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1791048522Boston: J. Belknap and A. Young 1791. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather with neat repairs at the corners and spine ends old scirbbes to front blank foxing and age toning heavy in spots but not affecting legibility. The two volumes bound in one 1791 and 1792. 137pp; 138pp. Evans 24003 & 25039<br /> <br /> Abolitionist and supporter of the revolution and attended the Fête de la Fédération on the one year anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. She spent most of her later life in France and was a saloniere hosting Mary Wollstonecroft and Thomas Paine. A Girondist following the massacres of 1792 she was jailed during the terror though allowed to continue her work translating French works into English.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Hannah Lewis of Rochester note to rear endpaper Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 048522. J. Belknap and A. Young hardcover
1975321112New York: Simon and Schuster 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a slightly age-toned else fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Williams to actress Ruth Ford: "To Ruth with my heart on my sleeve. Love Tennessee." In Williams' Memoirs he refers to Ford as "the wise and lovely actress Ruth Ford who seems to have been born with more worldly wisdom than I have accumulated even at this point in life." Ford the Mississippi-born sister of surrealist author Charles Henri Ford was a beautiful model and actress first in Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre and later in films and theater. Notably she starred on Broadway in Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit in 1946 under the direction of John Huston the last of five Broadway plays he directed. Her apartment in the Dakota became a salon for authors such as Williams Edward Albee Terrence McNally and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to their collaboration with her Dakota-neighbor Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story. Similarly she brought together Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight to create the celebrated stories of Eloise the little girl who lived at the Plaza.<br /> <br /> Ford is well known also for her long friendship with William Faulkner which began with her dating his brother Dean in the early 1930s. Faulkner was openly smitten with Ford for many years. He wrote his experimental 1951 title Requiem for a Nun a sequel to his early and controversial novel Sanctuary with her in mind. He further declared to the consternation of his agent and publisher that it was her dramatic property Requiem for a Nun was a mixture of stage play and novel. Stage production of the title stalled for years partly because Faulkner's experimental drama did not lend itself to live theatre and partly because the producers were unsure of Ford's suitability. Faulkner was adamant that it was her dramatic property and in 1959 she adapted the play herself and starred in its London production opposite her second husband Zachary Scott. Her stage version received enthusiastic reviews in both London and New York but did not fare so well with audiences and closed after a short run on Broadway. Ford continued to act on both stage and screen well into the 1980s. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 98. A wonderful inscription and nice association. Simon and Schuster hardcover
195518791n.p.: n.p. 1955. Fine. Preliminary painting for 'Baby Animals' ca. 1955. On paper. Measures approx. 8 by 16 inches in a mat 12 by 20 inches. Signed by Garth Williams. Overall fine condition and with marginal notes by Williams indicating color values. The illustration shows an elephant carrying bears a mouse a raccoon a fox and followed by a kangaroo and a giraffe with two long-tailed passengers. 'Baby Animals' was printed by Simon and Schuster with a different design in 1956 and is still in print. n.p. unknown
1958548273New York: New Directions 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a handsome near fine dust jacket with a light damsptain near the bottom of the foot. Inscribed by Williams in his post-stroke hand to the poet Charles Bell: "Charles Bell from William Carlos Williams." Bell wrote three volumes of poetry and two novels. Both Bell's first novel The Married Land 1962 and his poetry was praised by Williams. New Directions hardcover
1960364295New York: New Directions 1960. Unbound. Near Fine. Unbound folded and gathered sheets. Slightly age-toned thus near fine. A format used by the printer for the publisher's approval. Rare thus probably only a few copies would have been prepared. New Directions unknown
1947297741Murray Utah and Norfolk: Pharos and New Directions 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Publisher's bound file copy of the complete run of the magazine. Blue cloth titled on spine in gilt. A small owner name on the front fly a few spots on the boards very near fine internally fine. Three issues the first is a double issue bound into a single volume with the original wrappers bound in. Numbers 1 & 2 constitute Tennessee Williams's first separate publication Battle of Angels; Number 3 is Harry Levin's Toward Stendahl; and Number 4 is Ezra Pound's Confucius: The Unwobbling Pivot & The Great Digest. Pharos [and New Directions] hardcover
1980412592New York: Rosenstone/Wender 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. Playscript. Quarto. 86pp. Photomechanically produced sheets printed rectos only and bradbound into unprinted maroon plasticized wrappers. Just about fine. Produced by Williams' agents. Not published in book form until 1997. Rosenstone/Wender unknown
19492602351949. unbound. Exceedingly rare signed music publishing contract from the vaults of Hometown - Village Music 4 pages 32.5 inches when unfolded fully x 8.5 inches February 21 1949 whereby Spencer Williams and Charles Reade agree to publish their music with Sidney Prosen and agree to divide all proceeds at the rate of 1/3 share each. Boldly signed by all parties including Spencer who has used his address as 115 - 11 173rd street St Albans New York - which was Louie Armstrong's house! Note: Spencer died in 1965 and there is virtually nothing of his on the market. The Schomberg Library arguably the largest repository of Black historical material in the United States possesses not a single signed item. Without a doubt Spencer is much rarer than Charlie Parker and Bix Beiderbecke. Near fine condition.<br/> <br/> African-American jazz and popular music composer pianist and singer best known for his songs "Basin Street Blues" "I Ain't Got Nobody" "She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain" and many more. He also collaborated on songs with W.C. Handy Fats Waller and Josephine Baker when both were in exile. Williams was one of the earliest African-Americans to be inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.<br/> <br/> unknown
51-1849Marfil Guanajuato Mexico: circa 1960s. Gouache on board. 11 x 17 inches. Signed "Garth Williams" in ink with note from the printer. Also included is the proposed text to accompany the image entitled "Bouquet". "Just look down the street a blue house an orange house a yellow house a green house. Like of Bouquet of flowers. The green one is ours! "Inventory no. 3.09292Provenance: Estate of the artist.Garth William American Illustrator A Life by E. & J. Wallace Chapter Six. The artist moved to Mexico in 1962 and remained there the rest of his life. Marfil, Guanajuato, Mexico: circa 1960s unknown
195834901New York: New Directions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover. Maroon cloth white spine lettering. Stated 2nd printing. Signed by Williams to the ffep. Spine ends/points gently rubbed. Tiny pen mark to front pastedown. Small ding to edge. Foxing confined to frontis verso neighboring page and slightly to endpages. The DJ in mylar is chipped to spine ends slightly toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . New Directions hardcover
1948145444New York: New Directions 1948. First edition of this classic work. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Tennessee Williams on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Alvin Lustig. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. Summer and Smoke is a two-part thirteen-scene Summer and Smoke is a play by Tennessee Williams completed in 1948. He began working on the play in 1945 as Chart of Anatomy derived from his short stories "Oriflamme" and the then-work-in-progress "Yellow Bird." The phrase "summer and smoke" probably comes from the Hart Crane poem "Emblems of Conduct" in the 1926 collection White Buildings. It was the basis for the 1961 film directed by Peter Glenville and starring Laurence Harvey and Geraldine Page with Rita Moreno Una Merkel John McIntire Thomas Gomez Pamela Tiffin Malcolm Atterbury Lee Patrick and Earl Holliman. New Directions hardcover
17981535London: S.W. Fores 1798. Etching on white wove paper 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches 241 x 400 mm margins trimmed. With a red collector's stamp "SMP" not in Lugt on the upper-left corner the name Renier and the initials "AR" in black ink on the verso. An impression lacking the names of the subjects Norfolk Tierney Erskine Fox Bedford and Sheridan and the date 11 June 1798. In very good condition trimmed inside the platemark. S.W. Fores unknown
195718913London: Cassell & Company Ltd 1957. First U.K. Edition First Impression. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first U.K. edition of The Big Bite by Charles Williams with an inscription to Kenneth Millar Ross Macdonald and his wife. Octavo 191pp. Black hardcover title in silver on spine. Stated "First Published in Great Britain 1957" on copyright page no additional printings listed. Solid text block dust remnants to top edge. In the publisher's dust jacket 12/6 retail price on front flap shelf wear light rubbing to corners near fine condition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Ken and Margaret Millar / with best regards / Charles Williams." An excellent association copy between two prolific mystery authors. Kenneth Millar "Ken" in this copy used numerous pseudonyms over his career including John Macdonald John Ross Macdonald and Ross Macdonald. These pen names made up of popular Millar family names were used to help avoid confusion between Kenneth and his wife Margaret who was also a mystery fiction author. Cassell & Company Ltd hardcover
1932021624San Francisco California: Harvest Press 1932 First printing of the first edition limited to only 125 copies. this copy is additionally signed by William Carlos Williams. Original wrappers. Minor wear/light creasing to cover and faint age-toning to page margins else in fine condition. From the collection of California bibliophile Melba Berry Bennett with Bennett's bookplate laid-in to front endpaper Melba Berry Bennett: was a poet writer bibliophile and recipient of the California Commonwealth Club's Silver Medal in 1966 for the Jeffers' biography. Harvest Press paperback
1892311085New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1892. Extensively illustrated with 45 full-page photogravures fifteen color plates after watercolors by Charles Sprague Pearce William L. Taylor F. Hopkinson Smith and others and over 150 additional illustrations in text. xx 120 pp. Captioned tissue guards. 1 vols. Folio. Publisher's three-quarter brown morocco and green boards lettered and ruled in gilt a.e.g. floral endpapers. Some marginal spotting affecting image area of a small number of plates better than very good. Very nice. Extensively illustrated with 45 full-page photogravures fifteen color plates after watercolors by Charles Sprague Pearce William L. Taylor F. Hopkinson Smith and others and over 150 additional illustrations in text. xx 120 pp. Captioned tissue guards. 1 vols. Folio. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
194122476NEA Service Inc. 1941. 1941. First edition. First edition. 32.75 x 31cm. Original pen and ink drawing matted and framed to 16" x 17" size. Taken from THE BULL OF THE WOODS series this depicts six workmen in the foreground with one pretending he's Adolph Hitler and the others are encouraging him to not give up the charade as the gate guards who stand in the background with puzzled looks on their faces are clearly startled by the whole affair. This is at the beginning of World War II and the little joke provides a great deal of humor for the workmen. One large panel with printed NEA strip dated 1941 signed and dated 5-2 J.R. Williams. Fine condition. Matted and framed. NEA Service, Inc., 1941. unknown
196612252JNew York: New Directions 1966. First Edition. This copy is signed by the author Tennessee Williams and belonged to fellow Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lanford Wilson and bears Wilson’s autograph ownership signature as well as Wilson’s ownership ink stamp which reads: “Lanford Wilson - Sag Harbor N.Y.†Lanford Wilson is best known for his plays The Hot L Baltimore The Mound Builders and Talley’s Folly for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. A superb association copy by the author. Near fine in a fine bright dust jacket. New Directions unknown
1927513362London: Privately Printed for Amen House by Henderson & Spalding Ltd 1927. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Written by Charles Williams and Set to Music by Hubert J. Foss. Octavo. 18pp. Sewn black wrappers with publisher's embossed seal "AH" on front cover. Faint pencil owner initials on half-title page dated in year of publication "D.H.S.W. 5.8.27" tiny nick at crown of spine and at tip of one corner a near fine copy. Printed slip laid into book stating: "28 April 1927 The Masque of Manuscript" followed by a list of characters." Limited to 100 copies printed "for private circulation only" Glenn I-A-iii-1. Williams noted member of The Inklings worked as an editor at the Oxford University Press with offices in Amen House. He wrote this and two other short plays about the workings of the the Press performed by Williams and his fellow workers for the entertainment of the staff. This first play The Masque of the Manuscript traces the progress of a manuscript into a published book. Very uncommon. Privately Printed for Amen House by Henderson & Spalding Ltd unknown
196712113New York: Dramatists Play Service 1967. First Thus. Stapled wraps. Fine. 8vo. Pp. 48; 37. Printed wraps. Collectible copies <p>Both are signed by the author on the front endpaper. Uncommon thus. The Slapstick Tragedy are these two one-act plays written by Williams when he was experimenting with a more absurdist vaudeville‑inflected style. The plays premiered as a double bill at the Longacre Theater in New York City 1966. Dramatists Play Service unknown
1957237j1362Santa Ana California: Williams Publications. Good. 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Author discovered Rabbi Michael Higger's 1932 book 'The Jewish Utopia' in an unlisted University of Texas library collection. He claims the book spells out "the authentic and complete plan of the Zionists for world domination" and that it "pictures the ultimate 'new social order' which the Zionists hope to establish after they have used Communism democracy and a third world war to gain their ends." - front cover. Williams had previously written works including 'The Anti-Defamation League and Its Use in the World Communist Offensive' and 'Know Your Enemy'. On pages 71-74 he documents his WWII and subsequent intelligence duties as a member of the U.S. military. "Unable to deny the author's carefully documented charges of subversive activities the Communists and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith circulated stories denying Williams' intelligence experience. When President Truman designated Mrs. Anna M. Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense in charge of personnel Williams published a factual documented expose of her Red record. On the day Dec. 21 1950 the Senate confirmed her appointment Williams was discharged." - page 71. 74 stapled pages. Includes photographs and excerpts from Higger's original text. Tight and unmarked with average wear. Some yellowing to covers. Singerman 0986. ; 8vo . Williams Publications paperback
194419471Cummington MA: Cummington Press 1944. First edition. One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Wallace A23. A diminutive but significant volume which includes "Paterson: The Falls" "The Dance In Breughel's great picture" "The Semblables" and "To Ford Madox Ford in Heaven" in addition to Williams' important introduction a brief "Ars Poetica. Arthur Mizener's copy with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet spine very slightly faded with a touch of wear at the base otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book which seldom survives in fine condition. WILLIAMS Wightman. 12mo original decorated paste-paper boards. Arthur Mizener's copy with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet spine very slightly faded with a touch of wear at the base otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book which seldom survives in fine condition. Cummington Press unknown
1954329702Rutherford NJ: 9 Ridge Road 1954. 1 page 6 Lines. Typed on acidic paper which has tanned with faint creasing where folded for mailing one crease has short tear at top edge else a very good copy; framed. The signature of Williams is bold and clear. 1 page 6 Lines. "What 'an un-iambic subject' can be is more than I know but certainly it should help. That aside I enjoyed your EPITAPH ON A TYPEWRITER especially the image of a stranger taking over the appurtenances of our very desk and hastening the onrush of our anonymity our namelessness The dedication to me is appreciated. Thank you."<br /> <br /> Williams and Lowenfels met in Paris in the 1920s and were a part of the same circle of modernist poets. Though they corresponded over the years it wasn't until Lowenfels read Paterson that he recognized in Williams' "inventions in rhythms using documentary material newspaper quotes combining prose letters with verse" a project kindred to his own. Lowenfels "My Many Lives: The Paris Years 1926-1934" The Expatriate Review I Summer 1971 & II Winter/Spring 1972 9 Ridge Road unknown
1959295736Rutherford 1959. unbound. fine. 1 page 24 lines in three paragraphs on 4to onion skin paper. Rutherford N.J. March 16 1959. Fine.<br/> <br/> Important letter about poetry in an apparent answer to an inquiry about whether he has been faithful to Imagist principles. ".Pure Imagism as an influence is dead.the image is paramount in every poem written after the blight of modern magazine verse .No one begins his lines with capitals any more. No one bothers to rhyme any more.I have persisted in writing in the American idiom .and the principle of the variable foot has become more and more important to me. "<br/> <br/> unknown
19706036691970. "Tennessee" with a 9 word holograph post script in blue ink on pictorial The Royal Orleans Royal and St. Louis Streets New Orleans Louisiana 70140 letterhead August 7 1970. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2"; 4 pages on biofold sheet. Very good. To Audrey Wood; Williams' longtime agent: In part: "Frank Fontis my gardener read me the following cablegram.'Darling Tenn marvelous news. Lindsay Anderson and Paul Scofield both very interested in play. They want to hold scripts and are meeting in London next week.' I think it is a promising new development and we should hold our American horses until Scofield and Anderson have met and come to some conclusion." After detailing his search for a lost 'agreement.' he continues: 'Hayes.also asked me to send him one-act plays and I'm getting a couple typed up to submit to him.I carry a cholesterol diet list to all restaurants now and an almost fanatical in my adherence to it." After signing Williams adds a handwritten post script: 'Will be in Key West till end of August." Williams has also crossed out a partial paragraph about monthly statements on the first page and has made a few handwritten corrections throughout. The play was "Camino Real." Audrey Wood 1905-1985 literary agent from 1920's - 1981 when she suffered a stroke; clients included Williams from 1939 William Inge Preston Jones Robert Anderson Arthur Kopit and Murray Schisgal; known for her devotion to her playwrights persuading producers to do their plays providing emotional support and even lending them money. No Binding. Very Good. unknown
1947297579London: Samuel French 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition hardcover issue. A trifle rubbed fine in fine dust jacket with a very faint crease on the spine. Easily Williams's scarcest play co-written with Windham and based on a short story by D.H. Lawrence. A lovely copy. Samuel French hardcover
