(Cain, James M.). Hoopes, Roy.

Cain: The Biography of James M. Cain.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1982). (1982). - Large 8vo, light tan cloth backed cream boards (bumped; 2 small stains to top edge of front cover) titled in brown, in dw. xv i & 684 pp. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 353

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: CAIN, JAMES M.; LITERATURE; FICTION; CRIME FICTION; BIOGRAPHY; FILM; HOOPES, ROY.

(Beckett, Samuel). Calder, John; et al

Beckett at 60: A Festschrift

London: Calder & Boyars, (1967). (1967). London: Calder & Boyars, (1967). (1967). Good. - Octavo, red cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with some light foxing. Its extremities are slightly darkened & there are The remnants of a price- sticker on its front flap. vii, 99 & [1] pages. Illustrated in black & white with a frontispiece portrait by Avigdor Arikha & 4 full-page illustrations. There is a partial purple stamp on the front endpaper. Good.

First edition.

Among the contributors are Fernando Arrabal, George Devine, Martin Esslin, Jocelyn Herbert, Harold Hobson, Jack MacGowran, Robert Pinget, Harold Pinter and Madeleine Renaud. The introduction is by John Calder. Good .

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Book number: 33213

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATRE; THEATER; IRISH AUTHOR; PLAYWRIGHT; NOBEL PRIZE-WINNER; SAMUEL BECKETT AT 60: A FESTSCHRIFT; JOHN CALDER; FERNANDO ARRABAL; GEORGE DEVINE; MARTIN ESSLIN; JOCELYN HERBERT; HAROLD HOBSON JACK MACGOWRAN; ROBERT PINGET; HAROLD PINTER; MADE

Caldwell, William Mackay

Pan's Reeds and Other Verse

(Los Angeles: Twin Printers, Wood & Wood, 1915). 1915). (Los Angeles: Twin Printers, Wood & Wood, 1915). 1915). Very good. - 12mo [6"x4-3/8"], brown paper covered boards; printed labels on spine & front board. The boards are bumped & the spine darkened with the head & tail slightly chipped. The label on the front board is lightly soiled. 56 pp. printed on one side of double leaves folded once in Japanese style. The Japanese folds have been opened, else nar fine internally.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Calder Johnstone / In memory of a friendship / from Wm. Mackay Caldwell. / 1915." . Very good .

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Book number: 1205

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; VERSE; POEMS; PAN; ARCADY; WILLIAM MACKAY CALDWELL; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SMALL PRESS; TWIN PRINTERS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Canfield, Dorothy.

Rough-Hewn. [Inscribed & Signed by Dorothy Canfield].

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1922). (1922). FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DOROTHY CANFIELD - Octavo, 7-5/8 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Maroon cloth titled in gray on the front cover and the spine. The covers are soiled, the corners bumped and the spine is darkened. [vi] & 504 pages. The front hinge is cracked with the spine pulling away from the text block and the first signature (comprising the front endpaper and half-title) is detached but present. The top edge of the book is soiled. Good as is and well-worth re-hinging. First edition. Inscribed by Dorothy Canfield on the title page to Columbia University Professor John H.H. Lyon: "With pleasant memories of a pleasant meeting with John H.H. Lyon", signed "Dorothy Canfield". Professor Emeritus of English at Columbia University, John H.H. Lyon was highly regarded for his lively courses on Shakespearean drama. Professor Lyon would often invite literary figures such as Sinclair Lewis, Gertrude Stein, Erskine Caldwell and Clare Booth Luce to lecture to his students. Something of a Renaissance man, Professor Lyon had in his younger days administered Columbia University's pre-medical courses which were offered at Long Island University's campus and also planned the pre-law courses Columbia offered for the Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University. Fair .

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Book number: 97417

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; DOROTHY CANFIELD; ROUGH-HEWN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN LIT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION; JOHN H.H. LYON; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR; PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ENGLISH; SHAKESPE

Canin, Ethan

Blue River

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. 1991. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. 1991. Fine. - Octavo, dark blue cloth backed blue boards titled in gilt, in dw. The covers are slightly bumped. xii & 222 pp. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by the author on the title page. Fine .

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Book number: 33283

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; ETHAN CANIN; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

(Capote, Truman). Creeger, George R

Animals in Exile: Imagery and Theme in Capote's "in Cold Blood". Monday Evening Papers. Number 12. (Cover Title)

[Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1967). (1967). [Middletown, CT]: Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, (1967). (1967). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. 28 pages. Near fine.

One of a series of papers read at the Center's Monday evening sessions to Fellows of the Center and members of the Faculty. George H. Creeger, then Chairman of the Wesleyan University English Department, read this paper on April 3, 1967. Fine .

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Book number: 16479

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM; NONFICTION NOVEL; TRUE CRIME; IN COLD BLOOD; TRUMAN CAPOTE; GEORGE R. CREEGER; ANIMALS IN EXILE: IMAGERY AND THEME IN CAPOTE'S IN COLD BLOOD; MONDAY EVENING PAPERS; CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES; WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

Capote, Truman

Other Voices, Other Rooms

New York: Random House, (1948). (1948). New York: Random House, (1948). (1948). Very good. - Octavo, light tan cloth with the top edge gray-green in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with very light foxing to the top edges of the covers & with a dent to the top inner corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped with a piece out of the head of the spine. [v] & 231 pages. The inner edges of the pastedowns & endpapers are lightly stained from the binder's glue. Very good.

First edition of Capote's first book. Very good .

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Book number: 18386

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AMERICAN LITERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FICTION; NOVEL; OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS; TRUMAN CAPOTE; FIRST BOOK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Capote, Truman

A Tree of Night and Other Stories

New York: Random House, (1949). (1949). New York: Random House, (1949). (1949). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed & the cloth of the spine is slightly bubbled. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a tear to the rear panel & a small blue stain to the front panel. The dust jacket spine is faded with a small hole in the mid-section. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 209 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 4369

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; AMERICAN; TRUMAN CAPOTE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

Carey, Peter

His Illegal Self

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 2008. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. 2008. Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with the head of its spine slightly chipped. [vi], 271 & [4] pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 20457

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; PETER CAREY; HIS ILLEGAL SELF; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

Carlota

The Awakened Heart: Poems

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. 1939. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. 1939. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CARLOTA - Octavo, blue paper covered boards backed with black cloth. A paper label on the spine has been completely rubbed away. The binding is lightly rubbed with some white staining to the rear cover. 94 pages. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by Carlota and signed in full in the year of publication. Good .

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Book number: 30460

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POET; CARLOTA; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; THE AWAKENED HEART; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Carlyle, Thomas). Dyer, Isaac Watson

A Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle's Writings and Ana

NY: Burt Franklin, 1968. 1968. NY: Burt Franklin, 1968. 1968. Fine. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. xii & 587pp. Fine.

Reprint of the first edition published Maine: 1928. Fine .

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Book number: 6600

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH;THOMAS CARLYLE; ISAAC WATSON DYER. (Literature). (Bibliography) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS CARLYLE'S WRITINGS AND ANA. (Carlyle, Thomas). Dyer, Isaac Watson.

(Carlyle, Thomas). Tarr, Rodger L

Thomas Carlyle, a Descriptive Bibliography

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 1989. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 1989. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt. xxi & 543 pp. Illustrated. Near fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 6594

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; THOMAS CARLYLE; RODGER L. TARR; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (Bibliography). THOMAS CARLYLE, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Carlyle, Thomas). Tarr, Ro

(Carman, Bliss). King, Mary Perry.

Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Perry King with Whom the Poet Bliss Carman Is Said to Have Been Involved in "Something Close to a Menage a Trois".

New Canaan, Connecticut, March 3, 1919. 1919. - Three pages penned on a sheet of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide "Sunshine House" stationery. Mary Perry King thanks the American lecture impressario James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau for the list of "attractions" which he sent her. She took friends to Mr. Nichols' recital which they " enjoyed very much indeed. Some things - he reads hauntingly." [i.e. WW1 poet Robert Nichols] She was, however, disappointed that Pond had not sent her tickets as she'd asked "I could have used six more tickets if they had been sent to New Canaan as I asked. I left town immediately upon writing Mr. Nichols and only returned late the night before the Recital - to find that no tickets - nor any word had been sent.." She mentions her series at the Anderson Galleries and concludes by suggesting that if Pond wishes to consider it, she would be glad to talk with him concerning her programs "at any possible time that you may appoint." Signed in full "Mary Perry King". Folded once for mailing. Near fine. One of the leading proponents of oral rhythmics Mary Perry King (1865-1939) taught speech and posture to many leading actors of her day. She met the Canadian poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929) in 1896, becoming his patron and the greatest female influence on the poet's life. According to Mitchell Kennerley, Bliss Carman's roomate, "On rare occasions they had intimate relations at 10 E. 16 which they always advised me by leaving a bunch of violets - Mary Perry's favorite flower - on the pillow of my bed." According to Kennerley, her husband Dr. Morris L. King did not object and "even supported her involvement in the career of Bliss Carman to the extent that the situation developed into something close to a menage a trois". Through Mary, Bliss Carman became an advocate of Delsarte's philosophy of "unitrinianism". Carman moved in 1908 to live near the King's New Canaan estate "Sunshine House", and even spent the Summers in a cabin near the couple's Summer home in the Catskills. Mary Perry King co-authored "Earth deities and other rhythmic masques" and "Daughters of Dawn: A lyrical pageant.." with Carman. Fine .

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Book number: 96225

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MARY PERRY KING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; 1ST EDITION; BLISS CARMAN; ORAL RHYTHMICS; JAMES POND; THE POND BUREAU; NICHOLS RECITAL; UNITRINIANISM; SUNSHINE HOUSE; POE

le Carre, John.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

New York, NY: Coward-McCann, (1964). (1964). - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-7/8 inches wide. Gray boards backed with an orange cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine with the author's name in gilt on the front cover, in the original pictorial dust wrapper with the price present at the top of the jacket's front flap (i.e. the dust wrapper is not price-clipped) The top edge of the book is dyed yellow. The corners and head & tail of the book's spine are lightly bumped and there is a little wear to the top edge where the text block meets the spine. There is minor rubbing to the head and tail of the jacket's spine with faint creases to the top edges of the jacket. 256 pages. A previous owner's name & date are penned on the front pastedown. Very good. First American Edition, first issue, with 3 blurbs on the rear panel of the dust wrapper and the last 2 lines of text inverted on page 138. Very good .

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Book number: 97595

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; NOVEL; SPY FICTION; ESPIONAGE; THRILLER; JOHN LE CARRE; THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; LEAMAS; EAST BERLIN; COLD WAR.

Carter, Angela

Honey Buzzard

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). (1966). New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). (1966). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed. The rear panel of the dust jacket is soiled & darkened. There is a tear to the tail of the jacket spine & a small piece out of the top edge of the front panel. A crease & 2 short tears to the bottom edge of the front panel have been repaired with scotch tape. Title, 184 & [1] pages. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

First edition of the author's first book. Very good .

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Book number: 27323

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; BRITISH AUTHOR; ANGELA CARTER; HONEY BUZZARD; FIRST BOOK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.