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19389586<p>Inscribed <em>For Harold Latham from Margaret Mitchell- Atlanta Ga June 22 1938 </em>to the front endpaper. Harold Latham is best known for discovering Mitchell on a 1935 trip to Atlanta for Macmillan Inc. and later helping to edit <em>Gone with the Wind. </em>Twelfth impression of the English edition. Turquoise cloth with an unclipped dustjacket. Tape repairs to jacket as well as a loss to head see image. Wrapped in protective mylar. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.</p><p>6.25 x 9 in</p> Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1936140938421New York: The Macmillan Company 1936. First Edition. Near Fine/Poor. First edition first printing with "Published May 1936" on the copyright page. Signed by Margaret Mitchell on the front free endpaper. Very Good with a short tear to the cloth at the top of the spine light general rubbing and light wear and toning to the pages. With remnants of the tattered first issue dust jacket present though in rather poor condition. A lovely copy of the first printing signed by the author. The Macmillan Company unknown books
600114"Margaret" in black fountain pen ink on personal letterhead Atlanta May 3 1939. 4to 3 separate pages. To Mable and Edwin Granberry: " We have been in one of our hurricanes. It all started when Selznick at last announced Miss Vivien Leigh and things are just now quieting down." She then goes on to ponder an invitation to Long Beach New York. On page two she comments on that years Pulitzer Prize-winner: "Of course you know about Marjorie Rawlings getting the Pulitzer award. There never was much doubt that she would get it if there was any justice anywhere.I do not know whether the award will keep her too busy to make this trip. The members of the Atlanta Womens Press Club have asked me to give a party for her should she come as they are all anxious to meet her." Mitchell closes with mention of the book which made her famous: "I was interested in your remarks about finding a GWTW mention in an article written by a Chinese. I did not see the article and if you have to or know who wrote it Id be interested. As far as I know the book has not been done into Chinese.I am just learning now that it was published in Japan a year and half ago and that it has sold 150000 copies there. I will not get a cent from this because Japan has a treaty with the United States which gives them the right to translate and publish American books without paying royalties to the authors." Mitchell met Edwin Granberry when he wrote an early laudatory review of GWTW; he later interviewed her for his March 13 1937 article "The Private Life Of Margaret Mitchell." They became friends and frequent correspondents see Darden Pyron's "Southern Daughter" for numerous comments. Not in "GWTW Letters." Mitchell 1900-49 American writer; author of the 1936 Pulitzer Prize winning "Gone With the Wind" filmed by MGM in 1939 under directors George Cukor and Victor Fleming starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1937252027Atlanta Georgia 1937. One page on personal letterhead. 4to. light creasing and toning esle fine. One page on personal letterhead. 4to. To Cukor on "old mimosa groves" - "bees demented in the blossoms" -- and Tallulah. Mitchell thanks Cukor for the gift of Mary Chess perfumes and especially the "mimosa":<br/><br/>"I had tried someone's brand of mimosa many years ago but it was heavy enough to be used as an anesthetic for a major operation. This brand is so sweet and faint and the lovliest part about it is that it reminds me of old mimosa groves far in the back country on a still hot day with the bees demented in the blossoms."<br/><br/>She then goes on to discuss Tallulah Bankhead's recent performance in Atlanta which she unfortunately missed:<br/><br/>'Of course I was eager to go but the show opened the night after the Pulitzer Award arrived. The Vice President of The Macmillan Company was in town and he gave me a party that night. I hoped to see her the following night but the house was so filled with friends and excitement that I could not go to the theatre. I was very disappointed for everyone was charmed with her. So few people here had liked her in her films and I am afraid many of them went to see her play determined not to like it. But everyone was most enthusiastic about her and the phone rang all day long as people told me how charming she was. "<br/><br/>Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel GONE WITH THE WIND; and George Cukor was David Selznick's first choice as director of the film. unknown books
1936Embry 177556The Macmillan Company 1936. First edition first printing. Rebound fine thus in custom slipcase with matching leather title label. Rebound in full confederate gray morocco by master binder Glenn Fukunaga spine panels with double gilt surrounds and crossed confederate swords central device. Briefly inscribed "Foir Gunvor Svendsen Margaret Mitchell." The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing. hardcover books
1852WRCAM31820APhiladelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. 1852. Chromolithographic title with large vignette; handcolored frontispiece of heights of principal mountains and lengths of principal rivers; contents list printed in red black and gold; seventy-three handcolored lithographic maps charts and city plans one double-page. Folio. Publisher's three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards spine ruled in gilt morocco label lettered in gilt on front board. Binding worn and rubbed front hinge tender. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Some toning but generally clean internally. Very good overall. A famous atlas with handcolored maps of all the individual states and territories with the map of California showing counties in California and New Mexico for the first time and with the locations of Native American tribes shown in several western states and territories. Despite its title the atlas concentrates to a marked degree on the American continent with forty-three maps of the area including a fine double-page coast- to-coast map of the United States. <br> <br> S. Augustus Mitchell and his sons were the leading publishers of maps in the United States during most of the 19th century. Mitchell had come to Philadelphia round 1830 with the intention of improving the standard of geography textbooks Philadelphia then being the leading city in America for cartographical publications. A NEW AMERICAN ATLAS published in 1831 was his first work. In 1845 he acquired the right to Tanner's NEW UNIVERSAL ATLAS first published in 1836 and in 1846 he published his first edition of the present work. Mitchell continued to publish the atlas until 1850 when he sold the copyright to Cowperthwait & Co. of Philadelphia. Thomas Cowperthwait & Company published it until 1856 when it was purchased by Charles DeSilver. The Cowperthwait company continued to add edit alter and hand-color the maps. PHILLIPS ATLASES 807. RISTOW pp.311-13 ref. RUMSEY 553. Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. hardcover books
185265704With the First Map to Show Counties in California and New Mexico MITCHELL S. Augustus. A New Universal Atlas of the World. Containing Maps of the various Empires Kingdoms States and Republics Of The World. With a special map of each of the United States Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of One Hundred And Seventeen Maps Plans And Sections Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co. 1852. Complete with seventy-three full colored maps one of which is double-paged color frontispiece vignette title-page and table of contents heightened in gilt. Folio 17 x 14 inches; 430 x 355 mm. Half red morocco over marbled boards. Front board with red morocco label lettered in gilt. Binding scuffed and bumped. Hinges professionally repaired. Some toning throughout mainly to blank versos of maps and margin edges only occasionally affecting the maps. Closed tear to front free endpaper. A few instances of foxing on maps mainly to map 51 "Holland and Belgium." A small dark spot in Buenos Ayres on map 44. A small piece scraped off of map 73 "Oceana" but not making a hole all the way through. Also a marginal closed tear to this map professionally repaired. Overall a very good copy. This atlas was first published in 1846 by Mitchell & Sons after acquiring the rights to Tanner's New Universal Atlas in 1845. Mitchell & Sons reprinted it several times until 1850 when they sold the rights to Cowperthwait & Co. of Philadelphia who published it until 1856. During this time the atlas was further expanded and edited. Over half of this atlas deals with the Americas and features the double-page "A New Map of the United States of America." Within this map of the USA is a detailed inset of "The Gold Regions of California." The present edition is the first to show counties in California and New Mexico. Howes. Streeter. HBS 65704. $7500 Cowperthwait & Co. hardcover books
18496558Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1849 Folio. 17 3/8 x 14 inches. Lithographed title with large vignette letterpress "Table of Contents" and 73 hand-colored lithographed maps charts and city plans. Three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards large red morocco title label on front cover elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt. Spine and corners renewed in red leather. Boards rubbed and scuffed at edges. Maps in fine condition. Overall a fine copy. A very nice copy of this very scarce atlas with hand-colored maps of all the individual States and Territories and including the rare and famous map of "Oregon Upper California & New Mexico" showing the large yellow-colored area in California labeled "Gold Region." The Atlas concentrates on the American continent with 43 maps of the area including a fine double-page coast-to-coast map of the United States. Samuel Augustus Mitchell and his sons were the leading publishers of maps in the United States during most of the nineteenth century. A New American Atlas published in 1831 was Mitchell's first work. In 1846 he published his first edition of the present work. He continued to publish the Atlas until 1850 when he sold the copyright to Cowperthwait & Co. It was with this 1849 edition that "New Mexico" was added to the title of the map as well as the words "Gold Region" added in a large yellow area in "Upper or New California." As Wheat states "We find S. Augustus Mitchell in Philadelphia publishing in 1849 a revised version of his Texas Oregon and California map taking advantage of Frémont's later work and displaying a large colored Gold Region." Also many routes are shown by red hand-colored lines including Frémont's routes. Wheat: Mapping the Transmississippi West: 630 p.284; text p.82; not noted in Wheat's Maps of the Gold Region. S. Augustus Mitchell hardcover books
193616972JNew York: Macmillan 1936. First Edition First State May 1936. A little light wear a very good copy in original gray cloth with blue stamping in a very good first issue dust jacket which has had some mends by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the basis of the classic 1939 motion picture starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. Macmillan hardcover
193823845New York: Sheridan House 1938. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. A resplendent copy in a bright dust jacket of a poorly made book. 8vo. With a droll frontispiece photograph of Mitchell who is sitting in a chair with newspapers strewn around his bare feet one of which completely obscures his face. Mitchell along with A.J. Liebling and St. Clair McKelway would become a New Yorker star of the first rank during the magazine's heyday. His carefully limned portraits of New York low-life institutions McSorley's Tavern and individuals Joe Gould and his putative oral history of the world earned him critical praise as well as imitators. <br /><br /> Sheridan House hardcover
1939600114<p>"Margaret" in black fountain pen ink on personal letterhead Atlanta May 3 1939. 4to 3 separate pages. To Mable and Edwin Granberry: " We have been in one of our hurricanes. It all started when Selznick at last announced Miss Vivien Leigh and things are just now quieting down." She then goes on to ponder an invitation to Long Beach New York. On page two she comments on that year's Pulitzer Prize-winner: "Of course you know about Marjorie Rawlings getting the Pulitzer award. There never was much doubt that she would get it if there was any justice anywhere.I do not know whether the award will keep her too busy to make this trip. The members of the Atlanta Women's Press Club have asked me to give a party for her should she come as they are all anxious to meet her." Mitchell closes with mention of the book which made her famous: "I was interested in your remarks about finding a GWTW mention in an article written by a Chinese. I did not see the article and if you have to or know who wrote it I'd be interested. As far as I know the book has not been done into Chinese.I am just learning now that it was published in Japan a year and half ago and that it has sold 150000 copies there. I will not get a cent from this because Japan has a treaty with the United States which gives them the right to translate and publish American books without paying royalties to the authors." Mitchell met Edwin Granberry when he wrote an early laudatory review of GWTW; he later interviewed her for his March 13 1937 article "The Private Life Of Margaret Mitchell." They became friends and frequent correspondents see Darden Pyron's "Southern Daughter" for numerous comments. Not in "GWTW Letters." Mitchell 1900-49 American writer; author of the 1936 Pulitzer Prize winning "Gone With the Wind" filmed by MGM in 1939 under directors George Cukor and Victor Fleming starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.</p>
1937252027Atlanta Georgia 1937. One page on personal letterhead. 4to. light creasing and toning esle fine. One page on personal letterhead. 4to. Mitchell thanks Cukor for the gift of Mary Chess perfumes and especially the "mimosa":<br /> <br /> "I had tried someone's brand of mimosa many years ago but it was heavy enough to be used as an anesthetic for a major operation. This brand is so sweet and faint and the lovliest part about it is that it reminds me of old mimosa groves far in the back country on a still hot day with the bees demented in the blossoms."<br /> <br /> She then goes on to discuss Tallulah Bankhead's recent performance in Atlanta which she unfortunately missed:<br /> <br /> 'Of course I was eager to go but the show opened the night after the Pulitzer Award arrived. The Vice President of The Macmillan Company was in town and he gave me a party that night. I hoped to see her the following night but the house was so filled with friends and excitement that I could not go to the theatre. I was very disappointed for everyone was charmed with her. So few people here had liked her in her films and I am afraid many of them went to see her play determined not to like it. But everyone was most enthusiastic about her and the phone rang all day long as people told me how charming she was. "<br /> <br /> Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel GONE WITH THE WIND; and George Cukor was David Selznick's first choice as director of the film. unknown
1951023353Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1951. First Edition stated 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Fine Dustjacket. 8 1/8" Tall. Stated First Edition 8 1/8" Tall Taller Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition" 1 5/16" Thick Thicker Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition". The Book Is Tight And Clean No Marks Without Marks Or Damage Just A Tiny Point Of Fraying Of Cloth At Each Of The Two Lower Tips A Little Wear/Dulling To The Spine Gilt And A Little Rubbing/Bumping To The Ends Of The Spine. Dust Jacket With The Portrait Of Salinger On The Rear Panel And With The $3.00 Price On The Front Flap Second State With Slight Space Between Top Of Head And Top Of Dust Jacket Apparently The First Issues Of The "First Edition" Were Slightly Shorter And With Cropping Of Salinger's Head In The Photograph On The Dj. The Dust Jacket Is Spectacular No Chipping Or Tears Without Restoration Or Cleaning Of Any Kind: No Fading To Orange-Red Or Yellow Colors On Spine And Front Panel The Red On Both Spine And Front Panel Being An Even Bright Red And The Author's Name On Spine Being The Same Bright Yellow As The Title On The Front Panel. There Is Not Any Sign Of Wear At The Top Of The Spine Panel And It Is Still Crisp. The Jacket Has 1/8" Light Age Toning To The White Color Along The The Lower Edge Of Front Panel To Top And Lower Edges Of White Flaps And Within A Somewhat Larger Area Around All Edges Of The Photograph. There Is A 1/8" Rub At The Upper Right Tip Of The Front Panel But No Other Rubs To The Color. There Is Almost Imperceptible 1/8" Bumping To Lower Edge Of Spine And Slight Waviness Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Front Panel Without Damage To The Paper In The Area With Age-Toning Possibly Due To Storage In An Older Dust Jacket Protector. Scarce In This Un-Restored Un-Torn And Un-Chipped Jacket. <br/> <br/> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover
196438831¢ LIFE. Written by Walasse Ting. Edited by Sam Francis. Published by E.Kornfeld, Berne, E.W. Kornfeld, 1964. In-folio en feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée, jaquette et étui en toile verte de l’éditeur. Jaquette par Machteld Appel. Couverture par Roy Lichtenstein et Pierre Alechinsky. Édition originale. - 62 LITHOGRAPHIES, la plupart en couleur, dont 29 sur doubles pages : Alan Davies (2 à double page), Alfred Jensen (3 dont 1 à double page), SAM FRANCIS (6 dont 1 à double page), WALASSE TING (6 dont 2 à double page), James Rosenquist (1 à double page), Pierre ALECHINSKY (5 dont 2 à double page), Kimber Smith (6), Alfred Leslie (2), Antonio Saura (1 à double page), Kiki O.K. (1 à double page ), Asger JORN (2 à double page), ROBERT INDIANA (2 dont 1 à double page), Jean-Paul Riopelle (2 à double page), Karel APPEL (5 dont 2 à double page), Tom Wesselmann (2 à double page), Bram Van Velde (1 à double page), Joan MITCHELL (1 à double page), Allan Kaprow (1 à double page), ANDY WARHOL (1 à double page), ROBERT RAUCHENBERG (1 à double page), K.R.H. Sonderborg (1 à double page), ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1 à double page), Öyvind Fahlström (1 à double page), Reinhoud (1 à double page), CLAES OLDENBURG (2 à double page), JIM DINE (1 à double page), MEL RAMOS (2 dont 1 à double page) et Enrico Baj (2), poèmes de Walasse TING, imprimés en noir et en couleurs, certains en calligrammes, accompagnés de 22 reproductions d’œuvres de Roy Lichtenstein, Pierre Alechinsky, Gustave Mignot, Walasse Ting ou Paul Loyer. - UN DES 2000 EXEMPLAIRES NUMÉROTÉS AVEC LA SIGNATURE DE WALASSE TING IMPRIMÉE. Très bel exemplaire, en parfait état, tel que paru et complet. Couverture par Roy Lichtenstein et Pierre Alechinsky, jaquette, étui d'origine. Bibliographie : Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, pp. 208-209. - A. Coron, 50 livres illustrés depuis 1947, 1988, nº 32. Notes bibliographiques et historiques: Cette anthologie graphique et poétique a été mise en œuvre par l'éditeur bernois E.W. Kornfeld qui devait en assurer la diffusion et Sam Francis, qui en était l'editeur avec l'auteur Walasse Ting ; ils en partagèrent les frais. Le livre lui-même fut réalisé à Paris; les lithographies furent tirées chez Maurice Beaudet et la typographie par Georges Girard. Antoine Coron souligne le caractère de global book de “1¢ Life”, ses deux pôles étant New York, centre du pop art américain - une douzaine d'artistes se rattachent à ce mouvement - et Paris, mais un Paris peuplé d'Américains installés ou de passage, de Belges, de Néerlandais, de Danois... Dix nationalités sont représentées dans le livre où les seuls Français sont ses artisans imprimeurs. “1¢ Life” apparut comme le livre d'une génération de peintres américains et européens, dont certains (Walasse Ting et Sam Francis parmi les Américains) avaient vécu et s'étaient connus à Paris durant les années 50. [...] Livre de peintres par excellence, étonnant par la profusion de ses contributions graphiques, l'invention colorée de sa typographie, “1¢ Life”, comme “Poésie de mots inconnus”, fait tomber toute réticence face aux livres collectifs. Pourtant, à la différence du livre d’Iliazd, ce n’est pas la fermeté de sa construction qui en assure l’unité, mais la surprise que ménage le renouvellement constant de sa mise en pages (Antoine Coron). -- SHORT ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: A superb copy of Ting's collaborative masterpiece. The complete portfolio, comprising 62 lithographs, 59 printed in colors, 1964, from the regular edition is 2000, on regular wove paper, published by E.W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland, contained in the original illustrated hard-cover and blue cloth-covered slipcase. - “1¢ LIFE” includes 62 works by the following artists: Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Enrico Baj, Alan Davie, Jim Dine, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Sam Francis, Robert Indiana, Alfred Jensen, Asger Jorn, Allan Kaprow, Kiki O.K., Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Claes Oldenburg, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, Reinhoud, Jean-Paul Riopelle, James Rosenquist, Antonio Saura, Kimber Smith, K.R.H. Sonderborg, Walasse Ting, Bram van Velde, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann. - 62 LITHOGRAPHS, most in colour, including 29 on double pages: Alan Davies (2 double pages), Alfred Jensen (3 including 1 double page), SAM FRANCIS (6 including 1 double page), WALASSE TING (6 including 2 double-page), James Rosenquist (1 double-page), Pierre Alechinsky (5 including 2 double-page), Kimber Smith (6), Alfred Leslie (2), Antonio Saura (1 double-page), Kiki O.K. ( 1 double-page), Asger Jorn (2 double-page), ROBERT INDIANA (2 including 1 double-page), Jean-Paul Riopelle (2 double-page), Karel Appel (5 including 2 double-page), Tom Wesselmann (2 double-page), Bram Van Velde (1 double-page), Joan Mitchell (1 double-page), Allan Kaprow (1 double-page), ANDY WARHOL (1 double-page), ROBERT RAUCHENBERG (1 double-page page), K.R.H. Sonderborg (1 double page), ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1 double page), Öyvind Fahlström (1 double page), Reinhoud (1 double page), CLAES OLDENBURG (2 double page), JIM DINE (1 double page ), MEL RAMOS (2 including 1 double-page) and Enrico Baj (2), poems by Walasse Ting, printed in black and in color, some in calligrams, accompanied by 22 reproductions of works by Roy Lichtenstein, Pierre Alechinsky, Gustave Mignot, Walasse Ting or Paul Loyer. - ONE OF THE 2000 COPIES WITH WALASSE TING SIGNATURE PRINTED ON THE COLOPHON. Very beautiful, perfect copy, as published and complete. Cover by Roy Lichtenstein and Pierre Alechinsky, dust jacket, original slipcase. Literature: Riva Castleman, A Century of Artists Books, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1994, pp. 208-209. - A. Coron, 50 livres illustrés depuis 1947, 1988, nº 32.
2001021472W W Norton & Co Inc 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. #42 of only 250 copies of the signed limited edition. Bound in maroon cloth with marbled end papers and housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a photo of Paul McCartney on the front . W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover
19361511033MacMillan 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. May 1936 on copyright page. First issue dust jacket with book title in second column and original price of $3 on front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. MacMillan hardcover books
1936103Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. No edge wear with one very small tear at the top of dust jacket's right corner. SEE PICTURES- I have uploaded 8 pictures fro you to view ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall<i><b><br /><br />From Wiki:<br />Gone with the Wind</b></i> is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel<i>Gone with the Wind</i>. It was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming. Set in the American South against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era the film tells the story of Scarlett O'Hara the strong-willed daughter of a Georgia plantation owner from her romantic pursuit ofAshley Wilkes who is married to his cousin Melanie Hamilton to her marriage to Rhett Butler. The leading roles are portrayed by Vivien Leigh Scarlett Clark Gable Rhett Leslie Howard Ashley and Olivia de Havilland Melanie. Macmillan hardcover
141846N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 16 photographs seven double weight and ten single weight of rock performers circa the late 1960s and early 1970s. Struck by photographer Jim Marshall circa 1990s most with his stamp and manuscript identification number on the verso. <br /> <br /> Artists represented include Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones The Who Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Sly and the Family Stone Santana Jim Morrison Tina Turner The Allman Brothers Band including standalone shots of Duane Allman and others. The Santana photos are especially notable as the band already a live sensation is performing at Woodstock just ahead of the release their first album. <br /> <br /> As a photographer for both record labels and magazines such as "Rolling Stone" Jim Marshall was one of the most prolific and influential chronicles of rock music during the 1960s and 1970s. Among his most iconic photographs are images of Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at Monterey Pop Johnny Cash performing at San Quentin and The Beatles backstage at their final live concert at Candlestick Park. In 2014 he was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy the only photographer to be so honored. <br /> <br /> Photographs variously 5 x 7 inches and 8 x 10 inches. Fine overall. <br /> <br /> For details please inquire. N.p. unknown
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
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
1936327851New York: Macmillan 1936. Reprint. hardcover. very good/very good-. 6 1037 pages. Thick 8vo original gray cloth very lightly worn at extremes and spine just a touch sunned iconic d.w. un-clipped and largely intact but well-rubbed and with chipping at ends and folds. New York: Macmillan 1936. Later printing 16th dated Sept. 1936.<br/> <br/> A very good copy in a very good- dust wrapper -- Inscribed and dated by Mitchell on the front free endpaper: "Jean T. Beresford from Margaret Mitchell Atlanta Ga Oct. 9 1936"<br/> <br/> Macmillan unknown
185265704Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co 1852. Complete with seventy-three full colored maps one of which is double-paged color frontispiece vignette title-page and table of contents heightened in gilt. Folio 17 x 14 inches; 430 x 355 mm.<br> <br> Half red morocco over marbled boards. Front board with red morocco label lettered in gilt. Binding scuffed and bumped. Hinges professionally repaired. Some toning throughout mainly to blank versos of maps and margin edges only occasionally affecting the maps. Closed tear to front free endpaper. A few instances of foxing on maps mainly to map 51 "Holland and Belgium." A small dark spot in Buenos Ayres on map 44. A small piece scraped off of map 73 "Oceana" but not making a hole all the way through. Also a marginal closed tear to this map professionally repaired. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> This atlas was first published in 1846 by Mitchell & Sons after acquiring the rights to Tanner's New Universal Atlas in 1845. Mitchell & Sons reprinted it several times until 1850 when they sold the rights to Cowperthwait & Co. of Philadelphia who published it until 1856. During this time the atlas was further expanded and edited. Over half of this atlas deals with the Americas and features the double-page "A New Map of the United States of America." Within this map of the USA is a detailed inset of "The Gold Regions of California." The present edition is the first to show counties in California and New Mexico.<br> <br> Howes. Streeter.<br> <br> HBS 65704.<br> <br> $6500. Cowperthwait & Co unknown
19362961Atlanta: NP 1936. Letter. Very Good. LETTER WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY MARGARET MITCHELL DETAILING NAMING OF CLASSIC CHARACTER SCARLETT O’HARA. Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was published in the summer of 1936 to almost instantaneous success—reaching one million in sales by December at the unheard-of price of three dollars a monumental fee in an America still recovering from the Great Depression. Immediately the book polarized public debate. On one side were the critics: so-called ‘serious’ writers and high-brow detractors bemoaning as Nathaniel Hawthorne once put it “a damned mob of scribbling women†feeding “trash†to the public imagination. On the other side was a public deeply engaged with Mitchell’s powerful storytelling. As even Mitchell’s harshest critics admitted even if Gone With the Wind was not a great novel it did undoubtedly make the reader “weep at a deathbed†and “exult at a sudden rescue.†In an America still reeling from the Great Depression this escape was a much-needed one.<br /> <br /> Straight away Gone With the Wind’s protagonist Scarlett O’Hara confounded the public. Psychoanalytic journals and public psychiatrists concluded that “America’s new princess was a ‘partial psychopath’ and a person of ‘inward hollowness.’†Mitchell was amused and excited by the public’s response although at times frustrated by the press’s questions. When asked by a Vogue reporter to analyze Scarlett O’Hara in terms of her ‘modernity’ Mitchell responded by asking the reporter if they thought “hard-headed women only came to life in the 1930s Why don’t they read the Old Testamentâ€<br /> <br /> Some argued that Scarlett O’Hara served as a symbol of new and changing gender roles. A 1939 Reader’s Digest poll found that O’Hara’s primary appeal lay in her position as “the master of her world rather than its victim.†A 1957 survey of high school girls found that three-quarters of respondents identified themselves as Scarlett over any other character in the book. In this way many young women in the mid-20th century saw Scarlett O’Hara as a symbol of the bold women they might want to be—a character defined by as the novel’s dust jacket put it her identity as “a loyal friend and true gentlewoman.â€<br /> <br /> This is a letter postmarked January 5th 1937 only seven months after the original publication of Gone With the Wind during the crucial period in which the public discussed analyzed and fought over who Scarlett O’Hara was—and what she might represent. In this letter Mitchell responds to a fan named Miss Gay Scarlett asking about the origin of the name Scarlett O’Hara.<br /> <br /> In response to this question Mitchell expresses concern regarding the naming of her character—claiming she “didn’t wish to embarrass any present owners of the name†although she wished to convey to Miss Gay Scarlett that her full “name is so pretty that I wish I had thought of it for it would make a wonderful name for a character in a book.†It is quite unique that Mitchell expresses fear of embarrassing someone with the last name Scarlett rather than O’Hara demonstrating the intense care Mitchell put into her writing researching individuals with the first and last name Scarlett before naming her characters. Mitchell also shows her sensitivity towards the concerns of her reader responding to their questions with kindness and interest.<br /> <br /> As part of an America searching for themselves in Scarlett O’Hara the letter writer Miss Scarlett looked for a deeper understanding of her own name by prodding Margaret Mitchell on her character’s identity. Even as Gone With the Wind’s critics derided the book as empty Miss Scarlett’s letter shows the intense meaning imbued in every aspect of the book by a deeply interested American public.<br /> <br /> The text reads in full:<br /> <br /> “Atlanta Georgia<br /> January 4 1936 but actually 1937<br /> <br /> Dear Miss Scarlett:<br /> <br /> I have been away from town for a month and received no letters during my absence so I am just now finishing your letter.<br /> <br /> Your name is so pretty that I wish I had thought of it for it would make a wonderful name for a character in a book. As to where I got the name Scarlett — that is a long story. Scarlett was not originally her name and when I found it necessary to change her name I decided I wanted a two-syllable “family†name. I wanted a Georgia name too but not a name ever borne by a family living in Clayton County. I didn’t wish to embarrass any present owners of the name who might be living now in this section of Georgia. The name Scarlett is a very well known and old name in our coast section near Savannah and Brunswick. After considering hundreds of names I chose it as I couldn’t find in the records of Clayton County that any family named Scarlett had ever lived there. It may interest you to know that the Scarlett family is a prominent one in Maryland.<br /> <br /> Sincerely<br /> <br /> signed Margaret Mitchell<br /> <br /> printed Margaret Mitchell†<br /> <br /> Atlanta: np 1936. One page on one sheet 7.25 x 11 in of Mitchell's letterhead with her name printed in blue at top left. With original envelope postmarked Jan 5 1937 from Atlanta and with Mitchell's address on back. Letter with usual folds a few spots around folds but generally very good with signature particularly dark. Envelope with significant toning. Housed is custom presentation folder. <br /> <br /> References<br /> -Pierpont Claudia Roth. “A Critic at Large: A Study in Scarlett.†The New Yorker August 31 <br /> 1992 p. 87. NP unknown
