USEFUL KNOWLEDGE
by Stein, Gertrude
New York: Payson & Clarke, 1928. First printing. Very good minus in very good minus jacket.. First edition of Stein's collection of experimental portraits and linguistic investigations - in the uncommon original jacket. Representing her mature period of radical innovation, USEFUL KNOWLEDGE exemplifies Stein's practice of "prolonged" or "continuous present" writing which aimed to capture the essence of experience - rather than its mere description. In addition, the book was in many ways a direct challenge to critics... Read More
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LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY
by Stein, Gertrude
New York: Something Else Press, 1969. First printing. Near fine.. First softcover (simultaneous with hardcover) US edition of one of Stein's most under-appreciated books. LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY was the first of the books Stein published herself, frustrated as she was by a lack of a regular outlet for her work. It was available only in that edition until this Something Else Press edition. 7'' x 5''. Original pictorial wrappers. 240 pages. Touches of shelfwear. Else bright and sharp.... Read More
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GEOGRAPHY AND PLAYS
by Stein, Gertrude; Anderson, Sherwood
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1922. First printing. Very good minus.. First edition, in first state binding, of this collection of plays and portraits of people & places by Stein - with an admiring introduction by Sherwood Anderson. 7.5'' x 5''. Original blue cloth spine with light gray paper covered boards and printed spine label. Lacking dust jacket. 417, [1] pages. Moderate wear and soil to boards and top edge of text block. Spine toned.
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LUCY CHURCH AMIABLY
by Stein, Gertrude
Paris: Imprimerie Union / (Plain Edition), 1930. First printing. Very good.. First edition of this first book from Stein's Plain Edition, inscribed by Alice Toklas to author Elizabeth Sprigge, who would publish one of the earliest formal biographies of Stein - and which Toklas repudiated. After Stein's death, Alice Toklas stewarded Stein's posthumous literary reputation, both assisting editors of new editions of Stein's texts and providing assistance (or obstacles, as the case may be) to biographers. At the... Read More
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TORTILLA FLAT
by Steinbeck, John; Gannett, Ruth
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First printing. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition of this oft-comical tale of post-World War I Monterey, following the exploits of a wine-loving and vaguely Arthurian group of paisanos, a beautiful copy in the scarce original dust jacket. The lighthearted tone of TORTILLA FLAT lifted the spirits of Americans during the Great Depression, for whom "reading and the movies were escape... escape from grinding poverty, escape from worrying... Read More
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RED PONY
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Covici Friede, 1937. Near fine.. Signed limited first edition, this the scarce "lettered" issue meant for private distribution to friends. In addition to being lettered instead of numbered, this issue is printed on Marais handmade paper (watermarked) while the numbered copies are on La Garde paper. The limited edition originally sold for $10.00 - a large sum for the time, but sold out. The story features young Jody Tiflin and his life on his father's northern... Read More
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GRAPES OF WRATH
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First printing. Near fine.. First edition of the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning novel that made Steinbeck a household name. GRAPES OF WRATH has been generations of students' introduction to the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck's extensive use of symbolism and Biblical motifs also makes it an excellent exercise in literary criticism for both high schoolers and hardcore academics, all pulled together with exceptionally lyrical prose. GRAPES OF... Read More
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STEINBECK COUNTRY: In Dubious Homage
by [Steinbeck, John]; Messner, Mike
Salinas, CA: Mike Messner, 1979. Near fine.. First edition of this privately published essay on the occasion of "John Steinbeck Week" in Salinas, California, February 24 through March 4, 1979. From the introduction: "The intention of the author is to increase public awareness of the historical relationship between John Steinbeck and the politics of agriculture in California and the Salinas Valley." Scarce. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original stapled wrappers. 28 pages. Mild handling wear. Else unmarked, clean.
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BURNING BRIGHT: A Play in Story Form
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. Very good in very good jacket.. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work, an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers... Read More
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OH WOW: A Scenario by John Steinbeck, IV & Tom Costner
by Steinbeck IV, John; Costner, John
(New York): John Steinbeck, IV & Tom Costner, 1971. Very good plus.. First edition of this collaboration between journalist Steinbeck (son of renowned author John Steinbeck) and Tom Costner - a tale of American forces in Vietnam, presented in a screenplay format. 11'' x 8.5''. Original orange pictorial wrappers. vii, 82 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Faint edgewear and minor toning to text block. Bright copy.
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BURNING BRIGHT
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First edition. About fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of Steinbeck's experimental work, an amalgam of play and novel similar to OF MICE AND MEN. Expanding on the idea first developed in OF MICE AND MEN - adapting aspects of the theater into the structure of a novel - Steinbeck wrote this "play in story form" about the birth of a long-awaited child. The book was staged the same year with Rodgers... Read More
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THEOSOPHY
by Steiner, Rudolf
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1910. First printing. Very good plus.. Scarce first US edition of Steiner's major work on "the regions of the supersensible world," originally published in German in 1904, translated here into English from the text of the third German edition by Elizabeth Douglas Shields. This exposition of the spirit lands and the final destination of the soul, building on the cosmology established by Blavatsky, appeared in English translation just two years before Steiner's founding... Read More
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FRANK STELLA IN 2002
by Stella, Frank; Tyler, Kenneth E.; Hobbs, Robert C.
Singapore: Singapore Tyler Print Institute, 2002. First printing. Near fine.. Inscribed first edition, association copy, of this catalogue to accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute - inscribed to the US Ambassador to Singapore, Frank Lavin. With a foreword by Kenneth E. Tyler and an appreciation by Robert C. Hobbs, an especially appropriate association for this uncommon Stella book. 11.5'' x 8''. Original glossy color pictorial boards. No jacket, as issued. One of 2000 copies.... Read More
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JULIA ELIZABETH: A Comedy in One Act
by Stephens, James
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. Very good.. Signed limited edition of this play by the Irish playwright and friend of James Joyce. 9.25'' x 7''. Publisher's cloth-backed paper boards. Printed on thick handmade paper. 25, [1] Signed by Stephens on the limitation page. Minor edgewear and some toning to boards at extremities. Interior clean and bright.
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INVOLUTION OCEAN
by Sterling, Bruce; Ellison, Harlan
(New York): Jove / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First printing. Fine.. First edition of the first novel by "fine, fine, superfine Sterling," published as no. 4 in the Harlan Ellison Discovery Series and introduced by Ellison with characteristically fulsome effusions. 7'' x 4''. Original pictorial wrappers by Vision Graphics & Film / John David Moore, after a photograph by Charles Bush, cover price $1.50, A4301. All edges tinted yellow. 191, [1] pages. Only a tiny crease to one... Read More
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LANDSCAPES AFTER RUSKIN: Redefining the Sublime
by Sternfeld, Joel
(Reading, VT / Munich / New York): (Hall Art Foundation / Hirmer Publishers / Grey Art Gallery), 2018. First edition. Fine.. First printing of this work published in conjunction with an exhibition curated by Sternfeld, featuring work by William Wegman, David Wojnarowicz, Anselm Kiefer, Joseph Beuys, Christiane Baumgartner, Bruce Nauman, and many others. 11'' x 10''. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. 160 pages. Color plates throughout.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: RARE-BOOK COLLECTOR
by Stern, Madeleine B.
New York: Schulte Publishing Company, 1953. Near fine.. Signed first separate edition of Stern's classic article, originally published in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 9'' x 5.75''. Original saddle-stapled wrappers. [1], 23 pages. Signed by Stern on front cover. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Wrappers sunned along edges.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOCK: Stories Out of Time, Out of Place
by Stern, Philip Van Doren
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969. First printing. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of this anthology of eerie and supernatural speculative short fiction by John Wyndham, J.B. Priestley, Robert Heinlein, and others, including the editor, whose "The Greatest Gift" was the basis for the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life." 9'' x 6''. Original charcoal grey cloth with metallic red spine lettering. In original pictorial dust jacket. 192 pages. Minor edgewear and scuffing to... Read More
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HOUSES
by Stern, Robert A. M.
New York: The Monacelli Press, 1997. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this hefty monograph on the first 30 years of the residential designs of the Robert A. M. Stern firm, whose designs blend tradition and innovation. 12'' x 9.75''. Original light yellow boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 608 pages. Jacket with light sunning to spine and edges, some edgewear with a bit of laminate... Read More
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CHICKEN: Self-portrait Of A Young Man For Rent
by Sterry, David Henry
New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2002. Very good.. Scarce uncorrected proof of the first US edition of this contemplative memoir following Sterry's complicated year as a young male prostitute in 1970s Hollywood. 5.5" x 8.25" Original pictorial wrappers. [8] 248 pages. Light edgewear and minor scratches to wrappers, bit of soil, faint creasing to upper corner. Firm copy.
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ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Sterrett, Virginia Frances; Hawthorne, Hildegarde
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co, 1928. Very good.. First edition thus, illustrated by Sterrett, with selections from the THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS magnificently interpreted by Sterrett in what was to be her final completed commission before her untimely death in 1931. 11'' x 8.75''. Original gilt-lettered black cloth, pictorial paste-on. Green pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with 16 color plates and 20 black and white drawings by Sterrett. 308 pages. Early ink owner name to front endpaper. Stamping on spine largely... Read More
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WOMEN AND ECONOMICS
by Stetson, Charlotte Perkins [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1898. Very good.. First edition of Gilman's most important nonfiction work, with still-relevant arguments about the economic value of female household labor. A major feminist treatise on women's enforced economic dependence, published two years after Gilman served as California's delegate to the International Socialist and Labor Congress in London, cementing her stature as an influential social thinker and public intellectual. The perennial popularity of Gilman's eerie THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (1892) and utopian HERLAND... Read More
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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Olver, Kate Elizabeth; Alma Tadema, Laurence
London & Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1925. Fine in very good plus box.. Lovely and scarce edition of Stevenson's classic poems, one of the better known works illustrated by portrait painter and children's artist Kate Olver. This copy has been gorgeously preserved by its retained box, also in a vivid indigo shade. 9.25'' x 7.25''. Original full indigo leather stamped in pictorial gilt. Top edge gilt. Blue silk ribbon bookmark. In original publisher's indigo box with pictorial paste-on.... Read More
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THE MERRY MEN: And Other Tales and Fables
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First printing. Very good.. First edition of this collection of six of Stevenson's best tales, including the uncanny classics "Olalla" and "Thrawn Janet." In his essay "A Chapter on Dreams," Stevenson explains that the ambiguously vampiric "Olalla" was an attempt to work out an essential situation glimpsed in his dreams: A collaboration between the author's conscious mind and "the little people who manage man's internal theatre," who "do one-half my work for me... Read More
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MEMORIES & PORTRAITS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of Stevenson's collection of 16 infinitely engaging essays on topics personal, literary, and philosophical, of which the final five were previously unpublished. 6.5'' x 4.25''. Original black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Top edge gilt. 299, [1] pages. Light wear to boards, offsetting to endpapers. Slight spine lean. Contemporary owner's name in pen to front free endpaper.
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