Jerusalem: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947. First edition. 8vo, 559pp; original wrappers. Full documentation of testimony presented by the agency to the UN committee, including statements from prominent Zionist leaders David Ben Gurion, Chaim Weizmann, and others. More
San Francisco. -. Printed invitation card for a luncheon in honor of Adenauer, hosted by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, and signed by Adenauer at the event. Approx. 4 X 5 in. Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), nicknamed "Der Alte," the... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923. First edition. 8vo, 304pp; black cloth with printed spine label. Three plays by the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winner. Déclassée would be made into a film in 1925 starring Corrinne Griffith and directed by Robert Vignola. More
Varied sizes and formats. The shooting and editing of “Film” brought Samuel Beckett to New York for several weeks in the summer of 1964. It was the only time he travelled to the United States, as well as his single venture into cinematic work. A rigorously conceived silent film, “Film”..... More
Berlin. -. Four pages, on a bifolium, approx. 4-1/2 X 7 in. Marie von Bülow (1857-1941), actress and wife of the great Wagnerian conductor Hans von Bülow, writes at length to the Jewish writer who used the male pseudonym "Ulrich Frank," and was sometimes known by her later married name..... More
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[Culver City, California: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, 1924]. First edition. 4to, 68pp unpaginated; pictorial endpapers; original paper-covered boards with printed label on front cover. Annual “Exhibitors Book” promoting the coming year’s releases to theatre owners. This edition followed immediately on the merger of Louis B. Mayer’s production company with Metro-Goldwyn forming MGM..... More
Los Angeles: Communist Party of Los Angeles, n.d. (ca. 1939). Broadside, single leaf of approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 inches, printed on one side. Satirical handbill in opposition to the developing war. The text continues: ". . . Employees Will Be Given Complete Training in Handling High Explosives, Bayonet Stabbing, Hand... More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, (1965). First edition. 8vo, 79pp; terracotta cloth. A nice association copy, inscribed by Davenport on the half title for his old friend, Merton College classmate, and fellow translator Christopher Middleton, dated 6 XII 65." More
New York: John Lane, (1916). First edition, second issue. Large 8vo, 513pp; blue cloth. One of 699 sets of the orginal John Lane sheets, bound in a Boni and Liveright binding for the re-issue in 1925 and using the second-issue sheets with p. 173-174 a cancel. Despite noted flaws, an appealing copy. More
New York: Macmillan, (1971). First edition. 8vo, 312pp; cloth. Signed by Ellison on the title page. More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition. 8vo, 312pp; brown cloth. First issue, with damaged type in the first word of the last line on p. 230 and "(1)" on the half-title. A presentable copy. More
Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First edition. Small 8vo, 118pp; original printed wrappers. Classic work in early literature of film, most especially noted for its innovative, DaDa influenced graphic design and striking full-page illustrations. A delicate book of irresistible charm. More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, (1954). Facsimile reprint. 8vo, 319pp; blue cloth. Handsome reprint of Faulkner's first novel, issued following his receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature. More
Scarsdale, New York: Bradbury Press, (1984). First edition. -. 8vo, 216pp; cloth. The author has enjoyed long success in the genre of Young Adult fiction, but has been most acclaimed for her powerful memoir Borrowed Finery. This is a nice presentation copy, inscribed on the title page: "October, 1984, For... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1924). First edition. 8vo, 237pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. The successful entrepreneur, an inventor of the safety razor who made a fortune selling disposable razor-blades, was also a utopian socialist with radical notions for the transformation of society. In this book, written in silent... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1922). First edition. 8vo, frontispiece, 240pp; pictorial cloth. The author's first book, a horse story set in the Canadian plains. Scarce, especially so in dust jacket. More
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New York: Hashomer Hatzair, (1944). First edition. 8vo, 32pp pamphlet in wrappers, stapled. Account of the Zionist youth movement, appearing in the darkest days of the war. With a center section of photographs and a two-page map of Kibbutzim in Palestine. Uncommon. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 129pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 3000 copies in the edition. Alberts 60. More
Washington DC: 1962. Single leaf, folded once; loosely inserted together with other items in spiral bound album. Kennedy writes to express his personal thanks to a federal Border Patrol officer pressed into service at the University of Mississippi to provide protection when James Meredith was registered as the first African... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First American edition. 8vo, 112pp; black cloth stamped in silver. Includes a brief prefatory text by Annie Besant and a cover portrait of Krishnamurti by Kahlil Gibran. Uncommon, especially in such fine condition. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First American edition. 8vo, 38pp; decorative boards with plain cloth spine; printed label on front cover. Scarce first printing of this collection of poems. More
New York. 23 original gelatin silver prints, with four autograph postcards singed (one is also a Levitt photograph) and an inscribed publication of the Museum of Modern Art (1985); various sizes and formats. An excellent collection of photos, five of them signed by Levitt on their versos, and others with... More
