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Sleepers Awake by PATCHEN, Kenneth

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$4,500.00
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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
Sleepers Awake
Author
PATCHEN, Kenneth
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
The white buckram is somewhat sunned along spine, otherwise a near fine copy.
Description
(New York: Padell, 1946). First edition, Limited Edition issue, with a special colophon tipped to the front free endpaper that reads: "This is one of seventy-five copies of a Limited Edition of SLEEPERS AWAKE which has an original decoration by the author on the cover. These books are bound in white buckram, whereas the seventy-five copies which do not have decorations are bound in red buckram. No two of these cover-paintings are alike. This is Copy No. 8." This colophon is signed by Patchen. The second colophon, printed on a piece of black paper tipped to the rear endpaper, calls this the "black paper edition", and notes that it is limited to 148 numbered and signed copies. It is signed by Patchen, and numbered [8] in white ink. Morgan A11.  In a letter to Jasper Wood, Patchen wrote that the entire limited edition of painted copies of Sleepers Awake "was ruined at the last minute by the bindery and I've been pretty knocked-down by it. - Smith, p. 197. However, some copies of the painted issue of Sleepers Awake survived, as evidenced by the eight copies included in the exhibition Kenneth Patchen: Painter of Poems. December 12, 1969 - January 18, 1970 (Washington, D. C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1969). However, it is very rare in commerce . The white buckram is somewhat sunned along spine, otherwise a near fine copy.. 8vo, original white cloth with original painting pasted to the front cover as issued. The white buckram is somewhat sunned along spine, otherwise a near fine copy.
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The Works of Booth Tarkington (in 18 Vols.) by Booth Tarkington

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
The Works of Booth Tarkington (in 18 Vols.)
Author
Booth Tarkington
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1918. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Fine. A handsome example of the 1918 "Autograph Edition" of "The Works of Booth Tarkington", complete in 18 volumes. #478 of 565 copies issued and SIGNED BY BOOTH TARKINGTON on the limitation page of Vol. 1. Bound in an elegant 3/4 dark-green morocco over light-green boards. Raised bands and gilt-ruled compartments at the spines. Clean, well-preserved and Near Fine, with no flaws to speak of to any of the volumes. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind. Uniform octavos, top-edges gilt. Signed by Author.
Vice President George H.W. Bush Signed Photograph

Vice President George H.W. Bush Signed Photograph by Bush, George H.W.

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$575.00
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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
Vice President George H.W. Bush Signed Photograph
Author
Bush, George H.W.
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
Washington DC: The White House, 1988. Signed Photograph. Photograph. Near fine. Inscribed photograph of Vice President George H.W. Bush during the 1988 Republican Presidential Campaign, inscribed on May 28, 1988.. Color photograph, measures 10" x 8", printed on high gloss Kodak Paper. Touch of wear to the photograph from handing, no notable damage. Printing information on verso: "Official White House Photograph / 12 OCT 87 / G17880-29." Includes a typed note on Vice Presidential stationary, affixed to verso of photograph, signed by George Bush in black pen. The photograph is inscribed on the bottom white matte: "Red - These Bushes and More send you our warm best wishes - Get well fast! We need you. George Bush / May 25, 1988." The recipient of this note and photograph was Lavern C. "Red" Sullivan, a plumber and resident jokester at Fort McNair. Called "Big Red" by Vice President Bush in other correspondences, Sullivan was known to dress up as Santa at Christmastime to entertain with the U.S. Army band.

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