San Francisco: San Francsico Symphony Orchestra, 1947. -. 4to; single leaf, folded to make four pages, printed on all sides in black and red. Boldly signed "Marian Anderson" on the front cover. The program featured Anderson singing arias from Verdi's "Don Carlos" and Tchaikowsky's "Jeanne d'Arc" as well as "Negro... More about Autographed Program; for San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Municipal Concerts 1946-1947;...

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 about Twelve autograph and three typed letters signed, 1964-1970,; Paris, Ussy-sur-Marne, Alghero...

Hollywood: The Screen Writers' Guild, Inc., 1946. First edition. 8vo, 18pp pamphlet in printed self-wrappers, stapled. An offprint from the July 1946 issue of "The Screen Writer," this is Cain's presentation of his proposal for an organization to aid screenwriters in negotiating with producers and studios. The "Cain Plan", as... More about An American Authors' Authority

Los Angeles: Civil Rights Congress, n.d. (1949). Two legal-sized mimeograph pages, approx. 8-1/2 X 14 inches, stapled in one corner. Detailed recounting of events in this now nearly-forgotten civil rights case from New Jersey. The six defendants had been held for four days without counsel and signed coerced confessions that... More about Fact Sheet; "Legal Lynching" -- The Case of the Trenton Six

New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922). First printing. 8vo, tan cloth. The poet's first book, a novel based upon his experience in a French prison during the Frist World War. The second issue, with the censored word on page 219. More about The Enormous Room

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First edition. 8vo, 319pp; cloth. A nice affordable copy of the author's first book. More about Soldier's Pay

New York: Horace Liveright, (1932). First edition. 8vo, 298pp; black cloth. Uncommon in jacket. More about The Murder of Christine WIlmerding

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. Large 8vo, 544pp, pictorial endpapers; brown cloth stamped in gilt, with bevelled edges. Rich account of the life of the great 20th century explorer of central Asia and the Himalayas. A heavy book, prone to severe wear, it is quite uncommon in... More about My Life as an Explorer.; Illustrated by the Author. Translated by Alfhild Huebsch

Tel Aviv: Palestine Pioneer Library / Lion the Printer, (1947). First edition. 12mo, 95pp; pamphlet in printed wrappers, stapled. Poems, songs, stories, essays, and facts and figures, documenting life and culture of Israel on the brink of statehood. Illustrated. More about Artzi; The Palestine Almanac, Compiled and Edited by Jacob Tchernowitz, English Editor: Molly...

Tel Aviv: Lion the Printer, (1947). First edition. 12mo, 92pp + 2pp glossary; printed wrappers. Short stories of life in Jerusalem under the British mandate. Ari Ibn-Sahav -- more often written Zahav -- was the penname of Leo Goldstein, Polish-born poet and writer, an early Zionist, and co-founder of the... More about A Gharry Driver in Jerusalem; Translated by Sylvia Satten. Wood-Cuts by Jacob Steinhardt

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First American edition. 8vo, 61pp; two-color decorative cloth with printed spine label. A handsome copy of this collection of spiritual poems. More about The Immortal Friend

Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. First edition. 4to, unpag.; olive green cloth stamped in gilt and black. One of 300 numbered copies (number 217) on heavy Rives mould-made paper, signed by Merrill. More about Samos

Fiesole. -. Two pages, on two leaves, approx. 8-1/4 X 10-1/2 in. Alfred Neumann (1895-1952), dramaturg and novelist. More about Autograph letter signed; "Alfred Neumann," to René Schickele, August 16, 1936