Harcourt, Brace and Co.: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 6", blue cloth, 310pp, covers rubbed and darkened along edges, spine toned, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying, pp toned, frontis detached (but present); still a good used copy of the Third Printing from October 1934. INSCRIBED "En souvenir of the... More about THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS
Lovat, Dickson & Thompson Ltd.: London, (1935). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard, 7.5 x 5", pict beige cloth, 303pp, covers worn and unevenly darkened, spine ends bumped, eps toned, no dustjacket, FIRST EDITION ("First Published 1935"), INSCRIBED "To Miss Veronica Hutchinson with best wishes from..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, P.L. TRAVERS. More about MARY POPPINS COMES BACK
Reynal & Hitchcock: NY, (1943). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims, 7.75 x 5", pict cloth, 239pp, covers rubbed with some light staining at bottom edges, extremities lightly bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned, small dark stains on foredge and bottom edge of textblock but still a decent... More about MARY POPPINS OPENS THE DOOR
10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries... More about LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD MARIONETTE
np, nd. One page, 6.25 x 4, on plain lined paper, boldly written to (Noah) Brooks, dated May 19: "Very much obliged. Will you please endorse this check over to Tommy or cash it & pay him? It is 15 folios -- for long jobs I have alsways paid 8... More about Autograph Letter Signed "Mark" by Mark Twain
C. G. and J. Robinson: London 1793. 9 x 5", 3/4 leather w/marbled boards, raised bands, i-xxxix, 41-391pp, later covers & eps, worn, scuffed, outer hinges worn, corners bumped, pencil notes inside, name stamp on title, ink notes, soiling, spotting, creasing. Vaughan, an MP in England, was a sympathizer of... More about LETTERS ON THE SUBJEC OF THE CONCERT OF PRINCES, AND THE DISMEMBERMENT OF POLAND AND FRANCE
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ARTIST MARCEL VERTES, 1950
Albert & Charles Boni: NY, 1927. Hardcover. Illus. by Amy Drevenstedt, 8.25 x 5", pict cloth, 235pp, covers rubbed and finger soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned, a couple of tiny spots on edges of textblock else a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, THORNTON WILDER. More about THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
T. J. for Edward Thomas: London, 1682. 6 x 3.5, rebound in 3/4 leather; marbled boards, with crudely gilt-lettered spine labels, 371 pp + Advertisement (for a Cathartique and Diureretick pill), covers rubbed and darkened, newer endpapers with glue stains, ink marks on title page, pp toned and used with... More about THE GENTLEWOMANS COMPANION; Or, A Guide to the Female Sex: Containing Directions of Behaviour in...
Routledge: London, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis illus. by author, 6.5 x 4", cloth backed boards, 90pp, covers rubbed and darkened at edges, spine sunned with several small holes in cloth, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST AND DATED "Dublin February 25, 1944" BELOW ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT APPEARS... More about AH WELL, A Romance in Perpetuity