Catalog 176

ca. 1980s. An archive of the 1980s art world, from the files of Art & Antiques magazine, with more than 350 signed pieces of correspondence from approximately 200 names in the fields of art, architecture, academia, literature, dance, photography, music, journalism, fashion, economics, social history, and more. The archive includes letters, notes, cards, invitations; several signed contracts; and approximately 20 typescripts, all from notables such as: Svetlana Alpers, Eve Arnold, John Barth, Daniel Boorstin, Jean-Claude Christo, Craig Claiborne, William Crutchfield, Oscar de Mejo, Carol Diehl, Max Ferguson, Leslie Fieldler, John Kenneth Galbraith, Stella Gibbons, Francoise Gilot, Adam Gopnik, Robert Gottlieb, Francine du Plexis Gray, Tina Howe, Philip Johnson, Wolf Kahn, Allegra Kent, Carlton Lake, Walter Liedtke, John Loengard, George Lois, Edward Lucie-Smith, Sam Messner, P.J. O'Rourke, Jed Perl, Bennard Perlman, Darryl Pinckney, David Plante, Reginald Pollack, Mordecai Richler, Jerome Rothenberg, Peter Schjeldahl, Joan Snyder, Debra Solomon, Holly Solomon, Eve Sonneman, Pat Steir, Faith Stewart-Gordon, Andrew Sullivan, Michael Van Rijn, and Diana Vreeland, among many others. A few of the folders have apparently been carried forward from an earlier time, and pre-date the 1980s (and several may fall into the 90s). Alphabetical file folders, in two bankers boxes. Scattered marginal foxing; near fine. [#035965] $4,500

NY, Morrow Junior Books, (1995). The beloved storyteller tells her own story in her second memoir, following A Girl from Yamhill, published in 1988. Inscribed by the author, "especially for Ilene Cooper/ with best wishes. Beverly Cleary." Cooper, like Cleary, was a children's book librarian turned author. Trace foredge foxing; very near fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed, and a nice association. [#036501] $350

NY, Scholastic Press, (2010). Signed by both authors in the month after publication. Ms. Frizzle takes the Magic School Bus on a tour of all things related to climate change: the melting Arctic, rising sea levels, disappearing glaciers, disappearing coral reefs, extreme weather patterns, crop devastation, loss of habitat, the greenhouse effect, fossil fuels, alternative energy solutions, conservation efforts, and individual and government responsibility, (and yes, the bus is a hybrid by the end of the tour). Published in the early years of the Obama administration, this title is an indicator of the issue of climate change becoming mainstream, and it retains some of the optimism of the time. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce signed. [#035972] $250

(Hollywood), (Oxford Press), (1938). Malcolm, a professor of Political Science at the University of Southern California, takes on such topics as "The American Presidency and Dictatorship" and "Fitness for Public Office." This copy is inscribed by the author: "To Robert Moody, a democratic Democrat/ From a fellow Democrat." Offsetting to endpages; handling apparent to boards with some shallow watermarks to the rear board. A very good copy, without dust jacket, possibly as issued. Uncommon in the original edition, especially signed. [#036483] $200

NY, Harper & Row, (1977). Holy the Firm was Dillard's third book, following a book of poetry and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. It is a short book of poetic meditations that took her 14 months to write, while she was living on Lummi Island, off of Bellingham, Washington. At one point, Dillard decided to write about whatever happened during a three-day period, and on the second day, an airplane crashed on the island, causing her to meditate on the problem of pain, and how a just and merciful God would allow natural evil to occur in the world. These meditations on pain, God, and evil continued to resonate throughout her work, particularly in her award-winning volume For the Time Being, published in 1999, more than 20 years after this book. This copy is signed by Dillard. Not an uncommon book, but signed copies appear infrequently, and those typically because she has signed them for someone known to her. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with a couple small stains and small, open edge tears. [#036413] $300

London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin, (n.d). First thus, with illustrations by Gustave Dore. Supplied to Subscribers Only, in 20 parts. All 737 pages present, but possibly only 19 covers. One section has been re-numbered by hand. The unnumbered section: "Contents; Biographical Notes; Author's Preface" may count as the 20th part. Possibly bound at one time; now decidedly unbound. Covers detached; prior dampstaining evident. A fair copy only, but apparently scarce in this subscriber's edition. [#600047] $200

NY, Quill, 1983. The first printing of the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Heavily illustrated with photographs, both color and black and white, including artwork by Dead fans. With a short preface by Jerry Garcia. Very light wear to the edges and folds; near fine. [#036217] $125

NY, Dial Press, 1976. The uncorrected proof copy of the autobiography of the author best known for his baseball novels, including Bang the Drum Slowly, which was filmed for television starring Paul Newman, Albert Salmi and George Peppard, and later as a movie starring Michael Moriarty and Robert De Niro. A fragile, padbound proof. Creasing and stain to upper corner and foredge; a very good copy. Uncommon. [#035978] $200

NY, St. Martin's, (1988). A review copy of his highly acclaimed third novel, the first to feature Hannibal Lecter as the central character. Basis for the Jonathan Demme film with Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, winner of five Academy Awards and one of the American Film Institute's top 100 Films of the Century. Mild foredge foxing, else fine in a fine dust jacket, with the bookplate of another horror writer on the front flyleaf and with 3 pages of promotional material laid in. [#036414] $250

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1990. The uncorrected proof of this collection of three novellas. Inscribed by Harrison to a longtime editor (albeit not the editor of this title): "To ___, from his old friend/ Jimmy." Some handling apparent to wrappers; near fine. A nice association. [#036415] $350

NY, Putnam's, (1982). A review copy of Hoffman's collection of pieces written while he was a fugitive in the 1970s. Inscribed by the author "To Elliot [sic] Fremont-Smith/ Elliot - So where's the ten bucks? Abbie Hoffman/ CA." Eliot Fremont-Smith, former book critic for the New York Times, Editor-in-Chief of Little Brown publishing company, founding member of the National Book Critics Circle, was working at The Village Voice at the time of this title's publication. As a book critic in the 1960s, he was famous for reviewing edgy and transgressive books that had previously been viewed as outside the realm of polite literature; like Hoffman, he rewrote the rules about what was acceptable for publication and for discussion. A good association between the prominent counterculture figure -- co-founder of the Yippies -- and perhaps the most influential book reviewer of the era that threw off the final trappings of censorship (or so we thought). Foxing to the edges of the text block; near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with publisher's promotional material and author photo laid in. [#036484] $250

NY, Spiegel & Grau, (2015). Winner of the American Book Award: the title of the book refers to the anniversary of the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling legalizing interracial marriage. Inscribed by the author. Laid in is a program for a 2016 author reading in Texas. Uncommon signed or inscribed. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035966] $150

NY, Partisan Review, 1938-1979. An incomplete run of 60 issues, spanning five decades. From the estate of film critic Pauline Kael. Provenance available, but the direct evidence is that 1) Kael has excised her contribution from the Summer 1963 issue, and the cover says "clipped" in her hand; 2) Kael has written her name on the Summer 1967 issue and added praise inside at the Stephen Spender article; and 3) a postcard to Kael from Jack Hirschman is laid into the Fall 1967 issue. General condition: two issues from the 1930s (Jan and May 1938), good only; eleven issues from the 1940s (Spring 1945, Winter 1946, July/Aug and Sept/Oct 1947, Feb, May, July, Oct 1948, March, July, Dec 1949), all very good but for Sept/Oct 1947 which has heavily ink-stamped covers; 21 issues from the 1950s (July/Aug and Nov/Dec 1950, July/Aug and Sept/Oct 1951, May/June, July/August, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1952, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1954, Spring and Fall 1955, Fall 1956, Winter, Spring and Summer 1957, Spring and Summer 1958, Spring, Summer and Fall 1959), all in very good condition; 20 issues from the 1960s (Spring and Fall 1960, March/April 1961, Winter, Spring and Summer 1962, Spring, Summer and Fall 1963, Spring and Fall 1964, Winter and Summer, 1965, Summer 1966, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall 1967, Winter and Summer 1968), all about very good but for those excised pages mentioned above; six issues from the 1970s (Winter 1971-72, Winter 1973, 1973 #2, 1974 #2 and #4, 1979 #2), all very good, but for the final three issue, which each bear a series of names on their covers that are partially crossed out. Will ship at cost. [#036222] $1,500

Rochester, George Eastman House, 1956-1960. 29 issues of this "Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures." Unmarked, but from the library of Pauline Kael. The George Eastman House published this journal beginning in 1952. This lot begins with all ten issues from 1956 and includes nine of the ten issues from 1957 (all but No. 55, the December issue); five of the ten issues from 1958 (Nos. 57, 58, 62, 64, 65); three of the four quarterly issues from 1959 (June, September, December) and two of the four issues from 1960 (March, June). These date from the period that Kael managed the Berkeley Cinema-Guild and Studio, an art film house that she ran for about five years before beginning her career as a film reviewer. The lot is musty; the June 1956 issue has lost its staples; otherwise the lot is near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036416] $375

(n.p.), United Press International, 1963. Smith's Pulitzer Prize winning first-hand account of the Kennedy assassination, issued by UPI in pamphlet form. Copies of this pamphlet were included in the 1964 UPI/Colpix record album Four Days That Shook the World. 8 pages of text; shallow lower corner creases; near fine in stapled wrappers. 10 copies in OCLC. [#035981] $250

(n.p.), (n.p.), ca. 1961-1963. A portrait of a smiling Kennedy, presumably taken during his years as President. Inscribed by Kennedy: "To Bill/ with very best wishes/ John Kennedy." From the estate of Doris Dana, the partner and translator of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. We were presented with the possibility that the inscription was to William Carter, Chief of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, but any connection he may have had to Kennedy, decades earlier, is lost to us. 8" x 10". Two pinholes to top margin, marginal tear to top edge; half-inch tear on right side; light creasing and minor edge wear; very good. [#036417] $3,500

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

NY, Macmillan, 1943. The first American edition of the first book in Lewis' classic Space Trilogy, written, according to legend, as the result of a deal with J.R.R. Tolkien in which the authors agreed that Lewis would write a space travel story, while Tolkien would write a time travel story. (Tolkien did not.) Like Lewis' Narnia books, this science fiction journey also expounds a Christian worldview, exploring the nature of God, sin, and redemption. This is a very near fine copy, with just a touch of shelf wear, in a very good dust jacket with shallow edge wear, mostly confined to the corners. A wartime book, and seldom found in this condition. [#036502] $1,250

Philadelphia, Chamberlain Press, 1954. Matheson's first hardcover publication, a collection of stories with an introduction by Robert Bloch, who later wrote Psycho. About 650 copies of this book had been distributed prior to a flood that destroyed the remaining bound copies, and a fire later destroyed the unbound sheets. Inscribed by Matheson to the horror writer Stanley Wiater, in 1992: "To Stanley -- with many thanks for the excellent interview in Dark Dreamers. Best always, Richard Matheson." Matheson's career began with placing short stories in the pulp magazines, and he later became one of the most important script writers for "The Twilight Zone." Ray Bradbury called him "one of the most important writers of the 20th century," and Stephen King cited him as "the author who most influenced me as a writer." A nice association copy. Wiater's bookplate on front pastedown. Lower boards show some water damage, text block fine, but still only a good copy in a good, damp-stained dust jacket with effects mostly visible on verso and rear panel. [#030756] $450

Barcelona, Jose Janes, 1950. The first volume of the 3-volume set of the first Spanish language edition of Maugham's complete works. This copy is inscribed by Maugham to Hamlet Vittino : "To my distinguished friend/ H Vittino - Rio de Janeiro - Nov. 1950/ W. Somerset Maugham." Vittino was an Argentine friend of Maugham's. With Vittino's ownership stamps; page edges foxed; crown wear to the soft boards; very good. [#036418] $450

NY, Knopf, 2009. Inscribed by the author: "To Indra and TV -- my Five finger friends who defy the laws of aging. Running is magic." (FiveFinger is a minimalist shoe made by Vibram.) Born to Run was an unlikely bestseller exploring the running traditions and prowess of the Tarahumara of Mexico, written by an advocate, virtually a guru, of ultramarathoning. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. [#035983] $250

NY, Dutton, (1986). A collection of stories. Inscribed by McGuane to Susan Minot: "Dear Susan, This seems sort of inflated after Monkeys, the pen in my hand on the jacket photo is, I don't know.../ Tom." McGuane had blurbed Minot's debut novel, Monkeys, which also came out in 1986, calling it "a book of unusual purity and truthfulness. It hardens the lines of a world once barely familiar and makes it ours. Susan Minot touches us by her accurate humanity." Very slight spine lean (as though from reading), else fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice inscription and association. [#036478] $250

NY, Macmillan, 1949. A massive anthology, introduced by James Michener, and featuring Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Henry Adams, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Katherine Mansfield, Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Rupert Brooke, etc. Edited by Stroven and Day. Owner name front flyleaf; small separation at lower front hinge; offsetting to endpages. Still about a near fine copy in a dust jacket that presents as very good, in part owing to having been internally, unprofessionally tape-strengthened along all edges and folds. Michener had won the Pulitzer Prize the year before this publication for his first book, Tales of the South Pacific. [#036211] $350

NY, Norton, (1997). The advance reading copy (marked "uncorrected proof copy") of the first book in Mosley's Socrates Fortlow series, one of the prolific author's several series, among his more than 60 books written over a span of 35 years. This was made into a television movie starring Laurence Fishburne as Socrates. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#036420] $125

Moorhead, Territorial Press, 1976. An anthology of contemporary American Tribal poetry -- featuring the writers of the first generation of the Native American "renaissance" -- printed at Moorhead State College in Montana. Edited by James L. White and with early contributions by Leslie Silko, Joy Harjo, Duane Niatum, Gerald Vizenor, Simon Ortiz, Lance Henson, Anna Lee Walters, Carroll Arnett and many others. Cover edges tanned, with light wear to the spine. Very good in wrappers. [#036421] $125

DeKalb, Cedar Creek, 1980. The wrappered edition of the first book, a collection of poems, by this writer of Choctaw-English-Welsh descent. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally inscribed by him in 1999: "For __ ___ - with best wishes, this early, little book -/ Jim B." Fine in wrappers. An uncommon title in any issue, and especially scarce signed. [#036422] $250

West Lafayette, Purdue, (1985). A collection of poems, only issued in wrappers. This copy is inscribed by the author in January, 1986: "For __ __, reaching across the plains, this one is for you. Jim Barnes. Kirksville MO." Slight bump to crown, else fine in wrappers, with publisher's prospectus laid in. [#036423] $125

Tucson, University of Arizona Press, (2002). Poetry and short prose, in the Sun Tracks series published by the University of Arizona. Only issued in wrappers. This copy is inscribed by Ortiz: "To ___ -- Always good thoughts, with compassion and love, Simon J. Ortiz." Fine in wrappers. [#036427] $150

NY, D. Appleton, 1925. The Cherokee author's first book and, with D'Arcy McNickle's The Surrounded, one of the two most important debuts of modern Native American writers. This one, however, preceding McNickle's book by over a decade, may rightfully be called the first Native American novel of the modern era. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture says: "...critic Gretchen Ronnow states that [Oskison] 'was one of the first major American Indian writers to grapple with the issues of being a highly educated mixed-blood trying to defend a tribal heritage.'" Owner name front flyleaf; rubbing to the joints and board edges and a vertical crease to the spine. A very good copy, lacking the scarce dust jacket. [#036232] $325

Reno, University of Nevada Press, (1966). Scott relates the story of Annie Lowry, a Paiute/Caucasian woman who lived in Nevada from the 1860s to the 1940s. Lowry first spoke to Scott in 1936 when Scott was doing research for the Pershing County Writers' Project, part of the WPA. This copy is inscribed by Scott to "the Four Roses" in 1969. Laid in is a promotional postcard reproducing a photo of Scott and Lowry together, and this too is signed by Scott. A fine copy in a rubbed, very good dust jacket. Uncommon signed. [#036428] $175