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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
19441268343Garden City New York: Blue Ribbon Books 1944. 8vo. 253pp.; G/none; spine faded brown cloth with brown lettering; general shelfwear head and tail of spine chipped off; INSCRIBED by Joseph Mitchell on ffep; slight age-toning to page edges; shelved case 1. 1268343. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Blue Ribbon Books unknown books
191881755New York: Joint Centenary Committee Methodist Episcopal Church 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. 96p. Original cloth-backed boards. 15cm. Light cover rubbing and wear. Browning on title label. No Jacket. Internally this is a facsimile reprint of the 1827 first edition. <br/><br/> Joint Centenary Committee, Methodist Episcopal Church 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
1938135861New York: Sheridan House 1938. Octavo two inserted plates original green cloth stamped in black top edge stained black. First edition. The author's first book a collection of reportage and articles published in the NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE and THE NEW YORKER. A very good copy. #135861 Sheridan House unknown books
1948140938273New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1948. First Edition. First edition. xii 111 pp. Very Good with a single red underline to one word "elixir" and Good dust jacket with price clipped new price of $1.00 stamped on front flap chipped at extremities with tape reinforcements to verso spine sunned. Duell, Sloan and Pearce unknown books
003204Duell Sloan and Pearce. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition 1948. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. Book near fine except for slight staining on boards and spine slight wear at spine ends and corners slight discoloration on front end-papers. DJ very good with small piece missing at top of spine some chipping at corners and tail of spine small tear 1/2 " long on top of back tiny hole on spine two small tears at top of front slight staining on back. In specially made slipcase. Duell, Sloan, and Pearce hardcover books
19480105302Duell Sloan and Pearce 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in New York by Duell Sloan and Pearce in 1948. First Edition stated on copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Three stories of New York and New Yorkers that originally appeared in The New Yorker magazine during the war. Book very good paper slightly damaged on rear free endpaper. DJ very good 1.5" tear at top edge of rear panel. DJ price is $2.00. Book comes in specially made slipcase. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover books
194868600NY: Duell Sloan and Pearce. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Faded along the spine gift inscription on front free endpaper else very good in red cloth. No dust jacket. . Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover books
1948WN58820New York: Duell Sloan & PearceInc. 1948. Original red cloth with slight fade at top and foot of spine. Dust jacket missing pieces at top and foot of spine corners and small bits on top edge. Signed by author on ffep. These stories appeared first in the New Yorker in 1944 and 1945 but have been "revised and amplified.for this book." As the author says he "wanted these stories to be truthful rather than factual but they are solidly based on facts." In other words typical Joseph Mitchell style. An increasingly scarce first edition particularly signed. Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Trade. Duell, Sloan & Pearce,Inc. Hardcover books
19485398N. Y.: Duell Sloan & Pearce 1948. First edition. Signed by Mitchell on the front free endpaper. Fine copy in a trifle dust-soiled jacket with a short pen mark on front panel. 8vo red cloth pictorial dust jacket by Immerman. Fine copy in a trifle dust-soiled jacket with a short pen mark on front panel. Duell, Sloan & Pearce unknown books
1948293086New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with shallow chipping and some foxing on the rear panel. Three interconnected articles about the Fulton Fish market and its denizens that appeared originally in The New Yorker. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover books
194458815New York: The New Yorker 1944. First separate edition originally appeared in the January 1944 issue of The New Yorker. 8vo. 9 pp. printed double-column. A native of eastern North Carolina Mitchell 1908-1996 wrote similar sketches for The New Yorker for decades 1930s-1960s continuing to go to his office every day until near his death though publishing in the periodical nothing of significance after 1965. Cover title: "The Mayor of the Fish Market a Profile." Not in Thornton. OCLC locates one copy New York State Library. Very good. Original decorated tan wrappers rubbed stapled. #5909. <br/><br/> The New Yorker unknown books
19613593London: Chatto & Windus 1961. Octavo 243 pages. FIRST UK EDITION. The third book by the great New Yorker writer a classic study of New York's waterfront and fish markets with an emphasis on the bounty of the bottom of the harbor oysters. Contains the story "Up in the Old Hotel" which later became the title of Mitchell's collected short works. A source for Mark Kurlansky's The Big Oyster. A personal favorite. near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket but for a single small stain to the rear panel. Chatto & Windus unknown books
195910971Boston: Little Brown & Co 1959. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper: "for Daise Terry with love Joe Mitchell June 9 1960". Daisy Terry was the office manager at the New Yorker where Mitchell was employed as a staff writer for most of his career; he continued to appear at the office daily until the end of his life though in his last years he appears to have written nothing at all. This is Mitchell's third book containing the story "Up at the Old Hotel" which would serve as the title piece of his collected works issued by Pantheon in 1992. A tiny nick to the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy in a slightly rubbed & chipped jacket. 8vo boards dust jacket. A tiny nick to the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy in a slightly rubbed & chipped jacket. Little Brown & Co unknown books
19591328470New York: Little Brown and Company 1959. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 243 pages; VG/G; in dark green dust jacket dark green spine with white titling; mild rubbing and wear particularly to spine including chips missing to head and tail of spine small chips and tears; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$3.95';<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Inscribed on the ffep by Joseph Mitchell "To Rachel MacKenzie / with love / Joe Mitchell / November 11 1974";<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> JM consignment;. Case 3. Rachel MacKenzie was a fiction editor at The New Yorker from 1956 through 1979. Known for nurturing the careers of such literary giants as Isaac Bashevis Singer and Saul Bellow she also had a correspondence with Muriel Spark and encouraged her to submit to the New Yorker.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Charles McGrath former writer and editor for The New Yorker writes "MacKenzie was a bluestocking a former college professor who had a discerning eye for talent she more or less discovered Isaac Singer and was a supporter of the young Philip Roth."<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> Joseph Mitchell was an American writer best known for his works of creative nonfiction he published in The New Yorker. His work primarily consists of character studies where he used detailed portraits of people and events to highlight the commonplace of the world especially in and around New York City. 1328470. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
19619004965London: Chatto & Windus 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original yellow cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19929013042New York: Pantheon 1992. paperback. Fine Condition. One of 1000 copies printed especially for the holiday season of 1992. Pamphlet bound in publisher's original stapled wrappers with a black-and-white illustration on the front cover. <br/><br/> Pantheon paperback books
191874093New York: Joint Centenary Committee Methodist Episcopal Church 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 96p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 15cm. Jacket has substantial chipping at head of backstrip and along top edge. A facsimile reprint of the 1827 first edition. <br/><br/> Joint Centenary Committee, Methodist Episcopal Church hardcover books
19921316479New York: Pantheon Books 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 718; VG-/VG; black/white pictorial spine with black and white text; Up in the Old Hotel and other stories; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; mylar wraps; cloth shows light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has only light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; deckled fore edge. 1316479. FP New Rockville Stock. Pantheon Books hardcover books
19921701205Pantheon 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. The uncorrected page proof of the first edition an important collection of this New Yorker magazine reporter; according to many the best who ever worked there. Very good in wrappers. Pantheon unknown books
1992ESB04009New York: Pantheon 1992. First edition. Paperback. A near fine copy. Proof copy. From the writer many consider to be the best reporter in the history of The New Yorker here is a book that brings together his best work. Saloon-keepers and street preachers gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks a bearded lady and a 93-year-old "seafoodetarian" who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley's Wonderful Saloon Old Mr. Flood The Bottom of the Harbor and Joe Gould's Secret—that are still renowned for their precise respectful observation their graveyard humor and their offhand perfection of style. In printed wrappers with the hint of a corner bump to bottom front corner. <br/><br/> Pantheon paperback books
20192009200Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019. signed limited. as new. Signed Limited Edition. As new unread copy of Limited Slipcase Edition first printing. Signed by Joni Mitchell. Still in shrinkwrap. Small bump at one corner of slipcase. Includes reproductions of hand-written lyrics Joni's drawings and two prints suitable for framing. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt unknown books
190551769Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons 1905. Thick 8vo pp. xlvi 2 441 3; photogravure frontispiece; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt; bookplate on front pastedown endpapers and edges foxed covers a bit soiled else very good. <br/><br/> James Maclehose and Sons hardcover books
2010UMITMOU00afJohn L. Mitchell 2010. Very Good. Mitchell John L. Mountain Rabbit: Whither Goest Thou. NP: John L. Mitchell 2010. 158pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gift inscription on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Tiny closed tear in rear panel near head of spine. John L. Mitchell hardcover books
