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Miles, Sylvia.

Sylvia Miles Original Working Script Collection.

Sylvia Miles’ personal collection of over 50 working shooting and play scripts used by her, with her ownership signatures, and with her annotations throughout. Approximately 50 volumes, scripts include: Into It: A Screenplay by Edward Pomerantz, The Deathwatcher: A Screenplay by Robin Miller, Play That On Your Old Piano: A Comedy in Three Acts byContinue reading "Sylvia Miles Original Working Script Collection."

Kaufman, George S., Leueen MacGrath and Abe Burrows. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter.

Silk Stockings Original Musical Script.

New York: Tams-Witmark Music Library,

Rare original Silk Stockings shooting script with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Quarto, original black Hart Stenographic Bureau leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. In near fine condition. Annotations throughout. Accompanied by the vocal part of Ninotchka which is in fine condition.

Williams, Tennesse. [Sylvia Miles].

The Night of the Iguana Original Shooting Script.

New York: Studio Duplicating Service, Inc,

Rare original shooting script of Tennessee Williams’ great stage play. Quarto, original blue Studio duplicating service leatherette wrappers bound and bradded. Advertisements laid in. Sylvia Miles’ copy with her annotations throughout. Miles played Maxine Faulk in the play’s 1976 Broadway revival at the Circle in the Square Theatre. In very good condition.

Brothers Mayhew.

The Magic of Kindness; Or, The Wondrous Story of the Good Huan.

London: Darton and Co, c. 1849.

First edition of this classic tale with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Kenny Meadows, tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition.

Beschloss, Michael R.

Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1980.

First edition of the historian’s first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Ted and Nancy Sizer- who exerted an important influence at a crucial puncture in the author’s life With warm regards and admiration. Michael Beschloss April 2, 1980.” The recipient Theodore Sizer  wasContinue reading "Kennedy and Roosevelt: An Uneasy Alliance."

Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega.

Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Signed Patent of Nobility.

Rare illuminated patent of Nobility signed by Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega, historian and King of Arms to Charles III, King of Spain. Quarto, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine, marbled endpapers, elaborately illuminated hand-painted full page coat of arms and numerous heraldic shields each with silk guard leaves, text inContinue reading "Don Ramon Zazo of Ortega Signed Patent of Nobility."

Wiesenthal, Simon.

Max and Helen: A Remarkable True Love Story.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1982.

First edition of this glorious love story. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Simon Wiesenthal on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner. Translated by Catherine Hutter.

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Acts of the General Assembly and Journals of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, from 1861 to 1863.

1861-63.

Rare collection of the official legislative acts passed by the General Assembly and House of Delegates of Virginia, CSA, from 1861 to 1863. Octavo, seven volumes, bound in contemporary calf and tan cloth. Eleven Confederate imprints, in seven volumes. Rare and desirable.

Isherwood, Christopher.

Down There On a Visit.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of this novel from the author of Goodbye Berlin and what many consider his finest novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Vincente Urbistondo, with my best wishes Christopher Isherwood Oct 22 1967.” Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design byContinue reading "Down There On a Visit."

Smith, Betty.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.

First edition of Smith’s classic first novel. Octavo, original green cloth. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Sincerely, Betty Smith Brooklyn, N.Y. September, 1943.” Near fine in a near fine first issue dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.

Wharton, Edith.

The Descent of Man and Other Stories.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.

First edition of this early collection of Wharton’s short stories. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, woodcut border to the title page, top edge gilt. In near fine condition.

Wharton, Edith.

Ethan Frome.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

First edition, first issue with “wearily” in perfect type on penultimate line of page 135 and with four pages of publisher’s advertisements at rear, of Wharton’s greatest tragic story, a “grim tale of a bud of romance ice-bound and turned into a frozen horror in the frigid setting of a New England winter landscape” (The NewContinue reading "Ethan Frome."

James, Henry.

Theatricals: Two Comedies.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1894.

First American edition of Henry James’ book of two plays which were never produced. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition.  

Kipling, Rudyard.

The Five Nations.

London: Methuen and Co, 1903.

First edition, one of 30 copies printed on Japanese vellum. Octavo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles to the spine, gilt topstain. In near fine condition.

Reiser, Anton. [Albert Einstein].

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930.

First edition of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein’s stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed and dated by Einstein on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “Albert Einstein New York 1930.” In near fineContinue reading "Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait."

Miller, Henry.

Tropic of Capricorn.

Paris: Obelisk Press, 1939.

First edition, one of only 1000 copies printed in Paris, to avoid obscenity laws in the United States. Octavo, original red and white wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, “To Henry Church with best wishes, Henry Miller 5/5/39.” Henry Church and his wife BarbaraContinue reading "Tropic of Capricorn."

Butler, Samuel.

The Way of All Flesh.

London: Grant Richards, 1903.

First edition of Butler’s semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.

Trumbo, Dalton.

Johnny Got His Gun.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939.

First edition of Trumbo’s powerful novel, which won one of the early National Book Awards: the Most Original Book of 1939. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dalton Trumbo on the half-title page.  Near fine in the original dust jacket with rubbing and wear, lacking the front flap. Rare and desirable signed.

Newton, Richard [Dwight L. Moody].

The King’s Highway or Illustrations of the Commandments.

New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, 1870.

Rare early edition of this work by Newton. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Moody on the front free endpaper, “To John Syme D.L. Moody My dear Brother be useful be earnest be fruitful and the blessing of God will rest on you.” In good condition. Signatures of the legendary evangelist are rare,Continue reading "The King’s Highway or Illustrations of the Commandments."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower.

Dwight D. and Mamie Doud Eisenhower Signed Photograph.

Photograph of Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower, boldly signed by each, “Dwight D. Eisenhower”, and signed, “Mamie Doud Eisenhower.” Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 12.5 inches. In near fine condition.

Russell, George [A.E].

The National Being: Some Thoughts On An Irish Polity.

Dublin and London: Maunsel & Company, Ltd, 1916.

First edition of Russell’s essay on the nation of Ireland. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed by the author and with an original colored pencil and ink drawing of the hills of Ireland on the title page, “George Russell A.E.” In near fine condition.

Williams, Tennessee.

A Streetcar Named Desire Script.

New York: Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Inc,

Rare script from the first Broadway revival production of Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece performed at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center in 1973. Quarto, original wrappers. In near fine condition.

James, Henry.

The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905.

First edition of this publication of two notable speeches delivered by Henry James at Bryn Mawr College and the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia in 1905. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. From the library of Carl Van Vechten with his ownership signature to the front panel “Carl Van VechtenContinue reading "The Question of Speech and The Lessons of Balzac: Two Lectures."

Shepperd, Tad.

Pack & Paddock.

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938.

First edition of this collection of poems of the hunt. Small octavo, original publishers three quarters morocco with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt to the spine and front panel, top edge gilt with others uncut, illustrated by Paul Brown. One of 950 numbered copies, this is number 551. In fine condition. Bookplate.