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Diamond Lil by WEST, Mae - 1949
by WEST, Mae
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Diamond Lil
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WEST, Mae. Diamond Lil. New York: Sheridan House, 1949.
Mae West (1893-1980), legendary film star and sex symbol of the Golden age of Hollywood, was also a very successful playwright and screenwriter. She wrote and produced her own plays and scripts, and she starred in her scenarios on stage and screen. Such is the case with Diamond Lil, which was first created as a play, turned into a novel, and then produced into a film. West conceived the hip-swaying, wise-cracking Diamond Lil – Gilded Age femme fatale of the Lower Manhattan underworld - as a character and as an alter ego.
Diamond Lil was first published as a play in 1928, and produced into a hit Broadway show the same year, with Mae West starring in the leading role. In 1932, West adapted her play into a novel, and the following year she brought her Diamond Lil character, renamed Lady Lou, onto the silver screen in She Done Him Wrong (1933), starring Cary Grant as the heroine's love interest, Captain Cummings. The film was a box-office success and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture.
This edition of Mae West's novel was issued to coincide with the 1949 Broadway revival of Diamond Lil. The production was directed by Charles K. Freeman, and featured Mae West in the leading role, and Richard Coogan as Captain Cummings, Lil's object of lust.
This is a charming presentation copy, playfully inscribed by Mae West to her co-star Richard Coogan "who played the part of Capt. Cummings in the play 'Diamond Lil' in 1949", – with best wishes from 'Diamond Lil' and the author".
Richard Coogan (1914-2014) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Captain Video in Captain Video and His Video Rangers from 1949 to 1950.
256 pp. 8vo, some wear to spine ends. Endpapers browned. Good in very good dust-jacket (slight edgewear). Dust jacket art depicting the fabulous Diamond Lil by Baryé Phillips.
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PERSONAE
by Pound, Ezra
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At Play In The Fields of The Lord. Signed and inscribed book plus signed postcard.
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
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New York: Random House, 1965. Signed on the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author: To Bill and Biddle,Congratulations to you both, and best regards, Peter (Matthiessen) March 12 1984. Laid in is a Postcard addressed to Biddle dated 1982. The message reads: Dear Bill I just can't get free this winter or spring (can't put this book to death) - Please give me a rain check, or snow check, even for next winter. Best Peter M. (the word for and the M in the signature have smeared, else near fine Postcard. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. Near fine, with slight spot to the bottom right of the rear board near the spine. Near fine dust jacket with a couple closed tears with no loss. Overall, a much nicer copy than what one generally encounters. Bill Biddle was a naturalist and teacher. At the time the postcard was sent, Biddle ran the Outing and Visiting Author programs at Holderness School in Plymouth, NH. By the time this book was inscribed, he had relocated…
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The Intellectual Life
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1899. First, limited. Good+. [vi], 207, [2] pp Initial letters illuminated by hand throughout (4to) half tan suede and gilt-lettered boards, brown morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt No 542 of 960 copies Signed by Elbert Hubbard at the limitation statement This copy is also signed and inscribed by James Whitcomb Riley on a blank page at front: "To Mr and Mrs Edward Lodge McKee, with all fervent salutations of their old friend, James Whitcomb Riley Indianapolis, Feb 21, 1900" Below that are four lines of poetry in Riley's hand: "And you are one, as dawn and sun - / As noon and shine - as dusk and dew - / As bloom and fragrance; therefore one / My praise and prayers of you" A calling card printed with Riley's name is laid in Some general wear and areas of staining to boards; front hinge cracked, front free endpaper detaching; very good Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 â€" 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher Raised in…
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by Del Noce, Augusto
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Milano: Rusconi, 1978. First edition (in Italian). Octavo. Original red cloth boards and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor scuffing to dust jacket; spotting to top page block; very neat underlining to nine pages (possibly that of A. James Gregor). Inscribed and signed by August Del Noce on front free endpaper to A. James Gregor.. First edition of Augusto Del Noce's (1910-1989) Il suicidio della rivoluzione with inscription to University of California at Berkely political scientist A. James Gregor. A leading light among Italian post-war political and philosophical thinkers, Del Noce spent much of his academic career elucidating the connection between philosophical ideas and socio-political history. Del Noce viewed the growth and expansion of atheism as the fundamental question of modernity, and he asserted that Marxism-and, particularly, the dissolution of Marxism into neo-bourgeois nihilism-was a driving force behind the secularization of the modern West. Il suicidio della rivoluzione was among…
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DREAMING AMERICA & OTHER POEMS
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(np): Aloes Editions, 1973. First edition, limited to 176 copies signed by Oates, twenty-six of which are lettered and reserved for the use of the author and publisher. Copy E. Sewn stiff paper wraps with French-fold flaps and printed label and plastic dustwrapper. Designed and printed by Robert Gordon at The Oliphant Press. This copy is also inscribed and dated by Oates to her publisher, Evelyn Shrift, at Vanguard, who published her first books. "For Evelyn, with very best wishes, as always - Joyce 2/8/74." Faint extremity toning and few small edge wrinkles, mostly on the front wrap. Near Fine condition. Oates' signature and especially her inscription are in her former flowing, cursive style which differs from her later minimalist-print signatures.. Inscribed & Signed By Author. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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PERSONAE
by Pound, Ezra
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First edition, first issue. Bibliographer David Gallup's copy from his collection with his characteristic hologrpah slip laid in with "A3a 1st binding" in pencil. A rebacked copy with original boards and endpages and original spine affixed to gray-linen quarter-cloth. Gilt lettering on front board and spine intact. Original spine chipped on one edge; boards with minimal edgewear, mostly at the top corners. All pages in Fine condition. Very Good condition. Pound's first trade book.. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Not Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
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At Play In The Fields of The Lord. Signed and inscribed book plus signed postcard.
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter.
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New York: Random House, 1965. Signed on the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author: To Bill and Biddle,Congratulations to you both, and best regards, Peter (Matthiessen) March 12 1984. Laid in is a Postcard addressed to Biddle dated 1982. The message reads: Dear Bill I just can't get free this winter or spring (can't put this book to death) - Please give me a rain check, or snow check, even for next winter. Best Peter M. (the word for and the M in the signature have smeared, else near fine Postcard. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, tan cloth boards. Near fine, with slight spot to the bottom right of the rear board near the spine. Near fine dust jacket with a couple closed tears with no loss. Overall, a much nicer copy than what one generally encounters. Bill Biddle was a naturalist and teacher. At the time the postcard was sent, Biddle ran the Outing and Visiting Author programs at Holderness School in Plymouth, NH. By the time this book was inscribed, he had relocated…
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The Intellectual Life
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East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1899. First, limited. Good+. [vi], 207, [2] pp Initial letters illuminated by hand throughout (4to) half tan suede and gilt-lettered boards, brown morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt No 542 of 960 copies Signed by Elbert Hubbard at the limitation statement This copy is also signed and inscribed by James Whitcomb Riley on a blank page at front: "To Mr and Mrs Edward Lodge McKee, with all fervent salutations of their old friend, James Whitcomb Riley Indianapolis, Feb 21, 1900" Below that are four lines of poetry in Riley's hand: "And you are one, as dawn and sun - / As noon and shine - as dusk and dew - / As bloom and fragrance; therefore one / My praise and prayers of you" A calling card printed with Riley's name is laid in Some general wear and areas of staining to boards; front hinge cracked, front free endpaper detaching; very good Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 â€" 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher Raised in…
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Il suicidio della rivoluzione [The Suicide of the Revolution] [Association Copy with Inscription to A. James Gregor]
by Del Noce, Augusto
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Milano: Rusconi, 1978. First edition (in Italian). Octavo. Original red cloth boards and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor scuffing to dust jacket; spotting to top page block; very neat underlining to nine pages (possibly that of A. James Gregor). Inscribed and signed by August Del Noce on front free endpaper to A. James Gregor.. First edition of Augusto Del Noce's (1910-1989) Il suicidio della rivoluzione with inscription to University of California at Berkely political scientist A. James Gregor. A leading light among Italian post-war political and philosophical thinkers, Del Noce spent much of his academic career elucidating the connection between philosophical ideas and socio-political history. Del Noce viewed the growth and expansion of atheism as the fundamental question of modernity, and he asserted that Marxism-and, particularly, the dissolution of Marxism into neo-bourgeois nihilism-was a driving force behind the secularization of the modern West. Il suicidio della rivoluzione was among…
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Diamond Lil
by WEST, MAE
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First printing of the Sheridan House Edition. Near fine copy with a touch of spotting to the cloth at the top edge of the rear board without dust jacket. The indomitable Mae West at her literary finest, the basis of the Paramount Film, which contained the famous line from West to Cary Grant: “Why dontcha come up and see me sometime?”
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Diamond Lil
by West, Mae
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Westfield, New York, United States
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Dell, 1949. Softcover. Near Fine. Mapback
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Diamond Lil
by Mae West
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Long Beach, New York, United States
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Nashville, TN: Caxton House. Good Plus/No Jacket. 1939. Reprint. Cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" HARD COVER Reprint of a 1932 edition. Diamon Lil - a scarlet woman for whom love was only a passtime but diamonds were a career! Black boards with red and black lettering have wear at edges, some soiling, rubbed. Browning of interior pages. .
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Diamond Lil
by West, Mae
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Foley, Alabama, United States
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Hardcover. Fair. Published by Sheridan House, 1949. Pages have age tanning and staining throughout that does not affect legibility. Old price sticker on top right corner of the first fly page. Cover is grey cloth boards stamped in burgundy. Inside front cover has previous owners name in ink. Cover has staining, tanning, chipping and rubbing. Spine intact with staining, tanning rubbing and chipping. No dust jacket. Overall this is a much loved readable, usable, enjoyable copy.
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Diamond Lil
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New York: Sheridan House, 1949. First edition thus (updated from 1932 version). Hardcover. Good. 256 pages. Some soiling inside the boards. Cover has some wear. Mae West wrote, produced and starred as Diamond Lil and toured from coast to coast. In 1949 she came back to Broadway. The play was based upon this book. James Watts, Jr., the scholarly dramatic writer of the New York Post, wrote that "Miss West is now a legend and an institution, rather than just an actress, and Diamond Lil is an American Phenomenon, instead of merely a drama. She and it are...modern classics." Her 1928 play, Diamond Lil, about a racy, easygoing, and ultimately very smart lady of the 1890s, became a Broadway hit and cemented West's image in the public's eye. This show had an enduring popularity and West successfully revived it many times during her career. She brought her character, now renamed "Lady Lou", to the screen in She Done Him Wrong (1933). Mary Jane "Mae" West (August…
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Diamond Lil
by Mae West
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Caxton , 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/very good . very nice book and dust jacket blond woman sitting on bench in low cut evening gown
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Diamond Lil
by West, Mae
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Caxton House, Inc., 1939. Exceptional copy of this 1939 reprint of a book first published in 1932, by the notorious femme fatale Mae West. The heroine of the story is described as the queen of the underworld, a gang leader's mistress with a past in Chicago, and "a beautiful short course to hell". The book is a study in high camp, with gangland dialect and the usual criminal stereotypes. Black cloth printed in red, 256 pages, illustrated dustjacket with the image (by Polly Hill) of a curvy, sultry Diamond Lil on the front. The book has almost no wear, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some edge rubbing and some very minor chips to the spine ends, very light shelf soil to the light-colored rear panel.. Early Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Diamond Lil
by Mae West
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New York: Sheridan House, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. NICELY INSCRIBED BY MAE WEST on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 reprint. Tight and VG (very light, subtle staining along the rear panel's fore-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine ends and along the tips, and very light creasing at the panel edges. Octavo, the novel (written by Mae West herself) upon which the 1928 Broadway play and the 1933 film (retitled "She Done Him Wrong") were based.
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Diamond Lil
by Mae West
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Templeton, California, United States
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New York: Macaulay, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Macaulay, 1932, New York. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. First printing confirmed by McBride. Inscribed and signed by Mae West on the front free endpaper. The book is unmarked throughout but has a bit of tanning/staining on endpapers. Tips are just slightly rubbed. Edges show some shelfwear but no frey. Pages just slightly tanned. Text block edges a little dusty. has minor foxing. Else, spine is tight, boards rigid and tips are pointed. Included is a facsimile dust jacket correct for this first edition. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing..
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The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy
by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
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I Loved Him Too; an Interpretive Poem in Memory of Will Rogers
by Director, Cyr Vita
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Los Angeles: The Book Rancho, 1936. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To To Will H. Hays from the author Cy Director". Will H. Hays is most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Book is Near Fine, small rub bottom corner front board, rear pastedown a bit toned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.
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Winged Arrows
by Heflebower, Clara Keck
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: Harold Vinal Ltd., 1928. Copy #25 of a Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition of 700 copies, 600 of which were offered for sale. This copy INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the limitation page - "To Mr. Will H. Hays:- with admiration & understanding of your keen insight into the difficulties of the Motion Picture situations, & your sound principles of conscientious construction for the progress & success of Better Films. I cordially inscribe this copy - trusting you will find therein a few 'gloom chasers' in a leisure hour 'Dee Dee' April 18, 1928". Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into…
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The Triumphant Clay
by Hughes, Rupert
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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Hollywood, CA: House - Warven Publishers, 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - " To Radie Britain, musical genius of the highest quality, and most charming of women. With the love of Rupert Hughes". Radie Britain was an American pianist, writer, music educator and composer whose last marriage was to aviation pioneer Theodore Morton. Rupert Hughes was uncle to the billionaire Howard Hughes, Jr. and author of many novels, many made into movies. Book is Near fine, evidence of paper clip top edge front endpages, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, a 1" closed tear top edge front panel. One of Hughes' scarcer books, and an interesting Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Association Copy.
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The Master Puzzle of History (Association Copy)
by Hinman, Eleanor
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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New York: Brentano's, 1947. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front paste down to publisher Arthur Brentano, Jr. -" For Arthur Brentano, Jr. With grateful thanks for the perfect details of this book. Appreciatively, Eleanor Hinman 1948". Fine, as issued, no jacket. 15 unnumbered pages with 7 sepia toned photographs. A short history of the author's trip to Spain to visit sites associated with Christopher Columbus. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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The Buck Up Book : Third Edition
by Van Amburgh, F.(red) D(e Witt)
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New York: The Silent Partner Co., 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays Van Amburgh 1921". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Van Amburgh was the publisher of "The Silent Partner," a monthly magazine of inspiration and human interest, and author of several books on the same subjects, rather a "self-help guru" of the early part of the twentieth century, and an author whose quotations turn up surprisingly often today ! Book is Very Good, small damp spot front board, small paper residue rear board. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.
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No Mean City ; An Inquiry Into Civic Greatness ( Presentation Copy )
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Baltimore, Maryland: By the Author in Cooperation with the Maryland Historical Society, 1965. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - " May 5, 1968 Presented to George Taliaferro With great admiration to a great American whose as a outstanding American professional football player was "Don't flinch- Don't (?) But hit the line hard." Theo.. R. McKeldin". Theodore McKeldin was Mayor of Baltimore twice from 1943-47 and 1963-67, and was the 53rd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1951 to 1959. He was the last Republican to be elected as Mayor of Baltimore, a staunch advocate for civil rights for African Americans and was awarded the Sidney Hollander Award. George Taliaferro was a 3 time All-American running back at Indiana University and the first African American to be drafted into the NFL, 2 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball. A wonderful Presentation and Association Copy, Fine in a Near fine dust jacket, light…
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(Ephemera) The Fifth Catalogue: being a List of some Modern FIRST EDITIONS and Examples of Modern FINE PRINTING. September:MCm Xxx
by Zeitlin, Jake;
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Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Books, 1930. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top of front wrapper -" To Gary, Jake". Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who worked for Zeitlin in the 1970s. making this signature from that time period. Prepared by Marjorie Butler and William Blaine Wootten, with typography designed by Mr. Wootten. Near Fine, light soiling. SCARCE, particularly so SIGNED. Not located at OCLC. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine. 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". Association Copy.
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(Ephemera) A Handful of Choice English First Editions newly arrived at Jake Zeitlin: Books. April, 1935
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Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Books, 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top of front wrapper -" J Zeitlin to Gary". Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who worked for Zeitlin in the 1970s. making this signature from that time period. Two sheets, folded to make 8 unnumbered pages, listing 13 titles. Very Good, small pencil notes in margins p.1and 6, light soiling and wear. SCARCE, particularly so SIGNED. Not located at OCLC. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Two Sheets, Folded . Very Good. 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Association Copy.
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A Garland for Jake Zeitlin on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday & the Anniversary of His 40th Year in the Book Trade
by Edited by J. M. Edelstein
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Los Angeles: Grant Dahlstrom & Saul Marks, 1967. Presentation and Association Copy, SIGNED by Jake Zeitlin at the half-title page -" To Gary, With all my great hopes for his future as a bookman Jake July 12, 1975". From the collection of Gary Steigerwald, at the time a young bookseller working for Zeitlin. One of 800 copies. Fine. Typography by Saul & Lillian Marks, The Plantin Pressm printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Binding by the Earle Gray Bookbinding Company. . SIGNED. Limited Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 4to. Presentation Copy.
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