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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition. Inscribed. Inscribed to author Nathaniel Benchley and his wife, “For Marg and Nathaniel with love, Chas Addams, New York, 1960.” Addams designed the jacket to Benchley’s children’s book The Visitors (1965). Read More Item Details for Black Maria Add to Wish List
Item #249521
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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 Item Details for 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 Add to Wish List
Item #43917
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London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, n.d. [1934]. First edition, later printing. For Mr. and Mrs Booth Tarkington. An association copy of the classic biography of Frederick Rolfe, inscribed on the front free endpaper: “For Mr. & Mrs. Booth Tarkington “with the cordial “salutations of the “author “jan 1935”... Read More Item Details for The Quest for Corvo. An Experiment in Biography Add to Wish List
Item #247339
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London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. Presentation from Eliot to Allen Tate. With the error at page 29, line 1 “here” for “her.” A remarkable association copy, with the following pre-publication presentation inscription from Eliot to his American friend and admirer, poet and critic Allen Tate: "To Allen Tate..... Read More Item Details for The Cocktail Party. A Comedy Add to Wish List
Item #220688
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New York: Norton, [1977]. First edition. GOULD'S FIRST BOOK, WITH THANK YOU LETTER FOR BLURB. First book by Gould, with the ownership signature of Ashley Montagu on the front flyleaf. Montagu’s blurb is at the top of the back cover: “Stephen Jay Gould is one of the most brilliant of..... Read More Item Details for Ever Since Darwin. Reflections in Natural History Add to Wish List
Item #300925
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New York: Boni and Liveright, [1921]. First edition. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed to Alfred Stieglitz. THE DEDICATION COPY OF HARTLEY'S FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED BY MARSDEN HARTLEY ON THE DEDICATION PAGE TO ALFRED STIEGLITZ: "My dear Stieglitz, This is the book you saved from the chaos of a grim period. I...... Read More Item Details for Adventures in the Arts. Informal Chapters on Painters Vaudeville and Poets. [Introduction by Waldo Frank] Add to Wish List
Item #302362
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Abbey, Edwin A. First edition thus. William Merritt Chase to His Wife. Inscribed from William Merritt Chase to his wife-to-be Alice "Pansy" Gerson on Christmas 1884. The two were family friends and eventually were married in 1886 after an extended courtship of seven years..... Read More Item Details for Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick Add to Wish List
Item #20060
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. Presentation Copy to His Wife. Inscribed by the author and famous New York architect (1884-1972) on the flyleaf, to his wife, Beatrice [Sulzberger] Kahn: "To Beatrice - a fine design "Ely Kahn" A unique association copy of an important - and very..... Read More Item Details for Design in Art and Industry Add to Wish List
Item #234648
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New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First edition. JFK’s First Book, Inscribed to Newsman Arthur Krock. The first edition of John F. Kennedy’s first book, inscribed to Arthur Krock: “To Mr. Krock. Who Baptized, Christened, and was Best Man for this book — with my sincere thanks, Jack Kennedy.” Arthur..... Read More Item Details for Why England Slept Add to Wish List
Item #260820
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[New York & New Fairfield, Ct: Press of William Edwin Rudge, 1933]. First edition, one of 200 copies. Inscribed from BR to Philip Duschnes. Inscribed on the first blank “Philip C. Duschnes with the regards of Bruce Rogers Christmas 1934” The scarce privately printed volume of letters from Lawrence to..... Read More Item Details for Letters from T.E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers Add to Wish List
Item #306042
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London: Jonathan Cape, [1958]. First edition. Inscribed to Cape. Marvelous association copy, inscribed to his publisher, Jonathan Cape, for whom Plomer also worked for years as an editor: “Inscribed for Jonathan Cape “his publisher & friend “for many years, by “his grateful “William Plomer “March 1958”... Read More Item Details for All Home. Memoirs Add to Wish List
Item #252953
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London: Constable & Co, [1934]. First edition. Inscribed to John Drinkwater. Inscribed on the half-title: "to John Drinkwater/ G.B. Shaw / his Forerunner. 26th July 1934." Beneath the inscription Drinkwater was written in pencil, "Malvern Festival. JD." Fine association. Read More Item Details for Too True To Be Good, Village Wooing & On the Rocks Add to Wish List
Item #56141
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London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1909. First edition, Copy no. 4 of 200 Large Paper Copies. EDWARD DOWDEN'S SET, PRESENTATION. Inscribed "To Professor Edward Dowden with Roger Ingpen's compliments & thanks Sept 6th, 1909." WITH a full page ALS to Dowden from Ingpen tipped in on the same..... Read More Item Details for The Letters of...Collected and Edited by Roger Ingpen. With Illiustrations Add to Wish List
Item #259154
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New York: [Printed by Horace F. Temple, West Chester, Pa.], [1917]. Copy No. 3 of 200 printed. Important Association Copy. Very scarce and early Stein pamphlet, published in the June, 1917 issue of Vanity Fair, and reprinted separately here in an edition of 200 copies. This copy has an important..... Read More Item Details for Have they attacked Mary. He giggled. (A Political caricature), by .. Add to Wish List
Item #40760
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London: Gollancz, 1936. First English edition. Inscribed to Violinist Samuel Dushkin. Inscribed on the ffep, “A Sam & Louise Dushkin. Leur ami, I Stravinsky. Paris 30.3.36.” Samuel Dushkin (1891-1976) was a concert violinist who worked closely with Stravinsky on the composition of the latter’s Violin Concerto (1931), his first major..... Read More Item Details for Chronicle of My Life Add to Wish List
Item #255987
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. INSCRIBED by the author and from the estate of fellow New Yorker Cartoonist Claude Smith, with a note laid in on how he got this inscribed copy from James Geraghty. Read More Item Details for Thurber Country. A New Collection of Pieces about Males and Females, mainly of Our own Species Add to Wish List
Item #214021
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New York: Harper & Brothers, [1940]. First edition. Inscribed to a Chicago Friend. With a wonderful inscription from Wright to his close personal friend, Abe Aaron: "To Abe, in memory of the Old John Reed Club days. Dick. 10/11/40 Brooklyn." Wright met Abe Aaron in 1930 in Chicago, where both..... Read More Item Details for How "Bigger" Was Born Add to Wish List
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