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1845WRCAM32219Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1845. Wall map 52 x 66 inches with full period hand-color. Expertly repaired backed with modern linen trimmed in green cloth on contemporary rollers. A few light creases and some marginal soiling but on the whole a bright map in very good condition. This impressive wall map of the United States was originally published in 1836 and again in 1841 supplemented by an occasional ACCOMPANIMENT. In this 1846 edition an important inset map is added entitled "A General Map of the United States with the Contiguous British & Mexican Possessions" 16 1/2 x 21 inches. This inset incorporates the discoveries of Fremont in the Great Basin and California shows all of Texas and stretches Oregon Territory well into Canada beyond the line of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In the large map some counties are added in Iowa Territory. There are also small inset maps of Boston New York Philadelphia Charleston Washington Albany Rochester and Niagara Falls. An important American map showing the country on the eve of its second great national expansion. RUMSEY 4223. PHILLIPS MAPS p.898. S. Augustus Mitchell hardcover books
18454885Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1845. Copper-engraved wall map with full original colour expertly repaired backed with modern linen trimmed in green cloth on contemporary rollers with bright colour overall in very good condition. An impressive wall map of the United States from a crucial year in American history.<br/> <br/>In 1834 Mitchell republished his A New Map of the United States under the title of Reference and Distance Map. New updated editions appeared almost yearly. When compared to the 1833 edition of the former this 1845 edition of the Reference and Distance Map shows many new developments in the upper Midwest. The outline of Lake Michigan has undergone extensive corrections. An oversized Wisconsin Territory 1836 now appears. Two of the small insets of American towns have been removed from the upper left-hand corner so that the new oversized Territory of Iowa 1838 could be added. The large inset General Map of the United States now shows Texas in its last year as an independent Republic. An important American map showing the country on the eve of its second great national expansion.<br/> <br/>Rumsey 4223; Phillips Maps p. 898. S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
1888106806Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1888. Rare first edition presentation copy of the father of American neurology's most popular work. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Mrs. Johnson with the author's regards." Weir has also noted "25 copies large paper No. 19." In near fine condition. One of Mitchell's most popular works Doctor an Patient provides a prime example of the eminent physician's direct appeal to the common sense and intelligence of the layman at large. Addressed chiefly to women the essays include: The Physician Convalescence Pain and Consequences The Moral Management of Sick or Invalid Children Nervousness and it Influence on Character and Out-Door Camp-Life for Women. The work quickly gained popularity upon publication and went through four revisions. Mitchell's more prominent patients included Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of his treatments in her 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1936282730New York: Macmillan 1936. First. hardcover. fine. Thick 8vo re-bound in gray leather with black spine labels lettered in gilt. N.Y.: Macmillan 1936. First Edition.<br/><br/> Published in May 1936. Autographed by Mitchell with a 1936 ownership inscription.<br/><br/> Macmillan unknown books
1936WRCLIT54197New York: Macmillan 1936. Thick octavo. Gray cloth lettered in blue. Spine extremities worn and bumped with 2cm creased snag at crown of spine usual slight tanning to endsheets but internally a very good copy. First edition first "May 1936" printing. Inscribed and signed by Mitchell on the front free endsheet: "For Charles J. Trenkle Margaret Mitchell" and with the recipient's bookplate on the front pastedown. A modest albeit inscribed and signed copy suitable for craft binding in stars and bars perhaps as seems to have become fashionable. "The book that lives on and on decried by the devotees of higher criticism scorned by the intellectuals and loved by the public. It was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1937" - Harwell. WILLINGHAM & HARWELL 120. IN TALL COTTON 125. Macmillan hardcover books
1846WRCAM39939Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1846. 46pp. plus large folding map 25 x 34 1/4 inches with full period color. 16mo. Original blindstamped and gilt blue morocco with original clasp. Morocco a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Map with two closed tears in left edge where bound in with no loss; small closed tear along Iowa-Missouri border with no loss. The text is very clean. In very good condition the map with brilliant contemporary color. Second edition after the first of 1843 of this rare pocket map of North America showing the United States west to Texas Indian Territory and Dakota Territory i.e. 19° longitude west of Washington D.C. The map J.H. Young's "Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or the United States of North America" is revised and updated from the 1843 version most notably by the addition of the newly created Territory of Iowa. The inset map of Texas is new to this 1846 edition and dates from the first year of statehood still showing Texas with its Republic boundaries. The Oregon inset is also new and shows the Oregon border going north into Canada i.e. before the 1846 treaty boundaries. There are also two population tables and the text lists the major railroad steamboat and stage routes all the way west to Iowa Wisconsin and Missouri. The four insets are: "Map of the North-Eastern boundary of the United States According to the Treaty of 1842" "Map of the Southern part of Florida" "Map of Oregon Territory" and "Map of the State of Texas." These four insets take the place of the thirty-two small inset maps of cities and town from the 1843 version of the map. Rumsey lists only the wall map version of this 1846 map. OCLC locates eight copies of this important pocket map. RISTOW p.310. OCLC 228693421 8551053. RUMSEY 3796 ref. S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
184631381Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1846. 16mo. 46pp. plus large folding map 25 x 34 1/4 inches with full period color. Original blindstamped and gilt purple morocco with original clasp. Morocco a bit rubbed and edgeworn. One significant tear from the left edge where bound in with no loss; several other noticeable separations along folds.<br/> <br/>Second edition after the first of 1843 of this rare pocket map of North America showing the United States west to Texas Indian Territory and Dakota Territory i.e. 19° longitude west of Washington D.C.<br/> <br/>The map J.H. Young's "Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or the United States of North America" is revised and updated from the 1843 version most notably by the addition of the newly created Territory of Iowa. The inset map of Texas is new to this 1846 edition and dates from the first year of statehood still showing Texas with its Republic boundaries. The Oregon inset is also new and shows the Oregon border going north into Canada i.e. before the 1846 treaty boundaries. There are also two population tables and the text lists the major railroad steamboat and stage routes all the way west to Iowa Wisconsin and Missouri. The four insets are: "Map of the North-Eastern boundary of the United States According to the Treaty of 1842" "Map of the Southern part of Florida" "Map of Oregon Territory" and "Map of the State of Texas." These four insets take the place of the thirty-two small inset maps of cities and town from the 1843 version of the map. Rumsey lists only the wall map version of this 1846 map. OCLC locates eight copies of this important pocket map.<br/> <br/>OCLC 228693421 8551053; Ristow p.310; Rumsey 3796 ref. S. Augustus Mitchell unknown books
19492060Atlanta Georgia: Margaret Mitchell in reaction to The Reader's Digest & The Atlanta Journal 1949. Original 3 pieces. Envelope. Very Good/Envelope Good. Autograph Letter Penned & Signed characteristically "M.M.M." Margaret Mitchell Marsh by the famed American Author on a Small Folio 8.5" x 14" page copied from "The Atlanta Journal" June 19 1949; with a marginal ink note in the left margin of "The Atlanta Journal" from the recipient Dr. Mayo docketed "July 5 - 1949"; accompanied by the original envelope addressed by Mitchell to "Dr. C.E. Mayos / 612 West 13 St. / Davenport / Iowa." stamp and partial postmark cut away leaving only "5 ATLA. Jul /10.19./ G; with Mitchell's return address on the envelope flap preprinted as: "1268 Piedmont Avenue N. E. / Apartment 3 / Atlanta 5 Georgia." Dr. Mayos has written on the envelope: "Letters from / Margaret Mitchell slight paper loss / Please save." plus a copy of the July1949 edition of "The Reader's Digest" containing a short entry under "Facts to the Contrary"page 18 in which contributor Clemmie R. Galloway pointed out a "discrepancy in time between the death of Melanie's husband in the Battle of Gettysburg July 1 1863 and the birth of her son during the siege of Atlanta September 3 1864." We offer Margaret Mitchell's irritated reaction to a late-blooming literary SCANDAL over whether RHETT Butler had been the REAL FATHER of Melanie's child Because of Mitchell's supposedly faulty internal chronology in Gone With The Wind some readers thought that Melanie's husband Ashley had died at Gettysburg during early July of 1863--more than a year before Melanie had borne a son during the siege of Atlanta on September 3rd 1864. As a consequence of this supposed mistake enthusiasts of the novel and its larger-than-life characters eagerly speculated that dashing Rhett had had a compromising affair with saintly Melanie during her husband's absence! In the July 1949 edition of "The Reader's Digest" contributor Clemmie R. Galloway published a small entry under "Facts to the Contrary" in which he accused Mitchell of a "discrepancy in time between the death of Melanie's husband in the Battle of Gettysburg July 1 1863 and the birth of her son during the siege of Atlanta September 3 1864." The entry was read by many! Galloway went on to say that "When the publisher called Margaret Mitchell's attention to the timing the author was silent for a moment; then she said 'Well I know the Yankees will never change the date of the Battle of Gettysburg and I'm certainly not going to change the date of the Battle of Atlanta.' The publisher moved uncomfortably in his chair 'But--how will we explain it to the public Miss Mitchell' Miss Mitchell shrugged 'Let's hope they will be so interested in the story they will overlook the discrepancy of time if not' she added 'we'll just say that southern women do things more leisurely.'" Penned shortly before her untimely death a few weeks later on August 16th Mitchell penned a quick note in the lower right of this broadside reprinting the June 19 1949 scandalous edition of "The Atlanta Journal" which was headlined "Row Over Melanie's Baby / Peggy Mitchell Hits / Magazine 'Falsity.'" Addressed to "Dr. M" Dr. Mayos a psychiatrist with whom she had corresponded since the mid-1930's Mitchell expressed her disbelief and ire regarding Galloway's slanderous write-up. In full: "Dear Dr. M -- This is one of the reasons why I haven't answered your nice letter. This stupid false hood is causing us a lot of trouble. May be you can figure why they'd print such an error but I can't! Don't forget to let us know before you come through Atlanta next time. We'd love to meet you. M.M.M. meaning: Margaret Mitchell Marsh a characteristic initialled signature used by the author." On the envelope is a penned ink note from Dr. Mayo: "Letter from / Margaret Mitchell / Please save." "The Atlanta Journal "article includes Margaret Mitchell's rebuttal in which she notes that Ashley DID NOT DIE at Gettysburg on July 3-4-5 1863 but "As a matter of fact Ashley never did die in the book." Indeed he was interned as a POW in notorious Rock Island Prison Illinois after which he was released and returned home. As noted we offer three companion pieces: 1 an Autograph Letter Signed by Margaret Mitchell November 8 1900 -- August 16 1949 on a personally embarrassing and aggravating copy of "The Atlanta Journal" headline article from "The Atlanta Journal" sheet with the ink date "july 5 - / 1949" in its left margin. r June 19 1949; & 2 her personal envelope of transmission addressed by the renowned author to a longtime friend psychiatrist Dr. C.E. Mayos of 612 West 13 St Davenport Iowa; annotated by him "Letter from Margaret Mitchell"; plus 3 a copy of "The Reader's Digest" for July 1949 containing the brief entry under "Facts to the Contrary" p.18 about the chronological error supposedly made by Mitchell in Gone With The Wind that had unexpected embarrassing ripple-effects. Condition: Margaret Mitchell's letter is in very good condition with three horizontal mailing folds on "The Atlanta Journal" small folio sheet on which her letter has been penned. The folds have been professionally strengthened verso. Some light soiling and age-toning; faint rust mark from a paperclip upper left corner. Her envelope of transmission has some tears with slight wear and soil. The July 1949 copy of "The Reader's Digest" is surprisingly bright clean and tight. We shall provide a Certificate of Authenticity and another from the party from whom we obtained this very special piece. Margaret Mitchell (in reaction to The Reader's Digest & The Atlanta Journal) unknown books
1943279509New York: Duell Sloan Pearce 1943. First. hardcover. fine/good. 8vo red cloth d.w. New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1943. First Edition.<br/><br/> Inscribed for Edith Oliver the drama critic of the New Yorker "with love Joe Mitchell July 29 1943". The dust wrapper has a fine front cover but is missing half the spine. The front flap is detached but price intact. A scarce title to find inscribed.<br/><br/> Duell Sloan Pearce unknown books
194322187New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition of this iconic book on New York's oldest and most famous saloon. A superb near fine example in a bright very good price intact dustwrapper. Nicely INSCRIBED by Mitchell to artist and New Yorker magazine illustrator Richard Merkin. Easily the author's scarcest title and rarely found signed or inscribed. <br/><br/> Duell, Sloan, & Pearce hardcover books
1917136302Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co 1917. First Edition. First Edition. Blank book-style yearbook largely still blank belonging to Elizabeth Floding with numerous inscriptions and well wishes from various students and faculty including a four-line Gellett Burgess poem written to Floding by Margaret Mitchell: "I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one I'll tell you one thing anyhow I'd rather see than be one! Ha! Ha! Margaret Mitchell." Additional ephemera also laid in including a piano recital program and various small photographs. <br/><br/>"Gone With the Wind" writer Mitchell attended private girls' school Washington Seminary in Atlanta Georgia where presumably Floding was a classmate. The book also contains an inscription to Floding from English teacher Eva Paisley whom Mitchell would credit as the first to recognize her writing talent. Floding would go on to attend Emory University. <br/><br/>Very Good plus housed in a custom gray cloth chemise and gray leather slipcase decorated with gilt titles and decorative gilt roses. The Reilly and Britton Co unknown books
18377717Philadelphia 1837. No Binding. Near Fine. 7 x 20 ½ inches. Lithograph with original wash color; fold reinforcements else excellent. Rare separately issued folding map showing Missouri as a state Arkansas as a territory and the area of present-day Oklahoma as "Indian Territory Attached to Arkansas." This is a significantly updated edition of the map "has many changes topographically and new borders.There are many new counties in Missouri and Arkansas and a table of Steam Boat Routes appears in the lower right corner of the map. The detail in the surrounding states is now filled in" Rumsey. Rumsey 4102 1836 edition; cf. Ristow W. American Maps & Mapmakers pp. 303-304 unknown books
183921386Londini: sumptibus Societatis i.e. English Historical Society 1839. First edition large paper copy printed for one of the Society's members John Mee Mathew Esq. with his name printed in red on the verso of the half-title; 6 volumes royal 8vo contemporary half green morocco gilt paneled spines t.e.g. with the gilt stamp on the upper covers of the Birmingham Law Society and their gilt supralibros on the back covers rubberstamps on the title pages and occasionally in the text; upper joint of volume I tender several others rubbed; all in all a good sound set. "After his marriage in 1836 Kemble appears to have resided in London for some time employing himself in literary work and specially in transcribing in the British Museum and in various collegiate and cathedral libraries the Anglo-Saxon charters afterwards printed in his Codex Diplomaticus.In his knowledge of Teutonic philology he was far ahead of any of his fellow-countrymen and was the recognised exponent of the investigations of Jacob Grimm and other German writers on the subject. With regard to the study of Anglo-Saxon Kemble had a more scientific as well as a more accurate knowledge of the language than any earlier scholar and a deeper insight into its relations to other branches of Teutonic speech. He used his knowledge chiefly in illustrating Anglo-Saxon literature and history writing in all his original work as a man of letters no less than as a scholar. In commenting on an early fable he notes its significance traces its development and examines the forms under which it appears at different times and in various countries. The publication of his collection of documents belonging to the Anglo-Saxon period may be said to have laid the foundation of our present knowledge of the institutions and customs of the English before the Norman conquest.His Codex Diplomaticus must remain the great original of all such undertakings and the pattern to be followed by all future editors of charters. Besides the exact knowledge of Anglo-Saxon and the skill in deciphering manuscripts displayed by this book it presents though so unobtrusively as to be almost likely to escape notice proofs of an amazing amount of knowledge and critical acumen. Every charter which offers ground for suspicion is marked with an asterisk. Kemble's work was always done with minute care and a charter that he has not marked as spurious may as a rule safely be accepted as genuine. Founded on the Codex Kemble's Saxons in England was until the appearance of Bishop Stubbs's Constitutional History in 1873 the best English treatise on the polity of our ancestors before the coming of the Normans" DNB. <br/><br/> sumptibus Societatis [i.e. English Historical Society] unknown books
1867212358Washington 1867. unbound. Exceedingly rare and historically important two-page letter 10 x 8 inches Washington January 22 1867. Written on lined paper with "House Reps Confidential" at the top. In this correspondence Ashley writes to W.G. Brownlow the Governor of Tennessee soliciting witnesses who will testify against President Andrew Johnson at his impeachment trial. In part: ".give me the names at once of all witnesses who can sustain any of the charges preferred against the President.let this be done promptly.If the Union men are earnest let them come forward with the facts.I hope your legislature will promptly enfranchise the loyal men of color and this same Tennessee from the fate of Maryland." Several folds with light browning and foxing; small tear along one of the folds. Very good- condition.<br/><br/> Ashley was the democratic congressman and abolitionist who supervised the underground railroad and who drew the bill abolishing slavery the first proposition to amend the constitution. Through his hatred for Republican Andrew Johnson Ashley solicited charges and then introduced the Articles of Impeachment in 1867.<br/><br/> unknown books
1939002577Various: By the authors 1939. First Edition. Very good. Comprised of three letters and a manuscript memoir the archive covered three continents and intertwined the lives of royals reformers and exiles. Nina Cornelia Mitchell 1854 - 1958 was an activist and an ardent relief worker in Europe during and after the First World War. She was also the first cousin of author and artist Miss Violet nee Serena Catherine Dandridge with whom she lived in the historic "Rosebrake" mansion in Shepherdstown West Virginia after her return to the United States. Paul Underwood Kellogg 1879 - 1958 was a social reformer journalist and co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was the editor of "Survey" magazine which he had managed to turn into the country's leading social work journal in a very short period of time. Mitchell had been visiting her friends - Prince Aleksandr Eristov Georgian Lieutenant-Genaral and his wife who were living in exile in Paris when she met Count Piotr Vassilievich Hendrikov former Governor of the Orel Province and brother of Countess Anastasiia Hendrikova Lady of Honor to Empress Aleksandra Feodorovna. He gave Nina a memoir written first in Russian and then in French to translate and write into English. Through his sister's stories and his personal visits to the Romanov family Hendrikov was intimately familiar with the sovereigns' lives and suffered through their assasinations which included his sister's. The memoir emotional and painful to read revealed some lesser known facts about Nicholas' family. Hendrikov stated that although Aleksandra was thought to be cold and aloof she was in reality just profoundly shy. He also gave examples of the Emperor's love and compassion for his people including an instance when having been presented with new war equipment for the infantry he feared it would be too heavy for his soldiers so he strapped it on and walked 15 kilometers to test it. The narrative followed the family's daily life before and after their arrests their work their devotion to each other the births of the children and their coping with son Aleksei Nikolaevich' terrible disease. Later on Hendrikov described Nicholas' abdication the reaction of the people the exile and the terrible treatment the family received from their guards his meetings with representatives of Duma and finally their murders together with those of the closest to them people court and servants who had followed them through the last year of their lives. In her first letter to Kellogg Mitchell gave the prehistory of the memoir asked him to read it and possibly assist with finding a publisher for it mentioned her better understanding of the situation in Russia and inquired about getting a subscription to the "Survey" for her friend Helen Pendleton. In his response Kellogg promised to read the papers told Mitchell he would love to hear about her work in Europe and confirmed Helen Pendleton's subscription to his magazine. In Nina's second and last letter she stated she would await the editor's criticism of the memoir talked about her friends the Eristovs and invited the Kelloggs to visit her in the "City of the Shepherds in the Valley of the Daugther of the Stars." - Two ALS signed by Nina Cornelia Mitchell dated July 18 1939 and August 14 1939; 6 1/2 x 5 and 7 x 5 1/2; pp. 12 and 4 respectively; off-white textured stock black ink and red pencil; light age-toning; two rust spots from removed paper clips; very good condition. - Typed letter by Paul Kellogg dated July 19 1939; 11 x 8 1/2; single sheet text to recto only; small handwritten note in pencil; a few nicks and chips to edges; good condition. - Manuscript memoir in two parts; 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 and 9 3/4 x 8 1/4; loose sheets pp. 13 and 16 respectively; text to recto only; the first part a bit fragile with several small nicks to corners; overall in very good condition. By the authors unknown books
1843WRCAM7742Philadelphia 1843. Two colored folding maps 33 1/2 x 24 inches and 34 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. In original elaborately gilt pictorial morocco brass clasp intact. Small tear in second map i.e. the chart. Otherwise fine and bright. In a half morocco box. The national map shows the United States west to the Indian Territory west of Missouri including the eastern part of Texas north through most of Maine and with a portion of Canada and south through most of Florida. There are insets of the portions of Maine and Florida which are excluded from the larger image. The second map contains a large center statistical chart surrounded by thirty- two inset maps of various major American cities and their environs or states. This map is dated 1842 at the bottom and is described in Graff as a broadside noting that the map listed by Phillips was issued in 1843. Streeter lists the two maps together as in the present copy. His copy sold to parties unknown for $40 in 1969. PHILLIPS MAPS p.896. STREETER SALE 3861. GRAFF 2838. SERVIES 2872. unknown books
1864100375Folio original cloth with leather spine and corners embossed gilt title on front cover 49 colored maps. Rubbing and fading to binding gilt dull removed label from front coverwear to extremities small stain aaffecting preliminaries occassional margin soiling and a few margin tears; U.S. map has split at the bottom of fold some minor toning but contents generally bright and clean. This atlas contains 49 colored maps twenty-six relate to the U.S. Only for maps are double page. Maps of Texas California and South America are particularly attractive. S. Augustus Mitchell, hardcover books
193674052New York: Macmillan 1936. First edition of the author's classic novel. First printing with "Published May 1936" on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine gilt ruled to the front and rear panels marbled endpapers. In fine condition. In 1923 Margaret Mitchell became a feature writer for the Atlanta Journal and in 1925 married John Marsh a public relations officer for Georgia Power. She found most of her assignments unfulfilling and she soon left to try writing fiction more to her own taste. Her own harshest critic she would not try to get her work published. She began to write Gone with the Wind in 1926 while recovering from an automobile accident. Over the next eight years she painstakingly researched for historical accuracy. She accumulated thousands of pages of manuscript. Here is how she later described her life's labor: "When I look back on these last years of struggling to find time to write between deaths in the family illness in the family and among friends which lasted months and even years childbirths not my own divorces and neuroses among friends my own ill health and four fine auto accidents . it all seems like a nightmare. I wouldn't tackle it again for anything. Just as soon as I sat down to write somebody I loved would decide to have their gall-bladder removed. . " In 1934 an editor from Macmillan's Publishers came to Atlanta seeking new authors. He was referred to John and Margaret Marsh as people who knew Atlanta's literary scene. She steered him to several prospects but didn't mention her own work. A friend told him that she was writing a novel but she denied it. On the night before he was to leave Atlanta she appeared at his hotel-room door with her still imperfect mountainous manuscript and left it with him for better or for worse. "This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best" New York Times. Gone With the Wind is said to be the fastest selling novel in the history of American publishing 50000 copies in a single day and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Macmillan unknown books
193643084New York: Macmillan 1936. First edition of the author's classic novel. First printing with "Published May 1936" on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine gilt ruled to the front and rear panels marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. In 1923 Margaret Mitchell became a feature writer for the Atlanta Journal and in 1925 married John Marsh a public relations officer for Georgia Power. She found most of her assignments unfulfilling and she soon left to try writing fiction more to her own taste. Her own harshest critic she would not try to get her work published. She began to write Gone with the Wind in 1926 while recovering from an automobile accident. Over the next eight years she painstakingly researched for historical accuracy. She accumulated thousands of pages of manuscript. Here is how she later described her life's labor: "When I look back on these last years of struggling to find time to write between deaths in the family illness in the family and among friends which lasted months and even years childbirths not my own divorces and neuroses among friends my own ill health and four fine auto accidents . it all seems like a nightmare. I wouldn't tackle it again for anything. Just as soon as I sat down to write somebody I loved would decide to have their gall-bladder removed. . " In 1934 an editor from Macmillan's Publishers came to Atlanta seeking new authors. He was referred to John and Margaret Marsh as people who knew Atlanta's literary scene. She steered him to several prospects but didn't mention her own work. A friend told him that she was writing a novel but she denied it. On the night before he was to leave Atlanta she appeared at his hotel-room door with her still imperfect mountainous manuscript and left it with him for better or for worse. "This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best" New York Times. Gone With the Wind is said to be the fastest selling novel in the history of American publishing 50000 copies in a single day and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Macmillan unknown books
1938007836Sheridan House 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy Without Wear in Very Good Price Clipped Jacket. Inch Chip on Front Panel of Jacket. Author's Scarce First Book. First Edition Copy Very Rare In Jacket Excellent Fresh Copy. Sheridan House Hardcover books
1938307462New York: Sheridan House 1938. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated with photographs. 284 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Front inner hinge cracked but holding. Very good in very good dust jacket spine panel faded short split at top of front spine fold. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated with photographs. 284 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Evidentiary Copy. Joseph Mitchell's elusive first book decidedly uncommon in dust jacket.<br/><br/>This copy from the files of Sheridan House publisher Lee Furman is an evidentiary copy of a previously unknown second state dust jacket with publisher's reviews on the front inner flap and a publisher's ad on back inner flap. Provenance: from the files of Lee Furman publisher Sheridan House unknown books
19361093711936. An original typed letter signed by the author of Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell dated 5 September 1936. It is on <span class="match">Mitchell</span>'s letterhead and reads "Dear Mrs. Simpson: Thank you for your letter and your interest. No I am not contemplating any lecture tour. In fact I have turned down many invitations to speak. I do not intend ever to make any speeches for I realize that writing books and making speeches are two very different affairs Sincerely Margaret Mitchell." Matted and framed with a portrait of <span class="match">Mitchell</span> at her typewriter 6. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 14.5 inches. Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel published during her lifetime the Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. unknown books
1868100377Folio original cloth with leather spine and corners gilt title on front cover 65 colored maps. Joints and extremities rubbed but binding is sturdy and in very good condition the U.S. map has a small split at lower end of center fold someminor foxing and stains but maps are generally bright and clean. Five of the 65 maps in this atlas are double page and 33 realte to the U.S. The maps of the United States New York Pennsylvania and Texas are particularly attractive. S. Augustus Mitchell, hardcover books
1939914771939. 1p. Atlanta Jan. 26 1939.<br/><br/> About 100 words. ".If I can bring myself to believe that all you wrote is true I shall become intolerably swollen with pride." Signed Margaret Mitchell Marsh.<br/><br/> unknown books
3163Philadelphia: The Company 1835. . Single sheet hand-colored 18 x 22 1/4 inches folded to 5 1/4x 3 1/4 inches 16mo full straight-grained scarlet morocco gilt title on front and ornate gilt rules on both covers; expert repairs in folds and one other 3-inch repair barely discernible One copy mounted to canvas located at Dartmouth. Not an reissue of the 1831 map but re-engraved with 3 inserts for: Louisville Nashville and Frankfort and Lexington. A contemporary owner Olmsted Baker made several notations in pencil on the verso of the map including "Visited the Hermitage March 9m 1836" we have been unable to find a connection between Andrew Jackson and Mr. Baker. Philadelphia: The Company, 1835. unknown books
