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A Christmas Spectacle
Berkeley, California: The Hart Press, 1961. First Separate Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; some waterstaining; very good. More
[Book #23638P]
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Letters and New Yorker Drafts: 1935-1944
Approximately 20 items: Letters from humorist, longtime New Yorker columnist (1925-40), screenwriter, and actor Robert Benchley to his secretary Charles MacGregor and his wife, Broadway singer and dancer Virginia Birmingham MacGregor; with three draft pieces intended for the New Yorker. Benchley to Charles MacGregor: Two typed letters signed, “Lux” and..... More
[Book #35711P]
"Sleighing in New York"
[New York]: [Nagel and Lewis], [1855?]. Large color lithograph of a complex, raucous street scene in New York. Signed in the plate “D. Benecke/ NY/ 55.” The image measures approximately 31 x 22”, matted, framed and glazed, overall approximately 39 x 30”. Blank margins approximately 1/4”; faint creases; not examined..... More
[Book #34916P]
Five Men and Pompey
Boston: Four Seas, 1915. First Edition; first issue of the author’s first book. Front wrapper faded; very good; in a cloth slipcase. More
[Book #19573P]
Five Men and Pompey
Boston: Four Seas, 1915. First Edition of the author’s first book. Bookplate; very good to fine. More
[Book #9832P]
Photographic Portrait
A fine photograph; image approximately 7” x 9”; printed on a larger sheet. Signed in full below the portrait. More
[Book #36538P]
Young Adventure
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a large chip across the top of the front panel. Signed by the author. More
[Book #13306P]
Perpetual Light
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some chips. Signed on the title page and additionally inscribed by the author. More
[Book #13307P]
Beyond the Fringe
London: Souvenir Press, 1963. First Edition. Fine in a very good, torn dust jacket. More
[Book #27398P]
The Loot of Cities
London: Alston Rivers, 1904. First Edition. Queen’s Quorum. Publisher’s cloth; ownership signature; some cloth spots; a very good copy. More
[Book #36623P]
Time To Change Hats
Garden City: Crime Club, 1946. First American Edition. Very good in a somewhat worn, good dust jacket. More
[Book #33439P]
Commander Lawless, V.C
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1916. First Edition of these fictional adventures. Front hinge broken; rear hinge cracking; bookplate; just good in dust jacket. More
[Book #30848P]
Typed Letter Signed to Gilbert Seldes
On his Beverly Hills letterhead, Oct. 8th, 1963, regarding the appearance of Evangelist Billy Graham on Benny’s television program, “...Am sure everyone was wondering what I was going to do with Billy Graham...” Signed “Jack.”. More
[Book #36754P]
Hope Against Hope and Other Stories
London: Macmillan, 1931. First Edition; limited issue. Near fine; one of 650 copies signed by the author. More
[Book #28869P]
Trent's Last Case
London: Nelson, 1913. First Edition. Minor cloth wear; very good. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Haycraft notes in Murder for Pleasure (New York, 1941) that this book, “...like every epochal work, must be regarded in its own historical spectrum to be fully appreciated. Compared to the highly developed product of to-day, it..... More
[Book #13010N]
The Eyes of Death
Garden City: Crime Club, 1934. First American Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #33438P]
The Early History of Jacob Stahl
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911. First Edition of what is apparently the author’s first book, preceding his better-known The Hampdenshire Wonder, also published in 1911. About fine. More
[Book #36579P]
The Old People
London: Collins, 1931. FIrst Edition. Very good to fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #36578P]
How To Become A Ventriliquist
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear. The jacket illustration features Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. This could now be subtitled ironically “Ventriliquism for Dummies.”. More
[Book #30587P]
Little Big Man
New York: Dial Press, 1964. First Edition. A fine copy in a lightly worn dust jacket with an unfaded spine; review copy; with review slip, promotional letter and photographs laid in. More
[Book #35667P]
Inscribed Portait Photograph
8 x 10". C. 1940. Signed by the photographer at the bottom margin, "G. Maillard Kesslere," and with his copyright stamp on the verso. An excellent image; inscribed in black ink on the dark portion of his suit by Berlin. More
[Book #36542P]
Songs From Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
New York: Irving Berlin, Inc., 1938. Publisher’s printed stiff wrappers; printing three new songs from the 1938 RKO musical, along with 25 older songs, each with a reproduction of its sheet music cover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Berlin to a Hollywood publicist and reviewer, “To Jerry [Hoffman] who saw all..... More
[Book #35615P]
Songs From "Top Hat"
New York: Irving Berlin, Inc., 1935. Publisher’s printed stiff wrappers; printing five songs from the 1935 RKO musical, including “Cheek to Cheek,” and “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.” Presentation copy, inscribed by Berlin to a Hollywood publicist and reviewer, “To Jerry Hoffman with best wishes from Irving Berlin.” Very..... More
[Book #35616P]