Cocteau, Jean.

My Contemporaries. Edited and Introduced by Margaret Crosland.

Philadelphia, New York & London: Chilton Book Company, (1968). (1968). Philadelphia, New York & London: Chilton Book Company, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in silver on the spine, laid into a printed dust wrapper. The edges of the dust jacket are slightly darkened & soiled. xii, [2] & 146 pages illustrated with a few black and white drawings by Cocteau. Very good. First American edition. Among the contemporaries described by Cocteau are Proust, Gide, Picasso, Charlie Chaplin, Edith Piaf and Colette. Very good .

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Book number: 98460

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATER; JEAN COCTEAU; MY CONTEMPORARIES; MARCEL PROUST; ANDRE GIDE; PICASSO; CHARLIE CHAPLIN; EDITH PIAF; COLETTE; FIRST EDITION; PORTRAITS; MARGARET CROSLAND; DRAWINGS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; T

Cocteau, Jean

Photograph of Jean Cocteau on the Set of One of His Films

Circa [1970]. [1970]. Circa [1970]. [1970]. Very good. - sc A 9-1/2 inch high by 7 inch wide black & white photograph depicting Jean Cocteau painting mascara onto the eyebrow of a woman. Both Cocteau's head and the woman's are framed by an elaborate art frame held up by a reclining nude man, seen from the back. The print appears to be a re- strike, possibly printed from a negative made from the original photo as the image is slightly grainy with traces of dust replicated in the print. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 25803

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: FRENCH LITERATURE; JEAN COCTEAU; MOVIES; FILM; PHOTOGRAPH; PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMA; MASCARA; DRAMA.

Cocteau, Jean; Phelps, Robert.

Professional Secrets. An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau. Drawn, from His Lifetime Writings, by Robert Phelps. Translated from the French by Richard Howard.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970). (1970). New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970). (1970). Good. - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green boards backed with a yellow cloth spine, titled in orange on the spine. Laid into a color pictorial dust wrapper. The price-clipped dust jacket is soiled with some foxing or spotting to the top of the jacket's front panel. There are vertical creases to the laminate of the dust jacket's rear panel and the head & tail of the jacket's faded spine are creased. xiii & 331 pages, illustrated with photographic plates and drawings by Cocteau. The edges of the book are soiled. Good. First American edition, first printing. Good .

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Book number: 98379

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL SECRETS. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN COCTEAU; JEAN COCTEAU; ROBERT PHELPS; RICHARD HOWARD; DRAWINGS; PHOTOGRAPHS; BIOGRAPHY; FRENCH LITERATURE; TRANSLATION; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST US EDITION; FIRST PRINTING; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTR

Coffin, Robert P. Tristram

The Collected Poems of Robert P. Tristram Coffin

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. 1945. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. 1945. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed, soiled & chipped with small pieces out & creasing to the top edge. xxxi, [1] leaf & 354 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. There is light staining & foxing to the front pastedown & endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

Later printing.

Inscribed by the author to Mabel Whiteside, with a drawing of seagulls, on the front endpaper: "For Mabel Whiteside / who does in plays and lovely motion what I try to do in words / With my best wishes / Robert P. Tristram Coffin". Mabel K. Whiteside was a professor of Greek at Randolph-Macon Woman's College for fifty years. Each year from 1909 to 1954, she directed an original- language production of a Greek play with her students. Very good .

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Book number: 11885

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; ROBERT P. TRISTRAM COFFIN; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; COLLECTED POEMS; MABEL WHITESIDE.

Coleman, Marion Moore; editor

The Wayside Willow

(New York: Klub Polski, Columbia University, (1945). (1945). (New York: Klub Polski, Columbia University, (1945). (1945). Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE EDITOR MARION MOORE COLEMAN - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There are a few tiny marks to the rear joint. The dust jacket is chipped & darkened with a piece out of the head of its spine & the adjacent corner of its front panel. [xiv] & 50 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

"Prose and verse translated from the Polish by members of Klub Polski of Columbia University. Edited by Marion Moore Coleman. Loretta M. Bielawska, Student Editor".

Inscribed by Marion Moore Coleman on the front endpaper: "To Ed Bronikowski, / with sincere good wishes, / Marion Moore Coleman / May 30, 1954". Good .

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Book number: 33256

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POLISH LITERATURE; ANTHOLOGY; POETRY; PROSE; POEMS; THE WAYSIDE WILLOW; ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS; KLUB POLSKI, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; MARION MOORE COLEMAN, EDITOR; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; LORETTA M. BIELAWSKA, STUDENT EDITOR; FIRST

(Coleridge, Samuel Taylor). Wise, Thomas J

A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

London: Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. 1913. 1913. London: Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd. 1913. 1913. Very good. - Octavo, beige cloth backed gray boards; deckle-edged. Spine darkened & stained; corners bumped. xii & 316 pp. Offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers. Very good.

First edition.

Crosby Gaige's copy with his book label.

Together with: Wise, Thomas J. COLERIDGEIANA: Being a supplement to the Bibliography of Coleridge. London: The Bibliographical Society, 1919. Octavo, beige cloth backed gray boards titled in black. Soiled & darkened. 38 & 2 pp. Very good. Also with Gaige's label. 500 copies printed. Very good .

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Book number: 6606

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POET; POETRY; BRITISH; ENGLISH; ROMANTICS; SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THOMAS J. WISE; CROSBY GAIGE. (Literature). (Poetry). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. (C

Collins, William

Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects. (Facsimile)

(London: Noel Douglas, 1926). 1926). (London: Noel Douglas, 1926). 1926). Good. - Octavo, cream paper covered boards titled in gilt on the spine. The boards are soiled & the spine & extremities are somewhat darkened. [vi] & 52 pages, unopened. There is occasional minor foxing & soiling with a few small stains to the pastedowns. Good.

Facsimile edition of a collection originally published in 1746. Good .

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Book number: 11599

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; WILLIAM COLLINS; ODES ON SEVERAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ALLEGORIC SUBJECTS; FACSIMILE.

Lyons, Leonard (1906-1976). American newspaper columnist and performing art critic who was awarded NYC's bronze medallion by Mayor Lindsay in 1973.

Typed Letter Signed by the American Newspaper Columnist Leonard Lyons.

New York, December 22, 1973. 1973. - Approximately 48 words typed on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "New York Post" stationery. In his letter, addressed to his friend City Center producer Jean Dalrymple, Lyons expresses his regrets that Jean could not make it to City Hall for the ceremony where he was awarded NYC's bronze medallion and a special scroll by Mayor John Lindsay: "It was a great honor that Mayor Lindsay bestowed on me and I shall always cherish it." Signed "Lennie". The letter is folded horizontally and vertically for mailing with some creases along the folds. Very good. Born Leonard Sucher, the American newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons (1906-1976) was a classmate of Lou Gehrig's at the High School of Commerce. Lyon graduated from St. John's University School of Law and practiced law for 5 years as he also wrote the weekly column "East of Broadway" for the "Jewish Daily Forward". Awarded a job as Broadway columnist for the New York Post, it was then that he changed his name from Sucher to Lyons and went on to write the daily column "The Lyons Den", covering theater, movies, politics and art for the paper. A New York institution, the column was picked up and distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate and later the McNaught Syndicate. In December of 1973, Lyons was awarded the city's bronze medallion & a special scroll by Mayor John Lindsay. He was again recognized for his work by Mayor Michael Bloomberg who issued another proclamation in his name on his 100th anniversary. His son, the film and theater critic Jeffrey Lyons and his grandson, the television personality Ben Lyons, continue to use the name "The Lyons Den". Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member, producer, and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Very good .

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Book number: 94939

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: THEATRE; LITERATURE; THEATER CRITIC; ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN; JOURNALIST; NEW YORK POST; THE LYONS DEN; LEONARD LYONS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST; MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; JEAN DALRYMPLE.

Comfort, Alex.; Reynolds, Reginald; MacKenzie, Elizabeth Welch; et al. Murry, John Middleton; editor

The Adelphi. June, 1941. Vol. 17. No. 9. (Cover Title)

(London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). (London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed golden yellow wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped with a small stain to the rear wrap. Pages [305]- 336. There is a small piece out of the bottom corner of each of the last 5 leaves & the top page corners are lightly bumped. Good.

The editor, John Middleton Murry, explains in a note on the rear wrap that "The Adelphi" is being temporarily edited from The Adelphi Centre in Langham, Essex, a center founded in anticipation of the war to support "works of constructive pacifism" and to explore "new forms of social living". It combined a refuge for victims of bombing raids, a community farm and market garden and educational activities directed towards the regeneration of society. Also announced is the death of Max Plowman, the previous editor, at the age of 57. "His death was attributed to the severity of his exertions at the Adelphi Centre."

This issue is mainly concerned with the war. Among the contents are an article by Murry on Rudolph Hess; "What is War?" by Reginald Reynold; and poems by Elizabeth Welch MacKenzie and Alex. Comfort. Good .

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Book number: 15028

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; BRITISH; ADELPHI; THE ADELPHI CENTRE; JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY; WORLD WAR II; WARTIME ISSUE; RUDOLF HESS; REGINALD REYNOLDS; ELIZABETH WELCH MACKENZIE; ALEX COMFORT; POEMS.

Common, Jack; Plowman, Dorothy; Hamilton, Robert; et al. Plowman, Max; editor

The Adelphi. April, 1941. Vol. 17. No. 7. (Cover Title)

(London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). (London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed golden yellow wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped with some very light foxing & soiling. There are a few tiny ink stains to the front wrap. Pages [225]-256. The contents are very good.

During World War II, "The Adelphi" was temporarily edited from The Adelphi Centre in Langham, Essex, a center founded in anticipation of the war to support "works of constructive pacifism" and to explore "new forms of social living". It combined a refuge for victims of bombing raids, a community farm and market garden and educational activities directed towards the regeneration of society. The editor, Max Plowman, reports that the centre "is experiencing a great revival..I believe we are on the eve of making the Langham Voluntary Service Scheme a great pioneering example of creative pacifist living."

Among the contents of this wartime issue are "A Turn at the Trance", an article on working in a factory by Jack Common; "Religious Objections to Evolution" by Robert Hamilton; "Old Hat--or New?" by Dorothy Plowman; and "Lighten Our Darkness", an article on evil and "Sunday school goodness" by Max Plowman. Very good .

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Book number: 15029

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; BRITISH; ADELPHI; THE ADELPHI CENTRE; WARTIME ISSUE; WORLD WAR II; EVOLUTION; CREATIONISM; ROBERT HAMILTON; DOROTHY PLOWMAN; MAX PLOWMAN; JACK COMMON.

Ellis, Mrs. Havelock; compiler and editor

The Lover's Calendar

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1912. 1912. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1912. 1912. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. 423 pages plus colophon. The pastedowns & endpapers are slightly darkened with an ink gift inscription on the rear pastedown. There are a few pencil markings in the January section of the book & the page edges are darkened. Good.

First edition.

Poems and occasional passages of poetic prose for each day of the year. Good .

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Book number: 25612

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POETIC PROSE; ANTHOLOGY; LOVE POEMS; MRS. HAVELOCK ELLIS; THE LOVER'S CALENDAR; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Gardiner, S. T.; compiler and editor

The Poet's Yearbook 1976

London: The Poet's Year Book, (1975). (1975). London: The Poet's Year Book, (1975). (1975). Very good. - Octavo, printed dark brown & orange wraps. Very lightly rubbed with light crease to bottom corner of front wrap. 152 pp. Light foxing to fore- edge. Very good.

Annual compilation of opportunities for poet-- publishers, publications, awards, fellowships, poetry groups, etc. Very good .

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Book number: 6882

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POETS; PUBLISHERS; PUBLICATIONS; AWARDS; COMPETITIONS; FELLOWSHIPS; YEARBOOK; ENGLAND; BRITAIN; HANDBOOK; S. T. GARDINER; REFERENCE. (Literature). (Poetry). THE POET'S YEARBOOK 1976. Gardiner, S. T.; compiler and editor.

Congdon, Kirby

Drawing. Music. Poem

(Brooklyn, NY): Cycle Press, 1977. 1977. (Brooklyn, NY): Cycle Press, 1977. 1977. Very good. - Quarto [12-1/2 inches high by 9-1-2 inches wide], soft covers bound in pictorial white, black & purple wraps. The front wrap is lightly soiled & the rear wrap is lightly rubbed. [10] pages plus a full-page photographic portrait on the inside rear wrap, with the text printed in purple ink. Also included are a second photographic portrait, a drawing in purple, a full-page color illustration & 2 pages of music. Very good.

Laid in is a two-page photocopy of an illustrated article on Congdon from a 1992 issue of Focus Entertainment & T.V. Guide. Very good .

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Book number: 10262

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; AMERICAN; KIRBY CONGDON; DRAWING MUSIC POEM.

Congdon, Kirby; Mariah, Paul. Bifrost, Andrew; editor/publisher.

Mouth of the Dragon: 7.

New York: Mouth of the Dragon Press, circa (1975). (1975). - Octavo, softcover, bound in pictorial light gray wraps with a vignette by Charles K. Lassiter on each cover, The covers are lightly foxed with some light staining to the front cover. 61 pages. The inside wraps and 1st & last pages are foxed with 2 stains to the inside front wrap. Good. Review copy with the publisher's stamp on the first page, This issue features the work of Kirby Congdon [pp. 1-26] and Paul Mariah [pp. 27-61]. Good .

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Book number: 96274

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE' POETRY; POEMS; POETS; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; QUARTERLY DRAGON'S MOUTH 7; KIRBY CONGDON; PAUL MARIAH; ANDREW BIFROST, EDITOR; CHARLES K. LASSITER, COVER ILLUSTRATOR; REVIEW COPY.

Connell, Evan S., Jr.

At the Crossroads: Stories by Evan S. Connell, Jr.

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1965). (1965). - Octavo, gray boards backed with teal cloth & titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with the edges of the covers & the tail of the spine are slightly faded. The dust jacket is rubbed, chipped & creased. 256 pages. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge. There is a bookshop stamp on the front endpaper with a small stain & some light foxing to the front pastedown. Good in a fair dust wrapper. First edition. Good .

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Book number: 94839

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AMERICAN AUTHOR; EVAN S. CONNELL, JR.; AT THE CROSSROADS; MULBACH STORIES; LEON AND BEBERT STORIES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.