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Connecticut: Thornton Wilder, 1976. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. Two cards handwritten by Thornton Wilder : One reply card 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" on beige card stock date and mailed Nov 22,1932, writing on the recto. Addressed to Mr. Graves, explaining to him to mail his books to his address and he would be more than happy to sign his books. Second RSVP card is 5" x 3" on creme coloured card stock. Wilder sent this RSVP to the Creative Arts Awards in 1976, explaining that he would not be attending as written on the recto. "Dear Harold and committee, I am now really old and half-blind. I am recovering from a serious operation and am under doctor's constant care. I regret that I cannot revisit Brandeis University next April. cordially Thornton, Wilder". Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist who won three Pulitzer Prizes: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fascinating memoir of her life in ballet, briefly Inscribed by the legendary ballerina as Margot Fonteyn Arias (her married name) on the title page. Royal 8vo. 266 pp. + index. A fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dust wrapper portraying Fonteyn as photographed by Cecil Beaton. Stunning black and white photographs. Fonteyn pays particular homage to Rudolf Nureyev, her charismatic, longtime dancing partner, whom, she admits readily, gave her a second career in ballet that resulted in one of the greatest ballet partnerships in history, dazzling audiences in the 1960's and 1970's. "There is a feeling for choreographic form that gives shape and substance to the composition of what she is dancing, to a degree that one has never seen equaled in the ballet." The New Yotk Times. Size: Royal 8vo.

New York: The Viking Press, 1971. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed letter by Buber. Hodes, Aubrey. MARTIN BUBER: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT. Signed. New York: The Viking Press, 1971. Martin Buber, [1878-1965], Austrian-born Jewish Philosopher, Story Teller, Theologian - best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship. 8vo., 242pp. A fine copy in orange cream coloured boards stamped wine red at the spine in a bright near fine price clipped dustwrapper. Significant non authorial but relevant presentation inscription neatly penned at the top of the front free endpaper: "To George and Margaret [Riemer]- with deep affection, sincere respect and abiding faith - In continuing dialogue - Lenny & Lenore Sandel" Neatly pasted below the inscription is an airmail envelope postmarked Jerusulem addressed to Mr. George Riemer of New York from Martin Buber. The 1 page typed letter dated Jerusalem, 12.12.1963… Read More

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Author. THE OATH signed by Elie Wiesel. Near Fine First Edition. Orange boards and black cloth lettered in silver; The dust jacket is clipped, with slight edge-wear. 283 pp.

London: Elek Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A remarkable autobiographical essay by the Nobel Prize - winning author of Doctor Zhivago. 8vo. 304 pp. A near fine copy in black cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine dustwrapper, spine slightly darkened. Black and white frontis of Boris Pasternak, illustrations throughout. Translated by Alec Brown and Lydia Pasternak-Slater. Inclusive of four short stories and twenty three poems Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.