Search Results: Literature from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London: Elkin Mathews, 1916. #30 of an edition of 50 copies hand-coloured and SIGNED BY ARTIST with his initials at colophon. Near Fine, tiny bumps at corners, the bookplate of noted book collector Albert Parsons Sachs front paste down. French text with English translation by Ezra Pound from de Bosschere's "Les métiers divins" (Paris, 1913). Elkin Matthews asked Pound to do the translation but his name did not appear in the work-- Cf. Gallup B12. A quite charming collection of 12 drawings, uncommon in such lovely condition and good provenance. Although no indication in the book, most recently from the collection of noted collector Lewis Vogler. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Stiff Wrappers . Near Fine/No Jacket. Small 8vo. Limited Edition.

New York: Random House, 1974. First Printing, with complete # line. His 3rd book, which had a very small 1st printing. Very Good, the first 40 pages slight curl top corner from dampness, and the ubiquitous small store sticker front pastedown. In a Very Good dustjacket, with a 1" triangular dampstain top corner front flap, corner creases both flaps, and light rubbing front panel. Book is clean and tight and presents better than this description would indicate.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Los Angeles: Atlantic Releasing, 1987. Original Script -1969 -, screenplay by Ernest Thompson, Directed by Ernest Thompson, Produced by Daniel Grodnik, Starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, and Winona Ryder. Revised Draft, dated 7/21/87. Stiff cardstock covers, 3 holes punched held by two brads, title in marker on spine, 117 pages, 8 1/2" by 11", all white, about half the pages state Revised 7/21/87 top right corner. Near Fine, several pages top corner creased, covers lightly soiled, no internal writing. Released in 1988. . Near Fine.

Madrid : Renacimiento, 1917. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page to Fernando Orrego (Puelma) and dated by author in year of publication (1917). Miguel de Unamuno's most famous novel, his re-telling of the story of Cain and Abel set in modern times. 233 pp. Bound without the wrappers in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, Very Good, the page block uniformly browned, edges of boards rubbed, spine lean. Association Copy, Fernando Orrego Puelma, one of the founders of Chile Magazin (1921) and a director of Zig-Zag (1964) was also the father of noted Chilean composer Juan Antonio Orrego Salas (1919-2019). Miguel de Unamuno's signature is RARE in todays market, no auction records found for a signed copy of Abel Sanchez. Basis for the 1947 Spanish film directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1948. One of 1,020 copies. Association Copy, being contributor Wilfrid Gibson's copy, with his ownership signature at front end page, and glued in at front paste down an envelope containing 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" notecard from De La Mare to Gibson in ink, in his tiny and tidy hand both sides, roughly 250 words, commenting on Gibson's "Remembrances". Wilfrid Gibson is recognized as a leader of the Georgian poetry movement. The book is Near Fine, small corner bump, in Very Good dust jacket, front flap price-clipped, old internal and external tape mends. Other contributors include Graham Greene, T.S. Eliot, Lord Dunsany, John Masefield, Siegfried Sasson, Vita Sackville-West, and Christopher Morley, amongst many other noted literary stars. A significant Association Copy. . SIGNED BY Contributor . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Willis Music Co., 1938. SCARCE. "Based on the Boyhood and Youth of Abe Lincoln, Unison or Three Part (S.A.B.)." Book by Milton Dorey, Adapted by Bryceson Treharne with Traditional American Melodies. Near Fine, very light soil to wrappers. 64 pages.. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Abe Martin Publishing Co., 1920. Association Copy. Verso front endpage states -" This edition was printed for John R. Johnston Pittsburgh, Pa., for distribution among friends, who enjoy the quaint style of the famous Hoosier, Kin Hubbard, through the medium of his creation, Abe Martin. Presented to Will H. Hays( signed in ink), Holiday Greetings 1920-1921 Number 213. The purpose is to reduce the 'High Cost of Laughing' ." John R. Johnston was a prominent glass manufacturer and also prominent in national Republican politics, which explains the Hays connection. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page, and SCARCE thus. Book is Very Good Plus, top corners bumped, small faint sticker shadow at bottom of spine, a Very Good dust jacket, small chips and edge tears, small label with "63" bottom edge of spine. SIGNED copies of Hubbard's books are uncommon, particularly in collectible condition, and this title is SCARCE. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To Hilton U. Brown from his old friend Kin, 1928- twenty-third annual book". Hilton U. Brown was a longtime newspaperman at the Indianapolis News, rising through the ranks from city editor to become general manager and vice-president. He was President Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Butler University, whose Hilton U. Brown Theatre bears his name. Book is Near Fine, top corners small bumps, in a Very Good dust jacket, spine darkened, small chips and tears at folds. SIGNED copies of Hubbard's books are uncommon, RARE with such a great Hoosier Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.

Indianapolis, IN: Blanche Stillson and Dorothy Ritter Russo, 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Blanche Stillson on front end page - "To Lena with love Blanche Stillson, Aug. 18, 1939". With an Appreciation of Kin Hubbard by John Calvin Mellett. One of an unnumbered edition of 350 copies, 250 of which were for sale. 39 pp. in brown French Wrappers, Near Fine, a few spots of foxing, toning at front gutter. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Chap Book.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Abe Martin Publishing Co., 1916. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Will Hays from his friend Kin Hubbard 1916". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard was the creator of the cartoon "Abe Martin of Brown County" which ran in U.S. newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930, and was the originator of many political quips that remain in use. North American humorist Will Rogers reportedly declared Kin to be "America's greatest… Read More

London: Printed for the Author, 2, Drayton Villas, Old Brompton , 1901. "With Mr. Dicken's Version, and her reply thereto,showing the Fallacy of his Statements; also letters of her Husband's and other distinguished men." Originally published 1854. The re-issue of 1901, published and wth a Preface by F. G. Kitton, bibliographer of Dickens. x, 28 pp. One of only 50 copies for Subscribers, this copy unnumbered and unsigned by Kitton.There were only 21 subscribers listed at limitation page at the time of publication. Bound in quarter calf dark brown pebbled morocco, pale yellow end papers. Very Good, front hinge starting, contemporary newspaper clipping about the publication pasted to front end page, old bookseller's description laid in, tears to calf with some loss at spine ends and calf rubbed at corners. WorldCat locates two copies, both held by the British Library. SCARCE.. Limited Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1916. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Set up electrotyped Published February, 1916" printed on the copyright page. "Planned To Be Sung By Efficient Singers Accompanied By a Capable Orchestra." Handsomely bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, the bookplate of W. Seward Webb, Jr. at front paste down. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at joints and edges, faint foxing at first few pages. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Oklahoma City: Lowell Matson and George Ade Davis , 1962. With 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" b&w photograph SIGNED by George Ade laid in. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author of the dedication, George Ade Davis, nephew of George Ade and heir to his literary estate. Near Fine, light soiling to boards. One of 200 unnumbered copies printed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1952. RARE. Near Fine, wrappers light soil and small creases. One of 500 unnumbered copies printed for Helen J. Chase. A translation of a twelfth-century liturgical play. . First Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Printed for J. Walker & Co. [and 15 others] by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey,, 1815. Two volumes measuring 5" h x 3" w. Vol. 1: [2], 463, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (including added t.p.); v. 2: [2], 475, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (including added t.p.). Engraved frontispiece and title page each volume by Thomas Uwins, engraved by Charles Turner Warren."Memoirs of a Lady of Quality (inserted as ch. 81) are by Frances Vane. First published in 1751 by D. Wilson in 12mo, this most likely the first in 24mo and with the Uwins engravings. Very Good in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, back with gilt ecorations and lettering over yellow leather label. Toning to end pages and light scattered toning throughout, edges of boards rubbed. Binding tight, a charming set. . Later Edition. Quarter Calf . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Chicago and London: Stone and Kimball/ Methuen , 1895. In fine contemporary binding signed Charles E Lauriat Co. Boston. Two volumes in half crushed brown morocco over pale green buckram, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. tiny rubs at corners else Fine, a handsome set. Lauriat's was a prominent Boston bookseller, in business for 127 years until closing in 1999. Charles E. Lauriat, Jr., who ran the company after his father, was a survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1914. . Later American Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1994. As New and still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Brown leather boards. Gold decorations and tiling all boards and spine, with gilt edging. Silk book mark and silk moire cloth endpapers. From the "100 Greatest Books" collection.. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. As New/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Thomas Hart Benton.

London: John Murray, 1828. Two volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, two black morocco labels with gilt lettering and ornate gilt honeycomb decorations. Unnumbered final leaf in Vol. II, bearing printer's imprint, no half titles. Very Good Plus, from the library of A.H. Butler, his stamp paste downs, boards rubbed at edges, a few very scattered spots of toning else contents are bright and clean. The sequel to the more famous "Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan", this title encountered much less often. Sadlier 1794. An attractive set. . Second Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1920. 11" h x 21" w original trolley car advertising sign fo The Literary Digest. "Will it insure peace ? Does it infringe our sovereignty ? Does it violate the Constitution of the U.S> ? Must our soldiers fight for foreign nations ? You can discuss these great questions intelligently only with the help of opinions on all sides in The Literary Digest. News-stands Weekly - 10 cents June 1920. Series 21 - 4 cards - No.1". Very Good , printed on stiff cardboard, small tears and soiling at margins..A SCARCE sign with amazing relevance for today's world, as history repeats itself 100 years later. Not found in online searches. Will ship flat, please select Priority Mail shipping to help defray costs. . Poster. Very Good. 11" h x 21" W.