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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM (Juvenilia - 4 pages): "Bank Holiday"

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM (Juvenilia - 4 pages): "Bank Holiday" by AUDEN, W. H

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
Title
AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM (Juvenilia - 4 pages): "Bank Holiday"
Author
AUDEN, W. H
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Several words on the last page are partly faded and obliterated by a repaired tear. A spectacular find in Good to Very Good cond
Description
[1926]. Manuscript. Several words on the last page are partly faded and obliterated by a repaired tear. A spectacular find in Good to Very Good condition. Exceptionally scarce 4-page AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of a poem written by Auden as a teenager. Published in THE OXFORD OUTLOOK in November 1926 and not published in book form until 1994 in W. H. AUDEN JUVENILIA edited by Katherine Bucknell, from which much of the information below was acquired. Two other manuscript copies of this poem are known to exist, in the collections of David Ayerst (Bloomfield J16) and of Christopher Isherwood, neither exactly identical to this but both resembling this much more than the published version which eliminated several stanzas present here. All told there are 78 lines divided into three sections on both sides of two 6-7/8" x 8-7/8" sheets of paper watermarked "Civic Bond" that have long ago been neatly joined by a conservator who also made several paper repairs. The poem begins "The queen's hand on the king's cold shoulder falling." Bucknell points out that the poem is reminiscent of THE WASTE LAND with the left out passages revealing some borrowing from Eliot's "The Hollow Men." This manuscript was acquired along with a letter from Auden to Robert Medley (not included) and was likely given to Medley at some point. Auden met and became friends with Medley in 1922 shortly after Auden's 15th birthday. It was Robert Medley who suggested that Auden try writing poetry. Later Medley helped to create the Group Theater where he provided scenery and costumes for the play ON THE FRONTIER by Auden and Isherwood.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Set of 5 Books

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Set of 5 Books by Adams, Douglas

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Seller: Bookbid Rare Books
Title
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Set of 5 Books
Author
Adams, Douglas
Seller
Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
Condition
fine
Description
Harmony Books, 1980. first. hardcover. fine/fine. Set of 5 books. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1980, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1981, Life, the Universe and Everything 1982, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 1985, Mostly Harmless 1992. All 5 books are US first editions. They are all in fine condition. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is price-clipped, tops of flaps are very slightly toned. Hitchhiker's Guide states First American edition published 1980 on copyright page; all others state first edition on copyright page; and all have a number line from 10-1 on copyright page.
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Life of Jefferson Davis by Frank H. Alfriend

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Title
Life of Jefferson Davis
Author
Frank H. Alfriend
Seller
Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Caxton Publishing House, 1868. Book. Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition 1868. Rare 3/4 Leather With Six Compartments. Red & Black Leather Bands On Spine. Difficult Book In Leather. Excellent Fresh Copy of This Confederate Biography Of The President..
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Aboriginal Place Names of New York. by Beauchamp, William M.

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Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Title
Aboriginal Place Names of New York.
Author
Beauchamp, William M.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Albany: New York State Museum, , 1907. First edition. Very Good. 22 cm; 333 pages. In sturdy new blue cloth custom binding, and new endleaves. Printed paper title label on upper board and printed date label on spine. Spine a bit slanted. Text unmarked. Published as bulletin #108 by the New York State Museum. Consists of an exhaustive county-by-county list of every location in New York, political or geographical, whose name derives from American Indian languages.
La Salle in the Valley of St. Joseph

La Salle in the Valley of St. Joseph by Bartlett, Charles H.; Richard H. Lyon.

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Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio
Title
La Salle in the Valley of St. Joseph
Author
Bartlett, Charles H.; Richard H. Lyon.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
South Bend: Tribune Publishing Company, 1899. Original edition. Very Good. 140 x 200 mm; 118 pages, and numerous half-tone plates. Text figures, map. Maroon cloth. Gift inscription on front blank dated 1912. Corners bumped, but excellent condition overall.
January, 1836. At the General Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Providence, within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of independence the sixtieth

January, 1836. At the General Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Providence, within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of independence the sixtieth

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Title
January, 1836. At the General Assembly of the state of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment at Providence, within and for said state, on the fourth Monday of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of independence the sixtieth
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
[Providence: printed by Knowles & Burroughs], 1836. 8vo, pp. 97, [3]; uncut and unopened; signed at the end by Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, and R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849; self-wrappers; stitched, as issued. Laws and other enactments passed at the General Assembly of Rhode Island since the previous meeting in October, 1835. Not in American Imprints. AAS only in OCLC.
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Qasr Ibrîm: The Late Medieval Period. (Egypt Exploration Society: 59th Excavation Memoir.) by Adams, William Y.

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Title
Qasr Ibrîm: The Late Medieval Period. (Egypt Exploration Society: 59th Excavation Memoir.)
Author
Adams, William Y.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
London (Egypt Exploration Society), 1996.. (12), 308pp. 66 plates, 32 figs. Sm. folio. Boards.
Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs

Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs by [CERF, Bennett]

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Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Title
Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs
Author
[CERF, Bennett]
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Beginner Books, a Division of Random House, 1959. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Carl ROSE. First edition. 8vo; 61 [4]pp; glazed yellow pictorial boards featuring a giraffe; color illustrated endpapers; color illustrations with text; light scuff to head and tail of spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, rear panel features a publisher's ad for "I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books" with an image of the Cat in the Hat, "0275" on bottom right; near fine in near fine dj. The illustrated story of a young boy named Marvin and his adventures. The illustrator, Carl Rose, was a cartoonist who contributed to The New Yorker magazine. The author, Bennett Cerf, was a co-founder of Random House publishing company, a columnist for King Features and a panelist on the TV show, "What's My Line?".
Exhibition of Oils, Water-Colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler

Exhibition of Oils, Water-Colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler by [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]

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Title
Exhibition of Oils, Water-Colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler
Author
[Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903]
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1934. Very Good. Single sheet folded to form 8 pages with the interior four pages left blank. 22 cm. (as folded). Held April 24 to May 13, 1934. Listed are 28 oils (including Whistler's Mother -- on loan from the Louvre -- which also appears as a color illustration of the first page), 10 watercolors, 8 pastels and drawings, and 31 prints (plus several unlisted prints from the Museum's own collection).

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