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[London], Telegraph Sunday Magazine, [1977]. An article by Morton Cohen about the discovery of the galleys for "A Wasp in a Wig," a story deleted from Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, and missing for more than 100 years, until appearing at auction in 1974. This article is the first published appearance of the galleys for a general audience (just ahead of a limited edition issued by The Lewis Carroll Society of America the same month). Reportedly, the episode had been dropped at the request of the illustrator John Tenniel, who thought drawing the character to be "altogether beyond the appliances of art." The task is completed here by Ralph Steadman. Five pages, taken from the Telegraph: Sunday Magazine, September 4, 1977. Folded in fourths; near fine. Laid into a 1966 Nonesuch Press reprint edition of Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass. [#035099] $200

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, (1970). Apparently the first of many biographies of Carson, preceding even Paul Brooks' The House of Life (1972). This volume was published in Crowell's "Women of America" series. Mild splaying to boards; near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the edges and folds. Uncommon in the first printing, with many copies having gone to libraries. [#035674] $200
On Sale: $130

(London), Granta, (2009). The first British edition, and first hardcover edition, of this highly praised, award-winning first novel, originally published in a small edition in New Zealand. Signed by the author in 2013. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket nicked at the upper rear spine fold. [#031353] $200

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

London, Cassell, ca. 1904-1905. Parts 1-11, of a projected 18 parts. Three Dore illustrations per part. Advertisements (mostly for soaps, detergents) laid in. Foxing to pages; covers separating at spine: good copies, with the Dore plates well-preserved. [#600049] $200

Stuttgart, Scherz & Goverts, (1951). Petersen A26.37. First German edition, published just after he won the Nobel Prize. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. With publisher's pamphlet laid in, announcing 1952 releases, and original wraparound band (torn) laid in. [#034933] $200

(Little Rock), Arkansas Wildlife Federation Conservation Foundation, (1983). Conservation cartoons, collected from the Arkansas Gazette. Signed by Fisher. The collection has four chapters with the themes of: forest management, environmental contamination, and the skewering of the Army Corps of Engineers and Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036553] $200

NY, Alliance Book Corporation, (1941). Presumed first edition. Inscribed by Gessner to Elmer Rice, "with best wishes." In the year of publication, Gessner founded the Motion Picture Department at NYU; Rice (who had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1929 for Street Scene), was then part of the Playwrights Company, which he had founded with Maxwell Anderson and Robert E. Sherwood, among others. Spine and edge-faded; a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#035580] $200

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (2018). How democracies decay (via attacks on checks and balances, the free press, opposition parties, and individual rights, along with a growing centralization of power, etc.), and strategies for democracy's defense (Congress, the judiciary, science, society, etc.). Rational arguments from the time of the first Trump administration. Signed by both authors. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036548] $200

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

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, Newmarket Press, (2002). The shooting script by Ted Tally, based on Harris' second book, and the first to introduce the character Hannibal Lecter. The novel was first filmed as "Manhunter" in 1986 and then again in 2002 under the book's original title. Signed and with an introduction by Brett Ratner, the film's director. Fine in wrappers. [#026558] $200

London, Deutsch, 1968. An advance copy of the British edition of his fourth book, a reflection on the forces that shaped the writers of the Beat Generation. This advance format seems to have been created from a disbound American first edition [NY: Dutton, 1967]; it is stamped "Advance American Copy/ Probable Publication Date June 1968 (entered by hand)/ Approx. Price (not filled in)/ Andre Deutsch/ 105 Great Russell St/ London W.C. I." Beneath the stamp, there are what appear to be initials, and we'd like to say they are those of renowned editor Diana Athill (based on her "D" often being made like a vertical ichthys), but we're uncertain. Holmes's first novel, Go, has been called the seminal novel of the Beat Generation, predating Kerouac's On the Road by five years. Holmes is also credited with inventing the phrase "beat generation." Modest foxing to edges and covers; very good in wrappers. [#035581] $200

(Reston), National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, (1991). A comprehensive history of the first hundred years of women's basketball, ending at what now appears to be the cusp of a new era: post-Title-IX, with women's professional leagues on the horizon, and the superstars of that era firmly fixed in the pantheon (with some still acting as commentators and analysts today, if not still playing). Warmly inscribed in 2000 by co-editor Joan Hult. Only issued in wrappers. Near fine. [#036568] $200

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, Trans High Corporation, (1974). The premiere issue, which includes Timothy Leary's "Terra II." Corner crease lower front cover; one dollar price increased by 50 cents, by hand; several small spots to covers. Very good. [#036022] $200

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. Owner name front cover; chip to lower spine; about very good in wrappers. [#036399] $200

San Francisco, W.H. Freeman, (1978). Later printing of a textbook on the human species, from evolution, to anatomy, to gene theory: this was a gift by Lopez to his stepfather. Inscribed by Lopez on a card that has been taped to the front pastedown: "Dear Dad, to wish you a very good 77th. Our love/ Barry & Sandy." By our calculations, this would have been 1983, when Lopez would have been starting work on Arctic Dreams. Boards bowed; a very good copy, without dust jacket, as issued. [#035677] $200

NY, Vintage Books, (1973). The uncorrected proof copy of this anthology of poetry by Native Americans, including Eskimos, Hawaiians, Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. Edited and introduced by poet Walter Lowenfels, with additional introductions by Simon Ortiz and Gloria Truvido. Other contributors include James Welch, Joseph Bruchac, Gerald Vizenor, Robert J. Conley, Duane Niatum, Gladys Cardiff, and Besmilr Brigham, among many others. Published as a paperback original, even the first edition is uncommon. An early proof in what became the "Native American Renaissance," presenting a multicultural view of American literature. This copy, though unmarked, is from Lowenfels' estate. Minor edge sunning; near fine in wrappers. [#034642] $200

(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

(n.p.), (n.p.), [1979]. The Prologue, Introduction, and Chapter One of his unpublished novel about an Indian warrior/Vietnam veteran fighting against a "syndicate of smuggling, drugs, and white slavery to avenge a beautiful pagan girl he once loved," here submitted as a movie script treatment, with a typed letter signed and 4-pages of back story for the "Indian Hawk." Set in Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong. Approximately 60 pages, all photocopy (but for the signature). The book chapters are velobound; the letter and protagonist profile are stapled to the front cover. Edge-creasing to the letter, else fine. [#034907] $200

NY, Random House, [1972]. The uncorrected proof copy of just the "colloquy" between Mankiewicz and Carey, which preceded the screenplay in the published book. This copy has the signature of legendary editor and publisher Nan Talese on the front cover, with what appear to be her markings in the text and two pages of her notes, corresponding to those markings, laid in. More than 70 pages of backstory on the film All About Eve, which earned an unprecedented 14 Academy Award nominations, winning six, including two for Mankiewicz, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Picture. It remains the only film to have ever received four female acting nominations: two for Best Actress (Bette Davis and Anne Baxter) and two for Best Supporting Actress (Thelma Ritter and Celeste Holm). All About Eve was ranked sixteenth on AFI's 1998 list of the 100 best American films. The proof is very good in tall wrappers. [#035005] $200

San Francisco, North Point, 1990. Her second book, a novel with a narrative arc that changes course when the AIDS crisis claims a close friend of the author's. Inscribed by Maso to renowned choreographer Mark Morris: "For Mark Morris - in esteem once again (page 115). xx/ Carole Maso/ 1994." On page 115, Morris is listed as one of the shared interests of the protagonist/Maso and her father. An excellent association between two gay artists with a reputation for innovation. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the typical fading to the spine. [#034894] $200

Los Angeles, Scream, 1986. The World Fantasy Convention Edition. Foreword by Stephen King. Inscribed by Matheson to horror writer Stanley Wiater: "For Stan, and making a mark that feels good. Thanks for the support & faith. Your pal, R.C." With Wiater's Gahan Wilson-designed bookplate inside the front cover. Bottom inch of half title (with inscription) detaching, else near fine in wrappers. An uncommon edition signed, and a nice association. [#030006] $200

(n.p.), J. Faraone, 1987. An Oliver North paper doll. Drawn, printed, hand-cut, (i.e. "shredded"), and signed by Jim Faraone, founder of the International Fashion Doll Convention. A political statement, taking aim at National Security Council staff member Oliver North, who, with his secretary Fawn Hall, shredded documents that presumably would have implicated him in the Iran-Contra scandal (the selling of arms to Iran to fund Nicaraguan rebels). A reminder of simpler times in political corruption, when it sufficed to simply hide the truth, as opposed to fabricating new truths and then fighting for them. 8-1/2" x 11". Bottom edge shredded by design; fine. No copies listed in OCLC. [#034903] $200

NY, Pantheon Books, (2022). The story of the 20,000 tons of toxic waste dumped into upstate New York's Love Canal; of the school, playground and homes subsequently built there; and of the women who rose to the defense of their children and community. Signed by the author. The definitive account of one of the key environmental disasters of the 1970s, which helped confirm the need for environmental protection and rehabilitation: Love Canal became the first site on the newly created Superfund list. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036556] $200

NY, Knopf, 2004. The first American edition of this novel by the 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Signed by the author in 2010. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035132] $200

Washington, DC, Island Press, (2001). A biography of Gifford Pinchot: conservationist, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and Governor of Pennsylvania. Signed by Miller. Mild foxing to the edges of the text block, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#036557] $200

NY, Scribner's, (1992). The uncorrected proof copy of her second book of fiction and first novel. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Very mild spine-sunning, else fine in wrappers. [#023936] $200

(Wheeling), Innovation, (1991-1993). Ten of the twelve issues (#s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11) of Innovation's graphic serialization of the third book in the Vampire Chronicles. All are fine in stapled wrappers. [#035613] $200