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1976500588<p>"Irving" on letterhead Beverly Hills January 2 1976; to Robert England San Francisco: "Thank you for the letter telling me how to go about bringing a guest to the Grove the annual Bohemian Club outing. I will follow procedures! I learned that your play will be the big production at the Grove this Summer. I'm making plans to be there. Hopefully Nelson Doubleday will be able to spare that weekend too." 4to. 1 page.</p> unknown books
18802222058<p>8" x 9 3/4". "Chas. Warren Stoddard" 616 Harrison St. San Francisco July 8 1880 to Anna H. Brewster at Palazza Maldura Roma Italy. Stoddard vouches for his friend Will Stewart of The New York Graphic "and more recently of the dramatic profession" who is visiting Rome. 2 pages address panel on bifold leaf. Very good.</p><p>Brewster 1818-1892 had a close relationship with Charlotte Cushman. She was one of America's first female correspondents.</p><p>Stoddard 1843–1909 was an American author and editor best known for his travel books about Polynesian life.</p> unknown books
18796808First edition. Small 8vo. 6 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. 270 pages 6 pages advertisements. Original brown pictorial cloth spine and upper cover stamped gilt and black top edge stained brown blue floral patterned endpapers wear to top and bottom of spine lacking blank leaf at end of advertisements. Good-very good. BAL #18874: first state with signature mark 1 on page 1 and "Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's Earlier Stories" advertised on page 271. Three line rubberstamp of Northville Michigan bookseller on the half title page. F. Hardcover. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19352221831<p>"Gertrude Stein" 2 pages recto and verso n.d. but March 1935 on The Midway Drexel Apartment Hotel Chicago to author Gertrude Atherton. 9 1/2" x 6". Very good.</p><p>In part: "Thanks for all your kindness. and it will be a very great pleasure seeing you again and your daughter whom we remember very pleasantly and it will be fun seeing California again and we do very gladly accept your invitation may it be for a lunch any day that I am not lecturing in the afternoon and the P.E.N. club  will be nice. No I have no relations in Oakland or any where as far as I know in California. I always stay at a hotel perhaps the Palace Hotel. we are hoping that Carl van Vechten will come too. and it would be wonderful if he did come."</p><p>Stein arrived in Pasadena California on March 28 1935. On April 2 she drove to San Francisco arriving on April 8th. On Tuesday April 9 she attended the P.E.N. dinner at The Bohemian Club as the guest of Gertrude Atherton see Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder pages 349-350.</p> unknown books
1998247629Moscow: Majolica 1998. Limited. hardcover. fine/very good. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of color photographs. Selection by Valentina Golod. Introduction by Eleonora Yaglinskaya. Tall thin 4to maroon boards d.w. Moscow: The Majolica Centre 1998. one of 1000 copies. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Articles by Vadim Znamenov Tamara Nosovich Natalia Pankova Irina Rudneva and Eleonora Yaglinsky.<br/><br/> Majolica unknown 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
1965305399<p>First edition. Octavo. 16 page biographical essay by Donald S. Fryer. Frontispiece and 11 full-page b/w illustrations by Frank Utpatel. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped; short tear minor rubbing; light foxing to top edge. Very good. 55 pages. One of 1000 unnumbered copies signed and inscribed by Donald S. Fryer to Dr. Kenneth E. Harper on half-title page June 1965. Holograph correction to publication date on title page 2 holograph corrections to page xi and 1 holograph correction to page xxii p. 25 one correction all in Fryer's hand.</p> Arkham House hardcover books
19072222235<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. Original gilt and white stamped decorative cloth. No Dust jacket. Very good. 90 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Ahouse A10a.</p> Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
2221635<p>Sinclair Upton. Youthful Black and White Vintage Photograph Signed "Upton Sinclair" 8" x 10" on original mount of photographer E. Willard Spurr 165 N. Madison Ave. Pasadena Cal. Signed and inscribed to author/newspaperman Harold D. Carew n.d. but ca. 1930 old stains right side of mount most would mat out. Very good.</p><p>Carew 1890-1943 was a literary editor Pasadena Star-News from 1923 and author of a 3 volume "History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley" 1930.</p><p>Upton Sinclair 1878-1968 was an American writer. He was best known for the Jungle his 1906 novel exposing the horrors of the U.S. meat packing industry. His other novels include "The Brass Check" 1908 "King Coal" 1917 and "Oil!" 1927. In the 1940s he wrote an 11-volume series about contemporary American character Lanny Budd who travels through time and meets historical figures; "Dragon's Teeth" 1942 in which Budd meets Hitler won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Eight of Sinclair's books have been adapted for film and TV including There Will be Blood 2007 based on "Oil!" and starring Daniel Day-Lewis who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Daniel Plainview.</p> 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
19782221618<p>"Bill" May 8 1978 1 1/2 pages on his "Windows" Sag Harbor New York letterhead to Walter Clemons. 10 3/4" x 7 1/4". Together with holograph addressed envelope. Very good.</p><p>In part: ".I'd like to see the show at least once a week for the rest of my life."</p><p>Sheed 1930-2011 English born American novelist and author of works on Charles Addams and Muhammad Ali.</p><p>Clemons 1930-1994 critic and writer on staff Newsweek in the 1970's and 80's.</p> unknown books
19002222223<p>First edition. Octavo. B/W frontispiece by Thomas Fogarty 5 full page plates by Fogarty W. D. Stevens and 14 vignettes in the text. Original tan pictorial cloth with design in red green black and white of woman on fire escape hanging laundry signed S.; t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good spine a bit faded. 254 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by author to his brother Charles: "This book may remind you od some places we visited together in New York. Your brother Robert Shackleton. April 25 1900."</p><p>Wright III 4876.</p><p>Author's first book. Born 1860 died 1923.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
19002222190<p>Octavo. Prospectus for this publication printed in red and black 16 pages including covers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Also includes information and an order form for other books published by Seymour.</p> The Fine Arts Building paperback books
19332222035<p>First edition. Octavo. Original bookplates of Bank B. Gordon frontispiece and F. Charles Blank page 18 and other reproductions. Original black cloth spine labeled over boards minor rubbing. No dust jacket. Very good light edge foxing. 88 pages 1 page ads.</p><p>No. 213 of 360 signed by Saunders.</p> Saunders Studio Press hardcover books
605122<p>not signed on a 3/4 length portrait of William Saroyan wearing a double breasted suit long silk tie white shirt holding a cigarette looking down and to the right of the camera. Photograph is by Henry Flannery San Francisco; matte finish; 8" x 10". Very good-fine old glue stains on verso fresh. ca. mid 1930'a.</p> unknown books
190040348Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. Hardcover. Complete 20-volume set. Translation by George Burnham Ives. 8vo. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt letterng and decorations and tan decorated paper over boards. Various paginations. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guards full-page illustrations with captioned tissue guards decorative tan endpapers. Very good overall. Bit of occasional edgewear only. A tight quite handsome custom bound full set of the "Edition de Nohant" with colophon noting the limitation to 1000 numbered sets this #83 and this set printed for Charles N. Mann likely the Philadelphia antiquarian and book collector1840-1912. Though not so marked this set hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III Illinois senator and before him the library of his father Adlai E. Stevenson II 1900-65 Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate -- whose wife Ellen Borden 1907-72 likely acquired it she being the family member who read and collected fine literature and poetry. Uncommon set nice condition unusual provenance. George Barrie & Son hardcover books
1943155648Small octavo. Seventh printing. Translated from the German by Whittaker Chambers. Foreword by John Galsworthy. Original green cloth stamped in blue color pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket slightly cocked. Good light foxing. 223 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1951302752<p>First edition so stated first issue with back panel portrait of Salinger credited to Lotte Jacobi and "$3.00" on the front flap. Octavo. Original black cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Michael Mitchell unclipped; tiny chips to head and tail of spine and to corners; few small chips; front flap detached at fold. Very good. 277 pages. Enclosed in a red and black leather drop box. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
19482221955<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; a few small chips. Very good top edge stained red. 157 pages.</p><p>Contemporary ink signature on the front pastedown.</p><p>Previous owner's rubber-stamp on the front free endpaper.</p> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19782222131<p>First edition. Octavo. B/W illustrations by Paul Landacre. Original gilt stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued with errata leaf laid in loose at end. Fine. 33 pages.</p><p>One of 199 copies signed by Ward Ritchie.</p> The Santa Susana Press hardcover books
19245771<p>SIGNED BY RITCHER VERY GOOD.</p> HINDS hardcover books
1967229864<p>First edition first printing so stated. Octavo. Jacket photograph by Mark Gibson. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Kuhlman Associates unclipped. Very good-fine. 256 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Grove Press, Inc. hardcover books
1953500494<p>On personal letterhead Crescent Beach St. Augustine Fl. May 11 1953. 4to 1 page. Her letters are scarce; To Mr. Miller: "I cannot tell you how deeply I regret that it will be impossible for me to attend the Luncheon in honor of Fanny Butcher. I am dependent on my husband to drive me with my assorted animal family to my summer home. Fanny Butcher has long been a powerful influence in the field of American Letters. While lesser editors have come and gone she has maintained consistent integrity and the highest standards. Of Fanny Butcher the woman I can only say that to know her is to love her. Her warm heart and completely charming personality are a delight to those of us privileged to call ourselves her friends. To many Moore years of her superb editing and her gilt for friendship!".</p> unknown books
19142221924<p>First edition so stated September 1914. Octavo. Illustrated with four b/w plates by Henry S. Watson. Original green pictorial cloth with baseball scene in red and cream. No dust jacket. Very good. 349 pages 1 page of ads for The Wellworth College Series.</p><p>Includes chapters: "How to Play Baseball" "Batters Only" "He Wanted to Pitch" "The Underhand Throw."</p><p>Early signature of Will Hansgen Rock Island Ill.; small bookseller bookplate on rear pastedown.</p> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
1952306176<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by Samuel H. Bryant unclipped; minor rubbing; small stain. Very good. 263 pages. No signatures or bookplates 16 short stories winners of the 7th annual detective short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Authors represented include Octavus Roy Cohen Thomas Flanagan Mabel Seeley Mark Van Doren Dorothy S. Davis Veronica P. Johns Gertrude Diamant Jane McClure Kitty Harwood et al.</p> Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
