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New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. 12mo. Original illustrated paper wrappers. A fine copy.

New York: Pantheon Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. This rich, illuminating biography traces the development of the poet and his work, and provides a brilliant reassessment of the freighted path of his legacy. Textual photographs and illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Cheever to her friend, singer and songwriter Judy Collins, on the title page, with Collins' signature on the front flyleaf. In her book Morning, Noon, and Night: Living the Creative Life (2005), Collins thanked Cheever, "who reads everything I write and lends me her enormous insight and support." Octavo. A near fine copy in a like dust jacket with some light sun fading along the spine.

1960. First edition. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1960. First edition. 9" x 6"; 129 pp. Indispensable descriptive bibliography to the works of poet E. E. Cummings , compiled by his longtime friend and executor of his literary estate. Includes fully annotated descriptions of all the Cummings A items published through the beginning of 1960, periodical appearances, recorded readings, foreign translations, reproductions of his artwork, etc. With a Wesleyan University Press return card alluding to a possible supplement to "E.E. Cummings: A Bibliography" laid in. Red cloth binding, with black and silver stamping. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with a one-inch scuff to the rear panel and some foxing along the edges; otherwise a very good copy.

London: Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A young South African spurns his boardroom future for the life of a jet pilot, and struggles with the life-altering consequences of a dogfight with Russian-trained Syrian fighters. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A nearly fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just slightest hint of edgewear.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frontispiece portrait. First edition, published as "When the Tree Flowered" (1951) in the U.S. A mature and reflective interpretation of the old Sioux way of life. Ink bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some general light wear; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A Catalogue of a Collection of American Books Illustrated for the most part with Woodcuts and Wood Engravings in the Princeton University Library, with an Introductory Sketch of the Development of Early American Book Illustration by Sinclair Hamilton. With a Foreword by Frank Weitenkampf. 124 illustrations, including a tipped-in facsimile. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. Quarto. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A very good copy.

New York: The Grolier Club, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With an Introduction by Harry T. Peters. Twelve plates. First edition, limited to 400 copies. Original brown cloth binding, with a burgundy leather title label on the front and gilt titles. The spine is lightly faded, with a bit of minor wear to the spine ends; otherwise very good.

A collection of documents dating from 1822 to 1843 concerning Arkansas Territory property ownership and taxes. The correspondence is mainly between the property owner William Murphy of Mason County, Kentucky and Charles Pelham (1790-1855), a member of a prominent family of land surveyors who helped chart westward expansion. Before settling in Batesville, Arkansas, Pelham fought with the Kentucky militia during the War of 1812. He was among the earliest settlers of the Arkansas Territory, which was an incorporated territory of the United States on July 4, 1819 until June 15, 1836, when it was admitted into the Union. In 1821, Pelham was appointed Deputy Surveyor of the Arkansas Territory for the U.S. General Land Office, and he served on the first Board of Trustees for the Batesville Academy, the first incorporated institution of learning in Arkansas. He was also the older brother of William Pelham, who was appointed by President John Tyler as Surveyor General of Arkansas in 1841 and later appointed… Read more

Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 25 plates, including the frontispiece. Octavo. Original pebbled black cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles on the front. Previous owner's ink signature to the front pastedown, with her small ink stamp to the bottom edge and the vestiges of a removed label to the rear pastedown. The dust jacket is browned, with some general edgewear, including two thumbnail-size chips, and tape reinforcement to the verso; otherwise about very good.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is copy 33 of 1,000 signed by Robert Silverberg. "...collects seventeen impossible to find stories from the years 1956 to 1958, supplemented by a fascinating introduction and extensive notes on the creation and publication of each story." Octavo. Original brown cloth binding, with bronze titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. Quarto. Original gray cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Geneve: Slatkine Reprints, 1974. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated Monographs, No. XIV. 34 plates. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 first edition. A notable 13th century instance of courtly literature, the Roman de la Rose is a medieval French poem styled as an allegorical dream vision. Original burgundy buckram binding, with gilt stamping. A fine copy.

London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Edited from the Unique Manuscript British Museum Ms. Cotton Nero A. x by Richard Morris. London: Published for The Early English Text Society by the Oxford University Press, 1965. Reprint. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Bookplate. A bit of light wear to the corners and tips. Better than very good.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 82 illustrations. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with gilt stamping. The boards are showing a bit at the corners and tips, with some mild sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the French by E.A. Lunzer and D. Papert. First American edition. A classic work in the field of developmental psychology. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Ink signature and date to the frotn pastedown. The dust jacket is moderately edgeworn; otherwise a very good copy.

Goldendale, Washington: The Goldendale Sentinel, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Numerous textual photographs. Scarce history of the Klickitat Valley in southern Washington state. Includes a pioneer's account of ox-team migration over the Oregon Trail, as well as material on fur trappers, bank and stagecoach robbers, the Idaho gold rush, the Indian wars, logging, etc. Signed by Ballou on the front flyleaf. Original brown cloth binding, with black stamping. The spine is lightly sunned, with some minor wear to the spine ends and corners. A very good copy. Signed by Author.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated with seven tables, nineteen figures, and sixteen maps. Reprint. The 46th volume in the Cambridge Latin American Studies series. Red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A crisp, very good copy.

Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1980. Trade paperback. Very good. Whitmer (1802-78) was one of the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon, a leading official at the regional level, and one of the first historians of the church. Edited by F. Mark McKiernan and Roger D. Launius. This copy is inscribed by Launius on the title page. 213 p. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy.

Hartford: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With an Appendix of Historical Notes, by Nathaniel H. Morgan, of Hartford, Conn. Frontispiece portrait, with a textual illustration. Located 20 miles east of Hartford, Lebanon, Connecticut is a farming town is best known for its role in the American Revolution, where it was a major base of American operations. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. The spine is sun faded, with some wear to the spine ends and corners; otherwise very good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An Italian-born English poet, man of letters, and civil servant, Wolfe (1885-1940) was one of the most popular authors of the 1920s. Some mild fading along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp, near fine copy.