Nash, Ogden; Wodehouse, P.G.; Untermeyer, Louis; Benet, Stephen Vincent; Betjeman, John; Perelman, S.J.; GIlbert, W. S.; Fitzgerald, F. Scott; Adams, Franklin; Alger, Joseph; Germand, Russell C.; Anouilh, Jean; Arnold, Matthew; Bentley, E.C.; Bentley, E.G.; Burns, Robert; Daly, Elizabeth; Fowler, H.W.; Fowler, F.G.; Fowler, William Plumer; Herbert, A.P.; Hirschfeld, Al; Holden, Raymond P.; Lundbergh, Holger; Macinnes, Helen; McCord, David; McKinney, Laurence; Mignet, F.A.M.; Morley, Christopher; Throckmorton, Cleon; Morshead, E.D.A.; Nyblom, Helena; Hold, Nils Christian; Oppenheimer, George; Potter, Stephen; Smith, Charles; Smith, Thorne; Vanderbilt, Amy; Wells, Carolyn
[Various]: [Various], 1886-1970. Mixed Editions. The present collection includes: Six works inscribed by Ogden Nash to his wife, Frances; Three works by Nash bearing edits in Nash's hand; and 48 books inscribed by various authors to Nash (most notably, 12 books inscribed by S. J. Perelman). It also includes 132 uninscribed books not authored by Nash, 45 of which bear his ownership inscription (and 10 of which bear the ownership inscription of Frances Nash).
Books written by Nash: 59 total (two of which are co-authored by another individual)
Volumes edited in Nash’s hand
2 volumes in publisher’s bindings
1 volume in “Author’s Copy” half leather binding, with dozens of pages removed (presumably to assemble a new collected edition of poems)
Books inscribed to Frances Leonard Nash
5 works by Ogden Nash
4 works in original bindings
1 work in “Author’s Copy” half leather binding
1 work by Anthony Trollope (The Chronicles of Barsetshire: 1. The Warden)
1 volume signed by numerous members of Little, Brown and Co. publishing staff
27 Author’s copies bound in half leather, not already accounted for in list above
1 volume bound in full red leather
21 volumes, unmarked, in standard publisher’s bindings
Books not authored by Nash: 180 in total
Volumes inscribed to Nash: 48 volumes
Notably, this collection includes 12 works inscribed by S.J. Perelman
Uninscribed volumes: 132 volumes
45 of these bear Ogden Nash’s ownership inscription
10 of these bear Frances Leonard Nash’s ownership inscription, generally from before her marriage
Notably, this collection includes a first edition, first issue of The Great Gatsby with all points present, but lacking the dust jacket.
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