THE DIVIDED BED: POEMS
NY: Hatch-Billops, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A fine copy, 56 pages, illustrated covers and text, b&w photo of poets in rear. More
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THE WILD PARTY
NY: Covici Friede, 1929. 2nd Trade Edition. Hardcover. The second edition that Covici published with Friede following Covici's 1928 first edition, limited, illustrated by Reginald March. Colophon states second trade edition 2000 copies, this copy hand-numbered 653. This edition, not illustrated, dropped provocative 8-lines in two stanza at the end..... More
LES PENSEES DE MOMO
Paris: Presses de la Cite, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition of a book of sayings composed by French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. Copy owned by the legendary Marlene Dietrich, inscribed to her by Chevalier on the half title: "Pout toi - Merveilleuse Marlinou que ne sont pour..... More
THE CASE OF THE DUBIOUS BRIDEGROOM
NY: William Morrow, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, blue covers, titles stamped in red, with Dubious Bridegroom last title on Perry Mason titles listed in rear. Inscribed on the ffe by Gardner to the legendary Marlene Dietrich with his tribute to her volunteer efforts in WWII: "To Marlene Dietrich..... More
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
NY: Crown, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy of the first edition of the first novel in Auel's Earth's Children series in unclipped dustjacket. No names, bookplates, A collectible copy. More
THE JUNIOR PLATTSBURG MANUAL
NY: The Century Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth covers, pictorial stamped in blue and brown and American flag in red, white and blue, most of white stripes worn away, else quiet nice, as are internals, 8vo, 299p, 250 illustrations of all manner of US military instruction, with infantry..... More
THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page by Fry to Marlene Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva. Better than very good book in unclipped, soiled dustjacket. More
BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW Spring1954 Vol. 1 No. 1
Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain College, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Some modest staining and spotting around the edges of covers, front and back. Some modest staining at the margins of the pages with b&w reproductions of Rene Laubies's art. More
DAS BLINDIS DES MR. W. H. : LORD ARTHUR SAVILES VERBRECHEN
Minden in Westf: J. C. C. Burns, 1903. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First German translation of Wilde's short story, "The Portrait of Mr. W. H." , first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1889. It was later added to the collection Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories (1891). The story..... More
THE AMERICAN CLOCK: A MURAL FOR THEATER BY ARTHUR MILLER
1979. No Binding. Script for Miller's play, signed by him on the title page, and numbered (in separate hand) 65/200, presumably indicating this was limited to 200 copies. 102 pages. The play was first produced by the Harold Culman Theatre and opened at the Dockstreet Theatrei n Charleston SC on..... More
ARIA DA CAPO (A PLAY IN ONE ACT)
(London): The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), 1920. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Aside form some chipping and folding along the edges of the covers, a near fine copy of an early work by Millay, published by The Chapbook as No 14 in its series, August 1920. Housed in a cloth-backed, three-fold..... More
THE KING'S HENCHMAN: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Millay on the title page underneath author name and dated by her Nov 26, 1927. Lacking dustjacket, spine label toned, clean internals. More
SONNETS AND VERSES
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Coockerel Press, 1925. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. #340 of 450 copies. Covers an cloth spine moderately soiled, paper spine label toned, corners worn. Internals near fine. Lovely Gill decorations and vignettes. More
MARCO MILLIONS
NY: Boni & Liverwright, 1927. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, this numbered 428 of 450 copies, signed by O'Neill on the limitation page. Cream colored spine tanned as is usually fou, in original slipcase with title label. Slipcase worn about all edges but all edges holding. PON ffe. More
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (PLAYBILL SIGNED BY SONDHEIM)
NY: Playbill, 1981. Soft cover. Playbill for the original 1981 Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along, that was distinguished when it was first produced as one of Sondheim's least successful musicals, opening on November 16,1981 and closing after just 16 performances and 44 previews. It was also the last..... More
THE HISTORY OF THE LIVES OF ABEILLARD AND HELOISA; COMPROMISING A PERIOD OF EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS FROM 1079 TO 1163 WITH THEiIR GENUINE LETTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AMBOISE. A NEW EDITION (2 volumes)
Basil: J. J. Tourneisen, 1793. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Uncommon early edition from the Tourneisen printers of Basil, Switzerland. Rebound, early 20thC half leather over blue moire silk covered boards, sides untrimmed. Leather over spines moderately faded. Internals quite nice. Spines darkened and some. 8vo. lvi (2) 252 (1); (iv)..... More
Seven years' street preaching in San Francisco, California; embracing incidents, triumphant death scenes, etc.
NY: Published for the Author by Carlton & Porter, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated ninth thousandth on title page. Original brown cloth, blind-stampoed front and back, gil to spine, 8vo, 394, (6). Solid copy, moderate wear to covers, lightly foxed here and there. Autobiographical account of preaching to the lowlife..... More
Father De Smet: Pioneer Priest of the Rockies
NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy. Unclipped dustjacket, panels miderately toned, spine more so. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Vailima Edition, 26 volumes complete)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 1st US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Limited edition, this #86 of 1030 copies. Blue cloth, sides uncut, paper spine labels variously tanned. Pictures are of only two exemplary volumes but set is complete. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
GREAT HOUSES OF NEW YORK 1880 -1930 (and) GREAT HOUSES OF NEW YORK 1880-1940 (2 volumes)
NY: Acanthus Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, 2005 and 2013, both as new, volume 2 still in shrink-wrap. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
CERTIFICATE OF CONTRIBUTION TO BUILD THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
(Washington): (Washington National Monument Society), 1848. No Binding. Certificate measures a little more than 6" x 12" as it matted and framed under glass, which has a total measure of about 10" x 15". The certificate is toned and executed by hand to Chas. L Smith acknowledged his contribution of..... More
HOME COMFORT COOK BOOK
St. Louis: Wrought Iron Range Co, 1932. Soft cover. Trade catalog, 1932 version. Blind- ruled, black heavy construction paper- like covers, stamped in silver and pink, measures approx 6" x 8.5", 223 pages. Detailed promotional catalog for the famous kitchen range and the company founded in 1864. Illustrated, showing the..... More
The Art of Home Candy Making with Illustrations
Canton OH: The Home Candy Makers, 1913. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Third edition revised, blue cloth wrappers (with no cardboard underneath as issued), stamped in gilt, measures approx 6" x 9", 110 pages + 2 page advertisements, Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Errata strip tipped-over one line on page 13..... More
Program for the Fifth Annual Banquet of the Columbia County Association in the City of New York, February 8, 1906
NY: Columbia County Association in the City of New York, 1906. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers in color (of the Half Moon) , measures approx, 7.25" x 9.25", red/white/blue cord-tied, unpaginated (40 pages) full page duptone portraits each with printed greetings and facsimile signatures of President Theodore Roosevelt, Charles..... More
FIVE INSCRIBED TITLES BY ERIC HATCH: THE JUDGE AND THE JUNIOR EXHIBITOR, THE YEAR OF THE HORSE, THE COLONEL LADIES, TWO AND TWO IS SIX, WHAT GOES ON IN HORSES' HEADS
various 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Five inscribed titles, late in the prolific career of staff writer of The New Yorker, novelist and screenwriter Eric Hatch (1901 - 1973), inscribed to prominent resident, Tracy Griswold, of Litchfield CT, where Hatch lived in his later years. Hatch was best known for comic..... More