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Original black and white silver-gelatin print, 10" x 8", printed on glossy photographic paper. A publicity portrait of Paul Robeson in three-quarter profile, inscribed by Robeson at lower right: "To H.L. Aiken / Kind wishes," signed, undated and uncredited but appearing to be a later print of a portrait from.....
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Slim octavo (21.5cm.); original plain card wrappers in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 47pp.; chiefly photographic illus. throughout. Inscribed and signed on title page: “For George / Best / Lotte / December 1982.” Offered together with two original photographic portraits, by Jacobi, of Albert Einstein. Each an original silver-gelatin print (printed later);.....
Octavo (24cm.); cloth boards; dustjacket; 603pp; illus. Clean, Very Good copy of the first edition, in lightly worn, unclipped dustjacket, Very Good or better.
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.
Octavo (20.5cm); 3/4 brown paper over black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [xiv],306pp; text illustrations after woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. Wear to lower board edges and upper right corner of front board, resulting in some occasional exposure; brief penciled.....
Quarto (28cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 101pp. Very Good. A Christmas gift to Ben Shahn from Walker Evans, with a long and personal gift inscription: "Dear Old Dr. Ben - This book I've just found seems to be just for you. I hear we're about to see you, at last: what.....
Quarto (25cm). Cloth boards; 180pp; illus. BEN SHAHN'S COPY, warmly inscribed by Rodman to Ben & Bernarda Shahn in year of publication: "For Bernarda, who generously "forgot" my worst lapses, and to Ben, who won't (conveniently) stop "remembering" - with my love, Selden," datemarked Roosevelt, NJ, 1951. Mild wear; spine.....
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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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Original typed letter, signed, on recto only of embossed United Mine Workers of America letterhead (25x20cm.) with address in Indianapolis, though this letter dated from the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Mail folds, very faint soil spot, else Fine.
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).....
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Octavo. Publisher's printed green wraps; 98pp. Signed by Derek Walcott on front endpaper, dated 1993. Hint of sunning to spine; publisher's announcement stapled inside front wrapper; Near Fine.
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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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.....
Twenty-three octavo volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher's white buckram with paper spine labels. Limited to 500 sets, each signed by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop on limitation leaf of first volume; gravure frontispieces signed in pencil by various artists (see below). Bindings somewhat toned and soiled, with occasional foxing to cloth; spine.....
Inscribed on front endpaper: "Dear Friend and Companion: May your kindly Christian life be reflected in many blessings / With all good wishes, Sincerely / William H. Bisbee / Brig. Gen'l," dated October 17th, 1931. Further inscribed, at his portrait facing p.274, by the author, who was General Bisbee's grandson.....
Octavo (22.5cm). Red cloth boards, stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 177pp. Warmly inscribed by Patchen on front free endpaper: "for Charles M. McKenna / with every good wish," signed and dated 1950. Also laid in is an autograph note to McKenna from Miriam Patchen.....
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Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 61pp. Inscribed on leaf facing copyright page, below dedication: "& for Bernarda with love / Alan Dugan," dated 1989. Judy Shahn has added her own greeting below: "..and with love from me too, Judy." Fine copy.
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.....
Octavo (22cm). Dun cloth boards, lettered in gilt; 200pp. Presentation inscription from Dugan to his mother-in-law, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, on front endpaper, dated 1971. Fine copy in lightly aged dustwrapper. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front pastedown.
First printing. Inscribed to collector and publisher Herb Yellin (Lord John Press) on title page, undated. Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 93pp. A fine copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), very Near Fine. Exemplary copy of this early Albee play, inscribed (probably at.....
More info about The American Dream [Inscribed to Herb Yellin
Octavo (18cm). Brown decorative cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, stamped in black on spine and covers; marbled page edges; 361pp. Inscribed by Rølvaag (in Norwegian) in blue ink on title page (undated). Barely visible dampstain to outer margin of first 40 leaves, else a tight, Near Fine copy.....
Vol.1: newspaper; 38pp.; (40cm x 29cm) Vol. 2: Twenty-four letterpress broadside poems, each 16cm x 11cm (5-1/2" x 4-1/4") or the reverse. Loose, as issued, with no enclosing envelope. Printed in different color inks on various cardstocks; each with imprint on verso. Together comprising Issues No. 1 & 2 of.....
More info about Merlyn Gorky volume 1 / . Numbers 1 & 2: "newspaper" and "24 poemcards" [many signed
ALS, 18 lines (ca 75 words) on a single sheet of printed stationery, 10" x 7". Original mailing envelope included (unposted, addressed simply "Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt"). Printed return address has been elided on both stationery and envelope ("Beatrice Donley / Morgantown, WV"); mild toning and wear; envelope darkened -.....
Autographed by W.H. Jackson on front endpaper. First printing. Octavo; blue cloth hardcover; brown top-stain; dustjacket; xii,341pp; frontispiece and 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Tight, clean, Near Fine copy, with top-stain deep and even. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap); somewhat rubbed and edgeworn.....
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Inscribed by MacLeish on fron endpaper: "For Holy Cross Library," signed, datemarked Conway [MA], December 1977. First printing. Green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 374pp. Few spots of staining to text block fore edge, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly rubbed at extremities; Very Good or.....
More info about A Continuing Journey: Essays and Addresses [Presentation Copy
Fourth Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [viii],261,[1]pp, with a pictorial frontispiece by Robert E. Locher. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937.....
Quarto (30cm). Cream vellum boards, stamped in gilt; illustrated dustjacket; 75pp text and [26pp] of photographic plates, followed by xxiv tipped-in paper specimens. This copy inscribed on second blank: "To Mrs. Bernarda B. Shahn, with the compliments of Bunsho Jugaku," dated in 1970 and with the author's address penned above.....
First printing. Inscribed by Robinson "to Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Spingarn," signed, dated 1934. First printing. Octavo. Deep blue cloth (hardcover); 105pp. A fine copy, in original dustwrapper which retains the uncommon publisher's wraparound band, advertising Robinson's Pulitzer Prizes in 1922, 1925, and 1928. Jacket clipped by publisher, with overprinted.....
More info about Amaranth [Presentation Copy to Arthur Spingarn
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.....
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.....
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
Octavo (20.5cm.); contemporary blue cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; 145,[4]pp. typed on rectos only. Cloth very slightly worn, spine a hint sunned, shallow loss to front free endpaper fore-edge, shallow creasing to three leaves, else Very Good or better. Occasional autograph corrections in the author's hand throughout.....
More info about Siebzig Gedichte [Typescript, with author's corrections
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
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.....
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12mo. Pictorial wrappers; unpaged. Fine copy, inscribed to poet James Baker Hall on front endpaper: "For Jim / with warmest wishes / Lynn," dated November 1973. From the library of James Baker Hall.
32mo (12cm.); original unadorned limp black cloth; 43pp. Top half of spine perished slightly affecting small portion of spine-edge corner of upper cover, additional small holes to cloth of upper cover, rear cover a bit soiled, contents fine. Good or better overall. Illustrated certificate printed on pink stock and accomplished.....
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.....
Autograph in black ink on front cover of the "South Carolina Picture Book" (Columbia: South Carolina Film Office, ca 2004). Reads: "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04.
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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.....
![Days of Fear [Two Editions] [WITH] Autograph Note Signed. IRELAND, Frank GALLAGHER.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/47629.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1641872514)
Two volumes as described below: 1. Days of Fear. London: John Murray, [1928]. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white dust jacket lettered in red and green. 175pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, including small coin-sized loss at bottom edge of rear panel touching one letter, else Near Fine.....
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