New York: Ecco, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Drew D Hanson on the title page. This is the first book about Dr. King's legendary "I Have A Dream" speech. Opening with an enthralling account of the August day in 1963 that saw 250,000 Americans converge at the March on..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. A biography of Ansel Adams, that starts when he was a teenager, and a summer custodian, of sorts, of a small building provided by The Sierra Club. His hikes in the Nevada mountains taught a young Adams a respect for the..... More
Chicago: Contemporary Books, (1985). Hardcover. Signed by Paul Newman on the front endpaper. Laid in is a color flyer highlighting how much his food line donates to charity, and a "thank you" to Oregon retailers for their support. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. 136 pages with index..... More
First Edition. Photograph. An original black and white photograph, signed by Bristol on the mat "Horace Bristol '4" Image measures 7 x 8.75 inches, overall approx 17.25 x 21.25 inches matted and framed under glass, wood frame painted black (with a few rubs and nicks). A stunning image, close-up head..... More
New York: Ballou, 1934. Doris Ulmann. Second edition (stated). Hardcover. Text by Julia Peterkin, and with photographs by Doris Ulmann. This book describes the religious life and community of the Gullah, a group of people of African descent living in the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia. Wonderfully illustrated..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. As Lawrence Durrell puts it in his perceptive introduction, "one senses two strong flavors which complement each other. Firstly, that of his sharply selective yet tender treatment of light and dark; secondly, the flavor of the capital city which he..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Here, in this novel, the author returns to Gilead in the unforgetable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. More
Munchen: Bahia Verlag, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 115-pp of black and white photographs of James Dean, both on and off film sets. Roth was a film studio photographer. Text in German. Bound in red cloth. Agency sticker to dust jacket and first blank page. More
New York: Doubleday, (1978). Raphael Soyer. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 300 numbered copies, specially bound, and signed by the author. With a numbered color print signed by Raphael Soyer. This is copy #141. As a young man in 1930s Warsaw, Singer lived inconspicuously on the edge of a...... More
New Brighton: Kenneth Starosciak, (1974). First edition. One of 500 copies staple bound in stiff printed card covers. 29 pages. Contents: An Introduction, work not published, getting to know Capote, books, works in periodicals, separate publications about Capote, articles about Capote, and book reviews. More
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1948. Later printing. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author dated in the year of publication. "To Thomas Thompson / with congratulations / on the sale of his / own "Saddle Tramp," / and best wishes / for its being..... More
New York: World Publishing, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book and the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. 46 poems in 4 categories. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch's father once leased from a Blackfeet..... More
New York: Morrow, (1992). First edition. hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title, "May 16, 1992 / Best Wishes / Cynthia J Wilbur." An affectionate, moving, and amusing tribute to the baseball greats of the 1940s and 1950s. Told in the players' own voices, this is the story of..... More
Miami Beach: McMillan Publications, 1987. Signed limited edition. Hardcover. #178 of 350 copies signed by Willeford. The author's master's thesis while he was at the University of Miami. "The Immobilized Hero in Modern Fiction." A survey of the literature of angst, covering writers from Fyodor Dostoevsky, through Franz Kafka and..... More
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1938. Jack B Yeata. 2nd edition. Paperback. Small 4to. Here, Yeats depicts the collapse of his paradigm for Ireland's renewal through culture and discerns the seeds for a new cultural movement rooted in education and eugenics. For Yeats, cultural nationalism had the potential to unite the nation..... More
