Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Illustrated by the the Paint and Clay Club

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. 1882. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. 1882. Good. - Small quarto, 8-3/4 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Bound in limp burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine. The covers are heavily and unevenly faded. The corners are bumped and the head and tail of the spine are chipped. The faded spine is stained. 228 & [23] pages, with 28 illustrations, including several full-page plates. The text block is lightly cracked and the endpapers are slightly darkened. Good.

First collected edition. Good .

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Book number: 32026

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; THE POEMS OF THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH; ILLUSTRATED BY THE PAINT AND CLAY CLUB; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1ST COLLECTED EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST COLLECTED EDITION; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES.

Alexander, George; Dufour, Christian; Gaillard, Maxime; and Mazeaufroid, Jean.

Four Roses & Half.

[France]: (Jean Mazeaufroid, April 22), (1991). (1991). - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled stiff white paper wraps with a rectangle cut out from the front cover to reveal the title. The wraps are backed with creamy white linen tape. There is a tear to the spine followed by a scratch to the rear cover. 60 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white by Michele Cires, Christian Dufour, Maxime Gaillard, Vincent Schrive, Joseph Stekskal, and Herve Telemaque. The corners are lightly creased. Very good. Published under the direction of the French painter and poet Jean Mazeaufroid (1943-2001) with layout by Maxime Gaillard. George Alexander's text has been translated into French by Christian Dufour. The contents consist of "Le Livre de Toth" by George Alexander, "D'Exil a V.. (extraits)" by Christian Dufour, "Delits de fuite" and several other poems by Maxime Gaillard, and "De l'education des haricots grimpeurs" by Jean Mazeaufroid. The text is in French. RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 96704

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ART; CONCEPTUAL ART; MODERN POETRY; FRENCH; JEAN MAZEAUFROID; FOUR ROSES & HALF; MICHELE CIRES; CHRISTIAN DUFOUR; MAXIME GAILLARD; VINCENT SCHRIVE; JOSEPH STEKSKAL; HERVE TELEMAQUE; LE LIVRE DE TOTH; D'EXIL A V; DELITS DE FUITE; DE L&#

Alexie, Sherman

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1993). (1993). New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1993). (1993). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. The wraps are very lightly bumped. x, [1] leaf & 223 pages. There is some light soiling to the fore- edge & the top corners of the first few leaves are very lightly creased. Near fine.

Uncorrected proofs, signed by the author on the title page. Very good .

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Book number: 24505

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: NOAMZ; LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; AUTHOR; NATIVE AMERICAN; COEUR D'ALENE INDIAN; SHERMAN ALEXIE; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN; SPOKANE INDIAN RESERVATION; UNCORRECTED PROOFS.

(Algren, Nelson). Bruccoli, Matthew J

Nelson Algren, a Descriptive Bibliography. By Matthew J. Bruccoli with the Assistance of Judith Baughman

(Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. 1985. (Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. 1985. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in silver. xiii & 185 pp. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece & facsimiles. Fine.

First edition. Fine .

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Book number: 6662

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LITERATURE; AUTHOR; AMERICAN; NELSON ALGREN; MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI; JUDITH BAUGHMAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (Bibliography). NELSON ALGREN, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. By Matthew J. B

(Updike, John). Hamilton, Alice and Kenneth

The Elements of John Updike

(Grand Rapids, MI): William B. Eerdmans, (1970). (1970). (Grand Rapids, MI): William B. Eerdmans, (1970). (1970). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The covers are bumped with a small, light stain to the front cover & the head of the spine is creased. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with tears to the head of the jacket spine & the top of the folds. 267 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 14668

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; AMERICAN; JOHN UPDIKE; ALICE HAMILTON; KENNETH HAMILTON.

Allen, William.

Wunnissoo, or the Vale of Hoosatunnuk, a Poem, with Notes. By William Allen, D.D.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. 1856. INSCRIBED TO HIS SON & SIGNED BY WILLIAM ALLEN - Octavo, brown cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with decorations & rules in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed, soiled and spotted. The head and tail of the spine are chipped. 237 pages, illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Sartain after T. Badger. The text block is cracked opposite the title page and the first signature (i.e. group of pages) is lightly pulled. The pages are slightly darkened with some occasional foxing and there is foxing to the fore edge. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author to his son on the front endpaper: "To Rev. John Wheelock Allen, / With much love, / From his Father, / William Allen. / Northampton, / Sept. 15, 1856".

The American biographer, scholar and academic William Allen (1784-1868) graduated from Harvard College in 1802 and worked there as assistant librarian. His substantial "American Biographical and Historical Biography" was the first work of general biography published in the United States (1809). Succeeding his father as pastor of the Church in Pittsfield, he was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814. Allen served as President of Dartmouth University and subsequently as President of Bowdoin College. Among his literary accomplishments were the publication of a supplement to Webster's dictionary, as well as "Junius Unmasked", "Psalms and Hymns", "Memoirs of Dr. Eleazar Wheelock and of Dr. John Codman", "A Discourse at the Close of the Second Century of the Settlement at Northampton, Massachusetts", "Wunnissoo, or the Vale of Hoosatunnuk", etc.

The author's notes published at the end attest to his interest in Indian culture. His interest manifists itself from the get go, starting with the book's very title: "Wunnissoo, the name of the leading character in this poem, means in the Hoosatunnuk language, 'She is beautiful;' and it must be allowed to be a word of a sweet Indian sound". A few pages later, the author dwells on the origin of Indian tribes. Good .

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Book number: 35952

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; WILLIAM ALLEN; WUNNISSOO, OR THE VALE OF HOOSATUNNUK; A POEM, WITH NOTES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ENGRAVING; FRONTISPIECE; J. SARTAIN; T. BADGER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; INSCRIPTION;THE REV.

Allen, William.

Wunnissoo, or the Vale of Hoosatunnuk, a Poem, with Notes. By William Allen, D.D.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. 1856. INSCRIBED TO HIS GRANDSON & SIGNED BY WILLIAM ALLEN - Octavo, dark brown cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the spine with decorations & rules in blind on the covers. The covers are rubbed, soiled and stained with wear to the corners and an abrasion to the rear cover. There is evidence of early worming along the rear joint. There is a two inch split to the cloth along the bottom of the rear joint. The head and tail of the spine are chipped. 237 pages, illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Sartain after T. Badger. Several signatures (i.e. group of pages) are lightly pulled and the top inner corner of the first few pages are dampstained. The pages are slightly darkened with some occasional foxing and there is foxing to the fore edge of the book. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author to his grandson on the front endpaper: "To my gransdon / John Wheelock Allen, / from his grandfather, / Wm. Allen. / Northampton, / May 27, 1864".

The American biographer, scholar and academic William Allen (1784-1868) graduated from Harvard College in 1802 and worked there as assistant librarian. His substantial "American Biographical and Historical Biography" was the first work of general biography published in the United States (1809). Succeeding his father as pastor of the Church in Pittsfield, he was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814. Allen served as President of Dartmouth University and subsequently as President of Bowdoin College. Among his literary accomplishments were the publication of a supplement to Webster's dictionary, as well as "Junius Unmasked", "Psalms and Hymns", "Memoirs of Dr. Eleazar Wheelock and of Dr. John Codman", "A Discourse at the Close of the Second Century of the Settlement at Northampton, Massachusetts", "Wunnissoo, or the Vale of Hoosatunnuk", etc.

The author's notes published at the end attest to his interest in Indian culture. His interest manifists itself from the get go, starting with the book's very title: "Wunnissoo, the name of the leading character in this poem, means in the Hoosatunnuk language, 'She is beautiful;' and it must be allowed to be a word of a sweet Indian sound". A few pages later, the author dwells on the origin of Indian tribes. Good .

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Book number: 35953

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; WILLIAM ALLEN; WUNNISSOO, OR THE VALE OF HOOSATUNNUK; A POEM, WITH NOTES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ENGRAVING; FRONTISPIECE; J. SARTAIN; T. BADGER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; INSCRIPTION; JOHN WHE

M'Alpine, Frank.

Our Album of Authors, a Cyclopedia of Popular Literary People.

Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1888. 1888. - Square 8vo, brown cloth (bumped & rubbed; tiny stain to front cover; spine faded with head & tail chipped & small area of staining) titled in gilt between double gilt rules with vignette of flowering stem stamped in black on spine, & in gilt with elaborate image of flower stamped in gilt & black & illustration of winter landscape mounted within gilt scrolls on front cover; a.e.g. 416 pp. (contemporary owner's name & address surrounded by pressed leaves on flyleaf with offsetting to endpaper; page edges slightly darkened). 56 B&W plates [portraits of authors]. Good.

Brief biographies with critical comments on authors from Chaucer to Mark Twain, Dante to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Good .

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Book number: 774

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; REFERENCE; AUTHORS; FRANK M'ALPINE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS.

Alther, Lisa.

Five Minutes in Heaven.

(NY: Penguin Books USA, Inc. 1995). 1995). - Octavo, black cloth backed gray boards titled in silver, in dw. The dw is lightly rubbed. [vii], 372 & [1] pp. plus colophon. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by the author on the title page. Very good .

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Book number: 35325

Catalogue: Literature

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

Ament, Robert; Art Editor; Cole, Carter S.; Literary Editor.

The Pleiad. (Volume 2, No. 2). January, Nineteen Fifteen. (Cover Title).

(New York: Pleiades Club), 1915. 1915. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial cream wrappers illustrated by L. F. Conrey in red & black. The binding is darkened with the edges of the wraps lightly creased & chipped. There are some tiny brown marks to the rear wrap with a small area of staining to its bottom edge. Pages [26]-47 printed in red & black plus colophon & inside wraps. Illustrated with 2 tipped-in black-and-white plates, one by J. A Lemon and one by E. H. Miner, black-and-white and red-and-white caricatures by Herb Roth and head- & tail-pieces in red & white by R. S. Ament. The bottom page corners are slightly creased. The contents are very good. Good. The Pleiad is a record of the activities of the Pleiades Club published monthly under the auspices of the Art and Literature Committee. The contents of this issue include poems & prose pieces, letters from readers, a "Bernardshawette" [a short play by Kate Masterson] and a listing of club dinners. Good .

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Book number: 36135

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; ART; PERIODICAL; THE PLEIAD. (VOLUME 2, NO. 2). JANUARY NINETEEN FIFTEEN; ROBERT AMENT, ART EDITOR; CARTER S. COLE, LITERARY EDITOR; ILLUSTRATORS; J. A. LEMON; E. H. MINER; HERB ROTH; POEMS; PROSE PIECES; READERS' LETTERS; PLEIADES CLUB; C

(Ammons, A. R.). Wright, Stuart

A.R. Ammons: A Bibliographical Checklist. (in American Book Collector, Vol. I, No. 3, New Series. May/June 1980)

American Book Collector, 1980. 1980. American Book Collector, 1980. 1980. Very good. - Octavo, white pictorial wraps.Soiled. 65 pp. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 6580

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; A. R. AMMONS; REFERENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHECKLIST; STUART WRIGHT. (Literature). (Reference). A. R. AMMONS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST. (In American Book Collector, Vol. I, No. 3, New Series. May/June 1980). (Ammons, A. R.). Wright, Stu

Ammons, A.R.

The Really Short Poems of A.R. Ammons.

New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, (1990). (1990). - Small octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Cream cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a printed violet dust wrapper. There is a small spot of rubbing to the front panel of the dust jacket and the tail of the jacket's spine is bumped. [xiv] & 160 pages. Near fine. First edition, first printing. Very good .

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Book number: 97295

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; THE REALLY SHORT POEMS OF A. R. AMMONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST PRINTING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Andersch, Alfred

Flight to Afar

London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. 1958. London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. 1958. Very good. - Small octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened. 192 pages. There is an owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition in English of the author's first novel.

Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. Very good .

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Book number: 22386

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; GERMAN AUTHOR; ALFRED ANDERSCH; FLIGHT TO AFAR; FIRST NOVEL; TRANSLATOR; MICHAEL BULLOCK; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST EDITION IN ENGLISH.

Anderson, J. Redwood. (1883-1964)

English Fantasies

London: Oxford University Press, 1935. 1935. London: Oxford University Press, 1935. 1935. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The bottom corner of the rear cover is chipped. The dust wrapper is lightly chipped with a tear to the top corner of its front panel and its spine & extremities are sunned. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 80 pages plus colophon. Very good.

Review copy with the publisher's label mounted on the front pastedown. Very good .

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Book number: 31914

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; ENGLISH POET; J. REDWOOD ANDERSON; ENGLISH FANTASIES; REVIEW COPY.

Anderson, Sherwood

Letters of Sherwood Anderson / Selected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Howard Mumford Jones / in Association with Walter B. Rideout

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1953). (1953). Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, (1953). (1953). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with small pieces out of the top edge. The rear panel is lightly soiled & somewhat darkened. xxv, [2] leaves & 479 pages. 4 black- and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 30956

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; AMERICAN; SHERWOOD ANDERSON; LETTERS; CORRESPONDENCE; HOWARD MUMFORD JONES; WALTER B. RIDEOUT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.