Hawthorne and His Publisher (Association Copy) by Ticknor, Caroline - 1913

London: The Bodley Head, 1981. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed to John Updike on the front free endpage. "John Updike with best wishes Allan Massie Edinburgh 1983." Board upper corners just tapped; dustjacket with few tiny wrinkles on the spine topedge and beginning toning on the flaps' edges. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Tight and bright copy of Massie's third novel, loosely based on the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro.. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

NY: Random House, 1991. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Mailer on the front free endpage. "To Arthur, with my respect Norman Sept'91." Spine cloth edges with beginning toning and topedge with seven tiny specks. Near Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The inscriptee is director Arthur Penn whose films include "The Miracle Worker," "The Chase," "Bonnie & Clyde," "Little Big Man," et al.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

New York: Bluejay Books, 1984. A Bluejay Special Edition. Signed. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 195 pp. Very Good in wraps. Association copy. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "As always, with love + chum-ness, to Joe." Pictorial wraps. Minor bumping to head of spine and both leading corners of front wrap. Pages unmarked and clean.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Harlan Ellison. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 229 pp. Fine in plastic protected wraps. Association copy. Proofread by Hensley's long-time friend and fellow author Harlan Ellison. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on front wrap: "Proofread for errors by Harlan Ellison 29 June – 3 August 1994." Inscribed and signed by Ellison on half title: "For Joe! A memento of our ongoing 40+ year friendship. Yr. pal, Harlan 3 August 94 Los Angeles." Inscribed by Ellison on title page: "Terrific book overall!" and "Joe – Jim Carlos is a great character! More, please! With Daggert as his 'sidekick.'" Ellison's dog-earring and proofreading markups throughout, else Fine. Scarce thus.

Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1840. Hardcover. Near Fine. "Seule Édition Complète." [2], lviii, [2], 332 p.; 18 cm. Modern leather with gilt-tooled spine title and blind-tooled decoration. Former owner's inscription on blank leaf following front endpapers: "Alex. Bliss 1849." French poet André Chénier (1762-1794) was a victim of the French Revolution. This volume contains letters and other prose pieces by the author, some not previously published. Alexander Bliss (1827-1896) served as Captain, Assistant Quartermaster General of the Union Army and later Colonel, Quartermaster General during the American Civil War. In Near Fine Condition: pages are slightly brown; otherwise, clean and tight.

Storrs: Univ. of Connecticut, 25 April 1972.. Folded quarto leaflet on stiff stock (25.5 x 18 cm). Top edge a shade darkened, a few small dust spots, else near fine. First edition. One of an edition of five hundred copies (of which the first twelve were to be signed by Duncan). This copy bears his signed presentation inscription to his chief trade publisher at the time, James Laughlin, and is also initialed and dated at the end of the text. BERTHOLF A42a.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Moorcock on the title page. Also, inscribed by him on the front free endpage to V.S. Naipaul. "To V.S. Naipaul good dude on the tour! Take it easy, y'all. Best Mike/Clarksdale Mississippi April 89." Spine ends lightly pushed and front board corners bumped; dustjacket with one inch tear on the front flap fold and minor edgewear, mostly at the corners and spine ends. Tight, bright copy. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Moorcock & Naipaul - some tour!. Inscribed & Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

New York: The Century Co., 1918 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, with the bookplate of Charlotte Hunnewell Martin, the NY socialite and author, inside front cover. 4 leaves, 47pp, bound in original blue cloth with gilt illustration, top edges gilt, binding & hinges tight. Gilt on spine rubbed. POETRY.

New York: Scribners, 1901. 2 vol. set in very good conditon with inscription in volume I to Melvin L. Gray who managed Field's father's estate on behalf of Field who was considered by his family and contemporaries a spendthrift. Inscription reads: "To Melvin L. Gray, In recognition of the debt, I must always owe for favors and assistance in the making of this study of his eccentric and even lovable ward. With the grateful acknowledgements of Slason Thompson, Dec. 10, 1901.). A number of the Fields-Grey correspondence are contained in the two volumes.

142 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED twice by George Sterling. First, in ink on a front free endpaper: "Dear Frank: Be kind to my firstling book:"I was young then." Yours ever, George. Carmel, California. Nov. 12th , 1912." Second, in ink on the half title: "For Frank McComas from George Sterling". Two corrections in ink at page 85 in Sterling's own hand. Francis John (Frank) McComas (1874-1938) was an Australian-born artist who studied in San Francisco and later resided in Carmel. Once rated "among the twenty best painters of the world", his work was featured in an important Monterey Museum of Art exhibit entitled "Francis McComas: Rediscovering California's First Modernist". In addition to Sterling, McComas was a friend of Jack London William Keith and Charlie Chaplin. Front cover and spine titling. This was Sterling's first book. Poet/Playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was a resident member of early Carmel's bohemian group also a friend of Jack London, as well as Mary Austin and Robinson Jeffers. His later… Read More