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(Salt Lake City), (Dream Garden), (1982). The second of the Wilderness calendars, with work by a number of prominent photographers, and text by Edward Abbey, Tom McGuane, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ann Zwinger, Lawrence Clark Powell, Wallace Stegner, Barry Lopez, Frank Waters, William Eastlake, John Nichols, and others. This copy has been signed by Eastlake and Powell, and photographers John Telford, Tom Till, Fred Hirschmann and Chris Wangsgard -- several of the finest and most highly respected photographers of the natural world working today. Fine. [#010416] $95
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Garden City, Doubleday, 1966. Signed by the author. A bit of bubbling to pastedowns; else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket. H18 code on last page of text. [#911337] $160
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Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, "with much affection & admiration," in the year of publication. Fine in a very good dust jacket, with some fading to the spine and a small but jagged edge tear on the lower back panel. [#033691] $65
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NY, Richard W. Baron, (1970). A review copy of Berger's third Reinhart book. Inscribed by Berger to film director Tony Bill "with all the best." Laid in is a publisher's press release as well as a print out of John Leonard's review from the New York Times News Service. The laid in materials have yellowed with age; the book is fine in a near fine dust jacket with a 1.5" vertical tear at the lower edge of the rear flap fold. [#912267] $150
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Tucson, Firsts, 2003. 9 issues, of 10 total (#9 is missing; no issue published in July or August). Articles on P.G. Wodehouse, Thornton Wilder, the Limberlost Press, and fraud on eBay (by Ken Lopez). Fine. May require added postage. [#036325] $45
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1912. Burroughs provides an 8-page introduction to this collection of "Outdoor Scenes and Thoughts From the Writings of Walt Whitman," as compiled by Waldo R. Browne. Says Burroughs, in part, "As a poet he did not specialize upon flowers or birds or scenery, or any of the mere prettiness of nature, but he thought of wholes, he tried himself by wholes, he emulated the insouciance, the impartiality, the mass movements of the earth." Trace shelf wear; a very near fine copy in a good dust jacket: chipped at both spine ends and rear corners, and fragile at the folds. Uncommon in the original edition; scarce in any jacket. [#035119] $300
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1988. An original drawing by Wilson for Burroughs' 1989 book Tornado Alley. This image was included in the exhibition "Ports of Entry: William Burroughs and the Arts" that was mounted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996, and it is reproduced on page 140 of the exhibition catalog. Interestingly, the illustration in the book does not show some of the work that Wilson did, as it was done using nonrepro blue pencil which does not show up when photographed: Wilson's edits didn't appear in Tornado Alley and they don't appear in Ports of Entry, but they are quite visible in the work itself. Wilson, one of the great artists of the underground comix of the 1960s and beyond, whom R. Crumb has said was a major influence on Crumb's own work, collaborated with Burroughs on a number of projects. This is not only a significant work of art, and a significant association with Burroughs, but it is also signed by Wilson, who has added, "To Nelson" next to his signature: Wilson gave this work to his friend Nelson Lyon, who loaned it to the exhibition and is listed in the book as one of the lenders to the exhibit. This is, in effect, a three-way association: Nelson Lyon was the co-producer of Burroughs' Dead City Radio, a 1990 album of Burroughs reading his work (including pieces from Tornado Alley) against a background of experimental music by various artists. 9-3/4" x 6-3/4". Matted and framed. Fine. A notable association copy, and an artifact of one of the great collaborations that Burroughs engaged in. [#028091] $7,500
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London, Secker & Warburg, (1983). The first British edition of the first Booker Prize-winning novel by the South African Nobel Prize-winning author. Tap to spine crown; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912381] $100
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NY, (Pynson), 1936. New Series, Volume 1, No. 3. A near fine copy in a preserved, if darkened, glassine dustwrapper. [#033617] $75
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St. Louis, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, 1975. The partial text (so stated, by design) of Commoner's address before the National Press Photographers Association Education Seminar in Jackson Hole in 1975, on the subject of nuclear energy. Commoner derides the lack of attention paid to the relationship between ecosystems and economic systems. Solutions are given in the following part of the address, not included here. Stapled wrappers: foxing to cover, rust to staples; near fine. No copies in OCLC. [#036236] $250
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NY, Random House, (1977). Conversations between Cott and Maurice Sendak, Henry Miller, Warner Herzog, Oriana Fallaci, Walter Lowenfels, Glenn Gould, Stephane Grappelli, and Harry Partch. Inscribed by Cott in 1978. Foxing to top edge; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#035829] $85
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ca. 1928.

A large portrait by Cummings of his stepdaughter, Diana Barton, with one of her dogs at Joy Farm in New Hampshire, sometime between 1927 and 1930. Diana was born in 1921; Cummings met Anne Barton in 1925 and they spent several summers at Joy Farm beginning in 1927. Diana is standing outside, with her dog at her side and Mount Chocorua in the background.

One of the best-loved American poets of the 20th century, Cummings was also a prolific visual artist: he considered writing and painting to be his "twin obsessions." He exhibited his work in the annual Society of Independent Artists shows from 1916-1927, and he was the art editor of The Dial magazine, the preeminent Modernist literary journal in the U.S., in the 1920s. In 1931, Cummings published a book of his artwork in a limited edition. Called CIOPW, it took its title from the media he used in his art: charcoal, ink, oil, pencil and watercolors. In his early years he emphasized abstract painting; from the 1930s on he tended toward representational images, albeit with a range of inventive palettes, which some have compared to his inventiveness with words and poetic forms and structures.

This is an early, transitional image by Cummings, painted as he was moving from abstract to representational art but still using the brilliant color schemes and flourishes that link his later art back to his abstracts. In this painting, the sky is "psychedelic," the mountain range has a variety and richness of color, and Cummings has taken liberties with the proportions. 35-3/4" x 47-3/4". Oil on Upson Processed Board (a fiberboard used as a building material in the early 20th century), with a narrow (2" x 8") chip missing from the lower left corner, affecting only flora. "DIANA BARTON" written on the back (in a child's hand?); also "1928-9?" Unsigned, as was most of Cummings' artwork, as he adhered to the theory (popularized decades later) that art is best encountered independent of its artist, even as his paintings seem to shed light on his innovative, visual style of poetry.

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NY, Swords, 1907. The second American edition. Contains "The Economy of Vegetation" and "Loves of the Plants." 1844 gift inscription; owner name; backstrip mostly gone; front board missing entirely. A poor copy, priced accordingly. [#600046] $100
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(London), Warren Editions, 1974. The first separate appearance of a piece that appeared in the Sunday Times in 1973, in which Drabble shares her self-conscious delight in raising children. One of 150 copies privately distributed for the publishers "to celebrate the birth of Daisy Victoria Gili." 4-1/2" x 5-1/4". Fine in self-wrappers. Scarce. [#024844] $150
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(n.p.), (McSweeney's), (2006). A fundraiser for 826NYC. Thirty-two 9" x 13" reproductions of drawings by Dzama, in a cardstock folder on which is printed an introduction by Sarah Vowell and an interview with Dzama by Vowell. Issued together with a facsimile of one of Dzama's spiral notebooks, filled with text and art. Still shrink-wrapped. Fine. [#032977] $150
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NY, Grove, (2002). The advance reading copy of the second book by the author of the highly praised Lord of the Barnyard, who committed suicide in May, 2005. This copy is signed by Egolf. Fine in wrappers. [#914920] $250
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Undated. An anatomical sketch by Feitelson, working on a male form, with a rocking chair on the verso. 4-1/2" x 8". Unsigned, but accompanied by a signed copy of the magazine Minotaure from 1933. The sketch shows some light green watercolor on the page and is near fine; the magazine has endured some unsuccessful attempts at reinforcing with a tape binding; the covers are detached. The signature, "Property of Lorser Feitelson," appears on the upper edge of the front cover. Feitelson was one of the founders of what came to be called the Los Angeles School of painting, a post-surrealist style that developed into what became the "Hard Edge" style of abstraction. This drawing exhibits a classical approach to draftsmanship. The issue of Minotaure is number 3-4, and features writing by Andre Breton, Tristan Tzara, and others; photographs by Man Ray and Brassai, among others; and artwork by Picasso, Matisse, Miro and Dali, among others. A glimpse of the artist's work, and a well-used example of a key surrealist publication, that provides some context for the artwork. [#032871] $1,500
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(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation that he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. Signed by Ford. An unknown number of copies were produced, but Ford signed seven of them at a reading in 1990. Photo-reproduced sheets on 3-hole paper. In this copy, page 120 was typed on a different typewriter than the first 119 pages. Bound in a flexible blue binder; fine. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. [#911202] $1,000
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(n.p.), Twenty-Third Avenue Books/First Choice Books, 1997. A broadside excerpt from Frazier's novel, produced on the occasion of a reading by the author. Copy "A" of 26 lettered copies. 9-1/2" x 16-1/2". Signed by the author. Fine. [#912583] $500
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NY, Hill and Wang, (1972). The uncorrected proof copy of this play by the author of The Connection, who is also known for his association with The Living Theater, an experimental theater group. Notes in text and name of Richard M. Buck on cover. Very good in tall wrappers. Uncommon. [#018598] $50
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NY, Riverhead Books, 2020. Gessen, a non-binary Russian-American journalist sentenced, in abstentia, to 8 years in a Russian prison for speaking out about atrocities in the war in Ukraine, here cogently skewers both the form and the function of the first Trump presidency. Signed by the author in 2022. Gessen had published the viral essay, "Autocracy: Rules for Survival," in The New York Review of Books two days after the 2016 election. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a blurb by Timothy Snyder. Uncommon signed. [#036572] $250
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NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). His only children's book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912617] $275
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NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2002). The advance reading copy of this mystery/thriller. Fine in wrappers. [#035009] $65
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Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office/Department of Agriculture, 1969. Edge-sunned; very good in stapled wrappers. A report on poverty among Native Americans, both on and off reservations, in the 1960s. Interestingly, the Native American population of the U.S. in 1960 is pegged in this report as being approximately 552,000; the current Native American population is 5.2 million, a tenfold increase over a span of time in which the country as a whole doubled its population. [#035861] $75
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(1980-1981). Three autograph letters signed (two on personal stationery; one written inside a card) to fellow writer Jay Neugeboren, praising his recent story in The Atlantic and his current novel. Kaplan is especially taken with the Jewishness of Neugeboren's work: "I think it's very rare to find such a daring, honest, wonderful story that is a genuinely Jewish story in a national magazine. (First of all, I think very few stories of that description are being written)....you've captured an attitude, a spirit in this story that except for the very early immigrant writers (& some of them were primitive so not "art") that has been either unknown or buried in the mainstream of American Jewish fiction." All items fine. [#012866] $40
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London, Arrowsmith, (1924). First thus: a reissue of the Keartons' 1902 edition of "the most widely known book on the joys of outdoor life in the English language," according to Richard Kearton's two-page introduction to this volume, which talks of changes in Selborne, and the influx of American visitors. Still including his introduction to the 1902 edition, and with a different selection of 85 photographs by the brothers, Richard and Cherry Kearton, from the 123 that appeared in the earlier edition. Inscribed by Richard Kearton in the year of publication to his "old friend, Leonard P. Moore, Esq." Offsetting to inscription page; heavy foxing to page edges and prelims; a bit of sunning to cloth; and a short tear at the rear upper joint. A good copy. Laid in is a flyer for a 1993 exhibition marking the bicentenary of the death of Gilbert White. [#033522] $350
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NY, Pantheon Books, (1994). Lamott's classic on writing and the writing life. Inscribed by the author in 1999: "For Catherine/ with best wishes/ [heart] Anne Lamott." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Scarce signed. [#036482] $200
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December 16, 1987 and August 19, 1992. In each letter, Leithauser updates the recipient on his life -- address change, teaching assignments, child expected, novels expected (Hence and Seaward, respectively). In each letter, he suggests the recipient attend a gallery showing of his brother's artwork. With an announcement of Mark Leithauser's January 1988 opening. One letter folded for mailing; one envelope included; fine. [#013709] $60
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NY, St. Martin's, (1997). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, in the year of publication, "dear friends that I miss seeing." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#033751] $75
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NY, Galleon Press, 1935. Aldous Huxley, Erskine Caldwell, Lynd Ward engraving. Tanned cover and pages; cover foredge chipped; about very good. [#036087] $45
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Sulphur, Abbott, 1908 [1909]. A collection of tales that appears to be an autobiographical novel written by a Chickasaw woman, but is, according to Marable and Boylan's A Handbook of Oklahoma Writers [Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1939], authored by the publisher, Aaron Abbott. Title page states 1908; printed letters on verso dated 1909. Chipping to spine ends; creasing to rear cover; a very good copy in the darker tan covers. [#036331] $250
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NY, Scribner's, 1978. The uncorrected proof copy of his third book, winner of the John Burroughs Medal as the best work of natural history published that year, and a nominee for the National Book Award. A remarkable and unlikely bestseller: the book was reprinted numerous times, brought into a new edition by the publisher (in a smaller format), picked up by the Book of the Month Club, and became a significant commercial success in a trade paperback edition as well. It attempts to explore the wolf both in the objective world and in the subjective ways that humans have seen and imagined it throughout history. This proof copy was printed with the original title, The Book of the Wolf, on the cover and the title page; the ultimate title has been written in by hand on the cover. A fragile, padbound proof with covers beginning to separate at the spine base; several scuff and spots to cover and a handful of page corners turned. Name of author and reviewer Ethel Jacobson across the front cover. A very good copy. A landmark in natural history writing. [#036475] $350
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(NY), Viking, (1990). Signed by the author. Unmarked, but from the library of Robert Stone. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#033754] $85
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NY, Pageant Press, (1952). Apparently his first book, on how to make money on horse racing, after a career that started with writing for racing papers and eventually evolved into writing pulp fiction for Ace paperbacks, most with a race track theme. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ You can always tell a horse player, but you can't tell him much." A very good copy in a fair, edge-chipped dust jacket. [#035815] $75
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(n.p.), (New Directions), (1962). One of 8000 copies in wrappers of Merton's meditation on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Inscribed by Merton: "For Doris/ from Tom." Doris Dana and Merton met in 1966, having been introduced by Dana's godfather, Jacques Maritain. Dana visited Merton at the Gethsemani monastery twice in 1967, and the two maintained a correspondence until Merton died in December, 1968. Foxing to covers, and a creased bump to the spine crown; very good in wrappers. Mailing label from the Abbey of Gethsemani, made out to Dana in Merton's hand is included. There was a signed limited edition of this title done -- 500 copies -- which is uncommon now; signed copies of the trade edition are considerably scarcer, especially with a good association as this one has. [#035855] $1,500
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NY, David McKay, (1965). His first novel. Some loss to spine lettering and modest handling to boards; near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with one short edge tear on the upper front panel. [#911784] $175
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Cincinnati, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, 1936-1937. Three programs. Edge-sunned; very good in stapled wrappers. [#035939] $45
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New Rochelle, Elizabeth Press, (1968). Inscribed by Randall to the British playwright Arnold Wesker in 1968: "For Arnold - w/all good wishes, Margaret/ 5.68." Randall, in addition to being a poet, co-founded El Corno Emplumado, a bilingual literary journal in Mexico that featured new writing from the Americas and elsewhere, until it was forced to close by the Mexican government after Randall's outspoken support of the Mexican student movement in 1968, and her criticism of the government's violent and deadly response to it. This is a fine copy in a very good dust jacket marred by a coffee stain near the lower spine, mostly on the rear panel. [#035324] $100
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(London), Little Brown, (2004). The advance reading copy of the British edition of this massive novel, which was loosely based on the author's life story, including his escape from an Australian prison and living on the run for a number of years. He wrote the novel while in prison, after being recaptured, and it became a bestseller. Labeled "uncorrected bound proof." Fine in wrappers. Uncommon in an advance issue. [#914678] $200
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San Francisco, 1967. "Spirit of '67." Playing with Sopwith Camel, July 7th and 8th, 1967. Four color, with an Uncle Sam motif. 5" x 7". Corresponds to the poster depicted in Art of Rock, #2.149. This performance was at California Hall in San Francisco. Fine. [#009690] SOLD

Chicago, Pascal Covici, 1925. Copy No. 111 of 700 copies. Facsimile signature under frontispiece. Small ink notation rear pastedown; a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that was formerly taped to the book, leaving small tape shadows on the endpages and jacket flaps. [#035276] $75
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NY, Simon & Schuster, (2016). A compendium of approximately 150 women of the countless who had to bring twice the fight to their game than their male counterparts, as they had to fight for their place on the field or the court or the starting line before their race could even begin. Signed by Schiot. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. An inspiring book, and a remarkable reference work. Uncommon signed. [#033906] $150
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1988. Ink and watercolor by a Russian, Soviet-era artist. 5-1/2" x 5". Signed by the artist, in Cyrillic, on the verso. Fine. [#035890] $300
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Boston, Circlet Press, 1992. Two volumes: both an uncorrected proof copy (i.e., "Press Copy") and an inscribed copy of Tan's first book, an early volume from her own Circlet Press, an independent press devoted to erotic science fiction and fantasy that has continued to publish over the past three decades. (They were acquired by Riverdale Avenue Books in 2020.) Both the press copy and the signed copy state "second printing": the original release, in 1991, was in electronic form. Publishing notes and page numbers written on the press copy (despite the published version being unnumbered). The inscription reads: "To Bob - May you treasure this little volume as much as I do! Thanks & enjoy." Each is fine in wrappers. [#035572] $100
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1979, 1980. Four letters from Thomson, widely considered one of the most important and influential American composers and music critics of the 20th century. Written to John Crelan, founder and director of the cultural organization Arts and Society. The first informs Crelan that he has set to music for solo voice work by the poets Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Max Jacob, and Georges Hugnet, and that he also has three full length operas (two featuring work by Stein and one featuring work by Jack Larson), and further that he finds Crelan's suggestion of a concert in Boston involving his work "most agreeable." The second letter confirms the date and venue and inquires about payment if there is to be a radio or television broadcast. The third and fourth continue to speak of the types of travel arrangements that were necessary in the era when one might need to send a postcard to a hotel should the timing of an appointment change. All letters fine, with mailing envelopes included. [#032679] $300
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NY, Knopf, 1963. His second collection of poems. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket with creasing to the base of the spine. [#912067] $300
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(Belmont), American Opinion, ca. 1967.. Six Vietnam pamphlets published by American Opinion and issued together in mailing envelope (included) as The Vietnam Packet. Missing: the book Background to Betrayal; also there is only one copy of the petition rather than the 6 noted on the envelope. Three of the six pamphlets are authored by Robert Welch, of the John Birch Society. Minor foxing; about near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036017] $60
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Minneapolis, Nodin Press, (1984). His sixth book of haiku. Inscribed by the author to Joe Bruchac. Mild sunning; near fine in wrappers. An excellent association copy. [#025797] $150
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NY, The New Press, (2010). A former editor of the Utne Reader explains "how to save the economy, the environment, the internet, democracy, our communities, and everything else that belongs to all of us" by way of acknowledging shared ownership and shared responsibility. Dozens of short articles written by more than two dozen authors, with illustrations and a resource guide, and featuring an introduction by Bill McKibben. Inscribed by Walljasper, with the exhortation "Viva la Commons!" Fine in wrappers. [#034650] $100
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Santa Fe, Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, 1956. As recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright. Edited with commentaries by David P. McAllister, and with 22 serigraph color plates by Louis Ewing. This copy has fundraising material for the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art laid in, including a brochure by and a form letter from Oliver La Farge, the President of the Board of Trustees of the Museum; and a newspaper article about the Museum and its founder, Wheelwright, the author/editor of this volume, and the person whose collection formed its basis. Edge sunning to boards; near fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#036429] $650
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(Monterey), (Angel Press), (1977). Staple hole upper front corner; slightly dusty. Near fine in wrappers. Two copies in OCLC. [#036056] $50
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NY, Harper & Row, (1967). Inscribed by Wilder to Cheryl Crawford, "ever affectionately," and dated March 21, 1967, in New York. As with another copy of this book that was inscribed on the same day, the recipient's name is filled in in what appears to be a child's hand. Laid into this copy is a six-page typescript of Wilder's 1918 playlet "Nascuntur Poetae [Poets are Born]." The book has apparent smoke damage to the upper edges; only a fair copy, lacking the dust jacket. The typescript appears to be a carbon copy; folded in thirds; near fine. [#034540] $200
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