BECAUSE I WAS FLESH
New York: New Directions, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas.
New York: New Directions, 1964. First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. Dahlberg's first book, a novel of a boy horribly representative of the bottom-dog strata of America. With a 10-page introduction by D. H. Lawrence.
New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by this much underrated writer on the front endpaper: "For my dear Friend Bill Byron, who loves/words + Rabelais says to/offer good words to others/is a form of love--/with deep affection/Edward/Nov 5, '70/N.Y.C." Signed trade editions of this book.....
New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Of a total of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies, this copy has a SIGNED page tipped in but with no printed limitation. An important book by this much underrated writer.
New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #166 of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies. An important book by this much underrated writer.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1941). First Edition. Dahlberg's unique takes on Thoreau, Melville, etc.
Cleveland: White Horse Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Dahlberg's second book, one of only 95 copies printed. This copy is from the more uncommon issue with the tipped-in illustrations and SIGNED by the author on the colophon page which states the copies numbered 1 through 10 were signed.....
[Sausalito]: Roger Beacham, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Of the total edition of 760 copies, @24 are the first issue without cancellations. This copy is one of the regular second issue, called by Billings (A15b) the trade issue. SIGNED by Dahlberg on the front free endpaper. Essays about Sherwood Anderson, Oscar.....
[New York]: (The Geryon Press), 2001. Aubrey Schwartz. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of poems hand printed on Rives BFK. Loose 7" x 10" sheets consisting of a title page, dedication, 14 pages of text, the limitation page, and 2 etchings by Aubrey Schwartz, housed in a green cloth clamshell.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hans Alexander Mueller. Hardcover. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full ship's canvas over boards with a gold-stamped blue leather label on the spine. Introduction by William McFee; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #355 of 1500 copies illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller with.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hans Alexander Mueller. Hardcover. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full ship's canvas over boards with a gold-stamped blue leather label on the spine. Introduction by William McFee; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #124 of 1500 copies illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller with.....
Boston: 9 November 1870. Letter. Two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on both sides of a 4-1/2" x 7-1/4" sheet to "My Dear Davis," possibly Lt. Charles Henry Davis whom Dana had previously represented in court. In addition to being the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, Dana was a practicing lawyer.....
Boston: 16 August 1850. Letter. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER on a 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" sheet of blue paper SIGNED as "R. H. Dana Jr." to an unknown recipient on legal matters regarding Caleb Smith. Dana is best known as the author of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST.
New York: Soho Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Haitian native and Granta writer's first book INSCRIBED by her to a poet: "It was wonderful/hanging out with/you in Atlanta./I look forward/reading some of/your poems in/Colorado Review./Best Regards," and SIGNED.
Milwaukee, WI: Parkman Club Publications, 14 September 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Stapled printed green wraps (6-5/8" x 9-1/2"); 211-244 pages plus blank and covers. The Ordinance of 1787 forbade the practice of slavery or involuntary servitude in any form in the Northwest Territory, making it a crime to own and.....
New York: THe Viking Press, (1976). First Edition. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy of the First American Edition in printed orange wraps.
Cambridge: Halty Ferguson, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Decorated dark blue wraps. One of 300 handprinted copies. INSCRIBED by the poet on the title page: "For Bill Meredith/very well met at/Villa Serbelloni/Peter Davison/June 1972/And with certain emendations,/and with thanks. PD." There are 3 corrections in the text by Davison.
New York: Atheneum, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page: "For William Meredith/in companionship,/admiration/affection/Peter Davison/Washington D.C./June 4, 1980." With Davison's business card laid in.
New York: Atheneum, [1974]. First American Edition. Softcover. Galleys consisting of 7" x 9" loose sheets stapled in the upper left corner. An uncommon format, likely existing in just a handful of copies, this from the library of poet William Meredith, though there are no ownership notations.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, (2017). First Edition. Hardcover. Second printing. Foreword by Rod Serling's daughter, Anne Serling. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both Dawidziak and Anne Serling on the front endpaper: "To Angela,/Submitted for you/(we hope)/approval!" The previous owner has written at the bottom of.....
New York: (Alfred A. Knopf), (1986). First American Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected proof in green wraps of this final volume that began with BERLIN GAME.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Increasingly scarce second book.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover.
New York: Schocken Books, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. A sweet novel about a dog. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Jason/with best wishes/from George/Temple, October 1984."
New York: 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Original Typescript bound in flexible black wraps. This screenplay appeared 3 years before DiCillo's first film, JOHNNY SUEDE, which cast the then-unknown Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener in what would be their first starring roles. It received a nomination for a Grand Jury Prize.....