BUCK, Pearl

Typed Letter Signed (Tls)

Doylestown, PA, 26 Dec. 1956. Letter. A brief one-page letter on Welcome House stationery thanking the recipient for a contribution to the agency, which Buck chaired and which was founded as an adoption and child care agency especially for American children of Asian ancestry. In addition, Buck has added an INITIALED HOLOGRAPH postscript of 16 words thanking the recipient for a card. Normal folds from creasing. SIGNED "Pearl S. Buck. Near Fine .

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Book number: 009918

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Letter, Autographs, Pearl Buck Modern First Editions Nobel Prize Literature: American Women's Literature

(BUKOWSKI, Charles) (MONTFORT, Michael)

Signed Photographic Reproduction from Shakespeare Never Did This: "Then There Was Carl and Waltraut, I Liked Them Both Much

[Santa Rosa], [Black Sparrow Press], [1979]. First Edition. Photograph. A photographic half-tone reproduction (10" x 8") by Michael Montfort removed from Bukowski's book SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS, published in 1979. SIGNED by Bukowski in red ink. Fine .

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Book number: 019361

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Charles Bukowski, Modern First Editions, Signed Photograph, Modern Photography, Modern Poetry Photography Modern First Editions Literature: American Signed

(BUKOWSKI, Charles) (MONTFORT, Michael)

Signed Photographic Reproduction from Shakespeare Never Did This: "We Had Some Luck: There Was a Bar There and the Bar Contained One of the Largest Wine Casks in the World

[Santa Rosa], [Black Sparrow Press], [1979]. First Edition. Photograph. A photographic half-tone reproduction (10" x 8") by Michael Montfort removed from Bukowski's book SHAKESPEARE NEVER DID THIS, published in 1979. SIGNED by Bukowski in red ink. Fine .

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Book number: 019363

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Charles Bukowski, Modern First Editions, Signed Photograph, Modern Photography, Modern Poetry Photography Modern First Editions Literature: American Signed

BURBANK, Luther

The Training of the Human Plant

New York, The Century Co. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Early but not first printing, which was in April 1907, of this title which advocated improved treatment of children and eugenic practices such as keeping the unfit and first cousins from marrying. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper to Jacob Riis: "To Jacob Riis/with the profound admiration/of/Luther Burbank/Santa Rosa Cal Mar 20th/1909." . Small stain at the top of the front cover. Very Good or better Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and a pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants. Jacob Riis was a pioneering photojournalist and author of the influential book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, an illustrated examination of poverty in New York City. His work influenced Lincoln Steffens and helped to create what would become "muckraking" or investigative journalism.

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Book number: 016440

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Association Copy, Botany, Science, Signed, New York City, Investigative Journalism, Childrearing, Photojournalism, Inscribed Signed Association Copy Botany Science

BURGESS, Anthony

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

London, 18 May 1967. Letter. An attractive full-page handwritten letter SIGNED in full by Burgess. In full: "How very kind of you to write. Bless your heart, & thank you for your encouragement. Unfortunately, I've only a paperback of THE DOCTOR IS SICK here in the house, but I've signed that & I'm sending it by sea-mail. God bless you and again my very best. Thanks. Creases from mailing. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019439

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Autographs Signed Literature: English

BURGESS, Anthony

The Kingdom of the Wicked

Franklin Center, PA, Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full gilt-decorated brown leather. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. Burgess is best known, of course, for writing A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. As New, still in shrinkwrap .

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Book number: 003068

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, 20th Century British Literature, Limited, Modern First Editions, Fine Bindings Modern First Editions Literature: English Signed Fine Bindings

BURR, Aaron

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

n.p. 1 January [early 1800s]. Letter. A one-page letter on laid paper (6" x 7-1/2") without salutation but addressed to Mrs. [Martha] Bradstreet on the address panel. In full: "I very much suspect, my dear friend, that you will escape the noise of our french and spanish infantry today -- they marched, literally marched, to West Chester on Friday last under orders to return last evening -- they have not appeared nor has anything been heard of them -- I wrote to them yesterday by mail desiring that they would return by this morning's stage -- but they may not think of going to the Post Office -- the stage has arrived without them -- It may be concluded therefore that we shall not see them today -- This will not deprive me of the honor of dining with you & of offering in person the assurance of my respect & attachment." SIGNED "A. Burr. Some fading of the ink in the last few lines and the signature, but very readable. Near Fine Aaron Burr, a Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War and third vice president of the United States, serving during Jefferson's first term (1801-1805), is best known for killing Alexander Hamilton in an infamous illegal duel in 1804, the final year of Burr's vice presidency. All charges against Burr were eventually dropped, but it ended his political career. As a successful lawyer, one of Burr's clients was Martha Bradstreet who, though born in Ireland, spent most of her life in America trying to reclaim ownership of thousands of acres of land around Utica, New York, that belonged before the Revolution to her step-grandfather, General John Bradstreet, former Governor of Newfoundland, best known for his role in the French and Indian Wars.

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Book number: 020770

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Revolutionary War, American Revolution, Americana, Signatures, Politics, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton Autograph Letter Signed Aaron Burr Revolutionary War

BURROUGHS, John

Autograph Manuscript Signed (Ams): "Germany's True Greatness" with a Typed Letter Signed (Tls)

[August - September 1914]. Manuscript. A 13-page working draft in pencil with corrections, mostly on rectos of 5-1/2" x 9" sheets, SIGNED by Burroughs at the conclusion. Written in response to a statement published by two German philosophers defending their country's invasion of Belgium at the outset of World War I. Burroughs contrasts Germany's cultural spirit with its military ambition, praising the country's many contributions to the arts and condemning its militarism. Burroughs notes that American public opinion is nearly unanimous in its opposition to the invasion of Belgium, and he predicts that great changes will occur in Russia as a result of its participation in "the war for the liberation of humanity.. A vast population however bound & tied cannot be set in motion & swayed by new & great impulse, without being in some manner emancipated from past conditions." Along with a letter dated 20 October 1920 to Rev. L. M. Powers. In part: "I do not recant anything I have said about the Germans, and never shall. No array of words can paint them as black as they were. Probably it is all a lie that they sank the Lusitania, that they bombarded hospitals, that they gassed their enemies, and that their submarines were guilty of unspeakable atrocities! Of course we must accept the Germans as a part of the universe, as we do any other evil.. As individuals I have always liked them, but as a nation, I detest them." With a typed transcript of the article. Paper a little brittle, some pages with small chips and tears. Very Good .

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Book number: 020101

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Germany, Americana, 19th Century American Literature,19th Century Literature, John Burroughs Signed Manuscript Germany Literature: American

BURROUGHS, John

Autograph Letter Signed (Als) to William Winters

West Park, NY, 15 November [1915]. Letter. A two-page handwritten letter to drama critic and author William Winters on one side of two sheets of 5-1/2" x 8-1/4" "Riverby" stationery, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In full: "I have had one letter from you during my long life, but you have had none from me. So I am writing you a line to tell you how much I enjoyed those days with you at the Rowlands. Like all good fruit-- you have grown sweeter as you have grown riper, & I am sure that, unlike some fruit-- you will always be sound at heart. I regret that we did not meet earlier in our lives. Much of your literary output is outside of the field of my interests, which is a narrow one, but I know your English books well & have enjoyed them. It was a delight to hear you recall the old 'Saturday Press' days & the generation of writers to which we both belong. When men reach our age they begin to enjoy the leisure of the spirit & the fret & fever of the world passes them by, I trust that a long serene old age may be the fortune of both of us, & that we may meet again under a happy skies as we did before." With the envelope addressed by Burroughs and annotated by Winters. Creases from mailing; slight fading of ink at the end. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020961

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, 19th Century American Literature,19th Century Literature, John Burroughs Signed 19th Century American Literature Letters Literature: American

BURROUGHS, John

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

West Park, NY, 24 August 1893. Letter. A two-page handwritten letter to Robert Underwood Johnson ("Dear Johnson"), Associate Editor of CENTURY MAGAZINE, on two panels of a 10" x 8" sheet folded in half, SIGNED in full by Burroughs at the conclusion. In part: "I have not written an outdoor article for a long time, except some short papers for YOUTH’S COMPANION. If I ever again write anything suitable for THE CENTURY, you shall have it. I am just now opening the grape campaign [grape harvest?]. This rain to-day is very much needed.. I climbed Slide Mountain [peak in Catskill Mountains, NY] alone & slept on its summit. Paperclip rust stain at top margin. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021377

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, 19th Century American Literature,19th Century Literature, John Burroughs Signed 19th Century American Literature Letters Literature: American

BURROUGHS, John [Walt WHITMAN]

Manuscripts and Letters in 5 Volumes from His Collected Works

Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895 - 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Several odd volumes from the Riverside Edition of THE WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS, limited to 1000 copies. Each volume has tipped or laid in MANUSCRIPT Material or Letters. Volume I contains a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the publisher to Charles N. Elliot dated 1896 describing the publication of the set. This volume is SIGNED by Elliot on the title page. Volume III has tipped in a brief handwritten MANUSCRIPT ink segment by Burroughs of about 50 words that begins "Yet I am aware that Whitman does not mind discord.." It is tipped in at the beginning of his chapter on Whitman titled "The Flight of the Eagle." Laid in loosely in Volume VII is a handwritten MANUSCRIPT ink page on the voice of the critic. Tipped in to Volume XV is a 1912 TYPED LETTER SIGNED by Burroughs to Elliot thanking him for his birthday wishes that found him "in good health and enjoying life as much as ever," and also thanking him for photographs of Maurice Bucke who became one of Whitman's most devoted friends and supporters in the poet's later years. Volume XVII has a 3-1/2 page AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED in pencil by Burroughs tipped in where the text occurs in the essay "The Hit-And-Miss Method of Nature" in the book THE SUMMIT OF THE YEARS. In addition to the material by Burroughs, Elliot has made several small bibliographical notes in the volumes. Three additional volumes from this set are included making a total of 8 volumes. Two of the volumes have dampstaining, especially heavy to Vol. XVII, but the manuscript material is largely unaffected. Rubbing and sunning to the volumes. Manuscript material Very Good or better; the volumes Good to Very Good Charles N. Elliot was an important collector of Walt Whitman materials. His correspondence is held by the Library of Congress.

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Book number: 020891

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Manuscripts, Natural History, John Burroughs, Science, Signed, Nature Writers, Inscribed, Catskills Signed Literature: American 19th Century American Literature Nature Writing

[LITERARY PERIODICALS] BURROUGHS, William; et. al

Re/Search 4/5: A Special Book Issue. William S. Burroughs, Throbbing Gristle, Brion Gysin

San Francisco, Re/Search, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps, 8-1/2" x 11". With 7 pieces by Burroughs including excerpts from THE PLACE OF DEAD ROADS and a chapter not included in CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Burroughs TWICE, once to R'Lene Dahlberg at the top of the table of contents on 27 August 1982 and again to Herbert Huncke at the appearance of THE PLACE OF DEAD ROADS on 1 August 1982: "For Herbert Huncke/who would have been at/home with the Johnson Family/William S. Burroughs/August 1, 1982. Creasing to rear cover. Very Good .

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Book number: 019754

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Association Copy, Herbert Huncke, William Burroughs, Beats, Beat Literature, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Literary Ephemera, Literary Periodical Signed Literature: American Beat Literature Modern First Editions

BUSH, George

Typed Letter Signed (Tls)

Houston, 1 August 2007. Framed Letter. Letter on 6" x 8-1/2" personal stationery to a friend recently admitted to a senior living center: "We admire your spirit and wish we could help, but maybe it does help a tiny bit to know that your many friends are in your corner praying for you, admiring you, and loving you." SIGNED by the former President. Mounted to a board and framed under glass to a total size of 9-3/4" x 11-3/4". Fine .

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Book number: 020455

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Presidents, Presidential Autographs, George Bush Presidents Presidential Correspondence Signed Presidential Autographs

BUTLER, Robert Olen

Coffee, Cigarettes, and a Run in the Park

Decatur, GA, Wisteria Press, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Illustrated with 3 original engravings by Barry Moser. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and by the artist of a total edition of 298 printed letterpress in three colors on mouldmade paper and handbound in brown and rust colored linen cloth. This is Butler's first fine press limited edition and contains three previously uncollected stories including his first published piece. Ill.: Barry Moser. Fine without dustwrapper, as issued .

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Book number: 007315

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Limited, Fine Press, Barry Moser, 20th Century American Literature, Robert Olen Butler, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Vietnam Literature Barry Moser Modern First Editions Illustrated Books Literature: American Signed

BUTLER, Robert Olen

Coffee, Cigarettes, and a Run in the Park

Decatur, GA, Wisteria Press, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Illustrated with 3 original engravings by Barry Moser. Of a total of 298 copies SIGNED by the author and by the artist, this is Letter "U" of 26 lettered copies printed letterpress in three colors on handmade paper and handbound in leather and hand-marbled paper, presented in a specially designed handmade box by Kannex Fung. This is Butler's first fine press limited edition and contains three previously uncollected stories including his first published piece. This lettered edition also includes 3 SIGNED prints by Moser of the 3 illustrations in the book, loosely laid in. Ill.: Barry Moser. Fine in special box without dustwrapper, as issued .

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Book number: 018008

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Limited, Fine Press, Barry Moser, 20th Century American Literature, Robert Olen Butler, Modern Firsts, Vietnam Literature, Modern First Editions Barry Moser Modern First Editions Illustrated Books Literature: American Signed