The Monument
New York: Ecco Press, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by Strand to fellow poet Dan Hoffman and his wife, including the drawing of a cemetery headstone. More
Catalog 241 contains 124 miscellaneous items, with an emphasis on literary first editions and manuscripts!
Download PDF of Miscellaneous SelectionsNew York: Ecco Press, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by Strand to fellow poet Dan Hoffman and his wife, including the drawing of a cemetery headstone. More
(Durham): Duke University Press, 1945. Hardcover. First edition. 297pp. Illustrated by the students of Claire Leighton. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little age-toning. This copy also has an unprinted partially opaque tissue jacket which we've seen before on this title, and are tempted to believe was issued with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Hardcover. First edition. Light offsetting on the endpapers else fine in a slightly toned else fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed and initialed by the poet, referencing a line of one of his poems in the text: "To Isabel with love from an old-new friend -..... More
(Bates City, Missouri): Naiad Press, 1977. Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 168, [6]pp. Illustrated buff wrappers. Modest stains mostly confined to the wrappers, very good or better. Inscribed by the author: "For Moonyean in sisterhood, Valerie Taylor." The recipient is Moonyean Grosch of Womansplace Bookstore in Phoenix, Arizona. The author of..... More
New York: The Guide Book Committee, Washington Irving High School, 1932. Softcover. First edition. 24mo. 75, [10]pp. ads. Illustrated from woodcuts. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Penciled owner name and a couple of tears on the edges of the yapped wrappers, else a handsome very good copy. A pleasing and uncommon guide..... More
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 2000. Hardcover. 12mo. Quarter black morocco and rust cloth boards. Fine. Copy letter A of 26 lettered copies Signed by Updike. From the library of Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin, who retained the earliest of all the lettered and numbered copies from his fine..... More
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1990. Hardcover. Miniature book measuring approximately 3" x 2¼". Quarter cream paper and red cloth boards. Special publisher's presentation binding combining the red cloth and the quarter cream paper of the lettered edition: "*Mites* was the only Lord John Press book for which the presentation..... More
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1986. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Quarter brown morocco and beige cloth covered boards in cloth slipcase. Fine. Copy number 1 of 50 specially bound and numbered copies Signed by Updike. From the library of Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin, who retained the earliest of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to a fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning author: "for Susan Sheehan. Best wishes, John Updike. Beverly, Ma. Oct 30, 08." Updike and Sheehan were colleagues at *The New Yorker* for nearly 50 years. Signed by..... More
(Minneapolis): Coffee House Press, 2001. Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. Trade paperback original (no clothbound issue). Slight bump at the bottom of a few pages, else fine. Inscribed by Waldman to Patti Smith on the title page: "with love & admiration, Anne Waldman." Loosely inserted is an August 2001 card..... More
New York: Sony Music Entertainment, 2011. Deluxe boxed set. Black cloth clamshell box with the title stamped on the front containing 16 original 12" x 12" silkscreens, four vinyl records, three CDs, and housed in its original mailer (not pictured). One of 85 numbered copies Signed by each contributor, except..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1949. Hardcover. First American edition. Boards slightly soiled, near fine in a lightly spine-tanned, near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Waugh: "To Mr. Henry Clifford, a belated Christmas present from Evelyn Waugh." Copies of Waugh's American trade editions are uncommon inscribed. More
Jackson: Mississippi Historical Society, 1975. Hardcover. First edition. Thin 12mo. Green papercovered boards with printed label. Small, stable tear at the crown, very near fine. Housed in a custom cloth folding chemise and a string-tied folder. One of 1000 copies printed. Very warmly Inscribed by Welty to Robert Penn Warren..... More
(London): The Writers and Reader's Publishing Cooperative, (1976). Softcover. First edition, paperback original. Small octavo. Perfectbound in wrappers. Very good with wear at the spine, a bit of sunning at the crown, and wear at the corners. Inscribed to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "For dear Marian a little bit..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a tiny nick. The author's first novel, Inscribed to Nan and Charley Mann, who would become the dedicatees of his best-known novel, *Alley Jaggers*: "For Nan and Charlie, with love, Paul. 8 January 63." More
London: Victor Gollancz, (1943). Hardcover. First English edition. Fine in slightly soiled, very good or better dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. Publisher's file copy, stamped "Archive Copy" on the title page, and docketed in pencil on the front panel of the jacket. The author's classic collection of short..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1938. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine first issue dustwrapper with slightest toning and a very faint stain both on the spine. After several one-act plays, this was Wilder’s first mature production as a dramatist. It resulted in his being awarded the Pulitzer Prize, thus becoming..... More
New York: New Directions, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Small owner name on front fly else about fine in near fine dustwrapper with light rubbing, mostly at the crown, with an internal tape repair. Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a dying Southern patriarch and the machinations of his greedy, would-be heirs. The..... More
(New York): New Directions, (1954). Hardcover. First edition thus, first state (the first edition to be issued in jacket, preceded by an unjacketed 1949 edition, and with one story revised in this book). Fine in lightly rubbed, else fine Alvin Lustig-designed dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Ernest Nordan[?], Tennessee..... More
(New York): New Directions, (1958). Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with light wear at the corners and offsetting on the endpapers in lightly toned near fine dust jacket with some wear at the spine ends. Signed by Tennessee Williams, and Inscribed twice by the book's dedicatee Anne Meachem to her..... More
[Scarsdale: 1933-1956]. Hardcover. Guestbook. Oblong quarto. Approximately 70 leaves. Leather boards. Front board lacking, chipping confined mostly to the foredge of several leaves, toning on first couple of leaves, clippings have sometimes offset on facing pages, overall in fair condition. Some cards, telegrams, clippings, etc. affixed on versos. Guestbook of..... More
New York: The New Republic, 1937. Softcover. First Edition. 12mo. Flexible illustrated wrappers. Previous owner signature on front free endpaper, small closed tears and small nicks at the crown, a sound and very good copy. More
New York: Bowne & Co., Stationers for Aeraiocht Press, [circa 1980]. Unbound. Broadside. 8¾" x 20". Fine. Very uncommon and attractively printed poem. *OCLC* locates only three copies. More
Unbound. Clever pen and ink caricature drawing on a white slip of paper and backed with brown paper. Measuring 4" x 5¼". Probably removed from a scrapbook, else about fine. Roland Young was an English comic actor and gifted artist known for his portrayal of the title role in the..... More