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Two Autograph Letters, Signed, One to Miss Luff (autograph request)and another to Mr. Harris (accepting dinner engagement).
Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire: Nov 25, 1905 & March 10, 1906. Read More about Two Autograph Letters, Signed, One to Miss Luff (autograph request)and another to Mr. Harris...
Price: $150
Addams to a Little Admirer
Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block).
[New York]: 27 October 1954. Addams to a Little Admirer. The great American cartoonist of the macabre writes: “Dear Robert, Thanks for your very kind letter. I’m glad that you like my pictures and I will try to do more of them. They’re all so special, that it isn’t easy..... Read More about Autograph Letter, Signed (Chas Addams), to Robert Black (sic Block
Price: $400
The Mother Goose.
New York: Published by Windmill Books, Inc Distributed by Harper & Row, [1967]. Addams, Charles. First edition. Addams' first book aimed at children and the first publication of Windmill Books. Read More about The Mother Goose
Price: $175
Inscribed to the Translator
Poems.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1882. First edition. Inscribed to the Translator. Presentation copy inscribed "Madame Thérese Blanc from her friend T.B. Aldrich" on fhe half-title. Together with a 2 pp. A.L.S. to Auguste Allion , May 9, 1899 mentioning the success of his book and its translation by Madame..... Read More about Poems
Price: $450
Candy.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Comapny, 1934. Kent, Rockwell. First edition. Read More about Candy
Price: $225
The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody.
Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1954. Dean, Malette. One of 175 copies. The typeface is Romanée, set by hand: the paper is Crown & Sceptre, hand-made in England. Printed on an Acorn Press. Read More about The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody
Price: $350
The Scarlet Letter.
San Francisco: Random House, 1928. Angelo, Valenti. Copy No. 909 of 980 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Read More about The Scarlet Letter
Price: $250
Creatures.
New York: Macmillan, 1930. First editon, Deluxe Issue, Number 202 of 300 copies, signed by the author and artist. Read More about Creatures
Price: $250
Herodotus. Edited by Gordon King.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. Artzybasheff, Boris. First edition. Read More about Herodotus. Edited by Gordon King
Price: $450
Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English).
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Published April 1937. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English
Price: $250
SIGNED
Off With Their Heads!
New York: Robert McBridge, [1934]. Bacon, Peggy. Third printing. SIGNED. Signed by Bacon on the flyleaf. A brilliant display of nearly fifty sketches of public figures, along with her sharp and funny verbal portraits. Read More about Off With Their Heads!
Price: $150
Portrait of Horse "Tobbey."
N.p: n.d. [1900s]. Read More about Portrait of Horse "Tobbey."
Price: $250
The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill], 1853. First edition. Engravings by Bartlett (1809-1854), as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY (1840). Read More about The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
Price: $350
Frank W. Benson. Master of the Sporting Print.
[Brooklandville, Maryland: Privately published by John T. Ordeman, 1983]. Number 9 of 50 copies numbered, signed by Ordeman, Ernest Hickok and specially bound in a limited edition of 1000, privately printed. Read More about Frank W. Benson. Master of the Sporting Print
Price: $200
The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1925. benton, Thomas hart. Number 506 of 1000 copies signed by the Artist. Caslon Linotype, designed by A.P. Tedesco. Read More about The Oregon Trail. Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
Price: $350
A Season Sowing.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1899. Edition de luxe, no. 24 of 52 hand-illuminated copies, numbered and signed by the author. Read More about A Season Sowing
Price: $800
Fine Original Illustration by Reginald Birch
Out for a Sleigh Ride.
Fine Original Illustration by Reginald Birch. A typically fine and engaging turn of the century magazine illustration, for which the artist was noted. Reginald Birch (1856-1943) was known as “The children's Gibson” because of the large number of children's stories he illustrated for St. Nicholas magazine. He also illustrated some..... Read More about Out for a Sleigh Ride
Price: $2,000
Bishop's Birds. Etchings of Water-Fowl and Upland Game Birds. Foreword by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1936. Bishop, Richard. First edition. Number 91 of 135 copies signed by the author. The frontispiece is an original etching, “Trumpeter Swan”, titled and signed by the artist. Read More about Bishop's Birds. Etchings of Water-Fowl and Upland Game Birds. Foreword by Colonel Harold P. Sheldon
Price: $900
Inscribed to His Psychiatriat, with Drawing
Black Majesty. The Life of Christophe, King of Haiti.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Blaine, Mahlon. First edition. Inscribed to His Psychiatriat, with Drawing. With orginal pen and ink drawing of man on horseback by Blaine and inscription on verso of the flyleaf: "For Archie Crandell from Mahlon Blaine 41" Dr. Archie Crandell was a psychiatrist..... Read More about Black Majesty. The Life of Christophe, King of Haiti
Price: $750
ONE OF 5 COPIES
Atlantic Salmon. Salmo Salar … Essays by Stephen Bodio and Ted Williams.
Easthampton, Mass: Cheloniidae Press, 1988. Robinson, Alan James. From the edition of 107, this is A.[rtist P.[roof] I (with state proofs) signed by Alan James Robinson. One of 5 only for sale. ONE OF 5 COPIES. Read More about Atlantic Salmon. Salmo Salar … Essays by Stephen Bodio and Ted Williams
Price: $5,000
Kai Lung's Golden Hours.
New York: George H. Doran, [1923]. First American Edition. Inscribed on the half-title: "Not that I assume to select your reading- Merely a thought that you would enjoy these delightful stories, and the quaint form of their telling. Cordially Will Bradley July '23"... Read More about Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Price: $350
Flowers From Persian Gardens: Selections From the Poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayy*m, and Others. By Edward S. Holden.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1902. The Wayside Series. Read More about Flowers From Persian Gardens: Selections From the Poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayy*m, and...
Price: $200
Dust Jacket and Cover by Will Bradley
Uncle Walt.
Chicago: George Matthew Adams, 1910. First Edition. Dust Jacket and Cover by Will Bradley. Bradley's cover and jacket features the portrait of the author, a popular homespun newspaper poet, among whose output were some sporting verses (football, p. 40, baseball p. 102). Read More about Uncle Walt
Price: $250