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Howell, Soskin Publishers, NY, 1947; First Edition; 8vo, 360 pages. Absorbing biography of Sigmund Freud which, together with examining details of his life and psychoanalytic methods, traces Freud’s internal conflict about being a Jew. Very Good Plus in a clean and bright Very Good Plus dust jacket with a small crease at the upper extremity of the spine panel. No ownership signatures. A very nice copy.

Harper & Row Publishers, NY, 1975; First Edition; 8vo, 261 pages. First hand account of the 1950’s and early 60’s beat scene in San Francisco, as told by insider Jerry Kamstra, author of "Weed," and "Adventures Of A Dope Addict." It was Kamstra’s intimacy with the City and its beatnik inhabitants that earned him the nickname "The Frisco Kid." Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket.

Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 1962; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 513 pages; orange cloth, silver titles; blue topstain. Houghton Mifflin Fellowship Award winning novel by journalist, novelist, and self-professed communist Clancy Sigal (1926-2017), who after moving West and graduating U.C.L.A. in 1950 went to work for Columbia Pictures, only to be fired by Harry Cohn for using the office mimeo to print radical handbills. After an unsuccessful attempt to organize a film technicians’ labor union, Sigal went to work at a Hollywood talent agency, his experiences there providing the material for his novel "Black Sunset." In 1957, fearing the HUAC investigations, Sigal fled Hollywood, driving cross-country to New York in order to, in his words, "look at America to find out why she wasn’t my country anymore." His observations on the trip were the basis for "Going Away." Soon afterward, he slinked away to London, where he remained for nearly thirty years before… Read More

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1866; First Edition; sm 8vo, 178 pages; brown cloth; beveled board edges; gilt titles; chocolate brown end papers; frontispiece engraved portrait plate, with guard tissue. James Grayson’s compelling biography of his fellow Southerner and lifelong friend James Louis Petigru, lawyer, orator, attorney general for the state of South Carolina, judge, and president of the Historical Society of South Carolina, who maintained his unwavering support of the U.S. Constitution and the Union of the States throughout the turmoil of the Civil War, while retaining dedication to his beloved South. An inspiring portrait of a remarkable American. Fine, clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, binding tight, sound and square, no previous owner signatures or any other markings of any kind, 3/8" closed edge tear in left margin of frontispiece. An exceptionally nice copy.

Osborne Publishers, Inc, Santa Clara, CA, 1987; First Edition; 8vo, 314 pages; illustrated blue cloth boards. Biography of pioneer American aviatrix Bobbi Trout (1906-2003), who came to California in 1920 and at age 22 solo’d at Burdett Fuller’s airport on South Western Avenue in Los Angeles on April 30, 1928 . Trout went on to become holder of countless aviation records and distinctions such as the woman’s solo endurance record. She competed in the very first cross country "Powder Puff Derby" from Santa Monica-to-Cleveland, and was a founding member of the pioneer women’s flying organization, the "Ninety-Nines," as well as an influential member of the Zontians. Profusely illustrated with vintage photographs. An informative and entertaining book, with much on the history of early California aviation. Inscribed and signed by Bobbi Trout to a fellow Zontian on the front paste down. Additionally signed on the facing page by author Skip Mazzio, publisher of the Aviation… Read More

Ernest Flammarion, Paris, 1929; First trade edition, fifteenth thousand (quinzieme mille); small 8vo, 249 pages; marbled boards. Autobiography of Georges Scapini, WWI French veteran blinded in action who went on to become a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, serving as French Ambassador of Prisoners during WWII from 1940-1944. A popular hero distinguished for his stirring public addresses, Scapini spoke from memory with only a few Braille notes as guide. In a controversial reversal of fortune, he was later tried and convicted as a Nazi collaborator and served five years at hard labor. L’apprentissage de la nuit was later published in the United States by Doubleday under the title "A Challenge to Darkness," with a preface by Helen Keller. Very Good Plus, marbled boards, cloth spine, gilt morocco spine title label, original wraps bound in. Text in French. There is a narrow 1/4" wide faint dampstain, 2 3/4" in length, in the right upper blank margin of the first 22 pages,… Read More

W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1984; First Edition, First Printing; 8vo, 525 pages. Fourth in the series of autobiographical novels by author Ved Mehta, here covering the post-war period from 1940-1949, as the dissolution of the British Raj was approaching. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a single 3/4" closed edge tear at top left center of the front panel. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp. Very nice.

The Folio Society, London, 1970; First Folio Society Edition; tall 8vo, 88 pages; cream colored boards; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Beautiful edition of Einhard’s 8th century biography of Charlemagne, mellifluously translated from the original Latin into English by Lewis Thorpe and illustrated with sixteen full-page color reproductions of scenes from illuminated manuscripts dating from the 8th through 15th century. Introduction by the translator giving historical background for both Charlemagne and Einhard, plus Strabo’s original prologue and Einhard’s original introduction. Two-page map of the Frankish empire plus a genealogical chart of the Carolingians at the back. Very Good Plus, spine lightly tanned, in a sturdy Very Good Plus slipcase with light sunning along portions of the outer 1" of the perimeter, no chipping, no seam splits.

Simon and Schuster, NY, 1963; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 474 pages. Autobiography of Pulitzer-Prize winning dramatist Elmer Rice. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author in year of publication to Anna Bing Arnold, notable Los Angeles millionaire patron of the arts: "For Anna, with my love, Elmer, Stanford, July, 1963." Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a 3/8" chip at the top right corner of the back panel and moderate fading of the spine panel.

University Of Alabama Press, , 1986; First Edition; octavo, 238 pages. Authoritative biography of Norman Corwin and the golden period of radio from the mid 1930’s to late ‘40’s. A fascinating look at radio and one of its major creative figures. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket with no chips, creases, or tears. Clean, crisp and bright.

Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1940; First Edition; 8vo, 287 pages; illustrated. Fascinating biography of beleaguered 19th - 20th century American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, known popularly as "The Poetess Of Passion," for whom public condemnation of her wantonness was exceeded only by demand for her books, and who was once described by Louis Untermeyer as "Pure thoroughbred lowbrow, who nevertheless is tied up with the best that can be found in America." Virginia Kirkus review on front flap. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket that has minor chipping at the spine extremities. Previous owner brief inscription ("To ___ From ___, Bethesda, 1940") in a neat and tiny hand on f.f.e.p. Clean, crisp, and nice.

Printed And For Sale By The Author And By Parry And M’Millan, Philadelphia, 1854; First Edition; 12mo (5 1/8" x 7 3/4"); 349 pages; embossed pebbled cloth; gilt titles; engraved frontispiece portrait plate of the author, with guard tissue. Autobiography of distinguished Irish-born American journalist and publisher John Binns (1772-1860), who after repeated jailings in Britain for his political activity sailed for the United States in July of 1801, arriving at Baltimore in September and soon joining Joseph Priestly and Thomas Cooper in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, where he published and edited the Argus Republican newspaper (1802-1804), which he was forced to abandon due to inter-party feuding. Upon resettling in Philadelphia, Binns began publication of the influential Democratic Press weekly, which continued until 1829 when party politics again resulted in the closing of his paper. He thence abandoned publishing and devoted himself entirely to his duties as alderman for the City of… Read More

Privately printed by the author, Los Angeles, 1978; First Edition; Signed; small 8vo, 16 pages. Transcription of an inspirational 1978 Craft Talk delivered at Westwood Village Rotary Club by longtime Los Angeles physician Herbert J. Andrews, M.D., who entered medical school at 33 years of age, established his practice in Westwood in 1935, and built his medical bldg. at 1441 Westwood Blvd. in 1939. Fine, in card wraps. Inscribed and signed on the title page by the author.

Institut fur Europaische Ethnologie und Kulturforschung der Universitat Marburg, Marburg, Marburg, 1986; First Edition; Signed; 8vo, 88 pages; illustrated. A volume of writings from numerous colleagues and friends of Robert Bartlett Haas, presented as a tribute on the occasion of his 70th birthday, together with a "bio-bibliography" by Haas himself, in which he reveals his views on life, art, and education, plus a complete bibliography of his books and monographs, articles and prefaces, editorships, translations, professional writings, lectures and appreciations, interviews, articles about, reviews by, and works in progress. Haas, most known for his works on Gertrude Stein (who dubbed him "Bobolink"), Eadweard Muybridge, and William Grant Still, was for many years head of U.C.L.A. Extension’s huge Department Of Art And Humanities, and was instrumental in the artistic "coming of age" of Los Angeles. Considered the embodiment of the Renaissance Man, he was described by… Read More

Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1978; First Edition; 8vo, 248 pages; photo illustrated. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1985; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 430 pages. Author Ved Mehta’s memoirs of his triumph over personal difficulties as a newly arrived adolescent from India enrolled in the Arkansas School for the blind in 1949. Fifth in the series of his autobiographical novels. Fine, in Fine dust jacket.

Urban-Verlag, Freiburg im Breislau, 1931; First Edition; 12mo, 175 pages. Personal reminiscences and commentaries upon Rainer Maria Rilke, by over twenty close friends and associates, many of them notable German literary figures. Text in German. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket that has a 1" closed tear at the upper left shoulder of the front panel and a tiny edge chip at top of the back panel. Clean and bright.

Clear Fork Press, Albany, Texas, 1989; First Edition, limited; large octavo (9 1/4" x 8 1/4"); 65 pages; red cloth spine; gilt titles; photo illustrated. Boyhood reminiscences of life in 1860’s rural Louisiana and Texas as recounted by John Allen Tippit (1862-1939), school teacher, rancher, and orchardist, who was affectionately known as "Apple Jack." Tippet and his family moved West at the close of the Civil War, leaving the cotton plantations of Bianville Parish, Louisiana for the Central Texas frontier and an arduous but rewarding life on the prairie. Thirteen-page background by George B. Ward, Texas State Historical Association. Published in limited edition of 1000, of which 700 were offered for sale. Printed by David Holman at Wind River Press. Fine, in clear dust wrapper, also Fine.

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1980; First American Edition, first printing; 8vo, 320 pages. The resumption of Graham Greene’s memoirs, nine years after completion of "A Sort Of Life" in 1971. Here are first person tales of exploits during his world travels, candid revelations about himself, and details of the genesis and circumstances leading to each of his major novels. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a soft wrinkle at the upper extremity of the spine panel. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984; First Edition; 8vo, 82 pages; tan boards, brown cloth spine; gilt titles. Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll’s revealing autobiography of his school years in Cologne during the period of Nazi domination. Frontispiece photo portrait plate of the author as a young man. Translated from the original German by Leila Vennewitz. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, crisp, and sharp.