GINSBERG, Allen et. al

Wholly Communion

New York, Grove Press, (1965). First Edition. wraps. Pictorial wraps, not issued in hardcover. Illustrated with photographs. Based on a film made of an International Poetry Reading at the Royal Albert Hall in 1965. Contributors include Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Slight crease at bottom right corner. Near Fine .

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Book number: 006014

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Beat Literature, Beats, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Anthology Modern First Editions Literature: American Film Beat Literature

ALLIBONE, S.Austin & Kirk, J. F

Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century. Containing over Forty-Six Thousand Articles (Authors), with Forty Indexes of Subjects. With a Supplement to Allibone

Detroit, The Gale Research Company, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Five volumes including the Supplement. Essential work with biographies of both major and minor, obscure authors. Small red ink stamp of the National Broadcasting Company on the bottom margin of the title page and one text page in each volume. Near Fine, issued without dustwrappers .

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Book number: 019958

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: Bibliography, Literary Reference, American Literature, Books on Books, Biography, Book Collecting, English Literature, British Literature Bibliography Books on Books Literature: American Literature: English

[NEW JERSEY LAW] ALLINSON, Samuel (compiler)

Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne...

Burlington, NJ, Isaac Collins, 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-1/8") bound by Brentano's in twentieth century 3/4 polished calf leather with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii, 493, [1], 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15, [1] pages (appears to lack a 6-page appendix). Covers the period from 1702 to 14 January 1776 with an appendix, three alphabetical tables, and an index. With numerous acts described including those on regulating slaves, taverns, fire arms, the militia, gambling and horse races, as well as acts dividing and forming counties. A wonderful compendium of colonial laws right up to the colonies' declaration of independence from England. Early calligraphic owner name of Joseph Stokes on the front endpaper and the bottom of the last page of the preface. Light to moderate foxing, typical for American paper of this period. Near Fine in an attractive binding .

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Book number: 015742

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: New Jersey Imprint, Slavery, Legal Americana 18th Century Americana American Imprints New Jersey

ALLIOT, Hector

Bibliography of Arizona

(Mansfield Centre), (M. Martino), [1999]. Reprint. Octavo. 432 pages. This is an expanded edition of the bibliography of Arizona books compiled in 1900 by J.A. Monk and revised in 1908. It is a complete record to date of the Munk Library of Arizoniana, the pioneer collection of literature dealing with the State of Arizona. In all 5, 750 books are cited. As New .

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Book number: 008871

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: Americana Limited Reference Arizona Western Americana

ALLISON, Dorothy

Bastard out of Carolina

New York, Dutton, (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Her first novel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 008264

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, First Novel, First Book, Modern First Editions Gay Literature Literature: American Modern First Editions First Book

ALLISON, Dorothy

The Women Who Hate Me

Brooklyn, Long Haul Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. White printed wraps. Her scarce first book, a collection of poems issued by a small feminist press. Minor crease upper front cover. Very light soiling. Near Fine .

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Book number: 007574

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Southern Literature, First Book First Book Women's Literature Literature: American Modern First Editions

ALSOP, Joseph

Typed Letter Signed (Tls)

Washington DC, 18 May 1983. Letter. Two-page letter SIGNED as "Joe" on his personal stationery to journalist Richard Tobin. In part: "It did me good to hear from you again, and I am delighted you liked the FDR book. (An odd thing: the only really successful book I have ever written but turned out in a couple of months, in fact in an interval of the last lap of very much harder work on my big scholarly book on the history of art collecting [THE RARE ART TRADITIONS: THE HISTORY OF ART COLLECTING AND ITS LINKED PHENOMENA WHEREVER THESE HAVE APPEARED], which took eighteen years to complete!)." Alsop discusses the loss of both living and dead friends. "All my contemporary men friends in Washington are dead, and the biggest blow of all was the loss of my brother Stewart eight years ago." A revealing letter by an influential journalist and top insider in Washington from 1945 to the late 1960s, often in conjunction with his brother Stewart Alsop. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020835

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Journalism, Politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Signed Journalism Politics Autographs

ALVAREZ, A

The Legacy

London, Poem of the Month Club, 1972. First Edition. An 11" x 15" broadside SIGNED by the poet. Fine .

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Book number: 009358

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Modern Firsts Modern Poetry Broadsides 20th Century British Literature

AMMONS, A. R

Expressions of Sea Level

[Columbus], Ohio State, (1963). First Edition. hardcover. Poet's first book after a scarce vanity press publication of which reportedly 200 of the total run of 300 copies were destroyed. Near Fine in like dustwrapper with slightly sunned spine .

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Book number: 006134

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Poetry, First Book, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, A. R. Ammons Modern First Editions Literature: American Modern Poetry First Book

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

The Complete Andersen

New York, Limited Editions Club, (1949). Hardcover. Six large octavo volumes (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half blue buckram stamped with genuine aluminum leaf and decorated paper boards. This marks the first publication of all 168 stories by Andersen, not simply his better known fairy tales, all translated by Jean Hersholt. Copy #323 of 1500 illustrated by Fritz Kredel with each of Kredel's 230 drawings colored by hand through stencils. SIGNED by both the translator and the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Fritz Kredel. Foxing to bulked text edges and endpapers, slightly to the first few text pages in a couple of volumes. Very Good in a Very Good, intact slipcase lacking the label on the backstrip .

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Book number: 019926

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Children's Literature, Limited Editions Club, Fairy Tales, 19th Century Literature, Color Plate Books, Fritz Kredel, Danish Literature, Illustrated Books Fritz Kredel Signed Illustrated Books Hand-colored Children's Literature

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian

Signed Carte-de-Visite Photograph

Portland [ME], Lamson, n.d. Photograph. Wonderful SIGNED photograph (2-1/2" x 3-7/8") of Hans Christian Andersen seated at a small table and holding an open book. On the otherwise blank verso of the photograph, Andersen has written, in English, "The first moment of arrival at home is however the Bouquet of the whole voyage!" with his full SIGNATURE below: "Hans Christian Andersen." The photograph was given to George Helm Yeaman who had been appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to the post of Minister Plenipotentiary to Denmark where he served under the Grant Administration initiating conversations which eventually resulted in the purchase of the Virgin Islands. At the end of Grant's Administration, he returned to New York and it was at this time that Andersen gave him the inscribed picture. With the original description and folder of Walter Benjamin Autographs. Fine Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a prolific writer in many genres but is best remembered for his 156 fairy tales including "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Red Shoes," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina.

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Book number: 020626

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed Photograph, Fairy Tales, Children's Literature, Rare, 19th Century Danish Literature, Hans Christian Andersen, 19th Century Literature Signed Photograph 19th Century Literature 19th Century Danish Literature Children's Literature

ANDERSON, Sherwood

Dark Laughter

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Original vellum-backed and tipped boards, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in red. Copy H of 20 Lettered copies (of a total edition of 370) SIGNED by the author. Obviously a scarce issue of this book, a novel that dealt with the new sexual freedom of the 1920s and that was influenced by James Joyce's ULYSSES. DARK LAUGHTER was Anderson's only best-seller during his lifetime, though today he is better known for WINESBURG, OHIO. Ernest Hemingway parodied DARK LAUGHTER in his early short work THE TORRENTS OF SPRING. Hemingway's novella mocked the pretensions of Anderson's style and characters. Gertrude Stein, Hemingway's former mentor, objected to the young writer's parody of a writer who had helped him get published, resulting in a falling-out. Owner name on front endpaper; hinges repaired. Edgewear; tears to top of spine, which is darkened, with no loss; lettering to cover rubbed. Good .

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Book number: 020414

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Limited, Literary Autographs, Modern First Editions, Sherwood Anderson, Modern Firsts Signed Literature: American Modern First Editions Limited

ANDERSON, Sherwood

Mid-American Chants

New York & London, John Lane, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Anderson's third book and first book of poetry, this copy a superb Association copy INSCRIBED simply "Miss Marietta Finley" and SIGNED "Sherwood Anderson" in green ink on the front endpaper. Anderson met unmarried, 24-year old "Babs" Finley at the Art. Institute of Chicago in the autumn of 1914. They were devoted friends and likely lovers. His correspondence of over 300 letters to her was published in the book LETTERS TO BAB: SHERWOOD ANDERSON TO MARIETTA D. FINLEY, 1916-33. Only two letters from her apparently have survived, but it seems that Finley had hoped, early on, for marriage but settled for a friendship that sometimes bordered on abusive. "The world has pretty muddy feet Bab," Anderson wrote to her in 1930. "It doesn't leave a man's house very nice. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020260

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Association Copy, Literary Autographs, Modern First Editions, Sherwood Anderson, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry Signed Literature: American Modern First Editions Association Copy

ANDERSON, Kent

Night Dogs

(Tucson, AZ), (Dennis McMillan), 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Author's second book and first mystery. With a three-page foreword by James Crumley who calls this book "the best cop novel I have ever read." A small first printing of 1900 copies quickly sold out. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 009195

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Western Literature Signed Modern First Editions Vietnam Literature Literature: American

[LITERARY PERIODICALS] ANDERSON, Jack; STEPANCHEV, Stephen; et. al

The Ninth Circle

[University Park & Las Cruces, NM], [Nine Rings Press], [1966 - 1967]. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11". The first and likely only 3 issues of this scarce poetry publication out of New Mexico. Contributors include Jack Anderson, Ronald Anthony Punnet, Stephen Stepanchev, and others. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019306

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Beats, Beat Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Literary Ephemera, Literary Periodical Modern First Editions Literature: American Beat Literature Literary Ephemera