Books of Note
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Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
New York: Random House, 1979. First edition of Pulitzer Prize-winning author's "Knoxville" novel. Slight rubbing on book and a Random House remainder stamp on text block bottom else Very Good in a Fine dust jacket. $1,400.
White Columns in Hollywood: Reports from the GWTW Sets
Susan Myrick
edited with an introduction by Richard Hawell. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1982. First edition. Publisher’s red cloth boards. Fine in a Fine pictorial dust jacket. $70.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1929. Beautiful matching set of small books in full green leather, gilt edges on text block, marbled endpapers, gilt decorations on board fronts and spines. $2,000.
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The New Encyclopedia of Jazz
Leonard Feather
New York: Bonanza Books, 11960. First edition ("Completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date."), on maroon boards, orange cloth spine with black lettering, no dust jacket. Signed to a previous owner by many jazz musicians, including Marty Napoleon and Sal Pace who have their own entries in the book. Very good condition but previous owner has made notes, primarily death dates, in the text. $100.
The Practical Monitor, For the Preservation of Health, and The Prevention of Diseases
Thomas A. Anderson, A.M., M.D
Philadelphia, TN: E. Jayne (printed by F.S. Heiskell, Printer, Knoxville, TN), 1831. Stated First Edition in full leather binding. Ownership inscriptions (in pencil) by many previous owners, boards starting, some minor paper loss but otherwise Very Good. $300.​
Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King, text. Berni Wrightson,
illustrations
Westland, Michigan: The Land of Enchantment, 1983. Large format, with many black and white and color illustrations, many full pages. Fine in a Fine dust jacket protected in acetate wrapper. $1,000.
The Seawolf
Jack London
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition, first state with 3 pages of ads in the rear. Jack London was one of the best selling authors of all time and The Sea-Wolf is an exciting drama of the moods of the Pacific Ocean that has been reprinted many times. The book is Very Good with a gilt text block top and pictorial boards. $900.
The Works of James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
London: George Routledge and Sons, circa 1870. Eighteen nicely bound matching volumes of Cooper’s lesser known novels. Near Fine condition. $950 for the set.
Dick Tracy Meets the Nightcrawler
Chester Gould
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1945. A novel based on Chester Gould’s comic strip sensation, Dick Tracy. Foxing to text block, an internal ownership inscription otherwise Very Good with a Very Good dust jacket protected by mylar. $70.00.
Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle
Henry P. Wells
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, not dated. An early printing of this sports classic. Attractively rebound in ¾ red leather with marbled boards. Near Fine. $200.
The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
w/ illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.
1939 Limited Edition signed by Rawlings and Wyeth. Gorgeous, boxed book in fine condition. ​$4,000
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Tarzan and the Foreign Legion
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1947. First edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. $400.00.
Junkie, Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict
William Burroughs, as William Lee
Paperback original and dos-a-dos with Maurice Helbrant’s “Narcotic Agent.” New York: Ace Books, 1953. Near Fine. $750.00. .
Little America, Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic/The Flight to the South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
New York/London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1930. An account of the pioneering naval aviator’s exploration of the South Pole. First edition. Fine, without the dust jacket. $150.00
You Only Live Twice
Ian Fleming
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. The twelfth novel in the James Bond canon. First edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. $2,500.00.
Night Chills
Dean R. Koontz
New York: Atheneum, 1976. First edition of the popular author’s third novel. In publisher’s blue and gray binding with silver gilt titles, in original dust jacket. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. $50.
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The Cocktail Party
T.S. Elliot
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. A comedic play by the famous English poet, first produced in three acts on stage in 1949. Second impression of the first US edition. Book is Near Fine with slight even toning of text block; dust jacket has slight fading on the spine, else Near Fine. $125.00.
Seven Gothic Tales
Isak Dinesen
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Published under the pen name of Isak Dinesen (of Danish writer Karen Blixen), this is a limited edition (no. 443 of 1,010) and is illustrated by Majeska. Handsomely printed and bound with gilt top edge, deckled pages, gilt titles and decorations in Near Fine condition. Book plate and gift inscription inside. $350.00.
Out To Old Aunt Mary's
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904. The first edition of Riley’s book of rustic poetry. With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christie and internal page decorations by Margaret Armstrong, one of America’s finest book designers. With two pen inscriptions inside, slight evidence of past water damage on rear board, else Very Good +. $60.00.
The Muses Are Heard
Truman Capote
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition, first printing of Capote’s account of a Black theatrical company performing Gerswhin’s “Porgy and Bess” in Russia. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. $250.00.
A Cavalcade of Collier's
Kenneth McArdle, editor
New York, A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc., 1959. A collection of memorable stories and articles that appeared in the famous magazine during its seventy years of existence. Include reproductions of many Colliers covers. Dust jacket slightly soiled and chipped, otherwise Fine. $40.00.
Norman Rockwell, My Adventures as an Illustrator
Norman Rockwell as told to Thomas
Rockwell
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. A first-edition of the famed illustrator’s autobiography SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL. Book is Very Good, with only slight discoloration and a neat book plate. The dust jacket is Fine. $400.00.
Lou Gehrig, A Quiet Hero
Frank Graham
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1942. A very affordable 26th impression of the first-edition in collectible condition complete with dust jacket. . The biography was written just following Gehrig’s death from ALS, often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” Gehrig was the subject of the classic 1942 baseball film “Pride of the Yankees,” starring Gary Cooper as Gehrig. $20.00.
Red-Headed Woman
Katharine Brush
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. A Photo-Play edition with the novel the screenplay was based upon and photographs from the pre-code MGM film of the same name, starring Jean Harlow and Chester Morris. Publisher’s original fuschia-colored boards with vibrantly colored pictorial dust jacket. Fading on dust jacket spine else Near-Fine. $100.00.
Children of Dune
Frank Herbert
New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1976. The climax of the Dune trilogy. The fourth printing of the first-edition in dust jackets. The book is Near-Fine and unmarked; the dust jacket is chipped along the edges and slightly rubbed but is not faded. $500.
Deep Waters
William Hope Hodgson
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1967. First edition in black publishers cloth with gilt titles on the spine, in original dust jacket. A collection of Hodgson’s tales of horror and creatures in the sea. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. $55.
Kinds of Love
May Sarton
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1970. A first-edition review copy with the review slip laid in. The fourteenth novel of the Belgian-American writer. Bright in a Near-Fine dust jacket, the book is unbumped and Near-Fine. $80.00.
The Old Man and the Boy
Robert Ruark
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. First-edition in dust jacket with a touching ownership inscription. The dust jacket has some minor chops not affecting the lettering and has some discoloration, else Very Good. Book if Near-Fine. $200.
Modern Block Printed Textiles
Alan Powers
London: Walker Books, 1992. A beautifully executed history of the design and production methods of block-printed textiles including the work of William Morris and other well-known designers. Illustrated throughout in color. Fine. $70.00.
Honey and Salt, A New Volume Of Poems
Carl Sandburg
New York: Haracourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1963. Fine first edition in a Fine dust jacket with only the slightest of fading on the spine. $100.00.
Lamb's Tales From Shakespeare
Charles and Mary Lamb
London: Bickers and Son, 1890. With twelve tipped-in photographs, this beautiful Victorian binding is a celebration of gilt, on the front board, spine and text block. Front board starting and the book has had some minor professional repairs but is very bright, clean and tight. Small and neat ownership sticker on upper inside of front board. $200.00.