Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.: Literature
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Autograph Sentiments Signed by the English Author of Adventure and Mystery Novels Max Pemberton.
Circa 1920's. [1920's]. [1920's]. Circa 1920's. [1920's]. [1920's]. Very good. - Max Pemberton's sentiments "Cordially Yrs Max Pemberton" are penned on 1-3/4 inch high by 3-3/8 inch wide card stock. There are a couple of very minor faint stains to the recto. Once mounted into an album, there are glue stains and paper remnants adhering to the verso. Very good. The popular English novelist Sir Max Pemberton JP (1863-1950) was known for his adventure and mystery novels. Pemberton was the editor of the Boys' magazine "Chums" in the early 1890's and edited Cassell's Magazine from 1896 through 1906. His most famous work "The Iron Pirate" about a gas-driven iron-clad pirate ship which terrorized the Atlantic Ocean and could outrace pursuing navy ships served to launch his career. He went on to pen "Captain Black" as well as several collections of mystery stories and historical fiction. Very good .
-- Boeknummer: 96498
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; ENGLISH NOVELIST; MYSTERIES; ADVENTURE FICTION; MAX PEMBERTON; AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENTS SIGNED; SIGNATURE; THE IRON PIRATE; CAPTAIN BLACK; JEWEL MYSTERIES; HISTORICAL FICTION; PAULINA; BEATRICE OF VENICE.
Ego 8: Continuing the Autobiography of James Agate
London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd. (1946). (1946). London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd. (1946). (1946). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped with a small stain to the bottom corner of the front cover & the extremities are rubbed. The dust jacket is chipped, soiled & darkened with tears to the tail of the spine & the bottom edge of the front panel. 269 pages. The endpapers are slightly darkened with some stains to the inner edges of the rear endpapers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & 15 black-and- white plates. Good.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 3590
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; JOURNALS; LETTERS; CORRESPONDENCE; CRITIC; THEATER; JAMES AGATE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
The Capture of Trieste
Cambridge, MA: Windfall Press / Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1978. 1978. Cambridge, MA: Windfall Press / Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1978. 1978. Fine. - Small octavo, softcover bound in brick red pictorial wraps. The spine is slightly faded. [vi] & 66 pages plus colophon. Near fine.
First trade edition, limited to 1,000 copies.
A Burning Deck Press release announcing the publication is laid in. Fine .
Boeknummer: 10646
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; STORIES; AUTHOR; POET; AMERICAN; TOM AHERN; THE CAPTURE OF TRIESTE; FIRST TRADE EDITION; 1ST TRADE EDITION.
Not Guilty (!). Vol. 1, No. 5/6. Absurdist Texts and Documents
New York: The Not Guilty Press, 1980. 1980. New York: The Not Guilty Press, 1980. 1980. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped with some light foxing & with several light creases to the front wrap. 152 pages. Black-and-white illustrations by Dave Morice, Jerome Salzmann & others. Very good. Very good .
Boeknummer: 26437
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; NOT GUILTY! ABSURDIST TEXTS & DOCUMENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATORS; DAVE MORICE; JEROME SALZMANN; TOM AHERN; CAROL BERGE; RUSSELL EDSON; PAUL GOGARTY; PAUL ELUARD; ANDRE CODRESCU.
Superbounce: Shorter Stories by Tom Ahern
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, (1983). (1983). Providence, RI: Burning Deck, (1983). (1983). Fine. - Octavo, stapled plain dark magenta wraps, in a dark magenta dust wrapper. There are 2 very small stains to the rear panel of the dust jacket. [25] pages plus colophon. Fine in a very good dust wrapper.
Limited edition of 500 copies
Inscribed by the author to Dick Higgins of Something Else Press on the verso of the half-title: "With regards, Dick - Tom." . Fine .
Boeknummer: 3262
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; STORIES; TOM AHERN; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; DICK HIGGINS; LIMITED EDITION.
American Poetry 1925: A Miscellany.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1925). (1925). New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1925). (1925). Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed with light spotting to the rear cover. The spine is darkened with its gilt titling obliterated. A few letters of the titling on the front cover are partially rubbed away. xiv & 248 pages. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The gutters are a bit darkened with light soiling to the front endpaper. There are a very few pencil markings in the margins of the text. Good.
First edition.
The foreword is by Louis Untermeyer who explains that this miscellany has no editor. A group of poets were given twenty pages each and made a selection of their own previously unpublished poems. Good .
Boeknummer: 33657
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; AMERICAN POETRY 1925: A Miscellany; POEMS; AMERICAN POETS; CONRAD AIKEN; H. D.; T. S. ELIOT; JOHN CROWE RANSOM; ELINOR WYLIE; ALFRED KREYMBORG; EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY; LOUIS UNTERMEYER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
The Clerk's Journal / Being the Diary of a Queer Man: An Undergraduate Poem Together with a Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs and T.S. Eliot
New York: The Eakins Press, 1971. 1971. New York: The Eakins Press, 1971. 1971. Fine. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide. Bound in three-quarters orange cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in its original printed creamy tan dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled and slightly creased with a tear to the top edge of the front panel. Half-title, title, 26 pages, [1] leaf & an 18-page facsimile plus the colophon. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.
First edition published in a limited edition of 2,300 numbered copies.
The text includes a facsimile of the handwritten poem with corrections and of a one-page commentary written by one of Aiken's fellow students. Fine .
Boeknummer: 20154
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEM; POET; AMERICAN; CONRAD AIKEN; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNDERGRADUATE POEM; MEMOIR; HARVARD UNIVERSITY; T. S. ELIOT; DEAN BRIGGS; FACSIMILE; LIMITED EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION.
The Kid
John Lehmann, 1947. 1947. John Lehmann, 1947. 1947. Very good. - Octavo, light green cloth in a dust wrapper. The top edges of the covers are slightly darkened. There is minor soiling to the rear panel of the dust jacket & the head of its spine is lightly chipped with a short tear to the adjacent edge of its front panel. 46 pages, unopened. There is offsetting to the endpapers. Very good.
First English edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 31930
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEM; THE KID; AMERICAN POET; CONRAD AIKEN; PIONEERS. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.
Skylight One: Fifteen Poems by Conrad Aiken
London: John Lehmann, (1951). (1951). London: John Lehmann, (1951). (1951). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The top edges of the covers are faded. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with staining to its rear panel & a piece out of the panel's top edge. The jacket spine is darkened. 63 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
First English edition. Very good .
Boeknummer: 32805
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; AMERICAN POET; SKYLIGHT ONE: FIFTEEN POEMS BY CONRAD AIKEN; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.
Skylight One: Fifteen Poems by Conrad Aiken
New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. 1949. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. 1949. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some uneven fading to the rear cover. The rear panel of the dust jacket & the edge of its flaps are lightly soiled with a small crease to the panel. The head of the jacket's spine is chipped & there is a stain to the jacket's inner blank surface. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 48 pages. There is a small tear to the surface of the rear endpaper & the facing blank where the 2 pages have been stuck together. Good.
First edition. Good .
Boeknummer: 33216
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; POETRY; AMERICAN POET; CONRAD AIKEN; SKYLIGHT ONE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Legend of the Devil's Dyke
Mossant, Vallon & Co. n.d. [1930s]. n.d. [1930s]. Mossant, Vallon & Co. n.d. [1930s]. n.d. [1930s]. Very good. - Small quarto [7 inches high by 5 inches wide], softcover bound in printed white wraps with raised decorative patterning on the front wrap, sewn with white thread. The spine & extremities are darkened & the bottom edge of the front wrap is heavily darkened. The top edge of the rear wrap & the head of the spine are creased. [28] pages. The contents are very good.
Mossant & Vallon produced fine felt hats in the 1930s. Very good .
Boeknummer: 13394
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; LEGEND; SAINT CUTHMAN OF STEYNING; NOVELIST; BRITISH; ENGLISH; W. HARRISON AINSWORTH; THE LEGEND OF THE DEVIL'S DYKE; MOSSANT & VALLON; HATTERS.
Whitecoats Under Fire: With the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia -- 1941
New York: Helios Books, (1972). (1972). New York: Helios Books, (1972). (1972). Very good. - Octavo, rust brown cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled & lightly chipped along the top edge. The rear panel is darkened. 227 pages. Very good.
First edition.
A fictionalized account of the experiences of a young Italian medical officer assigned to a field hospital who, in escaping from the advancing Red Army, becomes involved in a romance with Heinrich Himmler's niece. Very good .
Boeknummer: 15442
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; MILITARY; MEDICAL; DOCTOR; WORLD WAR II; RUSSIAN FRONT; FIELD HOSPITAL; ITALIAN; WHITECOATS UNDER FIRE: With the Italian Expedition Corps in Russia -- 1941; ROY MARK-ALAN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
D.H. Lawrence: A Complete List of His Works, Together with a Critical Appreciation. (Cover Title)
London: William Heinemann, Ltd. (1935). (1935). London: William Heinemann, Ltd. (1935). (1935). Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed wrappers. The binding is rubbed & soiled with the edges of the rear wrap darkened. The spine is chipped with short tears to the head. 22 pages. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece, a facsimile & 3 photographic illustrations. The top edges of the pages are darkened & there is a tiny stain & light soiling to the front endpaper. Good.
First edition.
Aldington's essay is followed by a two-page list of D. H. Lawrence's works as published by William Heinemann. Good .
Boeknummer: 30695
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: LITERATURE; LITERARY CRITICISM; BRITISH AUTHOR; D. H. LAWRENCE; RICHARD ALDINGTON; A complete list of his works, together with a critical appreciation; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Richard Aldington 1892-1962: A Catalogue of the Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richard Aldington and Hilda "H.D. " Doolittle Comprising Books & Manuscripts and Miscellanea
Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. 1973. Philadelphia: Temple University Libraries, 1973. 1973. Very good. - Octavo, tan wraps printed in red. 28 pp. Very good.
Limited edition of 450 copies produced for private distribution.
Compiled by the Special Collections Department. Very good .
Boeknummer: 6578
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; CATALOGUE; REFERENCE; COLLECTION; FRANK G. HARRINGTON COLLECTION; RICHARD ALDINGTON; HILDA DOOLITTLE; H.D.; LIMITED EDITION. (Literature). (Reference). RICHARD ALDINGTON 1892-1962: A Catalogue of the Frank G. Harrington Collection of Richa
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 .
Boeknummer: 32026
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: Literature
Trefwoorden: 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.
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