The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien - 1984

New York: Viking, 1975. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Gold printed wrappers. Fine. Pulitzer Prize Winner.

Philadelphia::: Centaur Press,,, 1934... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with two lightly bumped corners in a Near Fine glassine tissue Jacket. This collection of seventeen essays by the author of Winesburg, Ohio features pieces on: Meeting Ring Lardner, Death on a Winter Day, Gertrude Stein, A Man's Mind, Margaret Anderson: Real--Unusual, and Prize Fighters and Authors to name but a few. A very uncommon copy of an uncommon Anderson title.

New York::: Scribners,,, 1969... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with previous owner sticker removed from the flyleaf in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. These five works grew, of course, out of Hemingway's considerable experience of the Spanish war as a correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance and as a participant in filming "The Spanish Earth." More specifically, they grew from adventures in and around besieged Madrid--particularly in the Hotel Florida and in a bar called Chicote's. The book is unified, then, in time, place, and action. It is unified even more by the dominating presence of the author, who is to be found alive on every page. That presence slants the focus, but also gives the book its sharp distinction. This is immediate, unmistakable Hemingway. This collection contains Hemingway's play "The Fifth Column", and the four stories "The Denunciation", The Butterfly and the Tank", "Night Before Battle" and "Under the Ridge". Despite his fascination… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz, 1980. Signed on the title page by the author. First British edition / First printing. Brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950. First U.S. edition / First printing. Sienna printed wrappers. Light toning to spine, mild soiling to rear wrapper, near fine. Clean tight copy.

Sausalito, Contact Editions, 1961, first edition, wrappers. Softcover.. With comment from various sources selected by Evan S. Connell, Jr.," profusely illustrated with photos by Jerry Stoll, inspired by Edward Steichen's Family of Man, most of the photos were taken during a six-month period near Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, this copy Inscribed by both Stoll and Connell, scarce. Very good.

NY, Random House, 1967, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, frontispiece photo from the play of this comedy, the play starred Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, Anita Gillette, Donna Mills, and others. Fine in a very good plus jacket.

Up for sale is a Lot of 8 Alfred Duggan Review copies. All Hardcover's with Priced Dust Jacket. Most with review cards or letters laid in. One has some review notations on the back flypage. One has a very small previous owners address label on the first flypage
VINTAGE REVIEW COPIES
BY ALFRED DUGGAN
ALL ARE COWARD McCANN EXCEPT FOR THE 4 WHICH ARE STATED IN THE LIST
CONTAINED WITHIN THE SET:
"WINTER QUARTERS", 1956, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET WITH REVIEW CARD
"DEVIL'S BROOD," 1957, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, REVIEW CARD LAID IN
1958, "THREE'S COMPANY, STATED AMERICAN FIRST EDITION, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1961, "THE RIGHT LINE OF CERDIC" HAS PUBLISHER'S PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, PANTHEON
1963, STATED FIRST PRINTING, "BESIEGER OF CITIES" HB, PRICED DUST JACKET
"THE CUNNING OF THE DOVE" 1960, PANTHEON BOOKS, HAS THE REVIEW LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER LAID IN, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1960, "FAMILY FAVORITES" REVIEW CARD LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, WITH PRICED DU
"LORD… Read More

London: William Heinemann Printed at the Ballantyne Press London. Publishers: London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. No date specified - circa 1911. Green boards, black titles/illustrations on spine and front, 127 numbered pages. Decorated endpapers, attached illustration at frontispiece plus 17 additional tissue-protected attached illustrations. Boards lightly rubbed along edges, tips of lower corners and ends of spine. Small (1/8 inch) frayed hole at head of spine, boards and bottom edge lightly smudged. Rubbed spots along hinge at ffep, pages lightly smudged. Illustrations clean and binding secure. Tissues lightly creased and wrinkled along bottom edge: tissue at page 18 has 3 diagonal creases, tissue at page 26 rubbed through in spots; page 60-61 and covering tissue lightly smudged near bottom of page, but illustration clean; grease mark (1/4 inch) on pages 62-63 near bottom of page; tissue on page 83 torn along bottom, torn piece stuck to page; tissue page 93 covers… Read More

San German, Puerto Rico: Inter American University, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 192pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important little magazine featuring a stellar roster of contributors, including Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray as well as Beat notables including Burroughs (Schottlaender C13), Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with significant bumps and some general wear.