This Canadian little person was a professional wrestler, a crowd pleaser with shaved head and full beard, a regular on the wrestling circuit of the 1940s and '50s who also performed under the name "Little John." PS, 8" X 10", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Original ringside black-and-white glossy depicting a...... More
This Unitarian minister about whom little is known was an intimate of Emerson (having served as best man at his wedding) and friend of Thoreau and the Transcendentalists and for a time in the 1840s lived at their famed utopian community, Brook Farm; one scholar describes him as "teacher, thinker..... More
This noted Montana-born children's book author and illustrator is remembered for "The Runaway Sardine" (her first book, 1929) and 35 others, most published by Knopf: "The Greedy Goat," "Drusilla," "The Topsy-Turvy Family," "Mr. Wren's House" and others. Offered here is the near-complete original ink and watercolor artwork for an early..... More
This English nobleman (12th Baronet of Stratton Hall) emigrated to America and became a bartender and played cowboy, among other things, before becoming a minister; he authored the 1928 memoir "From Cowboy to Pulpit." ALS, 1p, 8½" X 11", ornate Salvation Army Industrial Home letterhead, Chester, PA, 1912 July 4..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering. 240pp. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally quite nice. Lacks jacket, else a tight and decent first edition of the third novel featuring Chandler's L.A. detective Philip Marlowe -- and bearing two choice..... More
This German-born American photojournalist shot close to 90 "Life" magazine front covers, and is often remembered for his memorable image of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square on V-J day. Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 1971 May 7 and with "First..... More
Springfield: H.W. Rokker, 1882. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxxi, 343pp. Good plus. Mild edgewear and tiny chips at head and tail of spine, with spine gilt rubbed; expertly, discreetly rebacked, with new endpapers. A tight and nice first edition of this useful and scarce Black..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with black lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 214pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first U.S. edition of the 10th novel by the British jockey and crime writer (1920-2010), a "Harper Novel of Suspense."..... More
This heavyweight boxing contender is famed for proclaiming "I'll moider da bum" before each bout. ANS, 1p, irregularly-trimmed (roughly rectangular) 7½" X 4" sheet, n.p., n.d. [ca. 1957]. Addressed to "Friend Donald." Very good. Several small tape stains at the margins touching upon several words (including the "to" in "Galento")..... More
This German violinist played with the prestigious Frankfurt Quartet and played the premiere performance of the Brahms concerto in New York and Paris. AMuQS, 1p, heavy stock 3¼" X 2½", n.p. [Chicago], 1905 December 16. Very good. Slightest of age toning; mounting traces on verso. On a 3¼" X 1"..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., [1960]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. xviii, 778pp. Very good. Faintest edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of this hefty biography -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed..... More
Florence: G. Orioli, 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards. 109pp. Frontispiece portrait. Near fine. Tight, handsome first separate edition of this "Cosmopolitan" story with an incestuous theme. Number 9 in "The Lugarno Series," limited to 725 copies on handmade paper (this..... More
Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1913. Hardcover. 16mo. Green cloth with gilt rules, spine lettering and front board device. ix, 137pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Very good. Faint edgewear, with spine lettering a tad rubbed and rear inner hinge expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. Attractive copy of this early..... More
American army general who commanded U.S. forces in the Mediterranean near the end of World War Two and afterwards in Europe (1945-47). TNS, 1p, 6" X 8", n.p., 1945 December 8. Addressed to Dr. Cornelius Greenway, pastor of All Souls Universalist Church in Brooklyn, one of the great 20th century..... More
Washington, DC: United States Postal Service, 1984. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Blue leatherette spine and blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 76pp. Numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. A superb, tight first edition of what's really a study of "Paintings and 1984 Olympic postal designs by Robert Peak"..... More
New York: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. Folio (12¼" X 15", image area 10½" X 13½"). Hand colored. Very good. Faint age toning only. Bright and handsome example of this softly-colored continent map, from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the..... More
This popular film and television actor is most often remembered for "Twister" (1996) and "Titanic" (1997). IPS, heavy stock 5" X 7", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Black-and-white printed postcard, image side bearing an informal head-and-shoulders portrait of a sober young Paxton in classic 1980s mullet haircut. Across the dark bottom..... More
Li Peng, remembered for his hardline stance in the Tiananmen Square Massacre as the "Butcher of Beijing," was a high-level Chinese politician and served as 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China; Wan Li was also a high-level Chinese politician and Communist revolutionary (last survivor of the legendary "Eight..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1908]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lester Ralph. Small 8vo. Olive green ribbed cloth with red lettering and black pictorial stamping. 362pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 full-page plates. Very good. Binding a bit edge- and cornerworn, with spine faintly rubbed and discolored area on rear board -- else internally..... More
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London: C. Roworth, 1802. Hardcover. 12mo. Modern brown cloth rebind with burgundy leather spine label. 407pp. Very good. Modern binding of course fine and pristine; some age toning about the edges of the title page; original text block clean and quite handsome. First edition, tight and handsome. Ritson (1752-1803) was..... More
London: Robert Boulter, 1682. Hardcover. 4to. Full blind-embossed calf with raised bands and hand-lettered paper spine label. (24pp), (4pp), 692pp, 59pp. Two-page map/bird's-eye view/pictorial wood engraving, 2 full-page plates. Very good overall. Binding a bit edgeworn and scuffed, with front hinge a tad delicate, but internally tight and bright; some..... More
Particularly noted as author of the first celebrated Beadle "dime novel," the 1860 potboiler "Malaeska," this New England writer penned more than 25 novels and wrote for many popular periodicals of her day; she also served as editor for "Ladies' Companion," "Graham's Magazine" and "Peterson's Magazine." AQS, 1p, 6½" X...... More
N.p. Crawford B. Thayer, 1981-84. Paperback. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial linen-textured wrappers. xliii, 452pp; lix, 355pp; lxi, 481pp. Numerous illustrations, map, map front pastedowns. Near fine. Complete 3-volume set of this enormous compilation, titled (in order): "Hunting a Shadow," "The Battle of Wisconsin Heights" and "Massacre at..... More
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1973-79. Hardcover. Near-complete 25-volume (out of 26) set + "Master Index." 4to. Full brown heavily blind-embossed brown leatherette with gilt spine lettering and color plate on each front board. Paginations between 236 and 240pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Most are near fine to very good. Tight, handsome..... More