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Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 179pp; illus. Warm and lengthy author's presentation to Ben Shahn on front endpaper, dated 1960. Mild foxing to upper edge of text block, else Fine in lightly soiled and edge-rubbed jacket. First printing of the Revised Edition.
Inscribed on front endpaper: "Autographed for / D.W. Langer [sp?], 5 Bank Street / New York," signed by Cather, undated but on the premises of 5 Bank Street in New York City, where Cather and her companion Edith Lewis resided from 1912 to 1927. First printing. Second state of the.....
Octavo (23cm.); publisher's pink pictorial card wrappers, yapp edges; 194pp. Rather worn, with substantial chip to spine crown; front wrapper partially detached; else a Near Very Good, unopened copy. Inscribed on front endpaper to her colleague Heinz Hartmann: "avec la vieille l'amité de Marie Bonaparte," undated but apparently contemporary. Forms.....
More info about Psychanalyse et Biologie [Inscribed & Signed to Heinz Hartmann
Printed portrait on thin, coated paper, 19cm x 12cm. Tipped in to folding card portrait case. Inscribed beneath image: "Study Art 1, Sec 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the U.S. and help to abolish interest / Yours truly / Jacob S. Coxey Sr.," undated but likely dating from.....
Octavo (23.5cm). Gray paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, lettered in silver; dustjacket; 57pp. Signed by Marianne Moore on half-title. A Christmas gift from advertising executive Ben Sackheim, with a charming typed card signed by him laid in. Fine copy in very lightly edge-rubbed jacket, Near Fine. From the library.....
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First Printing. Octavo (24cm); original pictorial boards; dustjacket; xviii,687,[1],xxviiipp; illus. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Betty / Julia Child," and signed by Paul Child directly beneath. Spine ends nudged, modest external wear, with faint foxing to text edges and upper board edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $15.00).....
More info about From Julia Child's Kitchen [Inscribed by Julia and Paul Child
Folio (50cm). Number 207 of an unspecified number of copies. Printed paper portfolio containing 21 loose sheets, including one page of letterpress and 20 halftones after original works by the author. Inscribed on front cover: "A Ben Shan [sic] / mio maestro e mi [illegible]," signed by the artist and.....
Octavo (22cm). Tan cloth boards, lettered in maroon on spine, with vignette illustration on front board; dustjacket; 554pp. Tight, Near Fine copy; red top-stain deep, even and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, rubbed at extremities with a few closed tears and slight fading to red portions on spine; Very.....
Limited to 600 copies of which this is no. XVIII of 45 copies specially bound with a leaf of the fair copy manuscript. Large, slim quarto (28.5cm.); original red cushioned silk, upper cover and spine embossed in gilt, marbled endpapers; original acetate dust jacket; typographically decorated title page printed in.....
More info about Spanking the Maid [Limited Deluxe Edition, Signed
Original silver-gelatin photograph, 13-1/4" x 7-1/4" on larger card mount, in gilt-edged glazed frame ca 19" x 12" overall. Inscribed on mount, below image, in the First Lady's hand: "To Deke De Loach on a Memorable Day - with our affection and appreciation," signed by both and dated Christmas, 1965.....
Stated "Second Edition, February 1921." Limited to 400 signed and numbered copies. Tall octavo (25cm). Paper-backed boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 266pp +index. A very good copy in the extremely uncommon dustwrapper, fashioned from the same stock used for the book's endpapers, hand-titled in Nearing's.....
Small octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 160pp; illus. Presentation from the author to Ben Shahn on front endpaper, dated 1963: "To Ben Shahn / With Admiration / Millard Lampell." Tight, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, slightly darkened on spine else near fine.
Original 2pp typed letter on two sides of a sheet of hotel letterhead, dated 31 July 1967. Addressed: Dear Ben [Shahn], signed in ink "Ed Locke." Three old folds, else fine.
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Octavo (22cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in silver and gold; 502pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1940 Dutton edition, inscribed on title page to artist Bernarda Bryson Shahn: "Happy birthday bernarda so you can hear the peoples of the world talk and talk as a jet-setter over all the continents, Love.....
First printing. 12mo (18.5cm). Publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in black on spine and front cover; 349pp; illus. This copy with a 3-pp holograph letter from Henry H. Knibbs laid onto front pastedown. Copy of American journalist David G. Baillie (recipient of the letter), inscribed by him to his son.....
Autograph letter on seven leaves of blue laid sheets (25x20.5cm.), rectos only, "Kent" blind-stamped at top left-hand corner of each leaf; occasional faint soil spots, minor shallow creases and faint fold lines, else Very Good or better.
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Quarto (34cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; this is Bernarda Shahn's file copy, unsigned but with Shahns' estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Near fine, essentially unworn copy in crisp dustwrapper, mildly darkened on spine.
More info about Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher, Handwritten and Illuminated by Ben Shahn
Octavo (21cm). Pictorial card wrappers; printed dustjacket; 104pp. Number 18 of 50 deluxe copies, signed by Sinclair and with a seven-line holograph poem on half-title. Also includes a separate suite of color postcards of images used on the dustwrapper. Fine in fine jacket.
More info about Buried at Sea [One of 50 Copies with Holograph Poem
Small, square quarto (20cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaged [16 leaves]; chiefly illustrations. Presentation inscription from Jung to Bernarda Shahn on half-title: "For auld lang syne: to Ben's memory & with appreciation for your artistry & friendship: Theo, 12.xi.76." Fine copy.
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Oblong quarto album (20x29cm.); black string-bound cloth over green pictorial felt boards stamped in gilt, original photographic portrait mounted to upper cover; [23] card leaves and [23] tissue guards. Boards a bit rubbed with some brief exposure, a couple of photographs removed, else Very Good overall, used to completion with.....
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Small octavo. Original green cloth with printed paper spine and cover labels; frontispiece portrait; [6],52,[1]pp. Spine slightly faded, else a Near Fine copy in the original unprinted acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase, mildly toned on edges but still Near Fine. A finely-printed keepsake in honor of Alfred A. Knopf, "as.....
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Octavo (23cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 114pp. Wrappers toned and faintly stained on front cover; slight roll to spine; Very Good. Inscribed on front endpaper to fellow psychoanalyst Heinz Hartmann: "ces pages de tistesse inspirées par la vie et de la mort - avec la vieille amité de Marie Bonaparte,".....
More info about Monologues devant la Vie et la Mort [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann
Octavo (23.5 cm). Tan cloth boards; dustjacket; ix, 237pp. Presentation copy from the author to Shahn's widow Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with lengthy holograph note laid in, dated May, 1985. Fine copy. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front endpaper.
More info about Ben Shahn: New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1954
First printing. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed to Mildred Denton, dated 1930. With original b/w photographic portrait of Lloyd laid in, 6-3/4" x 5", inscribed on verso to the same recipient, dated "New Year 1937." Slight forward lean to text block, else a clean, tight copy in publisher's cloth, lacking.....
More info about Eneres or the Questions of Reksa [Inscribed, with Original Photo
Autographed by Rockwell in ink on front endpaper. Octavo; black cloth; dustjacket; 436,[12]pp; illus. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper and publisher's slipcase, the latter lightly rubbed at corners but still attractive, Very Good or better. A very fresh copy of Rockwell's memoir, nicely signed by the.....
More info about My Adventures as an Illustrator. As Told to Thomas Rockwell (Signed
Limited to 250 copies, signed by Duncan on colophon. Original sewn printed wrappers; 28pp; title page decoration by Kermit Sheets. Trivial fading to wrapper edges, still Fine.
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Small quarto (25cm). Pictorial card wrappers; 25pp (chiefly illus). Signed in red ink on introductory page. Fine, with original gallery and preview invitations laid in.
Quarto (27cm.); original black card wrappers printed silkscreen in yellow and white; [48]pp. & [23] blank leaves for photographs. Wrappers rather worn with several chips and closed tears, upper cover lettering partly effaced, all mounted photographs have been removed, else About Very Good. Yearbook issued by the CCC Jakersville Camp.....
Holograph manuscript of 48pp (ca 10,000 words), penned in ink on unlined sheets, 8" x 5". Apparently lacking a few leaves at end of text, but substantially complete. Mild toning to page margins, occasional brief nicks to extremities, without loss of text; Very Good. A well-written, clearly penned, and insightful.....
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First and second printings before publication. Octavo (19.5cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [x],286pp. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937 / New York." Modest.....
More info about The Tattooed Countess: A Romantic Novel with a Happy Ending [Inscribed
First printing. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Marjorie and Jack Rapoport / with besty wishes in friendship", signed by Zorach, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Quarto. Blue cloth hardcover; 116pp. Cloth sunned at board edges; Rapoport bookplate and date to endpapers; Very Good. A retrospective of the.....
First printing. Demi octavo; publisher's pictorial blue cloth, stamped in white on spine and front cover; page edges untrimmed; top edge gilt; 457,[4]pp. Earliest state (per Blanck), on watermarked paper with errors on pp. 150, 334, and 401; in first binding, with publisher's imprint in all caps at base of.....
More info about Graustark. The Story of a Love Behind the Throne [Inscribed Presentation Copy
Octavo (23cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 156pp. Wrappers and text slightly aged, but else a straight, tight, Very Good copy. Inscribed and signed on front endpaper to fellow psychoanalyst Heinz Hartmann, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Excellent association copy.
More info about Chronos, Eros, Thanatos [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann
Two octavo volumes (18.75cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [ii],99,[11]pp. The first copy is inscribed by Eugene Debs to American film actress, screenwriter, and editor Helen Louise Gardner on the front endpaper: "To Helen L. Gardner / With love and greetings, and with.....
Octavo. Gray cloth boards, stamped in red and black; dustjacket; 246pp. Presentation inscription on front pastedown to the noted Wisconsin author and publisher August Derleth: "For August Derleth, whose political stories are more real than the talk at the court house," signed and dated in year of publication. Tight, Near.....
One of 550 copies. Full calf, decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 156pp. A few minor scuffs to leather binding; faint foxing to prelims, still a Very Good or better copy. This copy inscribed on the front endpaper by Helen Hayes, who debuted the role of Mary.....
First printing. Boldly signed in black ink on front endpaper, with signed photo, also signed, laid in. Octavo. Orange cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 206pp; illus. Fine, in lightly rubbed, priced clipped dustwrapper, Near FIne. A lovely copy, nicely signed.
More info about The Raw Pearl [Signed, with signed photo laid in
Octavo (23.5cm). Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 148pp; illus. Inscribed by Rodman on half-title to artist Bernard Bryson Shahn: "for Bernarda, whose genius is now coming into the foreground / Affectionately, Selden," datemarked Roosevelt, NJ, 1978. Boards yawning very slightly, else Near Fine in original illustrated dustwrapper. From the library of.....
More info about Genius in the Backlands: Popular Artists of Brazil
Tall octavo. Tan, rough linen boards, stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; [45]pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine, else a Fine, unworn copy in a lightly rubbed, Very Good.....
Lithographic broadside, 21" x 16"; printed in black on thick paper. Small paper adhesions to verso from mounting; slightly wrinkled, but free of soil; Very Good or better. Signed in ink at lower left, "Best wishes from / Tom Feelings." Uncommon publisher's advertising broadside, reproducing one of Feelings' illustrations for.....
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