One Day At A Time by Larry Marcus - September 9, 1955: The Alcoholics Anonymous Story

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1887. Bound in pictorial decorated, gilt titled green cloth. 12mo. The First Edition. Includes an ALS by the author to "Mr. W.M. Burnettlaid-on to the front free end sheet. Written in a bold hand in ink upon a single sheet (4.25" x 7") bearing the imprint "Jekyll Island Club, Brunswick, Georgia". Letter reads, "My dear Mr. Burnett: I not only comply with your request with pleasure, but thank you for a great favor you have done me. Your pleasant words the other day made a green spot in what was a dry and tedious journey and I have born them in kindly rememberance ever since. Yours very sincerely Thomas Nelson Page. Slight lean to volume. Covers very mildly worn. Corners gently bumped. Bookplate to flyleaf. Some very occasional and incidental internal soiling. Letter presents evidence of offset due to insufficient blotting at time of composition. A Very Good copy of the authors first book, with a Very Good crisp and most legible… Read More

The only child of George Washington's long-time personal secretary Tobias Lear was actually born in the early "White House" in Philadelphia, and Washington was his godfather; his mother died when he was two (Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were among her pallbearers), and he went on to become a successful attorney in Washington, DC; Gilbert Stuart painted a well-known portrait of him. Outstanding AMS, 2pp (recto and verso), 7 3/4" X 12 3/4", Portsmouth, NH, 1817 August 20. Very good. Three light horizontal original folds; mild age toning and slight edgewear. This attractively and boldly penned document is titled "Christmas Hymn," and contains the full text of a Christmas song whose original we have not been able to determine. Begins, "Hail holy morn, upon whose beams / A thousand radiant Seraphs rode, / Bright from the Sapphire throne of God. / Bursting upon the Shepherd's dreams.- / While poised upon the glittering wing, / A thousand choral voices sing, / Glad tidings of great joy we bring, /… Read More

London: Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street; For John Carr, 56, Paternoster-Row, 1814. First Edition. Full Calf. Fine. First Edition of this uncommon satirical depiction of various Regency-era character types and memes, in verse. Crown 8vo: viii,158,[2]pp, with eight delicately hand-colored aquatints, including the frontispiece. Complete with half-title and two pages of publisher's advertisements. (In every copy we've seen, plate no. 5, often described as bound out of sequence, is placed between plates nos. 7 and 8, and according to the text, that is where it belongs.) Later full tan calf, covers framed with French fillet and gilt sunburst ornament to corners, richly gilt spine in six compartments divided by raised bands, red morocco lettering piece gilt, gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. From the collection of bibliophile Brent Gration-Maxfield, with his characteristic manuscript ex-libris and tidy bibliographic notes ("collated perfect," "only blemish is a slight mark… Read More

Durham, England, 1681; Final concord Latin indenture in highly mannered Gothic style, executed at the court of Durham during the reign of Charles II on the 26th day of May in the year 1681 before three identified justices and the Mayor of the City Of Durham. Plaintiff is John Garstell, deforciants are Mary Hopper and Anthony Craggs and wife Amice. At issue is a tenement comprised of messuage, an orchard, twenty acres of land, twenty acres of meadow, and twenty acres of pasture, together with all goods and appurtenances, at Wiserley, Weardale township, in the parish of Wolsingham, County Durham. A sum of 160 silver marks was paid, suggesting this property was almost certainly a freehold. Indeed the names of John Gastell, Anthony Craggs and John Hopper appear as Wolsingham freeholders for 1685 in H. Conyers Surtees’ "History Of The Parish Of Wolsingham." Freeholds in Wolsingham were scarce, as the vast majority of lands were retained by the See of the Bishop of Durham. Manuscript… Read More

Key West, Fla.: Frank Johnson, Jewelry and Souvenirs, 1916. A Very Good Soft cover. Very Good. A bit of soiling, foxing and wear to wrappers; small stain on the fore edge of the rear wrapper. No flaws to the interior. Title page, leaf of text, & 16 Albertype [i.e. collotype] plates from photographs, some with multiple images. 13.5x18.5 cm (5¼x7¼"), original wrappers with bird's-eye view, ribbon tie.. Rare and captivating view book - One copy in Institutional Holdings at the State library of Florida. Unique with many of the photos Bird's Eye Views including of the Island tip on the cover; the Florida East Coast Railroad Terminal, U.S. Naval Station, Post Office, and Custom House; Wireless Station. Other photos include Hotels, Naval Yard, Overseas Rail Line and Bridges; Convent of Mary Immaculate; Light House; Sponge Market. Background: Key West was relatively isolated until 1912, when it was connected to the Florida mainland via the Overseas Railway extension of Henry M. Flagler's Florida East… Read More

(n.p.): (n.p.). 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. Signed by Ford. An unknown number of copies were produced; Ford signed seven of them at a reading in 1990. Photo-reproduced sheets on 3-hole paper. In this copy, page 120 was typed on a different typewriter than the first 119 pages. A fine copy, bound in a flexible blue binder. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. No Binding. Fine.

(n.p.): Burbank Studios. 1980. Tesich's second draft screenplay (September, 1980) for the film based on Irving's novel. 149 pages, bradbound in studio wrappers; "Garp" written on spine; near fine. Together with a "Confidential" 8-page synopsis of Tesich's January, 1981 final draft by story analyst Thomas Craig, dated 2/27/81: 7-pages of synopsis; 1 page of comment on how the final draft differs from the second draft that is included here. The final draft referred to by the synopsis and commentary was 10 pages shorter than this second draft. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1953. First Ediiton. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Octavo, 842 pages; Original maroon cloth, with gilt letters on spine, in blue bands. Original yellow dust jacket, printed in black. SIGNED by Alfred C. Kinsey on front end paper; bookplate. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Now scarce on the market, in collectible condition; the first printing was priced at $8 and 250,000 copies were issued. According to an article in Life magazine (August 24, 1953), the "Long-awaited study shows they [women] are not very interested in sex." Interviews with 5,940 women were conducted.

A Very good hardcover unique copy 3 volume manuscripts of the H. Moscoff Anonymous Tobacco Company in Thessaloniki . The 3 volumes contain all the minutes of the Board of Directors from the 1st to the last dissolving the Company.I. Αρ Πρακτικων 1 - 156. 31.12.1956 – 5.7.1970. / 31.12.1956 - 5.7.1970. Proceedings 1 - 156II. Αρ Πρακτικων 156 – 296. Απο 23 Ιουλιου.1970 - 31 Μαιου 1989 / Proceedings 156 - 296. From 23 July 1970 - 31 May 1989III. Αρ Πρακτικων 297 – 346. Απο Αυγ. 1989 - 4 Νοεμβ. 1994 / Proceedings 297 – 346. From Aug. 1989 - 4 Nov. 1994. GREEK text.

First printing of the second edition, 1955. First state. "realy" on page XX, line 6. "6000" in footnote, page 16. 575 pages in blue cloth with dust jacket. No additional printings. Some very light wear at cover and dj edges. Else, clean and unmarked. No inscriptions, underlining, foxing, soiling, hi-liting, or notations of any kind. Binding is tight. Spine is square. DJ in mylar cover.