N.p. [Washington, D.C.: by the Author, 1917], 1917. Review of Edward Byron Reuter's influential sociological treatise "The Mulatto in the United States." Miller offers a rather scathing review, characterizing the author as "provincial" and "pretentious" and particularly criticizing his definition of "mulatto" as "a general term to include all negroes..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Black cloth hardcover, titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 166p. Tight, straight and clean, about Fine; in original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00 on front flap), orange faded to yellow on spine, else well-preserved with light rubbing..... More

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1959. First American Edition. The Canadian author's fourth novel and break-out book, a portrait of Jewish life in Montreal. Basis for Ted Kotcheff's Oscar-nominated film adaptation (1974), starring Richard Dreyfuss as Duddy Kravitz. Preceded by the Andre Deutsch edition of the..... More

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1985. First American Edition. "Gray's first novel is a true Scottish epic, both in scope and ambition. Beginning in a realistic mode that follows the life of a Glasgow artist until his demise, the book then liberally dips into the fantastic with a superb exploration..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. First Edition. First printing (per Blanck), with the text printed on Ruisdael-watermarked paper. Small octavo (20cm). Vellum-backed boards, decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; portrait frontispiece; 107pp. Faint foxing to frontispiece and first few text leaves, mild external rubbing and wear; Very Good..... More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. First, Limited Edition. No. 580 of 1050 copies, signed by the author on limitation page. Two octavo volumes (24cm). Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spines; top edges gilt; original dustjackets; 709+199pp. Lacking the original publisher's slipcase, but house in a later..... More

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. Attractive copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book, based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle. The title derives from the widely-used military acronym slang "SNAFU" (Situation Normal: All Fucked Up), which translates to a bad situation..... More

[New York: L.M. Birkhead, Friends of Democracy, 1940]. First Edition. Small leaflet reproducing the correspondence between Birkhead, Director of the Friends of Democracy, and John Steinbeck in regards to the latter's 1939 novel "The Grapes of Wrath." The first letter, from Birkhead, is originally dated May 2, 1940, and opens..... More

New York: 1956. First Edition. Flyer announcing the 40th Anniversary Easter Week Commemoration Concert in memory of the 1916 Easter Rebellion, which left several hundred dead and the fourteen organizers executed. The concert, held at the Pythian on West 70th St., included contributions by several Irish-American aritsts, among them the..... More

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. First Edition. First impression. Octavo; canary-yellow cloth, dustjacket, 79pp. Fine in a crisp, bright dustwrapper, price-clipped and with a touch of sunning to spine panel, Near Fine. More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. First, Limited Edition. Large paper issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine; gravure portrait frontispiece; page edges untrimmed; 308pp. Tight and straight in the original publisher's binding, Near Fine. Posthumous collection, gathering a dozen stories..... More

[New York: 1958]. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. 4pp (bifolium); on newsprint; Very Good. Marxist critique of capitalism and warfare, reputedly originally written as a letter to the editor of the McKeesport, PA Daily News. More

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1957. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, printed paper self-wrappers; 7pp. Small ink notation to front cover; Very Good. Two biographical background papers prepared for legislators during the HUAC hearings. More