Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1919]. With the original color frontispiece by James Montgomery Flagg. With other photographs & illustrations. First Edition. Signed by Pack on a presentation bookplate on the front pastedown. He donated this book to the Metropolitan Club in New York City and the club’s blindstamp is at..... More
Hanover, New Hampshire: Friends of the Dartmouth Library, Dartmouth College, 1954. Edited by George C. Wood. Illustrated From Woodcuts By J.J. Lankes. Limited Edition of 1,000. Signed presentation from George C. Wood (a descendant) on the front endpaper: “For Jimmie Cook with a backlog of forty-two years of valued friendship..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1968. Based on a series of six lectures given by Katz in 1967. First Edition. Signed by Katz on the front endpaper. Also, with an autographed note from Harvard University law professor John Ely to Katz laid-in. Milton Katz [1907-1995] was one of the academics who..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1948. First Edition. Signed by White on the front endpaper. Walter Francis White was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 1, 1893. Before he became president of the United States, William Henry Harrison fathered several children with one of his slaves. One of these children was..... More
[London]: Penguin, [2002]. First English Edition. 12mo., pictorial wraps; 342 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College, Edited by Edward Connery Lathem. First Edition. 8vo., printed wraps; 97 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More
[No place]: J. League, 2004. Profusely Illustrated. 8vo., pictorial green wraps with an original wrap-around promotional band; 240 pages. Very Good (covers nice, little wear wrap-around band; contents clean & tight). More
Garden City: NY: Junior Books, Doubleday & Company, 1949]. Illustrated by the Author. First Edition (so stated). Signed presentation from de Angeli on the copyright page: “For Marie and Louis, with our love, Dai and Marguerite. September 29, 1949.” Marguerite was married to John Dailey de Angeli, who was nicknamed..... More
NY: Columbia University Press, [1988]. First Edition, second printing. Signed presentation from Keene on the title page to author Hortense Calisher and her husband: “22 April 1989. To Hortense and Curt, Donald Keene.” With a page of notes laid-in, maybe in Harnack’s hand? Hortense Calisher [1911–2009] was an American writer..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. Illustrated by Kay Burford. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Jordan to author Hortense Calisher and her husband: “1981. For Curits and Hortense with love, June.” June Millicent Jordan [1936–2002] was a Jamaican American, bisexual poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1969. First English Edition, 16th printing. Velikovsky's most criticized and controversial book, it was an instant New York Times bestseller, topping the charts for eleven weeks while being in the top ten for twenty-seven straight weeks. Despite this popularity, overwhelming rejection of its thesis by the scientific..... More
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1935. Later Edition. First Edition published in 1919. Signed inscription by Erdman on the front endpaper: “Your sincere friend, Charles R. Erdman.” Charles Rosenbury Erdman, Sr. [1866-1960] was an American Presbyterian minister and professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of Overbrook..... More
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1933. Later Edition. First Edition published in 1920. Signed inscription by Erdman on the front endpaper: “Your sincere friend, Charles R. Erdman.” Charles Rosenbury Erdman, Sr. [1866-1960] was an American Presbyterian minister and professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of Overbrook..... More
NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1924. The Institute Of Economics Series. First Edition (so stated on title page). Signed by former U.S. Secretary of State Louis A. Johnson on the front endpaper. Philip Green Wright [1861–1934] was an American economist who first proposed the use of instrumental variables estimation as the..... More
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[See scan]. Text in Spanish & Arabic. First Edition. Signed presentation from Hernandez on the half-title page to his friend Guillermo Cifuentes, dated in Maracay on July 7, 2007. Alberto Hernández is a Venezuelan teacher, journalist, poet and narrator. Born in Calabozo (Guárico) in 1952, he is the author of..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1948]. Text In French. First Edition. Signed presentation from Coleno on the half-title page, to Miss Phoebe Wiese, “in memory of the pleasure” for her spirit and lucidity relating to modern poetry. One of the numbered copies printed on D’Alfa mousse paper from the Navarre paper mills..... More
[NY? New Era Lithograph Co., [1942]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed on the rear cover by Larry Weill, one of the “Girls" in the revue. “This Is The Army” is an American musical revue in two acts, designed to boost morale in the U.S. during World War II, with a book..... More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. Illustrated by Paul Brown. First Edition. Signed presentation from Sohn on the front endpaper: “For Guy Hodges- who, after a slight acquaintance of 25 years, still remains one of the few creative geniuses of tis life’s intimate friendship. With fondest regards, Monte Sohn. December..... More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. Illustrated by Paul Brown. First Edition. The amusing letters of a bewildered mother to her soldier son. A scarce war-time book. 8vo., embossed green cloth; 212 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with small ink name, dated 1944, on the front..... More
NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1927]. First Edition. First issue binding with the “C” instead of a “G” in “Gantry” on the spine. Signed inscription from Lewis on the title page: “Sincerely yours, Sinclair Lewis. July 20, 1936.” “Elmer Gantry” was Lewis’s “Preacher” novel and a controversial best-seller, with 140,000..... More
NY: Fleming H. Revell Company, [1930]. First Edition. Signed inscription by the editor, Charles R. Erdman, on the front endpaper: “Your sincere friend, Charles R. Erdman. William Jacob Erdman [1934-1923] was a Civil War Union Army Officer. He enlisted as a Private in Company H, 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry..... More
NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1970]. First Edition, first printing. Interesting signed presentation from Waugh on the front endpaper: “To the greatest love of my life- Alec.” Although not noted anywhere, this book is from the library Collier Young [1908-1980], who was a screenwriter/producer and worked on many films in..... More
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1977]. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Sklar on the title page. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 180 pages. Fine (covers nice; contents clean & tight). Near fine (faint rubbing & partial crease to rear flap) d/j. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [1992]. Illustrated. First Edition, first printing. Review Copy, with inserted review slip and a two-page promotional letter. Signed presentation from Feder on the half-title page to musicologist Vivian Perlis: “My God! What does sound have to do with music! CEI. 4 April 1998. Yale, New..... More
[Hicksville, NY: The Brooks Publishing Company, 1978]. Fully Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Dushnick on the front endpaper: ‘February 24, 1978. To Bill, Many thanks and good luck at European-American. Stephan E. Dushnick.”. 8vo., white cloth, stamped in red, in dust jacket; 171 pages, plus ads. Very Good (covers..... More
