue lettering on spine (tiny stains to front cover); publisher’s clamshell case with mounted photographic reproduction (a few minor scuffs, some adhesive remnants to lower board).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, SIGNED BY MAILER AND SCHILLER, the producer. $200 - 300 228 MAILER, Norman (1923-2007). A group of 13 works , including:
The Naked and the Dead. 1948. FIRST ISSUE, IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. -- Another copy (jacket price-clipped). -- Barbary Shore. 1951. -- The Deer Park. 1955. -- The White Negro. 1957. Original pictorial wraps. FIRST ISSUE. -- Deaths for the Ladies and Other Disasters. 1962. -- Another copy in original printed wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MAILER. -- The Deer Park A Play. 1967. REVIEW COPY with typed letter and card from the literary editor of the Dial Press laid in. -- Why are we in Vietnam? 1967. Second issue. -- Marilyn: A Biography. 1973. FIRST TRADE ISSUE. -- Ancient Evenings. 1983. Original slipcase, shrinkwrap present. LIMITED EDITION, number 267 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER. -- Tough Guys Don’t Dance. 1984. Original slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 143 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY MAILER. -- Huckleberry Finn, Alive at 100. 1985. LIMITED EDITION, number 40 of 250 copies, one of 50 in boards. -- And 2 others. Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, most published in NY, various 4to and 8vo sizes, a few illustrated, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, EACH WITH MAILER’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $300 - 400
226 LOOS, Anita (1893-1981). Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.
8vo. Half-title, illustrated. Original red cloth gilt (some spotting to edges of text block, a few tiny stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (ca 1 x 3/4-in. loss to foot of spine, some soiling, tears and chipping).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with “Divine” for “Devine” on title-page. Loos’ story about Lorelei Lee, a young fl apper, and her exploits in New York City, was an immediate success, selling out the day it was released in book stores. It was adapted by Edgar Selwyn to a Broadway stage play, and was adapted to fi lm twice: in 1928 as a silent fi lm, and in 1953, in a technicolor fi lm starring Marilyn Monroe. $500 - 700
229 MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Of Human Bondage. New York: George H. Doran, 1915.
8vo. (Slight chipping to fore-edge of a few leaves, some slight browning.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, preserving old endpapers (endpapers slightly browned); cloth folding case.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED BY MAUGHAM on front free endpaper: “W. Somerset Maugham / Chicago. October 1920”. Second issue, without the misprint “help him” in line 4 of page 257. Maugham’s masterpiece, considered to be at least partially autobiographical, was ranked among the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by The Modern Library. $600 - 800
231 MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965). The Razor’s Edge. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944.
8vo. Original red cloth gilt, gilt label on spine, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine slightly sunned, minor chipping to spine label); original board slipcase (slightly worn). Provenance: Gordon C. Coombs (signatures on paste-down and slipcase).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 589 of 750 copies SIGNED BY MAUGHAM. The novel, which follows protagonist Larry Darrell after his return from World War I, takes its name from the epigraph: “The sharp edge of a razor is diffi cult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.” 230 MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965). The Trembling of a Leaf. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1921.
8vo. Half-title. Original brown cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, a few short tears and minor soiling).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. The American edition of Maugham’s work, which includes the fi rst appearance of his most famous short story “Rain,” precedes the English edition by fewer than three weeks. RARE: We trace no copies of the American edition in dust jacket at auction.
$1,000 - 1,500 $1,000 - 1,500
232 MCCOY, Horace (1897-1955). They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935.
8vo. Original cloth, top edge stained red (a few pale stains, spine slightly leaned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, a few short tears, some pale staining).
FIRST EDITION OF McCOY’S FIRST BOOK about a grueling dance marathon and murder trial, which was widely read in existentialist circles in Europe, and which is among the best examples of absurdist existentialism in American fi ction. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? was adapted to a film of the same name in 1969, starting Jane Fonda and Michael Sarrazin. $600 - 800
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233 McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021). The Last Picture Show. New York: The Dial Press, 1966.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth (minor spotting along top edge of text block); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY McMURTRY on front fl yleaf. McMurtry’s third novel, The Last Picture Show was adapted to film in 1971, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, and Cybill Shepherd. $500 - 700 234 McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021). A group of 6 works, comprising:
Horseman, Pass By. Harper & Brothers, 1961. -- Leaving Cheyenne. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. -- Somebody’s Darling. 1978. SIGNED BY McMURTRY. -- Another copy. -- Texasville. 1987. SIGNED BY McMURTRY. -- Another copy. -- Anything for Billy. 1988. SIGNED BY McMURTRY. -- Another copy. -- Buffalo Girls. 1990. -- Together, 6 works in 9 volumes, all published in New York, most by Simon and Schuster, various 8vo sizes, all in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED OR WITH McMURTRY’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700
235 MEAD, Margaret (1901-1978). A group of 3 works, comprising: MEAD, Margaret (1901-1978). A group of 3 works, comprising:
Coming of Age in Samoa a Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation. 1928. -- Growing up in New Guinea a Comparative Study of Primitive Education. 1930. [With:] A review slip tipped-in. -- Male and Female a Study of the Sexes in a Changing World. 1949. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MEAD: “For Judy Vick Margaret Mead April 12, 1971.” -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in New York by William Morrow & Company, 8vo, illustrated, all in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $400 - 600 236 MILLER, Arthur (1915-2005). All My Sons. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, MILLER, Arthur (1915-2005). All My Sons. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping and a few short tears to spine ends repaired on verso).
FIRST EDITION of Miller’s three-act play, which opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theater on 29 January 1947. Running for 328 performances, Miller’s play was directed by Elia Kazan, the dedicatee, and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle award, and Tonys for Best Author and Best Direction of a Play. MILLER’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. $400 - 600
237 MILLER, Arthur (1915-2005). A group of 15 works, ALL FIRST EDITIONS comprising:
Situation Normal. NY, 1944. -- Focus. NY, 1945. -- Arthur Miller’s Adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. NY, 1951. -- On Social Plays. NY, 1955. Original printed wrappers. -- I Don’t Need You Any More. NY, 1967. -- The Misfi ts. NY, 1961. -- Another copy. -- After the Fall. NY, 1964. SIGNED. -- The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. NY, 1978. SIGNED. -- Chinese Encounters. Inge Morath. NY, [1979]. SIGNED BY BOTH MILLER AND MORATH. -- The American Clock. London, 1983. SIGNED. -- The Archbishop’s Ceiling. London, 1984. SIGNED. -- Two-way Mirror Elegy for a Lady. London, 1984. SIGNED. -- Danger: Memory! London, 1986. SIGNED. -- Conversations with Arthur Miller. Jackson et al, 1987. -- Everybody Wins. NY, 1990. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED. -- Together, 15 works in 16 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, a few illustrated, most in original cloth with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION or FIRST BRITISH EDITION, many SIGNED BY MILLER, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
239 MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). Tropic of Capricorn. Paris: The Obelisk Press, [1939].
8vo. Half-title; yellow errata slip tipped in. Original printed wrappers (some creasing, rubbing and soiling, small tape repair to upper hinge); moroccobacked slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the price of 60 francs printed on the spine, front and rear fl aps marked over; stamped price of 78 francs on rear free endpaper. “Although his two most important works, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, were published in Paris in the 1930s, because of their heavy sexual content, they were not published in the United States until the early 1960s, when Miller’s work became the leading battlefi eld in the war over ‘pornographic’ literature” (Hoffman 108). Shifreen & Jackson A21b (this copy with 78 francs price on rear free endpaper, rather than 175.00 price on rear wrapper). $500 - 700 238 MILLER, Arthur (1915-2005). A group of 13 works, MANY SIGNED BY MILLER, comprising:
A View from the Bridge. NY, 1955. SIGNED. -- After the Fall. NY, 1964. Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 499 copies for sale. SIGNED. -- Incident at Vichy. NY, 1965. SIGNED. -- The Price. NY, 1968. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. SIGNED. -- Poetry and Film. NY, 1972. SIGNED. -- The Creation of the World and other Business. NY, 1973. SIGNED. -- In the Country. Morath INGE. NY, 1977. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY BOTH MILLER AND MORATH. -- Playing for Time. [NY], 1981. SIGNED. -- Salesman in Beijing. NY, 1984. SIGNED. -- Timebends. NY, 1987. ADVANCE COPY with letter laid in. -- A REVIEW COPY. SIGNED. -- The Ride Down Mount Morgan. [NY], 1992. ADVANCE COPY. -- Homely Girl. [NY], 1992. ADVANCE COPY. -- A published copy. SIGNED. -- Echoes Down the Corridor. NY, 2000. SIGNED. -- Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original printed wrappers or cloth with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, many REVIEW COPIES or ADVANCE COPIES, many SIGNED BY MILLER, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
240 MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). The Rosy Crucifi xion Book One: Sexus. Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1949.
2 volumes, 8vo. Original green cloth (a few pale stains, light spotting to edges). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 1,167 of 3,000 copies. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MILLER in vol.I: “For John Rich Henry Miller.” ADDITIONALLY SIGNED by Miller in vol.II.
[With:] MILLER. The Rosy Crucifi xion Book Two: Plexus. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original brown printed wrappers (some minor rubbing to extremities). FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 666 of 2,000 copies.
Two works in 4 volumes, comprising the fi rst and second installments of the Rosy Crucifi xion trilogy which draws its title from his own Tropic of Capricorn: “All my Calvaries were rosy crucifi xions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fi res of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten.” $400 - 600
241 MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A group of 9 works, comprising:
Obscenity and the Law of Refl ection. Yonkers, NY, 1945. -- Le Sourire au pied de l’échelle. The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder. Paris, 1953. FIRST BILINGUIAL EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MILLER to Richard Du Brau, with a photograph of both tipped in. -- Nights of Love and Laughter. Signet Book, 1955. FIRST ISSUE. -- The Waters Reglitterized. 1973. Number 157 of 285 copies. SIGNED BY MILLER. -- Mother, China, and the World Beyond. 1977. Number 169 of 250 copies. SIGNED BY MILLER. -- My Bike & other Friends. 1978. SIGNED BY MILLER. -- Joey a Loving Portrait of Alfred Perles together with some Bizarre Episodes Relating to the other Sex. 1979. Number 26 of 250 copies. SIGNED BY MILLER. -- The World of Lawrence a Passionate Appreciation. 1980. Number 240 of 250 copies. SIGNED BY MILLER. -- Crazy Cock. NY, 1991. UNCORRECTED PROOF. -- Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, most published in Santa Barbara by Capra Press, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, many illustrated, all in original bindings, most FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, most SIGNED BY MILLER, condition most FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, most SIGNED BY MILLER, condition generally fi ne. $500 - 700
243 [MONROE, Marilyn (1926-1962), her copies]. A group of 6 books from Marilyn Monroe’s library, comprising:
EINSTEIN, Albert. Out of My Later Years. NY, 1950. -- WERSHUB, Leonard Paul. Sexual Impotence In the Male. Springfi eld, IL, 1959. -- LAURENCE, William L. Men and Atoms. NY, 1959. -- RUSSELL, Bertrand. Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare. NY, 1959. -- TANNENBAUM, R. F., editor. Panorama. The Laurel Review. Number One. NY, 1957. -- MUNRO, Daniel C. Man Alive You’re Half Dead! NY, 1948. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally good. Provenance for the lot: Sold Christie’s, 28 October 1999, The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe, Sale 9216, Lot 563 (each with lot tag and bookplate). $600 - 800 242 MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936.
8vo. Original grey cloth; in unclipped dust jacket (a few light chips and tears, with a few old cello tape repairs to foot of spine and verso).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the May 1936 date. FIRST ISSUE of the dust jacket, with Gone with the Wind listed in the second column of Macmillan’s publications. Mitchell’s epic Civil War novel was a huge success; it won the Pulitzer Prize for fi ction, has sold more than 8 million copies, and has been translated into at least 18 languages. $3,000 - 4,000
244 NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1955.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth-backed boards, top edge stained red (one corner bumped, very slightly leaned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny chips and tears, some soiling to extremities, tiny pencil note on rear fl ap
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE dust jacket without “Complete Unexpurgated Edition” on front panel. Nabokov’s controversial novel was initially rejected by American publishers, and was fi rst published by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris in a two-volume edition in 1955. Lolita is ranked fourth on the Modern Library’s list of 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. $400 - 600
245 O’HARA, John (1905-1970). Butterfi eld 8. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1935.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth lettered in gold on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor rubbing to spine ends and extremities).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY O’HARA on front fl yleaf. Butterfi eld 8, O’Hara’s second novel and one of his best, a roman à clef loosely based on the life of Starr Faithfull, a socialite and fl apper whose mysterious death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. The novel was the basis for the 1960 movie starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher and Dina Merrill. $500 - 700
246 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Thirst, and Other One-Act Plays. Boston: The Gorham Press, 1914.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper labels to upper cover and spine; in unrestored dust jacket (a few short tears, some soiling). Provenance: Edward Frank Pritzlaff (bookplate); sold The Milwaukee Bookshop (small bookseller’s label on pastedown)
FIRST EDITION OF O’NEILL’S FIRST BOOK, RARE IN THE DUST JACKET. One of 1,000 copies printed, including the plays “Thirst,” “The Web,” “Warnings,” “Fog,” and “Recklessness.”
$600 - 800
247 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Before Breakfast. New York: Frank Shay, 1916. 8vo. Original printed blue-green wrappers (some browning to edges); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: “G. A.” (unidentifi ed bookplate).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of O’Neill’s second work, one of 500 copies printed. RARE. Atkinson A7-II-i.
[With:] O’NEILL. “Before Breakfast.” In: The Provincetown Plays. Third Series. New York: Frank Shay, 1916. 8vo. Original orange printed wrappers [Binding B]. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies printed, including two other plays by Neith Boyce and Alfred Kreymborg. Atkinson A7-I-i. $400 - 600
248 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). The Hairy Ape. Anna Christie. The First Man. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922.
8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting primarily to fore-margin.) Original cloth-backed black-lettered boards (some rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Edward Auerbach (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY O’NEILL: “For Edward Auerbach with all good wishes Eugene O’Neill.” Atkinson A20-I-1. $500 - 700
250 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). The Iceman Cometh. New York: Random House, 1946.
8vo. Half-title, title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some browning, primarily to spine, some minor chipping, tiny abrasion lower spine fold). Provenance: Dixie French (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY O’NEILL on the front free endpaper: “For May Davenport Seymore, with all good wishes. Eugene O’Neill. Oct., 1946.”
Dixie French was the company manager for the Broadway run of The Iceman Cometh, which played at the Martin Beck Theater from 9 October 1946 to 15 March 1947. Inscribed works by O’Neill are uncommon in this late period of his career due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease. After receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936, O’Neill wrote three of his most autobiographical works. The fi rst of these, The Iceman Cometh, restored him to Broadway. Laid in is a request for seats to the show, with two caricatures, to Dixie French from cartoonist “Cheerio.” Atkinson A35-I-I.a. $1,500 - 2,500 249 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Days Without End. New York: Random House, 1934.
8vo. Title printed in blue and black. Original blue leather, spine gilt, uncut. Provenance: Kate Felton Elkins (presentation inscription).
FIRST LIMITED EDITION, number 136 of 325 copies. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY O’NEILL: “To Mrs. Kate Felton Elkins - again, with all good wishes! Eugene O’Neill Sea Island, Ga. July 1934.” Felton Elkins attended Princeton with O’Neill. Atkinson A34-I-1.a.
$300 - 500
Princeton with O’Neill. Atkinson A34-I-1.a.
$300 - 500
251 251 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). The Iceman Cometh. New York: Random O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). The Iceman Cometh. New York: Random House, 1946.
8vo. Half-title, title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some browning, primarily to spine, some minor chipping, tiny abrasion lower spine fold). Provenance: Dixie French (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY O’NEILL on the front free endpaper: “For May Davenport Seymore, with all good wishes. Eugene O’Neill. Oct., 1946.”
Dixie French was the company manager for the Broadway run of The Iceman Cometh, which played at the Martin Beck Theater from 9 October 1946 to 15 March 1947. Inscribed works by O’Neill are uncommon in this late period of his career due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease. After receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936, O’Neill wrote three of his most autobiographical works. The fi rst of these, The Iceman Cometh, restored him to Broadway. Laid in is a request for seats to the show, with two caricatures, to Dixie French from cartoonist “Cheerio.” Atkinson A35-I-I.a. $1,500 - 2,500
252 O’NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). A group of 7 works by O’Neill, comprising:
The Complete Works of Eugene O’Neill. NY, 1924. 2 volumes. -- Marco Millions. NY, 1927. Limited edition SIGNED BY O’NEILL. -- The Emperor Jones. NY, 1928. Limited edition SIGNED BY O’NEILL. -- Strange Interlude. NY, 1928. Limited edition SIGNED BY O’NEILL. -- “Anna Christie”. NY, 1930. Limited edition SIGNED BY O’NEILL. -- Mourning Becomes Electra. NY, 1931. -- Days Without End. NY, 1934. -- Together, 7 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
254 ORWELL, George (1903-1950). Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
8vo. Half-titles. (Minor even toning.) Original black cloth, spine gilt-lettered; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (minor soiling, very minor wear to extremities). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fenwick A.10d.
[With:] The Road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. 8vo. Photographic plates. Original limp orange cloth (some creasing, possible dampstaining, light scuffs to printed lettering). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE referred to as the “Left Book Club Edition” on the front board, issued 3 months before the fi rst public edition. Fenwick A.5a.
[Also with:] The English People. London: Collins, 1947. 4to. 8 color plates and 11 black and white illustrations. (Occasional spotting.) Illustrated green paper on boards (slight warping, a few brown spots); in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket (toned, occasional spotting, light wear at extremities). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Fenwick A.11a. $500 - 700 253 ORWELL, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, red-lettered on spine (some offsetting of jacket to boards, spine slightly faded, erased pencil mark on endleaf); in unclipped green dust jacket (a few small chips and tears with occasional repairs on verso, slight rubbing to folds).
FIRST EDITION of Orwell’s last novel, published just a year before his death, written with “particular feeling and clarity”; “even the political arguments are never dull. In fact they are worked out with passionate logic. ‘Double Think’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘Big Brother’ now form part of the language. It is a warning against totalitarianism under any disguise -- left or right” (Connolly, The Modern Movement 99). Fenwick records two variant states of the dust jacket, one green and one red, with no priority. Fenwick A12a. $1,000 - 1,500 99). Fenwick records two variant states of the dust jacket, one green and one red, with no priority. Fenwick A12a.
255 PINTER, Harold (1930-2008). A group of 9 works by Pinter, comprising: PINTER, Harold (1930-2008). A group of 9 works by Pinter, comprising:
The Caretaker. L, [1960]. -- Landscape. L, 1968. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Poems. L, 1968. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- The Proust Screenplay. L, 1978. SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Poems and Prose 1949-1977. L, 1978. SIGNED BY PINTER. -- The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Boston, 1981. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER AND JOHN FOWLES. -- One for the Road. L, 1984. SIGNED BY PINTER. -- The Dwarfs. NY, 1990. Uncorrected proof. -- The Dwarfs. L, 1990. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, in original bindings, FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, many SIGNED, most with PINTER’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
256 PINTER, Harold (1930-2008). A group of 8 works by Pinter, comprising:
The Birthday Party. L, 1959. -- Poems. L, 1971. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Five Screenplays. L, 1971. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Monologue. L, 1973. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- No Man’s Land. L, 1975. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Betrayal. L, 1978. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Poems and Prose 1949-1977. NY, 1978. -- Dwarfs. L, 1990. Limited edition SIGNED BY PINTER. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, FIRST OR LIMITED EDITIONS, many SIGNED, each with PINTER’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fi ne.
$300 - 400
258 RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). The Romantic Manifesto. A Philosophy of Literature. New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1969.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (tiny stain to lower rear corner); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (short tear and minor crease to rear panel). Provenance: William W. Stanhope (presentation inscription from the author).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY RAND: “To William W. Stanhope - - Cordially - Ayn Rand 12/20/74.” In this series of essays, Rand argues that an artist cannot create art without imbuing it with his or her own personal philosophy, causing the audience to come away with a sense of a philosophical message colored by their own personal values. $400 - 600 257 RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. New York: Random House, 1961.
8vo. Publisher’s black cloth, top edge stained yellow; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped, a few tiny scuffs, spine slightly soiled).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RAND on half-title of Rand’s fi rst non-fi ction work. Rand viewed the work as a “cultural commercial” for her novels which helped increase sales of recently-published paperback editions of Atlas Shrugged and We are the Living. $600 - 800
259 259 RAND, Ayn (1905-1982). A group of 8 works, including:
We the Living. NY, 1936. (Lacking dust jacket.) --Night of January 16th. NY et al, 1936. Original printed wrappers. --The Fountainhead. Indianapolis & NY, 1943. FIRST STATE DUST JACKET priced at $3.00 with Bobbs-Merrill on rear panel. [With:] Two other copies. --Anthem. Los Angeles, 1946. Original printed wrappers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. [With:] Another copy. Caldwell, Idaho, 1953. (Dust jacket price-clipped.) --Philosophy: Who Needs It. Indianapolis & NY, Inc., 1982. FIRST ISSUE. -- Together 8 works, various 12mo and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth, most in unrestored unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $600 - 800
260 [ROBIN HOOD]. Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, now extant, relative to that celebrated English Outlaw. London: Printed for T. Egerton and J. Johnson, 1795.
2 volumes, 8o. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt (extremities a little rubbed). Provenance: “J.C.B.” (engraved bookplates); John C. De Kimberley (bookplates). Donald G. Drapkin (bookplates; his sale, Christie’s New York, 29 June 2005, Sale 1631, Lot 320.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, edited by Joseph Ritson, the fi rst in-depth publication regarding the legendary Robin Hood character, and the basis for all the subsequent related versions in print and fi lm. $800 - 1,200
261 ROSTAND, Edmond (1868-1918). Cyrano de Bergerac. A Play in Five Acts. London: William Heineman, 1898.
12mo. Original two-toned green cloth (slight rubbing to extremities); quarter morocco folding case with onlaid profi le of Cyrano. Provenance: George Wilmarth Nickel (bookplate); Donald G. Drapkin (bookplate, sold his sale, Christie’s New York, 29 June 2005, Lot 324).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Rostand’s play about a poet who is too embarrassed by his unsightly nose to pursue the beautiful Roxanne. Cyrano de Bergerac was adapted to film twice: in 1950 starring Jose Ferrer, and in 1990 starring Gerard Depardieu. Steve Martin starred in a 1987 comedy based on the play entitled Roxanne. THE DRAPKIN COPY. $300 - 400
262 SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1959.
8vo. Half-title. Original gray cloth (very slight fading to spine ends); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (very slight fading to spine panel).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE without the dedication page. Salinger’s novellas were fi rst published in The New Yorker. The present edition was the fi rst appearance of either novella in book form, which was the third best-selling novel in 1963 according to Publisher’s Weekly. A FINE COPY. $400 - 600
263 SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). The Complete Uncollected Short Stories. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1974].
2 volumes, 8vo. Original purple-lettered wrappers: Vol.I cream stapled wrappers; Vol.II white glossy perfect-bound wrappers. Provenance: J. A. Herman (signature).
The offi cial “Pirated” collection of Salinger’s scarce early fi ction, which was originally published in various periodicals and subsequently suppressed by Salinger’s Lawyers.
[With:] SALINGER. The Complete Uncollected Short Stories. [Berkeley: n.p., ca 1974]. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers featuring a magazine-style design. Second pirated edition.
$300 - 400
264 SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-1980). Group of autograph manuscripts, comprising:
“Property (Ideology).” 19 pages. Provenance: Sold Kenneth W. Rendell. A lengthy refl ection on property rights especially in 18th-century and Revolutionary France. – “Property (Social Utility).” 13 pages. Provenance: Sold Kenneth W. Rendell. Essay draft with numerous citations from Sartre’s research on the subject. He states that “the concept of social utility appeared... as an arm against the concept of feudal possession.” He explores the concept of property as a social utility, its Puritan and Calvinistic origins, and later secularization. -- Untitled manuscript fragment. 2 pages. Provenance: Sold Goodspeed’s, Boston. A short narrative, possibly a war-time remembrance: “At the time when I saved the orphans I took care, above all in hiding them behind a wall, behind a bush: luckily this forbade them the sight of blood; they hid their eyes, bent in prayer, disappeared...Strange heroism, this, already corrupted by contempt: it required that one risk, without illusions, the highest values in order to save the lowest.” -- Untitled fragment. 1 page. A few lines regarding the war in Algeria. -- Untitled fragment. 2 pages. Short thoughts on the Henri Martin Affair. -- Untitled fragment. 1 page. A discussion about de Gaulle’s relationship with certain communists. -- Together, 38 pages of autograph manuscripts, all undated, 4to, on graph paper, occasional toning or creases. $1,000 - 1,500
265 SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-1980). La Nauseé. Paris: Gallimard, 1938.
8vo. Original printed wrappers; original glassine (some browning, small stain to front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, ordinary issue, of SARTRE’S FIRST NOVEL, a canonical work of existentialism. La Nauseé was “on the whole well received by the critics and the success of Sartre the novelist served to enhance the reputation he had started to enjoy as a writer of short stories and philosophical texts, mostly on perception” (David Drake, Sartre, p.42). $400 - 600
266 SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-1980). Group of 9 works published by Gallimard, comprising:
L’être et le néant. 1943. Common issue. -- Les Mains Sales. 1948. No. CLXXVI of 210 copies on alfa mousse Navarre. -- La mort dans l’âme. 1949. No. LXVI of 105 copies on Lafuma Navarre. -- Saint Genet Comédien et Martyr. 1952. No. 51 of 162 copies on Lafuma Navarre. -- Kean. Edited by Sartre. 1954. No. 178 of 160 copies on Lafuma-Navarre. -- Nekrassov. 1956. No. 105 of 210 copies on Lafuma Navarre. -- Critique de la raison dialectique. 1960. Common issue. [Laid in:] “Notes sur la conférence de Jean-Paule Sartre ‘Marxisme et Existentialisme,’” 23 April 1958. Notes by A. Lacocque. Typescript document, 4pp. -- Les Séquestrés d’Altona. 1960. No. 112 of 210 copies on Lafuma-Navarre. -- Les Troyennes. Translated by Sartre. 1965. No. 31 of 2255 copies on Lafuma-Navarre.
Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, all 8vo, all in original wrappers printed in black and red, most with original glassines, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600 267 SARTRE, Jean Paul (1905-1980). A group of 11 works, including:
268 SCHULBERG, Budd (1914-2009). What Makes Sammy Run? New York: Random House, 1941.
8vo. Half-title. Original two-tone blue cloth gilt (spine slightly faded, some light wear to gilt); in unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping, creasing, or rubbing to extremities, a few old cello tape repairs on verso). Provenance: Harwood? Kittom (signature).
FIRST EDITION OF SCHULBERG’S FIRST NOVEL, SIGNED BY SCHULBERG on title-page. Writing for the New York Times, James MacBride notes that Schulberg’s novel is “brilliantly effective because it is completely of this time, expressing the beliefs and hopes that begin to stand out in this period, marked in it by the threat of complex defeat....[What Makes Sammy Run?] is unquestionably one of the most interesting and promising fi rst novels to appear in several years” (March 30, 1941). One of the great Hollywood novels which has yet to be adapted to fi lm. $800 - 1,200 L’Imagination. 1936. -- Le Mur. 1939. Contemporary black boards. LIMITED EDITION, 910 of 1000. -- Morts Sans Sépulture. Lausanne, 1946. -- La Putain Respectueuse. 1946. LIMITED EDITION, 403 of 500. -- L’Existentialisme est un Humanism. 1946. In unrestored and unclipped dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, 364 of 500. -- Refl exions sur la Question Juive. 1946. LIMITED EDITION, one of 3000. -- Portrait of the Anti-Semite. NY, 1946. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Les Jeux Sont Faits. 1947. LIMITED EDITION, 150 of 500. -- L’Engrenage. 1948. LIMITED EDITION, 32 of 500. -- Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions. London, 1962. Original cloth; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. -- LAUROT, Edmar de. Typed document. Np., 1952. 215 pages, 4to, bound by 2-holes in commercial binding, some toning. Unpublished English translation of Sartre’s The Devil and God Almighty. -- Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, most published in Paris, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original printed wrappers, many in glassines, ALL FIRST EDITION, many LIMITED EDITIONS, condition generally good. $300 - 400
269 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Cashel Byron’s Profession. [London:] The Modern Press, 1886.
Tall 8vo (235 x 147 mm). Blank leaf at end. (Some spotting.) Original blue printed wrappers (some minor losses to spine ends and one corner, a few repairs to spine, some soiling); red quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION OF SHAW’S FIRST SEPARATELY-PUBLISHED WORK. Laurence’s smaller variant issue, with the blank at the end: “the size of bigger copies is due to the fact that they reproduced not only the type but the format of To-day. But the booksellers objected that in this form it occupied too much room to be displayed on their stalls and counters. It was probably cut down as far as the margins would allow to meet his objection” (Laurence, quoting Shaw). Cashel Byron’s Profession first appeared in the periodical To-Day, and by the end of 1886, two U.S. pirated editions of the work had already been printed. Laurence A3a. $400 - 600
270 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). The Quintessence of Ibsenism. London: Walter Scott, 1891.
8vo. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth (slight wear to extremities, some minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR’S COMPLIMENTARY COPY, with slip tipped to front free endpaper. “In the spring of 1890, the Fabian Society...was compelled to make shift with a series of papers put forward under the general heading ‘Socialism in Contemporary Literature.’...I consented to ‘take Ibsen”...William Morris, asked to read a paper on himself, fl atly declined but gave us one on Gothic Architecture...my paper on Ibsen...was duly read at the St James’s Restaurant on the 18th July 1890, under the presidency of Mrs. Annie Besant, and which was the fi rst form of this little book” (Preface, pp.v-vi). Laurence A12.
[With:] SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, and Fanny’s First Play. With a Treatise on Parents and Children. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1914. 8vo. Original green gilt-lettered cloth, uncut. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY SHAW on half-title: “To A.W. Evans from G. Bernard Shaw.”
$300 - 400
271 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Ring of the Niblungs. London: Grant Richards, 1898.
8vo. Half-title; 2p. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Some very slight soiling and spotting to a few leaves, a few tiny marginal pencil marks.) Original blue cloth-backed linen, gilt-lettered on spine (some light soiling and wear); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, written by Shaw “for the assistance of those who wish to be introduced to the work on equal terms with that inner circle of adepts...The reason is that its dramatic moments lie quite outside the consciousness of people whose joys and sorrows are all domestic and personal, and whose religions and political ideas are purely conventional and superstitious” (Preface, p.[v]). Laurence A31.
[Tipped in:] SHAW. Autograph note signed (“G. Bernard Shaw”), to an unnamed recipient, 1 June 1924. In full: “You seem to be possessed by the demon that formerly possessed Southey. Exorcism is the only remedy I can suggest.” $400 - 600
272 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1930.
8vo. Half-title. (Some minor spotting.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, uncut; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some very slight chipping to spine ends). Provenance: Joan Noel Anderson (presentation inscription from Shaw).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, HUMOROUSLY INSCRIBED BY SHAW ON THE HALFTITLE: “Well, just to spite your Eldest Sister and you Extraordinary Mother who won’t let you read St. Joan (she has evidently not read it herself) here goes! G. Bernard Shaw for Joan Noel Anderson 16th May 1931.” The Apple Cart, fi rst published in German in 1929, and was fi rst performed in Warsaw in Polish. The play is a “comedy in which a King defeats an attempt by his popularly elected Prime Minister to deprive him of the right to infl uence public opinion through the press and the platform: in short, to reduce him to a cipher” (Preface, p.v). Laurence A195b. $400 - 600
273 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). A group of 20 political works, including:
The Impossibilities of Anarchism. London, 1893. -- Fabianism and the Empire a Manifesto by the Fabian Society. London, 1900. -- Novels of His Nonage NO. 4: Cashel Byron’s Profession… Newly Revised. London, 1903. Third English edition. -- An essay on Going to Church. Boston, 1905. -- How to Settle the Irish Question. Dublin et al, 1917. -- Peace Conference Hints. London, 1919. -- Ruskin’s Politics. London, 1921. Glassine. -- The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. London, 1928. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- The League of Nations. London, 1929. -- What I Really Wrote About the War. NY, 1932. FIRST AMERICAN TRADE EDITION. -- Where Stands Socialism ToDay? London, 1933. -- The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God. NY, 1933. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Another copy. -- Shaw on Stalin. London, 1941. -- Sixteen Self Sketches. NY, 1949. -- And 6 others. Together, 20 works in 22 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, most in unrestored dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
275 275 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). A group of 13 works, comprising: SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). A group of 13 works, comprising:
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant. 1898. 2 volumes. -- Love Among the ArtistsPlays: Pleasant and Unpleasant. 1898. 2 volumes. -- Love Among the Artists. 1900. Custom chemise and slipcase. -- Three Plays for Puritans. 1901. -- The Irrational Knot. 1905. -- The Author’s Apology from Mrs. Warren’s Profession. 1905. -- Dramatic Opinions and Essays. 1906. 2 volumes. Provenance: Leroy Arthur Sugarman (stamps). -- Cashel Byron’s Profession. 1906. -- Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Fanny’s First Play with a Treatise on Parents and Children. 1914. -- Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, And Playlets Of The War. 1919. -- Back to Methuselah. 1921. -- Saint Joan: a Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue. 1924. -- The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. 1928. -- Another copy. -- The Apple Cart: a Political Extravaganza. 1931. -- Together, 13 works in 16 volumes, all published in New York by Brentano’s or in Chicago/New York by Herbert S. Stone and Company, various 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or printed wrappers, some with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION or FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, condition generally good. $400 - 600 274 SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). A group of 20 works, including:
Man and Superman. Westminster, 1903. -- The Common Sense of Municipal Trading. Westminster, 1904. -- The Irrational Knot. 1905. -- The Sanity of Art. London, 1908. -- John Bull’s Other Island and Major Barbara. 1911. -- The Doctor’s Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet. 1911. -- The Quintessence of Ibsenism. 1913. -- Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion. 1916. -- Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, and Playlets of the War. 1919. -- Back to Methuselah. 1921. -- Saint Joan. 1924. -- Translations and Tomfooleries. 1926. -- Too True to be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks. Three Plays. 1934. -- Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings. 1934. -- In Good King Charles’s Golden Days. 1939. -- Another copy. -- And 5 others. Together, 20 works in 21 volumes, most published in London, most published by Constable and Company Limited, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth with spines gilt-lettered, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600 . Westminster, 1903. -- The Common Sense of Municipal
276 SIMON, Neil (1927-2018). A group of 23 works, including:
Come Blow Your Horn. Garden City, NY, 1963. WITH SIMON’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. -- The Odd Couple. 1966. Provenance: Herb Vigran (1910-1986), American character actor (signature). -- Sweet Charity. 1966. -- The Star-Spangled Girl. 1967. SIGNED BY SIMON on laid in card. -- Plaza Suite. 1969. -- Promises, Promises. 1969. -- Last of the Red Hot Lovers. 1970. -- The Gingerbread Lady. 1971. -- The Prisoner of Second Avenue. 1972. -- The Sunshine Boys. 1973. -- The Good Doctor. 1974. -- God’s Favorite. 1975. SIGNED BY SIMON on laid in card. -- California Suite. 1977. -- Chapter Two. 1979. -- They’re Playing our Song. 1980. -- I Ought to be in Pictures. 1981. SIGNED BY SIMON on laid in card. -- Fools. 1981. -- Biloxi Blues. 1986. Original printed wrappers. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, UNCORRECTED PROOFS with slip pasted to cover and letter laid in. -- Another published copy. -- Broadway Bound. 1987. -- Rumors. 1990. SIGNED BY SIMON. -- Lost in Yonkers. 1991. -- Jake’s Women. 1994. SIGNED BY SIMON. -- Laughter on the 23rd Floor. 1995. -- Together, 23 works in 24 volumes, most published in New York by Random House, various 8vo sizes, most in original cloth or quarter cloth, most in unrestored dust jackets (most unclipped), ALL FIRST EDITION, many FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fi ne. $200 - 300
277 SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). The Jungle. New York: The Jungle Publishing Co., 1906.
8vo. 3pp. publisher’s advertisements. Original green pictorial cloth (rubbed, particularly at extremities).
FIRST EDITION, WITH SUSTAINER’S EDITION LABEL. SIGNED BY SINCLAIR on blank leaf.
Sinclair’s novel portrays the harsh conditions faced by exploited immigrant workers in Chicago. Originally published serially, fi ve publishers rejected the work as too shocking. As he was about to self-publish a version of the novel in the present Sustainer’s Edition, Doubleday, Page agreed to publish the book, and the Doubleday edition was published simultaneously with Sinclair’s, which appeared under “The Jungle Publishing Company” imprint with the Socialist Party’s emblem on the cover. $500 - 700
279 SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). Dragon’s Teeth. New York and Pasadena, CA: Published by the Author, 1942.
8vo. Original red cloth lettered in silver; in unrestored pictorial dust jacket (small hole in spine panel, some rubbing, soiling and minor losses). Provenance: Betty (presentation inscription from Sinclair).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SINCLAIR: “To Betty with love Upton Sinclair.” This issue published for private distribution by Sinclair is similar to the fi rst trade edition published by Viking, but without the Viking logo on the front cover or spine, and with a different title page imprint. Sinclair’s novel, which describes the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s, won him the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. $300 - 400 278 SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). Oil! New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.
8vo. (Some light spotting.) Original maroon cloth decorated in yellow (spine slightly leaned and faded, some light rubbing, otherwise bright).
FIRST EDITION of Sinclair’s work loosely based on the life of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny, which was the basis for the 2007 fi lm There Will be Blood. $300 - 400
280 280 SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). A group of works by Sinclair, comprising: SINCLAIR, Upton (1878-1968). A group of works by Sinclair, comprising:
The Metropolis. NY, 1907. -- Samuel the Seeker. NY, 1910. -- Jimmie Higgins. Pasadena, CA, 1919. -- 100% The Story of a Patriot. Pasadena, CA, 1920. In d/j. -- Oil!. NY, 1927. In d/j. Later printing. -- Roman Holiday. Pasadena, CA, 1931. In d/j. -- The Flivver King. A Story of Ford America. Emaus, PA, 1937. In d/j. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
281 SMITH, Betty (1896-1972). A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, printed label on spine (fading to spine, some minor fading); unclipped dust jacket (some minor restoration along edges, a few short tears).
FIRST EDITION, with codes “8-43” and “D-S” on copyright page. In the second(?) issue dust jacket priced $2.75 with “5338” and “5339” on the front and rear fl ap respectively, and with “How the Tree Grew” essay by Smith printed on verso. Smith’s semi-autobiographical coming of age novel about an adolescent girl growing up in Williamsburg Brooklyn was the basis for Elia Kazan’s fi rst feature-length fi lm, released in 1945, starring James Dunn, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner. Garner won a Special Academy Award for Outstanding Child Actress for her role. $500 - 700
282 282 SMYTH, Henry DeWolf (1898-1986). Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945.
8vo. Photographic plates. Original salmon cloth lettered in burgundy on spine (a few tiny stains); in unrestored unclipped original printed yellow and black dust jacket (some slight soiling). Provenance: Charles Rheams (signature on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, trade issue, SIGNED BY EDWARD TELLER, “THE FATHER OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB.” Teller emigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1935; in 1941, he joined Fermi’s team that produced the fi rst nuclear chain reaction. He joined with Oppenheimer at the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1943 as group leader in the Theoretical Physics Division. Published on August 12, 1945 (only six days after Hiroshima), Smyth’s Atomic Energy for Military Purposes, is a “remarkably full and candid account of the development work carried out between 1940 and 1945 by the American-directed but internationally recruited team of physicists, under the code name of ‘Manhattan District’, which culminated in the production of the fi rst atomic bomb” (PMM). The fi rst trade edition was preceded by top-secret mimeographed versions of the typescript, and a lithoprint version produced by the Pentagon for distribution to the press. PMM 422e; Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 37, No. 3, pp.204-18; see Norman 1962. $2,000 - 3,000
283 SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006). I, the Jury. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947.
8vo. Half-title. Original red-lettered black cloth (corner slightly bumped). In unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light chipping, rubbing, and minor soiling). Provenance: Dollie Sullivan MacGregor (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, WITH SPILLANE’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. SPILLANE’S FIRST NOVEL, which includes the fi rst appearance of private investigator Mike Hammer. By the time Spillane’s novel was adapted to fi lm in 1953, it had sold over 3.5 million copies. $600 - 800
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284 SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006). My Gun is Quick. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1950.
8vo. Half-title. Original drab cloth (short tear to spine end); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some spotting on verso, a few chips and creases). Provenance: Larry McMurtry (signature).
FIRST EDITION WITH SPILLANE’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. Spillane’s second novel was adapted to fi lm in 1957.
LARRY McMURTRY’S COPY. In his memoir The Treasure Hunter, McMurtry recalled picking up paperback editions of Spillane’s books in Wichita Falls in his youth. In The Last Picture Show, McMurtry writes that Spillane’s I, the Jury was “a book the local drugstore could never keep in stock.” $600 - 800 285 SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006). A group of 3 Dutton “Guilt Edged Mysteries,” comprising:
Vengeance is Mine. 1950. -- One Lonely Night. 1951. -- The Long Wait. 1951.
Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., all in publisher’s cloth and unclipped dust jackets (a few chips, some minor soiling), ALL FIRST EDITIONS, EACH WITH SPILLANE’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
286 STEIN, Gertrude (1874-1946). Four Saints in Three Acts. New York: Random House, 1934. 287 STEIN, Gertrude (1874-1946). The World is Round. New York: William R. Scott, Inc., 1939.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth. In unrestored dust jacket (some soiling and spotting, a few short tears, corners clipped). Provenance: George Marion O’Donnell (signature, letter tipped in, see below).
FIRST EDITION. Four Saints in Three Acts was adapted as an opera in 1928, composed by Virgil Thomson with a libretto by Stein.
WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY GERTRUDE STEIN TIPPED IN, to Marion O’Donnell, 17 August 1933, Belley, Ain, France, with original addressed envelope. Sending a poem entitled “Page IX”: “I like a half a day in one day / Or a whole day in some day / Or three days in Friday / Or six days in Tuesday / Or forty days and forty-nights in Wednesday.” George Marion O’Donnell (1914-1962) was an American Agrarian School author and poet, and was an editor associated with the southern New Critics. 4to. Printed in blue and white on rose paper throughout, illustrations by Clement Hurd. Original gilt-lettered white boards (some minor soiling to spine, hinges, and boards); original blue slipcase (rubbed). Provenance: Sold Gotham Bookmart (label on rear pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE one of 250 copies SIGNED BY STEIN AND HURD on a fl yleaf tipped in. Stein’s only children’s book tells the story of a little girl named Rose who is trying to fi nd her place in a “world that was round and you could go on it around and around.” $300 - 400
288 288 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cup of Gold. New York: McBride, 1929.
8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in black, top edge stained blue (some minor soiling); in dust jacket with corners clipped as issued and “$2.50” price present (chipping with losses, fading and spotting, a few old tape repairs on verso); slipcase. Provenance: Arthur Wilmer Lissauer (morocco booklabel); George Cosmatos (sold, his sale, Sotheby’s, 2005, lot 295).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF STEINBECK’S FIRST BOOK, with the McBride imprint and “First Published, August 1929” on copyright page. One of only approximately 2,500 copies of Steinbeck’s scarce fi rst novel, published right before the stock market crash, which tells the story of the life of pirate Henry Morgan. Goldstone & Payne A1a. THE COSMATOS COPY. $5,000 - 7,000
289 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cup of Gold. New York: McBride, 1929.
8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in black (lacking dust jacket, a few pale stains, slight rubbing to corners). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF STEINBECK’S FIRST BOOK, with the McBride imprint and “First Published, August 1929” on copyright page. Goldstone & Payne A1a.
[With:] STEINBECK. Cup of Gold. New York: Covici Friede, 1936. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (foot of lower joint bumped); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor toning, a few minor stains lower panel, some light rubbing to corners). Second edition, using the original sheets from the 1929 McBride edition. In fi rst state dust jacket with no mention of Of Mice and Men, with the original Covici Friede title blacked out, and the $2.50 price intact on the front fl ap. $400 - 600
290 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Pastures of Heaven. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.
8vo. Half-title. Original green gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained black (some minor fading to spine ends, very slightly leaned); in unrestored unclipped silver dust jacket lettered in blue with gold stars (some minor chipping or rubbing to extremities).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET. Of the 2,500 copies printed, only 1,650 were bound, and of those, only 650 sold. Ballou later bought the remaining copies. The Pastures of Heaven has become the most popular of Steinbeck›s three earliest novels. Steinbeck›s second novel, it includes twelve interconnected stories about the Corral de Tierra valley in Monterey, California. Goldstone & Payne A2a. $5,000 - 7,000
291 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). To A God Unknown. New York: Robert Ballou, 1933.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in green and black. Original green cloth, giltlettered on spine, top edge stained black (spine ends slightly faded); in unrestored dust jacket (some chipping and toning, slight rubbing to folds).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Steinbeck’s scarce third book about Joseph Wayne, son of a New England farmer, who makes his way to California. Although 1498 copies were printed in September 1933, fewer than 600 copies were bound and sold. Goldstone & Payne A3a. $1,500 - 2,500 292 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Tortilla Flat. New York: Covici-Friede, 1935.
8vo. Half-title; illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Original tan cloth, lettered in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (overall toning, spine darkened, chipping to spine ends). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signature on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEINBECK in 1935 on pastedown. Steinbeck’s fi rst commercial and critical success, Tortilla Flat portrays a small group of friends in Monterey, California, in the days following World War I. Goldstone & Payne A3a. $2,000 - 3,000$1,500 - 2,500
293 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). In Dubious Battle. New York: Covici-Friede, 1936.
8vo. Half-title. Original orange cloth printed in black and red, top edge stained red (some spotting); in unclipped dust jacket (chipping, a few old tape repairs on verso, some rubbing to edges). Provenance: Lewis Gannett (note from Michael Gannett and Bradford Morrow, bookseller, tipped in).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, CRITIC LEWIS GANNETT’S COPY. New York Herald Tribune critic Lewis Gannett’s blurb is the fi rst to appear on the rear panel: “...a book to cherish...tells the stories of those lovable thieves and adulterers with a gentle and poetic purity of heart and prose that reminds one of Robert Nathan’s lovely One More Spring.” Goldstone & Payne A5b. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY. $2,000 - 3,000
294 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Saint Katy the Virgin. Mount Vernon, New York: The Golden Eagle Press for Covici-Friede, 1936.
12mo. Original gold cloth-backed orange and gilt patterned boards, uncut (some minor rubbing to edges).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 120 of 199 copies SIGNED BY STEINBECK and issued as a Christmas gift for “Friends of Covici-Friede.” In a January 1938 letter, Steinbeck remarks: “You know I had nothing at all to do with the printing or distribution of the St. Katy book. I have only one copy of it... [and] really don’t know where you can get a copy but I have heard they are rare and expensive...” Goldstone & Payne A6a. $1,500 - 2,500
295 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937.
8vo. Half-title; title printed in brown and black. Original beige cloth (some darkening to edges and spine); in unrestored dust jacket (overall browning, a few tears and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, including the line “...and only moved because the heavy hands were pendula.” on page 9, as well as the bullet between the 8s on page 88, top edge stained blue. Steinbeck’s novella portraying the lives of George Milton and Lennie Small, migrant farm workers in California during the Great Depression, was based on his own experiences working alongside migrant farm workers in the 1910s. Goldstone & Payne A7a. $400 - 600
297 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press, 1938.
8vo. Half-title and title printed in brown and black. Original linen-backed russet boards, spine lettered in brown; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some light wear to corners and edges, some staining lower panel); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY STEINBECK Las Gatos, 1938, on fl yleaf. Steinbeck’s collection of stories set in his hometown, Salinas, California, includes “St. Katy the Virgin” and “Red Pony.” Goldstone & Payne A11a. $800 - 1,200 296 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Red Pony. New York: Covici Friede, 1937.
4to. Title printed in red, grey and black. Original cloth decorated in red and grey (a few stains to boards); original slipcase (lacking original glassine).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 577 of 699 copies SIGNED BY STEINBECK. Printed on handmade paper by the Pynson Printers, New York, under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Goldstone & Payne A9a. $800 - 1,200
298 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945. STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). Cannery Row. New York: Viking Press, 1945.
8vo. Original yellow cloth printed in blue, top edge stained blue; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (short tear to front panel neatly repaired, some slight rubbing to a few corners).
FIRST EDITION, issue in cloth, in second issue binding of Steinbeck’s novel set in Monterey, California on a street lined with sardine canneries. Goldstone & Payne A22b.
[With:] STEINBECK. Cannery Row. New York: Viking Pres, 1945. Original blue wrappers lettered in black (indentations to front wrapper and fi rst few leaves, soiling, repairs to spine). FIRST EDITION, ISSUE IN WRAPPERS (probably the advance review issue). Goldstone & Payne A22a. $400 - 600
299 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: Viking Press, 1952.
8vo. Original green cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping, tiny stain on rear panel).
FIRST EDITION, trade issue. Elia Kazan’s 1955 fi lm of the same title was loosely based on the fourth and fi nal part of Steinbeck’s novel. Goldstone & Payne A32b. $400 - 600
300 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). A group of 4 novels, comprising:
The Moon is Down. New York: The Viking Press, 1942. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. In FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. Goldstone & Payne A16b. -- The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts. New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1942. FIRST PLAY EDITION. Goldstone & Payne A17a. -- Travels with Charley in Search of America. New York: The Viking Press, 1962. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. In FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. Goldstone & Payne A39a. -- Travels with Charley in Search of America. London, Melbourne, Toronto: Heinemann, 1963. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, third printing. INSCRIBED BY STEINBECK WITH SMALL DRAWING. Goldstone & Payne A39b. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo, all in publisher’s bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $600 - 800
301 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). A group of 6 novels, including:
STEINBECK, John and Edward F. RICKETTS. Sea of Cortez. 1941. Goldstone & Payne A15b. -- Burning Bright. 1950. Goldstone & Payne A29a. -- Sweet Thursday. 1954. Goldstone & Payne A33b. -- The Short Reign of Pippin IV, A Fabrication. 1957. Goldstone & Payne A36a. -- Once There Was a War. 1958. Goldstone & Payne A37a. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all published in New York by the Viking Press, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $800 - 1,000
302 STOPPARD, Tom (b. 1937). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. London: Faber and Faber, 1967.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine (very slightly leaned); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight toning and soiling to spine and rear panel, a few tiny chips).
FIRST EDITION of Stoppard’s absurdist, existential tragicomedy expanding the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. After several notable live productions, the play was adapted to fi lm, released in February 1990, with screenplay and direction by Stoppard. The cast included Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz, Tim Roth as Guildenstern, Richard Dreyfuss as the Player, Joanna Roth as Ophelia, Ian Richardson as Polonius, Joanna Miles as Gertrude, Donald Sumpter as Claudius, and Iain Glen as Hamlet. $400 - 600
303 STOPPARD, Tom (b. 1937). A group of 31 works, including:
Lord Malquist & Mr Moon. 1966. -- Another copy. -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 1967. SIGNED. -- Enter a Free Man. 1968. SIGNED. -- Another copy. -- Albert’s Bridge and if You’re Glad I’ll be Frank.1969. -- The Real Inspector Hound. 1970. Second issue. SIGNED. -- After Magritte. 1971. REVIEW COPY. -- Jumpers. 1972. -- Artist Descending a Staircase and Where are they Now? 1973. -- Another copy. --Travesties. 1975. -- Another copy. NY, 1975. “First Evergreen edition.” SIGNED on laid-in bookplate. -- Dirty Linen and New-Found-Land. 1976. UNCORRECTED PROOF. -- Another published copy. -- Another copy. NY, 1976. -- Albert’s Bridge and other Plays. NY, 1977. SIGNED. -- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour… and Professional Foul. 1978. SIGNED. -- The Coast of Utopia a Trilogy. NY, 2007. Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, 36 of 250. SIGNED. -- And 18 others. Together, 31 works in 40 volumes, most published in London, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most in original printed wrappers or cloth with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, many SIGNED BY STOPPARD, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. $400 - 600
304 STYRON, William (1925-2006). A group of 3 works, comprising:
Sophie’s Choice. NY, 1979. Original printed red wrappers. UNCORRECTED PROOF, SIGNED BY STYRON. -- Lie Down in Darkness. Indianapolis et al, 1951. Original brown cloth gilt; in unrestored and unclipped dust jacket. WITH STYRON’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. -- Admiral Robert Penn Warren and The Snows of Winter a Tribute. Winston-Salem, NC, 1978. Illustrated. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number 143 of 276 copies. SIGNED BY STYRON. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, various 8vo sizes, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. $300 - 400
305 SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). A group of 5 pamphlets comprising:
Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic, September 4th 1870. London: F. S. Ellis, 1870. -- Auguste Vacquerie. Paris: Michel Levy, 1875. (Overall chipping.) -- Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. -- A Word for the Navy. London: George Redway, 1887. (Covers detached.) No. 50 of 250 copies. -- PHILLPOTTS, Eden. Swinburne. Port Hueneme, CA: John S. Mayfi eld, 1945.
Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo, all in original printed wrappers, condition generally good. $300 - 400
306 THAYER, Ernest L. (1863-1940). Casey at the Bat. Chicago: McClurg, 1912.
8vo. Printed in orange and black throughout, illustrations by Don Sayer Groesbeck. Original green pictorial boards.
FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF BASEBALL’S GREATEST POEM. William Randolph Hearst hired Thayer as humor columnist for The San Francisco Examiner, where he worked from 1886 to 1888. “Casey” was his last piece for the publication, which he signed “Phin,” and which ran on 3 June 1888. Laid in is an editorial reaction from The San Francisco Examiner about that piece. “But there is no joy in Mudville -- Mighty Casey has struck out.” A BRIGHT COPY. $600 - 800
307 [THEATER - MUSICAL]. A group of 5 works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, comprising:
South Pacifi c a Musical Play. 1949. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED OR SIGNED BY JUANITA HALL, SANDRA DEEL, BETTA ST. JOHN, MYRON McCORMICK, ARCHIE SAVAGE, BARBARA LUNA, WILLIAM TABBERT, ROBERT CATAZAL and one unidentifi ed person. -- Allegro a Musical Play. NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1948. -- The King and I a Musical Play. 1951. -- Me and Juliet. 1953. -- The Sound of Music a New Musical Play. 1960. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, most published in New York by Random House, various 8vo sizes, all illustrated, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored dust jackets (most unclipped), ALL FIRST EDITION, most FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500
308 [THEATER - MUSICAL]. A group of 5 works by Stephen Sondheim, comprising:
West Side Story. Random House, 1958. FIRST ISSUE. -- Gypsy. Random House, 1960. FIRST ISSUE. -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 1963. -- Sweeney Todd. 1979. -- Sunday in the Park with George. 1986. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all published in New York, most published by Dodd, Mead, & Company, various 8vo sizes, all illustrated, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored dust jackets (most unclipped), ALL FIRST EDITION, a few FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500
WILDER, Thornton. The Merchant of Yonkers. 1939. Autographed postcard signed (“TNW”) to Mrs. Carl P. Rollins’ wife of the printer for Yale University Press and designer of the Limited Editions Club Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer, Newport, 15 April 1962 laid in. -- LERNER, Alan Jay et al. My Fair Lady. 1956. -- WILLSON, Meredith et al. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 1961. -- LERNER et al. Camelot. 1961. -- MASTEROFF, Joe et al. Cabaret. 1967. -- LAWRENCE, Jerome et al. Mame. 1967. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. -- JACOBS, Jim et al. Grease. NY, 1972. -- SHAFFER, Peter. Amadeus. London, 1980. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, most published in New York, various 8vo sizes, most illustrated, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored dust jackets (most unclipped), ALL FIRST EDITION, many FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 500
310 THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). Hell’s Angels, a Strange and Terrible Saga. New York: Random House, 1967.
8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth. Unrestored dust jacket (partially price-clipped, some very slight wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION OF THOMPSON’S FIRST BOOK. Founder of the Gonzo Journalism movement, Hunter S. Thompson rose to prominence after the publication of Hell’s Angels. His fi rst-hand account of motorcycle gang and its members’ life experiences is drawn from the year he spent living and riding with them.
$400 - 600
311 THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). Screwjack. Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991.
8vo. Title printed in red, silver and black, printed in red and black throughout. (Crease to upper margin of one leaf.) Original gilt-decorated red cloth.
LIMITED EDITION, number 161 of 300 copies SIGNED BY THOMPSON. Screwjack, a collection of short stories published by Maurice Neville, includes “Mescalito,” “Death of a Poet,” and title-story “Screwjack.” A FINE COPY. $500 - 700
312 THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). Mistah Leary, He Dead. New Orleans & San Francisco: X-Ray Book Co., 1996.
16mo chapbook. 2 pages of letterpress text. Original hand-made and hand-sewn light blue-gray wrappers hand-printed in black and gold, front fl ap hand-printed “Woody Creek, Colorado June 9, 1996,” and rear fl ap with blind embossed Gonzo emblem, inner front cover hand-printed “Timothy Leary 1920-1996,” inner rear cover with hand-printed colophon, translucent rice paper endleaves.
LIMITED EDITION, number 190 of 300 copies of a total edition of 326 of Thompson’s obituary for LSD advocate and hippy guru, Timothy Leary. Tipped to the verso of the rear fl ap is a perforated simulated acid blotter sheet, with an overall repeating portrait of Timothy Leary, captioned at foot: “Caution: Do Not Drop.” Printed at the New Orleans School of GlassWorks and Printmaking Studio. $300 - 400
312A THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). A group of 7 works by Thompson, comprising:
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. NY, 1973. -- The Great Shark Hunt...Gonzo Papers Vol. 1. NY, 1979. -- Generation of Swine...Gonzo Papers Vol. 2. NY, 1988. -- Songs of the Doomed...Gonzo Papers Vol. 3. NY: 1990. -- Better than Sex... Gonzo Papers Vol. 4. NY, 1994. -- The Curse of Lono. NY et al, 1983. -- Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume 1. The Proud Highway. NY, 1997. THOMPSON’S SIGNATURE on a label tipped in. -- Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
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314 313 THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864.
8vo. (Some light spotting.) Publisher’s blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, spine slightly browned). Provenance: Ellen Bry? (signature dated 1864, partially effaced).
FIRST EDITION, one of 1,650 copies printed, with the list of Thoreau’s books on p.[ii] priced. Thoreau’s “excursion book” includes the essays “Ktaadn,” “Chesuncook,” and “The Allegash and East Branch.” BAL 20113. $400 - 600
314 TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859). Democracy in America. New York: George Dearborn & Co., and Adlard and Saunders, 1838; J. & H. G. Langley, 1840.
2 volumes, 8vo (228 x 141 mm or slightly smaller). (Some spotting.) Non-uniform original blind-stamped brown cloth, spines gilt (Vol.I: small losses to spine ends, some rubbing; Vol.II: spine faded, some minor staining); Provenance: John C. Marsh (signature Vol.I); Beegham (signature Vol.I).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS, with a new preface by John Canfi eld Spencer, who later served as Secretary of War and then Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. De Tocqueville’s treatise on America is “one of the most important texts on political literature” (PMM). Howes T-278, T-279 (“aa”); Sabin 96064, 96065. $3,000 - 4,000
315 [TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION]. KNOLLES, Richard (1550-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the fi rst beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie. London: Adam Islip, 1621.
2 volumes, 4to (304 x 202 mm). Engraved title by Laurence Johnson; 28 engraved portraits by Johnson in text, engraved illustration of the bridge over the Danube on 4Y4 verso. (Engraved title fully backed with minor losses, several lower margins trimmed away, blank slips affi xed to a few leaves concealing text and marginal annotations, lacking A1 blank, trimmed affecting a few shoulder notes, some staining and browning.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (worn). Provenance: early in-text annotations; William Carr (bookplate and signature).
Third edition of "the greatest of English works of the Renaissance dealing with Turkey" (Chew, The Crescent and the Rose, 1937, p. 111). The work features re-engraved versions of the portraits of the Sultans from Boissard's Vitae et icones Sultanorum (Frankfurt, 1596) Knolles' history was described by Samuel Johnson as "a wonderful multiplicity of events...artfully arranged" (Rambler no.122). See Blackmer 919 (the fi rst edition of 1603); ESTC S112918. $600 - 800
316 TRAVEN B. (1882-1969). Treasure of the Sierra Madre. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.
8vo. Original black cloth; unrestored unclipped dust jacket (small loss to head of spine panel affecting title, some other rubbing or minor creasing).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Traven’s best-known work, which was the basis for a fi lm adaptation by director John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart in 1948. B. Traven’s identity and the details of his life remain subject for debate. $800 - 1,200
317 [20th CENTURY THOUGHT]. A group of letters from academics, journalists, and socialites, comprising:
JAMES, William (1842-1910). Autograph letter signed (“Wm. James”) to Henry Sturt. Cambridge, MA, 10 March 1903. 2 pages. To a colleague, thanking him for a copy of his book. -- MENCKEN, Henry Louis (1880-1956). Typed letter signed (“Mencken”). Baltimore, MD, 22 February 1929. 1 page. Feedback on a publication. -- BARUCH, Bernard M. (1870-1965). Typed letter signed (“BM Baruch”) to Melvin E. Steer. New York, 15 February 1946. 1 page. The statesman writes to a soldier promising assistance. -- BEARD, Charles (1874-1948). Typed letter signed (“Charles A. Beard”) to Mr. Garland. Pine Crest Inn, Tryon, NC, 7 February [1944?]. 1 page. The historian discusses his book The Republic and an article in Life. -- RUSSELL, Bertrand, 3rd Earl (1872-1970). Typed letter signed (“Bertrand Russell”) to Jack Benjamin. Merioneth, Wales, 2 July 1964. -- WINDSOR, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of, (1896-1986). Autograph letter signed (“Wallis”) to Martha Slater. Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 5 March n.y. 3 pages. The Duchess writes to a friend with travel and health updates. -- Together, 6 typed and autograph letters signed, various 4to and 8vo sizes, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
318 URIS, Leon (1924-2003). Exodus. Garden City: Doubleday, 1958.
8vo. Title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth-backed boards (spine slightly faded, slight rubbing); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (1 1/2-in. tear along rear fl ap fold, a few small creases).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY URIS on half-title in green ink. Uris’ best-selling novel about founding the state of Israel was the basis for a 1960 fi lm of the same name starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, and Peter Lawford.
$500 - 700
319 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). Player Piano. New York: Scribner’s, 1952.
8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, lettered in silver on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (browning to spine and spine folds, small losses to spine ends, a few tiny stains).
FIRST EDITION OF VONNEGUT’S FIRST BOOK, FIRST PRINTING with “A” and Scribner’s seal on copyright page. VONNEGUT’S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in.
$800 - 1,200
320 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). The Sirens of Titan. Boston: Houghton Miffl in Company, 1961.
8vo. Publisher’s navy cloth lettered in white (lower hinge split); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor browning to spine, a touch of wear to corners).
FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION of Vonnegut’s second novel. “The hardcover edition of the book is very scarce” (Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy). VONNEGUT’S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in. Currey p.503. $600 - 800
321 VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). A group 8 novels, comprising:
Cat’s Cradle. New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. -- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater...New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June. New York: Delacorte, 1971. -- Breakfast of Champions. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. -- Jailbird. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. FIRST TRADE EDITION. INSCRIBED BY VONNEGUT. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, a few with VONNEGUT’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally very fi ne. $800 - 1,200 317
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322 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Le Micromégas de Mr. de Voltaire, Avec une histoire des Croisades... London: J. Robinson and W. Meyer, 1752.
12mo (152 x 85 mm). Ornamental woodcut devices on title and several leaves. Contemporary calf-backed vellum-tipped boards (upper cover detaching, soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Miss Mussendens (early signature on fi rst text leaf); Lilian Fitzmaurice & Madeleine Blanche (bookplate).
Presumed pirated edition. Three editions of Le Micromégas were published almost simultaneously in 1752, and the priority of those editions has long been in dispute, with the undated edition with an engraved title-page generally considered to be the fi rst edition. The present edition was likely printed in Germany or Paris. Voltaire’s work, inspired by Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and considered to be an early work of science fiction, focuses on an inhabitant of the planet Sirius and his travels throughout the planetary system. ESTC T137641; Teerink 1254. $500 - 700
323 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). The Orphan of China. A Tragedy. London: R. Baldwin, 1756.
8vo (187 x 117 mm). Woodcut device on title. (Some internal spotting). 20th-century marbled paper-covered boards, morocco lettering-piece gilt. Provenance: Sold Swann Galleries, 9 June 1988 (sale 1471, lot 310). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. First published in 1753, Voltaire based his play on The Orphan of Zhao, a thirteenthcentury Chinese play attributed to Ji Junxiang. ESTC T137612.
[Bound with:] BROWN, John. Barbarossa. A Tragedy. London: for J. and R. Tonson, 1755. Second edition. ESTC T954. -- MONCREIFF, John. Appius: A Tragedy. London: for A. Millar, D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1755. With halftitle. FIRST EDITION. ESTC T22333. -- HOME, John. Douglas: A Tragedy. London: for A. Millar, 1757. $500 - 700
324 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les singularités de la nature. Basel [but Geneva]: [Cramer], 1768.
8vo. Half-title; woodcut vignette on title-page. Later cloth-backed boards (fi nal text leaf used as rear pastedown, some rubbing and staining).
FIRST EDITION, with the vignette on title-page, of Voltaire’s defense of Newtonianism and his rebuttal of Cartesianism. Voltaire argued against the “new geology” and “new cosmology” of the day, basing his arguments on the work of Newton, his deism, and his advocacy of science as a common-sense approach. The 38 chapters touch upon mathematics, physics, and the philosophy of science including topics such as the nature of light and the formation of mountains. RARE. $400 - 600
325 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Oeuvres. [Kehl]: De l’imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique, 1784-1789.
70 volumes, 8vo (207 x 137 mm). Half-titles; engraved frontispiece in vol. I, engraved plates after Moreau. Contemporary French mottled calf, smooth spines gilt, tan and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (some rubbing or light wear, a few repairs to spine ends).
THE BEST COLLECTED EDITION OF VOLTAIRE’S WORKS. Shortly after Voltaire’s death, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais sought to publish Voltaire’s complete works, many of which were banned. In February 1779, he acquired the rights to Voltaire’s manuscripts from publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, and he set up a printing press in Germany to evade French censors. He acquired the type foundry of John Baskerville from Baskerville’s widow. The venture was a commercial failure, but Beaumarchais is credited with preserving many of Voltaire’s works. $3,000 - 4,000
326 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Candide. Translated by Richard Aldington. New York: Random House, 1928.
4to. Illustrated on every page, and with chapter headings, initials and paragraph marks throughout, all hand-colored. Original tan morocco-backed boards gilt (spine slightly darkened, upper hinge just starting, some slight rubbing to spine); original cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sold Philip C. Duschnes.
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 8 of 95 COPIES COLORED IN THE STUDIO OF ROCKWELL KENT AND SIGNED BY KENT of a total edition of 1,565. Voltaire was the first Random House book printed by the Pynson Printers on all rag French paper in a new type-face designed by Lucian Bernhard. $800 - 1,200
327 VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). A group of 3 illustrated editions of Candide, comprising:
KENT, Rockwell, illustrator. Candide. NY: Random House for The Literary Guild, 1929. -- KENT, Rockwell, illustrator. Candide. NY: Random House, 1975. -- MOREAU, Adrien, illustrator. Candide. NY: Williams, Belasco and Meyers, 1930. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, 4to, original cloth, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600 325
328 WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). John Brown: The Making of a Martyr. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929.
8vo. Frontispiece portrait and plates. Original maroon cloth (touch of wear to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping, minor losses to front panel and spine ends, some soiling).
FIRST EDITION OF WARREN’S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY WARREN on the titlepage. One of approximately 500 copies printed. $400 - 600 $400 - 600
330 WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). A group of 8 works, ALL SIGNED BY WARREN, comprising:
Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966. 1966. LIMITED EDITION, 182 of 250. -- Incarnations Poems 1966-1968. 1968. Provenance: P. Howard Hunt (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, 196 of 250. -- Or Else--Poem/Poems 19681974. 1974. -- Selected Poems 1923-1975. 1976. LIMITED EDITION, 148 of 250 copies. -- Two Poems. N.p.: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. Original marbled boards. LIMITED EDITION, xvi of 30 copies for distribution by the poet and publisher. -- Now and Then Poems 1976-1978. 1978. LIMITED EDITION, 182 of 200. -- Another copy. -- Being Here Poetry 1977-1980. 1980. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Rumor Verifi ed Poems 1989-1980. 1981. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH A LONG POEM BY WARREN. -- Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, most published in New York by Random, various 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, many in slipcases, ALL FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED BY WARREN, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600 329 WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). All The King’s Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.
8vo. Half-title. Original burgundy cloth (slight rubbing to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (1 3/4-in. closed tear to rear panel, some light creasing and rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, WITH WARREN’S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the blurb from Sinclair Lewis on the rear panel. Warren received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the All the King’s Men and was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He remains the only author to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fi ction and poetry. $600 - 800 $600 - 800
331 331 WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). A group of 16 works, including: WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). A group of 16 works, including:
“The Fierce Horsemen,” in Driftwood Flames. Nashville, 1923. Original boards. LIMITED EDITION, 185 of 325. -- Night Rider. Boston, 1939. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Brother to Dragons. 1953. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Promises Poems 1954-1956. London, 1959. Original wrap-around band. -- The Gods of Mount Olympus. 1959. FIRST ISSUE. -- You, Emperors, and others Poems 1957-1960. 1960. FIRST ISSUE. REVIEW COPY. -- Wilderness a Tale of the Civil War. 1961. SIGNED BY WARREN. -- The Legacy of the Civil War. 1961. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Selected Poems: New And Old, 1923-1966. 1966. FIRST ISSUE. -- Homage to Theodore Dreiser. 1971. SIGNED BY WARREN. -- And 6 others. Together, 16 works in 16 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most published in New York by Random House, most in original cloth or quarter cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally fi ne. Complete list available upon request. [With:] Mountain Mystery. Palaemon Press, 1981. Broadside. One of 126 copies SIGNED. -- Another copy. -- Cycle. 1980. Broadside. -- Little Girl Wakes Early. Palaemon Press, 1984. Broadside.
332 WATSON, James Dewey (b.1928). The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.
8vo. Original cloth (a touch of fading to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny nick to head of spine, very slight rubbing to a few edges and corners).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author’s groundbreaking account of the events which led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. A FINE COPY.
$500 - 700
334 WEST, Nathanael (1903-1944). The Dream Life of Balso Snell. Paris & NY: Contact Editions, 1931.
8vo. Title-page printed in teal and black. Original teal- and black-printed wrappers (some browning); original glassine (chipping and losses).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 190 of 500 copies of WEST’S FIRST BOOK. West began work on his novel as early as 1924, and completed the draft between 1927 and 1929. It was rejected twice before being accepted by Contact Editions on the recommendation of William Carlos Williams; there were no other printings of The Dream Life of Balso Snell during West›s lifetime. 333 WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896.
8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, 1p. advertisement for The Time Machine and 32pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Original publisher’s tan pictorial cloth, blind-stamped publisher’s monogram to lower cover, uncut (soiling, tiny split at head of spine). Provenance: C. Patterson (stamp on fl yleaf).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 32pp. publisher’s catalogue inserted at end headed “THE MANXMAN” on p.[1], and “OUT OF DUE SEASON” on p.[32]. Wells’ classic work of early science fi ction exploring themes of human identity, moral responsibility, and pain and cruelty. Bleiler 2327; Currey, 520 [Binding A, with publisher’s blind-stamped monogram on lower cover]; Wells 7. $600 - 800
335 WEST, Nathanael (1903-1944). A Cool Million. The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin. New York: Covici Friede, 1934.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth (some minor spotting); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few small chips, some toning).
FIRST EDITION of West’s third novel, a satire of the eternal optimism found in the work of Horatio Alger. “West’s particular kind of joking in A Cool Million combined his reading in satiric traditions with the brutal comedy of American burlesque” (Jay West, Nathanael West: The Art of His Life, 1970, p. 237. $1,000 - 1,500
336 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). “Vengeance of Nitocris.” In: Weird Tales. Volume XII, Number 2, pp.253-260. Chicago, August 1928.
8vo. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers (chipping, spine with old tape repair). Provenance: Nils Hardin (presentation inscription from Williams).
FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAMS’ FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT, published using his given name, Thomas Ranier Williams.
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WILLIAMS: “To Nils Hardin Sincerely Thomas Ranier (Tennessee) Williams.” VERY RARE: We trace no signed copies of this work at auction.
$400 - 600
337 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947.
Tall 8vo. Original pictorial lavender boards designed by Alvin Lustig (slight rubbing to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel lightly faded, short tears and minor chipping to head of spine, a few tiny stains verso).
FIRST EDITION of Williams’s second major play, a cornerstone of the modern American theatre. A Streetcar Named Desire was fi rst performed at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on December 3, 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan. Crandell A5.1.a. $1,000 - 1,500 was fi rst performed at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on
338 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix. A Play about D.H. Lawrence. New York: New Directions, 1951.
4to. Printed on Rives paper. (Slight stain in gutter margin.) Original cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on spine; original board slipcase with printed label (a few splits).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 171 of 310 copies SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. Williams counted D.H. Lawrence and his wife Freida among his friends, and both Williams and Freida contribute a preface to this fi ctionalized account of D. H. Lawrence’s fi nal hours.
$300 - 400
339 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: New Directions, 1955. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: New
8o. Original tan cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with a design by Alvin Lustig (a few short tears and tiny chips, some minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE without the credit to the New York Times on the verso of the title leaf and without the mention on p. xii of Jo Mielziner and Lucinda Ballard. The original production opened at the Morosco Theater on 24 March 1955, directed by Elia Kazan. At Kazan’s urging, Williams revised the third act for the production, and when the play was published by New Directions, it included both versions of Act III. Crandell A15.1.b. $500 - 700 340 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of 6 fi rst editions by Williams, comprising:
Directions, it included both versions of Act III. Crandell A15.1.b. $500 - 700 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of 8 limited editions, generally fi ne. $400 - 600 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of works by or about Williams,
Battle of Angels. NY, 1945. -- The Glass Menagerie. NY, 1948. -- Summer and Smoke. NY, 1948. -- The Rose Tattoo. NY, 1950. -- The Night of the Iguana. NY, 1962. -- The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. NY, 1964. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
341 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of 8 limited editions, comprising: One Arm and other Stories. New Directions, 1948. One of 1500. -- Hard Candy a Book of Stories. NY: New Directions, 1954. One of unknown number. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- Grand. NY: House of Books, Ltd., 1964. Original glassine. Number 140 of 300. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- The Two-Character Play. NY: New Directions, 1964. Number 115 of 350. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- Memoirs. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Illustrated. Number 139 of 400. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- Steps Must be Gentle. NY: Targ Editions, 1980. One of 350. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- It Happened the Day the Sun Rose. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1981. Number 234 of 330. SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. -- The Remarkable Rooming-House of Mme. Le Monde. NY: Albondocani Pres, 1984. Original marbled wrappers. Number 45 of 176. -- Another copy. Number 76 of 176. -- Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, various 8vo sizes, all in original bindings, ALL LIMITED EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600 342 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of works by or about Williams, many signed, comprising:
The Glass Menagerie. NY, 1945. Provenance: William Targ (1907-1999), American book editor (signature). -- In the Winter of Cities. NY, 1956. -- Hard Candy. NY, 1959. Later edition, SIGNED. -- Kingdom of Earth. NY, 1968. -- Small Craft Warnings. NY, 1970. SIGNED. -- Memoirs. Garden City, NY, 1975. SIGNED. -- Moise and the World of Reason. NY, 1975. SIGNED. -- The World of Tennesee Williams. NY, 1978. SIGNED. -- Androgyne, Mon Amour. NY, 1977. SIGNED. -- Vieux Carre. NY, 1979. -- Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, in original bindings and dust jackets, most FIRST EDITIONS, several SIGNED BY WILLIAMS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
343 WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929.
8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gold (lettering on spine slightly dulled, a few small indentations on front cover); in unclipped dust jacket with Wolfe’s photo on the rear panel (minor chipping and tears, some with old cello tape repairs verso, some rubbing and a few stains); cloth slipcase in the style of the dust jacket design.
FIRST EDITION OF WOLFE’S FIRST AND BEST BOOK, in the fi rst state jacket with Wolfe’s photo by Doris Ulmann on the rear panel. Set in fi ctional Altamont, Catawba, North Carolina, Look Homeward, Angel is the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant. Immediate critical response was generally positive. In her review for The New York Times, Margaret Wallace wrote that Wolfe’s work was “as interesting and powerful a book as has ever been made out of the drab circumstances of provincial American life.” $2,000 - 3,000 344 WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). A group of 3 fi rst editions, comprising:
345 WOLFE, Tom (1930–2018). A group of 3 works, comprising:
Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. 1965. Fourth issue. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WOLFE. -- The Purple Decades. 1982. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WOLFE. -- In Our Time. 1980. SIGNED BY WOLFE. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in New York by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, most FIRST ISSUE, condition generally good. $300 - 400 346 [WOODSTOCK]. Original program. Cover title: “3 days of peace & music.” N.p.: Concert Hall Publications, Inc., [1969].
4to. Inner onionskin wrapper and 48pp., illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers.
Original festival program for Woodstock Music & Art Fair. With the full threeday program on the fi nal leaf, illustrated throughout, with an introduction “Words: No Title” by Bennett Sims. With full-page advertisements for the acts, including Joan Baez, Canned Heat, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin, Ravi Shankar, The Who, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Band, Creedence Clearwater, Sly and the Family Stone, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Cocker. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY. $400 - 600
From Death to Morning. NY, 1935. -- Of Time and the River. NY, 1935. -- The Face of a Nation. NY, 1939. -- A Western Journal. Pittsburgh, PA, 1951. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, 8vo, in original bindings and dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $300 - 400
347 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Voyage Out. London: Duckworth & Co., 1915.
8vo. Half-title; 22pp. publisher’s advertisements. (Tiny stains to upper margin of a few leaves.) Original green cloth, lettered in black on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered, publisher’s blind device on lower cover (discreet repairs to joints and lower hinge, some light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION OF WOOLF’S FIRST NOVEL, one of 2,000 copies printed. Woolf began writing The Voyage Out in 1910, and by 1912, had fi nished a draft of the manuscript. The 1920 New York Times review of Woolf›s novel, published to coincide with the first American printing of the work, remarks that this first novel “by an English writer, gives promise in its opening chapters of much entertainment.” Fitzpatrick A1a. $400 - 600 348 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Kew Gardens. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919.
8vo. 2 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Original off-white wall-paper wrappers with fl oral pattern in pink, green, pale brown, and black, painted on the outside in royal blue, chocolate brown and orange, uncut and unopened, white printed label on front wrapper (some chipping, particularly to bottom edge).
Second edition, one of 500 copies printed one month after the publication of the fi rst edition of 150 copies. Fitzpatrick notes Leonard Woolf’s recollection that the wrappers for the second edition were not from Roger Fry’s Omega Workshops (as the wrappers of the fi rst edition), but were copies. Fitzpatrick A3b.
$400 - 600
349 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Monday or Tuesday. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921.
8vo. 4 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell; 1p. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Some minor offsetting of plates to text.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, woodcut design by Vanessa Bell on front cover (minor abrasion to front cover, some minor rubbing and soiling); cloth folding case.
FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, with essays including “A Haunted House,” “The String Quartet,” and “Kew Gardens.” The work was printed by F. T. McDermott of the Prompt Press in Richmond, who used to advise Leonard and Virginia Woolf when they fi rst started the Hogarth Press. Kirkpatrick A5a. $600 - 800 350 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Jacob’s Room. Richmond: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1922.
8vo. Half-title, 14pp. publisher’s advertisements. Original yellow cloth, printed label on spine (some minor soiling).
FIRST EDITION of Woolf’s third novel. Protagonist Jacob Flanders’ story is told through the narrative of the women who interact with him throughout his life. One of 1,200 copies of the fi rst of Virginia Woolf’s novels to be published by the Hogarth Press. Kirkpatrick A6a. $400 - 600
351 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Mrs. Dalloway. London: The Hogarth Press, 1925.
8vo. Half-title. Original deep rust cloth gilt-lettered on spine (spine slightly sunned, a few minor stains to front board).
FIRST EDITION, one of approximately 2,000 copies printed. The novel, which began as two short stories (“Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street” and “The Prime Minister”) details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway set in post-First World War England, describing preparations for a party and the ensuing party. In 2005, Time named Mrs. Dalloway one of the top 100 English-language novels written since Time’s debut in 1923. Fitzpatrick A9. $400 - 600
353 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). A Room of One’s Own. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929.
8vo. Half-title. Original cinnamon cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some light spotting to sheet edges); unrestored pale pink dust jacket printed in navy blue, designed by Vanessa Bell (some toning to front and spine panels, some minor spotting, a few tears with occasional repairs on verso).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of 3040 copies published in October 1929. Originating in two lectures given by Woolf in October 1928 to students at the two women’s colleges of Cambridge University, A Room of One’s Own was first published as an essay entitled “Women and Fiction” in Forum (March, 1929). Kirkpatrick A12b. $2,000 - 3,000 352 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Orlando: A Biography. London: The Hogarth Press, 1928.
8vo. Eight half-tone plates, including three of with Vita Sackville-West as subject. (Light scattered spotting on edges, preliminary leaves and index.) Original orange cloth gilt-lettered on spine (a few pale spots to fore-edge, a few minor bumps to edges); illustrated dust-jacket printed in black (some chipping with occasional repairs on verso, 1-in. tear to rear panel).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Woolf’s fantastic historical biography, spanning the 400-year life span of the title character, which challenged conventions of time and gender. According to Cleveland B. Chase’s 1928 review of Orlando for the New York Times: “Mrs. Woolf has broken with tradition and convention and has set out to explore still another fourth dimension of writing. Not that she has abandoned the ‘stream of consciousness’ method, but with it she has combined what, for lack of a better term, we might describe as an application to writing of the Einstein theory of relativity. Kirkpatrick A11b. $2,000 - 3,000
354 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). On Being Ill. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.
8vo. Half-title; corrected limitation page (see below). Original vellum-backed pale blue-green cloth-covered boards, uncut;slipcase.
FIRST SEPARATE LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies SIGNED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF. KIRKPATRICK’S PRELIMINARY STATE with the limitation corrected from 125 to 250 on p.[5], and with “out of series” note in Leonard Woolf’s hand in purple ink in place of the number. “The preliminary state probably comprises 25 copies which were distributed free, probably without a dust jacket” (Kirkpatrick A14). Woolf’s essay was fi rst published in the New Criterion in January 1926. $1,500 - 2,500
355 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Beau Brummell. New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930.
4to. 2 plates printed in pink, brown and green by W. A. Dwiggins. Original cloth-backed boards, pictorial label to upper cover; publisher’s slipcase with pictorial label (some light wear and soiling).
LIMITED EDITION, number 250 of 500 copies SIGNED BY WOOLF. Beau Brummell was fi rst published in the Nation & Athenaeum in September 1929. Kirkpatrick A15a. $600 - 800
357 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years. London: Hogarth Press, 1937.
8vo. Half-title. (A few spots to endleaves.) Original green cloth, spine giltlettered (spine slightly soiled); original cream dust jacket printed in black and brown designed by Vanessa Bell (spine panel browned, some spotting).
FIRST EDITION of Woolf’s best-selling novel which traces the life of the Pargiter family from 1880 to “present day.” Woolf originally intended the novel to be a sequel to A Room of One’s Own and planned to alternate nonfiction essays with the family’s story. She ultimately excluded the nonfiction and changed the working title from “The Pargiters” to The Years. Kirkpatrick A22a. $600 - 800 356 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Waves. London: Hogarth Press, 1931.
8vo. Half-title. Original purple cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a few tiny spots to sheet edges); unrestored dust jacket printed in lime green and brown designed by Vanessa Bell (spine and edges darkened, a few pale spots, minor chipping, chip to front panel with tiny loss).
FIRST EDITION of Woolf’s most experimental work, generally considered to be her masterpiece. The novel traces six narrators from childhood through adulthood. Woolf considers the individual consciousness of each character and the ways in which those consciousnesses intersect; the soliloquies spoken by each character explore the concepts of individuality, self, and community. A seventh character is present, but readers never hear him speak in his own voice. Kirkpatrick A16a. $600 - 800 $600 - 800
358 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Three Guineas. London: The Hogarth Press, WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Three Guineas. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938.
8vo. Half-title; photographic illustrations. Original lemon-yellow cloth, giltlettered on spine (corners bumped); unrestored dust jacket with a design by Vanessa Bell (tiny “Colonial Cloth” stamp on front panel, some spotting, a few tears and chips). Provenance: Alice Leman Webb Sloane (bookplate, a few tiny pencil marks). FIRST EDITION, written as a sequel to A Room of One’s Own. Fitzpatrick A23a.
[With:] Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown. --A Letter to a Young Poet. London: The Hogarth Press, 1924, 1932. 2 volumes, 8vo. $300 - 400
359 WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Between the Acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941.
8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some fading to spine ends, some light staining to endleaves, otherwise bright); unrestored dust jacket printed in black designed by Vanessa Bell (slight soiling, particularly to spine and rear panel, a few tiny chips or creases, some slight rubbing).
FIRST EDITION of Woolf’s last novel, published after her death. Set in June 1939 at Pointz Hall, home of the Olivers, and a neighboring village, Between the Acts focuses on the preparations for a community pageant. Woolf decided to publish the novel days before her death, but hadn’t yet corrected the typescript; critics consider the work to be unfinished. Kirkpatrick A26a. $400 - 600
360 360 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Wendingen: The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Santpoort, Holland: C.A. Mees, 1925.
Square 4to. Printed in black and red and illustrated throughout. (Some toning, a few leaves creased.) Original cloth, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Sold A. B. Gallion Books with their label.
FIRST EDITION, the fi rst major publication highlighting Wright’s work since the 1910-1911 publication of Ausgefuhrte Bauten. Wendingen, a publication focused on architecture and construction, was published by the Amsterdam Society of Architects from 1918 to 1932, and employed revolutionary new typography. Sweeney 165. $300 - 500
361 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Modern Architecture. Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930. Princeton: University Press, 1931.
Square 4to. Photographic illustrations. Original pictorial boards (slightly bowed and toned). Provenance: Templeton Crocker (1884-1948), President of the California Historical Society (neat pencil note on dedication leaf recording the sale of the book by John Howell on 22 January 1966).
FIRST EDITION, including the following lectures: “Machinery, Materials and Men,” Style in Industry,” “The Passing of the Cornice,” “The Cardboard House,” “The Tyranny of the Skyscraper,” and “The City.” $300 - 400
362 362 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). An Autobiography. Book Six: Broadacre City. [Spring Green, WI: The Taliesin Press 1943]. An Autobiography. Book Six: Broadacre City. [Spring Green, WI: The Taliesin Press 1943]. 363
Square 4to. (Leaves brittle and browned with a few tears and repairs.) Original printed wrappers. Provenance: Joe (presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT: “Dear Joe -- Pass this around with the communication, will you? -Frank.”
[With:] WRIGHT. An Autobiography. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1932. 4to. Illustrated. Original black cloth decorated in red and gold in Wright’s design; original pictorial dust jacket with Wright’s design printed in red and black (soiled with a few tears and repairs). FIRST EDITION. $300 - 400
363 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Buildings Plans and Designs. New York: Horizon Press, 1963.
2 volumes, including plate portfolio, 4to and folio. 100 monochrome plates. Text volume: original stapled wrappers; plates loose as issued in original printed wrappers in original publisher’s cloth and board portfolio, ribbon ties. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, authorized for publication by Wright in 1958, and published posthumously. The 100 plates recreate the original Wasmuth portfolio of 1910, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe. The original edition intended for distribution in America was destroyed in the 1913 fi re at Taliesin, where it was being stored. The plates depict the designs of the Frank Lloyd Wright House and Studio (1889), the W. H. Winslow House (1893), Unity Temple (1906), and the Frederick C. Robie House (1909), which “has generally been regarded as the fi nest of the Prairie houses” (Roth 463). A FINE COPY. $500 - 700
364 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959). A group of 12 works, comprising:
BROWNELL, Baker et al. Architecture and Modern Life. 1937. -- On Architecture Selected Writings 1894-1940. 1941. -- HITCHCOCK, Henry-Russell. In the Nature of Materials 1887-1941 the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright. 1942. -- A Testament. 1957. -- Drawings for a Living Architecture. 1959. -- Architecture Man in Possession of His Earth. Garden City, NY, 1962. -- An American Architecture. 1960. -- The Japanese Print an Interpretation. 1967. -- The Industrial Revolution Runs Away. 1969. LIMITED EDITION, number 293 of 1250 copies. -- SWEENEY, Robert L. et al: Frank Lloyd Wright an Annotated Bibliography. Los Angeles, 1978. -- GOSSEL, Peter. Frank Lloyd Wright. N.p., Taschen, 1995. Original shrink-wrap unopened. -- NASH, Eric Peter. Frank Lloyd Wright Force of Nature. 1996. -- Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, most published in New York, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or boards or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, some in slipcases, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fi ne. $400 - 600
365 WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959). A group of 10 works, comprising:
The Disappearing City. 1932. -- BROWNELL, Baker et al. Architecture and Modern Life. 1937. -- When Democracy Builds. Chicago, 1945. -- Another copy. -- Genius and the Mobocracy. 1949. SIGNED BY WRIGHT. -- Another 2 copies. -- The Future of Architecture. 1953. -- Another copy. -- The Natural House. 1954. -- The Story of the Tower. 1956. -- A Testament. 1957. -- The Living City. 1958. -- Work of Frank Lloyd Wright in Michigan. N.p.: The Saginaw Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, December 1959. Original printed wrappers. -- Together, 10 works in 14 volumes, most published in New York, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good. $400 - 600
365A [WRITERS, POLITICAL FIGURES & ENTERTAINERS]. A group of approximately 209 bookplates or slips signed (including duplicates). Comprising (with approximate counts):
Isabel Allende (4) -- Tom Clancy (6) -- Michael Crichton (5) -- Henry Steele Commager (1) -- Norman Cousins (5) -- E. L. Doctorow (5) -- Laura Esquivel (1) -- Ernest Gaines (3) -- Eugene Ionesco (5) -- Erica Jong (8) -- Tom Keneally (2) -- Ken Kesey (2) -- Arthur Laurents (3) -- John LeCarre (13) -- Elmore Leonard (2) -- Archibald MacLeish (3) -- Terry McMillan (5) -- Walter Mosley (2) -- Mario Puzo (1) -- Philip Roth (1) -- Benjamin Spock (1) -- Gloria Steinem (2) --Irving Stone (10) -- Studs Terkel (5) -- Leon Uris (11) -- Tom Wolfe (2) -- Bob Woodward (1) -- Herman Wouk (1) -- Barbara Bush (2) -- William F. Buckley (24) -- Bob Dole (2) -- Betty Ford (1) -- Milton and Rose Friedman (1) -- J. K. Galbraith (5) -- Newt Gingrich (1) -- Henry Kissinger (4) -- Ed Koch (1) -- Ralph Nader (2) Oliver North (2) -- Norman Schwartzkopf (2) -- Margaret Thatcher (2) -- Woody Allen (6) -- Menachem Begin (4) -- Sonny Bono (1) -- Warren Buffett (2) -- George Burns (4) -- John Cage (4) -- Bill Cosby (2) -- Tony Curtis (1) -- Kirk Douglas (2) -- Fannie Flagg (3) -- Margot Fonteyn (1) -- George Foreman (2) -- Alec Guinness (1) -- Bob Hope (8) -- Rush Limbaugh (2) -- Sophia Loren (2) -- Carl Reiner (1) -- Debbie Reynolds (1) -- Lana Turner (1) -- Liv Ullman (2) $600 - 800
