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SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING
by [MENCKEN, H. L.] HOOD, Richard Thomas
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- Used - Fine
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- n.d.
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$625.00
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n.d.. Print. Fine. Richard Thomas Hood. A9" x 11-1/2" ORIGINAL ETCHING of Mencken by Richard Thomas Hood SIGNED by the artist and by the combative journalist. Fine image of Mencken seated and staring warily ahead. From the Artists Series created by Richard Thomas Hood (1910-1993), Philadelphia artist and Director of the Pennsylvania Art Project (WPA). Mencken's satirical reporting… Read more about this item Item Price
$625.00
THE ILLITERATE DIGEST
by ROGERS, Will
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,562.50
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New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Somewhat larger than the trade edition, this copy has an attractive modern 3/4 brown morocco leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt rules on the covers and a gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with drawings. Copy #34 of 250… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,562.50
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by COBB, Irvin
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 23 May 1929
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York, 23 May 1929. Letter. Near Fine. On 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" personal stationery Cobb forwards his autograph. Cobb was a humorist and columnist who at one time was the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
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$43.80
ARCHIVE OF TEN TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) with Additional Materials
by MENCKEN, H. L
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- Used - Normal creases from folding. Near Fine
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- 1944 - 1946
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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Baltimore, 1944 - 1946. Letter. Normal creases from folding. Near Fine. Ten TYPED LETTERS SIGNED on personal stationery, ranging from 1 to 2 pages, addressed to Isaac Edgar Clark, concerning Clark's manuscript, An Analysis of Ring Lardner's American Language: or Who Learnt You Grammar Bud? Ring Lardner (1885-1933), American sports journalist and short story author, was known for… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by ALSOP, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- 18 May 1983
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Washington DC, 18 May 1983. Letter. Near Fine. Two-page letter SIGNED as "Joe" on his personal stationery to journalist Richard Tobin. In part: "It did me good to hear from you again, and I am delighted you liked the FDR book. (An odd thing: the only really successful book I have ever written but turned out in a… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
FRANK SULLIVAN THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. A COLLECTION OF HIS LETTERS AND PIECES
by SULLIVAN, Frank
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- Slight staining to gutters due to glue used in binding. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small closed tear
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1970. Hardcover. Slight staining to gutters due to glue used in binding. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small closed tear. A collection of Sullivan's best pieces and poems from THE NEW YORKER edited and with an afterword by George Oppenheimer and with an introduction by Marc Connelly.… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
TWO-WAY PASSAGE
by ADAMIC, Louis
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- Used - Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1941)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Political and social commentary on the eve of America's entrance into the war. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page.
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$43.80
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
by ADAMIC, Louis
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- Used - Inscribee's bookplate on front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1942)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribee's bookplate on front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. An examination of the evolution, intricacies, and absurdities of last names. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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$43.80
LUCAS, KING OF THE BALUCAS
by ADAMIC, Louis
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- Used - Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1935
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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Los Angeles: Arthur Whipple, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Eizzil. One of 350 copies illustrated with woodcuts by Eizzil. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper.
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$43.80
JOE GOULD'S SECRET
by MITCHELL, Joseph
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- Used - Near Fine in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with a couple of minor closed tears
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- First Edition
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- (1965)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$250.00
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New York: The Viking Press, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper with a couple of minor closed tears. Basis for the 2000 film directed by and starring Stanley Tucci, with Ian Holm as the title figure, one of the most renowned Greenwich Village bohemians of his time. This is actor Anthony Quinn's… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
2 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs) with one envelope
by MENCKEN, H. L
- Condition
- Used - Normal creases from folding. Near Fine
- Published
- 1940
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$312.50
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Baltimore, 1940. Letter. Normal creases from folding. Near Fine. Two Typed Letters SIGNED on personal stationery with one envelope. The earliest is to Dr. Stuart Robertson of Temple University thanking him for a reprint of his article in AMERICAN SPEECH. The other letter is to a Miss Shenton thanking her for letting him see Dr. Robertson's papers.
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$312.50
