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Bando Kriegsgefangenenlager, Japan: Lagerdruckerei, 1917. Softcover. Near Fine. A collection of eight rare printed items little known outside of Germany or Japan. The Bando POW Camp, located near Naruto, Japan, was set up in 1917 to house about one thousand German prisoners, both soldiers and civilians, who had been captured at Tsingtao, China. The collection includes the very rare camp directory: *Kriegsgefangenenlager Bando Adressbuch* (November 1917), with two fine color maps and advertisements; a beautifully illustrated children's book: *Drei Märchen* meant to be sent home to family and friends in Germany; and the final six consecutive issues of *Die Baracke* (April - September, 1919), an illustrated monthly "Zeitung für das Kriegsgefangenenlager" [Newspaper for Prisoners of War]. All eight items are remarkably well-preserved, in very good to near fine condition. Unlike other Japanese POW camps, the German prisoners at Bando were given an unusual level of freedom, and were allowed to… Read More

Fair Oak, near Kingsclere: Privately published by the author 1931. Limited edition. Number two of thirty copies, this is one of the twenty four uncoloured copies, printed on Hollingworth paper, the first page printed in red. 385x275mm. pp. [10], 16, [8]. Seven full-page lithographed plates and other illustrations in the text. Original tan half morocco, cloth covered boards. Upper cover stamped in gilt with a figure of nude boy and lettered in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing to head and foot of spine and to joints. Slight marking to covers and some rubbing to the cloth on the lower board but otherwise a very good copy and internally near fine save for some minor toning to edges. Ralph Chubb (1892-1960) "was both a prophet and paiderast" (Oliver Drummond, International Journal of Greek Love, 1965). After service in WWI, he studied at the Slade. During the early 1920s, he had some success as an artist and produced three hand-printed books linked by their treatment of sexuality and the male body.… Read More

LONDON ENGLAND UK. Good+. 1916. Decorative Cloth. On offer - "A CLUB DINNER MEMORY" A Poem by Laurence Housman March 6, 1916. Extraordinary rare signed manuscript with photograph; a most intriguing manuscript bound in marbled boards with handmade label on front. 8 x 10.5 inches. It begins with pasted down photo of Laurence Housman and others at a table at the club dinner [Research suggests that his brother is seated to his right]. Two pages of an original handwritten poem in Housman's hand on lined paper follow. The poem relates the joys of the dinner but is primarily a rant against the War, the author having come fresh off a ship, "Relaxed from the weight. all horror and hate,/of Europe's bloody necropholists,/ I tucked in my knees, quite snugly at ease,/ With dramatists, painters, and novelists.... The crowd at said dinner is diverse, many nationalities and races, and Housman asks, Why cannot there some great evangelist come/ And knock sense in the heads of… Read More

Large Archive includes 2,191 letters, comprising 6,737 manuscript and typed pages, plus over 1,000 pieces of paper and printed ephemera. Of the 2,191 letters, 1,626 letters (4,793 pages, dated 1920-1983) are from the family of Kenneth S. Fagg and Marion Rebuschatis and their children, with the remaining 565 letters (1,944 pages, dated 1896-1960) that of the family of Theodore Szarvas and his wife Vivian Florence Fraser and their children.Description of the Fagg family section of archive:
1,626 letters, comprising 4,793 manuscript and typed pages broken down as follows:
1920s: 1920: 1 letter, 7 pages; 1921: 169 letters, 444 pages; 1922: 154 letters, 508 pages;1923: 62 letters, 186 pages;1924: 153 letters, 465 pages;1925: 117 letters, 387 pages;1926: 135 letters, 370 pages;1927: 78 letters, 201 pages;1928: 8 letters, 17 pages. This part of the collection is mainly correspondence between Kenneth S. Fagg and Marion Rebuschatis both before and after they were married, while they were both attending… Read More

Oxford: Blackwell, 1918. original paper wrappers, paper label on front cover, paper spine label, uncut fore & top edges. Sayers, Dorothy L.. 8vo. original paper wrappers, paper label on front cover, paper spine label, uncut fore & top edges. 55, (3) pages. First edition. Minor uneven age-darkening to paper wrappers. Front hinge starting. Else a near fine copy. With early poetry by Huxley, including his 'Two Songs' and 'Song of Poplars' and Sayers' 'Pygmalion'. Inscribed and signed by Dorothy Sayers, "Minnie / With love from / Dorothy." on half-title page. Edited by W. R. C., T. W. E. & D. L. S. Includes poems by Graves, Meyerstein, Nichols, Strong, Sayers, Morgan, Huxley, et al. REILLY (WWI), p.75. This extremely early appearance of poetry by Huxley and Sayers is incredibly scarce, furthermore being inscribed by the famed author.

U.S. Navy. Good. 1920. On offer is an excellent small songbook kept by an American sailor. This notebook measures 6 inches by 3 3/4 inches and contains 140 pages. It is 60% complete. The cover and pages are in good condition and the handwriting is very legible. For centuries, sailors have used songs to help with their heavy work, to entertain themselves and to build the sense of crew spirit so needed to man ships for long periods of time in all kinds of weather. Lewis Szarek was no different. A Machinists Mate in the United States Navy, he apparently served from the late 1920's into WWII. He has written his name and service (US Navy) on the inside cover. Casual research suggests that he comes from Providence, RI. However, no other biographical data was found. The notebooks contain the lyrics to 39 songs. One song, Coghlan's Black Gang Crew, possibly points to the ship he served on in WWII - the destroyer USS Coughlan (DD 606). The term 'black gang' is a naval term with its… Read More

[Philadelphia], 1915. Collection of a total of 285 manuscript and typescript pages of prose, poetry, and dramatic material written and edited by suffragist Sarah Dickson Lowrie (1870-1957). Lowrie, a columnist and editor at the Philadelphia Public Ledger, was also an activist. Founder of the Philadelphia Women's Committee, later Chairperson of the Philadelphia League of Women Voters, she used her public platform to promote equality for women and the working poor. An exceptional collection of material capturing the range of Lowrie's work as an author and editor, including three genres across a period of at least 15 years. Included are: Autograph Manuscript including 5 published and unpublished works (202 pages dated 1900-1903) Bound in half sheep over pebbled cloth measuring 7 x 8 inches and dated 1900-1903. The gift inscription in Lowrie's hand on the front endpaper, "Mabel Norris Stewart, April 1900," suggests that the notebook was a gift from her sister, a major supporter of Sarah's career.… Read More

Faber,, 1928-1930-1936. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly browned as often; original blue buckram, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, backstrips lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean set. EDITIONS LIMITED TO 260/750/300 NUMBERED COPIES RESPECTIVELY, ALL SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THESE COPIES NOS. 181, 201, 242 RESPECTIVELY). Sassoon's classic fictional autobiographical trilogy comprises: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1928), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) and Sherston's Progress (1936). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Keynes, A30b, A33b, A40b respectively.

Large, black photo album which measures: 15 1/4" x 11 1/4", 3" thick, with 80 leaves/160 pages. Numerated on the top right corner of the right-hand pages (up to 76). Photos vary in size. A proud American, Fred. E. Elder from Coshocton, Ohio, volunteered with the allied forces against a common enemy. His training began at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, and his service took him to Belgium, Italy, France, and back home to America. He wore the uniform for two years and eight days. Throughout these pages are poetry, postcards, photographs, commands from headquarters, praise from General Pershing, encouragement from President Wilson, copies of intercepted communications, summaries of intelligence (enemy artillery, traps and mines, rumors of peace, etc.). This album is an extensive documentation of an American soldier's experience on the front lines of the 37th Division. There are over 300 photographs which show men in uniform, equipment, an observation blimp, a submarine, guns, gas attacks, cavalry… Read More

Cincinnati: [n.p.], 1920. Very good plus.. Rare inscribed first edition of the second poetry collection by the Black artist and author called by contemporaries the "Paul Laurence Dunbar of Cincinnati," presented to another Cincinnati poet. Dandridge, a painter and decorator in his early years, changed his profession to telephone coal sales and his creative talents to poetry after polio left him hemiplegic at the age of 29; by the mid-1920s he was literary editor of THE CINCINNATI JOURNAL. The poems in his three published collections are written alternately in dialect reminiscent of fellow Ohioan Paul Laurence Dunbar, to whom he was frequently compared, and in the literary register of poetic convention. During and after his lifetime, Dandridge's lesser efforts were frequently anthologized. The poet is still more frequently damned with excruciating faint praise as an inspirational figure, his poetry reduced to "a striking example of what can be done in spite of handicaps" (Wormley, 1937). There was… Read More

Marc, Franz (German, 1880-1916). STELLA PEREGRINA. FranzHanffstaengl, Munich, 1917. 1st edition. Number 25 of the limited edition of 110. Folio, parchment-backed marbled boards, text including an Introductory essay on Marc by Hermann Bahr, and eighteen poems written or translated by then contemporary German poets, each printed on a full sheet, and each accompanied by an illustration by Marc tipped onto a fullsheet of colored paper. The 18 plates are facsimiles after originals by Marc, handcolored by Annette von Eckardt. Poets include Emil, Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath (3), Gustav Renner, Margarete Susman, Hans Bethge (3), Ludwig Jacobowski, Wilhem Wackernagel, Richard Dehmel, Carmen Sylva, Irene von Forbes-Mosse, and Gustav Falke. The poems were selected by Marc, and he worked on the illustrations between 1904 and 1909. Marc was killed in World War I, and this book was published the following year. Light wear at the edges and corners of the boards, and occasional light sptting or foxing, else a very… Read More

ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA USS TENNESSEE. Good. 1913. On offer is an excellent, very detailed original 5-year diary handwritten by a Lehigh University female student who appears to be from an affluent family. Margaret Shimer is an 18 year old girl living in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Daughter of a well-to-do family, she enjoys a very comfortable life during the years of WWI. In high school when the diary begins, her entries are full of remarks about social activities and friends. With her mother, she enjoys shopping for dresses, hats and such, meeting friends and going dancing. From context, we learn that she attends a local post-secondary institution [while unnamed she refers to Professor Hughes and we note a Professor Hughes at Lehigh University at that time and geographically it makes a near conclusive case] 'Asked Prof. Hughes if he would sign my degree and he said he would ...' [Feb 18, 1915] There are entries referring to her studies: Poetry test without studying for it [June 6,… Read More

ABOARD THE S.S. SAMARIA. Good. 1923. On offer is a sensational, original manuscript diary written in a souvenir Around the World Log Book for the Golden Jubilee in 1923 beginning January 24th departing New York aboard the S.S. Samaria to return four months later. The 112 page book, which has a scrapbook quality; tucked in are postcards, newspaper articles, cards, the passenger list etc., was handwritten by a super diarist, Mariana Townsend a 60 year old woman who has an excellent eye for detail and a great sense of humor that translate to the page wonderfully well. Besides the great narrative this was a historical trip in a number of ways: we learn as she writes in her wonderfully descriptive way that the Samaria was hailed: "the largest ship ever to pass through the 98 miles of ditch" having been permitted to go through the Suez Canal at the cost of $30,000. Of particular interests to Egyptologists and historians of post World War I Egypt will find extensive entries of her time… Read More

(Santiago de Chile): Litografía Cadot, 1918. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 14pp. Stapled illustrated self-wrappers with decorative red, white, and blue ribbons along the spine. Vertical crease, some foxing and small stains and tears on the wrappers, very good. A poem in celebration of Wilson, with an essay on Pan-American unity. Inscribed by the author in slightly fractured English to Wilson: "To H.E. Mr. Woodrow Wilson. To the most vast intelligency of the world, and to the most eminant Statesman of America. Let the Star of Chile unite with the luminous pleyade of the United States of America and illuminate constantly the American fraternity. Gustavo Undurraga." Laid in is a wraparound band hand addressed to Wilson. *OCLC* locates no copies. Possibly unique.

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. Girl's diary and scrapbook of her life and adventures during 1916 to 1921 from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Three quarter black leather with paper marbled boards measuring 10.5" x 8". 202pp. Approximately 42,000 words. Very good lacking the spine, modest rubbing, and edgewear with clear handwritten text. Contains three gelatin silver sepia-toned photographs measuring 4" x 3" with newspaper and magazine clippings. Vera Shipman's daily diary during her time in high school and after college. The diary starts on Shipman's 16th birthday on April 30th, 1916: "I was sweet sixteen today a very important epoch in my life. It was great, and the only mean thing is, it can never happen again". Most of the diary takes place during the time Shipman was at her high school, Ridgefield Park High school in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Shipman spent most of her time playing basketball, crocheting, biking, and watching films with her friends. Many of the films… Read More

Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Abell, John. Special Edition, number II of XII, of a total edition of 150, oblong elephant folio, [64] unnumbered pp., signed by John Abell, with a separate suite of prints and an actual linocut block. The only book published by English author and war poet Arthur Graeme West (1891-1917), with the first edition published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., and printed at the Pelican Press in 1919. Being the grim journey of a young Balliol scholar who enthusiastically enlists in the army in 1914, who becomes quickly disillusioned when faced with the horrors of war, eventually losing his faith in both the army and God. The illustrations are by Welsh artist John Abell, a young artist who lives and works in Cardiff and Bristol; he was Wales Artist of the Year runner-up in 2013 and the recipient of the Curwen Studio Residency awarded by the Josef Herman Foundation Cymru in 2012. His illustrations for this book evoke the overwhelming,… Read More

New York, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio measuring 13" x 10". String-tied black cloth over stiff paper boards with "photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 74 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 7" with captions as well as a variety of ephemera including newspaper clippings, letters, programs, and cards, among other items. Very good album with some edgewear and rubbing with near fine contents. A scrapbook kept by Grace Remmington of Gloversville, New York beginning in 1907. The album is filled with miscellany from the period of 1907 through 1930 including some material related to the "vamp" actress, Theda Bara. Other items include holiday cards, newspaper clippings, horoscopes, and photographs Remmington collected over the years. One page includes a drawing of two hands with lines for fortune telling such as the heart line, life lines, and what planets belong to what part of the hands. Later pages show typed… Read More

New York: B.W. Huebsch, Inc, 1921. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. [ix], 33pp. Bound in publisher's paper boards lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear at extremities, light soiling to covers; minor foxing to all edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper; moderate foxing to front and rear sheets. Minor offsetting from frontisportrait to title. Contents lightly toned with scattered foxing. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. A scarce collection of WWI poetry by poet and soldier Wilfred Owen.

New York: B.W. Huebsch. Inc, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, from the English sheets. Small quarto. 33pp. Frontispiece portrait photograph. Papercovered boards gilt. Later owner's name dated in 1939, bottom 1/2" of paper eroded at the foot of the spine, faint small stains on the boards, a couple of light tape stains on the endpapers, else a presentable very good copy.

Faber,, [1928-1936]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in uniform burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant set of first editions of Sassoon's 'fictitious' autobiography in which his story is told by 'George Sherston'.