Catalog 217 contains an assortment of 130 items, including modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, magazine, posters, broadsides, photographs, original art, and more.
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Northfield, Mass. American Youth Hostels, Inc., 1937. Softcover. Quartos. Three issues. 32; 32; 32pp. Illustrated. Stapled wrappers with woodcut illustrated wrappers. Penciled name on one issue, vertical crease on each issue, printed mailing address of Margaret McNeill in Monticello, Iowa on the rear wrap of each issue, else very good..... More
New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, Publishers, [circa 1860]. Softcover. 16mo. [8]pp. Illustrated. Self-wrappers. Contemporary pencil name ("Chas. C. Dodge"), another pencil note and date ("Amherst Mass. Feb 15th 1864"), illustrations partially colored in at an early date, modest age-toning, about very good. Primer with the alphabet, illustrations of simple words..... More
Detroit, Michigan: Park Publishing Company, [circa 1928]. Softcover. Stapled illustrated wrappers. 16pp. Good only with the spine attached at one staple, pencil doodle inside rear wrapper, and scattered tears and creasing. The first and likely only issue of this sensational tabloid focused on notorious criminals Ruth Snyder, Nathan Leopold, Richard..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Base Ball Association, [circa 1920]. Softcover. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. Stapled printed green card wrappers. Small stains on the wrappers and a bit of age-toning, else near fine. An interesting artifact. Among the officers listed is Edward Bolden, a Philadelphia postal employee who would later play an important..... More
New York: W. A. Clayton, Printer and Bookbinder, 105 Maiden Lane, (1867). Softcover. First edition. 16mo. Stitched sheets. [4], 12pp. Small errata slip laid in, correcting an omission to the fourth part of Article II, Section Four of the Constitution. Old tidelines along right margin, extending partly into the text..... More
Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, (1828). Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 36pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Original blue illustrated wrappers. A little rubbed, else very near fine. Alphabet, syllables, illustrations of simple words, etc. Uncommon. More
St. Helena: Printed by J. Boyd, 1825. Softcover. First edition. Square 12mo. 20pp. Unprinted marbled paper wrappers. Small chips and tears on the wrappers, contemporary ink notes on the inside of both wrappers. A pleasing, very good or better copy. A discussion of the climate and agriculture of the island..... More
![Item #330989 [Original Movie Poster]: "His Jazz Bride" Adapted from "The Flapper Wife" Story by...](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/330989.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1603004120)
[No place]: Warner Bros. [1926]. Unbound. Poster in black, purple, and orange. Approximately 14" x 22". Very minor wear in margins, a fine example. A striking and whimsical image of a cavorting "Jazz Baby." Released in 1926 and directed by Herman C. Raymaker, the film is today thought to be..... More
New York: Artist Directors, Inc., 1930. Softcover. Folio. 32pp. Illustrated from photographs. Stapled printed orange wrappers. Small, faint stain on front wrap, else near fine. Agent's "facebook" for cabaret artists, including novelty acts, all-girl bands, and African-American performers. *OCLC* locates no copies. More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889. Hardcover. First edition. Quarter red cloth and illustrated paper over flexible boards. 12mo. 63pp. Illustrated. Top corner a little bumped, front hinge seamlessly strengthened, else a particularly nice, near fine copy. *OCLC* locates about a dozen copies, with four in the U.S. *Donovan and Murdoch* 3270..... More
Del Mar / La Jolla, California: Melvyn Freilicher, 1975-1980. Softcover. Seven issues (issues number 5 & 6 are a double issue). Quartos. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. First seven issues of this San Diego-area experimental prose magazine. Most notable for printing several appearances by Kathy Acker. Including *From I Dreamt I...... More
![Item #321286 Agee on Film. Volume II [only]. James AGEE](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/321286.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1603004120)
New York: McDowell Obolensky, Inc., 1959. Softcover. Uncorrected proofs in the form of long galley sheets printed rectos only, ribbon tied into blue printed wrappers. Small quarto. Tiny tear on front wrap, else very near fine. A somewhat cumbersome format, usually produced in very small numbers and consequently very uncommon..... More
Washington DC: Anderson House, 1936. Hardcover. First edition. Slight sunning on the boards, near fine in lightly spine-toned very good dustwrapper, which features a likeness of leading lady Katherine Cornell. Signed by the author: "To Kay with best wishes from the Andersons 1936." We have no proof that the book..... More
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1942). Hardcover. First edition. About fine in very good dustwrapper with shallow chipping and some sunning at the spine. A romance set in Miami Beach and the Florida Keys, a young lawyer is assigned to administer the family fortune of a difficult young woman. Inscribed..... More
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1937). Hardcover. First edition. A bit of foxing and bumping on the boards, very good in very good spine-faded dustwrapper. Inscribed by Baldwin on the front endpaper, to mystery writer Mignon Eberhart and her husband: "Minnie and Alan with much love, Faith." The friendship between..... More
New York: Dutton, (1981). Hardcover. First American edition. Considerable foxing on the cloth spine, thus good only in spine-faded very good dustwrapper. Signed by Borges. A Queen's Quorum title. More
New York: The Modern Editions Press, [1933]. Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. [8]pp. Stitched printed blue self-wrappers. Very slight age-toning at the edges of the wrappers, still easily fine. Bowles' first separate publication, a collection of two short poems, *Watervariation* and *Message.* According to Jeffrey Miller. *Paul Bowles: A Descriptive..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine and bright orange dustwrapper without the usual spine-fading. An exceptional copy of this fantasy novel about a spirit medium. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. Hardcover. First edition, trade issue (there was a limited signed edition as well). Fine in near fine and bright dustwrapper with a modest chip at the bottom of the front panel. Warmly Inscribed by Bromfield on the half-title in the year of publication..... More
New York: Interim Books, 1969. Softcover. Magazine. Ten pamphlets in stapled wrappers. The pamphlets are fine in near fine box but for one split seam. One of 500 copies. This is copy 228. A multi-volume, self-contained anthology with contributions from Charles Bukowski, Jack Micheline, Tuli Kupferberg, Lyn Lifshin, Douglas Blazek..... More
Annap[olis, Maryland]: H. Schaefer, 1894. Unbound. Albumen cabinet card. Approximately 4" x 6.5". Lower corner of the card chipped, visible vertical crack on the image has been professionally stabilized on the verso, the image is a bit faded but clear, and in overall good condition. Written on the verso in..... More
![Item #57192 Die Rechnung ohne den Wirt [The Postman Always Rings Twice]. James M. CAIN](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/57192.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1457632773)
Hamburg: Rowohlt, (1950). Hardcover. First German edition. Fine in a bright and attractive, near fine dustwrapper with slight chipping at the crown. A publisher's complimentary copy, rubberstamped as such, this copy was from Cain's own library. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. First edition. One corner bumped else fine in a lightly rubbed, very good or better dustwrapper with very slight loss at the crown. Filmed by Allan Dwan in 1956 *Slightly Scarlet* with John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, and Arlene Dahl. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Hardcover. First edition. A bit cocked, small tears and light fraying at the crown, a good copy in a price-clipped good later issue dustwrapper which is sunned at the spine and has some chipping on the front panel. An exceptional association copy of this title..... More
![Item #414278 "A Comedian Sees the World" [complete in five issues of] Woman's Home Companion....](https://betweenthecovers.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/414278.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1502371611)
Springfield, Ohio: Crowell Publishing Company, 1933-34. Softcover. Five consecutive issues. Folios. Pictorial wrappers. Small tears at the spine ends, slight soiling or offsetting on the covers, and a little waviness at the bottom of some pages else bright and fresh very near fine issues. Chaplin spent over a year touring..... More