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A Letter to American Teachers of History. Henry Adams.

A Letter to American Teachers of History.

Washington: [Privately printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co., Baltimore.], 1910. First edition. Signed by Adams at the end of the introductory letter, as it seems that most copies were. Adams, historian and a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, published and disseminated widely this present work. It is... Read More

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Siebzig Gedichte. Typescript collection of seventy Poems selected for his Sister, with a one-page letter (Dear “Fri”; signed “Max”). Max Barth.

1 September 1939: The Poet in Exile

Siebzig Gedichte. Typescript collection of seventy Poems selected for his Sister, with a one-page letter (Dear “Fri”; signed “Max”)...

Tromøy (Norway): 1 September 1939. 1 September 1939: The Poet in Exile. Poet, pacifist, and journalist Max Barth (1896-1970) worked for the Süddeutschen Sonntagszeitung and was among those who called for a general strike to protest the Nazi putsch. He was convicted of high treason and fled to Switzerland. His... Read More

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Autograph Letter, signed, to the literary agent, Major Pond, on Benêt’s “John Brown’s Body” and a possible lecture series under Pond’s management. Stephen Vincent Benêt.

Benêt on John Brown: “I tried to do my best with him…”

Autograph Letter, signed, to the literary agent, Major Pond, on Benêt’s “John Brown’s Body” and a possible lecture series under...

[New York]: September 17, 1928. Benêt on John Brown: “I tried to do my best with him…”. Fascinating letter, written soon after the publication of Benêt’s most enduring poem, JOHN BROWN’S BODY (1928), to America’s most eminent literary agent of the day, Major Pond. “Thank you very much... Read More

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Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche Gestalten. Fest- und Gedenkreden, 1934. The Dedication Copy. [With:] Wartburg. Spruchgedichte, 1933. "Exemplar Nr. 2', additionally inscribed, "Ohne Gefahr keine Rettung". [And] Griecheneiland, 1934. [And] Das weiße Pferd. No. 8 of 120 copies, [1936]. [And] Straßburg. Ein Gedichtkreis, 1928. [And] Nietzsche. Versuch eine Mythologie, 1929. Ernst Bertram.

He Created the Myth of Nietzsche

Collection of six books inscribed to the author's brother Hans Georg, including: Deutsche Gestalten. Fest- und Gedenkreden, 1934. The Dedication...

Leipzig, Berlin: Insel-Verlag, etc, 1928-1936. First editions of the first four titles, later editions of the last two titles. He Created the Myth of Nietzsche. Ernst Bertram (1884-1957), Germanist and poet, was appointed professor of German literature and philology at the University of Cologne in 1921. His friends included Stefan... Read More

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Wozzeck. Georg Büchner.

Wozzeck.

Leipzig: Im Insel-verlag [Boeschel & Trepte], 1920. Number 455 of 520 copies of this the first separate edition of this tragedy. It was from this work that the Austrian composer Alban Berg composed his very successful opera “Wozzeck” (1925). These fragments were first published posthumously in 1850 as “Wozzeck”. Read More

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Tarzan of the Apes. Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Tarzan of the Apes.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1914. First edition, first state, with printer’s name set in two lines of Old English type. The first edition of the first Tarzan novel — a brighter than usual copy. The child of Lord and Lady Greystoke who were marooned in West Africa, Tarzan ("White Skin"... Read More

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Coniston. Winston Churchill.

Coniston.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906. Shinn, Florence. Number 40 of 100 copies of this special edition on Japanese were printed June, 1906, of which sixty are for sale. With TLS laid in mentioning working on this book and his regets that he cannot come to ABA dinner honoring him. Read More

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Collection of Autograph Sentiments in German, including Love Poems with drawings, preserved in a Green Velvet Book Box with Handcolored Sentimental Vignette on Upper Cover. Commonplace Book.

Collection of Autograph Sentiments in German, including Love Poems with drawings, preserved in a Green Velvet Book Box with Handcolored...

Altdorf, Weingarten, etc. [Germany]: 1852-1862. Charming and decorative mind-nineteenth-century German album of sentiments, most dated variously between 1852 and 1854. On the verso of a poem headed Trennung (Separation) and inscribed “Tobis seiner liebsten Anna” is a portait of a pensive young man and the caption “Jetzt bin ich’s nicht... Read More

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Light in August. William Faulkner.

Light in August.

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, [1932]. First edition, first printing. One of only 8,500 published in October 1932. Book and dust jacket are first state with first issue points of orange lettering on front cover, blue lettering with orange star on spine and "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on line... Read More

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