New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1980). First edition. 8vo, 62pp; cloth, illus. A presentation copy, inscribed "All good things to Joe and Therese. Love, Lillian, May, 1980" The recipients were fellow New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell and his wife. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 399pp; cloth. 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 her first hand account of those years. More
-. Two pages, on a single leaf of Hotel Windermere (Chicago) stationery, approx. 5-1/2 X 6-3/4 in.; together with a small calling card, signed in full by Stern. Otto Stern (1888-1969) received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1943, the first time the award had been given since 1939. His..... More
London: 1760-1775. First editions. 24 vols.,16mos; full brown calf by Zaehnsdorf with double gilt fillet borders, gilt spines with floral devices and leather labels; inner dentelles gilt; edges stained yellow. Includes: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-67), 9 vols. with half titles as called for in Vols..... More
Washington DC: The White House, 1945. Single leaf, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 inches, printed on one side. The text consists of the letter that Truman had written on April 22, just ten days after assuming the presidency upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt, to Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition. Small 8vo, 113pp; original boards with cloth spine and tips. Scarce volume of poetry by a Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime Columbia University professor. This is a presentation copy, inscribed by Van Doren on the front endpaper to his brother and..... More
London: R. Dodsley, 1746. First Edition. Small 4to, 47pp; modern cloth. Includes Warton's "Advertisement," with its declaration of commitment to "Invention and Imagination" in poetry, described by Hayward as a key forerunner of the Romantic movement. Hayward 169. More
-. Two pages on a single leaf of printed laid-paper stationery, approx. 5 X 8 in. A friendly letter, apologizing for his absence form London and having missed the chance at a visit. A nice association between the venerable English Fabian socialist and the wife of the great German social..... More
Berlin. -. Two and a half pages, on a printed bifolium of Continental Hotel stationery, approx. 4-1/2 X 7 in. Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) was a musician, composer, and successful conductor. Here he writes, apparently to the operatic singer Franz Betz, to arrange a post-concert social meeting. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First American edition. 8vo, 448pp; black cloth. U.S. edition made from sheets from the English publication, with a cancel title page and a page of British press-quotes bound in at rear. More
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1768. First Edition. 8vo, [12], 140pp; engraved frontispiece, 17 additional full-page engravings; original (?) marbled boards; untrimmed, with half-title. An appealing copy of the Scottish cleric's book of fables, with its charming series of 18 illustrations drawn by S. Wale..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Company, (1933). First edition. 8vo, 374pp; pictorial endpapers; blue cloth. The British-born playwright, journalist, and traveling bon vivant turns his sights on the American dreamscape. More
