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All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.
CUMMINGS, E.E.
Oil on cardboard. 6-1/2" x 12-1/4". No date.
[#034189]
$3,500
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
EASTMAN, Kevin and LAIRD, Peter
Haydenville, Mirage Studios, (1988). The first hardcover book of the Ninja Turtles, copy No. 64 of 1000 copies. This copy is specially signed by Eastman and inscribed by Laird -- "For my pal Stan... Another first in a year of firsts!" -- in the year of publication, with a drawing by each of them of a Ninja Turtle. The book comprises reprints of the first 11 Ninja Turtles comics, with four new pieces, one about each of the turtles, and introductory and historical information. Bookplate and ownership stamps of the recipient, author Stanley Wiater. Wiater worked at Mirage Studios for several years, and wrote The Official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Treasury in 1991. Faint scent to book; near fine in a very good dust jacket. Far scarcer than the limitation would suggest; we could only find a record of one copy offered for sale, and no copies showed up in OCLC. A landmark volume on a cultural phenomenon and a nice association copy.
[#036601]
$3,500
IRVING, John
(n.p.), Garp Enterprises/Radio-Telegraphic Company, 1991. A very early draft of the screenplay that won Irving an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, based on his sixth novel. Signed by Irving. This is the earliest copy of the script we have seen: the film was released in 1999; this version is dated "June 14, 1991, Revised." Hand-numbered "42." There are substantial textual differences between this early version and the final version. 130 pages, stringbound, with one remaining brad. Foxing to pages; near fine. An award-winning script, seen here as a work in progress.
[#029480]
$3,500
(Children's Literature)
JUSTER, Norton
NY, Epstein & Carroll, (1961). Juster's wildly successful first book, a now-classic fantasy adventure tale illustrated by Juster's housemate at the time, Jules Feiffer. This copy is inscribed by Juster to the founder of a literacy nonprofit -- "Lovely to be one of your books" -- and is also signed by Feiffer. Slight spine lean; small spot to upper spine; possible pencil markings at the lower edge of the text block. Still a near fine copy in a good, supplied, price-clipped dust jacket with internal and external tape repairs.
[#036570]
$3,500
KELLER, Helen
1902. Written to Mr. [William V.] Alexander, editor of Ladies Home Journal, who had requested a series of articles from Keller that were later published as The Story of My Life. Keller humbly thanks Alexander for payment for the last article; in part: "I only wish I could have made the story of my life more worthy of the generous praise it has received...It has meant a great deal in my life, and in Miss Sullivan's too -- the thought of the happiness that she says my compliance with your request has brought her is sweeter even than the thought of the kindness shown me in the letters that come constantly from old friends long silent and new friends whose words go to the heart..." Two 5" x 8" pages, typed with blue ribbon and signed "Helen Keller." A very early letter by Keller, preceding her first book, with exceptionally good content. Fine.
[#021174]
$3,500
KENNNEDY, John F
(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
LOPEZ, Barry
Eugene, Lone Goose, 1997. Copy "A" of 16 participants' copies of this limited edition of this essay from Crossing Open Ground, later published in a trade edition by the University of Georgia Press. Here issued with twenty-three 11-3/4" x 11" woodblock images by Robin Eschner, which are hinged in a continuous presentation almost 22 feet long, encompassing the text. An elaborate production, involving a number of individuals prominent in the book arts, in addition to Lopez and Eschner: Charles Hobson, the designer, whose work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum and the National Gallery of Art, among others; Sandy Tilcock, the publisher and boxmaker; Susan Acker, the letterpress printer; Nora Pauwells, the relief edition printer; and John DeMerritt, the binder, who was President of the Hand Bookbinders of California. The total edition was 66 copies: this is Copy A of 16 lettered copies signed by Lopez and Eschner and including a unique tire-tread print from Lopez's Toyota 4-Runner, the vehicle used in the journey from Oregon to Indiana that is described in the story. Fine, in a clamshell box.
[#035200]
$3,500
LOPEZ, Barry
Eugene, Lone Goose, 1997. One of 16 participant's copies of this limited edition of an essay from Crossing Open Ground, which was later issued in a trade edition by the University of Georgia Press. Here issued with twenty-three 11-3/4" x 11" woodblock images by Robin Eschner, hinged in a continuous presentation almost 22 feet long, encompassing the text. An elaborate production, involving a number of individuals prominent in the book arts, in addition to Lopez and Eschner: Charles Hobson, the designer, whose work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum and the National Gallery of Art, among others; Sandy Tilcock, the publisher and boxmaker; Susan Acker, the letterpress printer; Nora Pauwells, the relief edition printer; and John DeMerritt, the binder, who is President of the Hand Bookbinders of California. Of a total edition of 66 copies, this is Copy L of 16 lettered copies signed by Lopez and Eschner and including a unique tire-tread print from Lopez's Toyota 4-Runner, the vehicle used in the journey from Oregon to Indiana that is described in the story. Fine, in a clamshell box.
[#034702]
$3,500
MORSE, William Inglis
London, A. Smith, 1929. With photographs by the author. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full leather stamped in gilt and blind with raised bands and a front cover design incorporating the author's initials from a design on the title page. All edges gilt. The colophon states "Designed by W.B. Dalton and W.H. Amery with the assistance of the Artistic Typography Class of The Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London. Printed under the direction of H.G. Wicks by A. Smith & Co., 30 Sangley Road, London, S.E.6." One of 500 copies, although it appears that most were bound in quarter leather and only the first 30 (50?) were bound in full leather. Apparently each of the leatherbound copies had a different design, and some were bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe and others by Douglas Cockerel. A trifle scratched on the rear cover, but still fine in a near fine slipcase. A very attractive copy.
[#027368]
$3,500
CUMMINGS, E.E.
1944-7-19. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 12".
[#034156]
$3,250
CUMMINGS, E.E.
1940-09-29. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 15-1/4".
[#034115]
$3,000
CUMMINGS, E.E.
1944-05-12. Oil on cardboard. 8-1/2" x 12".
[#034141]
$3,000
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