TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION
Inscribed early printing of the first photoplay edition, with the jacket design featuring a scene from the film starring Jim Pierce - who later became Burroughs's son-in-law. First published serially in ARGOSY in 1922 then in book form by McClurg in 1923, this edition was issued to coincide with the feature-length film. This copy is an early reprint of the photoplay edition, as the rear ads match Zeuschner's identification of the 1930 printing. In addition to the jacket, this version includes four full-page black-and-white plates of stills from the movie. 7.5'' x 5''. Original orange cloth stamped in black to spine and front board. In original color pictorial dust jacket with G&D printed catalogue on verso. Illustrated with four black-and-white plates. Publisher's ads at rear. [6], 333, [13] pages. Inscribed by Burroughs to front fly leaf: "." Jacket with rubbing to center spine and front fold, light edgewear with a couple short closed tears. Book rubbed along edges, some staining to rear panel.
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ANOTHER COUNTRY
First edition, review copy with publisher's publicity photo laid in of novel that Baldwin said "makes GIOVANNI seem conservative-almost square." Baldwin's 1962 novel was written over the course of more than a decade, during the author's stays in Greenwich Village, in William Styron's Connecticut guest house, in Paris, and finally in Istanbul: a writing process so long and so spread out over the globe because "I couldn't find the peace of mind-the space free of other people-to write anywhere in America" (Weatherby). The result, banned for obscenity in New Orleans and panned by a petulant Norman Mailer as "abominably written" except for the sex, was also a bestseller second only to Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES. NATIONAL REVIEW, of all places, called it "brilliantly written." 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth, white-lettered spine and front board. In original unclipped ($5.95) color typographic dust jacket with design by Paul Bacon, photo of Baldwin by Roy Hyrkin to rear flap. Red endpapers. [8], 436 pages. Publisher's publicity photo, with portrait of Baldwin by Hyrkin and publication date ("June 25, 1962") in margin, laid in. Jacket with some toning to spine and panel margins; small ink notation ("449") to front flap. Top edge a trifle dusty. THE DEVIL FINDS WORK
First edition of Baldwin's extended essay on a life in film. THE DEVIL FINDS WORK traces a captivating line from the author's first wondering childhood glimpse of Joan Crawford's straight shoulders through to his dispiriting season in Hollywood writing a doomed screenplay on the life of Malcolm X for an industry with little love for art and no use for honesty. THE DEVIL incorporates memoir, social commentary, media criticism, and the best critique yet written of THE EXORCIST, a film "not in the least concerned with damnation, an abysm far beyond the confines of its imagination, but with property, with safety, tax shelters, stocks and bonds, rising and falling markets, the continued invulnerability of a certain class of people, and the continued sanctification of a certain history," in a conclusion which gathers strength as it goes, paragraph upon paragraph on the way to its final crushing words on Americans who "should certainly know more about evil than that; if they pretend otherwise, they are lying." 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red leatherette, spine lettered in metallic orange. In original unclipped ($6.95) glossy color pictorial dust jacket with design by Jack Ribik, photo of Baldwin by Jerry Bauer to rear panel. Red endpapers, red topstain. [6], 122 pages. Faint toning to margins and verso of jacket. Tight. EINE ANDERE WELT [ANOTHER COUNTRY]
Early German edition of novel that Baldwin said "makes GIOVANNI seem conservative-almost square." Baldwin's 1962 novel was written over the course of more than a decade, during the author's stays in Greenwich Village, in William Styron's Connecticut guest house, in Paris, and finally in Istanbul: a writing process so long and so spread out over the globe because "I couldn't find the peace of mind-the space free of other people-to write anywhere in America" (Weatherby). The result, banned for obscenity in New Orleans and panned by a petulant Norman Mailer as "abominably written" except for the sex, was also a bestseller second only to Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES. NATIONAL REVIEW, of all places, called it "brilliantly written." First published in Germany in 1965 by Rowohlt, this edition has a new cover design. 7.5'' x 4.5''. Original white paper boards, spine stamped in black. In original color pictorial dust jacket (no price). 456 pages. Jacket with light toning to spine and margins, tiny closed tear. Boards with a hint of toning. AND WE ARE NOT SAVED
Signed first edition of this important account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from one of its few leaders to survive. Wdowinski was a founder of Betar and a leader of the Irgun Zva'i Leumi during the Ghetto revolt, an experience recounted here along with the author's experience both in pre-war Poland as a politician/activist (he was an active member of the Warsaw underground and was a member of the advisory body of the Zydowskie Towarzystwo Opieki Spolecznej/Jewish Mutual Aid Society) and in the labor and concentration camps after the defeat of the uprising. Wdowinski later emmigrated to the US and taught psychology at the New School in New York City. In 1961 testified at the trial of Adolf Eichmann. He died in 1970. Widely considered one of the most authoritative account of the Warsaw revolt, it is decidedly scarce signed. Octavo. Original red cloth in printed dust jacket. 123 pages. Jacket price-clipped with some moderate edge-wear. Some small chips to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Spot of soil to rear panel. Tape residue (unobtrusive) to front and rear flaps. Book has slight lean. Else sound and clean throughout. INSCRIBED, dated (1969), and signed by author Wdowinksi to front endpaper. "With compliments of the author" stamped and corner of envelope with Wdowinksi's return address taped, also to front endpaper. Loosely laid in are two photo-mechanically reproduced articles by/about the Wdowinksi. Very good plus in a very good minus jacket. DER ZWEIFELHAFTE GAST
First Swiss edition of Gorey's DOUBTFUL GUEST, rendered in rhyming German couplets by poet and cabaret lyricist Fridolin Tschudi. 4.5'' x 6.5''. Original glossy pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Gorey in black and white. Unpaginated. Light edgewear to boards, minor soil. Split (but sound) to rear spine edge. FLOWER CHILDREN: The Little Cousins of the Field and Garden
Exceptionally bright Volland title with a flower poem and full-color animated illustration for each of the 82 flower characters. From Crocus to Holly, the flowers are ordered in the book as each would appear throughout the year in a garden. According to the book, "the author and the artist have attempted to show the kinship of children and flowers" in the characters they present within it. A beautiful copy. 9.75'' x 6.5'' (box); 9'' x 6'' (book). Original pictorial paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout, with verse below. In original color pictorial box. [90] pages. Box with corners carefully repaired, else only light soil to box and boards. Bright and clean. THE PRESTIGE
First printing of the tale of a decades-long feud between two magicians at the turn of the 20th century. Priest's novel plays with questions of illusions and technology that are tricks of the magician's trade (along with a cameo appearance by Nikola Tesla) to examine larger existential questions lying hidden beneath the glamor. Made into a major motion picture with Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman in 2006. An excellent copy of one of the great novels of early 20th-century magic. 9.5'' x 6.5''. Original textured black paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£15.99) blue pictorial dust jacket using photograph by Holly Warburton. [10], 404 pages. STORY OF A PUPPET, OR THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
First edition of PINOCCHIO in English. After a career in journalism, Collodi turned to children's literature, first translating a collection of Perrault's fairy tales into Italian. Soon he would conceive of a distinctly Italian fairy tale, complex and fantastical: "Its lessons are simple, but it is not a simplistic text" (Wunderlich & Morrissey). A shorter version of the story first appeared serially in a children's magazine in Italy from July 7, 1881 to January 1883 and was first published in its full-length book form in Italy in 1883. This first edition in English, a title in the Children's Library, is charmingly illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti, the illustrator of the Italian 1883 edition. "Mary Alice Murray's translation has stood the test of time [.] It faithfully conveys the directness, ironic humour, and pathos of the original as Collodi leads Pinocchio through the twists and turns of his captivating story" (Oxford History). 16mo. 6.25'' x 4''. Original decorative cloth with the blue floral design repeated on the text block edges and endpapers. Half title and title printed in red and black. Illustrated by E. Mazzanti (incorrectly printed as "C. Mazzanti"). [8], 232 pages. Bookseller blindstamp to front endpaper, 1899 ink inscription on verso of title page. Housed in custom blue quarter goatskin clamshell box. Expert repair to hinges, slight lean, toning to spine, bottoms of lower corners rubbed: interior clean. ADVENTURES OF JERRY MUSKRAT
A Bedtime Story-Book, the sixth installment in the series following a small but adventurous mammal in the woods. 6.75'' x 4.5''. Original pictorial cloth stamped in red and black. Illustrated with full-page black and white plates by Harrison Cady. viii, 120 pages. Shadow of former paperclip to top edge of first few leaves. Only light edgewear to boards; quite fresh. HELEN: A Courtship [with] BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND FOR FAULKNER’S HELEN
Limited edition facsimile reproduction of Faulkner's love poems from the original 1926 manuscript, issued in a handsome boxed set together with Collins's discussion of the biographical background for the work. Faulkner's sonnets left their subject and object, Helen Baird, rather unmoved: at least, unmoved in the direction of Bill Faulkner. Faulkner authority Collins takes some trouble to refute the oft-repeated story that Baird said of MOSQUITOES, his second novel, dedicated to her, "Don't read it, it's no good." On the contrary, Baird reportedly said much later that her failed suitor "really can string words together." It's not requited love, but it's something. Two volumes in 8'' x 6'' box. HELEN: Original decorative paper boards with paper label. Unpaginated. Edition of 170 copies, of which 150 are for sale; this copy no. 27. BIOGRAPHICAL: Blue wrappers. In original clamshell box. EDGAR ALLAN POE & THE JUKE-BOX: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments
Bishop, Elizabeth; Quinn, Alice First printing of this collection of previously unpublished and fragmentary material from Vassar College's Bishop archive, inscribed by editor Alice Quinn to bookseller and publisher George Bixby. 9'' x 6''. Original white cloth. In original unclipped ($30.00) dust jacket. 367, [1] pages. Inscribed by Quinn on title page: "for George Bixby, with warm wishes and admiration, Alice." Original publisher's promotional postcard laid in. Some soil to boards and jacket. Very good plus in near fine jacket.- $75
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A CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Capote, Truman First trade edition of the first volume in Truman Capote's two semi-autobiographical Christmas stories, nostalgic tales of rural family holidays spent in the company of his older cousin. 9.25'' x 6''. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt rule on front and back covers. In original red slipcase with black-and-white photographic overlay. 45, [3] pages. Minor soil to slipcase and book; very faint toning to book spine. Sound.- $75
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THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
Adams, Douglas Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. . The second of Adams's five Hitchhiker's Guide novels, in which the end of the world is considered from several vantage points and a robot is depressed for several million years. Behind the jokes, underneath the (acknowledged) influence of Kurt Vonnegut and Monty Python, lies an exasperated affection for the human species. Encouraging, in its own way. 7.5'' x 5''. Original quarter blue cloth with black paper boards, stamped in metallic purple. In original unclipped dust jacket, with jacket painting by Peter Cross and typography by Ken Sansone. [6], 250 pages. Inscribed on title page: "To Jim Hill / Best Wishes / Douglas Adams". 3'' x 5'' color photograph of Adams circa 1980 laid in. Only minor touches of wear to jacket.- $1,500
- $1,500
Collection of 41 Magazine and Literary Magazine Appearances
Plath, Sylvia Collection of more than three dozen magazine appearances by Plath - including the first appearance in print of "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus." With 22 instances published during her lifetime (and five the year of her death), from such publications as THE NEW YORKER, POETRY, THE ATLANTIC, and elsewhere. Besides "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" (in the October 1963 issue of THE REVIEW), highlights include nine appearances in THE NEW YORKER, eight of which were published during her lifetime including the poems "Tulips (1962)," "Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbor (1958)," and "A Winter's Tale (1959)"; two poems in the June, 1958 issue of THE LONDON MAGAZINE ("Spinster" and "Black Rook in Rainy Weather"), that also includes Albert Camus' Nobel Prize acceptance speech; the posthumously published short story, "Johnny Panic and The Bible of Dreams" in the September, 1968 issue of THE ATLANTIC, nine years before it would be used as the title for a collection of Plath's short stories; and one posthumous appearance in a 1965 issue of MADEMOISELLE ("November Graveyard"), the magazine where she spent a month as guest editor after her third year of college and which provided many of the experiences she would later draw inspiration from while writing THE BELL JAR. The earliest appearance is in the January 1957 issue of POETRY, which includes six poems, and the latest appearance is in WORKS IN PROGRESS No. 2, 1971, which includes four poems and a short story. An impressive collection of periodicals featuring appearances by one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, spanning Plath's start as a writer through her tragic death and early posthumous publications. A full inventory is available. 41 volumes, various sizes. Original wrappers all. Various paginations. Mild wear. Generally clean and sound.- $5,000
- $5,000
WAITING FOR GODOT
Beckett, Samuel First edition in English of Beckett's influential and enigmatic "tragicomedy in two acts." . The defining drama of the twentieth century and Beckett's masterpiece; written in French, like all of Beckett's post-World War II works, and translated by himself into the English of this edition. Powerful, frustrating, agitating, and allowing for endless allegorical interpretations, the text often bewilders, always disturbs, but never alienates. Vladimir and Estragon wait in their obscure holding-place, captives of an unseen tormentor or their own self-inflicted tragedy of repetition, and the audience waits with them. 8'' x 5''. Original blind-stamped black cloth with silver and gilt lettering to spine. In original unclipped ($4.75) black-and-white photographic dust jacket designed by Marshall Lee. Red endpapers. 60, [2] leaves. Grove Press postcard laid in. Jacket with only shallow edgewear and the usual gentle toning. Pencil marking below jacket price. Pages mildly toned at margins.- $2,500
- $2,500
THE THANKSGIVING VISITOR
Capote, Truman First edition of Truman Capote's semi-autobiographical story of childhood and sequel to the much beloved "A Christmas Memory." 9.25'' x 6''. Original quarter red cloth, brown paper boards with gilt stamped spine. Grey-green endpapers. 63, [1] pages. Slipcase with touch of shelfwear, a couple faint spots. Book with gently toned spine, small spot of soil to top of rear board. Interior clean.- $75
- $75
THE COMPLETE STORIES
O'Connor, Flannery; Giroux, Robert First edition of O'Connor's collected short fiction, including twelve stories never before published in book form. The collection opens with the title story of O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis collection, "The Geranium," and concludes with "Judgment Day," a revised and expanded version of the same story. Evelyn Waugh, fellow sharp-edged Catholic and sour genius, once wrote to Giroux that "If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady, they are indeed remarkable." Thomas Merton, untroubled by such reservations, called her an American Sophocles. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original olive cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Red topstain, red endpapers. In original unclipped ($10.00) dust jacket by Charles Skaggs. 555, [1] pages. Minor soil to edges of text block. Jacket spine and edges toned, with a few tiny chips and closed tears. Tight.- $250
- $250
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
Thompson, Hunter S. First printing of the book at the heart of the Hunter S. Thompson legend - a beautiful copy, boldly inscribed by illustrator and longtime collaborator Ralph Steadman. A desperate, drug-fueled experiment in 'gonzo' journalism, FEAR AND LOATHING was written during Thompson's stint as Washington Correspondent for ROLLING STONE, and first appeared in the magazine in serial installments. Straddling the hazy border between thinly-veiled fiction and experimental journalism, first composed in feverish hotel-room notebook-scribbling sessions, the book remains HST's best-known and most influential work. Rather uncommon signed by Steadman. Surreal, hallucinatory, endlessly quotable. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original blind-stamped grey boards, backed in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. In original unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket, designed by Susan Schwab and illustrated by Ralph Steadman. With additional black-and-white illustrations by Steadman throughout. 206 pages. Inscribed by Steadman on an early prelim over his printed portrait of Thompson: "For Rich, an original / 1st edition / worth / £250. / Ralph Steadman." Small faint crease to rear panel of jacket. Mild fading to top edge of book. Else bright, sharp, clean, and sound overall. Near fine in a near fine jacket.- $4,000
- $4,000
A STUDY IN SCARLET
Doyle, Arthur Conan Early US piracy of the novel that introduced Sherlock Holmes to the world. This novel features the famous first meeting of Holmes and his chronicler John Watson, when Holmes remarks after only a greeting and a handshake, "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." Doyle first began writing stories to pass the time while waiting on appointments for his budding optometrist business. Drawing inspiration from Joseph Bell, one of his professors at the University of Edinburgh's medical school, Doyle created a difficult genius whose deductive reasoning skills could solve crimes that remained mysterious to the officers of the Scotland Yard. First published in the ephemeral 1887 Beeton's Christmas Annual, this extravagant story of Mormon polygamy, terror, and chase is now nearly unobtainable in its original form in wrappers. Doyle had attempted to kill of his detective in the December 1893 short story "The Final Problem"; this piracy was issued soon after, when Holmes was still "dead." Notwithstanding the publication of HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES in 1902 (which takes place earlier in Holmes's career), he would not be officially resurrected until the 1905 "Adventure of the Empty House." 7'' x 4.5''. Original typographic wrappers, No. 14 of Munro's Library of Popular Novels, cover price 25 cents. 177, [1] pages. Wrappers with some chipping to edges and spine ends, light soil, medium closed tears to front joint. Leaves toned and brittle, with some attendant edgewear and a bump to lower corner.- $500
- $500
THE ICE-MAIDEN
Andersen, Hans Christian First edition in English of this collection of some of Andersen's most recently published popular tales, with gorgeous historiated initials and vignettes after drawings by Johann Baptist Zwecker. All four tales in this collection - "The Ice-Maiden," "The Butterfly," "Psyche," and "The Snail and the Rosebush" - were first published in Danish in 1861-1862 and appear here in English for the first time. (An American edition also appeared the same year with a different translation.) The beautifully executed wood engravings truly elevate the publication, which is rarely found in nice condition. An unusually well-preserved copy. Small quarto. 8'' x 6''. Original full gilt-stamped blue pebbled cloth, with elaborate gilt cornerpieces and center vignette on front board, gilt-lettered spine. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. 2 pages of ads at rear. Illustrated with drawings by Zwecker, engraved by Pearson. Translated by Anne Bushby. [8], 173, [1], [2] pages. Early 20th-century ownership info embossed on front free endpaper and title page. Westleys binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Light edgewear and bumping to extremities, spine slightly cocked. Front hinge cracked but firm.- $400
- $400
