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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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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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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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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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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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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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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BOTANISCHES BILDERBUCH FUER DIE JUGEND UND FREUNDE DER PFLANZENKUNDE
by DREVES, Friedrich [and HAYNE, Friederich Gottlob]
Leipzig: Voss und Compagnie, 1794-95-98-1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards rather rubbed with some tears to the spines, some minor spotting to text, plates generally very clean. Easily Very Good or better. Four volumes bound as two in early marbled boards, paper spine labels, edges sprinkled red (7-5/8 x 9-3/8); text in French, German and English. Illustrated with 146... Read More
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A FINE ENDEAVOR: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF FASHIONABLE COLLECTING. Kent State University Museum, 1985 - 2010
by DRUESEDOW, Jean L
(Barberton, OH): Kent State University Museum, (2010). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Softcover (9-1/2" x 9-1/2"), 224 pages. Foreword by Linda Allard. Color illustrations on nearly every page.
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VOICES FROM THE MOON
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David R. Godine, (1984). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. His second novel, essentially a novella about a religious boy on the verge of adolescence who comes to some understanding of the intricate dance between love and sex in his life and the lives of those around him. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "For... Read More
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DANCING AFTER HOURS
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. wraps. Slightest of bumps to upper rear corner; slipcase with short tear at bottom edge. About Fine in a Near Fine paper slipcase, as issued. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading Copy, SIGNED by the author as issued on the front free endpaper, of his last collection of stories.
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WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. The Novellas Of Andre Dubus
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). First Edition. Softcover. Fine and uncommon as such. Pictorial wraps, issued only in softcover. Contains four novellas: "The Pretty Girl," "We Don't Live Here Anymore," "Adultery," and "Finding a Girl in America. SIGNED by the author on the title page and further INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "For Al/Thank you for your/kind... Read More
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LESLIE IN CALIFORNIA
by DUBUS, Andre
Otisville, NY: Birch Brook Press, (1989). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed wraps. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the author constituting the First Separate Edition of this story. A small (6" x 4-1/2"), attractive book by one of the modern masters of the short story. If you have not read him, you owe yourself.
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THE LIEUTENANT
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: The Dial Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with two small closed tears, small ink numbers on the upper left outside rear corner, and a slightly darkened spine. Acclaimed short story writer's first book and only novel, a tale of a Marine detachment on an aircraft carrier. Dubus's stories have been... Read More
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THE LIEUTENANT
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: The Dial Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a complete, Good dustwrapper with chipping to the spine tips and a few closed tears to the covers. Acclaimed short story writer's first book and only novel, a tale of a Marine detachment on an aircraft carrier. Dubus's stories have been made into the films IN... Read More
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LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED
by DUBUS, Andre
Stuart Wright, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Black cloth with paper spine label, issued without dustwrapper. One of 200 copies SIGNED by the author.
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SEPARATE FLIGHTS
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David Godine, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine in just about Fine first issue dustwrapper. Acclaimed author's second book and first collection of short stories. The novella present here, WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, is one of two stories that formed the basis for the 2004 film of the same title starring Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern,... Read More
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THE LIEUTENANT
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: The Dial Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition. Acclaimed short story writer's first book and only novel, a tale of a Marine detachment on an aircraft carrier. Dubus's stories have been made into the films IN THE BEDROOM and WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
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ADULTERY & OTHER CHOICES
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. His fourth book, a wonderful collection of stories including "Killings," the basis for the critically acclaimed film IN THE BEDROOM. The title novella was also one of three stories that formed the basis for the film, WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
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FINDING A GIRL IN AMERICA
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David R. Godine, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. His fourth book, a wonderful collection of stories including "Killings," the basis for the critically acclaimed film IN THE BEDROOM. The title novella was also one of three stories that formed the basis for the film, WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. SIGNED by the author... Read More
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MEDITATIONS FROM A MOVABLE CHAIR
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. wraps. Fine. The Uncorrected Proof in printed blue wraps of this powerful collection of essays from an author who has had several of his stories made into critically acclaimed films. Review sheet and promotional material neatly stapled to inside front cover.
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ADULTERY & OTHER CHOICES
by DUBUS, Andre
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, lovely copy. His fourth book, a wonderful collection of stories including "Killings," the basis for the critically acclaimed film IN THE BEDROOM. The title novella was also one of three stories that formed the basis for the film, WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. Advance Review... Read More
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BLESSINGS
by DUBUS, Andre
Elmwood, CT: Raven Editions, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in blue decorated paste paper over boards made by Carol Blinn who also designed and letter-pressed the book at Warwick Press. Copy #23 of only 60 numbered copies (of a total edition of 70) SIGNED by the author constituting the First Separate Edition of this story. A very... Read More
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DANCING AFTER HOURS
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The final collection of short stories from an author who has had several of his stories made into critically acclaimed films.
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