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Best.-Nr. 2221635Sinclair Upton. Youthful Black and White Vintage Photograph Signed "Upton Sinclair" 8" x 10" on original mount of photographer E. Willard Spurr 165 N. Madison Ave. Pasadena Cal. Signed and inscribed to author/newspaperman Harold D. Carew n.d. but ca. 1930 old stains right side of mount most would mat out. Very good. Carew 1890-1943 was a literary editor Pasadena Star-News from 1923 and author of a 3 volume "History of Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley" 1930. Upton Sinclair 1878-1968 was an American writer. He was best known for the Jungle his 1906 novel exposing the horrors of the U.S. meat packing industry. His other novels include "The Brass Check" 1908 "King Coal" 1917 and "Oil!" 1927. In the 1940s he wrote an 11-volume series about contemporary American character Lanny Budd who travels through time and meets historical figures; "Dragon's Teeth" 1942 in which Budd meets Hitler won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Eight of Sinclair's books have been adapted for film and TV including There Will be Blood 2007 based on "Oil!" and starring Daniel Day-Lewis who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Daniel Plainview. books
1970Best.-Nr. 2221975First edition first printing. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped designed by Jay Gendell. Very good. 280 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip with March 24 1970 publication date. Bernard Geis Associates hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 2221669"Edwin Markham" 1 page 9 3/4" x 7 1/4" "San Francisco Desolate". Holograph manuscript of his 12 line poem on the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Very good short tear right margin; light traces of previous framing. Fair copies of Markham's Lincoln are common. This is the first we have seen of his "San Francisco Desolate." Markham 1852-1940 was an American poet. unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 2192First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; short tears and nicks; minor rubbing designed by Giresti. Very good. 221 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Author's first book. Not in Ahearn. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 500590"Harriet Beecher Stowe" in black ink on 1/2 length vignette portrait of Stowe. Photograph is by George H. Hastings 147 Tremont St. Boston with his imprint on the verso of the gilt edged mount. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"; very good fresh; ca 1880. Signed in full on the lower mount: "Harriet Beecher Stowe". unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 2222071First edition October 21 1905. Octavo. Color frontispiece of a painting by Maynard Dixon. Original olive green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt with a design in black cream and red. With the rare dust jacket unclipped; small chips; few nicks; light soiling. Very good. 333 pages. No signatures or bookplates. With publisher's three page promotional brochure quoting reviews comparing the book to "The Virginian" and to Jack London. Ben Blair was filmed in 1916 by Wm. Desmond Taylor. William Otis Lillibridge 1878-1909 died at age of 31. His other novel "Where the Trail Divides" was also filmed. See Jeff Dykes "Western High Spots" page 36. A. C. McClurg & Co. hardcover books
1911Best.-Nr. 197778First edition. Small folio. 66 plates on coated paper 23 in color; portrait. Original green cloth stamped in gilt with color portrait on upper cover t.e.g. Very good. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1933Best.-Nr. 197722First edition. 4to. With 17 plates reproducing Hearn's letters to Barel. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt large printed paper label on upper ocver. Fine fresh as new. Enclosed in publisher's folding box with printed paper label on the upper front cover and extra limitation label. No signatures or bookplates. #60 of 250 numbered copies. The Hokuseido Press hardcover books
1957Best.-Nr. 2221951First edition. Octavo. Original morocco and cloth stamped in blind and gilt. No dust jacket. Enclosed in a custom green cloth slip case. Very good. Unpaginated. Signed and inscribed by Armitage on the colophon to Mr. and Mrs. C. Frank Fox 1957. With printed footnote by Powell indicating this was based on his April 1957 talk to the Zamorano Club. All copies were issued in wrappers. Armitage had a few bound in half dark green morocco over tan boards with a blind stamped design and custom designed decorative endpapers. Horace F. Turner for Merle Armitage hardcover books
1906Best.-Nr. 2221908First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with color frontispiece four full page b/w plates and many marginal vignettes by Charles Copeland. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Pictorial dust jacket which reproduces the frontispiece. Rare thus. Very good. 296 pages. Signed and inscribed by Long on front free endpaper: "One Man to Another." Ginn & Company, The Athenaeum Press hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 2221680"Charles Brackett" 1 page 19 August 1954 on Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences letterhead to 20th Century-Fox executive Buddy Adler regarding on Academy Committee. 10 1/2' x 7 1/4". Very good paper clip rust stain. Brackett 1892-1969 was an author screenwriter film producer best known for screenplays of "Sunset Boulevard" "Ninotchka" and "Lost Weekend." unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 2221629IN RARE DUST JACKET First edition. Octavo. Original pictorial brown cloth stamped in yellow/orange and black with design of prospector child covered wagon and oxen team. Dust jacket unclipped; short tears; small chips; stains to back panel. Very good. 289 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Uncommon thus. The Times-Mirror Press hardcover books
1933Best.-Nr. 2221631First edition so stated; "H-H". Octavo. Original patterned blue cloth with printed paper label on spine; yellow endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine fresh bright copy. 319 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1903Best.-Nr. 2221577First edition October 1903. 7 1/2' x 5 1/4". Illustrated with four inserted b/w plates by C. W. Ashley and eleven chapter drawings by G. W. H. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt white green and olive with nautical design of ship in turbulent waters and five ambling penguins. No dust jacket. Tight fresh bright fine gorgeous copy. 328 pages. No signatures or bookplates. The Baker & Taylor Co. hardcover books
1935Best.-Nr. 2221614First edition. 9 1/2' x 6 1/2". Three page introduction by Will Ransom. Three preface by Haas. Original tan gilt stamped cloth. No dust jacket. Very good. 95 pages index colophon. #210 of 300 copies. Noted Robert Frost collector Earl Bernheimer's copy with his annotations and check marks and a few comments. Laid in loose are three letters to Bernheimer relating to presses and poets: 1 Gladys Denny Shultz 1 page n.d. 2 Paul Engle Feb. 15 1948 1 page. 3 Mark Thompson April 5 1948 on Iowa poets 1 full page. The Black Cat Press hardcover books
1963Best.-Nr. 4120First edition in French. Octavo. Translated by Louis Nestier. Later 1/2 tan morocco over patterned boards spine with steaming locomotive design stamped in red black silver and gold original color wrappers bound in. Fine. Very attractive designer binding. Based on the screenplay by James R. Webb who won an Academy Award for his effort; original color wrappers with scenes from the 1962 MGM/Cinerama production which was nominated for 3 other Academy Awards: Best Picture Photography and Music. Laffont hardcover books
1953Best.-Nr. 500494On personal letterhead Crescent Beach St. Augustine Fl. May 11 1953. 4to 1 page. Her letters are scarce; To Mr. Miller: "I cannot tell you how deeply I regret that it will be impossible for me to attend the Luncheon in honor of Fanny Butcher. I am dependent on my husband to drive me with my assorted animal family to my summer home. Fanny Butcher has long been a powerful influence in the field of American Letters. While lesser editors have come and gone she has maintained consistent integrity and the highest standards. Of Fanny Butcher the woman I can only say that to know her is to love her. Her warm heart and completely charming personality are a delight to those of us privileged to call ourselves her friends. To many Moore years of her superb editing and her gilt for friendship!". unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 229165First edition so stated; "E-X". Octavo. Dust jacket price clipped shallow chip across top of jacket spine; two short tears. Some foxing top edge. Very good. 406 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Booksellers re-order coupon on rear dust jacket flap intact. BAL 3536. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 500659no date 4 lines in purple ink: "And in the hereafter angles may Role the Stone from the grave away! John G. Whittier." 4 1/2 x 7" with integral leaf. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 228330First edition. Tall thin octavo. Introduction by Everson. Frontispiece portrait photograph by Leigh L. Wiener. Original 1/2 gilt stamped black cloth over rose/beige marbled boards. Fine. No other signatures or bookplates. Copy "V" of 26 lettered hardbound copies of a total edition of 300 signed by Everson Lehman and Wiener on limitation page. Only the lettered copies were hardbound Printed by Richard J. Hoffman. Houle hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 605122not signed on a 3/4 length portrait of William Saroyan wearing a double breasted suit long silk tie white shirt holding a cigarette looking down and to the right of the camera. Photograph is by Henry Flannery San Francisco; matte finish; 8" x 10". Very good-fine old glue stains on verso fresh. ca. mid 1930'a. unknown books
2007Best.-Nr. 110769Tampa: The Norman Mailer Society 2007. First edition. Limited issue of 56 bound copies in green full cloth-covered boards 40 of which were numbered and 16 were presentation copies all signed by Mailer and Sipiora on the limitation page. Copy #32. Issued without dustjacket. Contributors include Morris Dickstein Donald L.Kaufmann J. Michael Lennon Barbara Mailer Wasserman et al. Also two contributions by Mailer one of which is an excerpt from the previously unpublished 1942 play "The Naked and the Dead." Supplemental Bibliography. Color photographs. The Inaugural Issue. ISSN: 1936-4679. Unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author and Editor. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Norman Mailer Society Hardcover books
1932Best.-Nr. 2222041Early reprint edition. Octavo. 2 halftone illustrations on endpapers by Stockton Mulford. Original blue cloth stmaped in black slight rubbing; spine faded. No dust jacket. Good. 310 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed by Grey in blue fountain pen ink on the pictorial front free endpaper: "To Hellen Louise and Virginia Leota McClure Zane Grey." Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1979Best.-Nr. 20552NY: Random House 1979. Limited issue of the first edidtion of 500 numbered copies signed by Styron on the limitation page as issued. Copy #132. Full cloth. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with beginning toning; slipcase with beginning edge toning. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. National Book Award winner and the basis for the 1982 film starring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep who won her first Oscar for her performance of the title character. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House hardcover books
1915Best.-Nr. 2221761First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with color frontispiece and three full page color plates by Frances Rogers. Pictorial green cloth with a design in white and dark green. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped; old tape repairs; a few small chips; spine toned. Very good. 560 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
