(Austen, Jane). Pierpont Morgan Library

Jane Austen: Letters & Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. 1975. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975. 1975. Fine. - Tall octavo, softcover bound in decorative wrappers. The wraps are very lightly bumped & slightly faded along the spine. 30 pages plus 4 pages of black-and-white facsimiles & a colophon. Near fine.

Printed at the Stinehour Press. Fine .

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Book number: 22272

Catalogue: Books-on-Books

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; LIBRARY; LITERATURE; NOVELIST; AUTHOR; WOMAN AUTHOR; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN: LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; DONOR; ALBERTA H. BURKE; CHARLES RYSKAMP; FACSIMILES; STINEHOUR PRESS.

(Austen, Jane). Wilks, Brian

Jane Austen

(Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978). 1978). (Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978). 1978). Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 144 pages. numerous illustrations in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 24403

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; NOVELIST; WOMAN AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN; BRIAN WILKS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Austen, Jane). Becker, May Lamberton

Presenting Miss Jane Austen

NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1952). (1952). Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt, in dw. There is an area of dampstaining to the rear cover. The dw is lightly soiled & chipped with red staining to the rear panel internally. xiii, [ii] & 204 pp. Illustrated with full-page & textual B&W drawings by Edward Price. 4 leaves have been roughly opened with very small chips at the edges, else the contents are very good.

A book about Jane Austen and her times for young people and others. Very good .

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Book number: 1954

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN; BIOGRAPHY; MAY LAMBERTON BECKER; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATOR; EDWARD PRICE.

Austen, Jane.

[Works of Jane Austen]: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. (5 Volume Complete Set).

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. 1890. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. 1890. Very good. - Octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Hardcovers, five volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter brown cloth & floral decorated boards, titled & decorated in gilt on the spines. The top edges are gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed and the head & tail of the spines are bumped. The top corner of the first volume's front cover is dampstained and there is some staining along both the top and inner edges of the fifth volume's front cover. The pagination is as follows: title and pages 1-340; title and pages [5]-358 & [1]; title and pages [5]-442 & [1]; title and pages [5]-456; and title and pages [5]-446 & [1]. There is some dampstaining along the front edge of the first volume's front endpaper & title page, a small chip is out from the front corner of the second volume's first page, the text block of the third volume is cracked opposite page 7 and that of the fourth volume opposite page 455. One signature is loose, but present, in the fifth volume. There is some very minor foxing to the fore edges of the volumes with a few other minor flaws. A very attractive set. A RARE SET. Very good .

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Book number: 98183

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; JANE AUSTEN; SET; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE; MANSFIELD PARK; EMMA; NORTHHANGER ABBEY and PERSUATION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NOVELS; FICTION; WOMEN AUTHORS; FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY; WORKS.

Auster, Paul.

Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure. Advance Reader's Copy.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997). (1997). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The head of the spine is rubbed. [xii] & 449 pages. Near fine. Advance Reader's Copy. Very good .

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Book number: 36581

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MEMOIR; AMERICAN AUTHOR; PAUL AUSTER; HAND TO MOUTH: A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE; ADVANCE COPY.

Auster, Paul; Bernstein, Charles; Fielder, Leslie; Hecht, Anthony; Osick, Cynthia; Podhoretz, Norman; Singer, Isaac Bashevis; et al

Princeton University Library Chronicle. Volume LXIII. Numbers 1-2. Autumn 2001-Winter 2002

(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), (2001). (2001). (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library), (2001). (2001). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with soiling to the top corner of the rear wrap. 391 pages. Black-and-white illustrations by David Levine & others, and facsimiles. The top corners of the first 26 pages are slightly bumped. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue on Jewish literature are "Distinguished Lineage" and "Rest for the Nerves" by Isaac Bashevis Singer [in Yiddish with an English translation]; Paul Auster on Georges Perec; and contributions by Anthony Hecht, Leslie Fiedler, Charles Bernstein, Cynthia Ozick, Norman Podhoretz and many others. Very good .

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Book number: 32181

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; JEWISH LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CHRONICLE; ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER; PAUL AUSTER; GEORGES PEREC; ANTHONY HECHT; CHARLES BERNSTEIN; CYNTHIA OZICK; NORMAN PODHORETZ; DAVID LEVINE.

Austin, Mary; Moore, Justin Huntley; Stearns, Harold; et al. Hapgood, Norman; editor

Harper's Weekly. March 21, 1914

New York: The McClure Publications, 1914. 1914. New York: The McClure Publications, 1914. 1914. Good. - Quarto [approximately 14 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial tan wrappers with a reproduction of a telegram from Woodrow Wilson on the front wrap and an ad for Oldsmobile on the rear wrap. The binding is rubbed, bumped & lightly chipped with creasing to the bottom corner of the front wrap. 32 pages. Black-and-white illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, Guy Pene du Bois, Harriet Mead Olcott and others. The blind stamp of Edgewood Free Public Library is on the front wrap & on 1 page of the magazine. Good.

Among the contents of this issue are an article on free love by Mary Austin, "Some Remarks on The Income Tax" by Justin Huntley Moore, a "Personal Opinion of the President of China", Yun Shih-Kai, by a Chinese correspondent, and a piece on musical comedy by Harold Stearns. Good .

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Book number: 26455

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PERIODICAL; HARPER'S WEEKLY; ILLUSTRATORS; JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG. GUY PENE DU BOIS; HARRIET MEAD OLCOTT; FREE LOVE; MARY AUSTIN; INCOME TAX; JUSTIN HUNTLEY MOORE; YUN SHIH-KAI, PRESIDENT OF CHINA; MUSICAL COMEDY; HAROLD STEARNS.

(National Library of Australia)

Select List of Materials Relating to American Studies Held in the National Library of Australia

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1964. 1964. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1964. 1964. Good. - Small folio, black cloth tape backed printed blue wraps (soiled with small stains; creases to rear wrap) with vignette of eagle in black on front wrap. 58 pp. (top page corners lightly creased) printed on one side only. Good.

Library's compliment slip with inscription laid in.

Among the areas included are early imprints, newspapers, publications on American Indians, economics, geography, history, Civil War monographs, literature, law, philosophy and religion. Good .

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Book number: 22229

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; AMERICAN INDIANS; CIVIL WAR; EARLY IMPRINTS; LIBRARY; REFERENCE.

Cutting, Mary Stewart (1851-1928). American author and suffragist.

American Author & Suffragist Mary Stewart Cutting's Autographed Sentiment Penned on a Card.

Very good. - A 1-3/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide card upon which the author has penned "Yours Very Truly", signed in full "Mary Stewart Cutting". There are glue stains on the verso from once having been mounted. Very good. Mary Stewart Cutting (1851-1928) was an American suffragist and the author of several novels and essays, including "The Wayfarers", "The Suburban Whirl", "Little Stories of Married Life", and "The Unforeseen". Very good .

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Book number: 37078

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LITERATURE; SUFFRAGIST; AUTHOR; MARY STEWART CUTTING; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; SIGNATURE.

Mudie, Doris. (1894-1977). British author and translator. Mel Brooks based his screenplay for "The Twelve Chairs" on her translation of a Russian novel.

Autograph Letter Signed by British Author and Translator Doris Mudie.

Manchester, U.K.: 26th June, 1921. 1921. - Letter penned in black ink & filling one side of a sheet of "Mudie's Manchester Limited" 8 inch high by 5 inch wide cream letterhead. Mudie has inserted "Library" after "Mudie's" in the heading, and has added "England" to the address. Signed "(Miss) Doris Mudie". The date of reply to the letter has been stamped below the address & there is a small tear to the top edge & another to the left edge of the letter. There are several pin pricks to the top left corner & 2 small tears in the address have been repaired. Folded twice for mailing. Together with a carbon copy of the recipient's typed reply. Good.

Mudie writes to the editor of the New York World asking about the possibility of setting up an American lecture tour about the postwar condition of Central Europe. "During 1920 I had recourse to travel over all the European belligerent states and to administer relief in the new Republic of Czecho-Slovakia. I gathered much information political and economic while there and subsequently in the enemy states Austria Germany and Hungary". [The reply, from James Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau on behalf of the New York World editor, notes that the subject would be of interest to Americans but that setting up any lecture series would have to be preceded by a meeting since interest depends so much on the personality of the lecturer].

Doris Mudie was a British author and translator. She translated and edited, with Elizabeth Hill, "The Letters of Dostoyevsky to His Wife" [1930] and "The Letters of Lenin" [1937]. Mel Brooks' screenplay for "The Twelve Chairs" was based on an English translation by Mudie of the novel "Sitting on Diamonds" by Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. Good .

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Book number: 35634

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; TRANSLATION; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BRITISH AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR DOROTHY MUDIE; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; EDITOR, NEW YORK WORLD; AMERICAN LECTURE SERIES; POSTWAR CENTRAL EUROPE; THE TWELVE CHAIRS; MEL BROOKS SCREENPLAY.

Bullen, Frank Thomas (1857-1915). British author and novelist.

Autograph Letter Signed by the British Author of Seafaring Novels Frank Thomas Bullen.

London, U.K.: July 4, 1901. 1901. - More than 50 words penned on one side of a folded sheet of personalized letterhead with Bullen's 89 Barry Road, S.E. address and the Bullen family crest printed in raised type at the top. Measuring 6 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide, the letter is addressed to the young son of lecture tour manager James B. Pond. Bullen writes that upon meeting him, young Pond "made me forget today that I'm a grandfather". He presents the boy with an inscribed book. The letter is darkened, with a crease to the top right corner. The letter has been folded. Good. Frank Thomas Bullen (1857-1915) went to sea at the age of 12 and worked in various capacities. He wrote numerous novels about the seafaring life including the classic work "The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales" (1898). Good .

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Book number: 96399

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: FRANK THOMAS BULLEN; THE CRUISE OF THE CACHALOT; THE SEA; SEAFARING; NOVELIST; AUTHOR; BOY SAILORS; JAMES B POND; FAMILY CREST; A REGE ET VICTORIA; DULWICH; 89 BARRY ROAD; AUTOGRAPH; AUTOGRAPH LETTER; SIGNED.

Linley, George (1798-1865). Author and composer of several hundred songs

Autograph Letter Signed, Together with 2 Rare Songs Sheets Which He Has Annotated As "Proof Sheets

London, December 18, 1840. 1840. London, December 18, 1840. 1840. Very good. - sc - Over 100 words penned on a 4 inch high by 4 inch wide sheet of buff white paper. In his letter addressed to a distributor (probably Chappell), George Linley writes: "I forward you Nos 1 & 2 of a new work, 'The English Ballad Singer', to be completed in 12 numbers which I am publishing on my own account". Hoping to promote sales of this new work, Linley further writes: "I shall be very happy if you have it in your power to assist me in the sale of the same.." Signed "George Linley". The left edge of the sheet indicates that it has been torn from a larger sheet. Darkened along the edges, the letter is slightly soiled. Very good.

Together with two songs with words and music by G. Linley, printed on both sides of four 10- 1/4 inch high by 7-78 inch wide sheets of buff paper.The songs, respectively titled "Oh! Where Are They" and "I Resign Thee, Ev'ry Token" are each annotated as "Proof Sheet" in ink by George Linley at the top of the first page of each song. There is some minor foxing and minor wear to the top edges of the pages. There is light dampstaining to the bottom corner of one of the pages. Very good.

WorldCat locates only one of each of these songs identified as numbers 1 and 2 of the series entitled "English Ballad Singer". As identified by WorldCat, the full title of the first work is: "Oh! Where are they, the kind and true?"

The verse writer and musical composer George Linley (1798-1865), wrote and composed several hundred songs between 1830 and 1865. Some of his most popular ballads of the period were "Thou art gone from my gaze", "Song of the Roving Gipsey", "Constance", "Minnie", and the music for Robert Burns' poem "The Jolly Beggars". He wrote the English words to "God Bless the Prince of Wales". Very good .

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Book number: 31505

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; SONGS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; GEORGE LINLEY; COMPOSER; AUTHOR; SONG WRITER; SONG SHEETS; PROOF SHEETS; ANNOTATED IN INK; NOTE; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; OH! WHERE ARE THEY, THE KIND AND TRUE; I RESIGN THEE, EV'RY TOKEN; ENGLISH BALLAD SINGER

Street, Julian. (1879-1947). American author and journalist.

Inscription on a Slip of Paper Signed by American Author and Journalist Julian Street.

Circa [1930s]. [1930s]. - A 3 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide slip of paper is inscribed "For Miss Elinor Ann Schloss / with good wishes" in blue ink and signed "Julian Street". All but a small section of the paper is darkened & the top right-hand corner is creased. The verso is darkened with 2 strips of tape where the paper has been removed from an album. Good. Julian Street [1879-1947) was an American author, born in Chicago. He was a reporter on the New York Mail and Express in 1899 and was in charge of its dramatic department in 1900-01. His humorous writings included books and contributions to magazines and he twice won the O. Henry Award for his short stories. Good .

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Book number: 95254

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; WINNER OF THE O. HENRY AWARD; AUTHOR; REPORTER; JOURNALIST; JULIAN STREET; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; SIGNED INSCRIPTION ON A SLIP OF PAPER.

Seldes, George (1890-1995). American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author and media critic.

The Investigative Journalist George Seldes Writes to Educator Harold Rugg Concerning the Possibility of Lecture.

Norwalk, CT: February 1, 1949. 1949. - Typed letter on an approximately 6-3/4 inch high by 6 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead with the last paragraph on a second sheet. Signed "George". The top left corner of each sheet is slightly creased. The date "November 17" is penned below the letter. Folded once for mailing. Very good. Seldes answers a letter from Harold Rugg of Columbia University's Teacher's College inviting him to give a talk at one of Rugg's lunchtime forums. Seldes writes that his dread of public speaking is such that he never accepts such invitations, but he is reluctant to say no in this case. He would prefer just to answer questions, or alternatively, as a starting off point for discussion, he could prepare a 30-minute summary of his upcoming book on Europe, "giving my conclusions regarding the situation vis-a-vis American 'defense' plans; the new 'people's democracies'; the world turn to the left; the Cominform vs. Tito; the opposition to the Marshall Plan in Marshall Plan nations; and a score of subjects about which the American press misinforms the American people." George Seldes [1890-1995] was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author and media critic. He is best known for publishing the newsletter "In Fact" from 1940 to 1950. Seldes influenced and was greatly admired by a whole generation of journalists and activists such as Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy, Nat Hentoff and Ralph Nader. One of the best-known educators during the Progressive era of education, Harold Rugg (1886-1960) was a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University. A Civil Engineer, he had become interested in how students learn and pursued a doctorate in education. He was responsible for producing the very first series of school textbooks from 1929 until the 1940s. Very good .

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Book number: 96286

Catalogue: Journalism

Keywords: JOURNALISM; AMERICAN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER; FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT; EDITOR; AUTHOR; MEDIA CRITIC; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE SELDES; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; TLS; T.L.S.; EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG; PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY;

Hauptmann, Gerhart. (1862-1946). German author and playwright. Winner of the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature

Postcard Portrait

circa [1915]. [1915]. circa [1915]. [1915]. Very good. - sc A sepia-toned portrait after a photograph of the author on a postcard 5-3/8 inches high by 3-1/2 inches wide, with his name printed in the bottom margin. A near full-length portrait of Hauptmann, wearing an overcoat and holding a bowler hat, seated on a bench with a woodland background. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 25546

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; THEATRE. THEATER; AUTHOR; PLAYWRIGHT; NOBEL PRIZE WINNER; GERMAN; GERHART HAUPTMANN; POSTCARD PORTRAIT.