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194128255Croton-on-Hudson 1941. Brief 1-pp TLS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson letterhead addressed to a "Mr. Simon" dated November 14 1941. Single holograph correction in Eastman's hand. Mailing folds; slightly toned at margins; Very Good. Regarding the recipient's letter to the Reader's Digest of September 24 Eastman had been hired as an editor for the conservative publication earlier in the same year. The subject appears to be the institution of the death penalty in the Soviet Union: ".Nobody questions the fact that the death penalty was decreed for theft of 'socialist property' and the extension of all penalties to children twelve years old automatically extends that one. I am sorry to say I can not tell you offhand when the previous decree was issued but I think it was the Spring of 1934. unknown
194528254New York 1945. Brief TNS on Eastman's personal W. 13th St. letterhead addressed to "Josephine" dated November 25 1945. Old folds else Fine with bright clear autograph: "Dear Josephine: Thanks so much for the news -- sad as it all was -- in your letter. It was nice to hear from you. I hope the autobiography may live up to your expectations." The recipient is likely the American proletarian novelist and essayist Josephine Herbst 1892-1969; the "sad news" to which Eastman refers may well have been Herbst's ongoing battles with her former husband and fellow novelist John Herrmann. unknown
1986008530Washington D. C.: Mage Pub. First edition with an original color marker drawing signed by Franta bound in. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington D. C. Mage 1986. 4to 9 3/4" x 11 1/4" 143pp. 109 illustrations 50 in color plus original color drawing. Text in English and French. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1986. Mage Pub unknown
1903049103Raleigh N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company 1903. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. xvi 443 pages. Hardcover bound in original green cloth with titles in gilt. An ex-library copy with full markings. Modern removable clear mylar jacket. Shelf label on the spine and ink stamps included "Discarded" stamps on the endpapers. Inner hinges just starting. Text is toned but generally clean. SIGNED on the second front flyleaf "Compliments of the Author." The book does not contain the author's actual signature but is signed as "the Author.". Nathaniel Macon 1757-1837 was born near Warrenton North Carolina and represented North Carolina in both houses of Congress. He served briefly in the American Revolution. He was a defender of slavery and voted against the Missouri Compromise in 1820. In 1835 he served as President of the convention to revise the Constitution of North Carolina. After his political career he served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br/> <br/> Edwards & Broughton Printing Company hardcover
19593136bx123<p>NY: Four Wells. Very Good. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed October 15 1961 by Rosenstock-Huessy ffep. Quarter-bound in black cloth brown paper boards gilt. Moderate bow to boards. Contents unmarked; 4to; 38 pages. bx133</p> Four Wells hardcover
1934003234Paris: Stock. SIGNED First edition. Limited to 1500 numbered copies. Published Paris: Stock 1934. 8vo. 383 pp. Text in French. No. 879 of 1500 copies. Bertha Fanning Taylor's copy with her bookplate. Rebound by herself at Norfolk Book-Binding Guild Studio in 1963 with her notation in half faux leather and marbled paper covered boards gilt titles art end papers. Inscribed by author to Norman Taylor Jr. 1935. Additional one page A.L.S. in French on authors letterhead "La Cite" bound in. Some age toning to paper else very good in fine binding. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1934. Stock unknown
1999009876Lowell MA: University Gallery at UMASS Lowell. Signed exhibition catalog. First edition. Softcover. Published: University Gallery at UMASS Lowell 1999. 4to. wrappers 8 1/2" x 11" 12pp. illustrated with color and b/w reproductions. Inscribed by Greene on title page "For Dorothy love Steve". A few mild cover stains. Near fine. . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 1999. University Gallery at UMASS Lowell paperback
1923035290Athens GA: Athens Book Co 1923. Second Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 215pp; 10 plates from photographs. 7.5" x 5.5" Presentation copy inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "Presented to / Senator Peter Horbeck / by the author / Frank Attolda / Athens Ga. March 24 1924." The author served as 2nd Lieutenant in the 328th Infantry 82nd Division in World War I. Athens Book Co unknown
1918038502Chicago: Saul Brothers 1918. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 156pp; full-color frontispiece 1 b&w plate 1 full-page sketch. Bound in pictorial green cloth gilt lettering cover illustration in black. 7.25" x 4.5" Inscribed on the front free-endpaper: "Presented to Nolie Dandridge by the author Wm. F. Hookersigned New York Sept. 9 1919." Decker 23:203 45:119 &c. Adams Six-Guns 1017. Saul Brothers unknown
19414106bx125<p>Signed and inscribed by the author to John Blum a Macy's VP Jan 10 1961. Laid in are two postcards from the author to Blum one from Monte Carlo one from Japan also from 1961. VG-/ndj in Green cloth with chipping at the edges gilt spine darkened eps tanning else clean contents. First edition stated. B&W Illustrations. 264 pages. 8 1/4" tall</p> Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
1949044993New York: Prentice-Hall Inc. 1949. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 444 pages indexed. Hardcover bound in blue cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf "To Thomas B. McCabe With every good wish of Herbert V. Prochnow. 2/27/51." Thomas B. McCabe 1893-1982 was the President and CEO of the Scott Paper Company for 39 years. He was also the chair of the Federal Reserve from 1948 until March 31 1951. Thus this book was inscribed by the author to the Chair of the Federal Reserve while he was in office. <br/> <br/> Prentice-Hall, Inc. hardcover
19605559bx123<p>Chicago: Reilly & Lee. VG- in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gift inscription to Pauline signed by co-authors Sayles and Stevens and illustrator Wright. Blue cloth orange illus boards. Edgewear mottling to boards. p/o name fep. Map illus endpapers. dj flaps tapered price 3.75 intact with edge chipping. Gorgeous illustrations.; 9 1/4" tall; 142 pages. bx133</p> Reilly & Lee hardcover
190972926AB1909. Deuxième Edition. Paris Masson et Cie Editeurs 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d'usure externe. Inscription et signature de l'auteur en première page. Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! - Very Rare Includes for example the following essays: La Conquête du Bonheur / La Pensée / L'Acte / La Conscience / L'Education / Clairvoyance Morale / Egoïsme et Altruisme / Pensée Méditative / Tolérance / Indulgence / Humilité / etc. Paul Charles Dubois 28 November 1848 4 November 1918 was a Swiss neuropathologist who was a native of La Chaux-de-Fonds. He studied medicine at the University of Bern and in 1876 was a general practitioner of medicine in Bern. He was interested in psychosomatic medicine eventually gaining a reputation as a highly regarded psychotherapist. In 1902 he became a professor of neuropathology at Bern. Dubois was influenced by the writings of German psychiatrist Johann Christian August Heinroth 17731843. Dubois is known for the introduction of "persuasion therapy" a process that employed a rational approach for treatment of neurotic disorders. Within this discipline he developed a psychotherapeutic methodology that was a form of Socratic dialogue using the doctor-patient relationship as a means to persuade the patient to change his/her behavior. He believed it was necessary to appeal to a patient's intellect and reason in order to eliminate negative and self-destructive habits. He also maintained it was necessary for the physician to convince the patient of the irrationality of his/her neurotic feelings and thought processes. Dubois was disdainful of hypnotic therapy. Dubois has been described as "the first significant modern proponent" of a rational therapy or cognitive therapy and for some time in the early 20th century it had competed in popularity with Freudian psychoanalysis especially in the USA but is little known today. His best known written work was the 1904 Les psychonévroses et leur traitement moral being later translated into English as "Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders The Psychoneuroses and Their Moral Treatment". The preface of this book was written by his friend neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine 18491917. Another influential publication by Dubois was a "mind over matter" treatise titled De l'influence de l'esprit sur le corps. Dubois was also an editor of Constantin von Monakow's Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie und Psychiatrie Swiss Archive for Neurology and Psychiatry. Wikipedia unknown
193686641Aix-en-Provence 1936. Fine. Aix-en-Provence 2 Avril 1936 13 x 21 cm une page une enveloppe Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to the writer and literary critic Noël B. de La Mort pen name of Noël Bayon 15 lines in blue ink. Crease marks inherent to folding for mailing envelope included. Noël B. de La Mort wishes to meet Edouard Peisson but the latter is seldom in Paris: ""Mais je vis la plus grande partie de l'année dans le midi."" But I live most of the year in the south. but he remains at his correspondent's disposal: ""Je suis disposé toutefois à répondre toutes les questions que vous me poserez par lettre."" I am willing however to answer any questions you may ask me by letter. unknown
199083263Paris: Seuil 1990. Fine. Seuil Paris s. d. circa 1990 15 x 10.50 cm une feuille une enveloppe Handwritten Bristol paper on letterhead of the Presidency of the Republic and under the true patronyme of Erik Orsenna 5 lines in black ink addressed to Nadine Nimier wife and widow of Roger Nimier. Envelope included. ""Bravo pour votre N°III. Quand venez-vous me voir 261 51 00. A bientôt Erik A/O."" ""Congratulations on your issue III. When are you coming to see me 261 51 00. See you soon Erik A/O."" The letters b and i and bientôt having smudged. Seuil unknown
195586656Paris 1955. Fine. Paris 6 Janvier 1955 13.50 x 10.50 cm une carte de visite Printed calling card of academician Georges Duhamel on which he has added on the front these few words for a certain Peillard notably about his health problems: ""Mon cher Peillard Je vous renvoie sans attendre les épreuve reçues au dernier courrier. Je viens de passer dans mon lit presque tout le temps des fêtes. J'ai beaucoup souffert d'une de ces crises de rhumatisme qui m'empêchent pour l'instant de poser le pied par terre et même de goûter le repos du lit. Je me relève depuis hier ; mais je ne sortirai pas avant la semaine prochaine. Trouvez ici mes voeux les plus cordiaux pour madame Peillard et vous-même. Ma femme me dit de joindre ses voeux aux miens. Je le fais. A bientôt ! A vous de grand coeur. GDuhamel."" ""My dear Peillard I return without delay the proofs received in the last post. I have just spent almost all the holiday time in my bed. I have suffered greatly from one of those rheumatic attacks that prevent me at the moment from setting foot on the ground and even from enjoying the rest of bed. I am getting up since yesterday; but I will not go out before next week. Please find here my most cordial wishes for Madame Peillard and yourself. My wife tells me to join her wishes to mine. I do so. See you soon! Yours wholeheartedly. GDuhamel."" Light worming without consequence at the head of the front of the card. unknown
1902761281902. Fine. s. d. ca 1902 11.20 x 17.80 cm 2 pages 1/2 sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Job addressed to publisher H. Simonis Empis. Two and a half pages on a double sheet. Fold inherent to mailing. Interesting letter in which the illustrator proposes to the publisher to publish ""an album whose success he guarantees"": ""It concerns a small novel for children whose text would be done by Montorgueil and which would be as thrilling as possible . All the characters would be penny toys."" This refers to Liline et Frérot : au pays des joujoux which would finally be published by Boivin & Cie. unknown
196970552Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 3 janvier 1969 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in purple felt-tip pen on the verso of a humorous illustration by Lassalvy. The writer sends his wishes for the year 1969 to his young French lover and prepares to follow the filming of the movie adapted from his novel ""Justine"" first volume of his Alexandria Quartet: ""Je vais à Londres samedi pour un mois de 'filmage'. Amuse toi bien mais sagement !"" ""I'm going to London Saturday for a month of 'filming'. Have fun but wisely!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown
195285249Ciboure 1952. Fine. Ciboure 30 Janvier 1952 13.50 x 21 cm deux pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit sent from his priority in Ciboure 22 lines in blue ink. The letter is on Académie française letterhead. Central fold marks perforations from filing in a binder causing no losses. ""30 January 1952 My dear friend Here I am back. The need for a little peace to put correspondence in order makes me delay by a few days the pleasure of seeing you. I retain that of writing to you and of telling you - something a bit ridiculous on my part since the said issue contains an article by your servant - that I found the November-December issue of the Courrier de la Compagnie truly very successful. Deberly's successor has truly outdone himself. I feel as much pride as if I had something to do with it. . As I will certainly not be back for a week could you honor me here with a few words in response which would be more than welcome Sincerely yours. Pierre Benoit. Ciboure - Basses-Pyrénées."" unknown
195085247La Roche-Posay 1950. Fine. La Roche-Posay s. d. ca 1950 13.50 x 21 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit sent from La Roche-Posay 15 lines in blue ink about friendship and his wife's failing health. Central fold marks perforations from filing in a binder causing no losses. ""La Roche-Posay. Very dear friend I will be in Paris from the 27th to October 2nd. Sad journey. My wife is not well at all and I am joining her to try to find out what is wrong. . . I will do everything to see you during my stay. If without these circumstances one didn't bother friends what would they be for"" Don't write to me! I am the one who will telephone you. All my affection. Pierre Benoit."" unknown
196085012Ciboure 1960. Fine. Ciboure 14 Février ca 1960 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit from his property in Ciboure 15 lines in black ink. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused no loss. Pierre Benoit will soon be in Paris and will have the pleasure of meeting his friend: ""j'aurais une vraie joie à faire en tête avec vous dans un déjeuner discret un petit tour d'horizon."" I would have true joy in having a private conversation with you over a discreet lunch a brief survey of things. when the latter has determined according to his schedule a date for their meeting: ""Consultez votre emploi du temps et donnez-moi un coup de téléphone de préférence le matin vers 10 heures moment qui convient aux travailleurs que nous sommes."" Check your schedule and give me a telephone call preferably in the morning around 10 o'clock a time that suits workers like us. unknown
196184910Saïgon Hu Ngha 1961. Fine. Saïgon Hu Ngha 28 Février 1961 13.50 x 21 cm deux pages sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit on Messageries Maritimes letterhead 21 lines in black ink on tracing paper regarding his cruise in the Orient. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused the absence of the first letter of Paris on the fourth line of the letter. Pierre Benoit rejoices in his Oriental journey and the welcome he received; stopping in Saigon he prepares to sail toward Japan: ""ce qui nous assure là-bas un programme tout à fait au point."" ""which ensures us a perfectly organized program there"" unknown
196184909Ciboure 1961. Fine. Ciboure 28 Février 1961 13.50 x 20 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit on letterhead from his property in Ciboure 14 lines in black ink. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused the absence of the first letter of Paris on the fourth line of the letter. Pierre Benoit recalls the recent passing of his wife Marcelle died on May 28 1960: ""Il y a neuf mois aujourd'hui que la pauvre Marcelle s'en est allée"" ""It has been nine months today since poor Marcelle passed away"" and hopes to meet his friend during his next visit to Paris in March. unknown
195285013Ciboure 1952. Fine. Ciboure 27 Octobre 1952 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit from his property in Ciboure 19 lines in black ink. Central fold marks perforations due to filing in a binder having caused no loss. Pierre Benoit then at his Basque property in Ciboure: ""petit stage nécessaire avant le retour à Paris triage et mise en ordre de la correspondance."" brief stay necessary before returning to Paris sorting and organizing correspondence. discusses the reasons and interest of their upcoming meeting in Paris: "". le retour d'un tel voyage doit s'accompagner d'un certain nombre de ces conseils dans lesquels vous êtes passé maître."" . the return from such a journey must be accompanied by a certain number of those pieces of advice at which you have become a master. in order to share their latest travel memories: ""des impressions que je suppose toutes choses qui nécessitent quelques bons instants de tête en tête entre vous et moi."" impressions I suppose all things that require some good moments of private conversation between you and me. unknown
195085079Ciboure 1950. Fine. Ciboure 26 Septembre 1950 21 x 27 cm une page Autograph letter signed by Pierre Benoit from his property in Ciboure 21 lines in black ink. Traces of central folds perforations due to filing in a binder causing no loss one scissors cut in left margin of the letter. ""26 septembre. Mon cher ami à peine le facteur venait-il de tourner les talons emportant la lettre que je venais d'achever pour vous qu'un coup de téléphone de notre ami commun me mettait en demeure de vous en écrire une seconde ! Alors c'est donc vrai c'est vous qui assurez la charge de collaborer avec mon éditeur et le directeur du cabinet de Giaccobi pour régler la petite fête du 4 Novembre Je vous en remercie d'autant plus que ne devant revenir à Paris que le 28 Octobre je ne puis pas vous être d'un grand appui. Par le même courrier je préviens mon éditeur Robert Esmenard owner of Albin Michel publishing house . . Esmenard est habitué de ce genre de manifestation car il donne des réceptions de ce genre pour fêter d'illustres auteurs étrangers. Il a donc des listes et une formule d'invitation.Le tout sera de panacher ces listes avec la liste corse de Giaccobi. Et de mon côté je vous demande de veiller à ce que Messagenès Fabre Transat sans oublier bien entendu le C.T.O. soit à l'honneur. Enfin je suis assuré ainsi d'avoir une occasion pas trop éloignée de revoir Madame Louis Brun et son mari. Toute ma fidèle amitié Pierre Benoit."" September 26. My dear friend hardly had the postman turned on his heels carrying off the letter I had just finished for you when a telephone call from our mutual friend put me under obligation to write you a second one! So is it really true Is it you who is taking charge of collaborating with my publisher and the director of Giaccobi's office to arrange the little celebration of November 4th I thank you all the more since not having to return to Paris until October 28th I cannot be of great assistance to you. By the same post I am notifying my publisher Robert Esmenard. . Esmenard is accustomed to this kind of event as he gives receptions of this sort to celebrate illustrious foreign authors. He therefore has lists and an invitation formula. The whole thing will be to blend these lists with Giaccobi's Corsican list. And for my part I ask you to see that Messagenès Fabre Transat without forgetting of course the C.T.O. are honored. Finally I am thus assured of having an opportunity not too distant to see Madame Louis Brun and her husband again. All my faithful friendship Pierre Benoit. unknown
