![Item #60389] America's Siberian Adventure, 1918-1920. A E. F., William S. GRAVES, Sidney](/pictures/medium/60389.jpg?v=1673828645)
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931). First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Lieut. Coffman / with my sincere regards- / Wm. S. Graves / Major Gen'l, U.S. Army Retired." First printing. Octavo; tan cloth hardcover; black top-stain; dustjacket; xxiv,363pp; frontis. portr; seven inserted leaves of photographic plates..... More
![Item #44622] Original Printed and Manuscript Receipt. A S. McCREDIE, CO](/pictures/medium/44622.jpg?v=1641872447)
New York: A.S. McCredie & Co., 1831. Receipt made out to a Mrs. H.W. Livingstone, who purchased several yards of Merino wool and cloth, a Hernani shawl, and silk velvet, a purchase totalling $52.50 1/2 (about $1500 in today's currency). The Hernani shawl appears to have been a fashion based..... More
![Item #61062] The Raw Pearl [Signed, with signed photo laid in]. AFRICAN AMERICANA, Pearl BAILEY](/pictures/medium/61062.jpg?v=1678324926)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1968. First Edition. 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
![Item #58232] Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement [Inscribed]. AFRICAN AMERICANA, John...](/pictures/medium/58232.jpg?v=1670541606)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. Third Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); light and dark grey paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [5],6-496 + [16]pp of photographs. Inscribed on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "To Bob, With faith and hope..... More
![Item #57202] The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream. AFRICAN AMERICANA,...](/pictures/medium/57202.jpg?v=1646098318)
New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],375,[1]pp. Bookplate mounted to the half-title page, signed by Obama within a raised ruled border, and featuring a raised Presidential seal. Base of spine gently nudged, a few..... More
![Item #58598] The American Dream [Inscribed to Herb Yellin]. Edward ALBEE](/pictures/medium/58598.jpg?v=1660774506)
New York: Coward-McCann, 1961. First Edition. 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..... More
![Item #60601] Recollections of my childhood, youth and manhood. AMERICAN MANUSCRIPTS, Horace WHITAKER](/pictures/medium/60601.jpg?v=1675297985)
[Norwich, CT: 1880]. 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..... More
![Item #43950] Two Autograph Letters, Signed, to His Mother Mrs. D. Wells. AMERICAN PRINTERS -...](/pictures/medium/43950.jpg?v=1641872434)
Buffalo and Canandaigua, NY: 1832. Two letters written by William Williams (1787-1850), printer and publisher based in Utica, Oneida County, New York, whose firm Seward & Williams specialized in religious and instructive works. Both letters written during a journey made by the author shortly after the death of his wife..... More
![Item #56467] Mary of Scotland. A Play in Three Acts [Special Limited Edition, Inscribed by Helen...](/pictures/medium/56467.jpg?v=1641872932)
New York: Anderson House, 1933. First, Limited Edition. 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..... More
![Item #51586] An Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies, of the University of North...](/pictures/medium/51586.jpg?v=1641872639)
Raleigh: Weston R. Gales - Raleigh Register Office, 1843. First Edition. The address is a sweeping (and rather pedestrian) survey of the development of all literature, from its possible origins in "Hindoo civilization" to its apotheosis in the age of Sheakespeare and Spencer. This however is a noteworthy presentation copy..... More
![Item #14269] The People Talk. Benjamin APPEL](/pictures/medium/14269.jpg?v=1641872063)
New York: Johnson Reprint, 1972. Facsimile Reprint. Reprint of Appel's fourth book, a non-fiction chronicle of the American scene a the end of the Great Depression. Octavo (22cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in silver and gold; 502pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1940 Dutton edition, inscribed on title page to artist..... More
![Item #28255] Typed Letter, signed. 1pp, to "Mr. Simon", dated November 15, 1941. RADICAL AUTHORS,...](/pictures/medium/28255.jpg?v=1651101725)
Croton-on-Hudson: 1941. Regarding the recipient's letter to the Reader's Digest, of September 24 (Eastman had been hired as an editor for the conservative publication earlier in the same year). The subject appears to be the institution of the death penalty in the Soviet Union: "...Nobody questions the fact that the..... More
![Item #28254] Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945. RADICAL...](/pictures/medium/28254.jpg?v=1641872243)
New York: 1945. Brief TNS on Eastman's personal W. 13th St. letterhead, addressed to "Josephine", dated November 25, 1945. Old folds, else Fine, with bright, clear autograph: "Dear Josephine: Thanks so much for the news -- sad as it all was -- in your letter. It was nice to hear..... More
![Item #28256] Typed Note, signed. 1pp, to "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938. RADICAL AUTHORS,...](/pictures/medium/28256.jpg?v=1641872243)
Croton-on-Hudson: 1941. Brief 1-pp TNS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson notepaper, addressed to a "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938. Old folds; holograph additions in Eastman's hand; Very Good. "I shall be delighted to have you use some of my poems in your Verse Speaking Festival...perhaps the poem called "Battle Fields"..... More
![Item #49281] Two Sermons on the Nature and Evil of Professors of Religion Not Bridling the Tongue...](/pictures/medium/49281.jpg?v=1641872563)
Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1791. First Edition. David Avery (1746-1817) studied theology at Dartmouth before being ordained a missionary to the Oneida in 1771. After serving as an army chaplain during the Revolutionary War, he was appointed as minister of the First Church of Wrentham in 1783, though due to difficulties..... More
![Item #18925] A Letter from Ernst Barlach. Ernst BARLACH](/pictures/medium/18925.jpg?v=1641872109)
Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1957. First Edition. A very scarce and early production of Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press, probably not intended for commerce and distributed as a keepsake to friends of the press. OCLC locates only 7 copies. One of 150 copies issued as a keepsake by the Press. 12mo. Unprinted..... More
![Item #55338] Things New and Old. Max BEERBOHM](/pictures/medium/55338.jpg?v=1641872855)
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1928. First, Limited Edition. Number 341 in an edition of 380 signed and numbered copies, with an extra signed plate in rear pocket. White, beveled cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; AEG; 49 mounted, b/w plates on heavy paper, with facing text..... More
![Item #14228] On the Iliad. Translated from the French by Mary McCarthy, with an Introduction by...](/pictures/medium/14228.jpg?v=1641872062)
New York: Pantheon Books / Bollingen Series IX, 1947. First Edition. Broch, an Austrian, escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, going first to England and then to the United States, where he eventually settled in Princeton, just a few miles from the Shahns' home town of Roosevelt, New Jersey. His novel..... More
![Item #60689] Through Four American Wars: The Impressions and Experiences of William H. Bisbee as...](/pictures/medium/60689.jpg?v=1678324925)
Boston: Meador Publishing Co, (1931). First Edition. 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..... More
![Item #48371] Chronos, Eros, Thanatos [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann]. Marie BONAPARTE](/pictures/medium/48371.jpg?v=1641872536)
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1952. First Edition. 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
![Item #48370] Monologues devant la Vie et la Mort [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann]. Marie BONAPARTE](/pictures/medium/48370.jpg?v=1641872536)
London: Imago Publishing Co., 1951. First Edition. 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 -..... More
![Item #48369] Psychanalyse et Biologie [Inscribed & Signed to Heinz Hartmann]. Marie BONAPARTE](/pictures/medium/48369.jpg?v=1641872536)
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1952. First Edition. 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..... More
![Item #61046] Christmas of Pony Express Days. Original Christmas Card from the Buffalo Bill...](/pictures/medium/61046.jpg?v=1676942707)
[Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Museum, n.d. ca 1940s]. Original lithograph on textured paper. Single sheet folded twice to create a folded greeting, ca. 16cm x 20cm (5" x 8"). Captioned in print on cover verso: "From a painting by William H. Jackson presented to the Buffalo Bill Museum at Cody..... More
![Item #52585] The Bastard [Inscribed to Richard Johns]. Erskine CALDWELL, Ty Mahon](/pictures/medium/52585.jpg?v=1641872685)
New York: Heron Press Incorporated, 1929. First Edition. A significant association copy of Caldwell's first book. Johns (1904-1970) was at this time the editor of Pagany, a short-lived but influential experimental magazine in which Caldwell succeeded in placing a number of early stories. Caldwell's and Johns's correspondence, held at the..... More
![Item #22089] The Bastard [Limited Edition, Signed]. Erskine CALDWELL, Ty Mahon](/pictures/medium/22089.jpg?v=1641872149)
New York: Heron Press Incorporated, 1929. First Edition. Limited to 200 signed copies printed on American Handcraft and bound in balloon cloth of which this is no. 10. Octavo (25.5cm.); original purple gilt-lettered cloth; 199pp.; frontispiece and 5 plates; title page printed within purple decorative border. Extremities a bit rubbed..... More
