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List 181: New Arrivals

Highlights from this List . . .

en, Karen. OUT OF AFRICA. True first edition, preceding the American edition written under Dinesen.

nd, Max. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN. First edition in the seldom seen dust jacket.

lkner, William. THE UNVANQUISHED. Signed, limited edition.

gerald, F. Scott. TENDER IS THE NIGHT. First edition in mildly restored dust jacket.

ester, C. S. THE HAPPY RETURN. First edition of the first Hornblower, scarce in dust jacket.

st, Robert. A COLLECTION OF FIVE BOOKS. Each inscribed with a poem.

pardi, Giacomo. CANTI DI GIACOMO LEOPARDI. An early edition, the last to appear in his lifetime.

vens, Wallace. HARMONIUM. Second edition, inscribed by Stevens.

rren, Robert Penn. ALL THE KING’S MEN. First edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner.

tson, James D. THE DOUBLE HELIX. First British edition, signed by the Nobel Prize winner.

itman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS with . . . One of 300 signed copies, in the pocketbook binding.

itman, Walt. NOVEMBER BOUGHS. Inscribed by the author.

olf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONES OWN. First edition, in dust jacket.

1. Achebe, Chinua. GIRLS AT WAR: and Other Stories. London: Heinemann (1972). First edition. A paperback original, the true first of this, his first collection of stories, which was published in hardback in the U. S. the following year. There was no hardback U. K. edition. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps. $150. 2. Ahearn, Danny. HOW TO COMMIT A MURDER. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1930. First edition. A "do-it-yourself" manual written by an adept criminal: everything from murder to robbery, and on down the line. Very good in a vivid, price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping to edges. $250. 3. Ambrose, Stephen E. NIXON: Volume Two; The Triumph of a Politician 1962-1972. New York: Simon & Schuster (1989). First edition. Second volume in the author's Nixon trilogy. Illustrated with photos. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ambrose on the half-title page. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, boards gently edge rubbed, barely perceptible nick midway in rear board, and very faint offset on the pastedowns from the dust jacket, otherwise fine in dust jacket with some sunning and light shelf wear, and edges barely rubbed and creased. A nice copy, very close to fine. $350. 4. Apollonios Rhodios; Peter Green. THE ARGONAUTIKA. Los Angeles: University of California Press (1997). The first commentary since 1912, translated and with an introduction, commentary and glossary by Green. Covers of all four books of the Argonautika—the tale of Jason and the quest for the Golden Fleece. Fine in dust jacket and scarce, as the hardback issue must have been small. $100.

5. Ashbery, John. THE TENNIS COURT OATH. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1962). First edition of this early book of poetrry. SIGNED by Ashbery on title page. This is the paperback, which was issued simultaneously with the hardback version. Small last-name stamp inside front cover and faint paperclip mark to top front endpaper, otherwise fine with pictorial wraps showing only minor wear. A scarce

book signed. $300. 6. Baldacci, David. ABSOLUTE POWER. New York: Warner Books (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED copy of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in bright dust jacket. $75. 7. Baldwin, James. THE PRICE OF THE TICKET: Collected Nonfiction 1948-1985. New York: St. Martin's/Marek (1985). First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue paperwraps. Scarce in this form, as the trade edition itself was a small printing. Paperclip mark on one page, otherwise fine. $200. 8. Barr, Nevada. THE TRACK OF THE CAT. New York: Putnam's Sons (1993). First edition. Her second book, fine in dust jacket. $150. 9. Basbanes, Nicholas A. A GENTLE MADNESS; Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion For Books. New York: Henry Holt (1995). First edition. SIGNED by

author. One of the best books on book collectors ever written, certainly the best for this generation of collectors. The first printing of 7,000 copies sold out rapidly, and it went on to sell over 50,000 copies in hardback in later printings—which may be a record for a book about books. Fine in dustwrapper. $350. 10. Baum, L. Frank THE COLLECTED SHORT STORIES OF L. FRANK BAUM. (San Francisco: International Wizard of Oz Club, 2006). First edition. Edited by Katherine Rogers. Numerous illustrations by Neill, Parrish, Mundt, Shanower, et al. Large, 579 pages. Fine to new in dust jacket. $75. 11. Beattie, Ann. THE BURNING HOUSE. New York: Random House (1982). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "She loved being pregnant—." Uncorrected proof, fine in red printed wraps. $100. 12. Berger, Thomas. LITTLE BIG MAN. New York: The Dial Press, 1964. First edition. Berger's classic black-humor western with Jack Crabb recounting his experiences with just about all our western icons such as Wild Bill Hickock, Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, George Armstrong Custer, et al. Calder Willingham scripted the 1970 Arthur Penn film featuring Dustin Hoffman and Faye Dunaway. Spine slightly rumpled, otherwise near fine in faintly soiled and lightly rubbed dust jacket inconspicuous notation on front panel, an uneven but internally mended tear near the front spine gutter and the spine just barely faded. $125. 13. Bernstein, Carl, and Bob Woodward. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. New York: Simon & Schuster (1974). First edition. One of the key books of the last half of the 20th century—it earned both authors the Pulitzer Prize. A surprisingly scarce book in nice shape, this one is fine with just a hint of lean to spine; in a fine dust jacket. $200. 14. Blixen, Karen; Isak Dinesen. OUT OF AFRICA. London: Putnam (1937). First edition, preceding the American

edition written under the name Isak Dinesen. An account of her years spent on a coffee farm in Kenya and of the local animals and the native peoples. Written in Danish but translated and published in England, in this edition, before either the Danish or American editions. Bookplate on front pastdown, otherwise fine in full red cloth; in price-clipped, assumed second-issue dust jacket, with light aging and rubbing on edges, and spine just a bit

darkened. The jacket has 5 reviews on front flap and three ads—for "Meek Heritage," "Goodbye West Country" and "Complete Book of Ballets"—on back cover. We were not aware there were two jackets when we bought this copy (obviously) but have now seen jackets without reviews on front flap and with ads for "My Scottish —," "Goodbye West Country," and "Under Five Eagles," on back panel. Still, a very scarce book in jacket. $2500.

MADISON SMARTT BELL'S COPY FOR REVIEW 15. Bowles, Paul. TOO FAR FROM HOME: The Selected Writings of Paul Bowles. (Hopewell): The Ecco Press (1993). First edition. Uncorrected proof copy, in yellow printed wraps. A large compilation of 687 pages. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates; edited and with a preface by Daniel Halpern. Madison Smartt Bell's copy for review with his signature on half title. Yellow covers a bit soiled and creased but still a very good copy. $175.

16. Brand, Max. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. First edition. Probably the most famous book by Frederick Faust, who wrote under at least 20 pseudonyms, with Brand being the most well known. Made into two early films, with Tom Mix and Zasu Pitts in 1932, and then in 1939

with Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich and Brian Donlevy, et al, but the movie story-line doesn't track, so it seems it was "suggested" by the book. Near fine with only the barest cover wear; in the rare dust jacket with a few small chips, closed creased tears and light soiling. A nice copy of this scarce book, seldom seen in dustwrapper. $6000. 17. Brown, Dan. THE DA VINCI CODE. New York: Doubleday (2003). First edition. The run-away best seller. Filmed with Tom Hanks in the starring role. With "skitoma" page 243, line 25. Fine in dustwrapper. $200. 18. Bukowski, Charles. POEMS WRITTEN BEFORE JUMPING OUT OF AN 8 STORY WINDOW. (Glendale: Poetry X/Change [1968]). First edition. About 400 copies printed. There is a little discoloration near spine, otherwise a nice clean, tight copy in pictorial paperwraps. $150. 19. Burns, Olive Ann. COLD SASSY TREE. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1984. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Inhabited by characters who are wise and loony, unimpeachably pious and irreverent (dj blurb). A fine copy in dust jacket with publisher's post card reproducing the dustwrapper illustration laid in. $100. 20. Burroughs, William S. NOVA EXPRESS. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First edition. Light edgewear, otherwise near fine in dust jacket with some darkening on the spine and edges. A story of fantasy tinged with the dark humor of the author of THE NAKED LUNCH. $75. 21. Byron, Lord. DON JUAN. London / New York: Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead (1926). First edition. With 93 illustrations & decorations by John Austen. Small quarto, in white buckram boards lettered in gilt on spine and front, with nude decoration in gilt on spine, black-and-tan stamped illustration on front. Slight shelfwear, couple small stains, otherwise near fine.$150. 22. Cain, James M. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. A facsimile edition of the first edition, published by Otto Penzler. New in dust jacket and slip case illustrated with original art from front and rear cover of jacket; in original shrink wrap. $100.

23. (Capote, Truman), George Garrett. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN KANSAS: Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." (Roanoke): Hollins College, 1966. First edition. Essay by George Garrett which appeared in The Hollins Critic, Volume III, No. 1, February, 1966. Twelve-page offprint (three sheets folded and stapled) which includes the main critical essay which talks of the "New Journalism," a biography, and a checklist of Capote's books. Drawing of Capote on first page. Fine in self wraps. $35. 24. Carr, John Dickson. PANIC IN BOX C: A Dr. Fell Novel. New York: Harper & Brothers (1966). First edition. Small mark on bottom edge (not remainder), otherwise fine in dust jacket. $75. 25. Carr, John Dickson. THE GHOSTS' HIGH NOON. New York: Harper & Row (1969). First edition. Fine in dust jacket with the barest wear. $75. 26. Carr, John Dickson. MERRIVALE, MARCH AND MURDER. New York: International Polygonics, Ltd. (1991). First edition. Includes previously unpublished material and the first book appearances of adventures of Colonel March and Sir Henry Merrivale, with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene. Fine in dust jacket. Scarcer than one would think for a recent book. $150. 27. Carr, John Dickson. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 1994. First edition. A radio play which was broadcast in February and March of 1941. Introduction and Notes by Tony Medawar. Fine in pictorial wraps. No hardback edition. $75.

28. Carroll, Lewis; Arthur Rackham, illustrator. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. London/ New York: William Heinemann/Doubleday, Page [1907]. First American trade edition of the first Rackham edition with Doubleday on spine, illustrated with 13 color plates, 14 drawings in black and white, and pictorial endpapers. Also includes a poem by Austin Dobson. There was a limited edition signed by Rackham issued in both England and America the same year. Red

cloth over boards with colored plate on front cover and white lettering on cover and spine. Minor wear on corners, otherwise near fine. $750. 29. Carter, Jimmy. WHY NOT THE BEST? Nashville: Broadman Press (1977). First of this limited "Presidential" edition. SIGNED BY CARTER on the title page. His first autobiography illustrated with drawings and photos, published as he was campaigning for the Presidency. Fine in green faux leather with gilt Presidential seal on front and the Capitol blind-stamped on the back. Issued without dust jacket, but this copy is lacking the box. $150. 30. Casolaro, Daniel. THE ICE KING. Ardmore: Whitmore Publishing (1981). First edition of his only book, a novel about

mountain climbing. Full-page, intimate INSCRIPTION: "To a beautiful girl - - -." The author was an American freelance writer who came to public attention in 1991 when he was found dead, his wrists slashed 10-12 times, in a bathtub in a room in the Sheraton Hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. A note was found, and the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. However, his death became controversial because his working notes suggested he had traveled to Martinsburg to meet a source in connection with a story he had dubbed "the Octopus," which centered around a sprawling conspiracy theory involving an international cabal. Fine in dust jacket with few small chips on corners. Unaccountably scarce—and we would guess rare signed. $450. 31. Chabon, Michael. THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH. New York: William Morrow (1988). First edition. Author's first book. He went on to win the Pulitzer for THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY. Fine in white dust jacket a little aged around edges. $75. 32. Chesterton, Gilbert K. THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES. New York: Harper & Bros., 1905. First edition. A book of witty short mysteries, illustrated by the author. Spine slightly darkened, some rubbing to gilt lettering and design, and slight wear to corners and spine, otherwise very good or better. Lacking dust jacket. $150. 33. Child, Lee. DIE TRYING: A Jack Reacher Novel. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son (1998). First edition of the author's second book. His first was the winner of the Anthony Award. Fine in dust jacket. $100. 34. Child, Lee. RUNNING BLIND: A Jack Reacher Novel. New York: Putnam (2000). First edition. His fourth Reacher novel. Fine in dustwrapper. $75. 35. Churchill, Winston S. STEP BY STEP 1936-1939. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd. (1939). First edition. Churchill's coverage of the period before the War. "A potent imagination at once penetrating and creative—enriched by a singularly varied political experience, that views with genuine vision the cross-currents of international affairs.—" (blurb). Sort of sums up Churchill himself. Folding map of Europe at rear. Small name on front endpaper and minor rubbing on corners, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket showing wear, with minor chipping, closed tear on front panel, and stain

at bottom of spine. Despite its faults, a reasonably attractive copy of an important book. $950. 36. Clancy, Tom. RED STORM RISING. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1986). First edition of his second book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Another exciting saga of modern warfare and the high stakes involved. Fine with only the very tiniest touch of edge rubbing; in fine dust jacket. $100.

45. Day, Lal Behari; Warwick Goble. FOLK-TALES OF BENGAL. London: Macmillan and Co, 1912. First of this edition with the Goble illustrations. Traditional folk-tales, collected and translated by Day and originally published in 1883. Beautifully illustrated by Goble with 32 colour plates with captions on facing pages. Beautifully bound in half burgundy morocco and boards with gilt lettering and

37. Cobb, Humphrey. PATHS OF GLORY. New York: Viking Press, 1935. First edition of the author's only book, an anti-war novel. This story of French soldiers wrongly court-martialed for cowardice was made into a good Stanley Kubrick film. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear on corners, one very short closed tear and just a bit of sunning to the spine. Still, a very nice copy. $350. 38. Coetzee, J. M. THE MASTER OF PETERSBURG. New York: Viking (1994). First American edition. SIGNED by the author on a Viking Press bookplate on the front endpaper. An intense novel about Dostoyevsky by the Booker Prize-winning author of LIFE AND TIMES OF THOMAS K. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. $100. 39. Colbert, Elias. Everett Chamberlin. CHICAGO: THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION. Cincinnati: C. F. Vent, 1872. First edition. No dust jacket issued. Illustrations in woodcut by Chapin and Gulick from "Photographic Views Taken on the Spot." Well-documented account of the 1871 fire, with information about Chicago and other historic fires. Includes a fold-out map of the area. Green cloth cover and spine lettered and decorated with lovely gilt design (very slightly dulled on spine). Some edgewear, otherwise very good. $125. 40. Connelly, Michael. CITY OF BONES. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. (2002). First edition. INSCRIBED with the quote, "child cases haunted you" and SIGNED by the author. Fine in dust jacket. $75. 41. Copland, Aaron. COPLAND ON MUSIC. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1960. First edition. The American composer's honest opinions on music, musicians, compositions, performances and more. A scarce book, near fine in dust jacket with the barest shelf wear. $100. 42. Crane, Stephen. THE LITTLE REGIMENT: And Other Episodes of the American Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1896. First edition, second state with ads at back headed "Beginners of a Nation" (versus "Gilbert Parker's Best Books"). Slightly soiled with darkened spine, otherwise very good. Housed in folding case. $250. 43. Creeley, Robert. THE WHIP. (London): Migrant Books, 1957. First edition. A pocket-size book of poetry. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps with the barest soiling, and spine and edges a bit darkened. $75. 44. D., H. (Hilda Doolittle). THE WALLS DO NOT FALL. New York: Oxford University Press, 1944. First U. S. edition, and first hardbound edition. Often called civilian war poetry—not just with the booms and blasts of the bombs, but with the damage to the souls of the victims as well. Near fine in bright blue boards with silver stamping. Price-clipped dust jacket has some edge and spine sunning, slight rubbing and chips, and one tiny inconspicuous closed tear (at top of spine). $150.

decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers, 274 pages, top edge gilt. Fine. $750.

46. (DeLillo, Don). STORIES FROM EPOCH: The First Fifty Issues (1947-1964). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press (1966). First edition. SIGNED BY DELILLO on the front endpaper. Includes his first book appearance, "Take the 'A' Train." Also includes Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, et al. Near fine in dust jacket slightly soiled on spine, with some rubbed creasing to spine ends, few tiny nicks, & short closed tears. $450.

47. DeLillo, Don. AMERICANA. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. SIGNED by DeLillo on the title page. Fine in bright dustwrapper with touch of lightly rubbed creasing and two closed tears at head of spine. Nice copy of a scarce book signed. $1250. 48. DeLillo, Don. END ZONE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition of

his second book. SIGNED by DeLillo on the title page. Football as metaphor for nuclear war? Fine in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with one small, closed tear. $400. 49. DeLillo, Don. GREAT JONES STREET. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. His third book. SIGNED by DeLillo on title page. Fine in dust jacket withhint of light rubbing and one inconspicuous tear. $400. 50. (DeLillo,

Don) as Cleo Birdwell. AMAZONS: An Intimate Memoir by the First Woman Ever to Play in the National Hockey League. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston (1980). First edition. SIGNED by DeLillo on the title page. Fine in dust jacket with touch of minor creasing to head of spine. A bright, crisp copy, and scarce signed. $300.

51. DeLillo, Don. WHITE NOISE. (New York): Viking (1985). First edition. National Book Award winner. SIGNED by DeLillo on the title page. Very top of spine lightly bumped (book and jacket), still a fine, bright copy in dust jacket, and scarce signed. $500. 52. Doig, Ivan. BUCKING THE SUN. (New York): Simon & Schuster (1996). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "a cloud of colors—." A story

set against the backdrop of the building of the Fort Peck Dam in his beloved Montana. Advance reader's copy, fine in pictorial wraps. $75.

53. Dreiser, Theodore. A GALLERY OF WOMEN. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Two volumes. Small chip at head of dust jacket spine, volume 1, and that portion of the book's spine just a little dull, otherwise both the books and dust jackets are remarkable nice and bright with the barest wear. Housed in a duplicate of the original slipcase, using matching cloth versus paper, with jacket front panel design mounted on one side. $350. 54. Eisenhower, Dwight D. TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY EISENHOWER. Colorado: 1952. Half-sheet of stationery with "Office of Dwight D. Eisenhower" printed at head and return address of Brown Palace Hotel, Denver 2, Colorado, typed beneath. Dated July 25, 1952. To Miss Audrey Sample thanking her for her thoughtful message of July 18: In the busy months ahead it will be a source of encouragement to feel that thinking Americans like yourself are interested in this crusade. Sincerely, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Lightly creased where folded to thirds, offset on back corners where previously mounted (shows through slightly on front), otherwise near fine. $150. 55. Eliot, T. S. POEMS 1909-1925. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1925. First edition. Collects all the key early works including Prufrock, The Waste Land and The Hollow Men. The first issue of The Waste Land to include Eliots' dedication to Ezra Pound—written in the first edition that Eliot had given him. Spine a bit faded, spine label a little rubbed, minor cover wear and very minor foxing, but still a very good copy, lacking the rare dust jacket. $450. 56. (Eliot, T. S.) Thomas Newton, editor. SENECA HIS TENNE TRAGEDIES: Translated into

English. London: Constable and Co., Ltd., 1927. Plays first published in 1581, republished here with an introduction by T. S. Eliot, first edition thus. Limited edition of 1025 copies, in two volumes; volume 1 with Eliot's 50-page introduction. Seneca's plays are considered to be the model of classical drama in Elizabethan

England. Some scuffing to boards, spines slightly sunned, edges rubbed, and corner rubbing exposing boards, otherwise tight and complete in about very good condition without dust jackets (presumably as issued). $350.

57. Eliot, T. S. FOUR QUARTETS: East Coker, Burnt Norton, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1943) [circa 1948]. First single-volume edition. These were the first of Eliot's poems to reach a wide audience and are considered, along with The Waste Land, his best work. The four poems were published separately in wraps by Faber from 1941-42, then collected in this American edition in 1943—an edition that was, because of a printing

error, mostly destroyed (4,165 copies printed but 3,377 copies destroyed). Copyright page states "first American edition"; back panel of dustwrapper has heavy block letters with nine titles listed (through Possum), is priced $2.00, and has 20 lines of text plus publisher on front flap; back flap blank (Connolly's Modern Movement #92). Newspaper clippings removed from front pastedown and endpaper, with only shadows remaining. Otherwise, a very good copy in an aged dust jacket with a thumb-size chip at top of back cover, barely noticeable Braille lettering along the rear spine fold, and minor wear on corners and spine ends. $1750.

58. Eliot, T. S. THE FILM OF MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. London: Faber and Faber (1952). First edition in second state binding. Cloth just a bit rubbed otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $100.

59. Eliot, T. S. OLD POSSUMS KATZENBUCH. Berlin/Frankurt: Suhrkamp Verlag [1952]. First German edition, with text in both English and German. 14 full-page color illustrations by Nicholas Bentley. Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket with tiny hole in spine and few tears repaired with archival tape on verso. $125.

60. Eliot, T.S. THE CULTIVATION OF CHRIST-MAS TREES. London: Faber & Faber (1954). First edition. Blue printed paperwraps in original envelope. Fine. $125.

61. Eliot, T. S. THE CULTIVA-TION OF CHRISTMAS TREES. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1956). First American edition. Black pictorial paper boards just a bit rubbed on corners, otherwise fine. $125. 62. Eliot, T. S. COLLECTED POEMS 1909-1962. London: Faber & Faber (1963). First edition. Includes poems from the earlier, 1909-1935 collection, adding those up to 1962. Fine

copy in primarily yellow dust jacket w/touch of light soiling & one short, closed tear (top edge, rear panel). Very nice copy of a title not easy to find in fine condition. Gallup A74. $125. 63. Eliot, T. S. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF F. H. BRADLEY. New York: Farrar, Straus (1964). First American edition of Eliot's 1916 dissertation for his Doctorate of Philosophy at Harvard. Small, faint offset on endpapers, otherwise fine in black dust jacket with some minor rubbing and tiny chips on corners and spine ends. $75.

64. Eliot, T. S. THE WASTE LAND: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts including the Annotations of Ezra Pound. (London): Faber & Faber (1971). First of this edition, preceded by the U. S. edition. Edited by Valerie Eliot, with a brief preface by Ezra Pound. Fine in dust jacket with a few tiny foxed spots. $75. 65. Eliot, T.S. GEORGE HER-BERT. (London): Longmans, Green &

Co. (1962). First edition. Eliot's essay on the poet. 29 pages in printed wraps. Fine. $60. 67. Evans, Nicholas. THE HORSE WHISPERER. (New York): Delacorte Press (1995). First edition of the author's first book. SIGNED by author. The basis for the Redford movie. Fine in dust jacket. $75.

68. Faulkner, William. THE UNVANQUISHED. New York: Random House (1938). First edition, one of only 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Faulkner. One of his smaller limitations. Endpaper just a bit darkened (glue bleed-through) on the back inner hinge, otherwise a very nice, bright, square copy, with top-edge gilt almost as new and all pages clean

and bright. In specially made, plain black cloth slipcase. Not originally issued in slipcase or dust jacket. $6000. 69. Faulkner, William. THE TOWN. New York: Random House (1957). First edition. Second book in his Snopes trilogy. In red cloth, with threaded gray endpapers and top edge stained gray. Fine in lightly aged dust jacket which is price clipped and shows minor rubbing on corners and spine ends but is still near fine. $250.

FAULKNER'S SCARCEST 70. Faulkner, William. A FLIGHT COMMANDER. No-place: The Sandhill Press, 1975. First and only edition, number 10 of 15 copies. A privately printed book reproducing a 2-page autograph letter from Faulkner to Hubert Starr, which was undated but probably written in 1918. It was then that Faulkner had enlisted in the RAF and was working on an English accent

and manners to ensure his acceptance by the British flyers. In the letter he writes: "I killed a nigger yesterday morning and I had to go down to the court house and have his name taken from the draft register — make arrangements for his internment, lest I be fined for leaving him unburied —." He concludes with a drawing (reproduced on the cover and title-page) of himself in military garb, "I become a Flight Commander." Brown boards with drawing of Commander, which is at end of letter and on title page, is printed in yellow on front. [12] pp and letterpress text. Fine, as issued, without dust jacket. $1500.

71. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. TEN-DER IS THE NIGHT. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition. A novel published nine years after the THE GREAT GATSBY. Decorations by Edward Shenton. Although considered one of his more important books now—it is one of the Connolly 100 and is listed in Modern Library's Top 100 Novels—at the time of publication, the critical reception was damning.

So much so that Fitzgerald allowed changes in later editions of the book. Only years after his death was the text restored to the original as published herein. The barest wear to corners of original green cloth, very light offset on endpapers, and the gilt on the word "Tender" on spine just a bit rubbed, otherwise fine in pictorial dustjacket with minor restoration to top edge and flap fold. Housed in a specially made clamshell box with leather label. $30,000.

72. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALS) BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. 1936. Two hand-written letters and a telegram from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Pauline Brownell, a registered nurse who took care of him when he hurt his shoulder in a diving accident in July 1936. We were unable to locate mention of Pauline Brownell in Fitzgerald biographies. Apparently she was unknown to Fitzgerald experts and, in our opinion, this makes the letters more interesting and valuable. During the time she nursed him, it is obvious they formed a fairly close and warm relationship—in book inscriptions to Pauline from the same collection, Fitzgerald mentioned a number of outings around Asheville with Pauline and her husband. The first letter is undated, 202 words, on one side of a legal-size sheet, written and signed in pencil. It reads in part: "Pauline: I wrote you a month ago but it

seemed a silly letter. I’ve had a strange two months trying to pull together the fragments of a lost year and I wonder if life will ever again make much sense . . . I wonder if you are happier—somehow you seemed so when I saw you, even to my alcoholic eye. God, I hope so—it was sad to see anyone so young and with so much stuff in such a state of depression. I wish I could have helped you as you tried to help me. Anyhow I want to see you . . . and talk to you and hear your adventures. Best to George [Pauline's husband] Always afftly Scott." The second letter is undated, 277 words, on both sides of a legal-size sheet, written and signed in pencil. It reads in part: "Pauline: Last night, tossing into the wastebasket the tattered shreds of a sweater once brought back to life by you—remember?—It occurred to me that you took with you some shirts & things you said ought to be mended . . . will you stick it in a box & give it to the bus driver? . . . I still come to Ashville [sic] once a month but simply pick up Zelda & take her out . . .She is much better . . . Even tho you don’t answer letters I think of you and wonder about you . . . .We did have a lot of good times mixed in with the bad. Write me if only to tell me where you are. Scott F . . ." In addition there is a telegram dated December 24, 1936 to Mr. And Mrs. Brownell, "Thinking of you both tonight and tomorrow. Scott." Complete provenance available. $20,000. 73. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THE GREAT GATSBY. New York: Bantam Books (1945). First of this paperback edition. Bantam Book Number 8. "Published November 1945." Other than the barest wear on corners, this is almost as new, an unread copy in pictorial paperwraps. $150. 74. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THE GREAT GATSBY. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1980). First of this edition. "This edition, limited to three thousand copies...is for promotional use by Scribner's Bookstores..." Published "In Celebration of the Grand Opening of Scribner's Bookstore." Fine in dustwrapper matching the original. $100. 75. Follett, Ken. THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH. New York: Wm. Morrow & Co. (1989). First edition of what is considered one of his best stories. SIGNED on a "Ken Follett" bookplate affixed to front endpaper. Only the barest wear to book and dust jacket. $175. 76. Forsyth, Frederick. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL. New York: Viking Press (1971). First American edition of the author's first mystery and first hardback book. Fine copy in white dust jacket with the barest soiling. $150. 77. Francis, Dick. RAT RACE. London: Michael Joseph (1970). First edition. Spine just a bit faded and very light foxing on top page edges, otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with the barest soiling. $250. 78. Frazier, Charles. COLD MOUNTAIN. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (1997). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. First state with "man-woman" for "mad-woman" on penultimate line of second paragraph on page 25. Made into the 2003 movie starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman

and Donald Sutherland. Fine in fine dust jacket with the Berendt quote sticker on front panel. $150. 79. Friel, Brian. GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER, DO! (Old Castle): Gallery Books (1997). First edition. Published the day of the play's premier, 12 March 1997. Fine in dust jacket. There was also a simultaneous paperback edition. $85. 80. Furst, Alan. SHADOW TRADE. (London): Quartet Qrime (1984). First British edition. His fourth novel; preceding his more general acclaim. 800 operatives are downsized by the CIA in a single day in 1977, and one sets up his own private intelligence service for hire. Fine in dust jacket with one minor cease and one corner rubbed. $150. 81. Golden, Arthur. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: A Novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition. The author's first book. One of the surprise hits at the time. Made into a film in 2005. Fine in fine first-state dustwrapper with blurbs from various individuals on rear panel vs. excerpts from reviews. $75. 82. Grass, Gunter. THE TIN DRUM. New York: Pantheon Books (1962). First American edition. The first book by this Nobel Prize-winning author. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Made into a German film, which won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film in 1980. Fine in white dust jacket with only the barest aging on edges. A nice copy of this classic. $450. 83. Greene, Graham. THE HEART OF THE MATTER. London: Heinemann (1948). First edition. One of Time

Magazine's Best 100 novels. A classic tale of diamond smuggling and blackmail in a British colony in West Africa. The winner of the 1949 James Tait Black Memorial prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. Made into a good film in 1953 withTrevor Howard, Elizabeth Allen and Peter Finch. Very good in dust jacket with edgewear, but still very good and bright. $600.

89. Heaney, Seamus; Ted Hughes. THE OLD SCHOOLBAG. London: Faber & Faber (1997). First edition. One of 300 SIGNED numbered copies. Edited by Hughes and Heaney, their second poetry anthology collaboration, a companion to "The Rattle Bag." With a foreword by Heaney and afterword by Hughes. The book is bound in navy and yellow cloth and boards, and housed in a clear mylar dust jacket and navy slipcase. Fine. $850.

84. (Grey, Zane) Jeffrey J. Arnold. IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO ZANE GREY FIRST EDITIONS. (Phoenix: Jeffrey Arnold, 2008). Revised edition stated but we believe the 2007 version was never really distributed. At any rate, Arnold has done a good job covering each book published from 1903 to 1979, and how to identify it. He also describes other collectible Zane Grey items, including Photoplay and many other reprint editions, comic books, Big Little Books, etc. Includes numerous color pictures of the books and dust jackets. Small, 200 pages, in spiral-bound pictorial covers. New. $25. 85. Hammett, Dashiell. THE THIN MAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. A facsimile edition of the first edition, published by Otto Penzler. New in dust jacket and slip case, illustrated with original art from front and rear cover of jacket; in original shrink wrap. $150. 86. (Hardy, Thomas). Peter K. Lennon. THOMAS HARDY: A COLLECTION. Chicago: Casterbridge Books (2008). First

edition. One of 55 copies. This comprehensive catalog details close to 3000 Hardy items (and a dozen items by Florence Hardy, some of which were previously unrecorded), including English and American editions, pirated works, magazine and periodical appearances, criticism, a film/recordings collection, books from Hardy's Max Gate Library, reviews and notices, collected editions, sets, signed books, letters, and related ephemera. There are hundreds of items listed here that won't be found in a Hardy bibliography. Extensive commentary by Mr. Lennon. 284 pages; large, 8 1/2 x11", glossy pictorial wraps. New, offered at the retail price (net). $75. 87. Harris, Thomas. RED DRAGON. New York: G. P. Putnam Sons (1981). First edition of his second book, introducing Hannibal Lector, although he's not the main character. His first try at creating a warped killer before

Hannibal. Fine in dustwrapper.88a. (Harrison, Jim) Gregg Orr and Beef Torrey. JIM HARRISON: A COMPRE-HENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1964-2008. Lincoln: University of Nebraska (2009). First edition, the "Collector's Edition," one of only 100 copies bound in full leather, each SIGNED BY HARRISON and the editors, Orr and Torrey, and with a SIGNED PRINT of "Late Afternoon"—the illustration BY RUSSELL CHATHAM

used for the dust jacket of the trade edition—housed in envelope pasted inside the rear cover. An extensive, "real" bibliography, i.e., it covers all of Harrison's work, tells one how to identify first printings, and provides printing quantities (when available). 331pages, including index. Illustrated with pictures of the book jackets, covers, broadsides, etc., and with a frontis portrait of Harrison by Barry Moser. Foreword by Harrison, and introduction by Robert DeMott. Fine. $250.

90. Heat Moon, William Least. BLUE HIGHWAYS: A Journey Into America. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown & Co. (1983). First edition. INSCRIBED with a quote from the book and SIGNED by the author on the title page. A travel chronicle, illustrated with personal photos, of the author's journey to follow the paths of his ancestors. Uncorrected proof, fine in paperwraps with ink notations of pagination and other changes, and title written in ink on bottom page edges. $250. 91. Hemingway, Ernest. A MOVEABLE FEAST. London: Jonathan Cape (1964). First British edition. His time in Paris, while in his early twenties. "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris...it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."

—Hemingway to a friend, 1950. Presumed second issue with plain white endpapers, bright-yellow top edge staining, and dustwrapper clipped with publisher's sticker priced "3.95" pounds added. Fine in dust jacket, in fact, about new. $125. 92. Hemingway, Ernest. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. New York: Scribner's Sons (1970). First edition. Posthumously published novel, found among his writings at the time of his death. Very fine in dust jacket. Hard to find a better copy.$150. 93. Hemingway, Ernest. TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT. New York: Scribner (1999). First edition. "Was drafted and finished during Hemingway's time in Africa in the early 1950's, and was discovered and edited by his son Patrick" and published globally on the centenary of his birth. Advance reading copy, fine in pictorial paperwraps. $100. 94. Hersey, John. THE WALL. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. First of this edition, one of 1,500 numbered copies. Illustrated with aquatints and SIGNED by William Sharp. Intro-duction by George N. Shuster. Fine in original slipcase. $100. 95. Hunter, Stephen. THE SECOND SALADIN. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1982. First edition of his second book. Fine in dustwrapper. $125. 96. Jin, Ha. WAITING. New York: Pantheon Books (1999). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "Bobbing on the Horizon." Winner of the National Book and the PEN/Faulkner Awards. Advance reading copy, fine in glossy pictorial wraps. $100.

MULTI-PRIZE WINNER 97. Jones, Edward P. THE KNOWN WORLD. (New York): Amistad/Harper (2003). First edition. His second book weaves together the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians, and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery (dj blurb). His first book won the PEN/Hemingway award and was runner up for the National Book Awrad. This title won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award winner. Fine in dust jacket with Eudora Welty photograph of author. $100. 98. Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., VERNON CAN READ!: A Memoir. New York: Public Affairs (2001). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Carol & Laura/ A journey you know very well — Vernon Jordan 4.25.02." Fine in dustwrapper. $75. 99. Keneally, Thomas. SCHINDLER'S LIST. New York: Simon & Schuster (1982). First American edition of this monumental tale that reminded us all how base we humans can be, and how heroic. Booker Award winner, published in London as SCHINDLER'S ARK. Basis for the movie of the same name. Fine in dust jacket with tiny chip at bottom of back panel and very minor wear on corners and spine ends. $150. 100. Kingsolver, Barbara. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE. (New York): HarperFlamingo (1998). First edition. SIGNED by author. Missionary Nathan Price goes off to the Belgian Congo in 1959, along with his wife and four daughters, to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane.

They arrive in the middle of political upheaval as the Congolese seek to wrest independence from Belgium. An Oprah Book Club selection. Fine in dust jacket. $175. 101. Kingsolver, Barbara. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE. (New York): HarperFlamingo (1998). First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $150.

102. Kissinger, Henry. WHITE HOUSE YEARS, YEARS OF UPHEAVAL & YEARS OF RENEWAL. Boston/New York: Little, Brown/Simon & Schuster (1979/82/99). First editions. The three massive volumes of his memoirs. Each volume is SIGNED by Kissinger on the title page. 1519, 1283 and 1151 pages respectively, including indices. Heavily iIllustrated with maps and photographs. All three volumes are fine in dust jackets with the barest wear. $650.

103. Kissinger, Henry A. NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FOREIGN POLICY. New York: Council on Foreign Relations/Harper Bros., 1957. First edition of the Nobel Prize winner's first book. SIGNED by Kissinger on the title page. Foreword by Gordon Dean. The President of the Carnegie Institution, Caryl Haskins states "this is the most important document on foreign affairs that I have seen in the last ten years— seem(s) to me the work of authentic genius." There was a lot of news coverage when it was published, including

big spreads in Time and Newsweek. The book is fine in a yellow dust jacket a little darkened on spine and with edges a little rubbed. A scarce book signed. $750. 104. Leopardi, Giacomo. CANTI DI GIACOMO LEOPARDI. Napoli: Presso Saverio Starita, 1835. An early edition, the last to appear in his lifetime. Includes 39 cantos versus 26 in the 1831 edition. Giacomo Leopardi was born in Recanati in 1795 of a noble, well-regulated and religious family, when the fortunes of Italy were perhaps at their lowest ebb, and when she least had any career to offer her children. His genius was not political. For the most part he upbraids her and her people with lofty indignation and shame (Margaret Oliphant—19th Century Literature). Light foxing throughout but mainly on edges of pages, otherwise very good in early binding of marbled boards and leather spine showing overall wear but still solid and tight. $4500.

105. Logan, Algernon Sydney. THE MIRROR OF A MIND, A POEM. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1875. First printing. The poet's second book, first to be regularly published. Ex-library copy with a label from the Lanier Collection at Johns Hopkins University on the pastedown. Lovely green book with faintly patterned boards; all edges gilt. Address written on p 61, otherwise free of any marks and near fine with just some rubbing and shelf wear as would be expected with its age. Scarce. $200. 106. Lowell, Robert. LIFE STUDIES. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1973). First edition. New poems and an autobiographical fragment. Fine in dust jacket with minor foxing on inner edges of jacket flaps. $75.

107. Mailer, Norman. PIECES AND PONTIFICATIONS. (London): New English Lib. (1983). First British edition. His short pieces from the 1970's, and a collection of his interviews on many subjects. Fine in dust jacket with the barest wear on corners. $150. 108. (Mailer, Norman). BLUE NIGHTS. Provincetown: Provincetown Arts Press (2008). First edition. Mailer lived much of his life in Provincetown,

where he wrote many of his books. This book of Hirose's photographs of Provincetown evoked many memories for Mailer in his introduction. Foreword by the publisher, Christopher Busa. 8 x 11-inch, oblong book with wonderful photos of a very interesting town that we have visited often. Fine to new in pictorial wraps which show only the barest wear to corners. At published price. $30. 109. Matthiessen, Peter. THE WIND BIRDS. New York: Viking Press (1973). First separate edition of this revised and updated text from THE SHOREBIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. Two corners just a bit bumped, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket with the barest wear and a tiny closed tear. $100. 110. Matthiessen, Peter. THE SNOW LEOPARD. New York: Viking Press (1978). First edition. Winner of the National Book Award for non-fiction. Gift inscription on verso of (blue) front free endpaper and the faintest foxing to page top edges, otherwise fine in dust jacket with one-inch tear near top of rear flap fold with fairly unobtrusive resultant crease extending to spine fold. $75. 111. Mawe, John. FAMILIAR LESSONS ON MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY: With Colored Plates, To Which Is Added a Practical Description of the Use of the Lapidary's Apparatus, Explaining the Methods of Slitting and Polishing Pebbles, &c. London: For the Author & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne, 1822. Fourth edition of this popular handbook, first published in London in 1819. A mining engineer and geologist, John Mawe dealt in mineral specimens and was commissioned to collect British minerals for the King of Portugal. Three full-page handcolored plates: Minerals, Rocks, and a frontispiece with illustrations of "A Brazilian Miner Washing the Alluvian Soil" and "View Near Matlock, Derbyshire." The coloring of the plates is particularly striking. Neat contemporary ownership inscription in the upper margin

of the title. Minimal staining throughout. Freshly bound in half leather with gilt spine lettering and rule, and marbled paper-covered boards. $400. 112. McCarthy, Cormac. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES. New York: Knopf, 1992. First edition. The first volume in the Border Trilogy, in the presumed second-issue dustwrapper with five blurbs on back cover. To the best of our knowledge there have been only two copies reported of the presumed first-issue dustwrapper, which did not include the Publisher's Weekly blurb, and may, in fact, have been a trial copy. Fine to new in dustwrapper. $250. 113. McCullers, Carson. COLLECTED STORIES. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First edition. An uncorrected proof in tall, printed, orange-red wraps. Introduction by Virginia Spencer Carr, McCullers' biographer. Includes "The Member of the Wedding," "The Ballad of the Sad Café," and 19 other stories. Small cracks in the perfect-bound spine, otherwise fine and still square. $125. 114. McMurtry, Larry. SOMEBODY'S DARLING. New York: Simon & Schuster (1978). First edition. INSCRIBED, "For Paul, My little Hollywood story L[arry]." Remainder “man” on bottom edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. $150. 115. McMurtry, Larry. DESERT ROSE. New York: Simon & Schuster (1983). First edition. INSCRIBED, "For Paul, The result of two idle days in Las Vegas. L McMurtry." An early signature, which is most likely contemporary. Fine in dust jacket. $200. 116. McMurtry, Larry. SOME CAN WHISTLE. New York: Simon & Schuster (1989). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow paperwraps with review taped to rear cover. $100. 117. McMurtry, Larry. COMANCHE MOON. (New York): Simon & Schuster (1997). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow, printed paperwraps. $100. 118. McMurtry, Larry. CRAZY HORSE. (New York): Viking (1999). First edition of this biography of a legendary figure. Uncorrected proof, fine in tan paperwraps. The debut of the Penguin Lives series. $75. 119. McMurtry, Larry. DUANE'S DEPRESSED. (New York): Simon & Schuster (1999). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow, printed paperwraps. $75. 120. McMurtry, Larry. ROADS. New York: Simon & Schuster (2000). First edition. McMurtry, who loves to drive, ruminates as he travels from east to west on US 10 and north to south on US 95, etc. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow printed paperwraps. Seems scarcer than his other proofs, perhaps because of the subject. $100. 121. McMurtry, Larry. LOOP GROUP. (New York): Simon & Schuster, (2004). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow printed paperwraps. $75. 122. McMurtry, Larry. THE COLONEL AND LITTLE MISSIE. (New York): Simon & Schuster (2005). First edition. Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley and the beginning of super-stardom

in America. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow, printed paperwraps. $75. 123. McMurtry, Larry OH WHAT A SLAUGHTER: Massacres in the American West 1846-1890. New York: Simon & Schuster (2005). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow printed wraps. $75. 124. McMurtry, Larry; Diana Ossana. ZEKE AND NED. (New York): Simon & Schuster (1997). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow printed paperwraps. Fine. $75. 125. Merwin, W. S. THE LOST UPLAND. New York: Knopf, 1992. First edition. SIGNED in 2003 by Merwin. An uncorrected proof in orange printed wraps. Fine. $100. 126. Mitchell, Margaret. AUTANT EN EMPORTE LE VENT: (Gone With the Wind). Paris: Gallimard (1938). First French edition. Translated from the English by Pierre F. Caille. The intense love story, brought to life on screen by Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. A heavy book, in very good condition with age darkening to the pages. Illustrated paperwrap covers show light soiling, with offset on the back. $150. 127. Moore, Marianne. O TO BE A DRAGON: New Poems. New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Fifteen poems plus notes. Fine in dust jacket. $100. 128. Morrison, Toni. BELOVED. New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Fine in dustwrapper. $75. 129. Morrison, Toni. PARADISE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Presumed review copy with "Special Preview Edition" sticker on back panel of dust jacket. Some highlighting, underlining in pen, and marginal notes—presumably by a reviewer. The lightest shelfwear to book and jacket, still fine in dust jacket. $75. 130. Murakami, Haruki. AFTER DARK. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in printed blue wraps. $75. 131. Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965. First edition, so stated. We believe this to be the first issue/state with publisher's address on copyright page and dust jacket printed on white laid uncoated paper with Trident Press mentioned at bottom of back flap. Although Juliar does not assign a priority to the two issues, we believe it would be first as it matches an advance copy we had in stock. The book is fine and bright in the white dust jacket showing a little aging with one tiny closed tear at bottom corner. Publisher's address on copyright page, presumably making this a first issue, in that we have an uncorrected proof with the address on the copyright

page also (copies noted without the address are presumably later issues). Name and address on front endpaper, otherwise fine in white dustwrapper with a little darkening around edges. $150.

138. Owen, Mary Alicia. VOODOO TALES: As Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest. New York: G. P. Putnam Sons, 1893. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Collected from the original sources, with an introduction by Charles

FIRST BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 132. Newby, P. H. SOMETHING TO ANSWER FOR. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincot Co., 1969. First American

edition. Winner of the first Booker Prize. Minor crack running down center of front cover where someone apparently attempted to straighten a warp in the cover, otherwise fine in blue dust jacket with very minor wear. For some reason, a very scarce book. $350. 133. O'Hara, John. TEN NORTH FREDERICK. New York: Random House (1955). First edition. O'Hara's favorite topics: class, society, and the history of wealthy families in Pennsylvania. He received the National Book Award for 1956 for this title, and it was made into a movie starring Gary Cooper. Near fine in dust jacket with minor chips on corners and spine ends. A nice, bright copy. $125. 134. O'Neill, Eugene. AH, WILDERNESS! New York: Random House (1933). First edition, limited issue. Number 187 of 325 copies SIGNED by the playwright. His only comedy, dedicated to Jean George Nathan "who also, once upon a time, in peg-top trousers went the pace that kills along the road to ruin." Printed on all-rag paper with untrimmed edges, top page edges gilt. A tall book, bound in full leather, with four raised bands on the barely darkened spine, which has light blue and red lettered title labels. Edges, corners and spine a bit rubbed, but on the whole this grand book has been well protected by the numbered (187) slipcase, which has not fared as well. Issued wtihout a dust jacket. $250. 135. O'Neill, Eugene. THE ICEMAN COMETH: A Play. New York: Random House (1946). First edition. One of the most famous—and best—plays by O'Neill, who was the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes and the Nobel Prize. Near fine with corners just slightly rubbed; in dust jacket with minor chipping on corners and spine ends. $200. 136. Orwell, George. THE COLLECTED ESSAYS, JOURNALISM AND LETTERS ... New York: Harcourt, Brace & World (1968). First American edition, using the British sheets. Four volumes: "An Age Like This, 1920-1940"; "My Country Right or Left, 1940-1943"; "As I Please, 1943-1945"; and, "In Front of Your Nose, 1945-1950." All of the books are in fine condition and the dust jackets are complete but have minor chips, spines a little sunned, and other minor wear. $150. 137. Osburn, John Jay. THE PAPER CHASE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First edition. The author's first book, a novel based on his years at Harvard. A confused first-year law student is trying to survive under his strictest professer, the legendary Kingsfield. He becomes one of the smartest students in his class, only to run into trouble by dating the Professor's daughter. Made into a film in 1973, which was co-written by Osburn, and starred Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman. Minor wear on corners of dark blue cloth and a few other minor marks, otherwise would be fine but with a gift inscription in ink on front endpaper; in dust jacket with light blue spine just a bit faded and corners and spine ends with tiny chips and very minor wear. Surprisingly scarce. $200.

Godfrey Lelnad; illustrations by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain. 310 pages. Owen's discoveries in voodoo magic first attracted attention in 1888. She investigated the rites and customs of American Indians, especially the Sac Indians, and was granted tribal membership in 1892, joining some of their secret societies. She was a president of the American Folklore Society and an honorary member of the British Folklore Society. The book shows some edgewear, top edge of spine worn, name and date (1902) on front endpaper, otherwise good to very good. $350. 139. Pasternak, Boris. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO. (New York): Pantheon Books (1959). First American illustrated edition of the author's most famous work. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. With numerous full-page illustrations by Alexander Alexeieff, copyrighted by Librairie Gallimard (Paris) 1959. The English edition was published in 1958, followed by the Pantheon first in the same year. This edition, like the 1958 Pantheon, states "First American Edition," but is larger than that edition. Decorated paper-covered boards, in a pictorial paper-covered slipcase. Issued without a dustwrapper. Fine in slipcase which has had minor edge reinforcement. Nice production. $300.

140. Pinchot, Ann. HOUR UPON THE STAGE. New York: Dodd Mead, 1929. First edition of her first book, a novel about a Jewish family's progress in the early 20th century along the coast of Lake Michigan, where the author grew up. Fine in price-clipped Arthur Hawkins dust jacket, which is a little faded and has three small chips (two at either side of spine top, and one at bottom of front cover). Scarce in the Hawkins jacket. $450. 141. Rice, Anne. INTERVIEW WITH

THE VAMPIRE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Author's first book and the first book in her popular Vampire Chronicles. Fine in dust jacket with minor creasing which is endemic to this gold foil jacket. $450.

142. Roberts, Kenneth. NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. First trade edition, after the limited edition. The movie starring Spencer Tracey was based on this adventure novel. Forest green cloth, blind-stamped on front, with gilt lettering on black label on the spine. Fine in dust jacket with only a hint of age and soiling. An exceptional copy. $150.

143. Roberts, Kenneth. CAPTAIN CAUTION: A Chronicle of Arundel. London: Collins, 1949. First edition. Covers lightly sunned, but spine still bright. The swashbuckling dust jacket has some rubbing, edge chipping and a very small hole on the spine. There is a tiny price on the front panel, not very noticeable at all. Altogether, very good or better. $75.

144. Roosevelt, Franklin D., and Winston Churchill. PHOTOGRAPH OF ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL. Official U.S. Army Photograph. Black-and-white, 10 x 8", captioned "Roosevelt and Churchill meeting at Wolfe's Cove railroad station upon their arrival for the Second Quebec Conference, September 11-16, 1944." Roosevelt is seated in an open car (?) while Churchill —cigar firmly clamped between his teeth —leans in, elbow on door and leather gloves in hand. The background is a throng of photographers, journalists and on-lookers. Light crease to top left corner, otherwise fine. Suitable for framing. $300. 145. Roth, Philip. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT. New York: Random House (1969). First edition. One of Anthony Burgess's 99 best novels since 1939. Fine in an unclipped dust jacket with the $6.95 intact (and no clipping of corner). $200. 146. Rowling, J. K. THE SORCERER'S STONE. (New York): Scholastic Press (2000). First American edition of the Collector's Edition of the first Harry Potter. A specially produced, dark green, leather-bound volume that includes the complete text of the original novel as well as a unique pen-and-ink facsimile drawing by the author of Harry Potter at No. 4 Privit Drive, in front of the mantel. Illustrations by Mary Grandpre. All edges gilt. In original printed acetate dust jacket with small crimp at top of spine. Otherwise, fine to new. $150. 147. Rowling, J. K. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. (New York): Scholastic Press (2005) The first American edition of the sixth in the series. The Deluxe edition which includes a 32-page insert featuring reproductions of Mary GrandPre's interior art, as well as a new full-color frontispiece. Fine to new in wraparound-illustrated color dust jacket and in original slipcase. $100. 148. Russo, Richard. THE RISK POOL. New York: Random House (1988). First edition. His second book with a Pat Conroy blurb on back panel. Fine in dust jacket. $150. 149. Sackville-West, Victoria, Dorothy Wellesley. THE ANNUAL. London: Cobden-Sanderson [1930]. First edition. Number 61 of a limited edition of 110 copies of which 100 were SIGNED BY VITA SACKVILLE-WEST and the editor Dorothy Wellesley. Selection from the Forget-Me-Nots Keepsakes and other Annuals of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Wellesley, with a ten-page introduction by Sackville-West. Includes "Victoria Opening the Parliament of 1841" by Lydia H. Sigourney, "The Aziola, "Song," and "On Love" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Isles of the Sea Fairies" and "Childhood: or the Triad" by Mary Howitt, "Sisters of Albano" by Mary Shelley; additional contributions by Thomas Moore, John Keats, Wordsworth, Tennyson et al. Bound in red-cloth boards with leather spine label; all edges gilt. Perhaps rebound? (We've never handled it before.) Boards a little scuffed on front edges, otherwise very good in plain cardboard slipcase. $450.

150. Sackville-West, V(ita). TWELVE DAYS. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. First American edition using 500 sets of sheets from the British edition published by the Woolf's at Hogarth Press. Vita's impressions of a remote and primitive area of Persia where she and four companions spent twelve days. We find this to be a scarce, perhaps rare, edition in the original dust jacket. The book is fine and the jacket has only minor wear on edges and a little darkening to the spine, but is still very good. $1000. 151. [Sci-Fi/Fantasy]. Bleiler, E. E. THE CHECKLIST OF SCIENCE-FICTION & SUPERNATURAL FICTION. Glen Rock: Firebell Books (1978). First of this enlargement and revision of The Checklist of Fantastic Literature—"The result is a revision so extensive that it really constitutes a new book." The standard reference for science fiction, and fantasy, in the preferred edition. Fine in yellow dust jacket just a bit faded on spine. $150.

152. Scott, Paul. "THE RAJ QUARTET." London: Heinemann (1966-68-71-75). First editions of what is considered the author's masterpiece. The four novels that make up Scott's story of the British in India. The story of a rape and the killings associated with it reverberate thoughout the novels, beginning with the "Quit India" riots in August 1942 and carrying through the retreat of the British and the partition of India in 1947. Although the books can be read individually, the full impact is better if they are read in order and together. The titles are "The Jewel in the Crown," "The Day of the Scorpion," "The Towers of Silence," and "A Division of the Spoils." The books are all fine without any defects except to "Division," where the spine has a crease mark down middle. The dust jackets on the last three are fine with the barest wear, while the first volume's dust jacket has minor edgewear. A nice set. $750. 153. (Seaborg, Glenn). BIOLOGY AND THE EXPLORATION OF MARS. Wash., D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1966. First edition. Glenn Seaborg's copy with his signature and "Feb. 1967" on front endpaper. Seaborg was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements," and was the first to propose the actinoids series which led to the current arrangement of the Periodic Table of the Elements. He spent most of his career as an educator and research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the second Chancellor. Seaborg advised ten presidents—from Truman to Clinton—on nuclear policy and was chairman from 1961 to 1971 of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, where he pushed for commercial nuclear energy and peaceful applications of

nuclear science. Fine in dust jacket with edgewear and small chips. $100. 154. Seuss, Dr. HUNCHES IN BUNCHES. New York: Random House (1982). First edition with complete number line. A boy is approached by numerous strange creatures, "hunches" that point out different courses of action. Endpapers have a few faint creases, otherwise fine in pictorial boards with very light wear on bottom corners. Without dust jacket, as issued. $125. 155. (Shakespeare) Francis Douse. ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE AND OF ANCIENT MANNERS: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; On the Collection of Popular Tales . . . London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. First edition. Two volumes. Woodcut tailpieces and full-page illustrations by J. Berryman, including a fold-out engraving. Title pages printed in red and black. Leather spines and marbled boards, with spines rebacked and the original, very worn spines laid down over; front endpaper of volume 2 detached but laid in. Rare. $300. 156. Southern, Terry. FLASH AND FILIGREE. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. (1958). First American edition of his first book. The first issue with book in full cloth (versus cloth and boards) and dustwrapper with $3.50 price (versus $5.00). Fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket with two very small closed tears and tiny chips at top of spine. $125. 157. (Spanish Civil War). Busch, Ernst. 6 SONGS FOR DEMOCRACY. New York: Keynote Recordings, Inc. [1940]. Set of three 78-rpm recordings. Presumed first edition, with "originals made in Barcelona, Spain, 1938" on labels. Set 101

in "The Music Room's Inter-national Series." 6 songs by prominent German singer and stage actor Ernst Busch, a political refugee from Nazi Germany, who fought with the antifascist International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. The albums were recorded in 1938, but not

released until 1940, following the end of the war. Recorded with a chorus of soldiers, purportedly in the men's barracks, with noises of wartime activity in the background. As translated from their Spanish titles, the songs included are "The Four Generals," "Song of the United Front," "Song of the International Brigader," "The Thaelmann Column," "Hans Beimler," and a song from the Nazi concentration camps, "Song of the Peat Bog Soldiers." This album was re-released a few years ago, together with Pete Seeger's 1943 "Songs of Lincoln Brigade" as "Canciones de las Brigadas Internacionales" (Songs of the International Brigade). Three 78 rpm records in separate stiff-paper sleeves, bound in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Third record appears to have a hair-line fracture, pictorial boards show moderate wear and cloth spine shows some flaking, otherwise about very good. $250.

158. Spencer, Claire GALLOWS ORCHARD. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith (1930). First edition. Her first book, listed as a marginal mystery in Hubin. The story of a girl whose fearlessness antagonizes the Scottish village she lives in. Perhaps best known for the striking art-deco dust jacket featuring a young woman's face surrounded by a scarf. Name and date (July, 1930) on half-title page, otherwise fine in dust jacket with a few tiny chips at top edges of spine and rear cover, and a couple of pieces of old tape on verso. Nonetheless, a very attractive copy. $125. 159. Spillane, Mickey. I, THE JURY. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1947. A facsimile edition of the first edition, published by Otto Penzler. New in dust jacket and slip case, illustrated with original art from front and rear cover of jacket; in original shrink wrap. $100. 160. Steinbeck, John. BURNING BRIGHT: A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First edition. A story that can be acted, or a play which can easily be read—a new form Steinbeck devised. A beige book with orange title stamp, with only very minor dusting on the page edges, insignificant rub at bottom of spine, otherwise fine. The dust jacket is near fine with a little bit of soiling, thin scrape on the

back top edge and a very small crease at the bottom of the spine. An attractive book. $250. 161. Steinbeck, John. THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT. New York: Viking, 1961. First edition. A novel set in New England. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear and minute chipping to corners and spine ends. A very nice copy. $300.

162. Storey, David. THIS SPORTING LIFE. New York: Macmillan, 1960. First American edition of the author's first book. Winner of the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award. Storey went on to win a Booker Prize in 1976. Corners of cloth just a bit rubbed and pages aging due to acidic paper, otherwise fine in dust jacket with minor wear on corners and spine ends. $125.

163. Stribling, T. S. BACKWATER. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1930. First edition. "The Mississippi is rising and undermining the levees, the great backwater which cuts into the Murdock plantation is full and overflowing."—from the dust jacket. Fine in very slightly soiled dustwrapper with some minor chipping. An unaccountably scarce book in dustwrapper. $750.

164. Thackeray, William M. SULTAN STORK: and Other Stories and Sketches Now First Collected With Bibliography. London: George Redway, 1887. First edition. Original olive-green cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and black border. A collection of stories, reviews, poetry and articles, including an extensive bibliography. Few minor bumps, touch of offset to endpapers, otherwise near fine. $100.

165. Theroux, Paul. PICTURE PALACE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978. First edition. Review copy, with publisher's note laid in. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Near fine to fine in very good, slightly chipped and edge worn dust jacket. $75. 166. Thomas, Dylan. "The Crumbs of One Man's Year" in The Listener. London: British Broadcasting Corp., January 2, 1947. First edition. First appearance of a year-end essay by Thomas later collected in QUITE EARLY ONE MORNING (1954). In "The Listener," a BBC weekly. Tabloid, 10 x 12 inches, with slight curling on corners but otherwise very good. [Maud p.90]. $45. 167. Thompson, Jim. NOTHING MORE THAN MURDER. (New York): Dell First Edition (1953). First paperback edition of this novel originally published by Harper in 1949. "A sense of the ugliness of crime and the horror clinging to real life criminals . . ." — from the cover. Dell Book 738. Little rubbing on edges but still fine in pictorial wraps. Cover art by George Geygan. $75.

168. Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT: Or There and Back Again. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First American edition with the "bowing" Hobbit on title page and illustrated endpapers: maps of Wilderlands on front endpaper and Thror's Map on rear endpaper, opposite of how indicated in the list of illustrations. Some soiling on covers and on a few pages, small namestamp on front endpaper, and spine ends reinforced a bit, otherwise

good or better. Lacking scarce dust jacket but in a new specially made blue cloth clamshell box with leather label. $1500. 169. Tolkien, J. R. R. THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. First of the Silver Anniversary edition. The trilogy, bound in silver-paper boards with red lettering and decoration, housed together in a black slipcase. Spine ends bruised, FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS appears to have had a label removed from the top of the spine taking away a bit of the paper (1/2mm). Still, altogether a striking set, complete with maps and in very good to near fine condition. Issued without dust jackets. $150.

170. Truman, Harry S. TYPED LETTER SIGNED. October 30, 1968. On 7 x 10" personal letterhead stationery with Independence Missouri address; in original envelope with Presidential frank. Letter and envelope are addressed to James Cavey of Lutherville, Md. A very cordial letter thanking Cavey for his "very good letter," SIGNED BY TRUMAN in black ink. Creased where folded for mailing, still the letter and envelope are in fine condition. $300.

171. Twain, Mark. PUDD'NHEAD WILSON. Avon, Connecticut: Limited Editions Club, 1974. First edition thus, one of 2,000 copies. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht; illustrated with line drawings and SIGNED by John Groth. Water-colors printed by Holyoke Lithograph Company; accompanied by PUDD'NHEAD WILSON'S CALENDER with line drawings in blue by Mr. Groth; both volumes designed by Roderick Stinehour; the novel is printed on Curtis white wove rag paper and bound in full natural buckram lithographed in sepia with allover illustration by Mr. Groth; gold-stamped brown skiver label; and the CALENDER is on textured tan Strathmore paper and is bound in limp marbled paper with blue tile-panel. Fine as issued, together in a single slipcase (spine label has just a tiny rub on edge). $100.

172. Tyler, Anne. IF MORNING EVER COMES. New York: Knopf, 1964. First edition, second printing, issued one month after the first printing.Two faint tape marks at top of front endpaper and top edge of boards faded, otherwise near fine in dust jacket with minor chipping at corners and spine ends. Same dustwrapper as the first. An affordable alternative. $250.

173. Updike, John. HOPING FOR A HOOPOE: POEMS London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1959. First British edition of the author's first book, entitled "The Carpentered Hen" in the States. Fine in dust jacket. $150. 174. Updike, John. COUPLES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition. Ten couples in action. Blue cloth a bit faded on edges, otherwise very good to fine in William Blake dust jacket with minor edgewear and a few closed tears. $100. 175. Updike, John. MIDPOINT & OTHER POEMS. New York: Knopf, 1969. First edition. One of 350 SIGNED numbered copies. Fine in dust jacket and slipcase. $175. 176. Updike, John. BECH: A BOOK. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition. One of 500 SIGNED, numbered, specially bound copies. Fine in dust jacket and pictorial slipcase. $175. 177. Updike, John. A SOFT SPRING NIGHT IN SHILLINGTON. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1986. First edition. One of 250 SIGNED copies. Fine, as issued, with clear acetate wrapper. $125. 178. Updike, John. S. New York: Knopf, 1988. First edition.

One of 350 SIGNED, numbered copies. Fine in slipcase. $150. 179. Van Vechten, Carl. NIGGER HEAVEN. New York: Knopf, 1926. First edition. Van Vechten, who was white, made his contribution to the Harlem Renaissance with this famous novel containing thinly-disguised portrayals of literary notables such as Wallace Thurman, Langston Hughes, etc. Thumb-sized corner torn off top edge of front endpaper and a few foxed

spots on front page edges, otherwise fine in brown ribbed cloth. In aged and slightly soiled dust jacket with top inch of spine missing and minor edgewear. Not great but a rare jacket. $750. 180. Verne, Jules. FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON & AROUND THE MOON. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1970. First of this edition, one of 1500 numbered copies. Introduction by Jean Jules Verne; illustrated with paintings and SIGNED by Robert Shore. Bound in quarter ochre buckram stamped in green and gold with parchment paper sides printed with a map in sepia, 2 volumes. Fine in chipped original glassines; housed together in slipcase with touch of minor rubbing. $125. 181. Walker, Alice. HER BLUE BODY EVERYTHING WE KNOW: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete. San Diego: Harcourt Brace (1991). First edition. SIGNED on title page and dated 5-16-91. Fine in dustwrapper. $75. 182. Warner, William W. BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS: Waterman, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay. Boston: Little Brown & Co. (1976). First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic on the subject of our favorite summer meal—we eat them at least once a week. Fine in dust jacket with just a tiny spot near top of the inner flap. $75. 183. Warner, William W. DISTANT WATER: The Fate of the North Atlantic Fisherman. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little Brown & Co. (1983). First edition. The second book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Beautiful Swimmers." SIGNED by the recently deceased author. Fine in dust jacket. $75.

184. Warren, Robert Penn. ALL THE KING'S MEN. New York: Harcourt, Brace (1946). First edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner. " ...massive, impressive, yet so full of light subtleties and surprising drama that it is never ponderous. This story of a Southern Governor who is a scoundrel and a saint...and of the seedy men and lively women who follow him, is one of our few national galleries of character" — Sinclair

Lewis. Made into a memorable movie with Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Drew and John Derek. A fine copy of the book in the first-issue dust jacket with Lewis blurb on back panel. Dust jacket has had professional repair on edges and flap folds making it a bright, very nice example of the striking wrapper. $2500. 185. Warren, Robert Penn. GUBERNATOR. ([Warsaw], Poland): Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy (1960). First Polish edition, with a prologue by Bronislaw Zielinski. Paperwraps, in dust jacket. Reprinted in 1962 in boards, and then again in 1964 in two volumes (Grimshaw J22a). This

appears to have been Warren's personal copy, with "1st printing—20,000" apparently in Warren's hand. We purchased the book from a dealer who bought it from bibliographer and collector Stuart Wright, who is known to have received books from Warren's personal library. Small ink stamp inside rear cover, spine a little creased, otherwise near fine in white, printed paperwraps and dust jacket. Dust jacket shows light edge rubbing, few tiny nicks, and slight tanning at spine, otherwise very good to near fine. Scarce. $350.

SIGNED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER 186. Watson, James D. THE DOUBLE HELIX: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1968). First British edition. SIGNED by James Watson below his comment, "The way I saw things then. 2002." The author's classic, controversial, and best-selling work regarding the events surrounding the discovery of DNA in 1953, for which he, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Medicine in 1962, "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." Fine in dust jacket with a blurb by C. P. Snow, "Like nothing else in literature, it gives one the feel of how creative science really happens. It opens a new world for the general non-scientific reader." The jacket has very minor wear on corners and spine ends but is still very nice, especially for a black jacket (they tend to show more wear). There is a note to bottom front endpaper, not in his hand, which appears to say, "In memoriam/ Cambridge/" followed by an indecipherable name. Scarce edition of this book, and scarcer still with his personal comment on the way things were. $2500.

187. Watson, James D. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE. Menlo Park: W. A. Benjamin (1977). Third edition, second printing. SIGNED by the Nobel Prize Laureate. A text book, originally published in 1965. Large paper-covered pictorial boards with a little wear on corners, otherwise very good to fine. $450. 188. Waugh, Evelyn. THE LOVED ONE: An Anglo-American Tragedy. London: Horizon, 1948. First appearance of this story in the February issue of Horizon magazine. It later appeared in book form in the U. S. in June, and the U. K. in December. A short satirical novel about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry in general. It is savage and macabre, attacking the commercialization of what should (normally) be considered "sacred." The Loved One appeared on many of the "Hundred Best Novels of the Century" lists in 2000. A fine copy in printed wraps—unusual in this condition. $200. 189. Welty, Eudora. THE PONDER HEART. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. (1954). First edition. Drawings by Joe Krush. Near fine in dustwrapper with spine ends and corners

nicked and lightly rubbed, a touch of minor soiling, and faint dampstain on verso at base of spine (just visible along spine on rear panel). $250. 190. Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. NY: Eakins Press (1966). Facsimile of the first edition of Whitman's first book, originally publised in 1855. Based on the copy sent to Emerson by Whitman, now in the Yale University Library. Also includes reproductions of 8 pages of reviews and comments, not included in the first printing, but added by Whitman to later printings of the first edition; as well as a typescript of the letter Emerson sent Whitman, which Whitman had privately printed and pasted into at least some copies. The cover is a reproduction of the first. The real first in this condition would be in the $150,000 range—not a bad alter-native. Fine in slipcase with very light fading on edges. $100. 191. Wolfe, Thomas. A WESTERN JOURNAL: A Daily Log of The Great Parks Trip. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1951. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light edge wear, spine slightly sunned and splitting to flap folds. $100. 192. Wolfe, Tom. THE KANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE-FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965). First edition of the author's first book. A collection of his essays, with the wonderful observations we've come to appreciate more and more over the years. Fine in dust jacket with two tiny chips at top corners of spine, and minor wear and aging. Still, a nice copy. $250. 193. Wolfe, Tom. THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1987). First edition. One of his best books, which for some reason didn't translate well to the screen in the Tom Hanks movie. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "The girl with brown lipstick." Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $350. 194. Woodward, Bob. SHADOW: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate. New York: Simon & Schuster (1999). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with memorable photos of the scandal-weary office holders. Fine in dust jacket. $100. 195. Wouk, Herman. THE CAINE MUTINY; A Novel of World War II. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951. First edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Very good or better in second-issue dust jacket with some sunning, a few very small tears, and rubbing to edges. A bright and attractive copy. $250. 196. Wright, Richard. NATIVE SON. New York: Grosset & Dunlap [1940]. Assume first of this edition. Priced "100/100." Intro by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and with first complete appearance of Wright's article (38 pages) "How 'Bigger' was Born," portions of which appeared in The Saturday Review of Literature, June 1, 1940. A fine copy in gray cloth with red lettering, top edge stained red; in very fine dust jacket. $300. 197. Yeats, W. B. DRAMATIS PERSONAE 1896-1902. NY: Macmillan, 1936. First US edition. Yeats' thoughts on himself & events impacting him and others. Name on front endpaper, otherwise near fine with some sunning along spine & edges; in price-clipped dust jacket showing slight sunning, bit of rubbing, and few small chips. $100.

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THE FIRST HORNBLOWER

1a. Forester, C.S. THE HAPPY RETURN. London:

Michael Joseph (1937). First edition of the first Hornblower

book. Only 12,000 copies. Light foxing on page edges, else

fine in slightly soiled dust jacket with few small chips and

tears, and rubbed crease along lower front panel.

$2,500.

A UNIQUE SET, EACH VOLUME

INSCRIBED WITH A POEM

2a. Frost, Robert. COL-LECTION OF FIVE BOOKS EACH IN-SCRIBED TO WALTER KING STONE WITH A POEM: Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, New Hampshire, West-Running Brook.

Each book INSCRIBED WITH A

POEM AND BRIEF NOTE from Robert Frost to Walter Stone. In 1932, Stone--a painter, and

book and magazine illustrator of the period--sent Frost five paintings. In exchange, Frost

inscribed each of these five books with a poem. Copy of the correspondence between Frost and

Stone about the paintings included. First edition, second printing of A BOY'S WILL; third

edition of NORTH OF BOSTON; first edition, first state of MOUNTAIN INTERVAL; first

edition, fourth printing of NEW HAMPSHIRE; and first edition,

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first issue of WEST-

RUNNING BROOK. All

about very good or better, no

dustwrappers present.

Housed together in a custom

case.

$27,500.

“The poet must not adapt his experience to that of the philosopher.”

3a. Stevens, Wallace. HARMONIUM.

New York: Knopf, 1931. Second edition of the

author's first book, dropping three poems from the

first edition and adding fourteen. The fourth issue

in tan cloth. INSCRIBED BY STEVENS WITH

ONE OF HIS ADAGES, "For Jean Minnie, / The

poet must not adapt his experience to that of the

philosopher./

Wallace Stevens/

June 15, 1945."

Many of Stevens'

"adagia" or adages were later collected in OPUS POSTHUMOUS.

Small tape shadows to top and bottom cover and endpaper edges,

otherwise very good in dust jacket tanned at spine with chipping to

head spine and top edge, front panel. Rare signed—in any edition.

$7,500.

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“from the author with best respects . . .”

4a. Whitman, Walt. NOVEMBER BOUGHS.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1888. First edition.

INSCRIBED BY WHITMAN, "Miss Lizzie Harbinson /

from the author / with best respects / Oct: 8 1888." In

Myerson's Presentation Binding A of deep red smooth

cloth over flexible boards (note indicates less than 100

copies). Red spine faded to pink, covers show faint

staining, still quite nice. Rare inscribed. $12,500.

~ Autograph Edition ~

5a. Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS with

SANDS AT SEVENTY & A BACKWARD GLANCE O'ER

TRAVEL'D ROADS. [Camden: Privately Printed, 1889]. Special

Autograph edition, first edition thus. One of only 300 copies issued

to commemorate Whitman's 70th birthday, May 31, 1889, and

BOLDLY SIGNED BY HIM on the title page. Illustrated with six

"Portraits from Life," including the most famous: the original

mounted frontispiece photograph with a butterfly resting on his

finger. From the title page: "Today, after finishing my

70th year, the fancy comes for celebrating it by a special

complete, final utterance, in one handy volume of L. of

G. with their Annex, and Backward Glance-and for

stamping and sprinkling all with portraits and facial

photos, such as they actually were, taken from life,

different stages. Doubtless, anyhow, the volume is more

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a Person than a book. And for testimony to all

(and good measure) I here with pen and ink

append my name." In the pocketbook-style

binding of black leather over flexible boards

with tongued flap; marbled endpapers, all edges

gilt; bellows pocket in rear cover [Myerson

A2.7.n]. A lovely copy of this desirable item

with minor loss to one end, one side of pocket

unattached (does not appear to have ever been

attached), and rear endpaper cracked at hinge.

Housed in custom sleeve, and marbled slipcase

with gilt-lettered leather spine. $12,500.

a Person than a book. And for testimony to all

(and good measure) I here with pen and ink

append my name." In the pocketbook-style

binding of black leather over flexible boards

with tongued flap; marbled endpapers, all edges

gilt; bellows pocket in rear cover [Myerson

A2.7.n]. A lovely copy of this desirable item

with minor loss to one end, one side of pocket

unattached (does not appear to have ever been

attached), and rear endpaper cracked at hinge.

Housed in custom sleeve, and marbled slipcase

with gilt-lettered leather spine. $12,500.

CLASSIC OF FEMINIST LITERATURE CLASSIC OF FEMINIST LITERATURE

6a. Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. London:

Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. A classic of feminist literature, her

most famous and influential work. Faint offset on endpapers, otherwise

fine in dust jacket with professional touch up to few small chips and tears.

6a. Woolf, Virginia. A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN. London:

Hogarth Press, 1929. First edition. A classic of feminist literature, her

most famous and influential work. Faint offset on endpapers, otherwise

fine in dust jacket with professional touch up to few small chips and tears.

$5,000. $5,000.

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Notice: Nearly complete collection of Max

Brand books, most in dust jackets. Including

books written under his many pseudonyms,

and a number of British editions. Price and

details available upon request.

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