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18872221845<p>EARLY SPRING VOICES</p><p>"John Burroughs" West Park New York February 21 1887 1 page 7 3/4" x 4 3/4". Very good traces of mounting on verso.</p><p>To Perry Mason & Co.: "I hand you herewith a paper on 'Early Spring Voices' as one of the three which you have asked me to write for The Companion. If it is not what you want - sent it back with as little delay as possible. If it will do send check as per agreement. The others I will write sometime during the coming season."</p><p>Burroughs 1837-1921 American author and naturalist; popular nature volumes include "Wake Robin" 1871 "Birds and Poets" 1877 etc.; he was influenced by Emerson and Thoreau and was a friend of Walt Whitman.</p><p>Perry Mason & Co. Boston publisher's of "The Youth's Companion."</p><p>Probably an essay relating to birds.</p> unknown books
19082221889<p>First edition. Octavo. Seven b/w illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Original pictorial brown cloth with design in brown black and cream pictorial wrappers. Dust jacket chips; pencil writing on back panel; rare thus. Fresh bright copy. 343 pages.</p><p>Gift inscription on front free endpaper "Louis Irving from Mrs. Fowler."</p><p>Second title in this sports series for boys.</p> The Penn Publishing Company hardcover books
19572221676<p>"Sterling and Gladys" 1 page June 7 1957 on his Morristown N. J. letterhead to broadcast executive Carl Haverlin transmitting his manuscript of "The Mark Twain Broadcast." 10 1/2" x 7 1/4". Very good.</p><p>Together with the 7 page typed manuscript signed in full June 5 1957. 11" x 8 1/2". Very good.</p><p>North 1906-1974 was an American author his book "Rascal" won the 1964 Newbery Medal. His novel "So Dear to My Heart" 1948 was filmed by Disney starring Burl Ives Bobby Driscoll and Beulah Bondi.</p> unknown books
19762221579<p>First edition so stated. Original dust jacket unclipped. Fine fresh. 246 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Previn on front free endpaper June 26 1980: "we never stop to wonder till a person's gone."</p><p>Previn 1925-2012 lyricist and poet Academy Awards nominee; Emmy winner.</p> Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. hardcover books
18402221861<p>First edition issue "B" with one page lithographed frontispiece with college view by Bufford engraved by E. Ruggles. Original blindstamped brown cloth with gold stamped rose in center plain edges; yellow endpapers. Faint signature pencil of an early owner John Brown Dec. 3 1842. No bookplates. 5 page preface. Very good some light foxing to frontispiece and title page; minor rubbing to corners and head of spine; no foxing to text. 188 pages. Uncommon.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Front joint has partial crack and appears to have been glued down.</b></p><p><b>BAL vol. 3 page 592. Four contributions by Longfellow.</b></p><br /> Joseph Griffin hardcover books
2000126637Princeton NJ: Princeton University Library 2000. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. Fine and unread in green cloth covered boards with leather spine labels and gilt decoration without dust jackets as issued. A lovely set of this very handsome comprehensive edition illustrated throughout in color. These oversized volumes will be shipped at cost. Princeton University Library unknown books
19232221629<p>IN RARE DUST JACKET</p><p>First edition. Octavo. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in yellow/orange and black with design of prospector child covered wagon and oxen team. Dust jacket unclipped; short tears; small chips; stains to back panel. Very good. 289 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Uncommon thus.</p> The Times-Mirror Press hardcover books
1987228330<p>First edition. Tall thin octavo. Introduction by Everson. Frontispiece portrait photograph by Leigh L. Wiener. Original 1/2 gilt stamped black cloth over rose/beige marbled boards. Fine. No other signatures or bookplates. Copy "V" of 26 lettered hardbound copies of a total edition of 300 signed by Everson Lehman and Wiener on limitation page. Only the lettered copies were hardbound Printed by Richard J. Hoffman.</p> Houle hardcover books
19212221716<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Nine page introduction by Gelett Burgess. Grey's article appears at pages 80-83. Original gilt blue cloth. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 288 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Other contributors include Mary Austin Rex Beach Robert W. Chambers Edna Ferber Hamlin Garland Rupert Hughes Sinclair Lewis Opie Read Ernest Thompson Seton Booth Tarkington Owen Wister Harold Bell Wright et.al.</p><p>Russo & Sullivan page 169 - Tarkington's poem "Tree."</p> The Authors' League of America by Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
19032221577<p>First edition October 1903. 7 1/2' x 5 1/4". Illustrated with four inserted b/w plates by C. W. Ashley and eleven chapter drawings by G. W. H. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt white green and olive with nautical design of ship in turbulent waters and five ambling penguins. No dust jacket. Tight fresh bright fine gorgeous copy. 328 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> The Baker & Taylor Co. hardcover books
19692222193<p>First edition thus. 32mo 3 1/2" x 2 3/4". Full gilt stamped blue morocco. Fine. 8 pages.</p><p>This copy is printed for San Francisco bookseller David Magee.</p><p>One of five copies printed entirely on vellum.</p> The Beagle Press hardcover books
1939603046<p>"Sidney Sheldon" in black fountain pen ink on pictorial Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Studios letterhead Beverly Hills California May 1 1939. 8 1/2" x 11"; 2 separate pages recto only. Very good. To Mr. Robert Lewis H.N. Swanson Beverly Hills Sheldon newly arrived in Hollywood and employed at 20th Century Fox as a reader submits his resume to the Swanson agency. He lists his academic credits at Northwestern University as well as radio work acting and newspaper jobs writings etc. A fascinating look into his life years before he became famous. IMDB lists his first film credit as "South of Panama" 1941. Sheldon b. 1917 - d. 2007 born February 11 1917 Chicago Illinois; died January 30 2007 Rancho Mirage California; American novelist and screenwriter. His screenplays include: "Annie Get Your Gun" 1950; "Bloodline" 1979; "Sands of Time" 1992; "A Stranger in the Mirror" 1993. Hi work for television includes: creator of "I Dream of Jeannie" 1965 and "Hart to Hart" 1979.</p> unknown books
1917602122<p>"Kate Douglas Wiggin" in black fountain pen ink on 3/4 length pose seated in an ornate Chinese chair wearing large hat with her hands inside of a fur muff. Photograph is by Aimee Dupont N.Y. with logo in the lower left corner and is on heavy stock and on the original photographer’s mount. Image size 4 3/8" x 6 1/8" on a contemporary beveled edge mount no printing on the back 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"; very good several tiny chips to the emulsion; very good; 1917. Signed and inscribed: "To Louis Raker with sincere regard Kate Douglas Wiggin." Also signed in the upper left corner: "L.R./K.D.W. 1917." Wiggin 1856-1923 American writer and educator; organized in San Francisco the first free kindergarten on Pacific coast in 1878; founded with her sister California Kindergarten Training School in 1880; also wrote the enormously popular "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" 1903 filmed by Fox in 1932 and 1938.</p> unknown books
190615047<p>INSCRIBED BY DALY WITH FULL PAGE ALS; ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD.</p> CATHOLIC STANDARD hardcover books
19634120<p>First edition in French. Octavo. Translated by Louis Nestier. Later 1/2 tan morocco over patterned boards spine with steaming locomotive design stamped in red black silver and gold original color wrappers bound in. Fine. Very attractive designer binding. Based on the screenplay by James R. Webb who won an Academy Award for his effort; original color wrappers with scenes from the 1962 MGM/Cinerama production which was nominated for 3 other Academy Awards: Best Picture Photography and Music.</p> Laffont hardcover books
19802221578<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. B/W illustrated by Joby Baker. Dust jacket unclipped. Bookplate "With Compliments of Doubleday & Company Inc." Very good. 383 pages.</p><p>With manuscript correction by Previn on page 383.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Previn on front free endpapers June 26 1980 with four lines of lyrics: "This time you can do it This time you'll come through."</p><p>Previn 1925-2012 lyricist and poet Academy Awards nominee; Emmy winner.</p> Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
19712221580<p>WITH HOLOGRAPH POEM</p><p>First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Fine. 117 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Previn Jan. 1979 on front free endpaper: "For.who has the grace to live among books. Dory Previn"; with six lines from her poem "Be My Cover" page 73.</p> The McCall Publishing Company hardcover books
19245771<p>SIGNED BY RITCHER VERY GOOD.</p> HINDS hardcover books
1970125328New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1970. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Translated by Edgar H. Miller Jr. His first book to be published in the United States. A fine copy in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket with a crease to the front flap. A very nice copy of a seemingly uncommon book. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
19352221614<p>First edition. 9 1/2' x 6 1/2". Three page introduction by Will Ransom. Three preface by Haas. Original tan gilt stamped cloth. No dust jacket. Very good. 95 pages index colophon.</p><p>#210 of 300 copies.</p><p>Noted Robert Frost collector Earl Bernheimer's copy with his annotations and check marks and a few comments.</p><p>Laid in loose are three letters to Bernheimer relating to presses and poets:</p><p>1 Gladys Denny Shultz 1 page n.d.</p><p>2 Paul Engle Feb. 15 1948 1 page.</p><p>3 Mark Thompson April 5 1948 on Iowa poets 1 full page.</p> The Black Cat Press hardcover books
19702221975<p>First edition first printing. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped designed by Jay Gendell. Very good. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Advance copy for review with publisher's slip with March 24 1970 publication date.</p> Bernard Geis Associates hardcover books
17832222050<p>Cooke's pocket edition. Small octavo. Eight engravings by J. Saunders Corbould W. H. Brown. Half black leather over marbled boards some rubbing to edges. Good small chips on spines. 4 volumes. No signatures.</p><p>Heraldic bookplates of William Menzies.</p> C. Cooke hardcover books
19722221936<p>First American edition. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; with photo on flap in black. Very good. 216 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed on title page: "For Jim Butler my consiglieri my drinking companion my dear friend. Alex Theroux."</p><p>With a small drawing and additional inscription on verso of half title page: "Did you ever have the feeling that you wanted to go still you wanted to stay"</p> Gambit Incorporated hardcover books
1836223262<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece lithographed portrait of Lali in a pensive pose. Contemporary 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards. Stains to upper cover frontispiece and some text pages. Good. 127 pages. No foxing. No signatures or bookplates.</p> A.J. Valpy hardcover books
19542221680<p>"Charles Brackett" 1 page 19 August 1954 on Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences letterhead to 20th Century-Fox executive Buddy Adler regarding on Academy Committee. 10 1/2' x 7 1/4". Very good paper clip rust stain.</p><p>Brackett 1892-1969 was an author screenwriter film producer best known for screenplays of "Sunset Boulevard" "Ninotchka" and "Lost Weekend."</p> unknown books
