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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921 First edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth designed by Margaret Armstrong (unsigned); in the scarce original dust jacket, light green laid paper stamped in dark green, a simple design, not matching the binding. Very good or better book, text block uniformly toned and with some darker foxing to endpapers and prelims, small nick to rear free endpaper at top edge, some very light wear to corners, cloth bright and clean; in a very good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine, light scattered foxing and soiling most notably to rear panel, shallow chipping to head of spine and two small holes near middle of spine. Overall, an attractive book in an excellent example of the extremely scarce dust jacket. Camp-Fires and Guide-Posts is a collection of essays and reflections by Henry Van Dyke, minister, diplomat, and professor of English at Princeton University. Specifically, it includes "Fishing in Strange Waters," "Japonica,"…
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Camp-Fires and Guide-Posts
by Van Dyke, Henry
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A Man's Stature
by Viscardi, Jr., Henry
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New York: The John Day Company, 1952 First edition. Signed and inscribed by author to politician and Tammany Hall boss, Carmine DeSapio. A fine copy with a slight trace of rubbing to the spine and the lower corners lightly bumped.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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1945 New York Giants Official Program and Score Card
by [Voiselle, Bill; Brown, Tom; Basinski, Ed]
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New York: Harry M. Steven, 1945 September 25, 1945 game between cross-town rivals New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. Signed by Dodgers shortstops, Tom Brown and Eddie Basinski; and Giants pitcher, Bill Voiselle to the front cover. Original publisher's wrappers, printed in red and blue with photograph to front cover. Lightly toned, lower corners slightly chipped, else very good. The Dodgers won the game 7-4 after scoring three runs in the top of the 9th. Leo Durocher's Dodgers finished the season in third place with a respectable 87-67 record, while Mel Ott's Giants finished in fifth with a 78-74 record. . First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good.
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Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt
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London: The Science Fiction Book Club by arrangement with Macmillan & Co., 1954 [originally published in 1952]. First edition thus. Signed by Vonnegut with self-caricature on half-title page. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with gilt titles label to spine; in its original dust jacket, designed and lettered in blue and white. Near fine book, with some dimming to spine label, and some toning to page edges; very good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, and some tiny nicks to spine ends and panel edges. Overall, a lovely copy. Housed in a black custom clamshell box, with morocco label to spine. Player Piano is a novel about a dystopian future in the United States, where, much like a player piano that plays itself, society is largely run by self-automating machines. In this early work, Vonnegut explores themes that continue in his later novels: class struggle, dystopia, and science-fiction.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Player Piano
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London: Macmillan & Co., 1953 First UK edition, first printing. With laid-in bookplate signed by Vonnegut. Publisher's red cloth, with light toning to spine ends, a few tiny bumps to edges of rear board, a hint of soiling to spine ends, bottoms of boards, and edges of endpapers, and light foxing to text block edges; about very good clipped dust jacket, with light fading to spine, light soiling to panels and spine, front flap stamped with "Macmillan's Overseas Library," light wear to edges and spine ends, light foxing to jacket verso, tape reinforcement along upper and lower margins of jacket verso, and some splitting to top portion of rear flap fold. Overall, a pleasing copy. Vonnegut's first book Player Piano is a dystopian novel set ten years after World War III, in the fictional town of Ilium, New York. In this town, society is largely run by self-automating machines, and the population is divided into managers and engineers on one side of the river, and the…
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Mother Night
by Vonnegut, Kurt
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1968 First UK edition, first printing. Signed by Vonnegut with self-caricature on half-title page. Publisher's blue cloth, with spine stamped in gilt; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with yellow, blue, red, and white illustrations to panels and spine, designed by Peter Gibberd. About fine, with a hint of soiling to text block edges and very light toning to head of spine; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, a touch of spotting to panels, and very mild rubbing to spine ends. Overall, a lovely and crisp copy. Housed in a black custom folding box. Pieratt and Klinkowitz AD6. Mother Night tells the story of Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an American who was living in Germany during World War II and imprisoned in Israel, awaiting trial for war crimes. Throughout the novel, Vonnegut examines Campbell's relative guilt and cautions the reader that "we are what we pretend to be." Notably, the book is one of Vonnegut's darker stories. .…
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The Sirens of Titan
by Vonnegut, Kurt
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961 First hardcover edition, first printing. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, with front board and spine lettered in white; in its original wraparound pictorial dust jacket, printed in purple and green, lettered in white, with photograph of Vonnegut to rear panel taken by Anne Simpkins. About fine, with just some light rubbing to spine ends and corners, and a touch of toning to head of spine; near fine dust unclipped dust jacket, with some toning and a few light marks to spine, some light wear and shallow chipping to spine ends, a tiny bit of soiling to rear panel, and a small closed tear to top edge of front panel. Overall, an exceptionally tight and attractive copy. Pieratt and Klinkowitz AB2. The Sirens of Titan, Vonnegut's second novel, is a comic science fiction novel that revolves around three main characters - Winston Niles Rumfoord, whose space flight through the chronosynclastic infundibulum gives him the ability to predict the future,…
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Happy Birthday, Wanda June
by Vonnegut, Kurt
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971 Illustrated with photos by Jill Krementz and Bert Andrews. First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 copies. Inscribed by Vonnegut on half-title page. Publisher's black cloth, with red foil trident to front board, spine lettered in bronze, and orange endpapers; in its original black dust jacket, with red trident to front panel, lettered in white and yellow, and photo of Vonnegut to rear panel taken by Jill Krementz. About fine book, with a tiny hole to cloth at foot of spine, and light toning to top edge of text block; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a small chip to bottom left of front panel, and a couple of small closed tears. Overall, a bright and clean copy. Pieratt and Klinkowitz AI1. Happy Birthday, Wanda June tells the story of Harold Ryan, a macho war hero and big game hunter who is presumed dead. He returns home to find that his wife, Penelope, is entertaining two suitors very unlike himself - a vacuum cleaner salesman and a hippie doctor. To…
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