Association Copies

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.

New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1896. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. [6] + 173 numbered pages, which are bright and clean. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Bound in striking full blue leather which is lightly rubbed and sunned. Gilt borders to covers and gilt title to front cover and spine. "Church Club of Connecticut" to front cover. The personal copy of Samuel Hart, one of the authors/lecturers, with contemporary pencil gift inscription on endpaper "Samuel Hart from the Church Club. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of… Read More

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, n.d. (ca 1936.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good only in a fair dust jacket. (stain to front cover of book, dust jacket is price-clipped, quite edgeworn, and has some loss in the middle of the spine.) . First US printing. Sheets printed in England. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Ernest Shepard. The basis of Housman's most sucessful play. A unique copy, SIGNED by Laurence Housman with the words "his signature" underneath (in Housman's hand) the words "Harry Essex, his book." Essex (1910-1997) was a writer, movie director and film producer. This copy is also SIGNED by Helen Hayes (1900-1993), whose starring role in this 1936 Broadway play was perhaps her greatest role ever. Hayes' signature is followed by the words, "his friend" with a line going up to Essex's name. 470 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage "ToThe Honorable Will H. Hays, Postmaster General, with the compliments of the author." Brig. General Edward Munson, M.D., as an assistant to the Surgeon General, was one of the surgeons who attended President William McKinley after he was wounded by an assassin. While Professor of Military Hygiene at the Army Service School in Washington, in 1912, Dr. Munson designed the military field shoe, the boon to infantrymen, variously known as the "Munson Last," the "hobnail brogan" of World War I, and the "G.I. shoe" of World War II. General Munson wrote several books on Army hygiene, including the authoritative treatise, The Soldier's Foot and the Military Shoe.In 1917 he was promoted to Colonel and thereafter developed the system of field training for medical troops. In 1919 he returned to the general staff in Washington and was assigned to organize the Morale Section, a branch… Read More

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY RARE ASSOCIATION COPY of FANNIE B. BLUMBERG, VOL. NO. 2, A SEQUEL. "July 9, 1965 we embarked on the publication of (Volume No. 1) as a testimonial and memorial dedicated to preserving various letters, unpublished stories manuscripts, memos and comments...This (Vol. 2) is needed to complete the record…"(Benjamin Blumberg) 6" x 9", 315 page paperback, including numerous b/w photos, illustrations and painting reproductions. Cover is brown marbled heavy paper with gold gilt design and particulars. Condition = Near Fine. On title page appears an INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR to friend & fellow artist (sculptor) RALPH H HUMES, who spent 42 years in south Florida. Noted appraiser James Beattie gave this book a value of $260.

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.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1968. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" To Jim Armsey, with the deep appreciation of his friend. McGeorge Bundy, February 11. 1969". James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) who was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. At the time of publication McGeorge Bundy was the President of the Ford Foundation. He also served both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson from 1961-1966 as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs. Fine, Armsey's name and initials front paste down and end… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill, 1964. Annotated and inscribed copy of Sister Mary Gilbert's poetry book given as a gift to David Posner, with correspondence and original poems. Sister Mary Gilbert was the religious name of [Sister] Madeleine DeFrees, who later requested a dispensation from her vows in 1973. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship for Poetry and awards for short stories and memoirs of convent life. The book has an autograph poem written by Sister Madeline De Frees on the front end paper. Laid in the book are two typed poems by her, two typed letters to David and one autograph letter dated March 20, 1968.Hardcover. 23 x 16cm. 64 pages. Price-clipped. Blue quarter cloth over purple boards with white lettering and design to cover and spine.

Chicago: The David Company, 1989 Second printing of the first edition, stapled wrappers. Presentation copy signed to Greg Gatenby, Canadian historian, writer, and host of Toronto's festival of authors. also signed by Gatenby, dated 1989. Book in fine condition.

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [10], 69, [1] p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth spine with gilt spine title; marbled brown paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of Raymond Dexter Havens (1880-1954) on front fixed endpaper. Havens received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1908 and then taught at the University of Rochester, which was interrupted by his service as a Y.M.C.A. volunteer in France from 1917 to 1919. In 1925 he was appointed Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Inscribed on the blank page following the front endpapers: "To R. H. fr. C. B. Xmas 1924." Written on the front fixed endpaper: "Raymond D. Havens from Cecilia Beaux Christmas, 1924." Havens and the American painter Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) were friends; the Raymond Dexter Havens Papers at the University of Rochester contain a number of letters from Beaux to Havens from 1915 to 1941. On the title page verso is written in pencil: "Gift Dr. Raymond D. Havens." A… Read More

London: Collins, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New/As New. Gillmor, Richard (Dustjacket). A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 50 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. x, 500, illustrated with colour photographs. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author and, in addition, the traditional New Naturalist dustjacket is provided and has been signed directly by its artist and designer, Robert Gillmor. This copy is lettered "H" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in dustjacket and slipcase. Provenance: from the library of Professor Richard… Read More

London: Collins, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New/As New. Gillmor, Richard (Dustjacket). A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 50 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. xii, 516, illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author and, in addition, the traditional New Naturalist dustjacket is provided and has been signed directly by its artist and designer, Robert Gillmor. This copy is lettered "E" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in dustjacket and slipcase. Provenance: from the library of… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1921. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Beverley Baxter, with Kindest regards from Clemence Dane" and below SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baxter -" to Mother from Arthur as a little reminder that Beauty still has its disciples in England Xmas 1921". Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter was a journalist, theater critic, and Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1935 to his death in 1964. Known to his friends as "Bax", he was still Arthur to his Mother ! Winifred Ashton, who wrote under the name Clemence Dane, was an English novelist and playwright, and the first British woman screenwriter to win an Academy Award. She was a close and dear friend of Noel Coward. " Between the First and Second World Wars, she was Britain’s most influential, versatile and successful female writer and arguably the most complete and versatile female creative force: novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, sculptor,… Read More

Paris: Seghers, 1996. Livre. Illus. by Lucien Clergue. Parfait. Cartonnage Éditeur. Dédicacé par l'illustrateur. Edition en partie originale. Grand In-8. Paris, Seghers, 1996. 20,5 x 19,5 cm, grand in-8, 65 (3) pp., 18 photographies en noir dont 16 à pleine page et 2 à double page, un dessin de Picasso reproduit en noir à pleine page, cartonnage de l'éditeur de pleine toile noire lettrée au dos, jaquette illustrée et imprimée. Nouvelle édition enrichie d'une postface de Lucien Clergue et de photographies inédites dont il n'a pas été tiré de grand papier. Exemplaire enrichi d'un très bel ENVOI autographe signé de Lucien Clergue à son modèle emblématique, Catherine Marty, dite Caco : "Ce [corps mémorable] (oh combien !), pour Caco, avec une corbeille de bises de son vieux péon de braga, Lucien, 11 x 11 96, Plaza de Paris".… Read More

Sl: Editions AGEP, 1979. Livre. Illus. by Lucien Clergue. Assez bon. En Feuilles. Dédicacé par l'illustrateur. Edition originale. In-folio. Sl, Editions AGEP, 1979. 42 x 30,5 cm, (8) pp. avec 11 photos reproduites en couleurs dans le texte - 10 planches hors texte de photographies de nus en couleurs portant la signature imprimée de Clergue, sous chemise muette et coffret illustré en couleurs et imprimé. Exemplaire enrichi d'un intéressant ENVOI autographe signé de Lucien Clergue au psychanalyste Pierre Marty, père de l'un des modèles emblématiques de Clergue, Catherine Marty dite Caco : "pour mon cher Pierrot, et pour préparer l'éducation de Simon, en témoignage de toujours vive et fidèle amitié, Paris, 3 XII 79". Simon, fils de Catherine Marty et petit-fils de Pierre Marty, était alors âgé d'à peine quelques années... Portefeuille… Read More