IN THE CLEARING
by Frost, Robert. (Hubbard, Earl)
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. Ownership copy of Frost friend and artist Earl Hubbard (1924-2003) and his wife Barbara with their names, dated March 1962, Lakeville (CT) in Hubbard's hand in the upper right corner of the ffe. Affixed to the ffe is "The Prophets Really Prophecy as Mystics The Commentators Merely Statistics",... Read More
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A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
by (Frost, Robert). Saroyan, William
NY: House of Books, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Frost's ownership copy, and one of 26 lettered copies. First edition, limited to 250 copies; 26 copies lettered A -Z were published for private distribution. Colophon states Number 7 the House of Books' Crown Octavo Series, printed at The Golden Eagle Press of Mount Vernon, NY. Yellow cloth... Read More
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ROBERT FROST and LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, 'HIGH SCHOOL BULLETIN' The Beginning of a Literary Career
by (Frost, Robert). Lathem, Edward Connery; Thompson, Lawrence
NY: The Grolier Club, 1966. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. As New. 1200 copies, printed boards, half cloth (spine). This copy apparently unused, and, of an unknown number, boxed in a slipcase of blue cloth. A handsome presenation.
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Archive of 12 National, School and College Paper Articles About or By Robert Frost from 1958 - 1963
by (Frost, Robert)
Hardcover. Very Good. A dozen articlles from literary or school and uiniversity publications about - and in one case by - Robert Frost, hole-punched into three ring binder, compliekd by Harold Corbin, once head of school at Lake Forest Academy (Illinois) and friend to and collector orf Robert Frost. Articles from: Saturrday Review 4/12/58 (by John Ciardi); Saturday... Read More
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Kitty Hawk 1894 (Frost Christmas card 1956)
by Frost, Robert
NY: The Spiral Press, 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Frasconi, Antonio (woodcuts by). This imprint for Edward T. Riggs, Holt CEO. Fine condition.
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DOES NO ONE BUT ME AT ALL EVER FEEL THIS WAY IN THE LEAST (Frost Christmas card 1952)
by Frost, Robert
NY: The Spiral Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Cook, Howard (drawings by). This imprint for William E. Buckley. Fine condition.
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ROBERT FROST 100
by (Frost, Robert). Latham, Edward Connery (compiled by). Blumenthal, Joseph (designed by)
Boston: David R Godine, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. Centennial publication honoring Robert Frost listing, with commentary, 100 of Frost's publications that made up the exhibition on the anniversary of Frost's birth. Book designed by Joe Blumenthal, who designed many of Frost's books, including his earliest, and Frost's annual Christmas cards (among books for many others... Read More
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PROSE JOTTINGS OF ROBERT FROST: Selections from His Notebooks and Miscellaneous Manuscripts
by Frost, Robert. (Lathaem, Edward Connery). (Morrison, Kathleen Johnston)
Lunenberg, VT: Northeast-Kingdom Publishers, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. Limited to 1600 copies. Letterpress and binding by The Stinehour Press." An as new copy in publisher's cloth-covered slipcase, still shrink-wrapped.
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MY OBJECTION TO BEING STEPPED ON (Frost Christmas card 1957)
by Frost, Robert
NY: The Spiral Press, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Baskin, Leanard (woodcuts by). This imprint for Edward T. Rigg, Holt CEO. Fine condition.
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THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH
by Fry, Christopher
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed on the title page by Fry to Marlene Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva. Better than very good book in unclipped, soiled dustjacket.
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Distant Relations
by Fuentes, Carlos
NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Soild, clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates - in sparkling unclipped dw. WHY PAY MORE FOR LESS?
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DIMETOS AND TWO EARLY PLAYS
by Fugard, Athol
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977. 1st trade paperback edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Apparently unread copy, leaves toned. SIGNED by Fugard on the title page.
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Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World
by Fulbeck, Kip. Kitamura, Takahiro
Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. As new copy. TATTOO ART.
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THE GOSPEL WORTHY OF ALL ACCEPTATION; OR, THE DUTY OF SINNERS TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST
by Fuller, A.
Otsego (NY): Printed by H. and E. Phinney, Jun and Sold by Them at Theor Bookstore, 1809. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, original mottled calf, black leather label spine, 180 pages, with a new preface to this, the second edition. Solid binding, leaves toned.
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THE MODERN WOODCUT: A STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE CRAFT
by Furst, Herbert
London: The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Buckram cloth, black-stamped vignette and titles, with over 200 illustrations in b&w, and 16 color plates. Very good copy.
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Original Engraving and Etching: An Appreciation
by Furst, Herbert
London: T Nelson & Sons, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt pressed lettering and decorations front panel and spine. Corners slightly bumped. Erratum and addendum notice.
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FAIRIES AND CHIMNEYS (and) THE FAIRY GREEN
by Fyleman, Rose
London: Metheun & Co, 1919. Early Ediitions. Hardcover. Near Fine. A nice pairing of Fairies and Chimneys (sixth edition 1920 after the first 1918) and its sequel Fairy Green (fourth edition 1921 after the fisrt 1919) both in uniform, binding and near fine condition, in light blue and light red cloth, with same decorative surround to title. Charming.... Read More
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IRAN AND THE WEST: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY
by Gahni, Cyrus. (FitzGerald, Frances)
London: Kegan Paul International, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by author Cyrus Ghani (1929 - 2015), Iranian-born academic, lawyer, Iranian studies scholar, and film critic to Pulitzer Prize- winning author Frances FitzGerald in the year of publication. Thick 8vo, cloth hardback in dustjacket, 967pp.
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THE CULTURE OF CONTENTMENT
by Galbraith, John Kenneth. (FitzGerald, Frances
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. No other American economist than Galbraith (1908 - 2006) influenced liberal public policy post WWII more. Inscribed by him on the ffe to 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner ("Fire in the Lake") Frances Fitzgerald (b1940): "For Frankie with love John G 1992
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A LOT OF CAT BOOKS (32 titles)
by Gallico, Paul et al.
variios: various 0. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A lot of 32 cat books, mostly form 1950s-1990, most with dustjackets (a few without), each in very good or better condition, all with a topic, theme or main character of cat in a bunch of fiction genres - childrens / juvenile, mystery, illustrtated, humor, pgotography, etc. (Not zoological or scientific).... Read More
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An Academy for Grown Horsemen, Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling
by GAMBADO, Geoffrey (William Henry Bunbury). Ross, Gordon (artist)
NY: William Rudge, 1929. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine, reprint, de-luxe edition, #8 of 100 copies, printed by William Rudge with a signed, hand-colored plate by Gordon Ross. Some light foxing in front and rear otherwise as new, brown, full leather, in publisher's wrapper and slipcase covered in same as wrapper. Lovely gift copy.... Read More
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Birthdays from the Ocean
by Gardner, Isabella
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Fine in unclipped near fine dw. Warmly imscribed and dated 1956 by Gradner on ffe.
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THE JUNIOR PLATTSBURG MANUAL
by Garey, E. B. and Ellis, O. O.
NY: The Century Co, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Beige cloth covers, pictorial stamped in blue and brown and American flag in red, white and blue, most of white stripes worn away, else quiet nice, as are internals, 8vo, 299p, 250 illustrations of all manner of US military instruction, with infantry in WWI uniforms.
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WILLIAM BLAKE PAINTER AND POET
by Garnett, Richard. (Spingarn Joel Elias)
London: Seeley and Co, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, custom bound in blue pebbled cloth, gilt titles to spine darkened, 80p, illustrated in color. Newspaper clipping of book review mounted to rear pastedown reveals this a monograph from the October 1895 issue of PORTFOLIO published by Macmillan. Student copy owned by American educator, literary critic, civil... Read More
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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND BOOKS TO US FILM DIRECTOR TAY GARNETT FROM TRUFFAUT, KAZAN, et al.
by (Garnett, Tay). (Luis Bunuel, Francois Truffaut, Willaim Wyler, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan, et al0
various: various 0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tay Garnett (1894-1977) was one of the great American film directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. His six-decade career spanned silents for Mack Sennett, Hal Roach and Pathé, to major studio blockbusters like China Seas (1935), Mrs. Parkington (1944), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949), and the MGM... Read More
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