Gustafson, Ralph

Alfred the Great. Signed

London, Michael Joseph, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of poet Ralph Gustafson's second book, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For Mamie - affectionately Ralph, 1937." Additionally, with an extraordinary 1pp. TLS laid-in, dated March 9, 1990, in part, explaining the dedication, the scarcity of the book itself - most copies having been destroyed in the London Blitz and his thoughts for writing the play. "Alfred the great was a result of my interest in Alfred as a figure who stemmed the tide of the invading Danes as Churchill & the Battle Of Britain stemmed the Nazi invasion. I used Alfred as a contemporary symbol of opposition to Fascism even though I, of course, when I wrote the play, I did not know of the 1940's. In the way of youth who dream, I thought Nicholas Medtner might use Alfred as a libretto for an opera!" A very good or better copy in red cloth, silver titles to the spine in a bright, fresh excellent dustwrapper with one thumbnail chip at the heel of the spine. Very nice indeed Gustafson won the Governor General's Award 1974 for Fire on Stone. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1992. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Gustafson, Ralph

The Golden Chalice. Signed by Gustafson

London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of poet Ralph Gustafson's first book, winner of the 1935 Prix David Award, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "For Aunt Isabel with love - Ralph." Additionally Signed on the title-page in full, Ralph Gustafson. Neat name of Mrs. Fred H. Bradley, April, 1935 on the ffe. A very good or better copy in gray paper covered boards, printed in brown, lacking the tissue dustwrapper. Small 8vo. 105 pp. Family copies are rarely offered. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 33728

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Haley, Alex

Roots. Inscribed

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1976. Early Printing. Hardcover. Early Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author. ROOTS. THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY. Presentation Copy. Early Trade Edition with a very warm full page presentation inscribed by Haley on the ffe. dated 11 / 11 / 76: "Paul Jones. Kunta's family wishes the very warm best to you and your family! - Alex Haley". 8vo. 587 pp. A near fine copy in original 1/4 black and bronze cloth covered boards gilt lettered at the spine in a very good dustwrapper with a closed tear at the bottom of the rear panel. Acknowledged more as a work of the imagination today rather than strict scholarship, Roots was the publishing sensation of the 1970's & remains the most important 20th century literary event in black literature. It was adapted into the hugely popular, 12-hour television miniseries, ROOTS, in 1977 [The first ever TV miniseries], & a 14-hour sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, in 1979. Haley earned a Pulitzer Prize special award in 1977 for Roots & the television miniseries garnered numerous awards, including nine Emmys & a Peabody. Roots is Haley's second book following his collaboration on The Autobiography of Malcolm X. A nice example of this important title. .

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Book number: 32959

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Harcourt, Alfred

Some Experiences. Inscribed to T.S. Eliot

Riverside, Connecticut, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, a privately printed early autobiography of Alfred Harcourt and Harcourt Brace & Co. not intended for sale but rather for gift distribution to friends and associates. This copy nicely Inscribed to T. S. Eliot by Alfred Harcourt on the second free endpaper. Fine in black over green paper covered boards, gilt titles to the spine. Small 8vo. 120 pp. "Don Brace was making periodic business trips to London. The success of The Economic Consequences Of The Peace and Queen Victoria gave him an immediate introduction to John Maynard Keynes and Lytton Strachey. They introduced him to Virginia Woolf. Over the next few years we learned to know the whole Bloomsbury Group.

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Hazlitt, William

The Fight: An Essay

Woodstock, VT, Elm Tree Press, 1929. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Signed. Hazlitt, William. THE FIGHT: AN ESSAY. Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1929. Sm. 8vo. 30pp. A lovely reprint of an 1822 essay by noted critic William Hazlitt, comissioned by Marjorie Barlow with an introduction by Robert H. Davis, #345 of 1000 copies. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with paper title pasted on spine. A fine copy [a hint of foxing to the endpapers], lovely colour frontispiece depicting a boxing match. The edition signed by Marjorie Barlow on title page verso. A very nice example in a near fine dustwrapper with tiny loss at the head & heel of the spine. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 31845

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Hellman, Lillian

Montserrat. A Play in Two Acts. From the French Play by Emmanuel Robles, Adaptation by Lillian Hellman. Inscribed

New York, Dramatists Play Service, (1950), 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author. First Edition thus Inscribed by Hellman on the ffe. to Louis Kronenberger drama critic and Hellman's lover. A fine copy in the publisher's red cloth covered boards, gilt lettered on the spine in a lovely indeed pictorial dustwrapper. .

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Book number: 32912

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Hemingway, Mary

1 Page Als

1963. One page ALS, double sides, on personal Mrs. Ernest Hemingway cream coloured note card. SIZE: 5" x 5 1/2", folded to 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" written in blue ink. Dated: February 24, 1963. One page ALS, double sides, on personal Mrs. Ernest Hemingway cream coloured note card. SIZE: 5" x 5 1/2", folded to 2 1/2" x 5 1/2" written in blue ink. Dated: February 24, 1963. Signed by Author. Mary Welsh was a reporter and Ernest Hemingways's forth and final wife. She met Ernest Hemingway in Paris in 1944 during the war, when she was a correspondent for the London Bureau of Time Inc. The couple married in Cuba in 1946. It was Mary, who discovered her husband's body after his suicide in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961 and who later edited three of his works. The letter speaks of Ava Gardner who was a close friend of Ernest since 1957 and starred in his films. Mary also comments to her friend Don, what she thought about a review in The New Yorker Magazine. Front Side: "2-24-63 Dear Don Gold - Thank you and do excuse my excessive chattering-" Inside: like an unrepressed squirrel. I'll be seeing Ava soon - or hearing from her and will ask in many ways she is unlike what I think of as movie stars- seems to prefer keeping her private body, soul and spirit problems privately. Thank you for the book reviews. Mailer is deluded, I think - Wilson in THE NEW YORKER much more sinister- Best Mary H." As a result of this, Mary sent a letter to the editor March 1 1963 to dispute some claims Mr. Edmund Wilson wrote about Hemingway in the Morley Callaghan book "That Summer in Paris that was published in The New Yorker February 23, 1963. In excellent condition. .

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Book number: 33154

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Herriot, James

Cat Stories. Inscribed

London, Michael Joseph Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. From TBCL's Children's Bookcase. First Edition of these heartwarming tales by James Herriot about cats with charming illustrations throughout by Lesley Holmes. Inscribed by him to his longtime housekeeper, Mrs. ( 'Iso') I'Anson. "To Mrs. I'Anson, David and Rex, best wishes, James Herriot". A fine copy in gold stamped paw printed green cloth boards and spine with glossy dustwrapper, as issued. Size: 5 7/8" x 7" A unique association copy. A beautiful edition for any James Herriot Collector. .

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Herschel], John. Brett, William

The Principles of Astronomy. Part I. Containing Plane Astronomy Signed

London, Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith.sold by T. Stevenson, Cambridge and Longman and Co. London, 1832. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. PRESENTATION COPY: Inscribed on the front free end-papers: "Sir JOHN HERSCHEL with the author's compts," Dr. Sydney Ross's Copy. Part I only (Part II published separately in 1833), 8vo, ix (ii blank), [i] errata, 248 pp. Engraved illustrations and woodcut diagrams within the text. Occasional light spotting; repaired tear to title page. Original navy blue cloth, extremities bumped, spine slightly faded, paper label on spine. Entirely uncut and unopened. PRESENTATION COPY & with the Herschel Collingwood stamp at the head of the title & of page 1. FIRST EDITION. In his Preface the author states that he has taken "much curious information" from the Philosophical Transactions, more particularly from the papers of Sir W. Herschel. Sir John Herschel [1792 - 1871]. Sir John Herschel was a scientist and astronomer like his father, Sir William Herschel [ who discovered the planet Uranus] . In 1809 he entered the University of Cambridge; in 1812 he submitted his first mathematical paper to the Royal Society, of which he was elected a fellow the following year. An accomplished chemist, Herschel discovered the action of hyposulfite of soda on otherwise insoluble silver salts in 1819, which led to the use of "hypo" as a fixing agent in photography. In 1839, independently of William Henry Fox Talbot, Herschel also invented a photographic process using sensitized paper. It was Herschel who coined the use of the terms photography, positive, and negative to refer to photographic images. In 1820 Herschel became a founding member of the Royal Astronomical Society. From 1833 until 1838, his astronomical investigations brought him and his family to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, where he met Julia Margaret Cameron, who became a lifelong friend. In 1850 Herschel was appointed master of the Mint, but he resigned six years later due to poor health. His remaining years were spent working on his catalogs of double stars and of nebulae and star clusters. From the library of noted scholar, Dr. Sydney Ross, Emeritus Professor of Colloid Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with his elegant small gilt & crimson bookplate on the front pastedown. In his later years, amongst other projects, he compiled the Catalogue of the Libraries of Sir William Herschel, Kt. & Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart. A meaningful double association copy. .

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Book number: 33197

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Hijuelos, Oscar

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

New York, Farrar Starus Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Hijuelos, Oscar. THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition of Hijuelos second novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper - one tiny chip at the spine crown. A bright example. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32067

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Hobson, Laura Z.

Gentleman's Agreement. Signed

New York, Simon & Schuster, 1947. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Hobson, Laura Z. GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT. Signed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1947. 8vo. 275pp. Blind embossed biege cloth stamped dark bluish-green. Signed in full on the title page in blue fountain pen. A very good copy showing some wear at the spine heel. In a very good example of the first edition dustwrapper properly priced & with the author's photo on the back panel. The title page dated 1947 without any edition statement on the copyright page. Likely a very early printing in a supplied dustwrapper. Basis for the aclaimed movie adaptation which won Academy Awards for Best Picture & for Elia Kazan as Best Director, & actress Celeste Holm. The movie also received five additional nominations, including one for Gregory Peck as Best Actor. Hobson's second & most famous novel. An important book about anti-Semitism in America causing a sensation upon publication so soon after WWII. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32222

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[Martin Buber] Hodes, Audrey

Martin Buber. An Intimate Portrait. Including Signed Letter and Envelope from Martin Buber 1963

New York, The Viking Press, 1971. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed letter by Buber. Hodes, Aubrey. MARTIN BUBER: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT. Signed. New York: The Viking Press, 1971. Martin Buber, [1878-1965], Austrian-born Jewish Philosopher, Story Teller, Theologian - best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship. 8vo. 242pp. A fine copy in orange cream coloured boards stamped wine red at the spine in a bright near fine price clipped dustwrapper. Significant non authorial but relevant presentation inscription neatly penned at the top of the front free endpaper: "To George and Margaret [Riemer]- with deep affection, sincere respect and abiding faith - In continuing dialogue - Lenny & Lenore Sandel" Neatly pasted below the inscription is an airmail envelope postmarked Jerusulem addressed to Mr. George Riemer of New York from Martin Buber. The 1 page typed letter dated Jerusalem, 12.12.1963 reads In Part: "Dear Mr. Riemer, Of course you may send me your questions and I will answer.In some measure I have dealt with the problem of marriage in my book " The Question to the Single One" published in German 1936. It's English translation is contained in my book "Between Man and Woman". Sincerely yours, Martin Buber [In blue pen] ". A very nice copy indeed. In an elegant custom presentation collector's Nuba & hand made marbled paper clamshell case. ["Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, Buber became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923 Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. In 1930 Buber became an honorary professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main, and resigned in protest from his professorship immediately after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. He then founded the Central Office for Jewish Adult Education, which became an increasingly important body as the German government forbade Jews to attend public education. In 1938, Buber left Germany and settled in Jerusalem, in the British Mandate of Palestine, receiving a professorship at Hebrew University and lecturing in anthropology and introductory sociology."]. .

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Book number: 33698

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Holroyd, Michael

Basil Street Blues. A Memoir. Inscribed by Holroyd

New York, W. W. Norton, (2001), 2001. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition Inscribed by Michael Holroyd to Montreal bookman Don Bell. "To Don Bell, Augustus John look a like! Michael Holroyd". A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 306 pp. "A wonderful offbeat memoir. Perhaps his best book yet." The New York Times. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 33761

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Hope, Christopher

Kruger's Alp

London, William Hienemann, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Hope, Christopher. KRUGER'S ALP. London: William Hienemann, 1984. First Edition of this 1984 Whitbread Literary Award Winner. A very fine copy in like Robin Rout designed dustwrapper in the publisher's gilt-lettered black buckram. 8vo. 279pp. tiny ink dot on the bottom edge. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 32077

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