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FORD, Charles Henri (ed.) View.New York : 1940-7
A complete set, one volume inscribed by Ford, of first printings of the remarkable American literary and art magazine published by artist and writer Charles Henri Ford and writer and film critic Parker Tyler. View covered the contemporary avant-garde and Surrealist scene, and was published quarterly as finances permitted. The roster of prestigious contributors,... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 109741
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GOREY, Edward. Gorey World.San Francisco : 1996
First edition, first printing, number 65 of 150 copies signed by Edward Gorey.
The related material includes:
1. The Fantod Pack (1995) publication flyer, with monochrome illustration on recto and publisher's information on verso.
2. American Book Collector, two issues (May/June and November/December 1985), both including a Gorey... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 141503
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DOS PASSOS, John. One Man's Initiation - 1917.London : 1920
First edition, first impression, first issue, with the broken type on page 35, inscribed by the author "To Arthur from Dos, this poor belated little volume. According to this Three Soldiers ought to come out in time for the next war." on front free endpaper.
This memoir of the First World War is the author's first book and was not published in... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 148344
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FROST, Robert. A Further Range.New York : 1936
First edition, Book-of-the-Month Club issue, presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper "Robert Frost for Marjorie Howard. 1939".
Three different issues of A Further Range were published in May and June 1936: a limited issue and a trade issue (with two printings) both published in May within nine days of each other, and the present... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 147587
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SENHOUSE, Roger; TRILLING, Lionel. The Middle of the Journey.New York : 1947
First edition, first printing. Roger Senhouse's copy, sent to him by literary agents Pearn, Pollinger & Higham for the preparation of the first UK edition, published by Secker and Warburg the following year, and containing an illuminating collection of ephemera and correspondence exchanged between Senhouse, Frederic Warburg, Trilling, and critic Cyril... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 110965
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LOWENFELS, Walter, & Anton Refregier. Song of Peace:New York : 1959
First and limited edition, of 1,000 copies, signed by both author and illustrator, this copy additionally inscribed by Lowenfels on a preliminary blank, "For Sol Mandelblatt, these anecdotes of the service, Walter Lowenfels, Mays Landing his sometime New Jersey home 1962". A most attractive provenance that links Lowenfels (1897-1976), one of America's... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 79776
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HALEY, Alex. Roots.New York : 1976
First edition, first printing, an excellent presentation copy from the author, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "November 12, 1976. Irving and Jean Stone, my friends, my colleagues - the family of Kunta Kinte wishes the very warm best to you and your family - Sincerely, Alex Haley P.O. Bo 3338 Beverly Hills CA 90212".... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 144111
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AI. Cruelty.Boston : 1973
First edition, first printing, of the author's first book, inscribed by Ai on the half-title "To Bill & Deborah, Love Ai (Florence)". This is a review copy with the publisher's review slip and the original photograph of the author, used on the jacket, loosely inserted.
"The poet Ai (1947-2010) was noted for her uncompromising poetic vision and... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 144826
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PRINCE, Richard. Why I Go to the Movies Alone.New YorK : 1983
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Prince, "To Glenn, From Richard, all the best". Why I Go to the Movies Alone was Prince's first work of published fiction. Prince is best known for his deadpan appropriations of mass media imageryoften using the technique of "rephotography," or taking photographs of others' photographs. Yet the artist also... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 145652
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MASON, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh and other Stories.New York : 1982
First edition, first printing, of Mason's first book, a collection of short stories. Review copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Brad, Greetings-Bobbie Ann Mason". Loosely inserted is a typed signed letter from Ted Solotaroff of Harper & Row requesting a review, as well as a photo of the author by James Baker Hall, pictured with one of... Learn More£120.00Stock Code: 50048
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ASHBERY, John. Some Trees.New Haven : 1956
First edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed by the author "To Barbara, with love John Ashbery, October 19, 1957" on the front free endpaper. The recipient was fellow poet and core member of the New York School of poets Barbara Guest (1920-2006). Some Trees was Ashbery's first collection. The selection was made by W. H. Auden, who was... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 134111
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HEINZ, W. C. The Professional.New York : 1958
First edition, first printing, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Ruth & Alan Hilditch our good friends who have heard me talk a lot of this. Bill Heinz Xmas 1957". Alan Hilditch (1900-1971), a certified public accountant, was a graduate of Yale and "a member of the St. Elmo Society, the Yale Club and the Innis... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 134056
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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys;Boston : 1853
First US edition, first issue, of Hawthorne's sequel to The Wonder Book (Boston, 1852), retelling the Greek myths for children. This copy has a loosely inserted envelope addressed to the publisher, penned and initialled by Hawthorne.
This edition, preceded only by the UK edition of the same year, has the following issue points: the "Stereotyped... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 147974
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POETRY ANTHOLOGY - THOMAS, Dylan; W. H. Auden; Archibald Macleish; Louis Macneice; Marianne Moore; Frederic Prokosch; Stephen Spender; Wallace Stevens, et al. New Poems 1942.Mount Vernon, NY : 1942
First edition, signed limited issue, one of 59 copies signed by the contributing poets, namely: Conrad Aiken, Kenneth Allott, W. H. Auden, George Barker, John Peale Bishop, R. P. Blackmur, Hugh Chisholm, Gene Derwood, Richard Eberhart, William Empson, Jean Garrigue, Horace Gregory, Alfred Hayes, Ruth Herschberger, Randall Jarrell, Robinson Jeffers,... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 125112
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SAROYAN, William. Dear Baby.New York : 1944
First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front and rear free endpapers to the winner of a charity auction, and signed on the title page. The inscription reads: "This book is inscribed to the winner of the auction; the book appears to have been donated by my friend Red; I am donating only this scribbling, which I am glad to do as... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 101768
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SCARBOROUGH, Dorothy. In the Land of Cotton.New York : 1923
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "With Texas greetings, from Dorothy Scarborough." Scarce.
"As a novelist, Scarborough began the 'cotton trilogy,' a series of novels intended to depict southern agricultural life in the age of the boll weevil. In the Land of Cotton (1923) included perhaps the... Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 103291
