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If I Ran the Circus (Inscribed first edition)

If I Ran the Circus (Inscribed first edition) by Dr. Seuss [Theodor S. Geisel]

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
If I Ran the Circus (Inscribed first edition)
Author
Dr. Seuss [Theodor S. Geisel]
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Random House, 1956. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good +. First printing, with pink boards and matching unclipped pink jacket priced 250/250. Inscribed by Dr. Seuss on the verso of front free endpaper: "For Lynne / Dr. Seuss." A Very Good+ copy in like dust jacket. Some soiling and edgewear to boards, but internally a clean copy with just the faintest foxing to the final two pages and the rear pastedown. Jacket with some fading to spine, some rubbing to spine ends and corners, and some foxing mostly visible from the verso. If I Ran the Circus is a delightful rhyming adventure with all of Dr. Seuss' signature quirk. Young Morris McGurk has dreams of overseeing an exotic circus that does more than feature lions and tigers - his big top would feature a wink-hooded Hoodwink, a Spotted Atrocious, and a great Sneelock. "Once again, Seuss tells a story through a young boy's wild imagination...playing with the sound of words" (Strebor). Seuss' silly circus story makes a charming read at any age. Very Good + in Very Good + dust jacket.
Green Branches

Green Branches by [Fine Binding]; Stephens, James

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Title
Green Branches
Author
[Fine Binding]; Stephens, James
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Macmillan, 1916. First American edition. Fine. Limited to 500 copies. A Fine copy. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 inches; 208 x 145 mm.). 32 unnumbered leaves printed on one side only. Bound in 1922, stamp-signed "A - S 1922" in gilt on rear turn-in. Full dark green levant morocco, covers decoratively tooled in gilt with a framework of flowers and stems surrounding a gilt ruled border which in turn surrounds another gilt border with similar floral tools in the corners and top and lower edges. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled with the same floral design in compartments. Gilt ruled board edges, and wide turn-ins with triple gilt rules and the same gilt flower ornaments in the corners, all edges gilt. Minimal darkening to spine. Although we have been unable to ascertain the identity of "A - S" this binding is most likely by a student of one of the great binders of the early twentieth century. It is unusual in as much as all of the six spine panels have been decoratively tooled in gilt - but with no lettering. Radical poetry in service of Irish independence, this volume was written shortly before the Easter Rising in 1916. Its author, poet and Irish Republican James Stephens (1880-1950) used literature for political ends. His first book of poetry was titled Insurrections (1909) and he published novels and versions of Irish myths and fairy tales, as well worked at an Irish-English bilingual school. Green Branches consists of the poems The Autumn in Ireland: 1915; The Spring in Ireland: 1916 and Joy be with us. He would also publish The Insurrection in Dublin, six months after the Easter Rising, his first-hand account of the events and deaths of his compatriots. A friend of James Joyce, Stephens is remembered for his role in the Irish literary revival. Fine.
MEMORANDA OF THE LATE AFFAIR OF HONOR BETWEEN HON. T. L. CLINGMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND HON. WILLIAM L. YANCEY, OF ALABAMA

MEMORANDA OF THE LATE AFFAIR OF HONOR BETWEEN HON. T. L. CLINGMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND HON. WILLIAM L. YANCEY, OF ALABAMA by Yancey, William Lowndes

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Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
Title
MEMORANDA OF THE LATE AFFAIR OF HONOR BETWEEN HON. T. L. CLINGMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, AND HON. WILLIAM L. YANCEY, OF ALABAMA
Author
Yancey, William Lowndes
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
[Washington?, 1845. 8pp. Stitched and partly uncut. Short tears at blank extremities. Good+. Yancey writes, "So many demands have been made by my friends for copies of the correspondence between Mr. Clingman and myself, pending the late difficulty between us, and of the basis of the settlement of the affair, that I have thought it best to print the following memoranda for circulation among them." Sensitive Southern gentlemen avoid a duel over Yancey's remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives, that he "had nothing to say with someone with the head and heart of the gentleman from North Carolina." Clingman took umbrage, inferring that Yancey was referring to him. The delicate, formal exchange of notes, with participation of seconds, Yancey's retraction, and Clingman's conciliatory words, are printed. Not in Sabin, AI, LCP. OCLC has not differentiated between originals and facsimiles, as of July 2024.

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