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The Royal Traditions of Bali in Cycles of The Soul & Fire
Bali: Puri Agung Gianyar. No date given; Quarto; VG/no-DJ, paperback; Thin stapled spine with no text. Covers have general shelf wear, but no tears and binding is still strong; Textblock is clean, free of marks on pages; pp 15. More
Black History's Diversified Clientele
Washington DC: Howard University, 1971. First. Octavo; VG/no-DJ; softcover; white spin with staples; minor soiling on covers; text block clean; 26pp NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
Madagascar Dans L'Oeuvre de Daniel Defoe
n. p. Antanan Arivo, 1978. Booklet; pp 30; G/paperback; tan spine without text; covers have sunned exterior, some chipping to spine edges; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; interior clean; French text; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. More
Alfonso Reyes TLS, Waldo Frank ALS
1950. A typed letter signed by Alfonso Reyes, addressed to Waldo Frank and dated March 20, 1950. Text in Spanish; Reyes writes to say that he regrets not having met Professor Harold Rugg when the latter was in Mexico. The handwritten note at the bottom of the sheet is written by Frank and addressed to Rugg. One sheet of 8.5” x 11” paper. Very good; lightly age-toned with a few minor creases. Waldo Frank. Our America. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition, presumed first printing. Octavo. 232 pages. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper. Very good-. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine; cracks starting at hinges. Text block age-toned. Also included is a black and white photographic portrait of Frank. Slightly age-toned; matted but not framed. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More
Guatemala Handicraft: Specializing in the Unique of the Indian Arts
Guatemala. 16 mo. Good/ephemera; covers are clean with some mild edgewear (scattered creases); one sheet folded over; textblock is age-toned but clean. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
Robinson | The Children Of The Night (1st Ed.), DS, Letters
Description: Edwin Arlington Robinson. The Children of the Night. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1897. First edition. Robinson’s second book; one of 500 copies. Very good. Light bumping and fraying to edges, corners of boards; light rubbing to faces of boards. Bookplates on front and rear endpapers; ownership inscription and booksellers’ annotations to front free endpaper. Text block lightly age-toned. Also included with this lot are several pieces of ephemera: 1) A form issued by the publishers of Who’s Who in America, requesting that Robinson make any corrections or updates for the 1926-7 volume. Robinson has added that he received the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and signed the bottom of the form. One 8.5” x 11” sheet. Very good-; several creases and minor water damage at the right edge, most noticeable on the small photo of Robinson. Very small open tear in the text at the top of the sheet; minor wear from handling. 2)Two letters from Professor Carl J. Weber of Colby College to Melba Bennett, a collector of American literature, regarding a study Weber is conducting on The Torrent and the Night Before, Robinson’s first book. Also included are three envelopes: the two in which Weber’s letters were sent, and one self-addressed intended for Bennett’s reply. Very good; all lightly age-toned; letters creased from mailing; used envelopes torn from careless opening. An autograph note signed by poet Harriet Monroe, the text of which is an endorsement of Robinson’s third book. Very good-; paper age-toned (with more extensive, uneven age-toning on verso); somewhat worn crease to top margin with less-worn vertical crease running through text; light wear from handling; signature lightly smeared but still clearly legible. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More
SCHILLERS AESTHETIK (ASTHETIK) IM VERHAELTNIS (VERHALTNIS) ZUR KANTISCHEN
Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitatsbuchhandlung, 1912. Octavo; vg-/wraps; green spine with dark green text; heavy shelf wear and bumping, chipping and light soiling to wrap, bottom left corner of front cover and first few pages bent, light pencil marking on less than 10 pages, foxing to first few pages, text block otherwise clean; 129 pp; else very good. --TEXT IN GERMAN NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
THOMAS GAGE, THE ENGLISH-AMERICAN TRAVELER [SIGNED]
1988. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, staple binding; Cover is orange with black print, mild peripheral toning; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page; 32 pages, illustrated (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #4. More
A RATIONAL ANIMAL
London, Great Britain: The Athlone Press, April 1962. First Printing. thin 8vo pamphlet. VG/ - no dj. thin blue paper wrappers with stapled binding. red pen used for name of previous owner on title page and in black ink on front cover (top-right corern). gently skimmed pamphlet of 25 pages in very good shape. pen writing on front softcover. under clear pocket protective cover. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
SALLY RIDE AUTOGRAPHED CARD
Signature on card by astronaut Sally K. Ride; Signature is in black marker on cardstock; Signature is clean and clear, unmatted and unframed; Card measures 3" X 5". SG Consignment; Sheved case 0, in folder in envelope. More
Marriage Records of Townsend, Massachusetts, 1737-1830
Lambertville: Hunterdon House, 1984. First. Octavo; VG- paperback; cream staple-bound pamphlet; cover has age toning, shelfwear; textblock has age toning, old price sticker in front, very minor pencil markings; pp 60. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
THE BRITISH SOLDIER: AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTS COVERING THE LAST 350 YEARS.
U.K. National Book League, 1956. Exhibition catalog. Octavo; good+/wraps; folder, green buckram spine with no text; pamphlet within folder, red spine with no text; saddle-stitched; black text on red front panel; ex libris, bookplate; minor shelf wear and bumping, curling along corners; text block, clean; 54 pp.; illus., color frontispiece; B&W engravings; pencil notations; else very good. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
Robert Sherwood TLS 1944
Description: A typed letter signed by Robert Sherwood dated on November 22nd, 1944. The letter is addressed to Chester Kerr and is written on 8 ½ “ x 11” stationary of The Playwrights’ Company. Slightly wrinkled along edges with paper clip rust mark imprinted to upper left. Mild age toning with two letter crease folds. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More
A SONG TO DAVID [1763]
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1926. Facsimile. Quarto; good+/wraps; gray marbling on spine and wraps with no text; front panel, black text on white label; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; light age-toning; [4], 22 pp.; edges, corners and spine, chipping; else very good. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
Neuro-ophthalmology, Symposium of the University of Miami and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Volume IV
Saint Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1968. first. Octavo; VG-/no-DJ; Blue & red spine with gold text; Volume IV only; Boards have slight shelfwear, otherwise strong; Textblock is slightly age toned; pp 413. Shelved Netdesk office, 7's ephemera box C. More
Otto Soglow "Little King" Illustration [Signed and Inscribed]
Pencil illustration of the "Little King" by Otto Soglow (signed and inscribed) on unruled copy paper. Mild wear and age-toning with light creasing (including a single horizontal crease where drawing was folded in half); edge-wear with a few small partial tears (paper slightly brittle along toned edges) including a 3/4" partial tear along the horizontal fold (right side). More
COMMENTATIONUM SUPER MORALITATE LEGUM CEREMONIALUM ET FORENSIUM [In Latin, German, and Hebrew]
Altdorf, CH: Wilhelm Kohles, 1706. Commentary on the Morality of Laws, Ceremonies and Civil Regulations. 8vo pamphlet in plain green wraps, 41pp. In Latin, German, and Hebrew mostly, with a bit of Arabic and Greek. Condition is Very Good, with wear along exterior and edges. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
Kim Stanley: Two Signed Claude Marks Drawings And Two Vintage Photos
1958-1965. Four items from the career of one of the great actresses of the mid-twentieth century. Included are two drawings of Stanley (signed by artist Claude Marks), a type 1 photo by Martha Holmes, and a studio photo from 1958. Item #1: An 8.25” x 11” drawing by Claude Marks. Drawn in 1963 (but apparently presented to Stanley in 1965), Marks has signed and dated the portrait in the bottom left corner, and written on the verso: “To Kim Stanley, / with great admiration / Claude Marks / New York. / February 1965”. In very good condition. Some wear along the right edge, a crease at the bottom right corner, and very faint age-toning near edge. The verso has light age-toning at the top, left, and bottom edges. Item #2: A 1965 drawing of Kim Stanley by Claude Marks. Marks has signed and dated the portrait in the bottom right corner, and written on the verso: “To Kim Stanley, / with warmer [sic] and wishes / Claude Marks / New York. / February 1965”. In very good condition. Measures 8.25” x 11”, and shows moderate+ age-toning to right and top edges, light wear to corners, a ¼-inch closed tear on the right edge, and a crease at the bottom right corner. The verso has light age-toning to the top and left edges. Item #3: An 8” x 10” type 1 photograph by Martha Holmes, showing Kim Stanley on a stage set with actress Shelley Winters. Probably taken during a stage production of Chekhov's The Three Sisters in 1964. In very good condition. Mild wear to corners, several faint creases near the top of the image, and a crease to the bottom left corner. Verso has a pencil notation and a stamp from the studio of Martha Holmes. Item #4: An 8” x 10” Columbia Pictures studio photo of Stanley taken in 1958. In very good- condition. Mild age-toning throughout, two small scratches to image, faint writing impressions (from the verso) and a triangular closed tear at the bottom margin. Copyright information printed in the bottom margin. The verso has six date-of-use stamps and two sets of filing notations. K21021 Shelved Case 0. CX Consignment. More
A Year's Program for Bird Protection [Bulletin No. 7]
n.p. Board of Game Commissioners, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, n.d. Booklet [6x8]; pp 47; Fair/paperback; blue spine without text; covers have tape mends to front; modest wear otherwise to exterior; blue bookbinder's tape to spine; minor chips to edges; black illustration and lettering to front; text block has light wear to exterior edges; slight peeling to head edge to frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated;. More
Tarkington | The Man From Home (Signed), Ephemera
Description: Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The Man from Home. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1908. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Inscribed by Booth Tarkington, dated 1940. Included with the volume is a clipped signature of William Hodge, a stage actor to whom Tarkington dedicated this book. Very good. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine. Text block lightly age-toned. Also included are the following: 1) A letter, signed by Tarkington, directed to Sylvia M. Heyl and dated June 26, 1922. Very good; paper creased from mailing, slightly age-toned. 2) ”Let’s Talk, Not Argue,” by Booth Tarkington. Multigraphed on three sheets of white wove paper, 8.5” x 11”, printed on one side only, stapled at upper left corner, 25 February 1941. First edition, scarce. Russo and Sullivan p. 139. An article urging nonpartisan support of President Roosevelt against Hitler, written for the Indiana Committee for National Defense. It appeared in “The Indianapolis Star,” February 27, 1941, and was published in “‘The Congressional Record’, Appendix, January 3-March 14, in extension of remarks of Hon. Joseph F. Guffey in the United States Senate, p. A 933.” Very good; folds, staple rusted, pages slightly age-toned. From the papers of Tarkington’s friend and amanuensis, Elizabeth Trotter. 3) An original photograph of Tarkington, taken c. 1940 and mounted on heavy card. The inscription reads “The Sydney Booths-- / Elderly workman, half / Booth, with ancient affection / Booth Tarkington.” With the photography studio’s information in the lower right corner of the photograph; a list of awards won by the studio printed on the verso. Very good. Photograph shows a few minor smudges and nicks. Board chipped at edges with a long closed tear at top margin. Both photograph and board are age-toned. Novelist and playwright Booth Tarkington was the author of more than 45 books and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for two of his novels. His “great public and critical successes belonged to the decade 1914-1924...A 1921 Publisher’s Weeklypoll of booksellers named him the most significant of contemporary authors. In a Literary Digest contest in 1922 he was voted the greatest living American writer, and a New York Times poll of the same year put him on a list of the ten greatest contemporary Americans” (DAB). Shelved in Room G. CX Consignment. More
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Autographs And Vintage Film Poster
1958. Autographs from the three stars of Richard Brooks’ film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, along with a vintage film poster for the film. Item #1: The autographs are on individual 3” x 5” index cards, laid in a copy of Modern Critical Interpretations: Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Harold Bloom, editor; 2002). The index cards all have minor age-toning, and are placed in mylar sleeves pasted to the front pastedown and ffep of the book. Ives’ and Newman’s signatures are in black ink, and Taylor’s is written in black marker. The book has minor wear to the bottom edge of the cover, and the head and tail of spine. There is a ¼-inch closed tear to the joint at the bottom of the spine on the back cover, and the top left corner of the back cover is bumped slightly. A certificate of authenticity for the autographs is also laid in. Item #2: A Danish film poster for the 1958 MGM film-adaptation of Williams’ play. It measures 24" x 33" and is in very good condition. Folded (thrice horizontally, once vertically), and there is an inch-long closed tear at the left edge along the central horizontal fold. There are several 1/4-inch closed tears on the left edge, and one on the right. Two pin-holes appear in the top corners, and the top left corner has a small chip. Minor wear to corners. A Danish censor stamp appears in the upper left corner. K21020 Shelved in Room A. CX Consignment. More
We Farm for a Hobby [And Make It Pay]
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1940. Oblong Booklet [3.5x5]; pp 256; Fair/paperback; white spine without text; Armed Services edition; covers have noticeable wear to exterior; small chips to corners; intact panels; text block has slight age toning; mild defect to front hinge; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
Irving Thalberg / Conrad Nagel | Signed Letter
1930. A typed letter signed by film producer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vice-president Irving Thalberg. The letter acknowledges the contractual arrangement to have actor Conrad Nagel star in a planned film entitled Jail Break, to be directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film was ultimately released as Numbered Men (directed by LeRoy and starring Nagel), but produced by rival studio Warner Brothers. LeRoy’s name is misspelled in the contract as “Mervin”. Dated January 15, 1930. Three pages on MGM stationary. Culver City, 1930. TLS, three pages. In very good condition. Three typed pages on two 8"x11 single-sided sheets, with two sets of two-hole punch punctures at top edge. Light age-toning, folded twice for mailing, and closed tears on all pages between the right and left-most punch holes and the top edge. Document signed "I. Thalberg" as Vice President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation and a representative of First National Productions Corporation.; CX Consignment; shelved case 0. More
The Outcast Poets
Yonkers: Oscar Baradinsky, 1947. Octavo; VG-/no-DJ packets; Red/brown thin packet; Exterior shows slight edgewear with few tears up to 1" around corners, minor spotted discolored patches, interior/pages clean. Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Box I. More
H.M. Tomlinson | Three Signed Books, Two ALS
Description: A collection of two autograph letters signed by H.M. Tomlinson and three of Tomlinson’s books, also signed by the author: Two ALSs by H.M. Tomlinson. In one, dated October 31, 1929, Tomlinson regrets that he cannot provide his correspondent with copies of one of his works. In the other, dated October 12, 1923 and addressed to “My dear Grubb,” Tomlinson thanks Grubb for his kindness. Very good. Both lightly age-toned; the later letter has some foxing and discoloration around the heading, which has transferred across the fold. Both creased from mailing. H.M. Tomlinson. Gallions Reach. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1927. Pages uncut. Limited edition, #115/350; signed by author on limitations page. Frontispiece and three additional illustrations. Very good+ with good only slipcase. Slipcase cracked at multiple edges and corners; edges much rubbed. Some damage to paper label on side of case. Light rubbing at corners of boards; text block lightly age-toned. Book protected with mylar cover. H.M. Tomlinson. All Our Yesterdays. New York and London: Harper and Publishers, 1930. First Edition. Limited Edition, No. 223 of 328. Octavo, 445 pages. Bound in blue with gray titling on brown spine. Deckle edge with pages uncut. Numbered and signed by author to dedication page. An eight-page facsimile of a foreword reproduced from the author’s manuscript and written specially for this limited edition is bound in this copy. < Very good. Mild soiling to boards with slight wear to corners. ½ “ split to upper and lower joints. Age toning throughout. H.M. Tomlinson [writer] and Charles Tomlinson [artist]. Out of Soundings. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1931. First Edition. Limited Edition, No. 5 of 100. Octavo, 282 pages. Bound in marbled light green and gray lettering to spine. Housed in black and mint slipcase. Deckled edges. Signed and numbered by author to dedication page. Very good. Wear to slipcase including 2” splitting to bottom edge and rubbing to corners and edges. Fading to spine. Mild age toning to pages. CX Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room G. More
A Voyage of Pleasure; The Log of Bernard Gilboy's Transpacific Cruise in the Boat "Pacific" 1882-1883
Cambridge MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1957. Booklet [6x9]; G+/paperback; deep beige spine with black text; wrapper covers have modestly age toned, mostly toward edges; intact binding; textblock has slight age toned; frontispiece of Bernard Gilboy, photograph taken in 1904; illustrated; pp 64 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #7. More
1811. AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF SAMUEL TUKE. One pages ALS from Samuel Tuke to a fellow Quaker: "I wish this dubject [Lay-tithes] might not be brought forward this year for I am sure the [Society of Quakers] is not ready for it." (Referring to his uncle, John Hipsley, I believe) One page ALS (folded) with minor age toning, creasing, and folds. Lieberman consignment shelved in the "Lieberman box" in folder. More
Ndembu Divination: Its Symbolism & Techniques
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969. Booklet; VG-/no-DJ paperback; Blue spine without text; Covers have slightly rubbed exterior, thumbed fore edge, and otherwise minor edge wear; Text block is lightly age toned with unmarked pages; pp 85. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
MARK TWAIN'S SCRAP BOOK [Front Board Only]
New York: Daniel Slote & Co., 1878. Front board of Mark Twain's scrap book, registered April 23rd, 1878. Yellow cloth with black decoration. Pastedown in silver and blue lettering. Some scuffing to cover and along edges. Fraying to cloth along left edge, where it was originally attached to spine. Shelved in Case 13. More
21st Congress, 1st Session [Doc. No. 49.] Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1830. First, Unopened. Quarto; G+/no-DJ unopened sheets,simple binding; No cover; Outside pages and edges darkened with age, each set of pages is uncut along top edge, page sets closer to the front and back of the binding are darker in tone and more prone to foxing and suspected speckling, page sets in the middle are much lighter in tone and have been exposed to less environmental damage, last set of pages is severely creased at the tail corner, light wave to all pages, but no obvious signs of water damage in evidence so wave most likely due to high humidity, fore and tail edges of all sets creased, lightly torn, and/or wrinkled, top and binding edge of all sets speckled, with darker vertical stains; pp 304 (if properly cut and bound). eb/nd. More
Carl Van Vechten | Signed Correspondence
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. More
Portrait Of George Jean Nathan By Carl Van Vechten
1933. Description: A half-length portrait of George Jean Nathan, taken by Carl Van Vechten in New York and dated June 14, 1933. Very good with minor wear to corners and edges. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More
Theodore Dreiser Portrait
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. More
Portrait Of H.L. Mencken By Carl Van Vechten
Description: A 10 x 14” black and white portrait of Mencken holding a cigar is taken by Carl Van Vechten on July 19, 1932. Mild wear to all corners of photograph with slight crease to lower left and upper left corner. Shelved Off Sales Floor Room A {S's Office}. CX Consignment. More
THE PRINTED HEAD - SERIES I [Signed set]
Atlas Press, 1990/1991. Limited Edition: #9/250. Octavos, Thirteen Paperbound Fascicles. In Very Good condition, with Very Good minus slipcase. Housed in slipcase with paper label to one board and spine. Slipcase shows very mild rubbing with spine label partially loose. All volumes share the limitation number of '9', reserved for the publishers and contributors. Volumes 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13 are signed by Cecil Helman, Oskar Pastior, Harry Mathews, Eric Basso, Marcel Mariën, Günter Brus, and Alastair Brotchie, respectively. 1. Achim Von Arnim GENTRY BY ENTAILMENT, Translated by Alan Brown, 0947757392. 2. Cecil Helman THE GOLDEN TOENAILS OF AMBROSIO P, 0947757333, Signed. 3. Albert Ehrenstein TUBUTSCH, Translated by Malcolm Green, 0947757341. 4. Remy de Gourmont STORIES IN BLUE, BLACK, VIOLET, GREEN & MAUVE, Translated by Frederick Reeves Ashfield, 094775735x. 5. Oskar Pastior POEMPOEMS, Translated by Malcolm Green, 0947757376, Signed. 6. Harry Mathews THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, 0947757384, Signed. 7. Rikki Ducornet THE BUTCHER’S TALES, 0947757368. 8. Benjamin Péret MAD BALLS, Illustrated by Yves Tanguy, Translated by James Brook, 0947757325. 9. Xavier Forneret THE DIAMOND IN THE GRASS, Translated and with an Afterword by Terry Hale, 094757414. 10. Eric Basso EQUUS CABALLUS, 0947757406, with errata slip, Signed. 11. Marcel Mariën THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LA BELLE DESIDERATA, Translated by Terry Hale in collaboration with Michael Richardson, Sarah Whitfield & Marcel Mariën, 0947757422, Signed. 12. Günter Brus PICTUREPOEMS, Translated by Malcolm Green, 0947757430, Signed. 13. Alastair Brotchie DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO UBIC GESTATION, 0947757457, Signed. Extremely scarce. Shelved in Case 0. More
THE FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS [DELIVERED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, APRIL 30, 1789]
Washington: Library of Congress, 1989. Facsimile manuscript reprint. Quarto; vg/wraps; gray spine with no text; saddle-stitched; black text on front panel; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; folded manuscript sheets; 10 pp.; else very good. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
DEUTSCHLAND UND DIE EUROPAISCHE KULTURKRISE
Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1924. Erste und zweite Auflage. 12mo; good/wraps; brown spine with no text; black text on front panel; ex libris, bookplate; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 58 pp.; else very good; ---TEXT IN GERMAN. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More
THE BREASTS AS AN EROTIC FACTOR
Los Angeles, California: Monogram Books, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 79pp.; VG-; stapled decorated gray wrappers, housed in plastic wrapper; slight age-toning on the wrappers; remnant of a price written on the upper fore corner of front wrapper; staple hole on middle of fore edge where a staple was removed; interior clean; NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
DANIEL WEBSTER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
[Boston]: 1849. Daniel Webster Autograph letter signed "Danl Webster." One page, bifolium, 8" x 9.5", October 9, 1849. Headlined "Private," Webster writes of selling a house. Docketed on the verso, the letter displays a mat burn around the edges, smoothed folds, toning due to age, and three spots of staining on the front. Includes an illustration of an elder Webster.; CX consignment; shelved binder case 0. More
DANIEL WEBSTER AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
[Boston]: 1851. Daniel Webster Autograph letter signed "Danl Webster." One page, 4" x 6.25", Revere House [Boston], April 28, 1851. Written one year before Webster's death, Webster celebrates his new gold pen, "in truth, the only metallic pen I have ever been able to use," and the same in which he wrote this letter. Folds; light toning along the left edge.; CX consignment; shelved binder case 0. More
SPEECH OF THE HON. DANIEL WEBSTER, AT THE CONVENTION AT RICHMOND, VA., ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 1840
New York: Youngs & huunt, 1840. String-Bound Pamphlet; 24 pages; G; minor wear to edges and corners, faint writing in pencil on front cover, foxing to all pages, tape over small tear to rear cover/last page; RW; Shelved Room A. More
UNITED STATES PATENTS 1790 TO 1870; NEW USES FOR OLD IDEAS
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Quarto; vg-/wraps; light brown spine with no text; thin; Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology Paper 48, pages 109-152, from United States National Museum Bulletin 241; minor shelf wear and bumping, creasing along corners and spine,curling on top-right corner, toning to wrap, text block clean; photographs; else very good. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. More
EARLY DRAFT TYPESCRIPT OF CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
1955. A typed carbon typescript of an early version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, written between December of 1954 and 1955 in the lead-up to pre–Broadway tryout in Philadelphia. It incorporates the edits made by Williams in a collection of revisions dated "9 December 1954" (Currently housed at the Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, Butler Library, Columbia University): Big Daddy’s appearance in Act III, Brick’s admittance "I might be impotent, Maggie", and the inclusion of Big Daddy’s "elephant joke" (which was later replaced by the famous "mendacity" speech. Very good and extremely rare - only 7 typescripts of this version are known to exist, most in wraps from the Liebling-Wood agency. Quarto, 120 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in leatherette wrap bound with brads, and final title "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof" in silver lettering. Label in upper left for Hart Stenographic Bureau. Chipping to bottom right edge/corner of front cover and head/tail of spine, a closed tear near "Hart" label, and a two-inch closed tear along hinge at bottom of the front corner. Some minor age-toning to edges and titlepage. Also includes the playbill for the second week of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's initial Broadway run at the Morosco Theatre. The play premiered March 24th, 1955, and the first playbill was of the week of March 21. The bill included is from the "Week beginning Monday, March 28, 1955" (stated on page 21 of the playbill). Octavo, 36 pages. In Very Good condition. There is some minor wear to the spine, mild age-toning, an 1.4-inch closed tear near the tail of the spine. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. More
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TYPESCRIPT FOR CLOTHES FOR A SUMMER HOTEL AND AUTOGRAPHED EPHEMERA
1979. A mimeographed typescript of Williams’ last Broadway production, Clothes for a Summer Hotel, belonging to the show’s producer, Elliot Martin. Clothes premiered at the Cort Theater in March of 1980 after try-outs in Washington in the last months of 1979. The title-page indicates that this was the script used from April - September 1979, and features occasional notations in holograph ink throughout (possibly from the hand of Martin).; Quarto, 96 pages. Staple-bound in light blue paper covers, with no title or lettering. Very good condition. Covers show minor soiling and slight fading primarily along edges. Textblock clean save for aforementioned ink notations.; Also included is an autographed 3.5” x 4” place-card stating "To Maggie / ? / Tennessee Williams / ‘78". Written on the inside of a place-card belonging to "Mrs. Margaret L. Myers" from The Lotos Club. Very good condition, with one fold, and slight age-toning.; Additionally, there is a 3.5" x 8.5" check for payment signed by Williams, and dated February 21, 1978. The pink check is made out to "Cross Animal Clinic", is folded once, and has some discoloration to the front due to bleed-through from a purple stamp on the recto from "Florida First Nat. / Bank at Key West."; CX Consignment; shelved case 0. More
THREE TYPED DRAFTS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS SHORT STORIES
1943/1952/1954. Three typed short story drafts by Tennessee Williams. The first item is an early typed draft of the short story "The Important Thing", which first appeared in the magazine Story in November of 1945 (Vol. XXVII, No. 116). This story was later collected in the Williams’ short-story collection One Arm and Other Stories in 1954. Contains suggested edits in pencil, possibly by Williams’ agent Audrey Wood. While the structure in the published version remains the same, the protagonist’s name appears in this draft as "Laura" - later changed to "Flora". Quarto, 22 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in a teal paper wrap bearing the pasted label for the Liebling-Wood agency. There is minor age toning, a small pen mark, and the faint rust mark of a paperclip on the top of the front cover. The first page has several small chips along the fore edge, and slight age toning throughout. The second document is a draft of the short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", which appeared in the November 1, 1952 issue of The New Yorker. This is the story that would ultimately evolve into Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, introducing Brick and Maggie Pollitt. The titlepage states "(As published in the New Yorker / November 1, 1952)". Quarto, 37 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in a blue paper wrap with brad binding, bearing the printed label for the Liebling-Wood agency. Front cover has slight age-toning around the immediate edges and several small closed tears along foreedge. Very faint damp-stain appears at top of the text block fore edge. Also includes an original copy of the Nov. 1, 1952 issue of the The New Yorker, in which "Three Players" appears on page 27. Quarto, 122 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Spine shows only mild wear along the saddle stitching, and minimal age-toning. The third item is a late typed draft of the Williams short story "The Angel in the Alcove", which Williams in 1943. The title is written in Williams' hand on the top right corner of the front cover. The story was first published in 1948 in One Arm and Other Stories, and was later developed into his 1978 play Vieux Carre. The quasi-autobiographical Angel is widely seen as Williams' "coming-out" narrative, tracing his experience of coming to terms with his sexuality while living in the French Quarter in the late 1930s. Quarto, 14 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in a blue paper wrap with brad binding, bearing the printed label for the Liebling-Wood agency. The covers show some mild soiling along the bottom edges, and some creases in the paper wrap near the bottom corners. The text block has mild age-toning throughout. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. More
MARK TWAIN RETURNS TO HAWAII
Honolulu: University of Hawaii PRess, 1969. Octavo; VG Paperback; Stapled brown spine; Cover is brown with tan print, clean but for rusting spine staples and fading at spine edge; Textblock clean and tight, includes facsimiles of two letters written by Mark Twain; [13] pages, facsims. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #2. More
SMALL ARCHIVE OF LETTERS FROM ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT AND THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE
A unique collection of twenty letters, telegrams and postcards from Alexander Woollcott, Morris Frank, Leonard Lyons, Moss Hart, George Kaufman, and Dorothy Parker. All are personal in nature and show the wit and warmth of the correspondents. Correspondence protected in plastic sleeves; housed in a full green morocco case with gilt tooling and lettering, lined with green cloth and marbled paper; All VG, with light age toning and creasing as usual; Paper used for telegrams is beginning to become brittle; 1) A postcard in Dorothy Parker’s handwriting directed to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lyons, postmarked October 12, 1940 from Sun Valley, Idaho. It reads: “We’re here with Ernest Hemingway and how are you four? Love from us all, Dorothy and Alan”. Small patches of yellowed adhesive at top corners, not impacting readability. 2) A typed letter signed by George Kaufman directed to Leonard Lyons, dated April 7, 1943. Kaufman writes to ask that Lyons make a one-minute war bonds speech at a theatre on the week of April 19th-25th. Kaufman has added a handwritten note at the bottom of the page: “Here’s your chance for a spotlight, Leonard. G.” 3) A telegram from Moss Hart to Leonard Lyons, dated February 19, 1940, informing him that Hart will be leaving Hollywood the following day. “To you I send a fierce kiss and to Sylvia all the passion I can spare.” Minor chipping to lower left corner. 4) A telegram to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lyons from Moss Hart and George and Beatrice Kaufman, dated February 10, 1941, inviting the Lyons to a party. Minor chipping to upper right corner and right edge. 5) An autograph letter signed by Moss Hart to Leonard Lyons, undated, written while Hart was working overseas with the USO. Hart writes that most of his stories would not be allowed by the censor, but that the experience has been “fabulous and deeply stirring...and richly rewarding. I’m eleven pounds lighter in weight than when I left New York--but immeasurably heavier in my knowledge of my fellow-man. It’s worth it.” An envelope is included, but is badly torn and undated. 6) A typed letter signed by Moss Hart to Leonard Lyons, dated simply “Sunday.” It reads in part: “Well, thats the damndest check I ever received--it’s like winning in a crooked gambling joint. Imagine a writer getting a check made out to himself for something another writer has written about him! What was the story? And why should I be getting paid instead of you?...Please give me a clue--we return to town September 5th--and you must at least let me buy you a drink or supper with these ill-gotten gains.” 7) A typed letter signed by Moss Hart to Leonard Lyons, dated simply “Wednesday,” referring to an enclosure (no longer present) regarding an exchange of letters with a correspondent Hart describes as “touchy.” An envelope is included in the protective sleeve with this letter and the letter above; as both are written on the same type of stationery, it is unclear which the envelope belongs with. The envelope is postmarked August 28, 1961. 8) A typed letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Leonard Lyons, dated October 24, 1939, to let Lyons know that Woollcott will be returning to New York shortly. A patch of yellowed adhesive marks the hotel’s heading at the top of the stationery, and there is a smaller patch of darkened adhesive at the right edge, but neither impact the text. 9) A typed letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Leonard Lyons, dated June 15, 1940, thanking Lyons for an earlier letter. 10) A typed letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Leonard Lyons, dated April 26, 1941, gently making fun of Albert Barnes’s enthusiasm for showing his art collection to anyone willing to see it; both Lyons and Woollcott received numerous letters from Barnes on the subject. A patch of yellowed adhesive on verso; visible on recto, but not impacting the readability of the letter. Minor damage to verso of letter due to adhesive removal; text not impacted. 11) A typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Frank to Alexander Woollcott, dated May 29, 1936, providing an anecdote for something Woollcott is writing. Small (⅜ in) closed tear to right margin. 12) A typed letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Morris Frank, dated June 1, 1936, to thank Frank for his letter of May 29th and to say that he looks forward to hearing more from Frank. 13) A typed letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Morris Frank, dated February 6, 1939, letting him know that Woollcott is sending him three Braille copies of an article Woollcott wrote which was soon to appear in the Atlantic. Staple holes in upper left corner, minor staining from paperclip. 14) A typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Frank to Alexander Woollcott, dated February 14, 1939, thanking Woollcott for the Braille copies of his article. “I cannot tell you how very pleased I was to receive your article in Braille, even before it came out in regular print. Uncle Willi and Jack have been trying to take me off my high horse ever since I came in for I was told about it immediately. Even Buddy [Frank’s guide dog] swaggered around the place.” 15) A typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Frank to Alexander Woollcott, dated July 24, 1939, thanking him for his public support of The Seeing Eye, the training school for guide dogs that Frank founded. Several small (0.25 in or less) tears to top margin. 16) A typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Frank to Alexander Woollcott, dated October 4, 1939, in which Frank invites Woollcott to stay with him in Nashville when Woollcott passes through during an upcoming lecture tour. Minor creasing at edges and corners. 17) An autograph letter signed by Alexander Woollcott to Morris Frank, dated October 8, 1939, informing Frank that Woollcott will be unable to stay with Frank during a planned lecture tour that will take him to Frank’s hometown of Nashville. Light staining from paperclip stain in upper left corner. 18) A typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Franks to Alexander Woollcott, dated March 11, 1940, thanking Woollcott for the gift of several “talking book records.” 19) A typed letter signed by Woollcott, dated August 31, 1942, congratulating Morris Frank on his recent marriage. “And now, thanks to a note dashed off a week ago in New Orleans by a young Nashville naval lieutenant of my acquaintance who enclosed a clipping from the Teneseean [sic], I learn that you are married. Thus the efforts to keep the news of my friends from me are frustrated. I send you both my blessing and hope our paths will cross again soon.” 20) Stapled to the above, a typed letter (unsigned) from Morris Frank to Woollcott, dated September 3, 1942, thanking him for his congratulations, sharing news of the wedding, and updating him on the Franks’ involvement with the war effort. Light staining to right edge. CX consignment; shelved case 0. More
LA CULTURE DU SANG: FATWAS, FEMMES, TABOUS ET POUVOIRS
Paris: Le Serpent a Plumes, 2003. 12mo; vg/wraps; red spine with black and white text; ex libris, signature, ffep; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 153 pp.; else very good; ---TEXT IN FRENCH. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #1. More