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Ed Smith Books specializes in buying and selling literary first editions, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. Our location, on Bainbridge Island, is a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, Washington. Open by appointment. Member, ABAA.

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Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this copy is a postcard addressed to a woman in Indiana (cancel 1988) in the author's hand, on the message side Percy writes: "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. / The Moviegoer / Walker Percy." The opening sentence of this prize winner.

THE MOVIEGOER.
Percy, Walker
New York: Knopf, 1961. Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this.. more
Price: $3,000.00

Approx 400pp, 16mo and 4to, being the working draft of Dramocles, housed in the author's original folder with story and character notes scribbled throughout. Consisting of (approx): 71pp of early draft, 50pp of possible scenes, bits and characterizations, 53pp + 170pp of drafts, 70pp of (old notes) drafts, including mss charts, outlines, structure plotting, and mss slips he used (ala James Joyce). Robert Sheckley, 1928-2005, was a Hugo and Nebula nominated author whose clever and often absurdist sci-fi novels attracted a wide audience. Includes a first edition of the finished book, F/F signed by the author. A remarkable archive, a chance to recreated how a novel is written, from notecards to finished product.

DRAMOCLES. An Intergalactic Soap Opera. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE.
Sheckley, Robert
Circa 1983. Approx 400pp, 16mo and 4to, being the working draft of Dramocles, housed in the author's original folder with story and.. more
Price: $1,750.00

A "round robin" copy signed by 26 members of the original cast, including "Dead End Kids" Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan and Billy Hallop. The signature of Dan Duryea, who played a "G-Man" is also present. The play opened at the Belasco Theater on October 28, 1935 and ran for two years, totaling 684 performances. The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York, who appeared in this play in 1935. In 1937 producer Samuel Goldman brought all of them to Hollywood and turned the play into a film. Those young actors proved to be so popular that they continued to make movies, under various monikers including the Little Tough Guys, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys, until 1958. The book is illustrated with three stunning wood engravings by Julian Wehr. A one-of-a-kind copy of the play where all of these long famous actors got their start.

DEAD END. A Play in Three Acts.
Kingsley, Sidney.
New York: Random House, (1936). A "round robin" copy signed by 26 members of the original cast, including "Dead End Kids" Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey,.. more
Price: $1,250.00

Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on the half-title page: "For dear dear Mary, with Love / P." Underneath his inscription Penn has drawn a circle then signed his name inside, adding "NY. 1984," the year of publication. This is the first comprehensive retrospective on Penn's work, and was published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA. 216 p, with 156 plates (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color).

IRVING PENN.
Szarkowski, John
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1984). Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on.. more
Price: $950.00

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