SIGNATURE
by DOUGLASS, Frederick
1878. Framed Autograph. Fine and attractively presented. A fine AUTOGRAPH dated 1878 with the added notation "Yours very truly" by this great American. Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 8" x 6".
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NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by DOUGLASS, Frederick
Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. First Edition. Wraps. Foxing to portrait and title page, text generally clean. Small tears to rear endpaper, soiling to recto of frontispiece. Very Good and rare in this format. Stitched wraps. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Douglass. xvi, 125 pages. Preface by William Lloyd Garrison and printing a letter by Wendell Phillips. Douglass's... Read More
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SOME LIMERICKS Collected for the Use of Students & Ensplendour'd with Introduction, Geographical Index and with Notes Explanatory and Critical
by DOUGLAS, Norman
n.p.: Privately Printed, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Small, neat owner name on front pastedown. Light rubbing to spine. Near Fine. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 9-7/8") bound in publisher's brown cloth; 97 pages. A compilation of choice, often bawdy limericks. One of 750 copies, this not numbered.
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SOUTH WIND
by DOUGLAS, Norman
[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1932]. hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown, still Fine in a Fine slipcase. Carlotta Petrina. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in full natural coarse linen with a leather label on the spine. Designed by Elmer Adler. Illustrated with drawings by Carlotta Petrina. Copy #1208 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.... Read More
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THE ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS"
by DOVE, Rita
[Minneapolis]: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1990. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. Handset 11" x 15" broadside attractively printed in red and black. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the former United States Poet Laureate.
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THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF AMERICA; OR, THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD, OF FRUIT TREES GENERALLY; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, NATIVE AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY
by DOWNING, A[ndrew] J[ackson]
New York: John Wiley, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. The text is lightly to moderately foxed throughout, a bit less so to the color plates. Paper split to the front hinge but the covers are very tight. Rebacked with most of the original spine laid down. Very Good. Quarto in 6s (6" x 9-3-16") bound in contemporary half morocco... Read More
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan
London: George Newnes Limited, 1892 and 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. The ADVENTURES has a previous owner's name in ink dated 1892 on the front endpaper, scattered light foxing, hinges cracked with the front cover a little loose and a couple of places in the text where there is some separation and looseness of the signatures; some moderate rubbing to... Read More
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SIR NIGEL
by DOYLE, A. Conan
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown; minor wear to front spine edge. About Fine. Bound by Bayntun in full red polished calf leather (4-3/4" x 7-1/8") with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated spine with gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; complete with two pages of ads at... Read More
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THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, Arthur Conan
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Slight marks to one spine. Near Fine in intact, Very Good slipcase. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Three octavo volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers... Read More
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IN FAIRYLAND, A SERIES OF PICTURES FROM THE ELF-WORLD. With a Poem
by DOYLE, Richard and ALLINGHAM, William
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered foxing and soiling, primarily to margins; 1869 Christmas owner gift inscription on front endpaper; hinges reinforced with binder's tape. Cloth a little darkened and worn. Very Good. Folio (11" x 15") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth, rebacked with original spine laid-down; 31 pages. Illustrated with 16 charming... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by DRABBLE, Margaret
London, 26 July 1996. Hardcover. Folds from mailing, a few light creases. Near Fine. An interesting letter to poet Douglas Newton about her biography of author Angus Wilson, published in 1995. In part: "I found working on his life a most interesting (and exhausting) experience-- no more biographies for me, ever."
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A NEW UNIVERSAL COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. Judiciously selected from the best writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Danish, and other languages. Comprehending an account of whatever is curious in the government, commerce, natural history, customs, marriages, funerals, and other ceremonies of most nations in the known world. Including an account of the most remarkable discoveries, conquests, settlements, battles, sea fights, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sieges, tortures, wonderful escapes, massacres, and strange deliverances, both by sea and land. Also a description of the buildings, mountains, rivers, harbours, lakes, islands, peninsulas, creeks, &c. of various countries. The whole forming a history of whatever is most worthy of notice in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Illustrated with maps from the latest improvements, and beautiful plates, by Grignion, and other celebrated masters
by DRAKE, Edward Cavendish
London: J. Cooke, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing and dampstaining, mostly to the text; plates and maps largely clean; some plates lacking. Binding is Fine. Folio (9" x 14") bound in modern tan morocco leather with gilt decorative rules on the covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with six raised bands, gilt dentelles; [iv], 706 pages. Illustrated with... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by DREISER, Theodore [Carl Van Vechten]
Photograph. About Fine with a superb association. A fine 7" x 9-1/4" informal photographic "head shot" portrait by Carl Van Vechten of a seventy-year old Dreiser with a smile bordering on a laugh. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the bottom with fine contrast: "To lovely Helen/with love and/admiration-/from T.D./Hollywood/January--/1942." Helen Richardson first met Dreiser in 1919 and married him... Read More
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THE BULWARK
by DREISER, Theodore
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with several short tears. Dreiser's posthumously published novel, though he had started it and promised it to his publisher thirty years before.
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A HOOSIER HOLIDAY
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: John Lane Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Bumping to corners, otherwise Fine. Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. First state of the binding, second issue of the text. Original olive green paper-covered boards with an olive buckram spine. Illustrated by Franklin Booth who accompanied Dreiser on the automobile trip to the author's first home in Indiana that is... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on Writing Fiction
by DREISER, Theodore
New York, 21 February 1938. Letter. Heavy creases from mailing. Very Good. Superb two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) on personal letterhead to Michael Kowan regarding his doctoral thesis and giving "merely an offhand statement about my own attitude." In part: "I think creative writing has more to do with emotion than any other single factor. Generalized and intensified... Read More
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TWELVE MEN
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Nickel-size spot of slightly lighter color than the cloth on the bottom of the front cover. Fine copy with a solid provenance. Original dark blue cloth with yellow lettering. Basis for the 1942 film MY GAL SAL starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The Frank Hogan copy with his... Read More
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SISTER CARRIE
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with a vertical scrape to the spine label. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Reginald Marsh. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in half natural Irish linen with a gilt-stamped brown leather label and brown cloth sides. Copy #710 of 1500 numbered copies desgned and printed by Joseph Blumenthal... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by DREISER, Theodore
Los Angeles, 24 March 1920. Letter. Creases from mailing, some light soiling. Near Fine. An interesting two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in which Dreiser tries to buy a first edition of his landmark novel SISTER CARRIE. Addressed to Jeremiah Cullen. In part: "If you still have the copy of SISTER CARRIE you mention, 1st edition, I will take it....... Read More
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DAWN: A HISTORY OF MYSELF
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., (1931). First Trade Edition. hardcover. Some sunning to the spine which has minor wear at the head. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. There was also a limited signed edition of 275 copies. This copy is INSCRIBED for Ralph Fabri "love included" and SIGNED by Dreiser in May of 1931 (The book was published... Read More
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THE HAND OF THE POTTER
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Quite likely the Finest copy in existence, bright and clean in a similar dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Typical mixed issue, with the half-title page a cancel (an indication of early status), but with "it" on page191 and with the printing on the upper board resembling hand- lettering (the First Published... Read More
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AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Reginald Marsh. Quarto (7-3/4" x 11") bound in boards covered with a heavy imported rose canvas and stamped in color ink and gold leaf. Introduction by Harry Hansen. Illustrated with ink sketches by Reginald Marsh, his final work. Copy #432 of 1500, issued unsigned as Marsh... Read More
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AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Reginald Marsh. Quarto (7-3/4" x 11") bound in boards covered with a heavy imported rose canvas and stamped in color ink and gold leaf. Introduction by Harry Hansen. Illustrated with ink sketches by Reginald Marsh, his final work. Copy #751 of 1500, issued unsigned as... Read More
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SISTER CARRIE
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper, slight browning to the gutters. Spine slightly darkened with a vertical scrape to the spine label. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Reginald Marsh. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in half natural Irish linen with a gilt-stamped brown leather label and brown... Read More
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FINE FURNITURE
by DREISER, Theodore
New York: Random House, 1930. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine with a slightly darkened spine. Stiff blue wraps with a paper label on the spine. Originally issued with five other titles by Sherwood Anderson and others, housed in a slipcase and limited to 875 copies. This copy is separate and is SIGNED by the author and dated "Hollywood,... Read More
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