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A group of five exceptional and revealing typed letters signed ("Budd") to William Saroyan; written from Culver City on Selznick International Pictures Inc. letterheads, Summer 1937

A group of five exceptional and revealing typed letters signed ("Budd") to William Saroyan; written from Culver City on Selznick International Pictures Inc. letterheads, Summer 1937 by SCHULBERG, Budd

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Title
A group of five exceptional and revealing typed letters signed ("Budd") to William Saroyan; written from Culver City on Selznick International Pictures Inc. letterheads, Summer 1937
Author
SCHULBERG, Budd
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Together 5 1/2 pages, 4to, approximately 2050 words (four of the letters single-spaced, one double-spaced). In very good condition. The letters constitute a virtual running account of Schulberg's occupation with 'What Makes Sammy Run': "I wrote a story last week which I am sure is the best I ever did. It is about a Hollywood writer, and called 'What Makes Manny Run'... I was bowled over when I heard I had sold my story to Liberty [magazine] for five weeks' salary ... the Manny story (which incidentally is now Sammy, because Liberty was afrain Manny Cohen of Paramount would think it was him)..." In the course of the correspondence, the 23-year-old Schulberg also praises Saroyan's 'Little Children', describes a house he stayed in ("... it looked so big and naked, and somehow forgive me, I thought of a dame lying naked in a house, all alone, and waiting and waiting..."), and comments on Groucho Marx, Ring Lardner, and David Selznick. (BA).
[78 rpm vinyl record] Yodeling Cowboy

[78 rpm vinyl record] Yodeling Cowboy by Rodgers, Jimmie - SIGNED

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Title
[78 rpm vinyl record] Yodeling Cowboy
Author
Rodgers, Jimmie - SIGNED
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A fine copy of the record.
Description
Camden [NJ]: Victor Recording Co., 1933. First Edition.. Framed. A fine copy of the record.. The father of country music signed this copy of the Yodeling Cowboy (flip side is Blue Yodel # 9 with none other than Louis Armstrong). The record bears the shop label of Moeller's Radio Shop / Bastrop, LA.. Rodgers died the following year in 1933. The foundation record of American country music.
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The Wedge. (Title-page decoration by Wightman Williams) by WILLIAMS, William Carlos

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Title
The Wedge. (Title-page decoration by Wightman Williams)
Author
WILLIAMS, William Carlos
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the ba
Description
(Cummington, MA): Cummington Press, 1944. First edition. One of 380 copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi type on Dacian paper. Wallace A23. A diminutive but significant volume, which includes "Paterson: The Falls", "The Dance (In Breughel's great picture)", "The Semblables" and "To Ford Madox Ford in Heaven", in addition to Williams' important introduction, a brief "Ars Poetica. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition.. WILLIAMS, Wightman. 12mo, original decorated paste-paper boards. Arthur Mizener's copy, with his tiny book-label on the front endsheet, spine very slightly faded, with a touch of wear at the base, otherwise an unusually nice copy of this fragile book, which seldom survives in fine condition.
Exit Ghost

Exit Ghost by Roth, Philip; Kitaj, R.B. (Artist)

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Title
Exit Ghost
Author
Roth, Philip; Kitaj, R.B. (Artist)
Seller
Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition
New
Description
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2018. Hardcover. New. R. B. Kitaj. Large octavo, 9-3/4 inches x 7 inches, 290 pages, printed by letterpress, full cloth binding with slipcase. Thirteen illustrations in color, three in black and white including the front cover portrait. The edition is limited to 275 numbered copies for sale. "Exit Ghost", the 2007 novel by the great American writer Philip Roth, is presented here alongside art work by his close friend the American painter R. B. Kitaj. We had long hoped to include Philip Roth in the Arion Press publishing program, but were waiting for inspiration on how to present his work, mainly on the question of an artist to illustrate one of his novels. In this case we ran out of patience and made Roth the offer without an artist in mind. As luck would have it, Roth's choice drove the choice of the artist and the scheme for the illustrations. The edition is not signed as planned. Roth died on May 22, 2018, at the age of 85. The novel's title comes from a stage direction in the first act of Shakespeare's Hamlet when Hamlet's father's ghost refuses to answer questions and then disappears. Roth's protagonist Nathan Zuckerman, elderly and debilitated by prostate surgery, has left the stage. So has Philip Roth. Critic Charles McGrath wrote in the New York Times obituary, "he was a pre-eminent figure in twentieth-century literature, a prolific, protean, and often blackly comic novelist". He won every prize except the Nobel. When the singer Bob Dylan was awarded that prize, Roth did not express outrage but instead the hope that the next winners would be the folk-singers Peter Paul and Mary. In an interview with McGrath in the New York Times Magazine of January 16, 2018, entitled, "No longer writing, Philip Roth still has plenty to say", Roth was asked what he had been reading recently. "Just in the past week, I read books by two friends, Edna O'Brien's wise little biography of James Joyce and an engagingly eccentric autobiography, 'Confessions of an Old Jewish Painter', by one of my dearest dead friends, the great American artist R. B. Kitaj." ___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.
16 VOLUMES WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique contenant la grande et la petite culture, l'économie rurale et domestique, la médecine vétérinaire etc.

16 VOLUMES WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique contenant la grande et la petite culture, l'économie rurale et domestique, la médecine vétérinaire etc. by Rozier, Francois

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Title
16 VOLUMES WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique contenant la grande et la petite culture, l'économie rurale et domestique, la médecine vétérinaire etc.
Author
Rozier, Francois
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Paris: Deterville, 1821-23. New edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, BY AUTHOR KILLED DURING FRENCH REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATED WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. 16 hardcover volumes, over 500 pages per volume. 8 1/2 inches tall, contemporary 3/4 plum leather with pebbled cloth binding, gilt emblem of Society of Writers to the Signet on each cover, spines gilt, small bookplate to front paste-down of each volume; 67 engraved folding plates in excellent condition. Corners and edges of spine worn, scattered light foxing, overall very good. TEXT IN FRENCH. HEAVY SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.FRANCOIS ROZIER (1734 – 1793) was a French botanist and agronomist. Rozier studied in the Jesuit college at Villefranche-sur-Saône and entered the Saint-Irénée seminary in Lyon. He was admitted to the Académie de Lyon. In 1779 he set himself up near Béziers (domaine de Beauséjour) where he edited his Cours complet d'agriculture (twelve volumes, of which nine were by Rozier himself, 1781–1800). In 1786 Rozier became director of Lyon's agriculture school. He returned to Lyon a few years later and assisted in the early stages of the French Revolution, asking the first two assemblies to create a national agriculture school. He became curé constitutionnel of Sainte-Polycarpe parish in Lyon during the Revolution and was killed in his bed by a bomb during the siege of Lyon. The last two volumes of the Cours Complet were published posthumously in 1796 and 1798. Our edition is the second, and contains a list of 650 subscribers at the end of the text. PROVENANCE: The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet is a private society of Scottish solicitors, dating back to 1594 and part of the College of Justice.
POEMS

POEMS by Cowper, William

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Title
POEMS
Author
Cowper, William
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1803. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Uncommon 1803 edition "A New Edition" on title page printed for J. Johnson, with a preceeding leaf, half title of sorts, denoting T. Bentley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street as actual printer. In original mottled calf, with red spine label. A solid, handsome unsophisticated copy.
To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process; Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform

To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process; Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform by [Carter, Jimmy] National Commission on Federal Election Reform

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To Assure Pride and Confidence in the Electoral Process; Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform
Author
[Carter, Jimmy] National Commission on Federal Election Reform
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN
9780815706311
Condition
Near fine
Description
Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2002. First Edition. Illustrated Paperback. Near fine. Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, signed by President Jimmy Carter. This report was produced by Brookings Institution, with co-chairs being: Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford, Lloyd N. Cutler, and Robert H. Michel.. Octavo, vii, 358pp. Illustrated paperback, title on cover and spine. This copy appears unread. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the half title, with a full signature. In the wake of the 2000 presidential election, a commission was established to look at the integrity of voting systems around the United States. The commission proposed improvements to federal, state and local voting systems. The recommendations resulted in landmark legislation called the Help America Vote Act, signed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
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Journal of Discourses vol 1, 1854 by Young, Brigham

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Title
Journal of Discourses vol 1, 1854
Author
Young, Brigham
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
F.D. and S.W. Richards, 1854. Good. Young, Brigham. Journal of Discourses vol 1, 1854. Liverpool: F.D. and S.W. Richards, 1854. 376pp. 8vo. Book condition: Good. Most of the top grain of leather gone, a few scattered remains to sides of spine and inside of corners, giving the feel and appearance of suede. Gilt lettering has completely rubbed off, leaving heat stamping. Internally clean with no marks. Paper mend to top edge of title page and same page has some light moisture staining to bottom edge. Some light moisture staining to pages 337 - 376. Lower corner of pages 81-82 missing, effecting some of the text..
The Cricket of Carador.

The Cricket of Carador. by ALGER, Joseph and NASH, Ogden.

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Title
The Cricket of Carador.
Author
ALGER, Joseph and NASH, Ogden.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Garden City:: Doubleday, Page & Co.,. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. B000GVF5QW . Stated first edition. Light shelf wear and aging, else very good in green cloth with black lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 165 pages .
Halo in Brass [*SIGNED*]

Halo in Brass [*SIGNED*] by Browne, Howard

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Halo in Brass [*SIGNED*]
Author
Browne, Howard
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Missoula MT: Dennis McMillan Publications. Very Good+. 1988. Reprint. Softcover. [slight wear to corners of front cover, short soft diagonal crease at bottom right corner of front cover, slight dog-earing at lower corner of rear cover]. Trade PB SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the half-title page. Reprint of the third Paul Pine mystery, originally published in 1949. Signed by Author .
Heinrich Tonnies: Cartes-de Visite Photographer Extraordinaire

Heinrich Tonnies: Cartes-de Visite Photographer Extraordinaire by ALLAND Sr. Alexander

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Title
Heinrich Tonnies: Cartes-de Visite Photographer Extraordinaire
Author
ALLAND Sr. Alexander
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780918696069
Description
New York: Camera/Graphic Press, 1978. First edition. Softcover. Text in English and Danish. Preface by Bjorn Ochsner. Over 50 sepia toned photographs. An about near fine copy in photo illustrated wrappers that are somewhat rubbed and also have a small faiint red mark to the bottom edge.
The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320

The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320 by Barber, Malcolm

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Title
The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050-1320
Author
Barber, Malcolm
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.
Description
New York: Routledge, 1993. Later printing. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new.. 581 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. A history of Western Christendom in the high middle ages. "A fresh and lively synthesis of a grand sweep of medieval history."
The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America – Vol. 9, Nos. 2-3, Summer 1973

The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America – Vol. 9, Nos. 2-3, Summer 1973 by ZEBROWSKI, George, edited by

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Title
The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America – Vol. 9, Nos. 2-3, Summer 1973
Author
ZEBROWSKI, George, edited by
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Johnson City, New York: SFWA, 1973. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Quarto. Stapled wrappers. Stains on wraps, very good. Includes the 1972 Nebula Awards, Ursula K. LeGuin's acceptance speech for the National Book Award, along with contributions by Mack Reynolds, Jerry Pournelle, Poul Anderson, and more.
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The Smile of Apollo; A Literary Companion to Greek Travel by ANDERSON, Patrick

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Title
The Smile of Apollo; A Literary Companion to Greek Travel
Author
ANDERSON, Patrick
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description
hardcover. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. vg

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