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[ENTERTAINMENT - MEMOIR]. A group of 12 works about musicians, artists, comedians, and writers, including:MARX, Groucho. Beds. NY, 1930. -- HOFFA, James R. The Trials of Jimmy Hoffa. Chicago, 1970. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- DYLAN, Bob. Tarantula. NY, 1971. FIRST ISSUE. -- With 35 pp. partial proofs in a stamped folder. -- [GARCIA, Jerry]. REICH, Charles et al. Garcia a Signpost to New Space. San Francisco, 1972. SIGNED BY GARCIA. -- HOPE, Bob. The Last Christmas Show. Garden City, NY, 1974. SIGNED. -- CASH, Johnny. Man in Black. Grand Rapids, MI, 1975. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- LYNN, Loretta. Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter. Chicago, 1976. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- BUCHWALD, Art. The Buchwald Stops Here. NY, 1978. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- And 3 others. Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth, quarter cloth or boards, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, many FIRST ISSUE, most SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldiers' Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.  8vo. Half-title; title-page printed in red and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in yellow, top edge stained yellow (very slight rubbing, tiny bubble to front board, otherwise bright).  FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S FIRST NOVEL, published through his association with Sherwood Anderson, who intervened with his publisher, Boni & Liveright. Petersen A2a.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962).  Mosquitoes. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.  8vo. Half-title; title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in orange, top edge stained yellow (some minor rubbing to edges, some slight bubbling of cloth on upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some rubbing and chipping, a few short tears, spine panel soiled).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, in the first state dust jacket with the "mosquitoes" design, of Faulkner's satirical second novel about the residents of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Petersen A4.1a.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sartoris. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929.  8vo. Original black cloth, lettered in red, top edge stained red; in unrestored printed dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins (some minor chipping, spine panel slightly faded).  FIRST EDITION. In his third novel, Faulkner writes about the northern Mississippi location and characters he knew best. He created fictional Yoknapatawpha County which he populated with characters drawn from his own life and family history. Petersen A5.1.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed black and grey patterned boards, top edge stained blue (light darkening to edges); in unrestored dust jacket featuring an adaptation of Kathe Kollwitz's "Woman and Death" (some chipping and rubbing, spine panel faded, small drawings and notes in ink verso); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION OF FAULKNER'S FIRST GREAT NOVEL, in the first state dust jacket with Maurice Hindus's Humanity Uprooted priced $3.00 on rear panel. Set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, The Sound and the Fury follows the Compson family as they struggle with the downfall of their family reputation. Though not immediately commercially successful, The Sound and the Fury became Faulkner's most popular work. Petersen A6.2a.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). As I Lay Dying. New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930.8vo. Half-title. Original beige cloth, lettered in dark brown, top edge stained red (a few minor stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny losses to corners and spine ends, some soiling to flap folds and spine, minor separation to rear flap fold).FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the "I" on p.11 correctly aligned. The stamping on the front and spine is properly positioned, with the serif on the "I" present. Petersen notes that the irregularities of the binding stamping and differing shades of the top edge stain do not exactly coincide with the dropped "I" issue point. Set in Yoknapatawpha County, Faulkner's fifth novel employs a stream-of-consciousness style to tell the story of the death and funeral of Addie Bundren through 15 different narrators across 59 chapters. Petersen A7.1c.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Sanctuary. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1931.  8vo. Half-title. Original cloth-backed boards, figured grey and magenta endpapers [first state], top edge stained black (spine slightly toned, slight wear to corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few short tears and nicks with some minor rubbing and soiling).FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. "Sanctuary was written in haste when Faulkner was tired of never selling; like the stories in These 13, it is Faulkner for the non-Faulknerites, determined to shock... The novel was a popular success though attacked by Wyndham Lewis in his 'Men Without Art' and I offer it here for not liking Faulkner better" (Connolly, The Modern Movement, 69). Peterson A8b.

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. MORRISON, Toni (1931-2019). Sula. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.  8vo. Original orange cloth gilt-lettered; in unrestored and unclipped FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with 1/74 code to lower left and other points.  FIRST EDITION of Morrison's second novel set in the remnants of a black neighborhood in fictional Medallion, Ohio which was destroyed so that a golf course could be constructed.   Sula was integrally important to the emergence of Black Feminist Literary Theory.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). These 13. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931.  8vo. Half-title. Original grey cloth-backed blue cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge stained black, endpapers with printed blue design on grey paper; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (small losses to spine ends, some soiling.) Provenance: Florence Luntz (signature on title-page).FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE, FIRST PRINTING with the index reference for "Hair" appearing on p.280, rather than p.208.   "It is likely that the limited issue precedes the trade issue." These 13, a collection of stories, was dedicated to Faulkner's first daughter Alabama who died nine days after her birth on 11 January 1931. It contains the first appearance of his story "A Rose for Emily." Petersen A9.2a.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Idyll in the Desert. New York: Random House, 1931.  8vo. Title printed in brown and black. Original marbled paper boards, unopened; original glassine (some minor chipping).FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 120 of 400 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Idyll in the Desert was Faulkner's first Random House book, and was the only publication of this story until it was included in Uncollected Stories in 1979. Petersen A10.1.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Light in August. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932.8vo. Half-title. Original coarse-grained beige cloth, stamped in orange on the front cover and in blue and orange on the spine [first binding]; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and tears, some soiling particularly to spine). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).     FIRST EDITION, FIRST BINDING. The novel revolves around three main characters: Lena Grove, Gail Hightower, and Joe Christmas. "As Faulkner weaves together the stories of these three characters, he explores the devastating effects of racism and religious fanaticism" (Napierkowski, "Light in August: Introduction," 1998). Petersen A13a.  

FAULKNER, William. Doctor Martino and other stories. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934.8vo. Half-title. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some toning, primarily to spine). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).   FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE, published on 16 April 1934, with a dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr. Petersen A16.1.b.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Pylon. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935.8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth with horizontal black cloth band, upper cover and spine gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping to corners and spine ends, some overall toning). Provenance: Florence Luntz (signatures on title-page and pastedown).FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Pylon is the story of a group of barnstormers whose lives are thoroughly unconventional. They live hand-to-mouth, always just a step or two ahead of destitution, and their interpersonal relationships are unorthodox and shocking by the standards of their society and times. The novel provided the basis for the 1958 film The Tarnished Angels, directed by Douglas Sirk. Petersen A17.1c.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.8vo. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, top edges gilt, others uncut (some toning, corners bumped). Provenance: Patricia L. Blix (signature on flyleaf).FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 15 of 300 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. The novel details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, and the story is told almost entirely in flashbacks narrated by Quentin Compson (his Harvard roommate). Its groundbreaking technique, along with that of The Sound and the Fury, contributed to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Petersen A18.2a.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Absalom, Absalom! New York: Random House, 1936.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth stamped in red and gold; original pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped, very slight wear to corners and spine ends, otherwise bright).  FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Petersen A18.2b.  

FAULKNER, William. The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.  8vo. Half-title; title printed in brown and black. Original grey cloth stamped in red and blue, top edge stained red (spine slightly soiled); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny stain to front panel, spine soiled, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. The Unvanquished follows the Sartoris family, who first appeared in Sartoris, during the Civil War in Yoknapatawpha County.   Most of the work was first published serially in the Saturday Evening Post. Petersen A19.2.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). The Wild Palms. New York: Random House, 1939.  8vo. Half-title; title printed in green and black. Original tan cloth stamped in gold and green; in unclipped dust jacket (vertical crease along front flap fold, some tears or creasing with old tape repairs verso, browning to spine and lower panels).  FIRST EDITION, TRADE ISSUE. Faulkner's Random House publishers selected the title over Faulkner's objections. Subsequent editions have been printed with the title If I Forget Thee Jerusalem. Petersen A20.2b.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Go Down, Moses and Other Stories.   New York: Random House, 1942.8vo. Original black cloth stamped in gold and red, top edges stained red; in unrestored dust jacket (price clipped, a few creases and tears to edges). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN THE FIRST BINDING.    Go Down, Moses, a collection of seven related pieces of short fiction, is sometimes considered a novel. It spans more than a century in the history of the McCaslin family, viewing their hardships and triumphs by examining their daily lives. It is considered by some to be Faulkner's most spiritual book, as shown in the connection to nature and the land in "The Old People," "The Bear," and "Delta Autumn." Peterson A23.2b.

[AFRICAN AMERICANA - SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom's Cabin. Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company, Jewett Proctor & Worthington, 1852.  2 volumes, 8vo. Title-page vignettes, 6 engravings. (Occasional spotting.) Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, spine gilt-lettered (recased preserving original spines and endleaves, fading, spines slightly leaned); brown cloth slipcase. Provenance: Public Library of the Town of Beverly; Estate of Bessie Baker (bookplates with inscriptions dated 1934). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, in BAL's binding B [no priority]. Stowe's abolitionist novel credited with changing the attitudes of the American public towards slavery and Black Americans. BAL 19343; Grolier American  61.  [With:] Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. 2 volumes, 8vo. (Toning.) Original blindstamped black-brown cloth with spine gilt-lettered (minor wear at extremities, spines slightly leaned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second printing of Volume I, first printing of volume II, BAL "A" binding [no priority].. Preceded by two English editions. Stowe's follow-up to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the novel focuses on southern enslavers and the mistreatment of the enslaved. BAL 19389.  

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Requiem for a Nun. New York: Random House, 1951.  8vo. Half-title; gray title page printed in white and black. Original cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered.FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 25 of 500 copies SIGNED BY FAULKNER. Requiem for a Nun is perhaps best-known for one of Faulkner's most famous lines: "The past is never dead. It's not even past." Petersen A32.1a.

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). A group of 7 works, including:  The Hamlet. 1940. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- Intruder in the Dust. 1948. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Notes on a Horse Thief. Greenville, MS: The Levee Press, 1950. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 324 of 950. SIGNED BY FAULKNER. -- Collected Stories of William Faulkner. 1950. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. (Dust jacket price-clipped). -- Requiem for a Nun. 1951. FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE dust jacket. -- And one other. Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, all published New York: Random House except where noted, condition generally fine. [With:] "The Bear" in: The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 213, No. 45. Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 9 May 1942. Folio. Illustrated. Publisher's wrappers (minor fading). FIRST APPEARANCE OF "THE BEAR" which appears on p. 30. Early versions had appeared previously under the title "Lion." Later published in book form as one of the seven chapters in Go Down, Moses.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi! A Musical Comedy in Two Acts...Plot & Lyrics by F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: John Church Co., 1914.  4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (some light soiling, a few soft creases). FIRST EDITION OF FITZGERALD'S FIRST WORK, preceded only by printed actors' scripts of the same work, with the hand-corrected copyright date on p.3 as usual. The score for Fitzgerald's two-act musical comedy, which was his first show for the Triangle Club at Princeton University. Bruccoli A2.   RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only 4 copies of this work have sold at auction in the last 20 years.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940), contributor.  A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919. Princeton: University Press, 1919.  8vo. Half-title. (Short marginal tear to one leaf.) Original green gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly sunned); original printed dust jacket (soiling along spine edge of front panel and to spine, one tiny chip at foot of spine).  FIRST EDITION, containing the first appearance of three poems by Fitzgerald: "Marching Streets" (p.81); "The Pope at Confession" (p.83); and "My First Love" (p.83). Bruccoli B1.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940).  This Side of Paradise. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920.  8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (small stain upper cover, spine slightly leaned).   FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with "Published April, 1920" on the copyright page.   Fitzgerald's autobiographical novel, set at Princeton, secured his place as the voice of his generation. The "defiant tone [of Tales of the Jazz Age] had the same powerful impact on rebellious postwar youth as Salinger's Catcher in the Rye did in 1951, and it became a Bible and guidebook as the Twenties began to roar " (Meyers, p.56). Bruccoli A5.1.a.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Flappers and Philosophers. New York: Scribner's, 1920.8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (upper hinge starting, gilt slightly dulled). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with "Published September, 1920" on the copyright page. Fitzgerald's second book and his first collection of short stories. Among the eight stories in Flappers and Philosophers are "The Ice Palace," "The Offshore Pirate," and "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." Bruccoli A6.1.c.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940).  The Beautiful and Damned. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.  8vo. Half-title. Original blue-green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unclipped  dust jacket (a few chips and tears, neatly backed on verso with japan tissue); decorative cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the Scribner's seal on copyright page. Fitzgerald's second novel, believed to be based on his relationship with Zelda. The Beautiful and the Damned was first serialized in Metropolitan Magazine from September to March, 1922. Bruccoli A8.1.a .

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tales of the Jazz Age. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.  8vo. Half-title. (Tiny hole in upper margin of half-title.) Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (small stain and tiny bump to fore-edge of lower board); in unrestored dust jacket (some chipping and soiling, closed tear along rear spine fold). Provenance: unidentified signature in pencil on a blank leaf.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "and" instead of "an" on p. 232. Fitzgerald's second book of short stories, including the well-known "May Day," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Fitzgerald is credited with coining the phrase "The Jazz Age" to describe the Roaring 20's. Bruccoli A9.1.a.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). The Vegetable or from President to postman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.  8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped  dust jacket (a few chips and tears, some soiling and rubbing). FIRST EDITION.   The Vegetable, Fitzgerald's only professional play, debuted at the Apollo Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 19, 1923. Although he anticipated it would be a great financial success, it flopped. "The failure of The Vegetable, Fitzgerald's first professional setback, made him realize that he could no longer count on the success of every book, or continue to drink and spend without suffering the consequences...When it failed, he was forced to go on the wagon and write himself out of debt" (Myers, pp. 107-108). Bruccoli A10.1.a.  

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). The Color Purple. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.  8vo. Original purple cloth-backed boards; in unrestored unclipped pictorial dust jacket (small scuff to spine).  FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY of Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. With publisher's review copy sheet, photocopy of the 14 May 1982 Publisher's Weekly review, and a copy of Walker's author portrait taken by L.A. Hyder laid in.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). All the Sad Young Men. New York: Scribner's, 1926.8vo. Half-title. (Some spotting to a few leaves at beginning and end.) Original green cloth (upper hinge separating); in unrestored unclipped  dust jacket (separation to lower spine fold, some very minor chipping). Provenance: Sold Philip C. Duschnes (his label, lower pastedown). FIRST EDITION of Fitzgerald's third collection of short stories. Of the nine stories, one of the best received, "Absolution," was originally planned to explain the background of The Great Gatsby. Bruccoli A13.1.a.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934.  8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some chipping and toning, a few short tears).FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, IN FIRST STATE DUST JACKET with blurbs on the front flap by T. S. Eliot, H. L. Mencken, and Paul Rosenfeld. "The beginning... is a wonderful evocation of the second phase of American expatriates ensconced in glittering villas on the Riviera in contrast to the home-spun tipplers of The Sun Also Rises. The break-down of a marriage... is described with flashes of genius by an expert in self-destruction... and there is a haunting account... of the predicament of 'grace under pressure' from too many parties and too much money" (Connolly, The Modern Movement 79). Bruccoli A15.1.a.a.  

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Taps at Reveille. New York: Scribner's, 1935.8vo. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping and browning).FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE,   with pp. 349-352 integral and unrevised, including the "catch it" reading on p.351. The fourth and largest collection of Fitzgerald's short stories, and the last work to be published during his lifetime, Taps at Reveille includes "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," and "Babylon Revisited."   Bruccoli A18.1.a.1.

FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940).  The Crack-up. Edmund Wilson, editor. New York: New Directions, 1945.  8vo. Half-title; title-page printed in brown and black. Original cloth-backed patterned boards, printed label on spine; original printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING A FINE COPY. Bruccoli A20.1.a.  [With:] FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940), contributor. A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919. Princeton: University Press, 1919. 8vo. Original green gilt-lettered cloth (some soiling). FIRST EDITION.  

[FORD, Henry]. GRAVES, Ralph H. Triumph of an Idea: The Story of Henry Ford. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935.  8vo. Photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations from photographs. Original blue silver-stamped cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (a few small losses to lower edge of front panel, some chipping and rubbing).  FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HENRY FORD on the half-title, of Graves' work describing highlights from the 50-year period during which Henry Ford rose to industrial prominence, and telling the story of Ford's Dearborn plant.  

FORESTER, Cecil Scott (1899-1966). The African Queen. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935.8vo. Half-title. Original palm-patterned cloth lettered in green (slight rubbing to spine ends and corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light dampstain to rear panel, a few tiny chips, spine panel slightly browned).  FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Published February, 1935" on the copyright page, one of only 2,500 copies of the first American edition printed. Forester's novel was the basis for the 1951 film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939).   The Interpretation of Dreams....Authorised Translation of  Third Edition with  Introduction by A. A. Brill, Ph.B., M.D. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913.  8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth (slight wear to extremities, some staining to rear cover). Provenance: Twamley (signature, 1914, on flyleaf). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST STATE with integral title-page and errata slip opposite pg. 1. "This is unquestionably Freud's greatest single work. It contains all the basic components of psychoanalytic theory and practice" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 4980; Norman F33; PMM 389 (all citing the original edition); Rieber & Gach 167 (this edition).

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1920.  8vo. Frontispiece. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly faded); in unrestored dust jacket (partially price-clipped, some soiling particularly to spine panel, some chipping). Provenance: John McBride (bookplate and signature on pastedown).FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Freud's introductory lectures on psychoanalysis. "Few, especially in this country, realize that while Freudian themes have rarely found a place on the programs of the American Psychological Association, they have attracted great and growing attention and found frequent elaboration by students...These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational." Garrison-Morton 4989 (English edition of 1922). [With:] FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). The Ego and the Id. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, printed by Virginia and Leonard Woolf at the Hogarth Press, and translated by Joan Riviere.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A Boy's Will. London: David Nutt, 1913.8vo. Half-title. Original bronzed brown cloth, gilt-lettered (spine slightly faded); morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: Molly (gift inscription , 1913, on flyleaf).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF FROST'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. One of approximately 350 of the first 1,000 copies in either of the first two bindings issued by Nutt (Crane's bindings A&B), before Nutt's firm went bankrupt after the First World War.   Crane A2 [Binding A]. A BRIGHT COPY.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). North of Boston. London: David Nutt, 1914.8vo. Half-title. Original green gilt-lettered cloth (spine slightly browned, some browning to endleaves).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Printed in Great Britain" stamped on verso of title, one of 200 in the sixth binding state (which was one of two bindings executed for Dunster House Bookshop in 1923). Includes the first appearance of Frost's well-known "Mending Wall." Of the 1,000 sheets originally printed, approximately 350 were sold by David Nutt. Upon Nutt's bankruptcy after the war, the remaining sheets were sold to Simpkin, of which approximately 259 copies were sold by Dunster House Bookshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   Crane A3 [Binding F].

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WALKER, Alice (b. 1944). A group of three works, comprising:  In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose. 1983. -- Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful. 1984. -- Possessing the Secret of Joy. 1992. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 46 of 250 copies, SIGNED BY TONI MORRISON. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in San Diego et al by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, all FIRST EDITION, 8vo, all in publisher's bindings, dust jackets unrestored and unclipped, all in very fine condition.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1916.8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth gilt (very slight rubbing to spine ends); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor chipping to spine ends and corners, minor creasing to top edge, short tear). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the repeating lines on p.88 and with "Come" instead of "Gone" on p.93. The first of Frost's books to be published first in America, Mountain Interval. includes the first appearance of two of Frost's best-known poems: "The Road Not Taken" and "Birches." Crane A4. A VERY FINE COPY.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). New Hampshire. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923.  8vo. Woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes. (Soft crease in lower gutter corner throughout, pale spotting to a few leaves.) Original gilt-stamped black cloth with bevelled edges (a touch of wear to corners and spine ends). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 56 of 350 copies SIGNED BY FROST. New Hampshire, for which Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, includes several of his best-known poems, including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Nothing Gold Can Stay" and "Fire and Ice." Crane A6.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). New Hampshire. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1923.  8vo. Woodcut illustrations by J. J. Lankes. Original green cloth-backed green boards, gold label on upper cover (some light rubbing, a few minor stains). Provenance: The Library Company of Philadelphia (bookplate with "Duplicate Sold" stamp, shelf mark on foot of spine, blind stamp on title-page).  FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY FROST: "Robert Frost Philadelphia Feb 25 1936 For the Library Company of Philadelphia." Crane A9.  

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 12 works, including:New Hampshire. 1923. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. -- Bread Loaf Anthology. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College Press, 1939. FIRST EDITION. -- A Witness Tree. Steeple Bush. 1942. 93 of 735. SIGNED BY FROST. -- A Masque of Reason. 1945. 303 of 800. SIGNED BY FROST. -- A Masque of Mercy. 1947. 560 of 751. SIGNED BY FROST. -- Steeple Bush. 1947. 186 of 751. SIGNED BY FROST. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED. -- Hard not to be King. NY: House of Books, Ltd., 1951. 244 of 300. SIGNED BY FROST. -- Aforesaid. 1951. 88 of 650. SIGNED BY FROST. -- And 4 others. Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most published in New York by Henry Holt and Company, all in original bindings, many with unrestored and unclipped dust jackets or glassines, many in slipcases, most LIMITED EDITION, most SIGNED BY FROST, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

FROST, Robert (1874-1963). A group of 11 works, including:West-Running Brook. 1928. FIRST ISSUE. INSCRIBED. -- A Further Range. 1936. SIGNED. -- A Witness Tree. 1942. SIGNED. -- Come in and other Poems. 1943. FIRST ISSUE. -- Masque of Reason. 1945. FIRST ISSUE. -- Steeple Bush. 1947. -- In the Clearing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. -- And 4 others. Together, 11 works in 11 volumes, various 4to, 8vo and 12mo sizes, most published in New York by Henry Holt and Company, all in original bindings, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets or glassines, many in slipcases, most FIRST EDITION or FIRST TRADE EDITION, a few SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY FROST, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Richard (1908-1960). Native Son. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940.  8vo. Half-title. Original dark blue cloth stamped in light blue and red; in unrestored and unclipped printed dust jacket (minor creasing at spine cap).    FIRST EDITION, with "A-P" below the edition statement on the copyright page. IN FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, printed in green and yellow with the price "$2.50," and without single-spaced blurbs on spine and front panel. Wright's novel about Bigger Thomas, set on the South Side of Chicago, was an immediate best-seller, selling over 250,000 hardcover copies within three weeks of its release.  

GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). A group of 4 works ALL SIGNED BY GINSBERG, comprising:GINSBERG et al. Stony Brook 1/2. NY, Fall 1968. Original printed wrappers. FIRST ISSUE. -- Portents 17 Notes After an Evening with William Carlos Williams. NY, [1970]. Original printed wrappers. FIRST ISSUE, one of 300 copies. -- LEARY, Timothy. Jail Notes. Allen GINSBERG, introduction. NY, 1970. Original boards; dust jacket. -- GINSBERG et al. Gay Sunshine Interviews. Winston LEYLAND, editor. San Francisco, 1978. Illustrated. Original cloth; dust jacket. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED BY GINSBERG, condition generally good.  

GOLDING, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber, 1954.  8vo. Original red cloth (minor fading to top edge and a few corners); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping, small loss to foot of spine panel, overall browning).FIRST EDITION of author's first book, a "story for adults about small boys; very ordinary small boys marooned on a coral island. At first it seems as though it is all going to be great fun; but the fun before long...turns into a nightmare of panic and death" (front flap). Gekoski & Grogan A2(a).

GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). My Disillusionment in Russia. London: The C. W. Daniel Company, [1925].  8vo. Half-title. (Some light spotting to a few leaves.) Original red cloth, paper label on spine (some spotting, covers slightly bowed). Provenance: Presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient (see below). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on the half-title, London, 1 December 1925. The inscription is obscured by an affixed label which reads: "This book is a part of the Institutional Library provided through the Cortland County Council of Churches...However, the library program does not necessarily endorse the content of these donated books" (with a portion of Goldman's inscription adhered to the verso of the label). Goldman left the Soviet Union in 1923, and soon after published My Disillusionment in Russia to share the experiences she had while living there. Goldman was initially supportive of the October Revolution which brought the Bolsheviks to power, but changed her opinion after the Kronstadt rebellion and denounced the Soviet Union for its violent repression of independent voices.  

GOLDMAN, Emma (1869-1940). Living My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth lettered in red; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel faded, a few small chips and tears). Provenance: Lois Hall Herrick (presentation inscription).First single-volume edition, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GOLDMAN on front free endpaper: "Mrs. Lois Hall Herrick The daughter of a great father. I hope this mark may inspire you to the idealism and humanity of your father. Emma Goldman New York March 1934." Anarchist, writer, and political activist Emma Goldman was pivotal in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). The House of the Seven Gables. Boston, 1851.  8vo. 4 pp. publisher's advertisements dated March 1851 [BAL's printing B, no priority]. Original brown blind-embossed cloth [BAL's binding B] (rebacked preserving endpapers and portions of original spine, a few other repairs, some minor staining).FIRST EDITION of Hawthorne's Gothic novel, inspired by the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, which belonged to Hawthorne's cousin Susanna Ingersoll, and by Hawthorne's ancestors who were involved with the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. BAL 7604.  

HELLMAN, Lillian (1905-1984).  The Children's Hour. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.  8vo. Original purple-stamped yellow cloth, top edge stained purple. in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny chips and tears, spine panel slightly faded, otherwise bright). Provenance: Winifred Noble Gahagan (bookplate on pastedown, name crossed out). FIRST EDITION OF HELLMAN'S FIRST BOOK, a drama set in an all-girls' boarding school, which was first staged on Broadway at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in 1934, produced and directed by Herman Shumlin. The Children's Hour was in consideration for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 1934 -35, but the award ultimately went to The Old Maid. Upset at the Pulitzer decision, the New York Drama Critics' Circle began awarding its own annual prize for drama the following year. A FINE COPY.  

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). In Our Time. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.8vo. Half-title.   Original black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping primarily to spine ends, spine darkened). Provenance: Curtis Brown Ltd. (label on flyleaf); signature partially effaced on flyleaf.   FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, HEMINGWAY'S AGENT'S COPY.    Curtis Brown, Hemingway's literary agent, was responsible for the foreign rights of the Liveright line of books, and sold In Our Time to publisher Jonathan Cape in 1926.  One of only of only 1335 copies printed, preceded by a limited edition published by the Three Mountain Press in Paris in 1924, containing chapters not included in the Paris edition. Hanneman A3a. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, only 5 copies of this work with a dust jacket have sold at auction in the last 20 years. A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY.  

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Torrents of Spring. New York: Scribner's, 1926.8vo. Original dark green cloth, stamped in red (hinges loose, some staining and fading, corners worn); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (soiling and staining, chipping and a few tears with minor losses, creasing).FIRST EDITION OF HEMINGWAY'S FIRST NOVEL. Hemingway's earlier works established his reputation in literary circles, but by 1925, he had not gained broader public recognition, which he attributed to his restrictive contract with Boni and Liveright, who published his earlier works. He wrote Torrents of Spring in a few weeks in November of 1925, and Boni and Liveright rejected it quickly.   "I have known all along," Hemingway wrote Fitzgerald, that the firm "could not and would not be able to publish it as it makes a bum out of their present ace and best seller Anderson" (Selected Letters, p. 183).   The contract broken, Hemingway signed with Scribners, and The Torrents of Spring was published on 28 May 1926. Hanneman A4a.

[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. A group of signed works by Maya Angelou and Alex Haley, comprising:  ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). Gather Together in My Name. New York: Random House, 1974. SIGNED BY ANGELOU. -- ANGELOU, Maya. Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas. New York: Random House, 1976. SIGNED BY ANGELOU. -- HALEY, Alex (1921-1992). Roots. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 126 of 500 copies. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.  

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Men Without Women. New York: Scribner's, 1927.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (small indentation to upper cover); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight soiling particularly to spine panel, some slight chipping, short tear crossing from front panel to spine).    FIRST EDITION, second state (weighing 14.4 ounces).   In the FIRST ISSUE dust jacket with no blurbs in the orange bands on the front panel, with the two errors on the front flap, and with the "$2.00" price intact. Hemingway's second collection of short stories, including contributions about bullfighting, prizefighting, infidelity, divorce, and death. Hanneman A7a.  

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell To Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth, printed gold labels on upper cover and spine (some rubbing to labels, a few small stains); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some overall toning, chipping and a few short tears, vertical crease along spine panel).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without the disclaimer on page [x]. A Farewell to Arms, set during the Italian campaign of World War I, has been adapted for stage and film several times.   The title is taken from a 16th-century poem by dramatist George Peele.   Connolly, The Modern Movement 60 ("probably his best"); Hanneman A8a.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Death in the Afternoon. New York: Scribner's, 1932.8vo. Frontispiece by Juan Gris; numerous photographic plates. Original black cloth (spine and portion of lower board sunned); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (light chipping, overall browning and soiling, particularly to spine). Provenance: Wilson Ford Blayney (gift inscription on flyleaf).FIRST EDITION, published when Hemingway was in his early thirties and living in Key West. The book "represents the author at his best, first as a writer and second as someone who was never satisfied with knowing only a little about his subject but who always dug deeply until he had both the essence and the smallest details" (Charles M. Oliver, Ernest Hemingway A to Z. New York, 1999, p. 74). Hanneman A10a.

HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933.8vo. Original black cloth, gold labels to upper cover and spine (slight abrasion to finish of covers); in unclipped dust jacket (some chipping, tears and creasing with a few old tape repairs verso).    FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the capital "A" on the copyright leaf, and with the dropped "t" in "two hundred twenty-five pounds" on p. 159. In the FIRST STATE dust jacket with Stallings' review on the rear panel. Hanneman A12a.  

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Green Hills of Africa. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.8vo. Original green cloth (some fading to spine and edges); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some fading, particularly to spine, a few creases and tiny chips).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page.   In Grissom's "Jacket A" with the wide green band on rear panel covering 7 lines of text. Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway's second work of non-fiction, recounts a month spent on safari in East Africa with his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, in December 1933.   Hanneman A13a.