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Ernest Hemingway, Who Narrowly Survived Two Plane Crashes Just the Year Before, and Who Died by Suicide, Reflects on Death: “Maybe we are only alive when we are dead but I have not believed that for a long time.”

Ernest Hemingway, Who Narrowly Survived Two Plane Crashes Just the Year Before, and Who Died by Suicide, Reflects on Death: “Maybe we are only alive when we are dead but I have not believed that for a long time.” by Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway, Who Narrowly Survived Two Plane Crashes Just the Year Before, and Who Died by Suicide, Reflects on Death: “Maybe we are only alive when we are dead but I have not believed that for a long time.”
Author
Ernest Hemingway
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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6/10/55. “When you are dead you are dead for a long time."" He advises a young woman friend, “Please be careful about aircraft…It is one of the great pleasures of life but you pay off accordingly.” Hemingway will send her an animal skin from his African safari to decorate her new house"" Our trophies ( sic ) were shipped July 18th from Mombassa via Amsterdam to be trans-shipped to NY and then here.""After covering the Spanish Civil War, in 1939 Hemingway purchased Finca Vigía (“Lookout Farm”), an unpretentious estate outside Havana, Cuba. In 1940 he published “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, which many consider his best book. All of his life Hemingway was fascinated by war - in “A Farewell to Arms” he focused on its pointlessness, and in “For Whom the Bell Tolls” on the comradeship it creates. During World War II, he flew several missions with the Royal Air Force and landed with American troops on D-Day. He saw a good deal of action in Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge. He also participated in the liberation of Paris. Following the war in Europe, Hemingway returned to his home in Cuba and turned his attention to writing again. He also traveled widely, and at the end of their 1953-1954 African safari, the Hemingways survived a near-fatal plane crash, only to have their rescue plane crash the very next day. Though they survived the second crash as well, newspapers around the world carried brought the details to the reading public.Soon after, he received the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for “The Old Man and the Sea”, a short heroic novel about an old Cuban fisherman who, after an extended struggle, hooks and boats a giant marlin only to have it eaten by voracious sharks during the voyage home. That book also played a role in gaining for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. It ran in its entirety in five million copies of Life Magazine, and the 50,000 copies printed in book form sold out in ten days.In 1955, back in Cuba, Hemingway turned fifty-five and tried to follow his doctors’ advice by reducing his drinking. In October it is announced that he has been awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. All of his wife’s’ efforts to protect his privacy were sabotaged by the crush of worldwide press and the fact that Hemingway invited any and all to the Finca Vigia to visit. In the summer of 1955 he was working on the filming of “The Old Man and the Sea” starring Spencer Tracy. The pace of people and press, of lunches and drinking, finally takes its toll and in the autumn of 1955 Hemingway took to his bed for two months, suffering from hepatitis and nephritis.Hemingway's relationship with faith was complicated. Raised protestant, he converted to catholicism but was largely religiously indifferent. He had seen so much death and tragedy. At this point evidently, he had long since abandoned the faith of his youth.Mary Lou Firle, a second year student at CCNY, was in Cuba in early 1955. Before she left she bet a friend that she would have Ernest Hemingway sign the book she had, “Farewell to Arms.” She picked up the phone and called Ernest Hemingway. When he answered she introduced herself and added, “I have a friend at Fordham University.” Hemingway immediately assumed the friend was Prof. Bob Brown who had been in touch with Hemingway on several occasions. Brown was writing a book or articles about Hemingway. Hemingway told Mary Lou that his wife Mary was away and he had to entertain visitors from the French Embassy that afternoon. He asked her if she would come to his home and help him. Mary Lou agreed and Hemingway sent his driver to pick her up.After the meeting the group drove her back to Havana. Hemingway invited her back the next day for lunch and sent his driver to pick her up. They spent the afternoon talking. She had told him of her family background, that her parents were born in Germany. Since she had been at Veradero Beach for a week she had a deep tan, and Hemingway called her the “Black Kraut.” The reason for the nickname, Hemingway said, was that he called his good friend, Marlene Dietrich, the famous German actress, “Kraut”; so Mary Lou, who was very tan, would be the “Black Kraut.” Later that day Hemingway’s driver drove her back to Havana. The two exchanged letters in July 1955. She wrote him again in October and received this response.In the summer of 1955 he was working on the filming of “The Old Man and the Sea” starring Spencer Tracy. The pace of people and press, of lunches and drinking, finally takes its toll, and he was grateful to have the weather interrupt the filming. Hemingway famously rewrote the ending to ""A Farewell to Arms"" numerous times, and that is possibly the writing he refers to.Typed letter signed, with typewriter corrections and a pencil notation by Hemingway, Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, October 6, 1955, to Mary Lou, on his fear of flying and unbelief in the afterlife, signed EH, with the original envelope sending it. He also jokes about the equity that hurricanes are named invariably after women.“Thank you for writing and I wish to congratulate your mother and your new step father if they would like that. I hope they are happy. With a good daughter like you they should be.“Am very happy you took your vacation up north as down here it was rugged with the effects of the different hurricanes. Hope we are not going to have Za-Za. I knew a girl named Janet once but she never killed any people in Barbados nor Tampico. It is easy to get tired of this naming tropical storms after girls and I think it is in bad taste especially when you have been through bad tropical storms.“Please be careful about aircraft. If I ever see you will tell you how and why. It is one of the great pleasures of life but you pay off accordingly. No second thoughts will help you and when you are dead you are dead for a long time. Maybe we are only alive when we are dead but I have not believed that for a long time. Excuse me if I am pedantic about aircraft but everybody is pedantic about something.“I am very proud of your new house and that you made it yourself, I hope without hitting yourself too many times with any blunt instrument, and I will send you the skin of a good African beast when I receive them. Our trophies ( sic ) were shipped July 18th from Mombassa via Amsterdam to be trans-shipped to NY and then here. The old hides have been ruined by the humidity of the many hurricanes they have gone through and I would rather send you a fresh, newly tanned one.“In return will you see Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brown and tell them that I have not written because it has been a tough year in many ways but that we are winning good and I have all my stuff; worse even that Mr. Podres and am on page 613 and do not have to do any more photography on the picture until April 15 and not think about it until March first. Have been working so hard and so long I must take some kind of vacation but not until this wicked month of October for hurricanes is over. We are not yet out of the woods but I know the woods ok.“Take care of yourself Black Kraut and please deliver this message to Mr. Bob and please do not put in the television, but use any dough to buy more good records instead and I will send you the hide of a good beat that will be good for the joint. Please let me hear and if you keep contact with the Bob Browns I would be happy because while I have never met him I know he is a good man."" Signed by Hemingway with initials.A fascinating letter showing Hemingway’s feelings about life after death, the importance of life, love but of but fear of flying, and interest in hunting game in Africa. It has been in the recipient’s family’s possession since it was received, and we acquired it direct from them. Mary Lou had promised Hemingway that she would not sell the letter during her lifetime and kept her promise. She told Morris it would be ok to sell it after she passed.
Manuscript draft for essay entitled "My Short Novels

Manuscript draft for essay entitled "My Short Novels by STEINBECK, John

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Manuscript draft for essay entitled "My Short Novels
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STEINBECK, John
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Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
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n.p., 1953. n.p.: 1953. Full Description: STEINBECK, John. Manuscript draft for essay entitled "My Short Novels". [n.p.n.d ca: 1953]. Manuscript draft in Steinbeck's hand for the essay entitled "My Short Novels, which served as a preface to the Literary Guild's 1953 edition of "The Short Novels of John Steinbeck." A near word for word representation of the essay which was originally published by The Literary Guild Review and found in their magazine "Wings" in October 1953 (Pages 4-8). This manuscript is exciting because it is an close representation but still a draft of what was finally printed. In comparing the two documents, you can see that the published piece was trimmed down a bit from what Steinbeck wrote in this manuscript draft. Many of the edits are eliminations of a few words here and there, but there are a few places where whole sentences and ideas have been cut. Most of these are some what self-deprecating, which is interesting to watch him ultimately play down. Apart from punctuation changes, the parts of this manuscript that are not found in the final publication have been indicated by us below by being housed within brackets. Four foolscap legal-sized pages (12 1/2 x 8 inches; 318 x 202 mm). Written in pencil on recto only of each page. With a few notes and corrections. Each page is approximately 28 lines long. Lacking a final leaf which would go on to discuss the final two stories. Some minor toning and a small bump to bottom left corner of all leaves. Still a near fine example of a wonderful Steinbeck manuscript. Housed in a blue quarter morocco clamshell. Another manuscript draft version of this essay was sold at auction in 2023 for 32,500 Euros and was also incomplete. [Together with] A copy of the The Literary Guild Review Magazine "Wings" which includes the entire essay. In the four present pages he discusses the origins of the stories The Red Pony, Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, and The Moon is Down. The final page which is lacking goes on to discuss Cannery Row and The Pearl. The Manuscript reads: "I have never written a preface [nor a comment] to one of my books before believing that the work should stand on its own feet even if it's legs ankles were slightly wobbly. When I was asked to comment on the [five] short novels of this volume, my first impulse was to refuse. And then, thinking over the things that have happened to these stories since they were written, I was taken with the idea that [the things that] happen to a book are very like [those that happen] to a man. These stories cover a long period of my life. As each [one] was finished, that part of my life [it represented] was finished. It is true that while [he is doing it], the writer and his book are one. When the book is finished, it is a kind of death, a matter of pain and sorrow to the writer. [And] then he starts a new book and a new life, and if he is growing and changing, a new life starts. [And] the writer like a fickle lover, forgets his old love. It is no longer his own- the intimacy and the surprise are gone. So much I knew but I had not thought of the [poor] little stories, thrust out into an unfriendly world to make their way. They have experiences too, they grow and change or wane and die just as everyone does. They make friends or enemies, and sometimes they waste away from neglect. [Remembering the careers of these short novels, has been interesting to me. All of the have been experiments. That is why no two of them are remotely alike. And experiments are rarely accepted all at once.] [My stories have been slow starters almost like shy young men who do not make friends quickly. Indeed most of my books have succeeded without trying in making quick and fierce enemies at first. It is pleasing to me that they do in time make lasting and loyal friends.] The Red Pony was written a long time ago when there was desolation in my family. The first death had occurred- and the family which every child believes immortal, was shattered. Perhaps this is the first adulthood of any man or woman- the first tortured question why, and then acceptance and [your] child [was] a man. The Red Pony [then] was an attempt, an experiment if you [must] to set down loss and acceptance, [death a the transfiguration the adult mind must create for itself.] At that time I had had three books published and [all of them had failed to] come any where near selling their first editions. The Red Pony could not find a publisher. It came back over and over again until at last a [foolishly] brave editor bought it for The North American Review and paid 90 dollars for it. [This was] more money than I thought the world contained. What a great party we had in celebration. [The Magazine went broke almost immediately and my story disappeared for a good number of years. That it ever came back is the remarkable thing. But it not only did but it seems to gather friends as it goes.] It takes only the tiniest pinch of encouragement to keep a writer going, and if he gets none, he sometimes learns to feed even on the acid of failure. Tortilla Flat grew out [of a reading of the sources] of The Arthurian cycle- [from Mabinogion Through Geoffrey and through the ? to Tennyson.] I wanted to take the stories of my town of Monterey and cast them into a kind of folklore. The result was Tortilla Flat. It followed the pattern. Publisher after publisher rejected it until Pascal Covici finally published it. But it did have one distinction the others had not. It was not ignored. Indeed, the Chamber of Commerce of Monterey, fearing for its tourist business, issued a statement that the book was a lie and that certainly no such disreputable people lived in that neighborhood. But perhaps the chamber did me a good service for this book sold two editions, [I think] and this was almost more encouragement than I could stand. I was afraid I might get used to such profligacy on the part of the public and I knew it couldn't last. A moving picture company bought it and paid 4,000 dollars for it- 3600 came to me. It was a fortune. When a few years later, the company fired its editor, one of the reasons was that he had bought Tortilla Flat. He bought it [for the] from the company for the original 4000 and several years later sold it to MGM for 90,000 dollars, [a triumph for me albeit shallow] a kind of justification for me and a fortune for the editor. Of Mice and Men was another [experiment- an] attempt to write a novel in three acts to be played from the lines. I had nearly finished it when my setter pup ate it one night- literally made confetti of it. [I had to start fresh.] I don't know how close the first and second versions would prove to be. This book had some success but as usual it found its enemies. [It was called brutal, its characters sub humans, its story sadistic and one group found homosexuality in it which puzzled me quite a bit.] With rewriting however, it did become a play and had some success. There were long books [written] between these little novel. I think the little ones were exercises for the long[er] ones. The war came on and I wrote The Moon is Down as a kind of celebration of the durability of democracy. I couldn't [have] conceived that it would be denounced [as almost treason.] I had written of Germans as men not super men and this was considered a very weak attitude to take. I couldn't make much sense out of this and it seems..." HBS 69082. $10,000.
LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2

LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 by WHITMAN, Walt

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LEAVES OF GRASS Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2
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WHITMAN, Walt
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
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About 15 pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edge
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New York: Random House, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. About 15 pages with a small, dark stain at the very top margin, far from the text; light rubbing to the raised bands at the edge of the spine which is a bit sunned. Near Fine. Valenti Angelo. Folio (9-3/4" x 14-1/2") in original red half-morocco and bevel-edged Philippine mahogany boards with the publisher's device engraved on the front board, five raised bands on the spine where the title is stamped in black. Illustrated with 37 woodcuts by Valenti Angelo. Copy #198 of 400 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn in handset Goudy New Style type on unbleached Arnold paper. The finest printing of LEAVES OF GRASS and a masterpiece of the Grabhorn Press, taking over a year to print.
The Yearling

The Yearling by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

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The Yearling
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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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Fine
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. First printing with Scribner "A" and seal printed on the copyright page. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Octavo (6 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm.). [viii], 428 pp. With 34 woodcut chapter-headings (including illustration on title-page). Publisher's cream linen over boards, front cover decorated and titled in green, spine lettered in green. Dust jacket with just a couple of tiny closed tears on the lower edge. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' beloved 1938 novel, set in rural Florida. The Yearling follows the story of Jody Baxter, a child who becomes friends with a fawn after his father kills the fawn's mother. The book was the best selling novel the year it was released and would win the Pulitzer Prize. Translated into over twenty languages, The Yearling was also adapted into a 1946 film starring Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, who would both receive Academy Award nominations for their performances. "The thing about The Yearling, its great claim to distinction, is that it is able to make so much of simple, homely events" (Contemporary New York Times review). Illustrations were completed by artist, author, and educator Edward Shenton (1895-1977). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
The Dwindling Party

The Dwindling Party by Gorey, Edward

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The Dwindling Party
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Gorey, Edward
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
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Near fine
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New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto size, [12] pp., signed by Edward Gorey. In his inimitable style, Edward St. John Gory (1925-2000), who once said "I've sort of lost track of the modern world" (a sentiment with which we heartily agree) once again presents us with his lovely, bizarre, humorous style with the MacFizzet family "who only last fall..set out to visit..Hickyacket Hall". A dizzying array of pop-ups await as the story unfolds. ___DESCRIPTION: Glossy pictorial boards with different illustrations on front and back board, black lettering on the spine, the traditional title page specifics hiding behind two flaps on the first two pages, this copy SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY underneath the second of the two flaps, beneath his printed name which he crossed out as usual, the book is contructed with six double-spread "sets", each of which contain multiple pop-ups, wheels, and / or flaps, with the story interspersed with the pop-ups; quarto size (11.75" by 7.75"), unpaginated with [12] pp., signed by Gorey on the second page (discreetly placed beneath a flap). ___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with clean boards, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; all pop-ups, wheels and flaps in perfect working order other than one unintended crease on one flap, some minute rubbing to the tail of the spine, a gentle bump to the head of the spine, and an old pencilled price erased by a prior owner having left a small light spot next to Mr. Gorey's signature. ___CITATION: Toledano A83a. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator, A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth

Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator, A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth by Phillips, Catherine Coffin; Wilke, William (Illustration)

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Cornelius Cole, California Pioneer and United States Senator, A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth
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Phillips, Catherine Coffin; Wilke, William (Illustration)
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
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Fine
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San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wilke, William. One of 1000 copies, quarto size, 386 pp., this copy in a full vellum binding. Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) was a politician who became an important figure in California politics after his arrival there in July 1849; he became District Attorney of Sacramento and later went on to the United States Senate. This book forms a clear and forceful portrait of a man who played an active role in the political scene of the United States and particularly of California. Included also are twenty-seven illustrations and facsimiles, as well as two fold-out letters, to complete the picture and scope of this influential individual. Out of the total edition of 1000 copies, an unspecified number were bound in full vellum, as is this. As of this writing, we see no other copies online in this vellum binding, therefore we presume the number bound in this manner was relatively small. This volume with an additional interesting point, being a biblio-mystery: on the front pastedown is what appears to have been an inscription by the author, Catherine Coffin Phillips, which has now been partially obscured; one can just make out the last portion of her name. There are currently several copies (in the standard binding) of this work online inscribed by Phillps, so it is not a huge stretch to see that this copy may also have been; however, why the inscription was obscured is a total mystery. ___DESCRIPTION: Full vellum over boards with yapped edges, the boards with a single narrow ruled gilt border, the spine with each compartment ruled in gilt and with gilt lettering, top edge gilt, fore-edge uncut, bottom edge rough-cut, title page with decorative border in black and white, frontispiece an engraving of Cornelius Cole by William Wilke (1879-1958), a San Francisco painter and printmaker who created many illuminations and bookplates for John Henry Nash, a two-page fold-out facsimile of a letter by Schuyler Colfax to Cornelius Cole (1865), a three-page fold-out facsimile of a letter by Julia Dent Grant to Olive Cole (1874), twenty-seven illustrations and facsimiles pertaining to Cornelius Cole throughout; Bulmer type on Nuremberg hand-made paper, quarto size (10.5" by 7.75"), pagination: [i-ii] iii [iv] v [vi] vii 1-379, one of 1000 copies (total edition), unnumbered, this copy one of an unspecified number bound in full vellum. Lacking the Erratum slip. In a slipcase covered with the same marbled cloth in which the standard copies were bound and lined with white felt. ___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, the vellum boards smooth and without wear, straight corners, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright with many of the signature unopened, and other than the residue of Philip's inscription mentioned above free of prior owner markings; a few very small spots of light soil, else fine. Slipcase near fine; strong and sturdy, clean, with a truly minimal amount of wear. ___CITATIONS: Wright-Howes no. 307; O'Day, p. 70, which does not note that any copies were bound in vellum. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to weight additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Civil Rights Movement and State Power Illinois National Guard Press Photo Archive Documenting Chicago Unrest and Military Mobilization 1936 to 1984

Civil Rights Movement and State Power Illinois National Guard Press Photo Archive Documenting Chicago Unrest and Military Mobilization 1936 to 1984 by Civil Rights Chicago Riots

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Civil Rights Movement and State Power Illinois National Guard Press Photo Archive Documenting Chicago Unrest and Military Mobilization 1936 to 1984
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Civil Rights Chicago Riots
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
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1936. Illinois National Guard press photograph archive, 1936-1984, documenting the Guard's role as both military reserve force and instrument of state authority across mid twentieth century American conflicts and civil crises. The images place the Guard within major domestic flashpoints in Illinois, including deployment during the 1966 Chicago disturbances, the 1968 unrest following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and security operations during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. These photographs provide direct visual evidence of state military presence in urban environments during the civil rights movement and Vietnam era protest, supporting research into policing, protest, and the militarization of public order. Archive of eight original silver gelatin press photographs, each approximately 9 x 7 inches to 10 x 8 inches, produced for news distribution and bearing printed captions along margins or affixed caption sheets on the verso, with agency stamps and editorial annotations. The images include mounted Guardsmen on patrol, jeep convoys, helicopter landings, and formal troop inspections associated with mid century Illinois Army National Guard units, including formations aligned with the 33rd Infantry Division in the post Korean War period. Several photographs document Guard mobilization in Chicago during periods of civil unrest, including troop presence near the Conrad Hilton Hotel during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where approximately 800 Guardsmen were stationed amid confrontations between demonstrators and city authorities under Mayor Richard J. Daley. The captions identify specific events and situate the photographs within contemporary reporting cycles. Produced for circulation in mid twentieth century press networks, these photographs demonstrate how visual media shaped public understanding of military authority during periods of racial tension, antiwar protest, and political realignment. The combination of training exercises and domestic deployments underscores the Guard's expanding visibility in civic life as state governments relied on military units to manage urban unrest. The archive documents both the operational presence of the Guard and the editorial framing of that presence through captioning and distribution practices. Light, even toning throughout with minor handling wear, edge creases, and three prints showing more pronounced rippling; verso annotations and agency stamps present; overall very good. A concise and cohesive press archive documenting the intersection of military force and civil conflict in twentieth century America.
The Sea of Cortez; A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research

The Sea of Cortez; A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research by Steinbeck, John; Ricketts, Edward F.

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The Sea of Cortez; A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research
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Steinbeck, John; Ricketts, Edward F.
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Very Good
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New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($5.00), generally rubbed, stains throughout, chipped at the top edge, long tear at the front spine fold. Green buckram, a few stains, front board splayed slightly, rubbed at the bottom edge, with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, toned at the endpapers, bumped at some of the corners, clean otherwise. The account of Steinbeck and Ricketts's six week boating and fishing "expedition" in the Gulf of California.
Ordinum Sacorum In Ecclesia Anglicana Defenso (Defense of the Holy Order in the Church of England)

Ordinum Sacorum In Ecclesia Anglicana Defenso (Defense of the Holy Order in the Church of England) by Bailey, T. J. (Ed.)

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Ordinum Sacorum In Ecclesia Anglicana Defenso (Defense of the Holy Order in the Church of England)
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Bailey, T. J. (Ed.)
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Very good condition
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London and Oxford; Brighton: James Parker & Co.; G. Wakeling, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Elephant Folio (17 x 13 1/2"). vii [i]pp, 1 hand colored plate of Coat of Arms, [20] 72, iv, 65 [4]pp. Original blue leather with gilt lettering and ruling on cover and spine; raised bands. With statutes, documents, and other evidence attesting the validity of Anglican Orders: Contains a facsimile of the record of Archbishop Parker's Consecration, rendered photozincographically. With permission of Lord Archbishop of Canterbury from the register in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. "The main feature in the present publication is the Register of Archbishop Parker's Consecration: this Document, though previously printed by Rev. A. W. Haddan and others, has never before been produced in fac-simile..." (T. J. Bailey). Bound by U. P. Gray & Son, Cambridge. Text in Latin and English. Light wear along edges of binding, some scuffing along joints and raised bands. Offsetting of leather frame on inside front covers to endpapers. Inked note and minor foxing on title page. Very Light age-toning of block.
Decorative Motives of Oriental Art. With Six Hundred and Seventy-Three Illustrations [Signed]

Decorative Motives of Oriental Art. With Six Hundred and Seventy-Three Illustrations [Signed] by Ball, Katherine M. [signed]

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Decorative Motives of Oriental Art. With Six Hundred and Seventy-Three Illustrations [Signed]
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Ball, Katherine M. [signed]
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
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Very good
Description
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (13" x 10"). xxvi,(2),286pp. Double column text. Index. Plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Original black cloth, gilt (some minor stains and corners slightly worn).T.e.g. Illustrated throughout with nearly 700 black & white examples. Signed by Katherine M. Ball on the title page, dated May 24, 1944. The meanings of the patterns that decorate Chinese and Japanese art. This work originally appeared as a series of articles in Japan.
Souvenir Program 55th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Inc. [cover title]

Souvenir Program 55th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Inc. [cover title] by [African Americana]: [California]: [Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge]

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Title
Souvenir Program 55th Annual Communication Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., Inc. [cover title]
Author
[African Americana]: [California]: [Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge]
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
Fresno, Ca, 1965. Very good plus.. 68pp. Original blue printed wrappers, stapled. Minimal wear. Unrecorded program for the annual convention of the Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge Scottish Rite Masons, which took place at Del Webb's Town House in Fresno in July 1965. The work includes a short schedule of events but is almost completely comprised of greetings and well wishes from dozens of Masonic and Eastern Star chapters across California. The program also includes numerous advertisements towards the rear of the text. OCLC reports no works at all from the Most Worshipful Hiram of Tyre Grand Lodge.
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The Hermitage-Zoar Notebook and Journal of Travel. by GUNN, Alexander

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The Hermitage-Zoar Notebook and Journal of Travel.
Author
GUNN, Alexander
Seller
Savoy Books (United States)
Description
New York:: [The DeVinne Press.], 1902. Book. Royal 8vo, full brown crushed morocco, ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands, gilt compartments; inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Pp. [iv], 261, (1). Frontis and two photogravure plates. First edition, No. 66 of a reported 500 copies, beautifully printed on hand-made paper at the DeVinne Press. Gunn, a Cleveland industrialist, began vacationing in Zoar in 1879 and, taken with the community's rural simplicity, he retired there not long after. He purchased 5 acres from the Society which included the brewery and "the Hermitage" one of the earliest houses in the community. His journal records his observations life in the village and his interactions with members. Included is "The Hermitage Garden Book," recording Gunn's plantings of fruit trees on the property, and his large collection of roses. To this day, Gunn's ghost is said to haunt the village hotel. A fine copy, beautifully bound, with the presentation card of William C. Whitney, for whom the volume was printed..
Essays, moral, economical, and political.

Essays, moral, economical, and political. by Bacon, Francis.

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Essays, moral, economical, and political.
Author
Bacon, Francis.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Chiswick: C. Whittingham, 1822. Very Good. 12mo (13 cm); 168 pages. Extra engraved title page. Full polished tan calf, with gilt cornices on both boards, elaborately gilt spine in five compartments, and black leather title label. Marbled edges and matching endleaves. Some scuffs and scrapes on lower board, some discoloration on upper board. Jacket-pocket collection of Bacon's essays in a lovely 19th-century binding.
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Chovekut, koito nameri svoeto litse [The Man Who Found His Face] by Beliaev, Aleksandur (alt. Belyaev, Aleksandr)

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Chovekut, koito nameri svoeto litse [The Man Who Found His Face]
Author
Beliaev, Aleksandur (alt. Belyaev, Aleksandr)
Seller
ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Sofiia (Sofia): Narodna Kultura, 1963. Hardcover. Very good. First Bulgarian edition, translated from the first Russian; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. [6], 5-190, [2]; cloth-backed, pink paper over boards, illustrated in black; pictorial dust jacket; numerous, full-page, black-and-white drawings; minor rubbing to corners and tips of spine; small signature to upper margin of front board; previous owner's manuscript note to ffep; in very good or better condition. DJ with small nicks and closed cuts to edges; in good to very good condition. A delightful example of Bulgarian-Americana, the book was originally published in Russian in 1940. Aleksandr Beliaev (1884 - 1942) was a renowned Soviet science fiction author, often referred to as the Russian Jules Verne. A lawyer by education, Beliaev was paralized for several years from complications of tuberculosis, and while convalescing, he began writing poetry and later - science fiction novels. He refused to evacuate from him home in the town of Pushkin (a suburb of St. Petersburg) at the beginning of the German invasion and died of starvation under the Nazi occupation. In "The Man Who Found His Face," Beliaev told the story of American movie actor and comedian Tony Presto, who was very talented and beloved by the public, but also "deformed and incredibly ugly." With the help of one Doctor Zorn and his miracle cure, Presto was transformed into a handsome man, but his fans and even the woman he loved could not accept his new face. Furthermore, both the US Government and the powerful movie producers became envious of his money and his good looks and a law was passed that anybody, who "lost his face" would also lose all his worldy posessions. In retaliation, Presto stole the medicine and fed it to his enemies, turning the white Governor into an African-American and the millionaires into penniless wretches, to teach them what racism and hunger meant in the United States. Not in OCLC; not in the trade (as of September 2020).
The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

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The Manchurian Candidate
Author
Richard Condon
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this riveting political thriller, basis for a couple of screen adaptations; uncommon in the first UK printing and in collectible condition. This copy is in near fine condition with only mild age-toning to the text block and page edges, else a fine copy; housed in a crisp and clean very good dust jacket that shows minor age-toning to the spine lettering and flap edges, light soiling to the back panel, and mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and corners, with one tiny tear to the spine foot. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.
George Brecht: the editions by Harry Ruhé

George Brecht: the editions by Harry Ruhé by (BRECHT, George)

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Title
George Brecht: the editions by Harry Ruhé
Author
(BRECHT, George)
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
B&w illus. Unpaginated. 12mo, pictorial softcover. Amsterdam: Tuja Books, 2005. Scarce catalogue of Brecht editions, multiples, etc.; edition of 1000 copies. Near fine.
The Generous Repulse. The Words by A. Hill Esqr. Set by Mr. Carey. Plate 90 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer

The Generous Repulse. The Words by A. Hill Esqr. Set by Mr. Carey. Plate 90 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer by CAREY, Henry 1687-1743

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The Generous Repulse. The Words by A. Hill Esqr. Set by Mr. Carey. Plate 90 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer
Creator
CAREY, Henry 1687-1743
Seller
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London, 1740. Unbound. Very Good. 1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. The words by A. Hill. Ca 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark]. Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining. From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. Carey was an English composer and librettist. "His literary and stage works are of particular interest to music historians as providing satirical commentary on the craze for Italian opera and its singers in fashionable society." Norman Gillespie in Grove Music Online. "[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song ..., and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody, engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. A charming engraving. The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare.
Forever Open, Clear and Free: The Historic Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront

Forever Open, Clear and Free: The Historic Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront by WILLE, Lois

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Forever Open, Clear and Free: The Historic Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront
Author
WILLE, Lois
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Chicago, IL: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, IncHenry Regnery Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Wille's personal copy of her book that has been specially bound in a full leather binding with all page edges gilt. A near fine copy with some slight sunning to the spine. No dust jacket. Loise Wille, was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist.
Le Yaouang Galerie Maeght (Exhibition Poster)

Le Yaouang Galerie Maeght (Exhibition Poster) by Yaouang, Le

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Le Yaouang Galerie Maeght (Exhibition Poster)
Author
Yaouang, Le
Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Paris: Galerie Maeght Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 25 1/4"h 19 1/2"w. Original offset lithograph poster, 25 1/4"h 19 1/2"w, no date, for the 1970 exhibition. Maeght Editeur - Arte paris. Near Fine, faint creasing. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
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Jenner Augusto: Colecao Plasticos da Bahia by AMADO, James

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Jenner Augusto: Colecao Plasticos da Bahia
Author
AMADO, James
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
Bahia: Imprensa Oficial, 1968. hardcover. near fine/very good(-). Many illustrations in color & in black & white. Slim 4to, pictorial endpapers, tan linen, d.w. Bahia: Imprensa Oficial Salvador, 1968. First Edition. A fine copy in a rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed by the artist with a pen and ink drawing on the half-title.
The Politics of Ritual Change: The Zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze Age Emar HSM 65
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The Politics of Ritual Change: The Zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze Age Emar HSM 65 by Thames, John Tracy Jr.

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The Politics of Ritual Change: The Zukru Festival in the Political History of Late Bronze Age Emar HSM 65
Author
Thames, John Tracy Jr.
Seller
Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9789004429109
Condition
LikeNew
Description
Leiden; Boston: Brill [2020]. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25". XIV, [2], 345pp. Publisher's red boards. Fine. ISBN 9789004429109 . LikeNew. Hardcover .
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The Clerk's Journal: Being the Diary of a Queer Man. by AIKEN, Conrad.

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Title
The Clerk's Journal: Being the Diary of a Queer Man.
Author
AIKEN, Conrad.
Seller
Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
NY: Eakins Press,, 1971.. First edition, numbered & signed issue.. 26 pp w/facsimile of original manuscript. Fine in three-quarter cloth and paper-covered boards in near fine publisher's slipcase. An Undergraduate Poem, together with A Brief Memoir of Harvard, Dean Briggs, and T.S. Eliot. One of 300 numbered copies on Zerkall Buten paper SIGNED by Aiken.
We make history

We make history by Ziller, Robert

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Title
We make history
Author
Ziller, Robert
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
London: Grorge Allen & Unwin, 1941. Hardcover. [80]p., illustrations, boards. Covers soiled with ink; edges worn. Good. Anti-Nazi. Portrait gallery of Nazi party officials paired with textual descriptions of their violence against Jewish people, Czechs, and other peoples in Europe they deemed inferior.
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Sunstone : Volume 1, Number 4

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Title
Sunstone : Volume 1, Number 4
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Sunstone Foundation, 1976. Good. Sunstone : Volume 1, Number 4. Provo, UT: Sunstone Foundation, 1976. 96pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Light rubbing to extremities. Light rippling from moisture damage.

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