Algren, Nelson

The Man with the Golden Arm

New York, Doubleday, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo. 343pp. beige cloth stamped green & red to the spine, green endpapers. A very good copy showing some light use, in a moderately worn supplied dustwrapper priced at $3.00 without mention of the National Book Award & free of reviews. A very personable inscription to friends in black fountain pen on the verso of the front fly leaf: "For Joyce and Ed, / the sort of people / to believe us / with good wishes / and pleasant / recollections / from / Nelson". Algren's highly regarded finest work and of the first realistic stories of the life of a heroin addict. NBA Winner, & basis to the Frank Sinatra & Kim Novak starring 1955 United Artists / Preminger movie. "You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain. " - Frankie Machine. A worthy item. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33331

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Boettcher, Thomas D.

Vietnam: The Valor and the Sorrow: From the Home Front to the Front Lines in Words and Pictures - Signed and Inscribed

Little Brown & Co, 1985. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. by Author. First Edition, Vietnam: VIETNAM: THE VALOR AND THE SORROW: FROM THE HOME FRONT TO THE FRONT LINES IN WORDS AND PICTURES, by Boettcher. Published by Little Brown and Company, 1985 with rare dustjacket with some gentle wear. Inscribed on the half-title signed by Boettcher. "To the Morales Family, Pam and I greatly value the friendship of your daughter Dee and Son-in-law Sam. I hope that you find that book measures up to the importance of the subject. Best Wishes, Tom Boettcher May 11, 1985 Oklahoma, City". "Imbued with Kennedy-style idealism,Boettcher himself entered the Air Force Academy at precisely that moment in our past when a generation was on the verge of finding itself torn apart by conflicting ideals of patriotism. Having served as airforce liaison to the press in Vietnam in 1968-1969, he has now written the first popular history of the war from the point of view of one who served there.."* from the dustjacket intro. A significant historical Vietnam edition with rare dustjacket. .

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Book number: 33250

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Deming, Barbara

Wash Us and Comb Us. Signed

New York, Grossman Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Deming, Barbara. WASH US AND COMB US. Signed. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972. First Edition of American feminist and author Barbara Deming's well-received book of short stories Inscribed to Mary Meigs, longtime partner of Marie-Claire Blais. "For Mary - with love always - and from Jane (Jane Verlaine)". Additionally with a hand written note, "Sending copy to M-C (Marie-Claire Blais) through publisher. Love to you both - B". 8vo. 162 pp. A bright, fresh copy in blue cloth, (minor fade at the edges), green titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. A nice association copy. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32191

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Edel, Leon

Literary Biography. The Alexander Lectures. 1955-1956. The Dedication Copy

Toronto, 1957. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. First Edition, the Dedication Copy, Inscribed to E.K. Brown's widow. "Peggy Brown, With much affection, Leon Edel / 3 October 1957". Small 8vo. 113 pp. A fine copy in illustrated paper covered boards, black titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper (a miniscule chip at the crown of the spine) with the University Of Toronto emblem on the front. Edel and Brown met in the mid-1920's at McGill University in Montreal and their friendship flourished. Edel was asked by Peggy Brown to complete E.K. Brown's life of Willa Cather when Brown died. Northrop Frye said of Brown that he was "the first critic to bring Canadian literature into its proper context". Size: Small 8vo. Fine/Near Fine.

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Forster, E. (Edward) M. (Morgan)

A Passage to India. With Handwritten Letter from Forster to the Owner

London, Edward Arnold, 1924. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. E.M. Forster. A PASSAGE TO INDIA. First Edition with a personalized note, handwritten, signed and dated by Forster from his home in Monument Green where he wrote many of his famous novels. This particular edition was owned by a fan of Forster in Canada. In her book she mounted his photo on page 4 as well as pasted his letter on the inside front after she received her first edition "A Passage to India. A very cherished copy indeed! "Monument Green. Weybridge 20-11- 20 Dear Madame, Thank you for your letter . I have made arrangements with Messrs' Birrell and Garnett 19 Tavitson Street, to keep all my books in stock, and I know that they would supply you with a copy of Where Angels.. if you wish for one. I feel pleased and flattered that the book should be remembered after so many years.Yours sincerely, EM Forster." Forster's 1921 return trip to India "had the effect of releasing what was to be judged his masterpiece, A Passage to India" (DNB). Andre Gide praised Forster's last novel as "a miracle of intelligence, tact, irony, prudence and ability" (Connolly, The Modern Movement 45). Octavo, 8vo. 325pp. publisher's original burgundy cloth boards. Neat ownership signature to front blank end leaf with 3 pages of advertisements at rear, A very good, copy with some shelf wear and slight offset from the mounted documents expected. The basis for the fine David Lean, 1984 Merchant-Ivory film, also the inspiration for the 1960 play by Santha Rama Rau which also influenced the film. The novel is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of English literature by the Modern Library and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Time magazine included the novel in its "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. Forster borrowed the book's title from Walt Whitman's poem Leaves of Grass. Kirkpatrick A10a. .

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Book number: 33588

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Fuller, R. Buckminster

Education Automation. Freeing the Scholar to Return to His Studies. Signed

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (, Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller to the designer of the book, Andor Braun on the front endpaper. 'To Andor (sic) Brown, With gratitude and admiration for his design of this book, Buckminster Fuller'. A better than very good copy in 1/4 white cloth over black paper covered boards in a bright, fresh dustwrapper with some light use and one small chip on the bottom of the back panel. Architect, creator of the geodesic dome, engineer, inventor and philosopher, Fuller remains one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33361

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Keywords: FIRST EDITION SIGNED INSCRIBED SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY GEODESIC DOME . Electronic List TBCL Philosophy, Exoteric & Esoteric Albert Einstein, Science & Medicine

Fuller, R. Buckminster

Untitled Epic Poem on the History of Industrialization. Signed

Highlands, North Carolina, Jonathan Williams/Nanthala Foundation, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Buckminster Fuller on the front endpaper. 'To. In friendship and deep gratitude for his wonderful letter on my University Of Colorado day, April 10, 1963. Bucky Fuller'. A near fine or better copy in the publisher's stiff card wrappers in the printed acetate dustwrapper with one small closed tear. Architect, creator of the geodesic dome, engineer, inventor and philosopher, Fuller remains one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33360

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Keywords: FIRST EDITION SIGNED INSCRIBED SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY GEODESIC DOME . Electronic List TBCL Albert Einstein, Science & Medicine Travel, Voyages & Exploration

Nicolson, Nigel

Mary Curzon. Signed and Inscribed

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Nigel Nicolson on the title-page. "Inscribed for Aunt Helen by Nigel Nicolson". 8vo. 228 pp. A fine copy of this winner of the 1977 Whitbread Prize for biography in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper with a touch of edge wear. With black and white photographs throughout. 'American-born Mary Curzon and her three daughters are considered to be part of the inspiration for the fictional characters Lady Grantham and her three daughters in the Downton Abbey television series'. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 33489

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Keywords: FIRST EDITION SIGNED NIGEL NICOLSON DOWNTON ABBEY . Electronic List TBCL Memoirs & Biographies Bloomsbury Group

Palmer, Herbert Edward

The Armed Muse

London, Hogarth Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed my Author. First Edition THE ARMED MUSE - Poetry- Inscribed by Herbert E. Palmer to fellow author/translator Basil Creighton on the verso of the half-title page. "With best wishes to Basil Creighton/From/Herbert E. Palmer" Moss Green paper boards with title label on the front printed in black, spine slightly fragile and toning to edges. 8vo. 44 pp. (5) 7 1/2" x 5". One only of 500 copies printed October 1930. Woolner (230). .

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Book number: 33316

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Thurber, James

Further Fables of Our Time. Inscribed

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Thurber, James. FURTHER FABLES OF OUR TIME. Inscribed. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1956. First Edition, illustrated throughout by Thurber. 8vo. 174pp. Half green cloth & gilt-stamped blue paper-covered boards. Thurber's characteristically nearly-blind large pencil inscription signed by Thurber to his close friends Morris and Margaret Ernst: "Happy Times / Morris and Margaret / Jim and Helen". (Helen is Thurber's second wife). A fine copy. Quarter cloth over decorated blue boards in a near fine dustwrapper showing light use with a few small stains & minor loss at the spine heel. A very nice example. Rarely seen inscribed. [Bowden A24a]. An annual award, the Thurber Prize, begun in 1997, honors outstanding examples of American humor. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32041

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Thurber, James

Typed Contract Signed. [the Wonderful O]

New York, Kermit Bloomgarten Productions, 1960. Orig. Contract [Book Not Incl]. Orig. Contract [Book Not Incl]. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Thurber, James. THE WONDERFUL O. Signed Contract. 8" 1/2 x 14", 14 page contract between Thurber and Kermit Bloomgarden Production, [Book not included] July 28, 1960, SIGNED. The contract gives exclusive rights to a "dramatico-musical adaptation" of Thurber's children's classic, THE WONDERFUL O. In near fine condition. James Grover Thurber [1894 - 1961]. American author, cartoonist & celebrated wit best known for his cartoons & short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker then collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations & eccentricities of ordinary people. An annual award, the Thurber Prize, begun in 1997, honors outstanding examples of American humor. .

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Book number: 32039

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Thurber, James

The Wonderful O. Inscribed

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. Thurber, James. THE WONDERFUL O. Inscribed. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1957. First Edition, illustrated throughout by Marc Simont. 8vo. 173pp. Half yellow cloth & embossed blue paper-covered boards. Inscribed freely in pencil in his nearly-blind handwriting on the front free endpaper to his close friends Morris and Margaret Ernst: "Happy Yule to Morris and Margaret / Jim and Helen". (Helen is Thurber's second wife). A fine copy. Quarter cloth over decorated blue boards in a near fine dustwrapper showing light use with a few small stains & very minor loss at the spine heel. A very nice example. James Grover Thurber [1894 - 1961]. American author, cartoonist & celebrated wit best known for his cartoons & short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker then collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations & eccentricities of ordinary people. An annual award, the Thurber Prize, begun in 1997, honors outstanding examples of American humor. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32040

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Wakoski, Diane

One Page Tls + Two Page Poem "What I Learned About the World from Barry Lopez

Michigan, Wakoski, 1978. Original Autographed Letters. Original Autographed Letters. Signed by Author. Typed Manuscript Poem with holograph corrections by Wakoski. Octavo typed on rectos only. 2 pp. + dated 1 octavo page typed letter on her printed letterhead, East Lansing, Michigan, Signed, 28 July 1978, with the original typed mailing envelope - addressed to the publisher James Campbell of Atropos. Usual folds for mailing. A superb two page poem titled: "What I Learned About The World From Barry Lopez - to a famous American poet" ". As I fell asleep in the room next door to yours, falling asleep with the words of the story teller's knowledge clarifying my night, I saw you walking up the stairs into your room, still a pair of legs, a shirt, and a tower of white clouds above. I said to myself. " forget everything else. The man with clouds for a head is your enemy. Honor him. Battle him. He will make you a hero." In fine condition. .

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Book number: 31758

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WEIGL, Bruce

Song of Napalm - Signed and Inscribed

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. By Author. First Edition, SONG OF NAPALM - Signed and Inscribed Hardcover with Dustjacket. Signed and Inscribed and dated by author. First printing. Boards clean and square. Pages slightly aged but clean. Binding tight. .

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Book number: 33251

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(Woolf, Virginia). Freund, Gisele

Au Pays Des Visages. 1938-1968. Signed

Paris, Musee d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1968, 1968. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by Gisele Freund on the title-page. "To Judith P. Hoffman Cordially / Gisele Freund". An exhibition catalogue to accompany the world-renowned photographer's 1968 show at Paris's Modern Art Museum. 8vo. Unpaginated. 56 pp. A fine copy in white wrappers printed in black, as issued. Inclusive of her now famous photographs of James Joyce, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marc Chagall, Samuel Beckett, Virginia Woolf, et al. Freund met Virginia Woolf through Victoria Ocampo, who had arranged for the translations of Orlando and A Room Of One's Own and photographed her on June 24, 1939, resulting in some of the most beautiful and evocative portraits of Woolf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine .

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Book number: 33364

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Keywords: Electronic List TBCL Art & Illustrated Books French Lit & Art Virginia Woolf & Bloomsbury