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Tarkington's classic novel of small-town American social anxiety and romantic awkwardness, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1922, and wonderfully filmed by George Steven's (with Katherine Hepburn) in 1935. This reprint, issued to coincide with the release of the film, has beautiful (uncredited) jacket art depicting Hepburn in a front porch swing, although the book itself, alas, contains no illustrations from the movie. (The heyday of the original "Photoplay Editions," most of which contained either four or eight stills, was over by the mid-1930s.)

Large Quarto. A FINE copy in a bright price-clipped very good dust wrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY LILLIAN GISH TO THE OWNER OF THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL IN THE 1970s, WHO WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF GISH. The book is a lavish exploration of the careers of Lillian and Dorothy Gish told in pictures. This work came just four years after Lillian Gish published her official biography in 1969. A nice copy which includes a lovely vintage unreleased double weight semi-glossy 8x10 photo of Lillian Gish from the 1940s tipped in. The photographer, John Engstead, is credited on the rear reading "Engstead" and "not released" is written below the name. The photo is gorgeous and looks like the photo was taken around the time of Dual in the Sun (1946).

Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket.First edition of this epic saga of the American Dream, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber, basis for the 1956 Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson & James Dean."One of the 20th century's most popular writers" Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big in 1925 and throughout her career consistently wrote "the broad-based saga of America… a vision of America as a land of possibilities, a belief in the American Dream" (ANB). Thirteen years from initial idea to publication, her best-known novel Giant provoked both critical praise and fury, leading the New York Times reviewer to conclude that "when Texans read what she has written about them they won't like Ferber… [yet] almost everyone else is going to revel in these pages." The 1956 film adaptation starred Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, who died before the film's release, and the movie earned legendary director George Stevens his second Oscar for… Read More

Octavo 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches, full period calf. First work THE LADIES CALLING engraved title, printed title with vignette, preface, 271 pages. Second work THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE- (xiv), 224 pages. Third work THE ART OF CONTENTMENT- engraved frontispiece, (viii), 218 pages, printed title torn at the bottom corner with slight loss. Fourth work THE LIVELY ORACLES GIVEN TO US- engraved title, 228 pages (numeration faulty but complete). A very attractive and very good contemporary binding. Ownership inscriptions from the 17th-19th century on the endpapers. Richard Allestree or Allestry was an English Royalist churchman and provost of Eton College from 1665.Early (fifth) edition of this classic instructional book for women, with engraved frontispiece, in beautiful contemporary calf-gilt. It s been bound with three other major works of the period.

Octavo, contemporary calf boards. Half-title in vol-II, Gilt decorated spines with red and black leather labels. An attractive set. First edition of Hester Thrale Piozzi s significant selection of Dr. Johnson s erudite and entertaining letters the first publication and canonization of a large body of his correspondence uncut in original boards. Samuel Johnson once hailed Hester Thrale, later Piozzi, as "if not the wisest woman in the world… undoubtedly one of the wisest" (Allibone, 1601). She met him in 1765; he became a frequent houseguest, and she "was flattered by the attentions of this literary lion who took her sufficiently seriously as a poet not only to praise and criticize her efforts but also to suggest collaboration. With Johnson she was soon translating Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy… She assisted him in the preparation of his Journey to the Western Islands, and Johnson acknowledged that several of the lives in his Lives of the Poets… owed as much to her conversation as to her… Read More

1801. 1st Edition. pp. viii, 413, [3]. Note: this is the true first printing, published as such complete in one volume. Scarce: Copac shows just 3 copies with UK institutions. Very good in contemporary brown leather with slight wear to extremities. Book plate of Charles Smith on the front pastedown, otherwise clean and tight. An excellent copy.

Octavo, contemporary calf boards. Half-title in vol-II, Gilt decorated spines with red and black leather labels. An attractive set. First edition of Hester Thrale Piozzi s significant selection of Dr. Johnson s erudite and entertaining letters the first publication and canonization of a large body of his correspondence uncut in original boards. Samuel Johnson once hailed Hester Thrale, later Piozzi, as "if not the wisest woman in the world… undoubtedly one of the wisest" (Allibone, 1601). She met him in 1765; he became a frequent houseguest, and she "was flattered by the attentions of this literary lion who took her sufficiently seriously as a poet not only to praise and criticize her efforts but also to suggest collaboration. With Johnson she was soon translating Boethius's Consolations of Philosophy… She assisted him in the preparation of his Journey to the Western Islands, and Johnson acknowledged that several of the lives in his Lives of the Poets… owed as much to her conversation as to her… Read More

In 1980, MOMA in NYC did a tribute to Lillian Gish. There were large format (8.5 x 11) programs sold in limited numbers (this particular one is signed on the cover by Gish) in which this copy belonged to Citizen Kane actress Ruth Warrick. The 40 year old program is still in presentable condition and has quite a few nice photos. A nice item with nice provenance.

12mo, original cloth with decorative floral design, spine sunned a little, decorative endpapers, [xii], (7)-265pp. The free front endpaper is ink inscribed "Compliments of Harriet H. Robinson Feb. 1883." There are other provenance markings from the Berkeley Massachusetts Public Library, which apparently received the book as a gift from Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Hon. Roger Wolcott. KRICHMAR 1944. First Edition. A bright, clean very good copy now Mylar protected & housed in a custom slipcase. Very uncommon signed with a noted provenance. "In 1881 Harriet Hanson Robinson became one of the founders of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Woman Suffrage Association, becoming the recording secretary with her daughter Hattie as President (to Harriet's dismay; she had hoped to fill the position). It was during this time that Robinson would write her acclaimed book Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement (1881), a largely personal account of the struggle for woman suffrage which largely… Read More

Octavo. Original blue-green cloth backing beige cloth boards, titles to spine gilt, original unclipped dustwrapper in excellent condition. This first printing of Lillian Gish s biography is a presentation copy INSCRIBED (dated April 12, 1969) over to her good friend director Gilbert "Gil" Cates (1934-2011) and his wife. He was an American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, Also was a Member of Cates/Doty Productions and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He produced the Academy Awards a record 14 times from 1990-2008 and he also directed Gish on stage and on the small screen in Hobson s Choice.

Octavo, A beautiful Contemporary full decorative dark blue morocco binding, elaborately gilt decorated spine and boards, raised bands, All edges gilt. No previous ownership inscriptions. Housed in green clamshell box with a marbled interior and a black morocco label. FIRST EDITION of this collection of works by these three Romantic poets. Comprises the first collected edition of Shelley, the first collected edition of Keats, and only the second collected edition of Coleridge, with many poems published for the first time. With frontispiece portrait of the three poets. This edition was published in Paris because the poets lacked international copyright protection and no royalties needed to be paid. However, Galignani in fact worked closely with friends and relatives of the poets to create these three exhaustive collections. The frontispiece portrait is the first printed portrait of Shelley. MacGillivray B1. Peck ii, 440. A scarce and desirable copy in a beautiful and very appropriate period binding.

FIRST EDITION in English (French edition published on 1777). Full contemporary speckled calf, gilt title on red spine label, full gilt decoration to spine, & gilt decoration to board edges; A bright very good copy with front hinge slightly starting but strong, early ink owner name/date inside front cover, & later bookplate to fep; 242 pages + Errata. Size: 4.75"x8.25." An attractive copy."In 1777 Maury published the Essai sur l'éloquence de la chaire which, with many editions and revisions, was to be his chief bid for literary fame. Stressing nature and good sense, it was written for a 'philosophical' audience, and praised eloquence where the author found it, in Bossuet and the church fathers, in Rousseau and Voltaire. He was admitted ot the French Academy in 1785." - Paul H. Beik, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, October, 1951.Jean-Siffrein Maury (1746-1817), French Cardinal and statesman, sometime Archbishop of Nicea. Maury was held in high esteem by the French monarchy, and later… Read More

Octavo, 294pp. + 14pp ads. Publisher's blush cloth with stamped board and spine. A near fine copy in a beautiful striking dustwrapper with an iconic image of Jean Harlow. This particular Photoplay edition was released to coincide with the 1932 and followed the release of the original 1931 novel by a year. The film was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway and starred Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Ina Merkel, Leila Hyams and an early appearance by Charles Boyer. The story is about a woman, Lil Andrew's, who uses her sex appeal to move up the social ladder. This is the first film Harlow made under her new MGM contract which was acquired from Howard Hughes' Caddo Company for $30,000 by Irving Thalberg. Red Headed Woman was a major hit back in 1932 and remains one of cinema's iconic pre code era films. Interestingly, this particularly copy does not have stills from the film as all Photoplay editions did not include stills and by the mid 30s, the practice had virtually ended.… Read More

Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. First British edition of Eartha Kitt's intimate autobiography which was published a year earlier in New York. In Thursday s Child, Eartha Kitt recalls her poor childhood and early career as a performer whose trademark highly mannered singing style, colored with gargling growl added to her sultry brilliance as a distinctive singer and actress (New York Times). With 28 photographic images. A near-fine copy in a bright price-clipped dustwrapper with a stunning image of Kitt on the cover whch displays nicely.

Clean original maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece and half title page. Additional fourteen steel engravings. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. A few lightly foxed pages. Prior owners' inscription. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine sunned, else a near-fine copy. Contents: Superintendent of Nurses; Ladies who ministered to the sick, wounded, in camp, field and hospitals; Ladies who forwarded supplies to the hospitals; Services among the freedmen and refugees; Services in soldiers' homes; Services in the National Cause; Services in soldiers' homes; Services in the National Cause. Military, Civil War, Nursing; Steel engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 799 pages.

First edition with "(1)" at foot of last page, 8vo, 409 pages; green publishers cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, boards slightly rubbed and mild wear at extremities, center crease to spine, hinges slightly starting but firm. Previous owner's name and date at top of front free endpaper, pages lightly toned, margin notations and very occasional underlining on a handful of pages. Despite this, the book is internally fresh with many pages unopened. Now protected on a Mylar cover. Discussions of women's roles in primary industries of the time, such as cigarmaking, cotton, mill operatives, boot and shoe manufacturing, etc. Also addresses the problem of women's wages, public opinion and child labor.

8°. XV, 557 p. folded with 1 multip. Card and 116, partly whole. Fig. Green OLn. with gold embossed. Lid and Back title, lid with red, gold embossed linen application. First and last pages slightly foxing, otherwise well preserved and near fine. EA. Henze I, 268f. - First edition of the travel report of the "rapless English world travelers" (Henze) Isabella Bird (1831-1904), married Bishop. She writes in the foreword: "These journeys in China [concluding in 1897], of which the following pages are the record, were undertaken for recreation and interest exclusively, after some months of severe traveling in Korea." Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904), writing under the name "Mrs J. F. Bishop," journeyed around China in 1896-97, including eight months spent on the Yangtze, as part of a three-year tour of East Asia. In the present work. She chronicles her journey along the river westwards from Shanghai, via Ningbo, Hangzhou, Nankou, and Yichang. At Wanxian, Bird left the river and headed due west to the… Read More

Octavo, Publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth. First edition. Fine in fine unclipped ($2.00) dustwrapper. The story of a romance between two charming youths. Basis for the 1930 film directed by Monta Bell and featuring Ginger Rodgers, Norman Foster, and Claudette Colbert. A beautiful copy showing no previous signs of ownership. Katharine Brush (August 15, 1902 – June 10, 1952) was an American newspaper columnist, short-story writer, and novelist. In the era of the 1920s-1930s, she was considered one of the country's most widely-read fiction writers, as well as one of the highest paid women writers of her time; several of her books were best-sellers, and several others were made into movies like "Red Headed Woman."