New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Octavo, 109 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$2.00." Moderate shelf wear. Severe chipping to dust jacket, along with age-toning and rubbing. Word "The" torn on front cover and head of spine. Front flap detached. Tearing along spine and fore edge of rear flap. Age-toning and some scattered foxing throughout interior pages. Shelved in Case 0. More

Description: A lot of five pieces of correspondence signed by Carl Van Vechten: 1) A postcard addressed to German actor Tonio Selwart and signed Carlo, postmarked December 21, 1938, New York. Fair condition; image on front of card is badly damaged, and message on card is waterstained though still legible. 2) 1958 Christmas card with envelope addressed to Robert E. Finley. Good+ condition; some damp staining and light age-toning. 3) Three typed letters signed by Van Vechten, all on Van Vechten's personal stationery. One on an 8.5" x 11" sheet, one sheet folded to 5.75" x 7.5", and one sheet folded to 9" x 6.5". All in very good condition, boldly signed with slight age-toning, minor bumping to corners and slightly worn creases. 8.5" x 11" sheet has a small closed tear along one edge of central horizontal crease. CX Consignment. shelved case 0 (Literature binder). More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 246 pages; VG-/VG; Alternating yellow and red band spine with light red and brown lettering; Dustjacket shows fading along spine and a faint crease on the front cover; Boards have light soiling to front cover, minimal edgewear, and more substantial soiling to spine; Textblock has light even age-toning throughout, and author's inscription on ffep: "For Rita Romilly, / with my love - this / intimate chronicle of / contemporary behaviours - / Carl Van Vechten / July 4 - 1925"; CX consignment;. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 347 pages; VG-/VG; Faded yellow spine with red lettering; Dustjacket has fading and single crease along spine, and minor soiling to front cover; Some edgewear to head/tail of spine, shelfwear to printed labels on cover and spine, and cornerwear to top corners; Textblock has minimal foxing to deckled bottom and fore-edge; Several pages remain uncut; CX consignment; Shelved in Room X. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. First Edition. Octavo, 243 pages; VG/VG-; spine red, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small closed tear at upper edge of jacket front; front jacket joint separated; small chips missing at crown and tail of spine; inch-long closed tear at upper right corner of jacket back; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 247 pages; VG/G+; spine age-toned blue, with navy lettering; blue dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelf wear and soiling to jacket; mild shelf wear and soiling to volume; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; age-toning to upper edge of jacket front; significant age-toning to jacket spine; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; mild age-toning and soiling to jacket back; spine cocked; price cut; upper edge of textblock dyed dark; back hinge starting; pages clean; CX consignment;. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Octavo, 205 pages; VG/None; contemporary full red cloth binding; spine faded red with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; mild faring to upper edge of front board; some fading to spine; mild fading to upper edge of back board; signed flat by Van Vechten at title page; all pages uncut; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. More

1933. A 7” x 9” silver gelatin photograph of author Theodore Dreiser taken by Carl Van Vechten. Very good, with slight vertical curling along margins. Van Vechten’s embossed name appears in the lower right hand of the photograph, and his stamp on the verso. Captioned in Van Vechten’s hand on the verso: "THEODORE DREISER / November 8, 1933" with the number of the negative "xvp:37." Portrait of Dreiser from the chest up, in an apparently extemporaneous pose. CX Consignment. shelved case 0 (Literature binder). More

n.p. The Plimpton Press, 1940. 10mo, 52 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's green cloth bearing blue lettering paper label to beige spine. Reddish brown/beige pictorial slipcase. Slipcase has moderate wear including cracking to the head/tail edges and slight age toning to back edges. Boards have sunned spine and fore ears. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Inscribed by Alfred A. Knopf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column J, ND-J. More