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GRAPES OF WRATH

GRAPES OF WRATH by Steinbeck, John

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Seller: Type Punch Matrix
Title
GRAPES OF WRATH
Author
Steinbeck, John
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
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 WRATH was an immediate hit, and stayed atop bestseller lists for the majority of 1939. But it was not always beloved: the novel was a lighting rod for Steinbeck, both professionally and personally. His portrayal of the difficult lives of migrant workers and the corruption of the agriculture business earned him "constant vilification" from powerful farmers' groups, and the book was banned (and even occasionally burned) in a variety of communities (Demott). In his diaries, Steinbeck lamented how the novel's popularity "got really out of hand, became a public hysteria," leading to the idea that he was, himself, "public domain" (Demott). This first edition, with its hyperbolic but prescient dust jacket editorial copy ("Perhaps GRAPES OF WRATH is the greatest modern American novel... the greatest single creative work this country has ever produced"), captures the tipping point of Steinbeck's career. 8'' x 5.25''. Original tan buckram binding with brown titles and line art. Original unclipped ($2.75) color pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Elmer Hader. Yellow topstain. Endpapers with illustration of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in yellow and orange. 620 pages. Jacket with minor edgewear, one tiny chip to spine foot. Book with just a touch of spotting to fore-edge. Overall, sharp.
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The Rhine, Italy, And Greece. 2 Volumes In 1 by Wright, George Newnham. Illustrated by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton, W.H. Bartlet, and W. Leitch

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)
Title
The Rhine, Italy, And Greece. 2 Volumes In 1
Author
Wright, George Newnham. Illustrated by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton, W.H. Bartlet, and W. Leitch
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
London: Fisher, 1840. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. In a series of drawings from nature by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton, Messrs. Bartlett, Leitch, and Wolfensberger. 1st edition. Bound in full contemporary sheepskin ornamented in gilt on the covers and spine. Professionally rebacked with old spine remounted, new end papers, a.e.g. [1], 90, [2] pp., engraved title page, 71 full-page engraved plates and 2 engraved vignettes. The text and plates are bright and clean.
The Scarce Autograph Of Telephone Pioneer Theodore Vail, The Man Who Created American Telephone And Telegraph

The Scarce Autograph Of Telephone Pioneer Theodore Vail, The Man Who Created American Telephone And Telegraph by THEODORE VAIL

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Title
The Scarce Autograph Of Telephone Pioneer Theodore Vail, The Man Who Created American Telephone And Telegraph
Author
THEODORE VAIL
Seller
Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description
THEODORE VAIL (1845-1920). Vail was an important early telephone pioneer. He was hired by the Bell Telephone Company, and he expanded the business before turning it into the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Through Vail, the telephone business was dominated by AT&T.Signed bond. 10 x 15 . 3pg. August 1, 1890. New Jersey. A $1,000 gold bond for The Accumulator Company signed by Theo N Vail as President and co-signed by the secretary. The corporation was an early battery company. The bond was issued on August 1, 1890 and paid six percent over thirty years. There were originally sixty coupons, but seven on the first page have been clipped out. Vails autograph is scarce, and this signature is dark. The bond is in very fine condition with three horizontal folds.
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TAILS OF SCORPIO Vol. 1, No. 5 [September 1979]

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Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Title
TAILS OF SCORPIO Vol. 1, No. 5 [September 1979]
Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Description
Holyoke, Massachusetts: Scorpio L. C., 1979. First Edition. Small collection of material from the Scorpio Leather Club ("Scorpio L.C.") in Springfield, MA. Includes fifth issue of their club newsletter (TAILS OF SCORPIO), a Scorpio matchbook, several blank sheets of club letterhead, and a pin from "Sting One" - an event also pictured on the cover of the newsletter. A two-day festival celebrating leather culture, TAILS also includes a sign up form for the event and articles on handballing (aka fisting), the merits of castor oil as a laxative versus other methods, and (somewhat incongruously) money saving tips. Though little information is available about the Scorpio, internal evidence suggests it was well established in the New England gay and leather communities, with notices of reciprocal membership, and ads for other regional clubs. Needless to say (but we shall anyway), an ephemeral collection. OCLC does not locate TAILS. A rare collection documenting a local incarnation of this queer subculture in the years before the AIDS crisis. 4to. stapled wraps. [18]pp. Periodical very good: light wear, four pin holes at tops of all leaves, a few small soil spots to a few pages including verso of rear wrapper; Very good. Also includes: unused sheets of club letterhead, club matchbook, and pin (1.5" diameter). Other items, near fine.
The Last Frontier (Signed First Edition w/ TLS)

The Last Frontier (Signed First Edition w/ TLS) by Fast, Howard

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books
Title
The Last Frontier (Signed First Edition w/ TLS)
Author
Fast, Howard
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 307pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild bumping to spine ends and bottom tips. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some rubbing to edges and wear to spine ends with some minor chipping. and edge-wear. Short closed tear on the front panel with the a ghost of a piece of tape where it was removed. Still fresh and bright. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author on the half-title page, "December 2, 1941. To Aquilla B. Hanson Jr., with best wishes and sincere thanks for the generous things you have said about this book. Howard fast". Also, laid in is a typed letter to the same reader signed by Fast, on his letterhead and with the original mailing envelope, where he tells the read that he will sign books for him if he sends them. A sharp collectable copy and very uncommon to find signed and especially with the signed letter.
Voyager

Voyager by Yeager, Jeana; Rutan, Dick; Patton, Phil

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Title
Voyager
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Yeager, Jeana; Rutan, Dick; Patton, Phil
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Voyager by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, with an inspiring inscription by Yeager.. Blue hardcover, title in red on navy cloth spine. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of wear to corners. In the publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, near fine condition. Signed by Dick Rutan on the title page. Inscribed on the title page: "To Lee Regina / Girls can fly too - Believe in yourself and your dreams - Jeana Yeager / Voyager OSH9/ Dick Rutan." Jeana Yeager (b. 1952) and Dick Rutan (1938-2024) copiloted the first nonstop and non-refueled flight around the world. The pair were in a Rutan Voyager aircraft and flew from December 14th to December 23, 1986.
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AUTEURS SPIRITUELS ET TEXTES DÉVOTS DU MOYEN ÂGE LATIN : ÉTUDES D'HISTOIRE LITTÉRAIRE by Wilmart, André, 1876-1941

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AUTEURS SPIRITUELS ET TEXTES DÉVOTS DU MOYEN ÂGE LATIN : ÉTUDES D'HISTOIRE LITTÉRAIRE
Author
Wilmart, André, 1876-1941
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Études Augustiniennes, 1971. Softcover. Octavo, v, 626 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is cream with red and black print. Light smudging/shelf wear, pencil check on front, light creasing to spine. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, spine crack at page 272. Text chiefly in French, some text in Latin. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1382730. FP New Rockville Stock.
Prism: a magazine of contemporary writing; vol. 6, #1, Summer 1966

Prism: a magazine of contemporary writing; vol. 6, #1, Summer 1966 by Zilber, Jacob editor-in-chief

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Title
Prism: a magazine of contemporary writing; vol. 6, #1, Summer 1966
Author
Zilber, Jacob editor-in-chief
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Vancouver: The Prism Society, 1966. Magazine. 91p., 6x9 inches, stories, poems, contributors, local ads, very good in pictorial wraps.
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Zamoyski, Adam

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Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
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Zamoyski, Adam
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN
9780007203062
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Harper Perennial, 2008. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x7. Third printing. Spine creased, pages toned. 2008 Trade Paperback. xviii, 634 pp. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how the Continent was to be reconstructed after his defeat. There were many who dreamed of a peace to end all wars, in which the interests of peoples as well as those of rulers would be taken into account. But what followed was an unseemly and at times brutal scramble for territory by the most powerful states, in which countries were traded as if they had been private and their inhabitants counted like cattle. The results, fixed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, not only laid the foundations of the European world we know; it put in place a social order and a security system that lie at the root of many of the problems which dog the world today. Although the defining moments took place in Vienna, and the principle players included Tsar Alexander I of Russia, the Austrian Chancellor Metternich, the Duke of Wellington and the French master of diplomacy Talleyrand, as well as Napoleon himself, the accepted view of the gathering of statesmen reordering the Continent in elegant salons is a false one. Many of the crucial questions were decided on the battlefield or in squalid roadside cottages amid the vagaries of war. And the proceedings in Vienna itself were not as decorous as is usually represented. Drawing on a wide range of first-hand sources in six languages, which include not only official documents, private letters, diaries and first-hand accounts, but also the reports of police spies and informers, Adam Zamoyski gets below the thin veneer of courtliness and reveals that the new Europe was forged by men in thrall to fear, greed and lust, in an atmosphere of moral depravity in which sexual favours were traded as readily as provinces and the 'souls' who inhabited them. He has created a chilling account, full of menace as well as frivolity.

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