Association Copies

London: Edward Moxon, 1844.. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. Binding rather rubbed and edgeworn, otherwise a good copy, with Charles Dickens' lion bookplate and the Gadshill label at the front, and with the bookplate of John Gribbel at the back. Old bookseller's description tipped in front. The second edition, in which Procter took the opportunity "to strike out about forty of the poems (of inferior quality) contained in the old volume, and to introduce, in their stead, nearly seventy Poems, in rhyme, besides a considerable quantity of Dramatic verse" - "Preface to the Present Edition," dated "April 13th 1844." A presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page: "Charles Dickens / with the best Regards of / The Author." In THE DICKENS CIRCLE (New York, 1919, p. 169), J.W.T. Ley states: "We may take it as quite certain that Dickens came to know Procter through Forster. And from the first the novelist and the poet were on the best of terms. It was natural. Procter was a… Read More

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Handwritten Letters, Signed By Author. Second Printing. Very good, with bumped extremities, and some staining to back cover along the spine. Contains 3 handwritten letters from Tomlinson to his friend and fellow writer, Frederick Niven. 2 of these from Jan. and Feb., 1921, he talks about his life and plans, and Niven's influence. The third, dated July , 1923 is written from the Malay Straits, and relates his current project, which resulted in " Tidemarks ". This letter is in the original envelope, which is tipped to the front endpaper, with the postmark and stamp. The other two are in a single envelope postmarked in London in Feb. of 1921. This copy, from Niven's library, also bears a clipping, tipped to the front paste down, which elucidates his friendship with Tomlinson..

Home Hill, Australia: Otoliths, 2016. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 56pp, printed wrappers. Affectionately INSCRIBED by Dalachinsky to fellow poet Gerd Stern on the section title page in the year of publication. A scarce Australian poetry publication from this central New York City presence. Light wear, nice overall.

New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1954. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST US EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 250, [2]. Original black cloth, spine lettered in green and orange. Top edge orange (? faded). Pushing and gentle wear to spine ends, corners bumped. edges toned. Inscribed in slightly fuzzy blue pen to ffep: "Red and Louise/ affectionately/ from Rhys/ June 11th 1955". In the wonderful wraparound, mirror-image dust jacket by Daniel Schwartz: spine sunned, creasing and chipping to spine ends, edgewear. An important presentation copy to two key figures in the mid-period of Davies' life, as well as a material trace of the dispersed web of twentieth century queer relations and wealth transmission, with Davies, ultimately, the unofficial heir (at one remove) of Toklas. Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, over whose long career chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales, as well as featuring lesbian relationships,… Read More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Cordially inscribed for a fellow craftsman in the Hard Art of Letters - Arch. J. Wightman - by John Cowper Powys Feb. 1935". Association Copy, Archibald John Wightman (1884-1971) was a legendary British lepidopterist. Frontispiece from a drawing of the author by Ivan Opffer. Very Good, no jacket, 1/8" tear to cloth at head of spine, slight corner bumps, light soiling to cloth. Powys' "Autobiography", covering his first 60 years, is considered one of his most important works. In the Introduction to the London, Macdonald, 1967 edition of the book, J. B. Priestley said that even if Powys had not written a single novel "this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius." [ p. xi). "Although Thomas, Langridge and the New CBEL all assign priority to this American edition published by Simon and Schuster, Thomas himself giver the publication for the… Read More

WINDSOR, Wallis Duchess of (1896-1986). Le Coeur a ses raisons, les mémoires de la Duchesse de Windsor. Paris: Del Luca, 1956.
First French edition. The English edition published under the name The Heart Has Its Reasons.
Signed and inscribed by the Duchess of Windsor to Lucienne Rabaté (1885-1960), the renowned hat designer known as the greatest milliner of the Roaring Twenties, who ran the most important hat shop in Paris, Caroline Reboux.
Lucienne Rabaté played a crucial role in Coco Chanel's early fashion career, teaching her the artistry and business of millinery while assisting in the successful launch of her first hat shop in Paris. A nice association.
480 pages, 22 b/w plates. 8vo, original cloth, slight creasing to spine. Dust jacket with some marginal wear, professionally conserved with archival tape. Very good in good dust-jacket.

A Unique Association copy of The Secret Garden, First Edition, First Print plus a Custom Clamshell Rare Book Box.
This is a rare combination. A first edition, first printing of the classic children's story written by Frances Hodgson Burnett with a magnificent, custom-made protective clamshell.
Of special interest - this is a unique association copy! The book has been signed "Valenza Heinemann From - Uncle Willie". This would suggest the book was originally given from the publisher - William Heinemann to a niece.
This book is in very good condition and has nice gold gilt work. Original boards and cloth. The spine has had professional repair. The original binding has been reinforced (re-backed), but in a way that preserves the original spine cloth and look. Some foxing on the interior front and back covers, end pages and along some page edges. All illustrations present. No additional markings from previous owners, aside from the inscription. No DJ. A well preserved copy.
As a bonus the book comes with a… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Good+ dustjacket. Signed by the author. Yellow and beige boards with red lettering on spine. Binding is solid, book is square with one corner lightly bumped and minimal shelf wear. Interior is clean with no bookplates, previous owner names, etc. The dustjacket has original $4.95 price intact, rubbed with chipping at head and foot of spine. Protected in archival Gaylord cover. Fourth novel from the author of The Manchurian Candidate and Prizzi's Honor. This is an association copy, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper to legendary Random House senior editor Joe Fox, signed and dated by Richard Condon on January 18, 1962. Basis for the 1969 British-American comedy Western film directed by Richard Quine and starring Richard Widmark, Chaim Topol, and Cesar Romero with a screenplay by Condon. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

New York: Random House, 1972. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Dear Sandra, Don't let the Hill get you down. Stand with him while he's right, and part with him when he's wrong. David". A great political Association Copy, Sandra obviously being a Congressional staffer known to the author given his use of first names only. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist best known work, his chronicle of what went wrong in Vietnam, Very Good, boards ligtly soiled, in a Very Good dust jacket, light war at edges, front flap vertical creases. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1934. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"To Henry W. Marshall, Sr. from Thomas Temple Hoyne April 20, 1934", with typed slip above signature tipped in -"Publication Date April 20". Hoyne's science fiction novel "in which a primitive, hierarchical, gangster-run capitalist society is riven by discontent among the lower orders, and is eventually overthrown."(SFE THe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction). ASSOCIATION COPY, Henry W. Marshall, Sr.is known for being the founder of the Lafayette (Indiana) Journal & Courier, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, and acting president of Purdue University. Lacking the dust jacket, Near Fine, light wear at spine ends. No other SIGNED copies of Hoyne's books found in commerce as of 01/2024. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-26; (1981) 2-42; and (1987) 2-45. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118.. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.… Read More

Portland, Maine: Privately Printed / Fred Anthoensen / The Southworth Press, 1932. ASSOCIATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"J. K. Lilly with the regards and the season's greetings of A. S. W. Rosenbach Dec.1/32" . #95 of 195 copies printed. Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, in a Vey Good slipcase, stains and loss of outer paper at spine. A most notable Association in the book collecting world, J.K. Lilly's collection, considered one of the finest private libraries of rare books and manuscripts in the world., was in great part assembled with the help of renowned bookseller A.S. W. Rosenbach. Lilly's collection was the founding basis for the Lilly Library at Indiana University, and the association between the two men has been wonderfully described in Joel Silver's "Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age", published in 2010 in a limited edition by Bird & Bull Press, and in a 20111 trade edition by Oak Knoll Press.… Read More

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at recto of frontispiece - "For the beautiful lady and gentleman - from their affectionate and admiring son, Booth. May 2nd. 05". Also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front decorative end page -"Given to my friend Ada Bradshaw by Elizabeth B. Tarkington". Elizabeth B.Tarkington, (10 Nov 1833 - 17 Apr 1909), was Booth Tarkington's Mother and the person who kindled his interest in literature and writing. She was featured in two of his novels, The Two Van Revels (1902) and Penrod and Sam (1916). Very Good, no jacket, boards are soiled and stained, the interior is clean and unblemished, gilt lettering at spine dulled. Red cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated end papers, frontispiece, and 6 illustrations in text. 144 pages. A truly wonderful Tarkington Association Copy, bearing a loving and respectful inscription from a son to his beloved parents, and additionally bearing his Mother's signature.… Read More

New York, M. Barrows & Company Inc, 1943, hardcover, 183 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed to Radio and Television host Nancy Craig "Dear Nancy Craig- Hope this can be added to your shelf of favorite cook books. Devotedly, Florence Brobeck- August 26, 1943", on the front endpaper. Straight and tightly bound, spine-end and top corner wear, tape remnants and soiling to endpapers, darkening to textblock top edge, owner's catalogue number "306" stickers to front board and same noted in pencil to front pastedown, Nancy Craig's personal name and address label above inscription. Later issue dustjacket, seventh printing stated, unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, spine darkened, smudges to rear panel, sticker ghost to rear flap, still displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. Florence Brobeck, the well-known cookbook author, women's editor of The New York Herald Tribune, one-time food columnist for The New York Times Magazine, associate editor of McCall's… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Lytton Strachey's most enduring work, with undated ALS taped at front end page from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning, one of the four main subjects of the book, as follows -"Dear Sir, I have very great pleasure in accepting your kind invitation for Monday next; which will compensate me for losing the visit you were so good as to make the other day. With my kind regards believe me, Very faithfully yours, Henry E. Manning". From the collection of the noted American book collector, industialist and philanthropist J. K. Lilly, Jr., with gift inscription at 2nd blank front end page -"Dear Mr Lilly, Memory Lane, now twenty years long with happy Lilly associations, has no milestone more pleasant, than our Great lakes Cruise. With affectionate regards, William A. Hanley, Indianapolis, July 1930". William A. Hanley was an electrical engineer who worked his way up from supervisor, and head of the engineering division to director of Eli Lilly and Company. Finely bound by… Read More

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel Publishing,, 1979. Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" To Jim and Beth, with affectionate best wishes and prayers - & thanks. Ever devotedly in Notre Dame, Father Ted Hesburgh". . Important education and Civil Rights Association Copy. James Armsey, ( 1918-2008) was the Ford Foundation executive who oversaw grants to universities and colleges in the 1960s, with the only requirement that they had to raise matching funds from other sources. At his urging the Foundation added the requirement that the colleges and universities could not bar black students. This change caused a number of them, including Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Tulane University, and several major private colleges, to admit black students for the first time. Father Ted Hesburgh (1917-2015) was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987, a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and one of the nation’s most… Read More