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1948500593<p>"Theodore Sturgeon" New York July 20 1948. 4to. 1 page. To William Targ of the World Publishing Company: ".I should like to go on record with the following: Science-fiction is always a starting thing when first encountered. The hesitation of your Cleveland office is in this light eminently understandable. I want to stress two things: first the youth of today differs markedly from that which reveled in PEEWEE HARRIS and the TOM SWIFT books but their sense of realism and sky's-the-limit fantasy are being developed by the juvenile novel's chief competitors -- the movies and the comics. My second point is that in writing I am by no means limited to science-fiction. I have sold in many fields. I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know when your Cleveland office is sure they want to kill the JET JACKSON project altogether; it may have market possibilities in some other house."</p> unknown books
19682221868<p>"George Cukor" 13 pages Hollywood 1968. Together with two Autograph Letters Signed "Mike" from Mike Steen and a typed 2 page manuscript by Steen. Very good.</p><p>This manuscript is published in Steen's 1969 book "A Look at Tennessee Williams" New York Hawthorn Books Inc. pages 40-55. It is preceded by an introduction by Steen discussing his Cukor interview. A copy of the book is included.</p> unknown 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
605131<p>"John Gardner" in blue ink on 3/4 length pose leaning against a tree attired in a turtleneck sweater dark trousers and a black leather motorcycle jacket his right hand resting on his knee with long white hair. Photograph is by Joel Gardner and is on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good ca 1978. Signed in the lower margin: "John Gardner".</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
2221832<p>"Margaret Widdemer Schauffler" in black fountain pen ink on 3/4 length shot of Widdemer wearing a dark coat with turned up collar. Photograph is by Mishkin N.Y. with their logo in the lower right corner and is on heavy weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good minor signs of handling; ca. 1920.</p><p>Signed and inscribed: "For Grace Thompson Hufford from Margaret Widdemer Schauffler with delightful book fair recollection."</p><p>Widdemer 1880-1978 poet and novelist including the "Winona" series for girls. In 1919 she won the Pulitzer Prize. She was married to the poet Robert Haven Schauffler. Three of her novels were made into motion pictures. She claimed friendships with F. Scott Fitzgerald Ezra Pound and other author's of her day.</p> unknown books
500590<p>"Harriet Beecher Stowe" in black ink on 1/2 length vignette portrait of Stowe. Photograph is by George H. Hastings 147 Tremont St. Boston with his imprint on the verso of the gilt edged mount. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"; very good fresh; ca 1880. Signed in full on the lower mount: "Harriet Beecher Stowe".</p> unknown books
199123574Washington D. C.: Library of Congress 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy and as new in a lightly soiled plain dust jacket. xxxv 427 pp. Illus. with 98 color & b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One hundred essays about The Rosenwald Collection which "constitutes the largest single gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and . represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual." Essays cover Manuscripts Early Printing Typography & Writing Books Illustrated Books Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books William Blake Modern Illustrated Books Architecture Bindings Geography Herbals and Science. Library of Congress hardcover books
18484463<p>First edition. Small octavo. Original glazed yellow boards spine a bit worn. With half title page. Good a little foxing. 27 pages. No signatures or bookplates. BAL 13069.</p> NICHOLS hardcover books
19792221834<p>INSCRIBED COPY</p><p>First edition. Tall thin octavo. Illustrations printed in brown by Catherine Kanner. Gilt stamped brown cloth dark brown endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 138 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Gardner on leaf before halftone: "For Hugh Mullins with regards and best wishes. Los Angeles March 14 1981."</p> Lord John Press hardcover books
19362221915<p>Christmas 1936. 11" x 7 1/2". Introduction by Nathan Van Patten. Color frontispiece drawing of Virgin and Child by Judson Starr. Original stiff brown wrappers. Fine. 10 pages unpaginated.</p><p>One of 200 copies this copy unnumbered printed by the Grabhorn Press.</p><p>GB 260: "First published as poetical preface to Frechette's 'Noel au Canada' in 1900."</p> Grabhorn Press paperback books
19232221977<p>First edition. 4to. 16 facsimile plates. 3/4 dark green morocco over matching cloth boards spine with raised bands and gilt stamping top edge gilt other edges uncut. Original printed blue wrappers bound in. Very good. Unpaginated.</p><p>Descriptive annotated catalogue of what was purported to be the world's finest collection of Voltaire's works. 202 items.</p><p>Printed by J. Miles & Co. Ltd. London.</p> G. Michelmore & Co. hardcover books
2222138<p>ca. 1942. First Armed Service edition. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". No. 880. Original stiff printed colored pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good spine a bit faded. 415 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Council on Books in Wartime paperback books
19592552<p>1/600; CHRISTMAS GREETING FIRST EDITION FINE.</p> SPIRAL PRESS paperback books
19062222102<p>First edition August 1906. Octavo. One page preface with credit to Dr. E. H. Nichols for technical assistance. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in blue black red grey and gilt with design of baseball batter and catcher. No dust jacket. No foxing. Very good slight lean. 300 pages six pages of ads.</p><p>Previous owner's signature: "Nathaniel P. Norton."</p> Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. hardcover books
19062222103<p>First edition August 1906. Octavo. One page preface with credit to Dr. E. H. Nichols for technical assistance. Original tan pictorial cloth stamped in blue black red grey and gilt with design of baseball batter and catcher. No dust jacket. Good slight lean. 300 pages six pages of ads.</p><p>Signature of Alan W. Burke on front pastedown.</p> Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. hardcover books
19452221984<p>10 1/2" x 7 3/4". Complete issue of 132 pages covers. Very good light rubbing; short tear; page 70 margin tear.</p><p>Other articles by A. Einstein W. R. Benet Vilhjalmur Stefansson F. Prokosch Roald Dahl.</p><p>Newsstand Edition.</p> The Atlantic Monthly paperback 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
