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THE DEATH OF MEN
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THE DEATH OF MEN

by Massie, Allan

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London: The Bodley Head, 1981. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed to John Updike on the front free endpage. "John Updike with best wishes Allan Massie Edinburgh 1983." Board upper corners just tapped; dustjacket with few tiny wrinkles on the spine topedge and beginning toning on the flaps' edges. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Tight and bright copy of Massie's third novel, loosely based on the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro.. Inscribed and Dated By Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Five Lectures Upon the Church
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Five Lectures Upon the Church

by Hart, Samuel et al

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New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1896. First edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. [6] + 173 numbered pages, which are bright and clean. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Bound in striking full blue leather which is lightly rubbed and sunned. Gilt borders to covers and gilt title to front cover and spine. "Church Club of Connecticut" to front cover. The personal copy of Samuel Hart, one of the authors/lecturers, with contemporary pencil gift inscription on endpaper "Samuel Hart from the Church Club. From the library of Samuel Hart, which experienced a fire that damaged a number of books. As a result, items from Hart's library are extremely rare. Samuel Hart (1845-1917) was dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, the (un)official "middle way" seminary of the Episcopal Church at Middletown, Connecticut. In 1886, he became the third custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer. In 1892, he became secretary of the House of… Read More
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VICTORIA REGINA: A Dramatic Biography.

VICTORIA REGINA: A Dramatic Biography.

by [Hayes, Helen, signed] Housman, Laurence.

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Used - Good only in a fair dust jacket. (stain to front cover of book, dust jacket is price-clipped, quite edgeworn, and has some loss
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Hardcover
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Ione, California
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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, n.d. (ca 1936.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good only in a fair dust jacket. (stain to front cover of book, dust jacket is price-clipped, quite edgeworn, and has some loss in the middle of the spine.) . First US printing. Sheets printed in England. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Ernest Shepard. The basis of Housman's most sucessful play. A unique copy, SIGNED by Laurence Housman with the words "his signature" underneath (in Housman's hand) the words "Harry Essex, his book." Essex (1910-1997) was a writer, movie director and film producer. This copy is also SIGNED by Helen Hayes (1900-1993), whose starring role in this 1936 Broadway play was perhaps her greatest role ever. Hayes' signature is followed by the words, "his friend" with a line going up to Essex's name. 470 pp.
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The Management of Men; A Handbook on the Systematic Development of Morale and the Control of...
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The Management of Men; A Handbook on the Systematic Development of Morale and the Control of Human Behavior

by Munson, Edward L.; Miller, Arthur H.

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New York: Henry Holt, 1921. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage "ToThe Honorable Will H. Hays, Postmaster General, with the compliments of the author." Brig. General Edward Munson, M.D., as an assistant to the Surgeon General, was one of the surgeons who attended President William McKinley after he was wounded by an assassin. While Professor of Military Hygiene at the Army Service School in Washington, in 1912, Dr. Munson designed the military field shoe, the boon to infantrymen, variously known as the "Munson Last," the "hobnail brogan" of World War I, and the "G.I. shoe" of World War II. General Munson wrote several books on Army hygiene, including the authoritative treatise, The Soldier's Foot and the Military Shoe.In 1917 he was promoted to Colonel and thereafter developed the system of field training for medical troops. In 1919 he returned to the general staff in Washington and was assigned to organize the Morale Section, a branch… Read More
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Fannie B Blumberg, Vol. No. 2, A Sequel (Association Copy)
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Fannie B Blumberg, Vol. No. 2, A Sequel (Association Copy): Containing Additional Literary Productions and Art Works not Published in May, 1963 Book

by Benjamin Blumberg

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First and only
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Paperback
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a VERY RARE ASSOCIATION COPY of FANNIE B. BLUMBERG, VOL. NO. 2, A SEQUEL. "July 9, 1965 we embarked on the publication of (Volume No. 1) as a testimonial and memorial dedicated to preserving various letters, unpublished stories manuscripts, memos and comments...This (Vol. 2) is needed to complete the record…"(Benjamin Blumberg) 6" x 9", 315 page paperback, including numerous b/w photos, illustrations and painting reproductions. Cover is brown marbled heavy paper with gold gilt design and particulars. Condition = Near Fine. On title page appears an INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR to friend & fellow artist (sculptor) RALPH H HUMES, who spent 42 years in south Florida. Noted appraiser James Beattie gave this book a value of $260.
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Grim City (Signed by Harlan Ellison)
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Grim City (Signed by Harlan Ellison)

by Hensley, Joe L.

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Uncorrected proof
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Harlan Ellison. Softcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.25 inches. 229 pp. Fine in plastic protected wraps. Association copy. Proofread by Hensley's long-time friend and fellow author Harlan Ellison. Inscribed and signed by Ellison on front wrap: "Proofread for errors by Harlan Ellison 29 June – 3 August 1994." Inscribed and signed by Ellison on half title: "For Joe! A memento of our ongoing 40+ year friendship. Yr. pal, Harlan 3 August 94 Los Angeles." Inscribed by Ellison on title page: "Terrific book overall!" and "Joe – Jim Carlos is a great character! More, please! With Daggert as his 'sidekick.'" Ellison's dog-earring and proofreading markups throughout, else Fine. Scarce thus.
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There Will Be Fighting.
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There Will Be Fighting.

by Peadar O'Donnell.

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New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair.. Association copy with fabulous owner's inscription on front flyleaf in bold black ink. ""Dublin Ireland 1918-1923 Memories of the days in Ireland and of the months I spent in Mountjoy Jail with Peter O'Donnell. Peter Kelleher, 2nd Batt. 1st Brigade 1st Southern Division Irish Republican Army."" Kelleher's grandson, a member of the current Irish Defence Forces, read the proclamation from 1916 at the centenary of the Easter Rising. Scarce book in rare dust jacket with a unique inscription, together making an unusual piece of Irish independence history. Peadar O'Donnell, 1893-1986, was a writer, politician and social activist and served in the Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War, and later the Spanish Civil War. This book is an historical novel of the Irish Rebellion, drawing on his own experiences. O'Donnell was held in Dublin's Mountjoy Gaol during the civil war from 1922 until his 1924 escape. He was… Read More
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The Strength of Government ( The Godkin Lectures at Harvard, 1968)
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The Strength of Government ( The Godkin Lectures at Harvard, 1968)

by Bundy, McGeorge

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Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Press, 1968. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" To Jim Armsey, with the deep appreciation of his friend. McGeorge Bundy, February 11. 1969". James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) who was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. At the time of publication McGeorge Bundy was the President of the Ford Foundation. He also served both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson from 1961-1966 as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs. Fine, Armsey's name and initials front paste down and end… Read More
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From the Darkroom, with ephemera
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From the Darkroom, with ephemera

by Gilbert, Sister Mary

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The Bobbs-Merrill, 1964. Annotated and inscribed copy of Sister Mary Gilbert's poetry book given as a gift to David Posner, with correspondence and original poems. Sister Mary Gilbert was the religious name of [Sister] Madeleine DeFrees, who later requested a dispensation from her vows in 1973. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship for Poetry and awards for short stories and memoirs of convent life. The book has an autograph poem written by Sister Madeline De Frees on the front end paper. Laid in the book are two typed poems by her, two typed letters to David and one autograph letter dated March 20, 1968.Hardcover. 23 x 16cm. 64 pages. Price-clipped. Blue quarter cloth over purple boards with white lettering and design to cover and spine.
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Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle
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Gottschalk and the Grande Tarantelle

by Brooks, Gwendolyn

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1st Edition
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Paperback
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Chicago: The David Company, 1989 Second printing of the first edition, stapled wrappers. Presentation copy signed to Greg Gatenby, Canadian historian, writer, and host of Toronto's festival of authors. also signed by Gatenby, dated 1989. Book in fine condition.
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Mockery Gap
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Mockery Gap

by POWYS, T. F.; [HOPKINS, Kenneth]

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London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Hardback. Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. [2], vi, 271, [1]. Original blue cloth, paper title-label to spine lettered in black. Top edge blue (faded), bottom edge untrimmed. Spare title-label tipped in at rear. Slight lean to spine, extremities bumped with light wear. Foxed throughout. Signed by author in black pen to ffep: "Theodore Francis Powys," with Kenneth Hopkins' ownership signature in pencil above, dated July 1937, bookseller note in pencil to front pastedown. Hopkins has made occasional brief marginal notes, in blue and red pen and pencil, and drafted, dated, located (with some specificity) and signed a poem ("Because there is no happiness � you say �") in pencil on recto of rear fep: "9.30 July 28 1937/ outside Trinity Church, Bournemouth." In the original dust jacket: spine toned and creased, soiled, a few spots and short closed tears, chipped and creased at extremities. Good+/ good+ An important association copy, which captures something of… Read More
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La Perruche Bleue; Journal D'une Courtisane Sous La Terreur Nazie
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La Perruche Bleue; Journal D'une Courtisane Sous La Terreur Nazie

by Dekobra, Maurice

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New York: Brentano's, 1945. True First Edition, the book would not be published in Paris until 1948. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his publisher Arthur Brentano -" To Arthur Brentano Ambassador of French Literature in the New World very Sincerely Maurice Dekobra 1945" with the author's inked self-portrait bottom corner front end page. Text in French. Very Good, triangular chip top corner front cover, light edge wear, most pages yet uncut. Dekobra spent the War years, 1939-1946, living in New York. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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In the Day's Work by Daniel Berkeley Updike [Gift Inscription by Cecilia Beaux]
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In the Day's Work by Daniel Berkeley Updike [Gift Inscription by Cecilia Beaux]

by Updike, Daniel Berkeley

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Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [10], 69, [1] p.; 22 cm. Beige cloth spine with gilt spine title; marbled brown paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Bookplate of Raymond Dexter Havens (1880-1954) on front fixed endpaper. Havens received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard University in 1908 and then taught at the University of Rochester, which was interrupted by his service as a Y.M.C.A. volunteer in France from 1917 to 1919. In 1925 he was appointed Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. Inscribed on the blank page following the front endpapers: "To R. H. fr. C. B. Xmas 1924." Written on the front fixed endpaper: "Raymond D. Havens from Cecilia Beaux Christmas, 1924." Havens and the American painter Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) were friends; the Raymond Dexter Havens Papers at the University of Rochester contain a number of letters from Beaux to Havens from 1915 to 1941. On the title page verso is written in pencil: "Gift Dr. Raymond D. Havens." A… Read More
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Vegetation of Britain and Ireland. New Naturalist No. 122. Signed Leatherbound Limited Edition -...
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Vegetation of Britain and Ireland. New Naturalist No. 122. Signed Leatherbound Limited Edition - LETTERED, Hors Commerce

by Proctor, Michael

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1st Edition 1st Printing
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London: Collins, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New/As New. Gillmor, Richard (Dustjacket). A particularly attractive copy of this beautiful edition - one of a very small number reserved exclusively for contributors and lettered. 50 numbered copies were made available for sale to subscribers. Full leather gilt with the New Naturalist monogram to the upper cover, two raised bands and gilt titles at the spine. pp. xii, 516, illustrated with colour photographs and diagrams. Tipped-in limitation plate to the front endpaper which is signed by the author and, in addition, the traditional New Naturalist dustjacket is provided and has been signed directly by its artist and designer, Robert Gillmor. This copy is lettered "E" and was reserved for the late British botanist and New Naturalist series co-editor, Professor Richard G. West, with his printed name-plate fixed to the front paste-down. As New condition in dustjacket and slipcase. Provenance: from the library of… Read More
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(ASSOCIATION COPY)  Will Shakespeare; An Invention in Four Acts
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(ASSOCIATION COPY) Will Shakespeare; An Invention in Four Acts

by Dane. Clemence (pseud. of Winifred Ashton)

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Used - Very Good
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London: William Heinemann, 1921. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Beverley Baxter, with Kindest regards from Clemence Dane" and below SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY Baxter -" to Mother from Arthur as a little reminder that Beauty still has its disciples in England Xmas 1921". Sir Arthur Beverley Baxter was a journalist, theater critic, and Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1935 to his death in 1964. Known to his friends as "Bax", he was still Arthur to his Mother ! Winifred Ashton, who wrote under the name Clemence Dane, was an English novelist and playwright, and the first British woman screenwriter to win an Academy Award. She was a close and dear friend of Noel Coward. " Between the First and Second World Wars, she was Britain’s most influential, versatile and successful female writer and arguably the most complete and versatile female creative force: novelist, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, sculptor,… Read More
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