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The No-Name Man of the Mountain [Original Manuscript]
by Steele, William O.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Manuscript. Good. Original typescript for William O. Steele's 1964 children's story. 61 unbound, single-sided leaves with holograph corrections. Good, bumped at all four corners, multiple leaves with small chips and tears at the edges. Included is a typed postcard from Steele to Sister M. Rosamond of Holy Family College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Steele addresses the sister's idea for a television show about children's books, relaying a short-lived CBS... Read More
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Remembering Laughter
by Stegner, Wallace
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($1.25), lightly toned and rubbed, a crease at the top of the front panel. Blue cloth, faded at the top edge matching the fold in the dust jacket. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author.
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A Shooting Star
by Stegner, Wallace
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Advanced Edition limited to 750 copies. Fine in a Very Good jacket, chipped at the top edge, a few spots of rubbing and closed tears. Red paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Stegner's eighth novel, one about the wife of a successful doctor and her insistance on "hurting and being... Read More
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You Will Live Again; Dramatic Case Histories of Reincarnation
by Steiger, Brad
Grass Valley: Blue Dolphin Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Steiger on the half-title. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Mysteries of Time and Space; The Riddle of Impossible Fossils, Unsettling Relics, Photographic Anomalies and How to Explain Them
by Steiger, Brad
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. With Special Archeological Research by Ron Calais. Third Printing. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Steiger to Tom Benson. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($7.95), generally rubbed and bumped, soiled at the back panel. Blue boards, rubbed at the edges. Firmly bound with a forward lean, ownership signature of Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. From the collection of Tom Benson. [Eberhart 725].
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Reflection on the Atomic Bomb and How Writing Is Written (2 Vols); Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein
by Stein, Gertrude; Haas, Robert Bartlett
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Limited to 750 copies. Fine in a Near Fine jackets, unclipped ($10.00), soiled. Quarter cloth with colored paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Stein's previously uncollected works, many of which were originally published in magazines, literary journals, and periodicals.
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Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled.; A Political Caricature
by Stein, Gertrude
West Chester: Horace F. Temple, 1917. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Limited to 200 copies. Good. Red wraps, toned and with some stains, chipped at the head of the spine, a two inch tear at the foot, rubbed and bumped at the corners. Square, bound with two staples, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The first separate edition of Stein's work about Henry McBridge that originally appears in Vanity Fair in 1917.
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Lucy Church Amiably; A Novel of Romantic beauty and nature and which Looks Like an Engraving
by Stein, Gertrude
Paris: Plain Editions, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Louis Untermeyer's copy with his bookplate on the front endpaper.About Very Good in a Fair example of the plain paper wrapper, split into three parts, covered in what appears to be the original glassine. Blue boards, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, hinges loose, text block slightly shaken. The first of Stein's Plain Edition books which sought... Read More
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
by Stein, Gertrude
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Stein and Toklas on a laid-in postcard. Review Copy. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine, generally worn with multiple tears, chips, and creases. Blue buckram, faded at the edges, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue topstain, clean internally. A nice review copy with the publisher's slip... Read More
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Lucretia Borgia
by Stein, Gertrude
New York: Albondocani Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Limited to 150 copies. Fine. Patterned paper over plain blue wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first edition of the play to faithfully produce Stein's original manuscript.
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Narration: Four Lectures
by Stein, Gertrude
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Collector's Edition. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, faded at the edges. Multi-colored paper on the boards with silver ink lettering on the spine and boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of four lectures delivered by Stein at the University of Chicago during the 1930s.
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Lectures in America
by Stein, Gertrude
New York: Random House, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Stein on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), minimally rubbed at the edges, toned at the back panel. Grey buckram, foxed in the gutters, with red and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Stein's work of literary criticism that sees her... Read More
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How Writing Is Written; Volume II of the Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein
by Stein, Gertrude; Haas, Robert Bartlett
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited by Robert Bartlett Haas. Limited to 750 copies. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.00), bumped at the eges. Quarter green cloth with blue paper on the boards, faded at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. A collection of Stein's previously uncollected works, many of which were originally published in magazines, literary journals, and periodicals.... Read More
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How to Write
by Stein, Gertrude
Paris: Plain Editions, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 1000 copies. Fine. Grey paper on the boards with a pastedown label on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A remarkably tight and clean copy of Stein's third Plain Edition book, her idiosyncratic writing style guide.
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Americains D'Amerique (The Making of Americans)
by Stein, Gertrude
Paris: Librairie Stock, 1933. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Translated into French by J. Seilliere and Bernard Fay. Preface by Fay. Very Good. Wraps bumped and with very short tears at the edges and corners. Square, front hinge a bit weak, firmly bound otherwise and with many unopened pages. The first French edition of Stein's work The Making of Americans.
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Foreword by Joseph Henry Jackson. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.95), generally rubbed, bumped with some creases and tears at the top edge, tidemark at the food of the spine and back panel. Red buckram with black lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection including TORTILLA FLAT, OF MICE AND MEN, THE RED PONY, THE MOON IS DOWN, CANNERY ROW, and... Read More
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Cannery Row
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. First state binding. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, generally toned, rubbed and bumped at the edges, shallow chips and light creases at the edges and corners. Buff cloth, rubbed and with some fraying at the edges. Bound with a forward lean and some reading wear, front hinge a bit weak, soiling at the edges. Steinbeck's humorous novel about the titular location in his Monterey, California, further expanded on... Read More
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Novels and Stories 1932-1937; The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, Of Mice and Men
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Library of America, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. #72. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($35.00), faintly bumped. Brown cloth. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a sewn-in bookmark, clean internally.
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The Sea of Cortez; A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research
by Steinbeck, John; Ricketts, Edward F.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($5.00), generally rubbed, stains throughout, chipped at the top edge, long tear at the front spine fold. Green buckram, a few stains, front board splayed slightly, rubbed at the bottom edge, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, toned at the endpapers, bumped at some of the corners, clean otherwise. The account of... Read More
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Of Mice and Men; A Play in Three Acts
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips and closed tears at the edges. Beige cloth, toned at the edges and gutters, with brown and black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. The play adaptation of one of the... Read More
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Fiddler on the Roof
by Stein, Joseph; Bock, Jerry; Harnick, Sheldon
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Harnick on the title page. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped, soiled, bumps and a closed tear at the edges. Black cloth, faded at the top edge, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The full text and lyrics of the beloved musical based on Sholom Aleichem's stories, illustrated with photographs from the original production.... Read More
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![Sexual Aberrations [2 Vols]; The Phenomena of Fetishism in Relation to Sex](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/849/1615849007.0.l.jpg)
Sexual Aberrations [2 Vols]; The Phenomena of Fetishism in Relation to Sex
by Stekel, Wilhelm
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Authorized English version from the first German edition by Dr. S. Parker. Near Fine in Very Good jackets, unclipped ($10.00), toned at the spines and edges, some bumps and shallow chips at the top edges. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spines. Square and firmly bound, toned at the endpapers, publisher's slip tipped-in before the half-title page of Volume I limiting the sale of... Read More
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Irish Fairy Tales
by Stephens, James
New York: Macmillan, 1968. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near FIne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($6.95), some toning and soiling. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of ten heroic tales and legends from Ireland.
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The Brooklyn Book of the Dead
by Stephens, Michael
Normal: Dalkey Archive, 1994. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95), faintly bumped at the top edge. Dark grey cloth with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Stephens' novel about the Coole family and their trials and tribulations moving to the United States. Described as "the most devastating vision of the Irish-American family since the nightmarish portrayals of Eugene O'Neill... Read More
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