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J. B. A Play in Verse

J. B. A Play in Verse

by MacLEISH, Archibald

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Just about Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with mild sunning to the spine. First Printing, a Review Copy with the review slip laid in. INSCRIBED "For Lee & J/with my love" and SIGNED in March 1958 by the poet on the half-title page. Also included are two playbills, including one for the premiere performance on 11 December 1958, starring Pat Hingle, Christopher Plummer, and Raymond Massey. All in a protective cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered morocco label on the backstrip. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared… Read More
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J. B. A Play in Verse

J. B. A Play in Verse

by MacLEISH, Archibald

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London: Secker & Warburg, 91958. First British Edition. Hardcover. Toning to endpapers otherwise a very bright, Fine copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.
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J. B. A Play in Verse

J. B. A Play in Verse

by MacLEISH, Archibald

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[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. Light soiling to covers, some ink notes. Very Good or better. Tall (11") Uncorrected Proof in green wraps with a large white title label pasted on the front cover printed in black and stamped "UNCORRECTED PROOFS" in red, with a white plastic spiral comb spine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as a Tony Award. Several pages with ink notes by an unidentified reviewer. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.
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JACK STRAW'S CASTLE

JACK STRAW'S CASTLE

by GUNN, Thom

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(New York): Frank Hallman, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Of a total of 400 copies this is one of 300 copies in red wrappers printed in black (there were also 100 signed and numbered casebound copies). Though not called for, this copy is SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
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JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE INTEGRATION OF BASEBALL

JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE INTEGRATION OF BASEBALL

by SIMON, Scott

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(Hoboken, NJ): John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (2002). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The host of NPR's "Weekend Edition" on the Hall of Famer.
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THE JACKSON WREATH, OR NATIONAL SOUVENIR. A National Tribute, Commemorative of the Great Civil...

THE JACKSON WREATH, OR NATIONAL SOUVENIR. A National Tribute, Commemorative of the Great Civil Victory Achieved by the People, through the Hero of New Orleans. Containing a Biographical Sketch of General Jackson until 1819. With a Continuation until the Present Day, Embracing a View of the Recent Political Struggles

by WALSH, Robert, Jr. and McHENRY, James

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Philadelphia: Jacob Maas, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, sporadic foxing; plates quite clean thanks, in part, to the presence of the tissue guards; the map in beautiful shape with bright coloring. A lovely, close to Fine example of a book usually found missing the map or quite worn. Near Fine. Original gilt-decorated red morocco-backed marbled boards with matching morocco corners; 88 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Jackson, an engraved title page, 4 plates (the Golden Wreath printed on white clay-coated stock, The Battle of New Orleans, The Hermitage, and The Capitol), 3 engraved leaves of music (Jackson Grand March and Quick Step), and a large hand-colored folding map of the U.S. (with portions of the Oregon Territory and Mexico, including Texas) measuring approx. 17" x 19" and tipped in at the rear. HOWES W-68; SABIN101164. Published in commemoration of Jackson's inauguration, the campaign biography by Walsh, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON (Hudson,… Read More
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JAMES WATT

JAMES WATT

by CARNEGIE, Andrew

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Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, n.d. First British Edition. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. Near Fine with a fine inscription. Decorated red cloth, part of the Famous Scots Series and likely published in the same year as the American edition, 1905. Carnegie's biography of the inventor of the steam engine. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by the author "To Alexander Booth Esq/Laurel Bank/Dalkeith Road/Dundee" and SIGNED in full "Andrew Carnegie." Laid in is a four-page publisher's catalog.
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JAPANESE ART FOLIO
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JAPANESE ART FOLIO

by SHUGIO, Heromich (editor)

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Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1898 - 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Plates are generally Fine with some light foxing to a few of the margins. A few of the wrappers are faded, but they are generally in very nice condition with no chips or tears. The slipcases are a bit worn, six of them soiled and spotted. Part 1 lacks its wrappers, and Parts 11 and 12 lack their slipcases. Overall Very Good and scarce. Folio (13" x 19") in original gray printed wraps issued in 12 monthly parts in slipcases. Complete set with a total of 72 prints, including 12 in color. Each part contains 6 individual prints by artists including Hokusai, Shunsho, Choshun, Ritsuo, Kaigetsudo, and many others. The first print in each portfolio is in color executed by T. Tamura. The other prints are uncolored collotypes by the publisher. Each plate is protected by a captioned tissue guard with a description in English. Each part housed in individual stiff board slipcase with printed title. In the preface the publisher states that the purpose of… Read More
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JARGON 31: 14 POETS, 1 ARTIST. DECEMBER 12 - 14, 1958, NEW YORK

JARGON 31: 14 POETS, 1 ARTIST. DECEMBER 12 - 14, 1958, NEW YORK

by GINSBERG, Allen; STAFFORD, William; et. al

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(Highlands, NC): Jargon, 1958. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine in original envelope. Fielding Dawson. Yellow folder with fourteen loose sheets laid in reproducing the holograph poems of the fourteen contributors, including Paul Blackburn, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, Denise Levertov, Edward Dahlberg, William Stafford, Louis Zukofsky, Franz Klein, and Jonathan Williams. Dedicated to William Carlos Williams with each poem featuring an illustration by Fielding Dawson.
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THE JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES OF MR. JOHN JORROCKS

THE JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES OF MR. JOHN JORROCKS

by SURTEES, Robert Smith

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. A very small area on the front and on the back cover where the cloth has been peeled away. Very Good in somewhat worn, still quite Good slipcase. Gordon Ross. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with gilt design to covers and spine. Introduction by E. A. Newton. Designed by D. B. Updike and printed at the Merrymount Press. Illustrated with 10 handsome full-page watercolors by Gordon Ross. Copy #834 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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JEAN CHARLOT'S PRINTS. A CATALOGUE RAISONNE

JEAN CHARLOT'S PRINTS. A CATALOGUE RAISONNE

by MORSE, Peter

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Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued. Oblong folio bound in 1/4 blue morocco; xviii [18] 450 pages. Excellent illustrated reference with a color plate section. This is one of only 200 copies issued with a numbered SIGNED etching by Charlot, a self portrait.
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JIM THE BOY

by EARLEY, Tony

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Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps of the author's second book and first novel.
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JIMMY'S COLORING BOOK. The Peanut Farmer's Own Coloring Book. Volume 1

JIMMY'S COLORING BOOK. The Peanut Farmer's Own Coloring Book. Volume 1

by [CARTER, Jimmy]

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New York: Manor Books Inc., 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Toning to pages but uncolored. Very Good. Just what it says, a satire of Carter, when he was running for president, in the form of a coloring book; 36 pages including covers.
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JOE GOULD'S SECRET

JOE GOULD'S SECRET

by MITCHELL, Joseph

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New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with a couple of minor closed tears. Basis for the 2000 film directed by and starring Stanley Tucci, with Ian Holm as the title figure, one of the most renowned Greenwich Village bohemians of his time. This is actor Anthony Quinn's copy with his SIGNATURE dated 15 December 1966 on the front endpaper.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

by BENET, Stephen Vincent

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back edge. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

by BENET, Stephen Vincent

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine just a bit sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. One of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

by BENET, Stephen Vincent

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine sunned and soiled. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #380 of 1500 illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY

JOHN BROWN'S BODY

by BENET, Stephen Vincent

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good only dustwrapper, missing some small pieces on the spine and split there into three pieces but still with a presentable appearance under mylar. First Trade Edition after the printing of 201 signed deluxe copies of this popular success and Pulitzer Prize winner. INSCRIBED and SIGNED "For W. L. Thompson Jr./with the best wishes of the author,/Stephen Vincent Benet/July 25 -1942."
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JOHN DOS PASSOS' MANHATTAN TRANSFER

JOHN DOS PASSOS' MANHATTAN TRANSFER

by LEWIS, Sinclair

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild wear. Very Good. Green paper boards with paper label and black cloth spine and corners. Copy #185 of 975 numbered copies of the first printing of the complete text of the article Lewis wrote on Dos Passos's MANHATTAN TRANSFER, originally printed in abridgement in the SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
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JOHN GALSWORTHY: AN APPRECIATION TOGETHER WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY

by [GALSWORTHY, John]

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London: William Heinemann, 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps; 22 pages.
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