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[THEATER - MUSICAL]. A group of 8 works, comprising:WILDER, Thornton. The Merchant of Yonkers. 1939. Autographed postcard signed ("TNW") to Mrs. Carl P. Rollins' wife of the printer for Yale University Press and designer of the Limited Editions Club Huckleberry Finn, and Tom Sawyer, Newport, 15 April 1962 laid in. -- LERNER, Alan Jay et al. My Fair Lady. 1956. -- WILLSON, Meredith et al. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 1961. -- LERNER et al. Camelot. 1961. -- MASTEROFF, Joe et al. Cabaret. 1967. -- LAWRENCE, Jerome et al. Mame. 1967. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. -- JACOBS, Jim et al. Grease. NY, 1972. -- SHAFFER, Peter. Amadeus. London, 1980. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, most published in New York, various 8vo sizes, most illustrated, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored dust jackets (most unclipped), ALL FIRST EDITION, many FIRST ISSUE, condition generally fine.  

THOMPSON, Hunter S. (1937-2005). Hell's Angels, a Strange and Terrible Saga. New York: Random House, 1967.8vo. Half-title. Original black cloth. Unrestored dust jacket (partially price-clipped, some very slight wear to edges). FIRST EDITION OF THOMPSON'S FIRST BOOK. Founder of the Gonzo Journalism movement, Hunter S. Thompson rose to prominence after the publication of Hell's Angels. His first-hand account of motorcycle gang and its members' life experiences is drawn from the year he spent living and riding with them.  

THOREAU, Henry David (1817-1862). The Maine Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864.8vo. (Some light spotting.) Publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, spine slightly browned). Provenance: Ellen Bry? (signature dated 1864, partially effaced).FIRST EDITION, one of 1,650 copies printed, with the list of Thoreau's books on p.[ii] priced.   Thoreau's "excursion book" includes the essays "Ktaadn," "Chesuncook," and "The Allegash and East Branch." BAL 20113.

[TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION]. KNOLLES, Richard (1550-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie. London: Adam Islip, 1621.  2 volumes, 4to (304 x 202 mm). Engraved title by Laurence Johnson; 28 engraved portraits by Johnson in text, engraved illustration of the bridge over the Danube on 4Y4 verso. (Engraved title fully backed with minor losses, several lower margins trimmed away, blank slips affixed to a few leaves concealing text and marginal annotations, lacking A1 blank, trimmed affecting a few shoulder notes, some staining and browning.) Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (worn). Provenance: early in-text annotations; William Carr (bookplate and signature).   Third edition of "the greatest of English works of the Renaissance dealing with Turkey" (Chew, The Crescent and the Rose, 1937, p. 111).   The work features re-engraved versions of the portraits of the Sultans from Boissard's Vitae et icones Sultanorum (Frankfurt, 1596) Knolles' history was described by Samuel Johnson as "a wonderful multiplicity of events...artfully arranged" (Rambler no.122).   See Blackmer 919 (the first edition of 1603); ESTC S112918.

TRAVEN B. (1882-1969). Treasure of the Sierra Madre. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935.8vo. Original black cloth; unrestored unclipped dust jacket (small loss to head of spine panel affecting title, some other rubbing or minor creasing).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Traven's best-known work, which was the basis for a film adaptation by director John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart in 1948. B. Traven's identity and the details of his life remain subject for debate.    

URIS, Leon (1924-2003). Exodus. Garden City: Doubleday, 1958.8vo. Title printed in blue and black. Original blue cloth-backed boards (spine slightly faded, slight rubbing); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (1 1/2-in. tear along rear flap fold, a few small creases).    FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY URIS on half-title in green ink. Uris' best-selling novel about founding the state of Israel was the basis for a 1960 film of the same name starring Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo, and Peter Lawford.  

VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). Player Piano. New York: Scribner's, 1952.8vo. Half-title. Original green cloth, lettered in silver on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (browning to spine and spine folds, small losses to spine ends, a few tiny stains).  FIRST EDITION OF VONNEGUT'S FIRST BOOK, FIRST PRINTING with "A" and Scribner's seal on copyright page. VONNEGUT'S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in.    

[AVIATION]. BYRD, Richard Evelyn (1888-1957).   Two works, comprising:  Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic.... New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 8vo. Numerous photographic illustrations maps. Original half parchment gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 240 of 1,000 copies SIGNED BY BYRD AND THE PUBLISHER of the "Author's Autograph Edition." Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. 8vo. Illustrated plates. Original cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED ON PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE BY BYRD. [With:] BYRD. Signature on a newspaper photograph.  

VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). The Sirens of Titan. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.8vo. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in white (lower hinge split); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (minor browning to spine, a touch of wear to corners).   FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION of Vonnegut's second novel. "The hardcover edition of the book is very scarce" (Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy). VONNEGUT'S SIGNATURE on a bookplate laid in.   Currey p.503.

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). A group 8 novels, comprising:  Cat's Cradle. New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. -- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater...New York, Chicago, and San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. -- Happy Birthday, Wanda June. New York: Delacorte, 1971.   -- Breakfast of Champions. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973.   -- Jailbird. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. FIRST TRADE EDITION. INSCRIBED BY VONNEGUT. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, 8vo, all in original bindings, all FIRST EDITIONS, a few with VONNEGUT'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in, condition generally very fine.  

VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Le Micromegas de Mr. de Voltaire, Avec une histoire des Croisades... London: J. Robinson and W. Meyer, 1752.  12mo (152 x 85 mm). Ornamental woodcut devices on title and several leaves. Contemporary calf-backed vellum-tipped boards (upper cover detaching, soiled and rubbed).    Provenance: Miss Mussendens (early signature on first text leaf); Lilian Fitzmaurice & Madeleine Blanche (bookplate). Presumed pirated edition. Three editions of Le Micromegas were published almost simultaneously in 1752, and the priority of those editions has long been in dispute, with the undated edition with an engraved title-page generally considered to be the first edition. The present edition was likely printed in Germany or Paris. Voltaire's work, inspired by Swift's Gulliver's Travels and considered to be an early work of science fiction, focuses on an inhabitant of the planet Sirius and his travels throughout the planetary system.   ESTC T137641; Teerink 1254.

VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Les singularites de la nature. Basel [but Geneva]: [Cramer], 1768.8vo. Half-title; woodcut vignette on title-page. Later cloth-backed boards (final text leaf used as rear paste-down, some rubbing and staining).  FIRST EDITION, with the vignette on title-page, of Voltaire's defense of Newtonianism and his rebuttal of Cartesianism. Voltaire argued against the "new geology" and "new cosmology" of the day, basing his arguments on the work of Newton, his deism, and his advocacy of science as a common-sense approach. The 38 chapters touch upon mathematics, physics, and the philosophy of science including topics such as the nature of light and the formation of mountains. RARE.  

VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778).   Candide. Translated by Richard Aldington. New York: Random House, 1928.  4to. Illustrated on every page, and with chapter headings, initials and paragraph marks throughout, all hand-colored. Original tan morocco-backed boards gilt (spine slightly darkened, upper hinge just starting, some slight rubbing to spine); original cloth slipcase. Provenance: Sold Philip C. Duschnes.LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 8 of 95 COPIES COLORED IN THE STUDIO OF ROCKWELL KENT AND SIGNED BY KENT of a total edition of 1,565. Voltaire was the first Random House book printed by the Pynson Printers on all rag French paper in a new type-face designed by Lucian Bernhard.  

WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). John Brown: The Making of a Martyr. New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1929.  8vo. Frontispiece portrait and plates. Original maroon cloth (touch of wear to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (chipping, minor losses to front panel and spine ends, some soiling).  FIRST EDITION OF WARREN'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY WARREN on the title-page. One of approximately 500 copies printed.  

WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). All The King's Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.8vo. Half-title. Original burgundy cloth (slight rubbing to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (1 3/4-in. closed tear to rear panel, some light creasing and rubbing). FIRST EDITION, WITH WARREN'S SIGNATURE on a slip laid in. IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET with the blurb from Sinclair Lewis on the rear panel. Warren received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the All the King's Men and was later awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He remains the only author to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.

[AVIATION]. EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932.  8vo. With original Silvertone phonograph recording in sealed rear pocket, and with inserted leaf preceding the title-page as issued; photographic plates. Original pink cloth (some fading and minor staining).FIRST EDITION.   The inserted leaf at the front discusses the author's christening of the Essex Terraplane automobile on 21 July 1932, and the recording captures Earhart's London radio broadcast of May 22, 1932. Earhart discusses her path to becoming a pilot and shares a bibliography of the writings of other female aviators.  

WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). A group of 8 works, ALL SIGNED BY WARREN, comprising:Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966. 1966. LIMITED EDITION, 182 of 250. -- Incarnations Poems 1966-1968. 1968. Provenance: P. Howard Hunt (bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, 196 of 250. -- Or Else--Poem/Poems 1968-1974. 1974. -- Selected Poems 1923-1975. 1976. LIMITED EDITION, 148 of 250 copies. -- Two Poems. N.p.: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. Original marbled boards. LIMITED EDITION, xvi of 30 copies for distribution by the poet and publisher. -- Now and Then Poems 1976-1978. 1978. LIMITED EDITION, 182 of 200. -- Another copy. -- Being Here Poetry 1977-1980. 1980. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Rumor Verified Poems 1989-1980. 1981. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH A LONG POEM BY WARREN. -- Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, most published in New York by Random, various 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, many in slipcases, ALL FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED BY WARREN, condition generally fine.  

WARREN, Robert Penn (1905-1989). A group of 16 works, including:"The Fierce Horsemen," in Driftwood Flames. Nashville, 1923. Original boards. LIMITED EDITION, 185 of 325. -- Night Rider. Boston, 1939. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Brother to Dragons. 1953. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Promises Poems 1954-1956. London, 1959. Original wrap-around band. -- The Gods of Mount Olympus. 1959. FIRST ISSUE. -- You, Emperors, and others Poems 1957-1960. 1960. FIRST ISSUE. REVIEW COPY. -- Wilderness a Tale of the Civil War. 1961. SIGNED BY WARREN. -- The Legacy of the Civil War. 1961. FIRST ISSUE. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WARREN. -- Selected Poems: New And Old, 1923-1966. 1966. FIRST ISSUE. -- Homage to Theodore Dreiser. 1971. SIGNED BY WARREN. -- And 6 others. Together, 16 works in 16 volumes, various 8vo sizes, most published in New York by Random House, most in original cloth or quarter cloth, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. [With:] Mountain Mystery. Palaemon Press, 1981. Broadside. One of 126 copies SIGNED. -- Another copy. -- Cycle. 1980. Broadside. -- Little Girl Wakes Early.   Palaemon Press, 1984. Broadside.

WATSON, James Dewey (b.1928). The Double Helix. A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.8vo. Original cloth (a touch of fading to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (tiny nick to head of spine, very slight rubbing to a few edges and corners).FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of the author's groundbreaking account of the events which led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, for which the author, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962. A FINE COPY.

WELLS, H.G. (1866-1946). The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896.8vo. Half-title, frontispiece, 1p. advertisement for The Time Machine and 32pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original publisher's tan pictorial cloth, blind-stamped publisher's monogram to lower cover, uncut (soiling, tiny split at head of spine). Provenance: C. Patterson (stamp on flyleaf).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 32pp. publisher's catalogue inserted at end headed "THE MANXMAN" on p.[1], and "OUT OF DUE SEASON" on p.[32]. Wells' classic work of early science fiction exploring themes of human identity, moral responsibility, and pain and cruelty. Bleiler 2327; Currey, 520 [Binding A, with publisher's blind-stamped monogram on lower cover]; Wells 7.

WEST, Nathanael (1903-1944). The Dream Life of Balso Snell. Paris & NY: Contact Editions, 1931.  8vo. Title-page printed in teal and black. Original teal- and black-printed wrappers (some browning); original glassine (chipping and losses). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 190 of 500 copies of WEST'S FIRST BOOK. West began work on his novel as early as 1924, and completed the draft between 1927 and 1929.   It was rejected twice before being accepted by Contact Editions on the recommendation of William Carlos Williams; there were no other printings of The Dream Life of Balso Snell  during West's lifetime.  

WEST, Nathanael (1903-1944). A Cool Million. The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin. New York: Covici Friede, 1934.8vo. Half-title. Original cloth (some minor spotting); in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (a few small chips, some toning). FIRST EDITION of West's third novel, a satire of the eternal optimism found in the work of Horatio Alger.   "West's particular kind of joking in A Cool Million combined his reading in satiric traditions with the brutal comedy of American burlesque" (Jay West,   Nathanael West: The Art of His Life, 1970, p. 237.  

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). "Vengeance of Nitocris." In:  Weird Tales. Volume XII, Number 2, pp.253-260. Chicago, August 1928.  8vo. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers (chipping, spine with old tape repair). Provenance: Nils Hardin (presentation inscription from Williams).  FIRST EDITION OF WILLIAMS' FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT, published using his given name, Thomas Ranier Williams.  PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WILLIAMS: "To Nils Hardin Sincerely Thomas Ranier (Tennessee) Williams." VERY RARE: We trace no signed copies of this work at auction.  

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947.Tall 8vo.   Original pictorial lavender boards designed by Alvin Lustig (slight rubbing to spine ends); unrestored unclipped dust jacket (spine panel lightly faded, short tears and minor chipping to head of spine, a few tiny stains verso).  FIRST EDITION of Williams's second major play, a cornerstone of the modern American theatre. A Streetcar Named Desire was first performed at the Barrymore Theatre in New York on December 3, 1947 under the direction of Elia Kazan. Crandell A5.1.a.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983).  I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix. A Play about D.H. Lawrence. New York: New Directions, 1951.  4to. Printed on Rives paper. (Slight stain in gutter margin.) Original cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on spine; original board slipcase with printed label (a few splits).  FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 171 of 310 copies SIGNED BY WILLIAMS. Williams counted D.H. Lawrence and his wife Freida among his friends, and both Williams and Freida contribute a preface to this fictionalized account of D. H. Lawrence's final hours.  

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New York: New Directions, 1955.8o. Original tan cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket with a design by Alvin Lustig (a few short tears and tiny chips, some minor soiling).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE without the credit to the New York Times on the verso of the title leaf and without the mention on p. xii of Jo Mielziner and Lucinda Ballard. The original production opened at the Morosco Theater on 24 March 1955, directed by Elia Kazan. At Kazan's urging, Williams revised the third act for the production, and when the play was published by New Directions, it included both versions of Act III. Crandell A15.1.b.

[AVIATION]. LINDBERGH, Charles A., (1902-1974).  Two works, comprising:  Of Flight and Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 8vo. Original cloth; in unrestored dust jacket (price-clipped). Provenance: Louis Arnett Benton (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.The Spirit of St. Louis. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. 8vo. Original cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.  

WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983). A group of 37 works by or about Williams, many signed, comprising: The Glass Menagerie. NY, 1945. Provenance: William Targ (1907-1999), American book editor (signature). -- In the Winter of Cities. NY, 1956. -- Hard Candy. NY, 1959. Later edition, SIGNED. -- Kingdom of Earth. NY, 1968. -- Small Craft Warnings. NY, 1970. SIGNED. -- Memoirs. Garden City, NY, 1975. SIGNED. -- Moise and the World of Reason. NY, 1975. SIGNED. -- The World of Tennessee Williams. NY, 1978. SIGNED. -- Androgyne, Mon Amour. NY, 1977. SIGNED. -- Vieux Carre. NY, 1979. -- and 27 others. Together, 37 works in 37 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, in original bindings and dust jackets, most FIRST EDITIONS, several SIGNED BY WILLIAMS, condition generally fine.

WOLFE, Thomas (1900-1938). Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.  8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gold (lettering on spine slightly dulled, a few small indentations on front cover); in unclipped dust jacket with Wolfe's photo on the rear panel (minor chipping and tears, some with old cello tape repairs verso, some rubbing and a few stains); cloth slipcase in the style of the dust jacket design.FIRST EDITION OF WOLFE'S FIRST AND BEST BOOK, in the first state jacket with Wolfe's photo by Doris Ulmann on the rear panel. Set in fictional Altamont, Catawba, North Carolina, Look Homeward, Angel is the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant. Immediate critical response was generally positive.   In her review for The New York Times, Margaret Wallace wrote that Wolfe's work was "as interesting and powerful a book as has ever been made out of the drab circumstances of provincial American life."

WOLFE, Tom (1930 -2018). A group of 3 works, comprising:Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. 1965. Fourth issue. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WOLFE. -- The Purple Decades. 1982. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WOLFE. -- In Our Time. 1980. SIGNED BY WOLFE. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in New York by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or quarter cloth, all in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITION, most FIRST ISSUE, condition generally good.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  The Voyage Out. London: Duckworth & Co., 1915.  8vo. Half-title; 22pp. publisher's advertisements. (Tiny stains to upper margin of a few leaves.) Original green cloth, lettered in black on upper cover, spine gilt-lettered, publisher's blind device on lower cover (discreet repairs to joints and lower hinge, some light rubbing). FIRST EDITION OF WOOLF'S FIRST NOVEL, one of 2,000 copies printed.   Woolf began writing The Voyage Out in 1910, and by 1912, had finished a draft of the manuscript. The 1920 New York Times review of Woolf's novel, published to coincide with the first American printing of the work, remarks that this first novel "by an English writer, gives promise in its opening chapters of much entertainment." Fitzpatrick A1a.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  Kew Gardens. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1919.  8vo. 2 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell. Original off-white wall-paper wrappers with floral pattern in pink, green, pale brown, and black, painted on the outside in royal blue, chocolate brown and orange, uncut and unopened, white printed label on front wrapper (some chipping, particularly to bottom edge).Second edition, one of 500 copies printed one month after the publication of the first edition of 150 copies. Fitzpatrick notes Leonard Woolf's recollection that the wrappers for the second edition were not from Roger Fry's Omega Workshops (as the wrappers of the first edition), but were copies. Fitzpatrick A3b.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  Monday or Tuesday. Richmond: Hogarth Press, 1921.8vo.   4 woodcuts by Vanessa Bell; 1p. publisher's advertisements at end. (Some minor offsetting of plates to text.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, woodcut design by Vanessa Bell on front cover (minor abrasion to front cover, some minor rubbing and soiling); cloth folding case.FIRST EDITION, one of 1,000 copies printed, with essays including "A Haunted House," "The String Quartet," and "Kew Gardens." The work was printed by F. T. McDermott of the Prompt Press in Richmond, who used to advise Leonard and Virginia Woolf when they first started the Hogarth Press. Kirkpatrick A5a.

BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). Le Deuxieme Sexe. Paris: Gallimard, 1949.2 volumes, 8vo. Titles printed in red and black. Original black cloth decorated in blue and grey or brown and green, gilt (a few tiny stains to top sheet edges and vol.II pastedowns, tiny scuff to spine vol.II, very light wear to a few corners, otherwise bright).FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, numbers 1218 (vol.I) and 781 (vol.II) of 2,000 copies on alfuma of a total edition of 2,050. Complete in two parts: I. Les Faits et les mythes; II. L'Experience vecue. Beauvoir's best-known work, researched and written between 1946 and 1949, a major work in feminist theory which laid the groundwork for second-wave feminism. The first edition sold around 22,000 copies in a week, and has been translated into 40 languages.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Jacob's Room. Richmond: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1922.  8vo. Half-title, 14pp. publisher's advertisements. Original yellow cloth, printed label on spine (some minor soiling).    FIRST EDITION of Woolf's third novel.   Protagonist Jacob Flanders' story is told through the narrative of the women who interact with him throughout his life. One of 1,200 copies of the first of Virginia Woolf's novels to be published by the Hogarth Press. Kirkpatrick A6a.

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Mrs. Dalloway. London: The Hogarth Press, 1925.8vo. Half-title. Original deep rust cloth gilt-lettered on spine (spine slightly sunned, a few minor stains to front board).  FIRST EDITION, one of approximately 2,000 copies printed. The novel, which began as two short stories ("Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" and "The Prime Minister") details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway set in post-First World War England, describing preparations for a party and the ensuing party. In 2005, Time named Mrs. Dalloway one of the top 100 English-language novels written since Time's debut in 1923. Fitzpatrick A9.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Orlando: A Biography. London: The Hogarth Press, 1928.8vo. Eight half-tone plates, including three of with Vita Sackville-West as subject. (Light scattered spotting on edges, preliminary leaves and index.) Original orange cloth gilt-lettered on spine (a few pale spots to fore-edge, a few minor bumps to edges); illustrated dust-jacket printed in black (some chipping with occasional repairs on verso, 1-in. tear to rear panel).  FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Woolf's fantastic historical biography, spanning the 400-year life span of the title character, which challenged conventions of time and gender. According to Cleveland B. Chase's 1928 review of Orlando for the New York Times: "Mrs. Woolf has broken with tradition and convention and has set out to explore still another fourth dimension of writing. Not that she has abandoned the 'stream of consciousness' method which she used with such conspicuous success in her previous novels, but with it she has combined what, for lack of a better term, we might describe as an application to writing of the Einstein theory of relativity. In this new work she is largely preoccupied with the 'time' element in character and human relationships, and with a statement of the exact complexion of that intangible moment, a combination of past and future, of objective reality and subjective consciousness, which we refer to as the present." Kirkpatrick A11b.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).   A Room of One's Own. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929.8vo. Half-title. Original cinnamon cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some light spotting to sheet edges); unrestored pale pink dust jacket printed in navy blue, designed by Vanessa Bell (some toning to front and spine panels, some minor spotting, a few tears with occasional repairs on verso).  FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, one of 3040 copies published in October 1929.   Originating in two lectures given by Woolf in October 1928 to students at the two women's colleges of Cambridge University, A Room of One's Own was first published as an essay entitled "Women and Fiction" in Forum (March, 1929).   Kirkpatrick A12b.

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). On Being Ill. London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930.8vo. Half-title; corrected limitation page (see below). Original vellum-backed pale blue-green cloth-covered boards, uncut;slipcase.  FIRST SEPARATE LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies SIGNED BY VIRGINIA WOOLF. KIRKPATRICK'S PRELIMINARY STATE with the limitation corrected from 125 to 250 on p.[5], and with "out of series" note in Leonard Woolf's hand in purple ink in place of the number.   "The preliminary state probably comprises 25 copies which were distributed free, probably without a dust jacket" (Kirkpatrick A14). Woolf's essay was first published in the New Criterion in January 1926.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).   Beau Brummell. New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930.4to. 2 plates printed in pink, brown and green by W. A. Dwiggins. Original cloth-backed boards, pictorial label to upper cover; publisher's slipcase with pictorial label (some light wear and soiling).LIMITED EDITION, number 250 of 500 copies SIGNED BY WOOLF. Beau Brummell was first published in the Nation & Athenaeum in September 1929.   Kirkpatrick A15a.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).   The Waves. London: Hogarth Press, 1931.8vo. Half-title. Original purple cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a few tiny spots to sheet edges); unrestored dust jacket printed in lime green and brown designed by Vanessa Bell (spine and edges darkened, a few pale spots, minor chipping, chip to front panel with tiny loss).  FIRST EDITION of Woolf's most experimental work, generally considered to be her masterpiece.   The novel traces six narrators from childhood through adulthood. Woolf considers the individual consciousness of each character and the ways in which those consciousnesses intersect; the soliloquies spoken by each character explore the concepts of individuality, self, and community.   A seventh character is present, but readers never hear him speak in his own voice.   Kirkpatrick A16a.

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years. London: Hogarth Press, 1937.8vo. Half-title. (A few spots to endleaves.) Original green cloth, spine gilt-lettered (spine slightly soiled); original cream dust jacket printed in black and brown designed by Vanessa Bell (spine panel browned, some spotting).FIRST EDITION of Woolf's best-selling novel which traces the life of the Pargiter family from 1880 to "present day." Woolf originally intended the novel to be a sequel to A Room of One's Own and planned to alternate nonfiction essays with the family's story. She ultimately excluded the nonfiction and changed the working title from "The Pargiters" to The Years. Kirkpatrick A22a.

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  Three Guineas. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938.  8vo. Half-title; photographic illustrations. Original lemon-yellow cloth, gilt-lettered on spine (corners bumped); unrestored dust jacket with a design by Vanessa Bell (tiny "Colonial Cloth" stamp on front panel, some spotting, a few tears and chips). Provenance: Alice Leman Webb Sloane (bookplate, a few tiny pencil marks).   FIRST EDITION, written as a sequel to A Room of One's Own. Fitzpatrick A23a. [With:] Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown. --A Letter to a Young Poet. London: The Hogarth Press, 1924, 1932.   2 volumes, 8vo.  

WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Between the Acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941.8vo. Half-title. Original blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (some fading to spine ends, some light staining to endleaves, otherwise bright); unrestored dust jacket printed in black designed by Vanessa Bell (slight soiling, particularly to spine and rear panel, a few tiny chips or creases, some slight rubbing).  FIRST EDITION of Woolf's last novel, published after her death. Set in June 1939 at Pointz Hall, home of the Olivers, and a neighboring village, Between the Acts focuses on the preparations for a community pageant. Woolf decided to publish the novel days before her death, but hadn't yet corrected the typescript; critics consider the work to be unfinished. Kirkpatrick A26a.  

BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). The Mandarins. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956.  8vo. Blue and red cloth boards lettered and decorated in white and gilt, top edge stained blue, others uncut; apparently original glassine (a few tiny chips); original board slipcase.  FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 500 copies SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR.   Beauvoir won the Prix Goncourt for her roman à clef which follows the lives of a close-knit group of French intellectuals from the end of World War II through to the mid-1950s.  

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Wendingen: The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Santpoort, Holland: C.A. Mees, 1925.  Square 4to. Printed in black and red and illustrated throughout. (Some toning, a few leaves creased.) Original cloth, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (some staining and light wear). Provenance: Sold A. B. Gallion Books with their label.   FIRST EDITION, the first major publication highlighting Wright's work since the 1910-1911 publication of Ausgefuhrte Bauten. Wendingen, a publication focused on architecture and construction, was published by the Amsterdam Society of Architects from 1918 to 1932, and employed revolutionary new typography. Sweeney 165.

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959).  Modern Architecture. Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930. Princeton: University Press, 1931.  Square 4to. Photographic illustrations. Original pictorial boards (slightly bowed and toned). Provenance: Templeton Crocker (1884-1948), President of the California Historical Society (neat pencil note on dedication leaf recording the sale of the book by John Howell on 22 January 1966).  FIRST EDITION, including the following lectures: "Machinery, Materials and Men," "Style in Industry," "The Passing of the Cornice," "The Cardboard House," "The Tyranny of the Skyscraper," and "The City."  

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). An Autobiography. Book Six: Broadacre City. [Spring Green, WI: The Taliesin Press,1943].Square 4to. (Leaves brittle and browned with a few tears and repairs.) Original printed wrappers. Provenance: Joe (presentation inscription).FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT: "Dear Joe -- Pass this around with the ammunition, will you? -Frank."[With:] WRIGHT. An Autobiography. London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1932. 4to. Illustrated. Original black cloth decorated in red and gold in Wright's design; original pictorial dust jacket with Wright's design printed in red and black (soiled with a few tears and repairs).  FIRST EDITION.

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959). Buildings Plans and Designs. New York: Horizon Press, 1963.2 volumes, including plate portfolio, 4to and folio. 100 monochrome plates. Text volume: original stapled wrappers; plates loose as issued in original printed wrappers in original publisher's cloth and board portfolio, ribbon ties.FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, authorized for publication by Wright in 1958, and published posthumously.   The 100 plates recreate the original Wasmuth portfolio of 1910, Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe.   The original edition intended for distribution in America was destroyed in the 1913 fire at Taliesin, where it was being stored. The plates depict the designs of the Frank Lloyd Wright House and Studio (1889), the W. H. Winslow House (1893), Unity Temple (1906), and the Frederick C. Robie House (1909), which "has generally been regarded as the finest of the Prairie houses" (Roth 463). A FINE COPY.

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959). A group of 12 works, comprising:BROWNELL, Baker et al. Architecture and Modern Life. 1937. -- On Architecture Selected Writings 1894-1940. 1941. -- HITCHCOCK, Henry-Russell. In the Nature of Materials 1887-1941 the Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright. 1942. -- A Testament. 1957. -- Drawings for a Living Architecture. 1959. -- Architecture Man in Possession of His Earth. Garden City, NY, 1962. -- An American Architecture. 1960. -- The Japanese Print an Interpretation. 1967. -- The Industrial Revolution Runs Away. 1969. LIMITED EDITION, number 293 of 1250 copies. -- SWEENEY, Robert L. et al: Frank Lloyd Wright an Annotated Bibliography. Los Angeles, 1978. -- GOSSEL, Peter. Frank Lloyd Wright. N.p., Taschen, 1995. Original shrink-wrap unopened. -- NASH, Eric Peter. Frank Lloyd Wright Force of Nature. 1996. -- Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, most published in New York, various 4to and 8vo sizes, all in original cloth or boards or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, some in slipcases, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.  

BEN-GURION, David (1886-1973). Israel: a Personal History. New York and Tel Aviv: Funk & Wagnalls and Sabra Books, 1971.4to. Photographic plates. Original publishers blue morocco gilt; blue cloth slipcase.FIRST EDITION. LIMITED EDITION, numbered 1713 of 2000 copies. SIGNED BY BEN-GURION beneath frontispiece portrait. A history of Israel's establishment by its first Prime Minister.

CARTER, James Earl ("Jimmy") (b. 1924). A group of 13 works, comprising:Why Not the Best? Nashville, TN, 1975. SIGNED. -- A New Spirit, A New Commitment, A New America. N.p., 1977. SIGNED. -- A Government as Good as its People. 1977. -- Keeping Faith. Toronto et al, 1982. Slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED. -- Another copy. -- The Blood Of Abraham. Boston, 1985. Original printed wrappers. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, UNCORRECTED PROOFS. -- Another copy. SIGNED. -- CARTER, and Rosalynn CARTER. Everything to Gain. 1987. SIGNED BY BOTH JIMMY CARTER AND ROSALYNN CARTER. -- Turning Point. N.p., 1992. SIGNED. -- Talking Peace. 1993. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, UNCORRECTED PROOFS. -- Always a Reckoning. 1995. SIGNED. -- The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleeger. 1995. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- Living Faith. 1996. SIGNED. -- The Virtues of Aging. 1998. SIGNED. -- Our Endangered Values. 2005. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED. -- Together, 13 works in 15 volumes, most published in New York, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, quarter cloth, boards, or printed wrappers, most in unrestored and unclipped dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, most SIGNED OR INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT CARTER, condition generally fine.  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The Story of the Malakand Field Force. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898.8vo. Frontispiece and 6 maps, 2 folding. (Minor toning, occasional spotting.) Original apple green cloth gilt lettered (spine darkened, light soiling, spine slightly leaned).  FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Churchill's first book, an account of the uprising on the North-West Frontier of India (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan). With 32-page Classified Catalogue printed on thinner paper, separately numbered, and dated 12/97 on the last page. Frontispiece with tissue guard, others lacking. No errata slip. Woods A1(a).  

BEAUVOIR, Simone de (1908-1986). A group of 4 works in French, including vols.II-IV of her autobiography, comprising:  L'Amerique au jour le jour. Paris: Editions Paul Morihien, 1948. 8vo. Original wraps and glassine. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY BEAUVOIR on half-title. -- La Force de l'Age. Paris: Gallimard, 1960. 8vo. Original wraps. FIRST EDITION of the second volume of Beauvoir's autobiography. -- La Force de Choses. Paris: Gallimard, 1963. 8vo. Original wrappers and glassine. FIRST EDITION of the third volume of the autobiography. -- Tout Compte Fait. Paris: Gaillimard, 1972. 8vo. Original wrappers and glassine. FIRST EDITION of the fourth volume of the autobiography. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, condition generally fine.  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965).   The River War. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899.  2 volumes, 8vo. 7 photogravure plates, 20 folding maps, and numerous other maps and illustrations. Original illustrated dark blue cloth gilt (light wear, spines lightly leaned). Provenance: Annenberg Library, The Episcopal Academy; Mrs. Crawford C. Madeira (stamp, bookplate); J.G., London (pencil inscription, dated 1928).     FIRST EDITION of Churchill's second book as a young war correspondent, covering the British involvement in Sudan and Upper Nile region. Woods A2(a).  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). London to Ladysmith via Pretoria. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900.8vo. 3 folding maps. Original illustrated tan cloth printed in black and red, spine lettered in red and gilt (scuffing, slightly leaned, light spotting to fore and top edge).    FIRST EDITION of Churchill's personal memoirs of the first five months of the Second Boer War, including accounts of the Relief of Ladysmith and his own capture and dramatic escape from the Boers. Woods A4.  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). Liberalism and the Social Problem. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909.8vo. (Pencil notations.) Original plum gilt-lettered buckram (very light wear to extremities).  FIRST EDITION of Churchill's third book of speeches, collected during his time as a champion of progressive causes in the Liberal Party, after abandoning the Conservative Party in 1904 and before rejoining them in 1924. With a review clipped from the Daily Mail laid in. Woods A15.  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). India. Speeches and an Introduction. London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1931.8vo. Original printed orange wrappers (spine slightly faded, a few short tears).  FIRST EDITION in wrappers, issued simultaneously with the cloth-bound edition. Woods A38.  [With:] India: A Summary of the Report of the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform. Westminster: The National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, November 1934. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, staple-bound (small chip, light creasing and soiling, tiny rust-stains from staples). FIRST EDITION.  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). Great Contemporaries. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937.8vo. Photographic plates. Original blue gilt-lettered buckram, top edge stained blue (spine discolored, a few light stains); in unrestored unclipped orange dust jacket with "21s. net" price present (chipping, soiling, a few short tears). Provenance: Hugh Rees (small label).     FIRST EDITION of Churchill's collected biographical essays on such figures as George Bernard Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia, King George V, and Adolf Hitler. Later editions saw inclusions, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, and removals, including Leon Trotsky. Woods A43(a).  

CHURCHILL, Winston L. S., Sir (1874-1965). The Second World War. London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948-1954.    6 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 25 folding maps, 2 folding facsimile documents, other maps and illustrations. Original black gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained red; in unrestored unclipped dust jackets (some minor discoloration and scuffing). Provenance: Alice R. Benson (ownership inscriptions); volume I contains "Crede Cornu" bookplate of Hugh Frederick Hornby (1826-1899), likely inserted later.     FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION of Churchill's hugely popular account of the Second World War. Completed with a team of assistants and vetted by the Cabinet Secretary, the work omits certain facts that were still confidential at the time of publication. Nevertheless, an invaluable perspective by one of the leading participants of the War.   Woods A123(b).