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ALL WE NEED OF HELL; [Inscribed association copy]

ALL WE NEED OF HELL; [Inscribed association copy]

by Crews, Harry

New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ All best to/ one of the great ones/ Harry Crews." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature. "A virtuoso blending of despair and hope, ALL WE NEED OF HELL is a provocative book by one of America's finest Southern storytellers."--from the jacket flap. Fine in very nearly fine dust jacket with mild crease to laminate... Read more about this item
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£101.16
EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE

EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE

by Morgan, Charles, (George Moore)

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1935. First edition. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper, "A. T. Chenhalls / by, with or from / Charles Morgan / The White House / East Claydon / January 22, 1938." Near fine copy in marbled boards with slight tanning on front inner joint and lightly bumped bottom front corner.
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£101.16
A MODERN COMEDY

A MODERN COMEDY

by Galsworthy, John

London: William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His sequel to "The Forsyte Saga." Vellum-like covers lightly soiled and a bit wavy otherwise near fine.
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£80.93
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [Inscribed Association Copy]

THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [Inscribed Association Copy]

by Lyndon, Barre (SIGNED)

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO W. H. LEVERTON BY BARRE LYNDON ON FFEP. W. H. Leverton was a fellow author and a key figure in the Haymarket Theatre in London. Lyndon's first play. MOVIE SOURCE; the 1938 film version (with script from a treatment by William Faulkner) starred Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. 206pp., bound in green cloth, spine lettering black. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Very nice copy.
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£364.18
BEDROCK

BEDROCK

by Murphy, Timothy

No-place: Aralia Press, 1998. First edition. One of 160 unnumbered copies. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anthony Hecht, "To Tony Hecht with fond wishes for a prolific New Year. Tim Murphy 28 December 1998." Also with a four-line inscription on an early page signed "Timothy of Shrewsbury." Fine in black cloth boards with white title label on spine. Printed on Johannot paper with Weiss type. Issued without dust jacket.
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£121.40
THE TYPOGRAPHIC MIND

THE TYPOGRAPHIC MIND

by Bringhurst, Robert

Kentsville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press Limited, 2006. First edition. 4 x 8" white, stapled paperwraps printed in light blue and black; 8-pages, including covers. No. 16 in Gaspereau's occasional chapbook series, "The Devil's Whim." INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears / with all good wishes / Robert Bringhurst / 1 August 2006." Presentation copy, housed in original mailing envelope. Quite scarce.
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£80.93
BEYOND THE HORIZON. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

BEYOND THE HORIZON. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

by O'NEILL, Eugene G

New York: Boni and Liveright, (1920). First Edition. Hardcover. Both hinges split nearly completely with covers loose but still attached. Dampstain to bottom third of spine extending partly to the covers but not showing internally. A Good copy at best with a fine inscription. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Edith---/With all my best, and/in the hope that our dune-/hiking took off a pound or/two/Gene/Provincetown, Nov. 1920." Edith was the wife of Frank Shay, one of... Read more about this item
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£4,046.50
THE FIVE-FOLD MESH

THE FIVE-FOLD MESH

by Belitt, Ben

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Eda Lou Walton, "For Eda Lou, with my inexpressible gratitude for the best pieces in the book and the death of the Ice-Age. Affectionately, Ben." The printed dedication to the last section of the book, "IV: Many Cradles: Personal Legend," is "For E. L. W." -- presumably Walton. New York Times book review slip laid in with Walton's name penciled on the back, and Walton's signature is on the front... Read more about this item
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£101.16
MEMOIRS. YEAR OF DECISIONS and YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, both volumes SIGNED

MEMOIRS. YEAR OF DECISIONS and YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE, both volumes SIGNED

by TRUMAN, Harry

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1955) & (1956). First Edition. hardcovers. Seim's bookplate on the front pastedown of the first volume. Near Fine in price-clipped, Very Good dustwrappers with a little edgewear. Early but not first printings of each volume. Each copy is INSCRIBED to Captain Jack H. Seim and SIGNED by the author on the half-title pages on 28 September 1965. Truman usually only signed one volume, most often the first, of the set, and it is uncommon to find both volumes signed,... Read more about this item
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£1,264.53
MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

MAY-DAY AND OTHER PIECES

by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Hardcover. A few pages unopened. Spine slightly darkened with minor wear to the tips. Near Fine and scarce. Original gilt-decorated white linen, the gift binding, one of only 100 copies bound thus from a total edition of 2000. Both BAL 5250 and Myerson A28.1.a note that the earliest inscribed copies are dated 1 May 1867, May Day. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author as "R. W. Emerson" to Mrs. Anna C. Lowell on 1 May 1867 on the first blank. Anna Cabot Lowell... Read more about this item
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£8,598.81
In Good Time

In Good Time

by Corman, Cid (SIGNED)

Kyoto (1964): Origin Press, 1964. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY CID CORMAN. 1 of 300 copies in original wrappers in gray printed dust jacket; internally clean. A very good copy.
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£194.23
Reading. An Essay

Reading. An Essay

by Walpole, Hugh (SIGNED)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HUGH WALPOLE ON FFEP AND DATED CHRISTMAS, 1926. A fine copy in edgeworn dust jacket, with 1/8" loss at spine ends, small chip at center spine; jacket spine a bit darkened.
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£101.16
RANEY. A Novel

RANEY. A Novel

by EDGERTON, Clyde (SIGNED)

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CLYDE EDGERTON ON TITLE PAGE. A Fine copy in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. $12.95 price on front flap of Dust Jacket. 227 pp. Author's First Book.
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£121.40
THE MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS: The Benjamin Hooks Story

THE MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS: The Benjamin Hooks Story

by Hooks, Benjamin L.; Jerry Guess

(Chicago: American Bar Association, 2004). First edition. Written with Guess; foreword by Dennis Archer, the 2003/2004 American Bar Association president. INSCRIBED BY HOOKS on the front free endpaper simply, "Thanks / BWHooks" (not inscribed to anyone). "As leader of the NAACP for 15 years, Benjamin Hooks oversaw the organization's position on affirmative action and federal aid to the poorer neighborhoods of American cities. He particpated in dialogues with the governments of South Africa and in... Read more about this item
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£80.93
WINTER BROTHERS: A Season at the Edge of America

WINTER BROTHERS: A Season at the Edge of America

by Doig, Ivan

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. "Best wishes through all the seasons of life. Ivan Doig." Near fine with a faint sticker shadow on front pastedown and light soiling on page edges; in a lightly soiled dust jacket.
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£101.16
THE RISING STORM: A ROGER BROOK STORY

THE RISING STORM: A ROGER BROOK STORY

by Wheatley, Dennis

London: Hutchinson & Co, [1949]. Diana Younger. First edition. INSCRIBED on title page, "For Diana and Went / With fondest love from Dennis." Diana Younger was Dennis's stepdaughter and they remained close all his life. She illustrated the dust jacket for his 1938 book, THE GOLDEN SPANIARD as well as endpapers for several others. Black cloth shows some minor wear spots, but still very good in good or better dust jacket with minor darkening on (two) edges of rear panel, red lettering on spine faded and... Read more about this item
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£485.58
POEMS OF EXCHANGE

POEMS OF EXCHANGE

by Barnstone, Willis

Athens: (No Publisher), 1951. First edition. With six poems translated from the Spanish of Antonio Machado. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper with a rather lengthy note to a friend: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. --- You know , honestly, in spite of 2 1/2 years of silence, I'm sure of the same intimacy with you...." Very good minus in light green, printed paperwraps with spine and front cover tanned, covers lightly soiled and corners bumped; one-inch tear split at head of spine, and inside rear cover shows few... Read more about this item
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£48.56
TAKEN | SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES | PILLOW: EXPLORING THE HEART OF EROS; [Three volumes, one signed and one with Autograph Notecard Signed laid in]

TAKEN | SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES | PILLOW: EXPLORING THE HEART OF EROS; [Three volumes, one signed and one with Autograph Notecard Signed laid in]

by Pond, Lily

Albany, CA | San Francisco | Berkeley: verygraphics | HarperSanFrancisco | Celestial Arts, 1986 | 1997 | 1998. First edition of each of the three volumes --including Pond's extremely scarce first book, TAKEN (a book of erotic poetry): 5.5 x 8.5" white stapled paperwraps printed in black and light purple with light purple endpapers; unpaginated. INSCRIBED to collector Allen K. Mears, "for Al Mears/ from Lily Pond/ 5-2-86." SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES: A Yellow Silk Book of Erotic Writing (edited and with... Read more about this item
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£80.93
THE HERO WITH THE PRIVATE PARTS: Essays; [Inscribed association copy]

THE HERO WITH THE PRIVATE PARTS: Essays; [Inscribed association copy]

by Lytle, Andrew

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1966). First edition. Collection of 16 essays including one on "the making and meaning of one of the author's own novels, THE VELVET HORN." Foreword by Allen Tate. RAMBLINGLY INSCRIBED (covering most of the title page and with a few crossed out false starts), "To Walter and Jane/ Sullivan-/ old and dear friends-/ from Iowa until/ they see me in/ that bright and circular light,/ happily disposed/ if possible,/ when we may resume/ elsewhere/ Andrew Lytle/... Read more about this item
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£141.63
DIVISION STREET: AMERICA

DIVISION STREET: AMERICA

by Terkel, Studs

New York: Pantheon Books, (1967). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TERKEL TO DIRECTOR PETER BOGDANOVICH inside torn-off front cover from a paperback edition of this title, "To Petar Bogdanovich who understands the losers so well. Studs Terkel." The taped-in inscription covers a "From the Library of Peter Bogdanovich" stamp and BOGDANOVICH'S OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, as well as a publisher's "hurt" stamp ("H"). Spine beginning to sink a bit at top otherwise very good to near fine in near fine dust jacket with rub... Read more about this item
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£121.40
THE SIX-CORNERED SNOWFLAKE: and Other Poems; [Inscribed association copy]

THE SIX-CORNERED SNOWFLAKE: and Other Poems; [Inscribed association copy]

by Nims, John Frederick

(New York): New Directions, (1990). First edition. Simultaneous paperwraps issue. INSCRIBED BY NIMS on half-title page, "Snowy greetings but/ warm wishes to/ Jane & Walter/ -- John/ Jan. 14, '91." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. Nims won the Aiken... Read more about this item
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£36.42
SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry

SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry

by (Jeffers, Robinson), by Rudolph Gilbert

Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1936. First edition. Only 1,000 copies printed. INSCRIBED BY GILBERT, "To/ Florence and Dr. Vessie/ with deep appreciation/ Rudolph 1936." Near fine with few pages roughly opened; in good, somewhat soiled dust jacket tanned at spine with chipping on spine ends and corners and internal archival tape repair to few tears. Scarce signed.
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£101.16
LOT OF SEVEN BOOKS, EACH ONE INSCRIBED TO POET LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY: Color of Darkness; Malcolm; The Nephew; Children Is All

LOT OF SEVEN BOOKS, EACH ONE INSCRIBED TO POET LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY: Color of Darkness; Malcolm; The Nephew; Children Is All

by Purdy, James

(New York, et al.: Farrar; New Directions; et al., 1959 - 1962). A mix of first edition hardcovers, later printings and paperbacks, all of which are INSCRIBED by Purdy to Brodsky. COLOR OF DARKNESS, (New York): New Directions, (1957), second printing, INSCRIBED, "For Louis Brodsky with sincere good wishes from James Purdy," fine in fine dust jacket with minor edge rubbing. COLOR OF DARKNESS, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1961, first paperback edition, adding an introduction by Dame Edith Sitwell,... Read more about this item
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£202.33
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY: An Appraisal and a Selection; [Association copy, inscribed]

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY: An Appraisal and a Selection; [Association copy, inscribed]

by Warren, Robert Penn; John Greenleaf Whittier

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, (1971). First edition. Only 3000 copies printed. This one INSCRIBED BY WARREN in red ink on front endpaper, "To Walter/ all the best/ Red." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Warren -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Near fine with corners lightly bumped; in lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket.
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£80.93
THE SMOKING MOUNTAIN, Inscribed

THE SMOKING MOUNTAIN, Inscribed

by Boyle, Kay

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "KEEP ON BEING A POET, DEAR MAC CAREY" BY KAY BOYLE to actor Macdonald Carey on the title page, 273pp. Bound in gray cloth, spine lettering white; a very good copy in a very good dust jacket; bookplate to front free endpaper of William Morris Agency, Inc. of Beverly Hills. In unclipped, dust jacket, with small loss at spine ends.
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£202.33
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