Murata, Range
4to, unopened in shrink wrap, about 60 pages, color comics throughout; text in English; paper wrappers, fine in dust jacket with "Parental Advisory" sticker and some wrinkling to upper panel. A manga anthology with unusually high production values. With contributions by Hiroyuki Asada, Youshitoshi Abe, Sabe, Kei Senbe, Shou Tajima, Imperial Boy, Dowmansayman, Shin Nagasawa, Mie Nekoi, Haccan, Shigeki Maeshima, Hirotaka Maeda, Yasuto Miura, Miggy, Suzuhito Yasuda and Yug.
Pitman, Joseph Story
8vo, pp. 11, [1]; text in double column; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued; traces of pervious mounting on verso of last leaf, the last page ragged and torn in the margins (no loss of text); later Venezula sticker pasted at the top of the first page; good. Pitman states his reasons for preferring charges against Col. Brown, who, contrary to Pitman's direct order, failed to muster the Fire Light Infantry Company, 2nd Brigade, for the Fourth of July festivities in Providence in 1856. Brown and AAS only in OCLC. Bartlett, p. 45 and Sabin 8585 (both misdating the pamphlet 1856).
Murata, Range
First edition, 4to, pp. [170]; full color comic illustrations; text in Japanese; yellow paper wrappers; fine in fine dust jacket and book band. A manga anthology with unusually high production values. With contributions by Yoshitoshi Abe, Yusuke Kozaki, Sabe, Imperial Boy, Tokiya, Shin Nagasawa, Kamui Fuijiwara, Neonvision, Miggy, Suzuhito Yasuda, Yamato Yamamoto, Kengo Yonekura and Roboinu.
Manfred, Frederick
All first editions unless noted; all 8vo or 12mo, unless noted. All dust jackets present unless noted. Condition ranges from good to fine. Marya was not a book collector. She was the youngest child of a popular novelist and the books show the casual wear and tear of a childhood gathering. Marya Manfred (1949-2022) grew up and attended elementary school in Bloomington, Minnesota. With her parents she moved to Luverne at age 10, and graduated from Luverne High School on 1967. She later moved to Colorado for a year to study singing, music composition, and piano performance. She then finished her bachelor's degree, majoring in Art, at the University of Minnesota. She later worked for the Consumer Survivor Network at Marshall before becoming a Certified Peer Specialist at Southwestern Mental Health Center in Worthington and Luverne, where she taught art therapy. Marya is survived by her sister, the poet Freya Manfred, and her husband, the screenwriter Thomas Pope, both of Stillwater, Minnesota, and two nephews, Nicholas Bly Pope and Ethan Rowan Pope, both of the Twin Cities. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brother, Frederick Manfred, Jr. 1. Mulder, Rodney J., & John H. Timmerman. Frederick Manfred: A bibliography and Publishing History. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 1981. "For Marya on her birthday December 5 with love from Dad." 2. The Golden Bowl. Saint Paul: The Webb Publishing Company, 1944. First edition of the author's first book. Inscribed "8-3-1966 Dear Marya daughter - This book, fresh from a package I moved for you, is still as green as this ink. I remember the day when I got the very first one from the bindery - Your Dad, Frederick Manfred. Mulder & Timmerman A-1. 3. The Golden Bowl . Introduction by John R. Milton. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1969. First published in 1944, this is the 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Manfred on the front free endpaper. Mulder & Timmerman A-1e. 4. Boy Almighty. Saint Paul: Itasca Press, 1945. First edition "To yet another queen, one named Marya Feikema Manfred who is already doing on her piano what Eric only dreamed of doing while lying on his back. Your father, Frederick Feikema Manfred 8-17-1963." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-2. 5. This is the Year. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. Dust jacket worn with tears, but complete. "Christmas 1968 My dear daughter Marya, This new first edition I've saved for you all these years as you truly would(?) learn about Siouxland. Love, Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-3. 6. This is the Year . With a new introduction by Max Westbrook. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Originally published in 1947. "Dear Marya, This tells of an old triumph as well as an old lament - the loss of love, and the subsequent search for it. Dad. 12-31-1983." Mulder & Timmerman A-3c. 7. The Chokecherry Tree. Denver: Alan Swallow, [1961]. Revised edition. Corner bumped, boards bowed. "Given to my daughter Marya Manfred this day, 4-7-1966, with all love for her flowering spirit- Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-4d. 8. The Chokecherry Tree . Introduction by Delbert E. Wylder. Albuquerque: University of Mexico Press, [1975]. Trade paperback. Short tear at the bottom of the front wrapper. Mulder & Timmerman A-4f. 9. Lord Grizzly. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1954]. Dust jacket worn. "To my lovely daughter Marya Manfred who has straight-seeing eyes and who has fingertips that speak- your father - Frederick Manfred 3-4-1962 (The year of the great snow)." "With love - Frederick F. Manfred 9-6-1954" on dedication page. Mulder & Timmerman A-8. 10. Lord Grizzly. New York: Signet Classics, 1964. No inscriptions. 11. Lord Grizzly . With a new introduction by Joseph M. Flora. Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. First published in 1954. Issued as vol. 2 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 12. Lord Grizzly. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, [1983]. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. Corners curled. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 13. Morning Red. Denver: Alan Swallow, 1956. Dust Jacket lacks front flap and is worn with tears. "Christmas 1968 my dear daughter Marya, A small story of not so small people. Or, it is more a not so simple a story about simple people? Love, Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the half-title. Mulder & Timmerman A-9. 14. Riders of Judgement. New York: Random House, [1957]. "Christmas 1968, My darling Marya daughter- When I was a boy I dreamed of the day when I'd write the "really real" story about cowboys - since I wasn't allowed to "go west" and become one myself - Love, Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the half-title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-10. 15. Riders of Judgement . With a new introduction by Priscilla Oaks. Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. First published in 1957. Issued as vol. 5 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. 16. Riders of Judgement. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. Corner bumped. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." 17. Conquering Horse. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, [1959]. " To my darling daughter Marya Manfred who has her own priceless, utterly distinct reactions to life around her. Your father, Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-11. 18. Conquering Horse. New York: Signet Classics, 1965. Trade paperback, fifth printing. Signed by Marya with underlining and annotations by her throughout. 19. Conquering Horse . With a new introduction by John R. Milton. Boston: Gregg Press, 1980. First published in 1959. Issued as vol. 1 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 20. Conquering Horse. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, [1983]. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. "1
Dickens, Charles
Limited edition of an unknown quantity, approx. 6½" x 5", pp. [16]; original plain green paper wrappers; minor breaks at the extremities of the wrappers, else generally fine. The text prints for the first time Dickens's candid letter to Charles Sumner. "All the work is set by hand in monotype Caslon, and no statement is ever made of the number of copies printed . No press could operate in greater privacy and freedom than the Sign of the George, maintained by the George Parker Winships, I and II. Mr. Winship says: 'The thing has been a plaything from the start and I've refused to spoil it for myself by allowing it to be formalized. If the press has any policy, it has to print things of literary interest - but of no importance.' The Sign of the George is technically the property of George Parker Winship, Jr., as the hand press was a Christmas gift when he was just past six years old." Podeschi, pp. 173-74; Ransom, Private Presses, no. 9.
Melville, Herman
55-62 tausend, 8vo, pp. 390, [2]; map endpapers, illustrations by Brust throughout; original white linen binding stamped in blue, with a pictorial dust jacket and a glassine overlay dust jacket with printed flaps; binding spotted and dampstained, but not unsightly; a very good copy. Pressure stamp of Barbara Johnson at the bottom margin of the title page. An unabridged edition in German, first published, apparently, in 1950.
Murakami, Takashi (ed.)
4to, pp. xiv, 298, [2]; color illustrations throughout, many full-page; text in English and Japanese; pictorial boards, small bump to bottom of spine, near fine, errata slip and CD laid in. An exhibition art book published alongside a series of exhibitions produced by the Japan Society in 2005. It covers the touchstones of Japanese pop culture, including Godzilla, Ultraman, Akira, Hello Kitty, Hideyaki Kawashima, Aya Takano, etc. Also included are a series of articles and interviews in both English and Japanese.
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