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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)

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$3,500.00
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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Author
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. First edition. Very Good +. Second state lacking: "The S King" on p. 59 and with damaged type on p. 72, but this copy with the extremely scarce half-title. "Most collectors are content with a copy with early states of pages 59 and 72, and any copy with the extremely rare half-title is coveted regardless of the other states" (Kevin MacDonnell, "Collecting Mark Twain...") A Very Good+ copy overall with a dampstain affecting the lower spine and lower boards near the spine. Several of the early leaves with a faint tide-mark near the gutter. Front inner hinge professionally repaired. Contemporary 1889 Christmas gift inscription on the first blank, otherwise internal contents are generally fresh and clean. One of the great humorist's classic works. "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" follows the adventures of an engineer who is sent backwards in time to the Middle Ages - and the realm of King Arthur. Twain worked on the book in stops and starts in the 1880s, before finishing it in 1889. Strangely enough, along with some contemporary works by H.G. Wells and Edward Bellamy, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" is considered one of the early works in the science fiction, "time-travel" genre. "...we feel that in this book our arch-humorist imparts more of his personal quality than in anything else he has done. Here he is to the full the humorist, as we know him; but he is very much more.... The delicious satire, the marvellous wit, the wild, free, fantastic humor are the colors of the tapestry, while the texture is a humanity that lives in every fibre. At every moment the scene amuses, but it is all the time an object-lesson in democracy. It makes us glad of our republic and our epoch; but it does not flatter us into a fond content with them" (William Dean Howells in the Atlantic). Very Good +.
Where Trails Have Led Me

Where Trails Have Led Me by Blackstone, Tsianina Redfeather

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Where Trails Have Led Me
Author
Blackstone, Tsianina Redfeather
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Burbank, California, 1968. First edition. Fine. The scarce, self-published first printing of the autobiography of Muscogee singer and activist Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone. 215 x 140 mm. [4], 144 pp. Amply illustrated throughout with photo reproductions, including many striking images of Blackstone. Publisher's pale blue printed paper wrappers. Some fading at spine, otherwise a Fine copy of this autobiography chronicling the decades-long career of an extremely popular (and now largely forgotten) early-twentieth-century Native artist and public figure. Between 1909 and 1935, Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (1882 - 1985) toured as a singer and speaker in both in the United States and Europe. Though she fell into obscurity in the second half of the twentieth century, Blackstone was a widely admired performer in her day: "The Muscogee singer's perfect enunciation, great vocal range, superb legato, exquisite musical intelligence, genuine presence, and overall graceful charm were the talk of every town" (Smithsonian Magazine). Blackstone began her career performing and discussing Native music history with Charles Wakefield Cadman, a composer with a deep interest in Native music who took Blackstone on a tour of the Chautauqua circuit. "The duo accomplished a five-year run of tours throughout the U.S., stopping at schools, universities, fairs and expositions to educate concertgoers about Native culture through lecture-style performances" (Smithsonian). By 1916, Blackstone was drawing crowds of over seven thousand people, and embarked on a tour through France and Germany to perform for American troops. Soon after her return, Blackstone and Cadman collaborated with librettist Nelle Richmond Eberhart to compose the semi-autobiographical opera Shanewis (or The Robin Woman), which became the first American opera to be revived for a second season at the Metropolitan Opera House. The opera was later revived at the Hollywood Bowl in 2026. Blackstone, in the lead role, performed to a audience of twenty thousand people. Blackstone was an advocate for Native rights throughout her career. She performed for activist groups like the Society of American Indians; founded the First Daughters of America, a Native women's organization; and served on an Indian affairs advisory council after her retirement from performing in 1935. For the last fifty years of her life, Blackstone lived in Burbank, California, where the present work was published. Thomas, Briana A. "The Forgotten History of Tsianina Redfeather." Smithsonian Magazine (March 31, 2023). Fine.
Hits and Misses

Hits and Misses by Brown, Paul

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
Title
Hits and Misses
Author
Brown, Paul
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Derrydale Press, 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed by Brown on the limitation page. Good. Quarter black buckram with yellow buckram on the boards, generally toned, rubbed, bumped, and soiled. Square and firmly bound, toned at the edges but clean internally. A facsimile of Brown's sketchbook of impressions from watching polo matches.
ON POETRY

ON POETRY by [AUDEN, W. H.] PERSE, St.-John

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Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA
Title
ON POETRY
Author
[AUDEN, W. H.] PERSE, St.-John
Seller
Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
(New York): Bollingen Series, (1961). First Edition. wraps. Fine. Bloomfield & Mendelson B77. Published in an edition of 2500 copies, none of which were for sale, in white card covers with a grayish green printed wrapper. This is St.-John Perse's Nobel Acceptance Speech translated by Auden and printed here in both the original French and Auden's English translation. SIGNED by Auden on the title page. Quite uncommon, especially signed.

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