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NY: ArtAsiaPacific Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Not issued with Jacket. As new, hardcover copy, removed from publisher's shrinkwrap in order to catalog. Beautifully published, colored reporoductions od the art of Iranian mixed media artist Rahbar. Patterned paper over boards with insets that mimic mask.

NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, second printig. INSCIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWIG BY FEIFFER. On the title page " "To Nathanial - You draw real good!'" the siigned uderneath title. On verso, Feiffer has sketched what appears to be a self portait, bearded self in top hat and perhaps magician's cloak, again iscribed "To Nathanial" with a line extending across to the ext page where he has again signed and dated 11-7-01.

NY: Dutton, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, a collection of whimsical pieces, rather in the Dorothy Parker mode, but more benign, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker, Some incidental spotting to boards and endpapers, and residue from paper clip ffe in about very good dustjacket.

NY: Doubleday Doran, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine copy in better than very good dw. Inscribed by author Stefannson on the ffe and dated by him December 5, 1939, year of publication.

London: William Heinemann, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Anti-Hitler play performed in Washington DC in 1935, as Hitler occupied the Rhineland. This, the English edition, follows the London premiere of the play in 1938 as Hitler occupied Austria and bombed Spain. Signed by 27 members of the cast, including leads Raymond Massey and Tamara Geva on the fly verso and half title. Book very good, dustjacket soiled and missing top end of dustjacket spine, plus minor losses here and there around edges.

NY: Funk and Wagnall's, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. First edition with an atypical and personal sketch by Sloane on teh ffe. Typically, Sloane sketches covered bridges or tools or whatever is the subject of his book to the inscribee. In this case, Sloane has sketched a Christmas greeting from one couple to another which recalls a shared vacation "(on) the banana boat" and a shared joke about a formation of clouds that resembles a woman's breast and torso; the observing couple, looking skyward, proclaim "look there's a cumulus boobilus". All in all, highly unusual for a Sloane sketch. Dustjacket a little bit worn. A solid - and collectible - copy.

NY: Viking, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Near fine in better than very good dustjacket. A collectible copy.

NY: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Incidental wear at corners, owner name dated 1919 ffe. Perhaps the most popular of the WWI poems.

London: John Lane The Boley Head, 1924. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good -. New edition stated on copyright page, the first edition with the introduction by Shane Leslie. Book near fine, rough weave green cloth, gilt spine title, lx,421 in rare dustjacket, which is chipped about edges and moderately soiled. Solid copy. Owner name dated 1954 on ffe.

NY: G. D. Smith, 1890. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hollyer, Samuel (etchings).. nd - c.1890. 85 copies on paper in 12 parts, complte, 4to, one engraving per folio, each signed by Hollyer. Each printed folio signed and numbered by publisher Smith, this numbered 65 of 85 on India paper. Wraps slightly browned at edges, etching fine. Uncommon in this condition, seldom found complete.

(Millerton NY): Aperture, 1982. Hardcover. As New. As new copy, cloth slipcase still in publisher's shrink-wrap. #49 of 100 copies. SIGNED by Levenson. Unfortunately, lacking print, otherwise it wouldn't be priced like this.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Ownership copy of Frost friend and artist Earl Hubbard (1924-2003) and his wife Barbara with their names, dated March 1962, Lakeville (CT) in Hubbard's hand in the upper right corner of the ffe. Affixed to the ffe is "The Prophets Really Prophecy as Mystics The Commentators Merely Statistics", Robert Frost's personal version of his 1962 Christmas card. Affixed to the rear pastedown is a facsimile of Frost's holograph of a his poem which begins "In winter in the woods alone/Against the trees I go..." Frost had an offset reproduction of this printed at Amherst in January 1962, originally in an edition of 25 copies, to distribute to undergraduates and friends, on the occasion of a movie made at Amherst College. Later, many more copies were printed. We could locate only two institutions - Amherst College and Dartmouth College - with copies of the facsmile; Dartmouth has 1962 correspondence between Frost and Earl and Barbara Hubbard,… Leer más

Fort Worth: AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART, 1961. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Hard-to-find catalog for the inaugural exhibition of important US museum for western American art. Large 8vo, stiff pictorial covers, unpaginated (34pp), catalogs 49 entires, with descriptions of canvasses and sculptures, plus biographical timelines of the artists and a list of the small bronzes by Russell in the collection.

London: The American Society of London, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Program for the annual American banquet celebration of Independence Day, this annual on the cusp of World War II with Joseph Kennedy, father of President John Kennedy, presiding as US Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. Ownership copy of Mrs. Sherman P. Haight, aka Anne Lyon Haight (1891-1977), noted bibliofile, adventurer and author with her place card with an engraved American flag laid-in. Stiff printed covers, red/white/blue string-tied, 5.5" x 8.5"., 24 pages. Contents include: menu (six courses); toasts (to the King and President with toast proposed by the US Ambassador and the response by His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, aka Prince George), seating chart for Table "A", the head table: lists of guests (alphabetically), floor plan for tables numbered 1- 47; list of guests by table; and lists of committee members. The last page are lyrics to God Save the Queen and Star-Spangled Banner. Laid-in is a one page… Leer más

NY: Random House, 1955. Very Good +/Very Good. Inscribed by actor Paul Muni to Robert Lee, one of the play's co-authors on the half title: "To Bob - I can't equal you in stringing 'words' togfether but I can in my admiration and affection. May good health and happiness be with you always. Paul Muni October 1955". On the fron pastedown, Muni has amended his original ownership of "Property of Paul Muni" so it reads "Was (Property of Paul Muni) stolen byu Co-author of Jerry one.ah. Robert E. Lee" Dustjacket toned, more at spine, with some light chipping corners and spine tips.

New Haven/ London: Yale/ Oxford, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Some neat underlining in about 10 pages of the book. Solid copy in rubbed dustjacket.

NY: Baker, Voorhis, 1867. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good. Second edition of this rare, early American treatise on mental illness. Original brown pebbled cloth, blind double-ruled, gilt titles front, cloth over spine gone, still firmly bound, corners worn, 8vo, 81p, rear cover lightly damp-stained not affecting rest of book. Uncommon.

1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, publsihers blue/green pebbled cloth, bevelled edges. Covers a tad soiled, leaves toned (as expected with this quality paper), firmly bound, apparently unused. A solid copy.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Good. Fifth or later edition. Old, polished full leather, front cover detached.

Asheulot: Golgonooza Letter Foundry, 1989. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. Fine. Fine copy. Signed by both author and artist. 200 copies.