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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896 Second edition, first printing. Publisher's tan buckram, front board and spine lettered and decorated in red and black, initial "T" on front board set in a gilt panel, and brown endpapers. Very good, with light soiling to cloth, a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners, and clean interior. Overall, a sturdy copy, without any nicks or tears. The Red Badge of Courage, Crane's second novel, is widely considered the author's masterpiece and is the work that propelled him to literary acclaim. An American Civil War novel, it features the fictional Union Army private Henry Fleming who dreams of achieving glory through combat only to become disillusioned with war after his enlistment. After deserting his regiment, Fleming longs for a "red badge of courage," or a battle wound that would assuage his shame at his own cowardice. Notably, although Crane was born several years after the Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is lauded for…
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The Red Badge of Courage
by Crane, Stephen
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Renascence and Other Poems
by Millay, Edna St. Vincent
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New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1917 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Millay on the front endpaper: "For Efrem Zimbalist / With his own bad pen, / Edna St. Vincent Millay." Publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pages watermarked "AGM Glaslan"; in glassine wrapper. About fine copy, with a touch of rubbing to gilt at foot of spine, gilt bright elsewhere, Zimbalist's bookplate to front pastedown, light offsetting to front free endpaper inscription from bookplate, and embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper. Overall, a beautiful inscribed copy of Millay's scarce first book. Housed in a custom maroon half morocco slipcase with folding chemise. Yost 3. Published the same year she received her undergraduate degree from Vassar, Renascence is Millay's first collection of poetry and includes "God's World," "The Suicide," "The Dream," and "Afternoon on a Hill" in addition to…
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Requiem for a Nun
by Faulkner, William
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New York: Random House, 1951 First edition, first printing, limited issue of 750 numbered copies. Signed by Faulkner on the limitation page. Publisher's marbled boards and black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; in the publisher's original acetate dust jacket. Book fine; dust jacket with two closed tears to the rear panel, minor chips to the spine ends. Overall, fine and attractive copy, signed by Faulkner. Petersen A32.1a In Requiem for a Nun, Faulkner revisits the story of Temple Drake, a young Mississippi woman who becomes the victim of the criminal assistant of a notorious Tennessee moonshiner. He first introduced these characters in his 1931 novel Sanctuary. Now a grown and married woman, Temple must reconcile with the horrors of her past as she attempts to provide a more normal life for her own child. Interestingly, Requiem for a Nun is presented in the form of a three-part play interwoven with prose sections, and it is divided into three parts: Act One, "The Courthouse…
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The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
by Conrad, Joseph
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1920 First English edition, second issue (of the first issue, only 40 copies were printed and distributed privately; the text also differs slightly between these two issues and the American edition.) Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with Aldine House device blind-stamped to front board; in its original pictorial dust jacket with wraparound boating illustration, lettered in brown. Very good, with a touch of toning to head of spine, mild soiling to bottom edge of text block, bookseller's price slip affixed to front endpaper, and bottom corners of front free endpaper and half-title page creased; unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, a tiny bit of soiling to front panel, a touch of rubbing to front panel and folds, light thumbsoiling to rear panel, creasing and small closed tears to head of spine, and a few small closed tears and some wear to edges. Overall, a solid copy, in its scarce original dust jacket. Wise 57. The Rescue tells the…
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The Rhubarb Patch, the Story of the Modern Brooklyn Dodgers
by Barber, Red
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954 Illustrated with photos by official Brooklyn Dodgers photographer, Barney Stein. First edition, first printing. Signed by 38 former Dodgers, including: Pee Wee Reese (signed "Pee Wee Reese / The Captain") [HOF], Duke Snider [HOF], Dick Williams [HOF], Ralph Branca, Carl Erskine, Don Newcombe, Johnny Podres, and "Preacher" Roe. Publisher's green cloth, with spine stamped in darker green; in its original green dust jacket, lettered in white and yellow. Very good book, with bottom corners worn to boards, some rubbing to spine ends and top and bottom edges of boards, tiny yellow sticker to rear board, and some toning to pages; very good unclipped dust jacket, with a few light marks to front panel and spine, light wear to spine ends, a small closed tear to top of rear panel, light spotting to jacket flaps, light rubbing to top of rear flap, and light spotting and creasing to left edge of rear panel. Overall, an attractive copy signed by many…
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The Right to An Answer
by Burgess, Anthony
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London: Heinemann, 1960 First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, bookplate to front pastedown; dust jacket illustration by John Rowland. A fine copy; in an unclipped dust jacket with some wear to the extremities and some minor chipping to the upper spine. Described as his "most engaging novel," the plot of The Right to An Answer mirrors Anthony Burgess' own life. The first novel Burgess wrote after living in Asia, the story follows J.W. Denham, a businessman who has returned to England after working in Japan. Employing dark humor, Burgess explores the disillusionment of returning from exile in the story. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Rip Van Winkle
by Irving, Washington
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Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1894 Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill with full-page plate illustrations and drawings throughout the text. Finely bound in three-quarter black morocco, marbled paper-covered boards ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, five raised bands to spine with titles and decorations in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Very good, with light toning to spine and board edges, a bit of wear to spine, top edge of rear board, fore edge of front board, and corners, binding slightly shaken, and light dampstaining to rear fly leaves and rear free endpaper. Overall, an attractive copy, finely bound and with clean illustrations. Originally published in 1819, Rip Van Winkle is a short story about a man living in the Catskill Mountain range in the years before the onset of the American Revolution. While walking his dog in the woods one day, Van Winkle meets the ghosts of the original Dutch settlers of New York and, after drinking some of their spirits, he falls into an enchanted sleep. He wakes up an…
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The Road to Oz
by Baum, L. Frank
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Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1909 Illustrated by John R. Neill. First edition, mixed state on different colored stock with most of the first state points present, but with the typographical damage to words "Toto on" on p. 34 and page number on p. 121 (not found in true first state); in Binding A with publisher's name on spine imprint in uppercase and lowercase letters. Publisher's original green cloth, with illustrations by John R. Neill stamped to front board, red and black pictorial endpapers; lacking dust jacket as usual. About very good, with rubbing to illustrations on boards, illustration to spine mostly faded, light wear to tail of spine and lower board corners, and some minor imperfections to pages, including a bit of soiling to bottom of pp. 76-77, and some pages with small closed tears. Overall, a solid copy of a classic title from the Oz universe. The fifth of Baum's Oz books, The Road to Oz documents Dorothy's journey with her dog Toto through a series…
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Roger Maris Baseball Inscribed to the New York Yankees' 1961 Team Photographer [with] Roger Maris' Batting Secrets
by Maris, Roger; Blumenthal, David
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MacGregor: Regulation League wool center baseball, 1961 Signed and inscribed by Roger Maris to Yankees 1961 team photographer, David Blumenthal: "To Dave Blumenthal/ My Best Regards/ Roger Maris." In excellent condition with some very light soiling and a few minor smudges. [with] Blumenthal, David. Roger Maris' Batting Secrets. White Plains, NY: David Blumenthal Associates, Inc., 1961. First edition. 24pp., each leaf with a photograph of Maris in one of several stages performing a swing. A fine copy. Roger Maris played 12 seasons of Major League Baseball from 1957-1968 with 4 different teams, most notably the New York Yankees. Maris is most remembered for his historic 1961 season where he broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record with 61 home runs, which came in the fourth inning of the last game of the season on October 1, 1961. Maris also led the New York Yankees to a World Series Title that same year. Maris is a 7x All-Star, 3x World Series Champion in 1961, 1962, and…
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