New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. 8vo, 232pp; three-quarter cloth and boards. This play enjoyed a three-month run on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre in 1930. Mayer gained his broadest reputation in Hollywood, where he was prolific screenwriter, collaborating most notably with Ernst Lubitsch on "To Be or Not... More
-. One side of a plain, unprinted card, approx. 3-12/ X 5-1/2 in. Karl Muck (1859-1940) was a prominent conductor. His stint at the Boston Symphony Orchestra coincided with the U.S. entry into the First World War. After a scurrilous rumor had been spread in the press that Muck had... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1921). First American edition. 8vo, 312pp; cloth with printed spine label. One of 1500 hand-numbered copies in the edition. Scarce, especially in jacket. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1928). First edition. 8vo, 286pp; cloth. Jacket design by J. L. Carstairs. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First edition. 8vo, 120pp; cloth-backed boards. One of 1200 copies. Atkinson A16-1-1. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, (1960). First edition. 12mo, 32pp; original wrappers. Number 12 in the Pocket Poets Series, and one of the more elusive early titles in the series. An exceptional copy. More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corp, (1935). First American edition. 8vo, 128pp; cloth. Gallup A41c. More
New York: Dynamo, 1936. First edition. 8vo, 64pp; cloth. The poet's first book, limited to 1000 numbered copies (this being number 19), was part of the publisher's series of books by proletarian poets. Rolfe was a Communist and activist, especially on behalf of Spanish loyalists in the war against fascism... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First edition. 8vo, 127pp; boards. The seldom-seen dust jacket, oddly enough, features a bold graphic illustration not by Masereel but by "Markham" More
Paris: Plain Edition, (1933). First edition. Crown 8vo, 278pp; printed wrappers. One of 500 copies printed by Maurice Darantiere, the entire edition. More
New York: Random House, (1945). First edition. 8vo, 259pp; black cloth with printed labels. Stein remained in France through the war and Nazi occupation. This is a her first hand account of those years. More
Washington DC: (The White House), 1945. 5 mimeograph pages, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, stapled in one corner. Text of President Truman's address to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, delivered via wire from the White House to delegates assembled at San Francisco for the meetings that ended with... More
New York: Creative Age Press, (1946). Second Printing. 8vo, 322pp; cloth. Ulanov's first book, and the first significant book to appear about Ellington. This copy has been inscribed and signed by Ellington on the front pastedown for Danish musican Gunnar Jespersen, and further signed on the facing flyleaf by three... More
Paris: Edward W. Titus at the Sign of the Black Manikin, 1930. First edition. Boards. 4to, 28pp; original marbled boards with labels. One of 100 numbered copies, the entire edition, printed by Maurice Darantiere and signed by the poet. The illustrations, both depicting Paris street scenes, are original intaglio prints... More
(New York): Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, 1944. First edition. 8vo, 285pp; cloth. Essays by the prominent reform rabbi and activist, here in a significant association copy, inscribed: "To Ruth Gruber, PhD, with deepest appreciation of a great job grandly done, Stephen S. Wise, September 1, 1944." The recipient, the prolific... More