(Eliot, T. S.; MacNeice, Louis; Jennings, Elizabeth; Bowen, Elizabeth; Gunn, Thom; Hartley, L. P.; et al)

The London Magazine. Edited by John Lehmann. February 1954. Volume I No 1

(London: Chatto & Windus), 1954. 1954. (London: Chatto & Windus), 1954. 1954. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed green & white wraps. The binding is rubbed & soiled with the spine & extremities darkened. There is a partial coffee-cup stain to the front wrap & the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 104 pages, including a few black-and-white textual illustrations. The text block is partially detached from the wraps. Good only.

Among the contents are a message from T.S. Eliot welcoming the arrival of this first issue of a new literary magazine, poems by Elizabeth Jennings and Thom Gunn, "Canto in Memoriam Dylan Thomas" by Louis MacNeice, "The Dinner Party" [a chapter from a new novel] by Elizabeth Bowen and an article on the novels of C. H. B. Kitchin by L. P. Hartley. Good .

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Book number: 14579

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; LITERARY MAGAZINE; BRITISH; LONDON MAGAZINE; FIRST ISSUE; JOHN LEHMANN; T. S. ELIOT; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; ELIZABETH JENNINGS; THOM GUNN; LOUIS MACNEICE; NOVELIST; ELIZABETH BOWEN; L. P. HARTLEY; C. H. B. KITCHIN.

(Robbins, Jacob; Patterson, Majorie; Fletcher, John Gould; et al)

The Lyric. Vol. II. No. 2 December, 1917

(New York: Lyric Publishing Company, 1917). 1917). (New York: Lyric Publishing Company, 1917). 1917). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps with a vignette of a lyre on the front wrap. There is a short tear to the head of the spine & the top half inch of each wrap is detached. The wraps are lightly bumped. The top edge of the rear wrap is chipped & creased & there is a pencil notation on the front wrap. 16 pages. The top half inch of the first & last leaf is detached & there is a tiny crease to the top edge of the last leaf. Very good.

"Judas" by Jacob Robbins, a three-page poem printed in two columns is listed on the front wrap as the leading contribution to this issue. Very good .

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Book number: 13158

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POETS; POEMS; PERIODICAL; THE LYRIC; JACOB ROBBINS; JUDAS; MAJORIE PATTERSON; JOHN GOULD FLETCHER.

Memorabilia Sophomorum, Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1858.

Princeton, NJ, 1958. 1958. - Octavo, 9-1/8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed creamy white wrappers. The covers are stained, darkened and creased with a piece out from the tail of the spine. 68 pages. Good. A satirical publication by the Freshman class of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, with humorous contributions by unidentified students. Contributions include poems, soliloquies, essays, theatrical scenes playfully poking fun at themselves, classes, professors and academia. The poem, "Characteristics of Sophomores" includes such lines as "..But be content the Sophomores' faults to note / Those of the boy, those of the gray-haired dote: / A class, in part, of boys just from the breast, / The patriarchs and clowns compose the rest.." followed by stanzas addressing specific students by name. A theatrical scene is titled "Chesterfield Jones and his Pa-Pa". An essay addresses "Warren and His Coat", another "Billr Udder and His Position, alias Helm and His Grades", and yet more such as "A Second Paga (ninny)". Even the few pages of "Advertisement" touch on satire as does the Book Review of "The Poetical Works of Raving Mad Cadwalader" proclaiming that "His 'complete Works' comprise two quarto volumes, beautifully gilt, and well worth a place in any nursery library. The style is most pathetic and entertaining.." RARE in commerce. Good .

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Book number: 36839

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; PRINCETON; COLLEGE; UNIVERSITY; MEMORABILIA SOPHOMORUM; EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY THE FRESHMAN CLASS OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY; POEMS; POETRY; LITERATURE; SATIRE; HUMOR; ESSAYS; BOOK REVIEW; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH C

(Heller, Joseph; Bellow, Saul, Pynchon, Thomas; Algren, Neslon; et a.).

Nelson Algren's Own Book of Lonesome Monsters.

(New York): Bernard Geis Associates, (1962). (1962). - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Orange boards backed with a black cloth spine, in a printed brown dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & soiled with some minor chipping to the edges. [viii] & 213 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First edition, first printing. A collection of 15 short stories including "World Full of Great Cities" by Joseph Heller, "Address by Gooley MacDowell to the Hasbeens Club of Chicago" by Saul Bellow, and "Entropy" by Thomas Pynchon. Very good .

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Book number: 97297

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; SHORT STORIES; NELSON ALGREN'S OWN BOOK OF LONESOME MONSTERS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST PRINTING; JOSEPH HELLER; WORLD OF GREAT CITIES; SAUL BELLOW; THOMAS PYNCHON; ENTROPY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

(Roditi, Eduard; Honig, Edwin; Arias-Mission, Alain; Halpern, Daniel; Jozsef, Attila; Rannit, Aleksis; Taggart, John; Tanizaki, Junichiro; et al)

New Directions 24. An International Anthology of Prose and Poetry: Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Spain, U.S. A. (Edited by J. Laughlin). (Cover Title)

(New York): New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1972). 1972). (New York): New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1972). 1972). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The wraps are very lightly bumped & the edges of the rear wrap are slightly darkened. [vi] & 217 pages. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 12486

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF PROSE & POETRY; NEW DIRECTIONS 24; JAMES LAUGHLIN; ESTONIA; GERMANY; HUNGARY; ITALY; JAPAN; SPAIN; EDUARD RODITI; EDWIN HONIG; ALAIN ARIAS-MISSION; DANIEL HALPERN; ATTILA JOZSEF; ALEKSIS RANNIT; JOHN TAGGART; JUN

(Barthelme, Donald; Rosenfeld, Isaac; Seferis, George; Morgenstern, Christian; Kunitz, Stanley; et al)

New World Writing 20

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1962). (1962). Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1962). (1962). Very good. - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed & bumped with some very light staining to the rear cover. The dust wrapper is rubbed & lightly chipped with some light dampstaining. 215 pages plus 2- page publisher's catalog. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Subtitled on the dust jacket: "Fiction, poetry, criticism from England, France, Germany, Greece, New Zealand and the United States". Among the contents is an early piece by Donald Barthelme, "The Big Broadcast of 1938". There is also a symposium on ""Father and Son" by Stanley Kunitz with Josephine Miles, Robert Beloof, Robert Lowell and Stanley Kunitz.

Scarce in cloth. Very good .

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Book number: 23738

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; FICTION; CRITICISM; NEW WORLD WRITING 20; DONALD BARTHELME; THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938; ISAAC ROSENFELD; GEORGE SEFERIS; CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN; SYMPOSIUM ON STANLEY KUNITZ'S FATHER AND SON; JOSEPHINE MILES; ROBERT BELOOF; ROB

(Shattuck, Cathleen; Gansz, David C. D.; Friedlander, Benjamin; Mandel, Tom; Bernstein, Charles; Kelly, Robert; McNaughton, Douglas; et al)

Notus 11. Fall, 1992

Ann Arbor, MI: Other Wind Press, (1992). (1992). Ann Arbor, MI: Other Wind Press, (1992). (1992). Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial red & white wraps. 118 pages. Near fine.

A journal of poetry and literary criticism. Among the contents of this issue are poems by Cathleen Shattuck, David C. D. Gansz, Benjamin Friedlander, Tom Mandel, Charles Bernstein, Robert Kelly and Douglas McNaughton. Fine .

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Book number: 11790

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; LITERARY CRITICISM; CATHLEEN SHATTUCK; DAVID C. D. GANSZ; BENJAMIN FRIEDLANDER; TOM MANDEL; CHARLES BERNSTEIN; DOUGLAS MCNAUGHTON; ROBERT KELLY.

(Levine, Philip; Gilbert, Sandra; Dillard, Annie; Daugherty, Janice; et al). (Smith, Raymond J.; editor. Oates, Joyce Carol; Associate Editor)

Ontario Review. No. 50, Spring/Summer 1999

Princeton, NJ: The Ontario Review, Inc. 1999. 1999. Princeton, NJ: The Ontario Review, Inc. 1999. 1999. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial yellow wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped with light creasing to the top corner of the rear wrap. 152 pages. 8-page portfolios of black-and-white photographic illustrations by Jennifer Sher and George Webber plus cover illustration by Jennifer Sher. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are poetry by Philip Levine, Sandra Gilbert, William Heyen, Albert Goldbarth and Tom Wayman; an essay by Annie Dillard; and fiction by Janice Daugherty and Melissa Hardy. Very good .

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Book number: 21244

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; JOYCE CAROL OATES; RAYMOND J. SMITH; POETRY; POEMS; POETS; PHILIP LEVINE; SANDRA GILBERT; WILLIAM HEYEN; ALBERT GOLDBARTH; TOM WAYMAN; ESSAY; ANNIE DILLARD; FICTION; JANICE DAUGHERTY; MELISSA HARDY; PHOTOGRAPHERS; JENNIFER SHER; GE

(Johnson, Fridolf; and Browne, Howard).

An Original Unused Proof for the Color Illustrated Dust Jacket for Howard Browne's First Book "Warrior of the Dawn".

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1943). (1943). Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1943). (1943). Very good. ORIGINAL PROOF FOR THE SUPERB COLOR PICTORIAL DUST JACKET ILLUSTRATED BY FRIDOLF JOHNSON - An 8-12 inch high by 21 inch wide color illustrated dust wrapper for Howard Browne's first book "Warriors of the Dawn". Illustrated in color from a drawing by Fridolf Johnson, the jacket's front panel depicts the protagonist Tharn, a Cro-Magnon, climbing a rope with one hand as he flees pursuing spear wielding men. Attired in a red loincloth and wielding a primitive knife in his other hand, Tharn looks down on his pursuers from above the bluish-tinged stone carved dwellings from the doors of which golden light shines out. The title and author's name are boldly printed in red across the top of the jacket's front panel and spine. The original price is printed above the blurb printed on the jacket's front flap and "A War Bond Message" appears on the rear flap. The Jacket is only folded once vertically along the rear edge of its spine with the expected rubbing along the fold. There is some very minor light foxing to the white flaps. Very good.

This an original proof for the dust jacket to Howard Browne's first book "Warrior of the Dawn", the author's only fantasy novel aimed at older boys. A Tarzan-like adventure, the novel is the story of Tharn, a Cro-Magnon which was one of the first truly human races. Penned during the period of the Second World War, there is a hint of patriotism to the story which is further emphasized by the jacket's blurb which states: "Give Tharn a tommy-gun instead of a flint- tipped spear, and he would be very much at home with the Marines in the South Pacific".

The science fiction editor and mystery writer Howard Browne (1908-1999) was managing editor for the pulp periodicals "Amazing Stories" and "Fantastic Adventures" beginning in 1942. In addition to his novels and stories, he wrote for several television series and films including "Maverick", "Ben Casey", and "The Virginians". His novel "Thin Air" was used as the basis for an episode of "The Rockford Files" titled "Sleight of Hand" and also for a an episode of "Simon & Simon" titled, appropriately enough "Thin Air".

An illustrator and artist as well as a fine pressman, the jacket's illustrator Fridolf Johnson was an editor of American Artist Magazine until his retirement in the 1970's. As a graphic artist, he designed title panels for Hollywood movies and art & typography for advertising as well as dust jacket illustrations. He compiled and edited the Knopf book "Rockwell Kent: An Anthology of His Work" and the significant reference work "A Treasury of Bookplates From the Renaissance to the Present". Very good .

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Book number: 34590

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; FANTASY; SCIENCE FICTION; JUVENILIA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ART; ORIGINAL PROOF; THARN; CRO-MAGNON; HOWARD BROWNE; FRIDOLF JOHNSON; ILLUSTRATOR; COLOR ILLUSTRATION; AN ORIGINAL UNUSED PROOF FOR THE COLOR IL

(Untermeyer, Louis; Markham, Edwin; Roth, Herb; Smith, Dan; Norris, Frank L.; Landon, G. Warren; Masterson, Kate; Tyrrell, Henry; Miner, E.H.; Ross, Gordon; Conrey, L.F.; Gunn, Archie; et al)

The Pleiad 1914-1915. (6 Issues of "the Pleiad" from December 1914 Through May 1915 Bound in One Volume)

(New York: Pleiades Club, 1915). 1915). (New York: Pleiades Club, 1915). 1915). Good. - Small quarto, 7 inches high by 4-7/8 inches wide. Six issues, each with their own original pictorial wrappers, bound together in light gray boards backed with a brown suede spine. An illustrated pictorial title label is mounted on the front cover. The covers are soiled and the spine is heavily chipped and splitting along the joints. 143 & [3] consecutively numbered pages. These 6 issues are each illustrated with full-page color cover illustrations, numerous textual and full-page monochrome illustrations and a total of 12 tipped-in plates, including works by Dan Smith, Herb Roth, L.F. Conrey, E.H. Miner, Gordon Ross, and Archie Gunn, among others. The rear hinge is cracked. Good.

As early as 1896, a group of Greenwich Village artists, poets and other artistic and literary personalities were meeting weekly at Maria Del Prato's Italian restaurant on MacDougal Street. The group, which became known as The Pleaides Club, included Paul Du Chaillu, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, William Garrison, Clara Louise Kellogg and other luminaries among its early members. As it grew and needed larger quarters, the group first moved to the Black Cat then to the Hungaria, eventually settling in at the Hotel Brevoort in 1906. The club's mission was simply to provide a convivial and friendly audience to inexperienced artists through its weekly meetings and publication of their work in its yearbook, The Pleiad. Good .

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Book number: 32936

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; ILLUSTRATED; POEMS; ART; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; NEW YORK CITY; THE PLEIADES CLUB; DAN SMITH; HERB ROTH; ARCHIE GUNN; FRANK NORRIS; THE PLEIAD; BOUND VOLUME; YEARBOOK; YEAR BOOK; 1914-1915; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ART; EX

(Kauffman, Reginald W.; Sangster, Margaret, Jr.; Kemp, Harry; Neiman, Howard S.; et al)

Pleiades Club / Year Book 1916 -1917

(New York: Pleiades Club, 1917). 1917). (New York: Pleiades Club, 1917). 1917). Very good. - Small quarto [7" high by 4-3/4" wide], tan paper covered boards backed with brown suede & titled in red & black on the front cover. The suede is sunned along the inner edges of the boards & there are short tears to the head & tail of the spine. 94 pages. Brown-and-white plates & black-and white illustrations by Herb Roth, Gordon Ross, Dan Smith, Dorothy Simmons, L. F. Conrey et al. Very good.

Limited edition of 500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 4826

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; ART; ILLUSTRATED; NEW YORK CITY; CLUB; PLEIADES CLUB; YEAR BOOK; REGINALD W. KAUFFMAN; HARRY KEMP; HOWARD S. NEIMAN; HERB ROTH; DOROTHY SIMMONS; GORDON ROSS; DAN SMITH; L. F. CONREY; LIMITED EDITION.

(Hammett, Dashiell; Gardner, Erle Stanley; Sayers, Dorothy; Stout, Rex; et al).

The Pocket Mystery Reader. [Includes the Complete Novelette "the Farewell Murder" by Dashiell Hammett, Which Was Subsequently Adapted for the Screen As "Another Thin Man"].

New York: Pocket Books, Inc. (1942). (1942). - Small octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, mass market paperback bound in orange, black & yellow wraps. The covers are creased with minor wear to the head and tail of the spine. The top and bottom edges of the rear cover are lightly dampstained. 363 & 11] pages. There is a vertical crease to the inner edge of one leaf and the bottom edges of the last several pages are lightly stained from the red dye. Good. First printing. Includes Dashiell Hammett's novelette, "The Farewell Murder", a Continental Op story first published in 1930 which was then adapted as "Another Thin Man", the third entry in the Thin Man series of films. Good .

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Book number: 97487

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MYSTERY; DASHIELL HAMMETT; THE FAREWELL MURDER; DETECTIVE FICTION; ANOTHER THIN MAN; THE POCKET MYSTERY READER; ERLE STANLEY GARDNER; DOROTHY SAYERS; REX STOUT; FIRST PRINTING; 1ST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FICTION; MASS MARKET PAPER

(Auden; W. H.; Thomas, Dylan; Moore, Marianne; Cummings, E. E.; Merwin, W. S.; Spender, Stephen; et al)

Poetry London -- New York. Vol. 1, No. 1. March-April 1956. Editor: Tambimuttu

(The Poetry Institute Incorporated), 1956. 1956. (The Poetry Institute Incorporated), 1956. 1956. Good. - Large octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wrappers with an illustration in red & black by Alexander Calder on the front cover. The spine & extremities are darkened. The wraps are lightly bumped & soiled with a few small stains & with light creasing to the top corners. 48 pages. There is light creasing to the top corners of the pages. Good. Good .

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Book number: 20698

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; PERIODICAL; FIRST ISSUE; POETRY LONDON-NEW YORK; TAMBIMUTTU; POETS; POEMS; W. H. AUDEN; E. E. CUMMINGS; W. S. MERWIN; MARIANNE MOORE; STEPHEN SPENDER; DYLAN THOMAS; WILLIAM EMPSON; ROBERT GRAVES.

(Bellow, Saul; Vonnegut, Kurt; et al).

Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Second Series, Number Thirty-Three.

New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1982. 1982. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed grayish green wrappers. The wraps are very slightly bumped with a small area of rubbing to the rear wrap. [viii] & 93 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. The wrappers are slightly bowed. Very good.

Among the contents are commemorative tributes to John Cheever by Saul Bellow, to Archibald MacLeish by Howard Nemerov, to Marcel Breuer by I. M. Pei and to William Saroyan by Kurt Vonnegut. Very good .

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Book number: 20067

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ARTS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS; COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTES; SAUL BELLOW; JOHN CHEEVER; ARCHIBALD MACLEISH; HOWARD NEMEROV; MARCEL BREUER; I. M. PEI; WILLIAM SAROYAN; KURT VONNEGUT.

(Cowley, Malcolm; Edel, Leon; Wilbur, Richard; Kunitz, Stanley; Barber, Samuel; Schumann, William; Commager, Henry Steele; et al)

Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. (May 19, 1976). Second Series, Number Twenty-Seven

New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977). New York: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, (1977). (1977). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. [viii] & 74 pages. There is some very light foxing to the fore-edge and to the top & bottom edges. Near fine.

Among the contents are speeches presenting medals to Leon Edel by Malcolm Cowley, to Samuel Barber by William Schumann and to Allen Tate by Stanley Kunitz, with brief acceptance speeches by Edel and Barber. There are commemorative tributes to Samuel Eliot Morison by Henry Steele Commager, to Walter Lippmann by George F. Kennan and to Thornton Wilder by Leon Edel. An address by Henry Steele Commager is titled "Recreating the Community of Culture". Richard Wilbur gives the opening introduction. Very good .

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Book number: 22625

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS; SPEECHES; ADDRESSES; COMMEMORATIVE TRIBUTES; LEON EDEL; RICHARD WILBUR; MALCOLM COWLEY; STANLEY KUNITZ; HENRY STEELE COMMAGER; GEORGE F. KENNAN; MUSIC; COMPOSERS; SAMUEL BA