Books of Note
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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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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