Los Angeles: Gilbert Rich and Associates, [1958]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff orange pictorial wrappers. (21pp). Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First and probably sole edition of this souvenir program for this stage production, adapted and directed by Norman Corwin and starring Bette Davis and then-husband Gary Merrill. Features full-page portraits with facing..... More
New York: Hargail Music Press, 1945. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 7pp. Very good. Two very light original horizontal mailing folds; "Complimentary" stamped in green on front wrapper. Probable sole edition. Interesting, unusual setting for this Sandburg poem. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1954]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Al Schmidt. 8vo. Tan cloth with black lettering and black and brown pictorial stamping. 217pp. Line drawings. Very good. Tight and nice later printing of these excerpts (first published 1926 with James Daugherty illustrations) of the opening chapters from Sandburg's "Abraham..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 762pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear (mainly at spine head/tail). A tight and nice first edition, sans jacket, of this hefty single volume revised abridgement of Sandburg's massive 6-volume Lincoln opus..... More
New York: Dell Publishing Company, [1968]. Paperback. Complete three-volume set. 16mo. Stiff decorative color wrappers, pictorial slipcase. 320pp; 443pp, (5pp ads); pp. 455-928. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Text blocks lightly age toned as usual, else tight and bright; slipcase slightly worn, but tight and unbroken. Tight and handsome eighth paperback printing..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1926]. Hardcover. 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xvi, 480pp; vi, 482pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear. Third printing (Volume One) and first edition (Volume Two), tight and nice, of this pair that began Sandburg's Lincoln biography (followed..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1939]. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xxxi, 660pp; xii, 655pp; xiii, 673pp; xii, 515pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mildest of slipcase wear. Absolutely exceptional -- tight and pristine -- first trade edition (after the..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1953]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 445pp. Pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with tiny chips at head of spine, which is faintly sunned. A tight, handsome later printing of this evocative memoir of the Illinois poet..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxiii, 495pp. Very good. Faint edgewear, with spine lightly sunned. A tight and nice later printing of this famed 1927 folk music anthology. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Hardcover. Edited by Margaret Sandburg. Small 4to. Maroon cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 177pp. Fine/near fine. Inscribed by the editor. First edition of these 118 previously unpublished poems, inscribed on the half-title page "For Fred Olson / in remembrance of the / centennial celebration /..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. x, 147pp, (2pp ads). Very good overall. Modern rebind is fine and pristine, while text block shows faint dampstaining to some page edges; 1924 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. First edition, second state..... More
N.p.: N.p., 1964. 15 3/4" X 12". Broadside. Fine. Broadside produced "On the occasion of Illinois Day, New York World's Fair, 22 September 1964." A brief essay on how Illinois may have appeared to Lincoln in 1831 when he canoed down the Sangamon River to New Salem. Two-column text with..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1968]. Hardcover. Edited by Herbert Mitgang. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 577pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket rubbing. Attractive, tight first edition of this thick collection, with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the blank leaf facing the..... More
[New York]: Saturday Review Originals, n.y., [ca. 1955]. Hardcover. 4to (12" X 12"). Pictorial paper over boards cardboard sleeve housing 33 1/3 long play record album. Very good/near fine. Sleeve a bit edgeworn and rubbed, but overall attractive and with no split seams; album bright and near pristine. "Classic SR..... More
New York: Broadcast Music, Inc., [1950]. Spiral Bound. 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers in white plastic comb binding with paper wraparound advertising band. viii, 107pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, Very good. Quite minor edgewear near comb binding, with front wrapper slightly sunned; else tight and internally fine. Attractive first softbound edition of..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1957]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvii, 459pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. A tight and nice first edition of this compilation of Sandburg's poetry and prose. As jacket front panel notes, this is "The..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1922]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with green lettering. viii, 76pp. Very good. Several leaves show formerly-folded upper corners. A tight and nice first edition, second state (with text on page 76) -- this copy extra-illustrated with an autograph frontispiece: Tipped to the blank..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1942]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 440pp. Illustrations, drawings, maps. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and quite nice. "Taken mainly from Abraham Lincoln: The War Years," but in substance a general introduction to the..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Futuro, 1945. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 301pp. Illustrations, decorated endpapers. Very good/very good. Scarce Argentinian edition of "Storm over the Land." More