[New York: Charles Frohman, 1911]. First Edition. Deluxe souvenir brochure issued in conjunction with one of Adams's last Broadway appearances. (The actress, who achieved fame in 1905 playing the lead role in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan," would retire in 1916.) "Chantecler", which criticised the modernist movement and promoted idealism, was..... More

Ibadan, Nigeria: New Culture Studios, 1978-1979. First Printing. 11 Issues running from November 1978 to October 1979, with no December 1978 production as issued. Small Quarto. 24.5cm. Publisher's original vibrantly decorated thin card wraps. Approx. 68-80pp. per issue. Clean, bright, and sharp; internally clean, printed on various colors of paper..... More

New York: The Radio Daily, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. Embossed cloth-covered boards, printed in colors with "Victory" motif; 1024pp. Mild external wear; internally complete, clean and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Early and important issue of this massive annual directory for radio industry insiders, issued beginning in 1938 through..... More

New York: Common Council for American Unity, 1942. First Edition. Highly important single issue of the CCAU's monthly literary magazine, issued from 1940-49, which was devoted to bridging ethnic and minority differences and to reflecting America's cultural diversity. This issue includes a substantial (13pp) short story by Woody Guthrie, "Ear..... More

Paris: Onestar Press, 2008. First, Limited Edition. Quarto. 30cm. Publisher's original pink paper wraps, titled in black to spine and front cover. 197pp. Some sunning and fading to the pale pink paper of the covers, with some very minor shelfwear and soiling, clean and bright; internally clean and fresh, signed..... More

New York: Selmar Hess, 1902. First Edition. Two Volumes [8 vols bound in 2, bound from parts]. Large Quarto. 30cm. Later institutional pebble green cloth with leather title labels. Light wear to the cloth, some chipping to title labels, bright, strong and handsome; internally clean, private library stamp to flyleaves..... More

Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [8],243pp. Spine a bit cocked, jacket extremities rubbed and a bit ragged with several short closed tears and subsequent creasing. Still, Very Good or better in Near Very Good jacket. "A Houghton Mifflin Fellowship..... More

Paris: Gallimard, 1956 [1960's]. Stated 6th Edition. Eight Volumes. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publsher's glossy multi-colored card wraps titled to spines. Publisher's cloth slipcase. Clean and bright, some light wear to extremities, Vol 4 has some minor chipping to the base of spine, discoloration to the front wrap of Vol. 6, some..... More

New York: Random House, 1962. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and decorations blind embossed to front cover; blue topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 163pp; black and white photographic (halftone) frontspiece and illustrations. Light shelf-soil, with sunning..... More

Los Angeles: Institute of Modern Russian Culture / Charles Schlacks, Jr., 1995-2004. Ten octavo volumes (issued annually). Original printed card wrappers; variously paginated. Mild evidence of use; generally Near Fine or better. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn, with his embossed stamp to title page of..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First Edition. The career of an American jazz pianist, from his roots in a small-time dance band to fame and fortune on the scale of Gershwin and Ziegfeld. Basis for the 1941 movie Dance Hall, starring Carole Landis and Cesar Romero. For Burnett, an..... More

[South Hadley, Mass / Northampton, Mass]: Mount Holyoke College / Smith College, [1945]. First Edition. Folio (31cm); stapled tan paper wrappers; 7pp. Lightly tanned, with trace shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Sheet music based on Carter's poem, "Voyages III". [88066]. More

Paris: Au Ménestrel - Heugel & Cie. 1900. First French Edition. Quarto. 28.5cm. Twentieth century red half morocco over marbled boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine. 408pp. Light bumping and scuffing to corners, otherwise strong, tight and clean; internally clean and fresh, edges speckled black, inscription to verso..... More