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Christ In Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato
An uncompromising yet beautiful portrait of the life of Italian immigrants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s, Christ in Concrete is the story of a twelve-year-old boy who must support his family after his father's untimely death.
Justine
by Lawrence Durrell
The time is the eve of the World War II. The place is Alexandria, an Egyptian city that once housed the world's greatest library and whose inhabitants are dedicated to knowledge. But for the obsessed characters in this mesmerizing novel, their pursuits lead only to bedrooms in which each seeks to know—and possess—the other. Since its publication in 1957, Justine has inspired an almost religious devotion among readers and critics alike.
Inscribed Books & Ephemera
THE RISING STORM: A ROGER BROOK STORY
by Wheatley, Dennis
London: Hutchinson & Co, [1949]. Diana Younger. First edition. INSCRIBED on title page, "For Diana and Went / With fondest love from Dennis." Diana Younger was Dennis's stepdaughter and they remained close all his life. She illustrated the dust jacket for his 1938 book, THE GOLDEN SPANIARD as well as endpapers for several others. Black cloth shows some minor wear spots, but still very good in good or better dust jacket with minor darkening on (two) edges of rear panel, red lettering on spine faded and...
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NZ$1,021.32
THE FIVE-FOLD MESH
by Belitt, Ben
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Eda Lou Walton, "For Eda Lou, with my inexpressible gratitude for the best pieces in the book and the death of the Ice-Age. Affectionately, Ben." The printed dedication to the last section of the book, "IV: Many Cradles: Personal Legend," is "For E. L. W." -- presumably Walton. New York Times book review slip laid in with Walton's name penciled on the back, and Walton's signature is on the front...
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I MISSED THE TRAIN TO LITTLE ROCK
by Jameson, W. C. [William Carl]
Conway, Arkansas: Seven Oaks Publ. Co., (1994). First edition. Early, or perhaps the first, poetry selection from the writer, author, singer/songwriter, and professional treasure hunter known for his "Buried Treasures of America" series. INSCRIBED TO LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY, "To L.D.--...one who know the words, the language, the joys, the pains of this kind of life. Best, WC Jameson." Cream-colored paperwraps printed in brown, teal, orange and black. Fine. TREASURE HUNTER'S BOOK OF POETRY, INSCRIBED TO...
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NZ$127.66
![THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [Inscribed Association Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/121/625/873625121.0.b.jpg)
THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE [Inscribed Association Copy]
by Lyndon, Barre (SIGNED)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO W. H. LEVERTON BY BARRE LYNDON ON FFEP. W. H. Leverton was a fellow author and a key figure in the Haymarket Theatre in London. Lyndon's first play. MOVIE SOURCE; the 1938 film version (with script from a treatment by William Faulkner) starred Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson. 206pp., bound in green cloth, spine lettering black. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Very nice copy.
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NZ$765.99
SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry
by (Jeffers, Robinson), by Rudolph Gilbert
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1936. First edition. Only 1,000 copies printed. INSCRIBED BY GILBERT, "To/ Florence and Dr. Vessie/ with deep appreciation/ Rudolph 1936." Near fine with few pages roughly opened; in good, somewhat soiled dust jacket tanned at spine with chipping on spine ends and corners and internal archival tape repair to few tears. Scarce signed.
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NZ$212.78
![JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY: An Appraisal and a Selection; [Association copy, inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/964/1506964882.0.b.jpg)
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY: An Appraisal and a Selection; [Association copy, inscribed]
by Warren, Robert Penn; John Greenleaf Whittier
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, (1971). First edition. Only 3000 copies printed. This one INSCRIBED BY WARREN in red ink on front endpaper, "To Walter/ all the best/ Red." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Warren -- one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. Near fine with corners lightly bumped; in lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket.
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NZ$170.22
![THE HERO WITH THE PRIVATE PARTS: Essays; [Inscribed association copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/552/776/1537776552.0.b.jpg)
THE HERO WITH THE PRIVATE PARTS: Essays; [Inscribed association copy]
by Lytle, Andrew
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1966). First edition. Collection of 16 essays including one on "the making and meaning of one of the author's own novels, THE VELVET HORN." Foreword by Allen Tate. RAMBLINGLY INSCRIBED (covering most of the title page and with a few crossed out false starts), "To Walter and Jane/ Sullivan-/ old and dear friends-/ from Iowa until/ they see me in/ that bright and circular light,/ happily disposed/ if possible,/ when we may resume/ elsewhere/ Andrew Lytle/...
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NZ$297.88
DIVISION STREET: AMERICA
by Terkel, Studs
New York: Pantheon Books, (1967). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TERKEL TO DIRECTOR PETER BOGDANOVICH inside torn-off front cover from a paperback edition of this title, "To Petar Bogdanovich who understands the losers so well. Studs Terkel." The taped-in inscription covers a "From the Library of Peter Bogdanovich" stamp and BOGDANOVICH'S OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, as well as a publisher's "hurt" stamp ("H"). Spine beginning to sink a bit at top otherwise very good to near fine in near fine dust jacket with rub...
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NZ$255.33
WINTER BROTHERS: A Season at the Edge of America
by Doig, Ivan
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. "Best wishes through all the seasons of life. Ivan Doig." Near fine with a faint sticker shadow on front pastedown and light soiling on page edges; in a lightly soiled dust jacket.
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NZ$212.78
POEMS OF EXCHANGE
by Barnstone, Willis
Athens: (No Publisher), 1951. First edition. With six poems translated from the Spanish of Antonio Machado. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper with a rather lengthy note to a friend: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. --- You know , honestly, in spite of 2 1/2 years of silence, I'm sure of the same intimacy with you...." Very good minus in light green, printed paperwraps with spine and front cover tanned, covers lightly soiled and corners bumped; one-inch tear split at head of spine, and inside rear cover shows few...
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NZ$102.13
In Good Time
by Corman, Cid (SIGNED)
Kyoto (1964): Origin Press, 1964. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY CID CORMAN. 1 of 300 copies in original wrappers in gray printed dust jacket; internally clean. A very good copy.
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NZ$408.53
Reading. An Essay
by Walpole, Hugh (SIGNED)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED AND AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HUGH WALPOLE ON FFEP AND DATED CHRISTMAS, 1926. A fine copy in edgeworn dust jacket, with 1/8" loss at spine ends, small chip at center spine; jacket spine a bit darkened.
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NZ$212.78
RANEY. A Novel
by EDGERTON, Clyde (SIGNED)
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CLYDE EDGERTON ON TITLE PAGE. A Fine copy in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. $12.95 price on front flap of Dust Jacket. 227 pp. Author's First Book.
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NZ$255.33
![TAKEN | SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES | PILLOW: EXPLORING THE HEART OF EROS; [Three volumes, one signed and one with Autograph Notecard Signed laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/515/437/1258437515.0.b.jpg)
TAKEN | SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES | PILLOW: EXPLORING THE HEART OF EROS; [Three volumes, one signed and one with Autograph Notecard Signed laid in]
by Pond, Lily
Albany, CA | San Francisco | Berkeley: verygraphics | HarperSanFrancisco | Celestial Arts, 1986 | 1997 | 1998. First edition of each of the three volumes --including Pond's extremely scarce first book, TAKEN (a book of erotic poetry): 5.5 x 8.5" white stapled paperwraps printed in black and light purple with light purple endpapers; unpaginated. INSCRIBED to collector Allen K. Mears, "for Al Mears/ from Lily Pond/ 5-2-86." SEVEN HUNDRED KISSES: A Yellow Silk Book of Erotic Writing (edited and with...
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NZ$170.22
![THE SIX-CORNERED SNOWFLAKE: and Other Poems; [Inscribed association copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/654/739/1546739654.0.b.jpg)
THE SIX-CORNERED SNOWFLAKE: and Other Poems; [Inscribed association copy]
by Nims, John Frederick
(New York): New Directions, (1990). First edition. Simultaneous paperwraps issue. INSCRIBED BY NIMS on half-title page, "Snowy greetings but/ warm wishes to/ Jane & Walter/ -- John/ Jan. 14, '91." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. Nims won the Aiken...
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NZ$76.60
BEDROCK
by Murphy, Timothy
No-place: Aralia Press, 1998. First edition. One of 160 unnumbered copies. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anthony Hecht, "To Tony Hecht with fond wishes for a prolific New Year. Tim Murphy 28 December 1998." Also with a four-line inscription on an early page signed "Timothy of Shrewsbury." Fine in black cloth boards with white title label on spine. Printed on Johannot paper with Weiss type. Issued without dust jacket.
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NZ$255.33
LOT OF SEVEN BOOKS, EACH ONE INSCRIBED TO POET LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY: Color of Darkness; Malcolm; The Nephew; Children Is All
by Purdy, James
(New York, et al.: Farrar; New Directions; et al., 1959 - 1962). A mix of first edition hardcovers, later printings and paperbacks, all of which are INSCRIBED by Purdy to Brodsky. COLOR OF DARKNESS, (New York): New Directions, (1957), second printing, INSCRIBED, "For Louis Brodsky with sincere good wishes from James Purdy," fine in fine dust jacket with minor edge rubbing. COLOR OF DARKNESS, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1961, first paperback edition, adding an introduction by Dame Edith Sitwell,...
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NZ$425.55
THE TYPOGRAPHIC MIND
by Bringhurst, Robert
Kentsville, Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press Limited, 2006. First edition. 4 x 8" white, stapled paperwraps printed in light blue and black; 8-pages, including covers. No. 16 in Gaspereau's occasional chapbook series, "The Devil's Whim." INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears / with all good wishes / Robert Bringhurst / 1 August 2006." Presentation copy, housed in original mailing envelope. Quite scarce.
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NZ$170.22
![ALL WE NEED OF HELL; [Inscribed association copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/650/408/1514408650.0.b.jpg)
ALL WE NEED OF HELL; [Inscribed association copy]
by Crews, Harry
New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ All best to/ one of the great ones/ Harry Crews." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature. "A virtuoso blending of despair and hope, ALL WE NEED OF HELL is a provocative book by one of America's finest Southern storytellers."--from the jacket flap. Fine in very nearly fine dust jacket with mild crease to laminate...
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NZ$212.78
A MODERN COMEDY
by Galsworthy, John
London: William Heinemann, 1929. First edition. Number 459 of 1,030 SIGNED copies, this one additionally INSCRIBED BY GALSWORTHY with a quote from one of his poems--"Of Errantry:/ For who would live so petty and unblest/ That dare not tilt at something ere he die"--beneath his signature on colophon page. His sequel to "The Forsyte Saga." Vellum-like covers lightly soiled and a bit wavy otherwise near fine.
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NZ$170.22
EPITAPH ON GEORGE MOORE
by Morgan, Charles, (George Moore)
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1935. First edition. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper, "A. T. Chenhalls / by, with or from / Charles Morgan / The White House / East Claydon / January 22, 1938." Near fine copy in marbled boards with slight tanning on front inner joint and lightly bumped bottom front corner.
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NZ$212.78
![DANCING DAVID; [Association copy inscribed to Anthony Hecht]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/627/882627412.0.b.jpg)
DANCING DAVID; [Association copy inscribed to Anthony Hecht]
by Gunn, Thom, Dorothea Tanning, illustrations
Kripplebush, New York: Nadja, (1995). First edition, limited issue. Illustrated with a wispy stream of red squiggled lines by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), a painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet herself, whose work after 1960 was almost completely abstract (Wikipedia). NUMBER XVII (17) of 25 ROMAN-NUMERALED COPIES "reserved for the poet and the artist" and SIGNED BY GUNN AND TANNING. From a total edition of 126; there were an additional 75 copies in paperwraps and 26 bound in cloth. This copy...
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THE MARCH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS: The Benjamin Hooks Story
by Hooks, Benjamin L.; Jerry Guess
(Chicago: American Bar Association, 2004). First edition. Written with Guess; foreword by Dennis Archer, the 2003/2004 American Bar Association president. INSCRIBED BY HOOKS on the front free endpaper simply, "Thanks / BWHooks" (not inscribed to anyone). "As leader of the NAACP for 15 years, Benjamin Hooks oversaw the organization's position on affirmative action and federal aid to the poorer neighborhoods of American cities. He particpated in dialogues with the governments of South Africa and in...
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NZ$170.22
THE BACK ROOM
by Madden, Joe (Markee)
No-place: Privately Printed, (1937). First edition. Second collection of essays by the "saloonkeeper" profiled in The New Yorker by Joseph Mitchell. INSCRIBED BY MADDEN on the front endpaper, as most copies seem to be. Page top edges foxed and unavoidable offset from binding to pastedowns otherwise near fine in very good to near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
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NZ$85.11
THE SMOKING MOUNTAIN, Inscribed
by Boyle, Kay
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc, 1951. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "KEEP ON BEING A POET, DEAR MAC CAREY" BY KAY BOYLE to actor Macdonald Carey on the title page, 273pp. Bound in gray cloth, spine lettering white; a very good copy in a very good dust jacket; bookplate to front free endpaper of William Morris Agency, Inc. of Beverly Hills. In unclipped, dust jacket, with small loss at spine ends.
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NZ$425.55
