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19471331124New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine brown illustrated yellow and grey print; DJ in mylar small tears at spine ends and flap corners wear to hinges and edges small blemishes on rear small label on spine; Boards in brown cloth with gold print mild wear to corners and spine caps else clean and strong; Text block has lightly shaken binding mild age-toning to paper clean text; 312 pages. <br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1331124. FP New Rockville Stock. The Viking Press hardcover books
1958291884Whittier CA 1958. unbound. very good. A collection of three T.L.S.'s 4to. 1 page each May 1958 Whittier CA to American comedian and radio talk-show hose Oscar Levant providing him with a series of short continuity sound-bites and anecdotes to be used on his radio show in very small part: ".The Russians are beaming a special Radio Moscow to the sailors and Marines of the Sixth Fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean. The disc jockey is a dulcet-voiced lady a la Tokyo Rose whom our lads call. Moscow Molly. That's the news part of the letter. Culturally matters are otherwise. Do you think they are beaming Van Cliburn as he knocks off Pathetique in that racy style You are wrong. Moscow Molly is a Rock-and-Roll addict and she also sends them such bourgeois gems as Louis Armstrong the Four Freshmen. and others. Moscow Molly even has the latest Rock-and-Roll sensation Splish-Splash which a lad aboard the Guided Missile Cruiser Boston tells me. In Marine lingo is a real tough platter." "I wish to thank the North Hollywood chapter the richest Parish in the Communist Party for sending the Kremlin such excellent platters which are in turn enjoyed bby our fleet." "When is Ira Gershwin going to do a real stint for you That will be the night! Perhaps his finest flair was shown in his ability to work with a shy poet like Dubose Hayward and come up with such things as 'A Woman is a Sometime Thing' and the really lovely lyrics to 'Summertime.'" All three letters are in fine condition.<br/><br/> American playwright and screenwriter best remembered for his collaboration with Maxwell Anderson on the 1924 play 'What Price Glory'.<br/><br/> unknown books
192032189San Francisco: Printed for John Howell by John Henry Nash 1920. Folio. 2 volumes. Original publisher's olive green linen-backed marbled boards with printed title label to spines. <br/><br/>Signed by both Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn below limitation statement of each volume.<br/><br/>Volume I: 1f. recto signed limitation statement verso blank 1f. recto blank verso tipped-in reproduction colour portrait of St. Denis by Max Wieczorek within decorative border 1f. recto title in red and black within decorative border verso copyright 1f. recto contents verso blank v-vii "Some Reasons for the Making of this Book" i blank 1 half-title 2 blank 3-107 i blank. With fine decorative headpieces to head of each chapter by W.F. Rauschnabel. <br/><br/>Volume II: 1f. recto signed limitation statement verso blank 1f. recto blank verso tipped-in reproduction colour portrait of St. Denis in The Peacock Dance from a painting by Robert Henri 1f. recto title in red and black within decorative border verso copyright i-v "A Complete List of Plates with Notes" i blank i half-title followed by 64 black-and-white illustrative plates tipped-in to rectos with identification to facing page.<br/><br/>Outer and lower edges untrimmed.<br/><br/>From the library of noted dance collector Leslie Getz 1945-2019 wife of important dance critic Don McDonagh 1932-2019.<br/><br/>Bindings very slightly worn and soiled; spine bumped at head. Very occasional minor signs of wear; annotations in pencil to pastedown of Volume I. A very nice copy overall. First Edition. Limited to 350 copies on handmade Italian Etruruia paper this copy unnumbered. Derra de Moroda 2321. Magriel p. 37. Not in Niles & Leslie.<br/><br/>St. Denis a pioneer of modern dance in America was along with Isadora Duncan one of the most important figures in early 20th century American dance. <br/><br/>"In 1915 St Denis and her dance partner Ted Shawn 1891-1972 - a successful propagandist against the misconception that dancing was an effeminate career for men - formed a school known from 1917 as Denishawn which produced most of the next generation of American modern dancers. Prominent among them were Doris Humphrey who devised means of teaching the art of choreography Charles Weidman who pioneered specifically American themes and Martha Graham 1894-1991." Rebecca Harris-Warrick Noël Goodwin and John Percival in Ballet in Grove Music Online.<br/><br/>A handsome example of early 20th century American book design. Printed for John Howell by John Henry Nash unknown books
19512550631951. unbound. 7.5 x 9.75-inch photo of St. Denis dancing outdoors in a large flowing costume -- no place no date but signed with the number "151" perhaps indicating it is from 1951. Faint creasing at the edges of the photo but still in very good condition. Matted in white and set in a black wooden frame measuring 13 x 15.25 inches.<br/><br/> Modern dance pioneer and teacher who co-founded the American Denishawn School of Dance.<br/><br/> unknown books
193348411Las Angeles West Branch California: Published by the Author 1933. 1st edition Ahouse A49. Orange cloth binding stamped in black. No dust jacket. Pamphlet Nr Fine. Book square & tight with modest wear & soiling. A bit of age-toning to paper. Pencil pos F. Capra to ffep. Withal a VG copy. xviii 377 1 advert pp. Laid-in pamphlet unpaginated though 8 pp. Frontispiece of Fox. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by the Author hardcover books
193448494New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1934. 1st US Edition Ahouse A53b. Red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Buff paper dust jacket printed in red & dark brown $2.50 price. Modest shelfwear top edge dusty Very Good. Some wear age-toning & soiling to jacket Very Good. 328 pp including Index. Bound with the UK sheets. 12mo. <br/><br/> Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover books
196348335New York: Lyle Stuart 1963. New Edition Revised & Edited. Original publisher's orange cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Reddish-orange topstain. White dust jacket. Square & tight a VG copy in a VG jacket which shows a hint of soiling. 638 2 blank pp. Adverts last 5 pages. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> Lyle Stuart hardcover books
192028166.1Pasadena: Published by the Author 1920. 1st pb edition Ahouse A27a; Baird & Greenwood 2268. Buff printed wrappers. Age-toning. Faint stain to upper left of front cover. A solid VG copy. 329 7 pp. No printed note. 5 pp of adverts at rear. Printed on kraft paper. 12mo. 6-13/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>Per B & G the work "based on the Mooney-Billings case otherwise known as The Preparedness Day Parade Bombing San Francisco July 22 1916. Both Mooney and Billings were convicted Sinclair felt unjustly and when he ran for Governor of California in 1934 he pledged to pardon both men if elected." Published by the Author paperback books
192548540Pasadena: Published by the Author 1925. 1st edition Ahouse A36a. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering & front board stamped with black lettering & pictorial. No dust jacket. Square & tight. Modest wear. Gilt bright. Withal a VG - Nr Fine copy. vi 390 2 advert pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by the Author hardcover books
193948493Pasadena: Upton Sinclair 1939. 1st Edition Sinclair issue Ahouse A66b. Green cloth binding with "Vanguard" stamped at base of spine. Green paper dust jacket printed in black. Spine panel quite sunned a bit cocked general wear an About VG book in a worn & stained dust jacket Good. 200 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Upton Sinclair hardcover books
192417828.1Pasadena: Upton Sinclair 1924. 1st edition Ahouse A32a. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering & front board stamped with black lettering & pictorial. No dust jacket. Square & tight. Modest wear. Few spots to top edge. Withal a VG copy. x 454 8 pp including index. 7 pp of adverts @ rear. Frontis by Art Young. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>"The Goslings proceeds around the country as The Goose-Step had done- to much the same effect pointing up the ways in which teachers are muzzled and school boards bought." Ahouse. Upton Sinclair hardcover books
190848492.1New York: Moffat Yard & Company 1908. 1st Edition Ahouse A11. Original publisher's olive-green cloth binding with black & white stamping. No dust jacket. General wear spine panel lettering slightly faded. A VG copy. 6 376 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/> Moffat, Yard & Company hardcover books
190748542New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907. 1st edition Ahouse A10.a. Grey-green cloth binding with white & gilt stamping to front board gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Modset wear a VG - VG copy. 6 90 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday Page & Company hardcover books
191848333Pasadena: Published by the Author 1918. 2nd printing Ahouse A24n. Off-white printed wrappers. A bit cocked. Wear & soiling to covers. A Good copy. 315 5 pp. Printed note p. 157. 5 pp of adverts at rear. Printer's ornament to t.p. 12mo. 6-13/16" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Published by the Author unknown books
192248505London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1922. "New Edition" and the 1st UK edition Ahouse A29d. Red cloth binding with black stamping. White paper dust jacket with color pictorial front panel. VG offset to eps/VG usual bit of edgewear/chip at top of spine panel. 222 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>A Tale of the Second Coming. T. Werner Laurie Ltd hardcover books
194830840Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications 1948. 1st edition Ahouse A81b. Also published with Sinclair's imprint; per Ahouse "No priority established. Stiff-stock green printed wrappers stapled. VG some age toning. 52 4 pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Adverts illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> Haldeman-Julius Publications unknown books
192424017Pasadena CA: Published by the Author 1924. 1st edition Ahouse A35a. Printed wrappers stapled. VG some age toning. 95 1 pp. Advert last page. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/> Published by the Author unknown books
192229231Station A Pasadena California 1922. Early reprint ca 1923. Printed wrappers. VG cocked/some minor wear & soiling. 225 1 pp. 12mo. 7-5/16" x 5" <br/><br/> unknown books
193370581New York 1933. Very good. A single page manuscript letter on Hotel Algonquin stationary dated September 30 1933. There is a little toning and wear and a staple has been removed from above the printed header otherwise in very good condition. In the letter addressed to "My dear President Roosevelt" Sinclair declares his plan to "contest at the primaries the Democratic nomination for Governor upon a program to 'end poverty in California'" and asks whether he and his wife could meet with the Roosevelts to discuss the matter further. It was written only a few weeks after Sinclair visited Roosevelt at Hyde Park where an economic summit was held over the Labor Day weekend. Upton Sinclair's 1934 California gubernatorial campaign is regarded as a watershed moment in American politics. Following two previous unsuccessful attempts at running for the governorship of California as a member of the Socialist Party the muckraking author of The Jungle 1906 had been encouraged by the election of Roosevelt in 1932 to change his affiliation to the Democrats in September 1933. In his book "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics" 1992 Greg Mitchell writes "Sinclair's candidacy challenged perplexed and ultimately embarrassed Franklin Roosevelt. The muckraker emerged as a political messiah at a tender hour for the White House. After an auspicious start the New Deal was foundering. Progressives implored FDR to move to the left businessmen and bankers exerted pressure on the right. Sinclair put the profoundly ambivalent President on the spot: if he endorsed his party's candidate in California FDR's critics would accuse him of supporting socialism; if he didn't some of his friends might call him a coward." In the context of the Great Depression the "End Poverty in California" movement formed the basis of Sinclair's campaign calling for a large-scale public works program and reforms to taxes and pensions - a vision he laid out in "I Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future" 1933. Theodore Dreiser called it "the most impressive political phenomenon that America yet produced" while the New York Times described it as "the first serious movement against the profit system in the United States." Sinclair's campaign gained widespread support and formed his most successful attempt at elected office gaining nearly 38% of the vote. Vociferously opposed by Hollywood studio bosses the coalition of forces against Sinclair was one of the first to employ modern methods of political campaigning typified by the use of external media and publicity consultants. Ultimately abandoned by Roosevelt and defeated by Frank Merriam his Republican rival he recorded his experiences in "I Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked" 1935. Despite his defeat Sinclair recorded twice as many votes as any previous Democratic candidate for governor in California. As Mitchell notes "Roosevelt may have revived the Democratic party in the state in 1932 but it was EPIC that established it as a progressive force." It also exerted profound influence on Roosevelt who drew on EPIC's income and corporate tax structures to support his New Deal programs. Even Merriam as governor took some of Sinclair's tax and pension ideas confirming the liberal-leftist ideology as a significant force in California politics. unknown books
1930284932Pasadena 1930. unbound. very good. T.L.S. 4to. 1 page personal letterhead Pasadena California March 18 1930 responding to a letter from artist Max Reynolds in full: "I have your courteous letter and in reply beg to say that I consider we are living in the greatest period of American literature" Sinclair originally signed this letter with his usual "U. Sinclair" he then decided to personalize it by crossing out the "U" and writing his full first name "Upton". Fine condition.<br/><br/> American writer journalist political activist and politician best remembered for his classic historical novel 'The Jungle'.<br/><br/> unknown books
1932284940Pasadena 1932. unbound. very good. T.L.S. with the addition of two holographic words oblong 8vo. 1 page personal letterhead Pasadena California May 15 1932 to fellow writer Herbert Hartwell Loan extending an invitation in full: "Would you have time to run over to Pasadena and have dinner with us some evening I will suggest Friday evening as a guess and if that it not convenient you set another day as I have no engagements ahead of me. We live in a sort of picnic fashion and so when we have friends to dinner we always go out somewhere as it will be better for the guest." Condition: some frays along the top half of the right-hand margin which affects a single letter. Also minor foxing at the lower left-hand margin.<br/><br/> American writer journalist political activist and politician best remembered for his classic historical novel The Jungle.<br/><br/> unknown books
191748546New York: The Macmillan Company 1917. 1st edition Ahouse A23a. Original publisher black cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. General wear with backstrip sunned. A VG copy. xi 1 blank 396 12 pp. 9 pages of adverts follow text. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1962203976Monrovia California 1962. unbound. 1 page on personal stationery 5.5 x 8.5 inches Monrovia California January 26 1962 -- a thank-you letter to the prominent writer and law professor Howard Meyer in full: "Dear Mr. Meyer: Thank you for your letter and for 'Crisis' first copy I've seen. I am glad to have my book remembered. But it's not my first but third. Yes Higginson gave me much data and introduced me to Julia Ward Howe. Sincerely Upton Sinclair." Two vertical folds; very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
191948545Pasadena: Upton Sinclair 1919. 1st edition author issue Ahouse A25b. Original publisher red cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. Slight lean. General wear with backstrip darkened. Age-toning to eps. A VG copy. v 1 blank 282 2 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5" <br/><br/> Upton Sinclair hardcover books
192048164.1Pasadena: Published by the Author 1920. 2nd edition. Cf. Ahouse A26. Tan cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. General wear & soiling with a slight cock. Spine dull. Pencil poi to ffep. A VG copy. 445 3 pp. Crown 8vo. <br/><br/>In this work Sinclair makes "a systematic and incriminating critique of the severe limitations of the 'free press' in the United States. Among the topics covered is the use of yellow journalism techniques created by William Randolph Hearst. Sinclair called The Brass Check 'the most important and most dangerous book I have ever written.'" Wiki <br /> <br />"Frank Harris was an Irish-American editor novelist short story writer journalist and publisher who was friendly with many well-known figures of his day. Though he attracted much attention during his life for his irascible aggressive personality editorship of famous periodicals and friendship with the talented and famous he is remembered mainly for his multiple-volume memoir My Life and Loves which was banned in countries around the world for its sexual explicitness." <br /> <br />And in this volume Sinclair in his inscription gives a nod to Harris' periodicals. "with gratitude for one magazine per month!" Published by the Author hardcover books
