E-list # 201

[Cleveland], (Cleveland Institute of Art), 1989. Copy No. 12 of a limited edition of 20 copies, each signed by Berger. This is apparently the author's first book. Later, the character would have its own comic book, and after that would become a part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. This copy is additionally inscribed to his friend, the horror writer Stanley Wiater who, like Berger, worked for TMNT for a time. Wiater's ownership stamp front pastedown; modest spotting and sunning to black cover cloth; near fine, without dust jacket, as issued. An uncommon book, produced by hand at the Cleveland Institute of Art. [#036402] SOLD

Providence, Providence Press Company, 1885. A 76-page illustrated personal narrative of the raising of the flag at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, four years and a day after it was lowered and removed in surrender by Major Robert Anderson in April, 1861, in the first battle of the Civil War. In the intervening years, the flag was repeatedly auctioned and re-donated to be auctioned to raise funds for the Union army. At the conclusion of the war, on April 14, 1865, the 33-star flag was restored to Fort Sumter by Anderson himself, with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher orating. That evening, President Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. Spicer's account was read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society in February, 1884. This copy is inscribed by Spicer: "A.G. Utley, with the compliments of the Author." We have found record of an A.G. Utley having attended Brown University, in Providence, also the place of publication. Bound in faux alligator stiff cardstock covers with a Japanese style sewn binding. A near fine copy. [#036403] SOLD

Cambridge, South End Press, (2007). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author: "To ___/ with hope." Monbiot charts the course to the 90% reduction in carbon emissions considered at that time (in 2007) necessary to achieve by 2030. Trace bleed-through at the hinges, else fine in a fine dust jacket, with blurbs by Elizabeth Kolbert, David Suzuki, and Naomi Klein, among others. [#036404] SOLD

Orlando, Harcourt, (2007). Written not long after the then-record hurricane season of 2005, Storm World delves into both the increasing ferocity of storms and the efforts by politicians and special interests to suppress the cause behind the storms. Signed by the author. Slight crown bump; still very near fine in like dust jacket. Mooney won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for a series of articles on climate change in the Washington Post. [#036405] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (2007). This book develops the concepts from the authors' controversial 2004 article, "The Death of Environmentalism," arguing that past policies of limitations and conservation are inadequate to deal with climate change, advocating instead for policies of investment and innovation. Signed by both authors. Michael Pollan blurb, among others. A fine copy in a fine wraparound band. [#036406] SOLD

NY, Nation Books, (2011). Parenti documents the conflicts and violence already (in 2011) accompanying extreme weather: the era of climate wars. Most of the areas he examines are in the mid-latitudes, a necessary addition to the volumes focusing on changes at the poles. Inscribed by the author: "__/ I hope this is of use." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036407] SOLD

NY, MCD/Farrar Straus Giroux, (2019). Rich's searing recounting of the 1980s -- the decade when we almost stopped climate change, and how it all derailed. Expanded here from a 2018 article in The New York Times Magazine. Signed by the author. Some toning to page edges and a bit of fading to the boards; near fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. [#036408] $275
On Sale: $179

Washington, DC, Environmental Protection Agency, 1983. A report by the Environmental Protection Agency: facts, figures, projections, and a review of the possible effects of policy changes (such as large scale tree planting) make this a time capsule of what was known about climate change by the U.S. Government 40 years ago. "If climate models prove accurate, changes in world climate are likely to occur at an unprecedented rate. All human activities are likely to be in some way affected. Farming, transportation, coastal habitation, and the provision of water supplies are the most obvious....A 2 degree Celsius increase in temperature by (or perhaps well before) the middle of the next century leaves us only a few decades to plan for and cope with a change in habitability in many geographic regions. Changes by the end of the 21st century could be catastrophic taken in the context of today's world. A soberness and sense of urgency should underlie our response to a greenhouse warming." Indeed. Spine tanned; near fine in wrappers. [#036409] SOLD

(n.p.), Kitchen Sink, 1971. First printing (no statement of later printings). The entire issue is by Robert Crumb, with Crumb's "Whiteman Meets Bigfoot" as the feature story, taking up the bulk of the issue. "Whiteman" was a recurring character in Crumb's comix over the years, a satirical figure who tends to be preoccupied with "First World problems" until Crumb's story take him beyond them. Near fine. [#036410] $125

(n.p.), Multi Media Resource Center, [1973]. Advertisement only -- no comic. A single sheet with a black and white reproduction of the cover art of the 1973 comic, which was published in a single printing by Nanny Goat in the year of Roe v. Wade. Includes a panel from the comic across the bottom. This advertisement says single copies may be had for 75 cents, including postage; the cover price on the comic was 50 cents. Printed on one side only; folded in half; near fine. Uncommon ephemera from a now-distant era. [#036411] SOLD

San Francisco, Apex Novelties, 1972. The first and only printing of this comic, featuring the debut of Art Spiegelman's Maus. Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale would be published in 1986; the combined edition of Maus and Maus II won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, a first for a graphic novel. This comic also includes work by R. Crumb and others. Shallow corner crease to front cover; near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036412] $350

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
On Sale: $195

NY, St. Martin's, (1988). A review copy of his highly acclaimed third novel, the first to have "the late, great" 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

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.), (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

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

(Atlanta), Toni Morrison Society, 1994. The Toni Morrison Society was founded in 1993 as the 41st author society of the American Literature Association. Five months later, Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and this first issue of the society's newsletter (the "Bibliography Issue," January 1994) features the awarding of the Nobel Prize as its cover story, including an excerpt from Morrison's Nobel Lecture. The extensive bibliography (1990-1993) lists books and articles about Morrison. Also included: a report on the founding of the Society; an announcement of the Society's upcoming first meeting; and bios of the Executive Committee. Stapled to the rear cover is a membership information card. 12 pages; fine. 5 copies in OCLC. [#036419] SOLD

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

(Kirskville), Chariton Review Press, (1980). A bilingual edition of poetry, with translations from the German by Barnes. This copy is signed by Barnes. Rubbing and creasing to spine; near fine in wrappers, with publisher's ephemeral order card laid in. [#036424] $100

Kirskville, New Odyssey Press, (1998). A bilingual edition of poetry, with translations from the German by Barnes. This copy is signed by Barnes on the title page and inscribed by him on the half title. Slight splaying to boards; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon, especially signed. [#036425] $125

Boston, Small, Maynard & Co., 1900. His first book, a small volume of stories subtitled "Indian Boys at School," and pertaining to the education of Indian boys in white-run schools. La Flesche was an Omaha writer and was educated at a Presbyterian mission school in Nebraska. He was the son of Joseph La Flesche, the last head chief of the Omaha tribe, and the half-brother of Susette La Flesche Tibbles. Being of the first generation of young Indians to be educated at white-run schools, he was intimately familiar with the dramatic and traumatic culture clash the experience was for many, which was documented in a number of autobiographies of the period. The difficulty of re-adaptation to reservation life and the sense of alienation from both the Native and the white cultures that ensued became a theme that has run through Native American literature since. Owner name stamped to front flyleaf; mild foxing to endpages and light staining to rear board; still about near fine in pictorial boards. [#036426] SOLD

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

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

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

(San Francisco), Jossey-Bass, (2005). The story of The Nature Conservancy and how it has weathered its own internal storms over its nearly 75 years of growth. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally inscribed by Birchard on the half-title in 2007: "For Rich - Here's to protecting all those great places where we can say, 'aha'!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036430] $250

(n.p.), Houghton Mifflin, 1906. The first separate appearance of an article first published in The Atlantic Monthly in May, 1906. An account of Burroughs' trip to Yellowstone with Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. 46 pages, illustrated with photographs. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#036431] SOLD

(n.p.), Riverby Books, 1987. A 12-page pamphlet written and signed by Burroughs' granddaughter, Elizabeth Burroughs Kelley, in 1994. An overview of the history of Burroughs' property, interwoven with a timeline of Burroughs' time spent there, his books written there, and the many visitors who sought him out and stayed for dinner. Stapled wrappers; fine. [#036432] SOLD

Washington DC, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1947. Issued as Conservation in Action No. 1, this is an 18-page illustrated booklet written by Carson. Scarce: this is only the second copy we've handled, although we've had multiple copies of several of her other early publications done by the Department of the Interior, as this one was. An early publication by the author of Silent Spring, perhaps the single most important volume in creating the modern environmental movement. Small label ("8/1") on front cover; minor dustiness/handling to covers. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036433] SOLD

(NY), Basic Books, (2002). A sobering account of how environmental pollution affects public health and the corporate and political obstacles to action. Signed by the author. Laid into the book is the program for a seminar by Davis given in Rochester in 2003. The program is filled with the participant's notes; the book has some foxing to the top edge and is otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036434] $275

Boston, Beacon Press, (2017). Eriksen sets out on a boat made of plastic trash to study the oceans and finds, beyond the "Pacific Garbage Patch," that our seas contain a "plastic smog" of permeating microplastics. Includes a history of plastic pollution, a look at the lobbying of the plastics industry, and proposals for a sustainable future. Signed by the author, with the added sentiment "For our oceans!" The author's business card is included. Fine in a fine dust jacket. As usual with the books in this field, very uncommon signed. [#036435] $300

NY, Basic Books, (2011). Winner of the 2013 John Burroughs Medal, this is a far-reaching, high-flying story of an evolutionary marvel: the feather is light, strong, flexible, insulating, water-repellent, and also decorative. Signed by the author, with a drawing of a feather. Blurbs by Peter Matthiessen, Bernd Heinrich and Robert Michael Pyle, among others. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a book review laid in. Uncommon signed. [#036436] $250

NY, Basic Books, (2018). The John Burroughs Medal-winning author of Feathers takes on the long evolution and recent decline of the insects responsible for a third of our food supply, besides being fascinating in their own right. This copy is signed by the author, with a drawing of a bee alongside his signature. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the upper outer corners tapped. [#036437] $200

Chelsea, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, (1988). Winner of the 1989 John Burroughs Medal. Inscribed by the author on the title page. As the title suggests, not just a book about birds, but also about how to observe them. With a foreword by the 1971 Burroughs Medal winner, John K. Terres. Nonauthorial gift inscription on the first blank, to the same recipients as Kilham's inscription. A fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with several internally tape-mended edge tears. [#036438] $275

London, Sampson, Low, Son and Marston, 1864. The first U.K. edition of Marsh's foundational work on conservation, published the same year as the U.S. edition, and during the period that Marsh was living abroad, as U.S. minister to Italy, a post first awarded him by President Lincoln. Vastly influential: published 10 years after Thoreau's Walden and five years after Darwin's The Origin of the Species, Marsh called out human degradation of natural resources and warned of Man's outsized and lasting effects on his environment, with particular attention to the interdependency of ecosystems, or, in his words, "the harmonies of nature." This edition was typeset and printed in London. Quarterbound in green calf with gilt spine, marbled boards, endpapers, and page edges. Modest rubbing to the board edges; small numerical stamp first blank; minor foxing to endpages and margins of prelims; still a near fine example. A key volume in the history of conservation and environmentalism. [#036439] SOLD

(NY), Library of America, (2008). The trade edition (there was a simultaneous slipcased edition) of this >1000 page chronological compilation of American nature writing, edited and introduced by Bill McKibben. With a foreword by Al Gore. Includes two sections of photographs. This copy is inscribed by McKibben in 2010, "on a chill fall evening in Washington, CT." Remainder mark lower edge of text block, else fine in a fine dust jacket, which is 3/4" shorter than the book, by design. The slipcased edition was not a signed edition, and signed copies of this are quite uncommon. [#036440] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1986). An environmental classic, listed on Modern Library's top 100 nonfiction books of the 20th century and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A revised edition was issued in 1993; a documentary film was made in 1997. This copy is signed by Reisner, who died of cancer in 2000. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of shelfwear and some age-toning to the flaps. Very uncommon signed. [#036441] $750

NY, Harper & Row, (1972). First printing (full number line at rear of book) of Zwinger's second book, following Beyond the Aspen Grove, and preceding her John Burroughs Medal winning book Run, River, Run. This title is a guide to alpine tundra in the U.S. and features 24 color plates and 230 of Zwinger's line drawings. Inscribed by Zwinger and signed by Willard in 1978. Multiple instances of faint highlighting in text, thus very good in a very good, lightly edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket. [#036442] $275

NY, Bantam, 1975. The ninth printing of the Bantam paperback edition, signed by the author. A surprise bestseller and counterculture classic--a treatise on the idea of "quality" and, as the subtitle says, "an inquiry into values." Spine creased, with light edge wear; very good in wrappers. [#036443] SOLD

Albuquerque/Reno, I Think I Hear Camels Coming, 1965-1966. The first six issues of this little poetry magazine edited by Richard Morris, which ran at least nine issues: a second series was started in 1972. Contributors include d.a. levy, Paul Blackburn, Clarence Major, John Sinclair, Fielding Dawson, Theodore Enslin, Margaret Randall, Clayton Eshleman, Judson Crews, and Larry Eigner, among others. All but #4 have mailing information on the rear cover (and #3 also has an address stamped on the front cover). The lot is otherwise near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036444] $250

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1961. Dugan's first book, a volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets, which won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This copy is signed by Dugan on the title page. In addition, although Dugan dedicated all of his books to his wife Judith [Shahn], on this copy Dugan has amended the dedication page to read "[For Judy] and my mother and in memory of my father". As this was not an indication of a future textual change (the second printing continues to say only "For Judy,") it appears this was Dugan's mother's copy and reverted to him, as it was with Dugan's own archive after he died. Fine in a fair dust jacket, which is not only inexpertly taped back together after a full length split at the rear spine fold, but re-taped inside-out such that the author photo and rear jacket flap are now on the verso. A noteworthy copy of a highly praised first book. [#036445] $450

Berkeley, Last Gasp, 1970. The first issue (blue and purple background on cover) of the first comic produced entirely by women: Trina Robbins, Barbara "Willy" Mendes, "Hurricane" Nancy Kalish, Carole Kalish, Lisa Lyons, Meredith Kurtzman, and Michele Brand. This comic was a spin off from the first feminist newspaper, also called It Ain't Me Babe, which was started by Berkeley Women's Liberation earlier in 1970. After the comic had gone through several printings, Last Gasp began publishing Wimmen's Comix, which ran for 20 years. Some toning to the pages; a bit of rubbing to the front cover; near fine. [#036446] $350

Berkeley, Celestial Arts, (1990). A children's book about a girl in a faraway time raised by a talking cat. Written and illustrated by Robbins, who is best known as a ground-breaking feminist cartoonist. This copy is inscribed by Robbins to fellow cartoonist and science fiction writer Ray Nelson, "with love." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice association. [#036447] $175

NY, Henry Holt, (1997). The advance reading copy of the suppressed first issue of the American edition of this compilation of 50 years of Indian writing, edited by Rushdie and Elizabeth West, and with an introduction and one piece by Rushdie. Other writers include Arundhati Roy, Anita Desai, Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Vikram Seth, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Amit Chaudhuri and Satyajit Ray, among many others. Reportedly no more than two or three copies of the first issue of the published book are extant, the rest having been destroyed. This advance reading copy contains a number of small points of interest: V.S. Naipaul's name is crossed out from the list of contributors; the title of Vikram Seth's piece is changed from "An Unsuitable Boy" to "A Suitable Boy"; there are a handful of changes to Rushdie's introduction, as well as perhaps two dozen or so changes indicated throughout the text. This collection was intended to showcase a number of young Indian writers who had gained great critical praise, as well as their forebears. The publishers decided, however, on seeing the final book that it was unacceptable, in terms of design and production, and scrapped the edition, later redoing it entirely. This volume is one of the only survivors of the aborted first American edition of this collection. Fine in wrappers. [#036448] $350

(Oxford), Arete, (2003). The full text of Stoppard's previously unpublished 1970 screenplay, published here as the entire Issue 11 of Arete, with a contemporary introduction by Stoppard. Although known primarily as a playwright, Stoppard was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of Brazil in 1985, and he won the Academy Award for the screenplay of Shakespeare in Love, in 1998. Very slight crown bump, else fine in self-wrappers. [#036449] SOLD

NY, Vantage Press, (1995). A vanity press publication of her firsthand account of life at Los Alamos and the Trinity nuclear test. McMillan's husband was a physicist working on the Manhattan Project (Edwin McMillan would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for neptunium in 1951). They moved to Los Alamos with their infant daughter in 1943; their first son was born there. This copy is inscribed by McMillan: "To my friend Dr. Alan Ross/ we have had many good talks together/ Elsie Blumer McMillan." Erasure on front free endpaper; lower corners bumped, thus near fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket. [#036450] $250

NY, Macmillan, 1948. An early work by this scholar who often delved into the interplay of science and literature or the literary imagination and who here turns her attention to the possibilities for lunar travel and habitation, in fact and fiction. Includes a bibliography on the history of flight from 1493 to 1784. Nicolson earned her PhD at Yale; did postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins; taught at the University of Minnesota, Goucher College and Smith College, where she also served as dean of the faculty; in 1941, she became the first female full professor at Columbia, later becoming the chair of Columbia's graduate department of English and Comparative Literature and president of the Modern Language Association. This copy is inscribed by Nicolson "For Jane Kaufman/ one of the students to whom this book is dedicated/ Marjorie Hope Nicolson." The book's printed dedication reads "To the Smith College Students in 'Science and Imagination' 1936-1941/ from whose ingenious and amusing term papers their teacher learned more than she taught." The inscription is on an index card, tipped to the front flyleaf. Sunning to the board edges; a very good copy in a supplied dust jacket with shallow edge chipping and rubbing to the folds. [#036451] $350

NY, Scribner, (2005). The advance reading copy of Walls's award-winning memoir, which spent an astonishing 8 years on the hardcover and paperback New York Times bestseller lists. Made into a 2017 film starring Brie Larson as Walls, and frequently banned in the years since publication for profanity and depictions of alcoholism and abuse. Scarce in an advance state. Age toning to page edges; near fine in wrappers. [#036452] SOLD