Waldport, Oregon: Unitide Press, 1944. First Published Edition of a work issued (without one elegy) earlier in mimeograph. Presentation copy; inscribed in 1944 to fellow poet Bill Shank, also an inmate at a camp near Waldport for conscientious objectors. Publisher’s wrappers; very good. More
[Book #35120P]
No place of publication: no publisher, no date. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; very good. Signed by the author in 1938. More
[Book #35119P]
New York: Macmillan, 1924. First Edition. With a long inscription by the author in 1944. Recipient’s bookplate; an unusually attractive example; nearly fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #35118P]
New York: Macaulay, 1927. First American Edition. Owner’s signature, bookplate, short note on the half-title; nearly fine in a dust jacket with small nicks and tears. More
[Book #35117P]
London: Gollancz, 1951. First English Edition; second issue binding. Very good in a dust jacket with small chips and tears. More
[Book #35116P]
7 x 10”; inscribed on the photographer’s (MacGregor) mat, “For Paul Gormley, from his mother’s brother, Theodore Dreiser, N.Y. June - 1933.” A somber portrait of a brooding Dreiser. Aside from some minor oxidation (part of the surface is slightly silvery), excellent condition; framed, matted and glazed; overall 12 x...... More
[Book #35111P]
New York: William Morrow, 1963. First Edition. Nearly fine in a dust jacket with minor wear. Presented to his “Hollywood Della Street.”. More
[Book #34727P]
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Glass rings on front cover; very good in a chipped dust jacket. Presentation copy, very warmly inscribed by Heggen, “For Nancy, because you are such a wonderful girl, and because I love you dearly. Tom. May 24, 1948.” Inscribed copies are rare; the..... More
[Book #35114P]
New York: W. J. Watt, 1910. First Edition. Just shy of very good. Presented by the author to a contemporary writer, “To Charles Neville Buck from P.G. Wodehouse (Death to Seth).” Buck, hardly remembered these days, wrote novels, and other pieces set in his native Appalachia. The cursed “Seth” in..... More
[Book #35113P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1926. First Edition; first issue (according to Hanneman, but variously referred to as a printing or a state); a very good copy in a good second issue (or more likely correctly termed “printing”) dust jacket with some soiling and chipping. More
[Book #35112P]
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First American Edition; probably issued a few days earlier in London; first state, with the “St. Louis Hotel” caption and the illustration of Mark Twain “in flames,” which was dropped due to Mrs. Clemens’s objections to its morbidity. Small name stamp on the front free..... More
[Book #35110P]
New York: Frederick C. Beil, 1983. First American Edition. Owner’s inscription; very good. More
[Book #35109P]
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1902. First Edition; first state (after the publisher’s sales dummy), without “Published 1902, R” on the copyright page (although at least one copy has been noted without the Newnes copyright, but with “Published March, 1902”; possibly preceding this state). Pencil 1902 owner’s inscription; fair to good..... More
[Book #35108P]
Cleveland: World Publishing, 1949. First Edition. One of 1875 numbered copies. Fine in a very good publisher’s slipcase. Inscribed by Targ. More
[Book #35107P]
Chicago: Columbia Educational Books, 1941. First Edition. With additional contributions by Churchill and others. Fine in the very good original printed cardboard shipping box. More
[Book #35106P]
Tellico Plains, Tennessee: Tellico Theatre, n.d. [1943 or later]. Single sheet, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 3/4”, printed in black on cheap paper, promoting “Chills/Thrills/Terror” with Bela Lugosi. Very good condition. More
[Book #35103P]
No place of publication [presumably Los Angeles]: Rock-Price Productions, n.d. [1955]. Four pages, printed in black and white and pink, “Africa Explodes with Naked Terror! Sex-Crazed Natives on the Rampage! In Flaming Color!” This promotional booklet, often termed an “exploitation” booklet (an especially apt term in this case). While he..... More
[Book #35102P]
London: P.S. King & Son, 1926. First Edition. Very good. A holograph letter by the author is laid in. More
[Book #35101P]
Boston: Boston Atheneum, 2004. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; fine. More
[Book #35099P]
Mt. Kisco, New York: privately printed, 1980. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; inscribed by the authors. “Stalking Birdy Edwards” (one of 221 numbered copies) is laid in. Fine. More
[Book #35098P]
Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1985. First Edition; one of 25 copies issued to secure copyright. This essay on Holmes and Doyle was printed in advance of the introduction’s publication in a facsimile edition of Doyle’s manuscript of this Sherlock Holmes story. Fine in printed wrappers. More
[Book #35097J]
New York: Magico Magazine, 1980. First Edition. One of 100 bound and numbered copies signed by Fish. Fine; additionally inscribed by Fish in 1980 to a noted Sherlockian. More
[Book #35096P]
Indianapolis: The Illustrious Clients, n.d. First Edition. Spiral bound stiff wrappers; initialled by the editors on the title page. Very good. More
[Book #35095P]