This actor appeared in "Mister Roberts," "Rebel Without a Cause" and other films, but is mainly remembered for playing Johnny Yuma on the television series "The Rebel" (1959-61). IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.d. [ca. early 1960s]. Very good. Faint tape stain at each corner. Handsome head-and-shoulders portrait of the..... More

This American artist became quite popular in the 1920s for his celebrity caricatures published in "The New Yorker," "Vanity Fair," "Harper's Bazaar," "Collier's" and "Judge" as well as book illustrations, but mental illness led to his suicide at age 39. Good content TNS, 1p, 8½" X 11", New York, NY..... More

This American playwright sometimes touted as the first to make a living exclusively from playwriting was a Pittsburgh journalist and drama critic whose 1871 play "Through Fire" proved a hit; further plays such as "Peril," "Fate," "Risks," "The Virginian," "The Big Bonanza," "My Partner," "The Galley Slave," "The White Slave"..... More

This popular American composer of hundreds of songs and dozens of musicals is often remembered for such hits as "Over There," "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "You're a Grand Old Flag"; he was also a versatile actor, playwright, singer, dancer and producer; in the year of his death he..... More

This newspaper journalist turned novelist and magazine writer authored "Almanzar" (1918), "The Chinese Label" (1920) and "The Road to San Jacinto" (1936) before becoming director of the Texas Writer's Project of the federal Works Project Administration during the Depression, in which capacity he largely authored the 1940 "Texas: A Guide..... More

This memorable character actor of stage and television appears in more than one hundred films between 1931 and 1974, often portraying Irish cops, thugs, cabbies and assorted "heavies." IPS, heavy stock 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Minor silvering. Delightful head-and-shoulders sepia-tone portrait of a smiling younger Jenkins at..... More

The U.S. Army's youngest major general when he attained that rank in 1925, this controversial officer was named Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in 1930; during World War Two he became commander of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East and then Supreme Commander of the Southwest..... More

This Democratic politician served as North Carolina's senator from 1932 to 1945. TNS, 1p, 8" X 10½", Washington, DC, 1937 April 26. Addressed to future Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold Gates (1914-93). Near fine. On "United States Senate" letterhead, Reynolds thanks Gates for writing and transmits a signed copy of a...... More

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co., 1811. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in quarter black calf with gilt spine and marbled paper over boards. 164pp. Marbled edges. Near fine/very good. Handsome newer binding near fine, with just a couple of quite minor scuffs; text block lightly, evenly age toned, with a blind-embossed..... More

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. x, (18pp), 299pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Sharp jacket free of chips and edge tears only shows lightly tanned spine. A wonderfully tight and bright first edition of this superb study..... More

Chicago: The Westerners, [1946]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 151pp, (9pp). Line drawings. Near fine. A tight, handsome first edition of the first title published by this well-known group of Chicago-area Western Americana buffs. Features such articles as Everett D. Graff's "The Westerners Go Overland;..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and blue paper over boards, 256pp. Very good. Binding slightly soiled, but tight and internally fine. First edition, bearing a choice presentation inscription from the author in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "To my very dear friends..... More