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Déclassée:; Daddy's Gone A-Hunting: and Greatness - A Comedy
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
Stephen Crane; The American Men of Letters Series
(New York): William Sloane Associates, (1950). First edition. 8vo, cloth. More
Original painting
(Los Angeles): 1949. Tempera on cardstock paper, approx. 10 X 14 in. Nighttime cityscape depicting images of Los Angeles, with the central image of a streetcar filled with passengers and all around lighted signs (Bond Pants, Follies, Tivoli Theatre, Beer, Parking, Wine, Ice) a lamppost, a telephone booth, and a...... More
Religio Medici . . .; the Fifth Edition, Corrected and amended. With Annotations, Never before published, upon all the obscure passages therein. Also, Observations By Sir Kenelm Digby, now newly added.
London: Printed by Tho. Milbourn for Andrew Crook, at the Green Dragon in Pauls-Church-yard, 1659. Fifth edition. 12mo, lacks frontispiece; [xvi], 297, [5], 75, [2]pp. Contemporary calf. More
The White Oxen; and Other Stories.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 297pp; brown cloth with printed spine label. The first book by Burke, one of the high priests of literary modernism, was this collection of short stories. He became one of the most influential literary critics and theorists of his generation..... More
We Don't Want Lyndon Johnson For President. . .; We Demand Voting Rights for Negroes NOW!!!
Berkeley: 7th Congressional District Democratic Club, n.d. (1960). Two-sided broadsheet, single leaf approx 8-3/4 X 11-1/4 inches, printed on both sides. Original protest broadsheet from the February 1960 convention of the California Democratic Council, an activist group that emerged out of the past campaigns of Adlai Stevenson. The group met..... More
Rain:; A Play in Three Acts. Founded on W. Somerset Maugham's Story "Miss Thompson".
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1923). First edition. 8vo, 236pp; blue cloth with printed spine label. An attractive copy, despite the stated flaws, highly uncommon in jacket. A popular play, "Rain" was adapted for cinema three times, most notably in Lewis Milestone's 1932 film starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston..... More
Autograph note signed; "Th. Fontane," October 22, 1895
-. Single leaf, approx. 4-1/2 X 5-1/2 in., mounted on larger piece of paper with glue. More
Trumpet in the Dust
New York: Horace Liveright, (1930). First edition. 8vo, 357pp; polished black cloth. An exceptional copy of the author's first book, signed by Fowler on the front flyleaf. More
Trivia:; Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London.
London: Bernard Lintot, (1716). First Edition. 8vo, 80pp + index; full crushed red morocco gilt in the manner of Riviere by R. Bedford with gilt tooled spine, raised bands, dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. One of Gay's most popular works, this being from the large paper first issue, with engraved headpieces..... More
Wine; a Poem. . . To which is added, Old England's New Triumph: Or, the Battle of Audenard. A Song.
London: H. Hills, 1709. Pirated edition. 12mo, 16pp; later morocco-backed cloth. Gay's first work, printed in the year after its first publication. More
Autograph letter signed; "Karl Goldmark," to "Hochgeehrter Herr," no date
Gmünden, Oberösterreich. -. One page, on front recto of a bifoium, approx. 5-1/2 X 7 in. Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) was a highly popular composer in Vienna, known for his operas and works for violin. More
The Vicar of Wakefield:; A Tale. The Fourth Edition.
London: Carnan and Newbery, 1770. Fourth edition. Two vols., 12mos, [viii], 214pp; [vi],223pp; contemporary (original?) calf. The first three editions were all published in 1766. More
Retaliation:; A Poem. Including Epitaphs on the Most Distinguished Wits of this Metropolis.
London: G. Kearsly, 1774. First Edition. 4to, half title; title; [i]-iii, 16pp; without "Explanatory Notes & Observations" at the end, but with two final blank leaves, bulked with another 13 leaves of Michallet laid paper; later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards by Club Bindery, a.e.g. Goldsmith's last poem, a series..... More
The Utter Zoo
New York: Meredith Press, (1967). First edition. Oblong 8vo, unpag. illus.; pictorial boards. An alphabet book. More
The Kingdom of Happiness
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
Archive of photographs and postcards
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
Songs of Earth
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1917. First edition. Small 8vo, frontispiece, 121pp; blue cloth stamped in gilt. First book, a collection of modernist poems, by the woman who would become a pioneer and longtime promoter of the Canadian film industry as a writer, theater manager, and longtime editor of..... More
A Casual Commentary
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, 238pp; brown cloth with printed labels on spine and front cover. Essays on a range of topics by the popular novelist. More
The Sexual Life of Savages; In North-Western Melanesia. An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage and Family Life among the Native of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea. . . With a Preface by Havelock Ellis.
New York: Horace Liveright, (1929). First American edition. Two vols., 8vos, 603pp, t.e.g., illustrated with photographs and maps; cloth. The second of Malinowski three major works on the Trobriand island culture, seldom encountered in dust jackets. More
The Rise and Fall of Rogoff
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition. 8vo, 320pp; black cloth stamped in gilt. A co-authored novel telling the rags to riches to rags story of a Russian immigrant peddler who attains the heights of success in business. Uncommon, especially in jacket. More
Water Street; Poems
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 53pp; cloth. Generally accepted to be Merrill's scarcest trade publication. More
Autograph letter signed; "Victor," to his parents, no date (circa 1860s)
-. One page on single leaf on monogrammed stationery, approx. 5-1/2 X 8-1/2 in. Victor Meyer (1848-1897) an important German chemist, known especially for his work on vapor densities, writes home as a student. A former owner's note quotes a letter from Meyer's son-in-law, in sending the letter as a...... More