Search Results: Literature from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[BROOKS ATKINSON 2 LETTERS SIGNED / ROYAL MURDOCH POETRY / LGBTQ INTEREST] BROOKS ATKINSON, TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED/TLSs, as N. Y. Times critic on N. Y. Times stationery, 7" x 8-1/2" with horizontal folds as mailed with envelopes addressed to recipient with "Brooks Atkinson" typed above N. Y. Times return address, Atkinson replies to a friend of the gay poet Royal Murdoch who is helping Murdoch get publicity for his poetry, Atkinson declines to write anything saying he is not knowledgeable about poetry, but offers suggestions, (1) September 22, 1964, excerpts, "I enclose a copy of the first column on Alger…I have found over the years I can't write interesting columns on subjects with which I am not [inserted by hand in pen] or in fields in which I have no [inserted by hand in pen above crossed out word "some"]. Judging the value of poetry is something I am not prepared to do with confidence…":, (2) October 2, 1964, excerpts, "very interesting verse, especially the humorous jingle…I know very… Read More

CHILDWOLD by Joyce Carol Oates, with signature of the poet Joan Joffee Hall on front cover, advance uncorrected proof, Vanguard, 1976, mustard softcover/paper wraps, 5" wide x 10-3/4" high, 226 pages, copied handwritten page numbers at bottom of pages and a few copied minor handwritten edits in text), advance uncorrected proofs slip addressed "To the Literary Editor" taped in inside front cover, Joan Joffe Hall (d. 2013), "Dr. Hall was the first woman hired for a tenure-track position in the English Dept. of the University of Connecticut, in 1963. She helped found the women's studies program at UConn, as well as the creative writing and film study programs. A tireless advocate of women's rights and gender equity, she was also a gifted poet." (from an online obituary); CONDITION: very good-plus or better condition, touches of wear at front corners, some light discoloration on back cover, rough spot near bottom of spine, overall well-preserved copy with tight binding and text.

[RUSSIAN AUTHOR; READER'S REPORT, 1935] ALEXEI TOLSTOI, 1882-1945, "Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and in historical novels…," READER'S REPORT for publisher Longman's Green & Co., New York, on Tolstoi's novel "Darkness and Dawn" sent to reader November 9, 1935, with note "MS Returned by Reader" and the reader's report of more than 550 words on front and back covers including sections "Character of Book" and "Advice," stiff paper cover with type on spine DARKNESS AND DAWN by Alexei Tolstoi • Publication date: March 25, 5-1/2"x 8", 570 pages /// READER'S REPORT EXCERPTS: "It is first of all a fine novel, and absolutely interesting, a book rich in the best Russian tradition of Chekov [etc.]…[Tolstoi's novel] leaves one feeling that the Russians are capable of achieving more more within in the limitations of the novel than any [others]…The scope of this book is enormous, its intent profound…Tolstoi used this young girl [character] as a… Read More

[FILM PRODUCTION ARCHIVE; SCREEN ADAPTATION; ISAK DINESEN STORY] THE DELUGE [screenplay working title, full title The Deluge at Norderney], from the story by Isak Dinesen, Screenplay by Gerald Kean, archive including 4-1/2" x 7" pages from a copy of the 79-page story in Dinesen's book "Seven Gothic Tales" taken apart and glued on front side only of 8-1/2" x 14" blank pages put in order in 4-ring binder, in the wide margins outside of the book pages the screenwriter Gerald Kean has added notes in red and black pen and in pencil for the screenplay he is writing for the film production; between some of the annotated book pages are lined pages of the screenwriter's handwritten notes and scene sketches, this annotated copy of the book pages is the screenwriter's first step in the writing of the screenplay, this ringed binder of the annotated book pages comes with a carbon copy of the final version of the screenplay and also a photostat copy of it, at the front of each is a page headed "In a letter to the… Read More

[SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY; EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING; RARE HAVANA SEGAR MART; WOMEN'S INTERESTS, TEACHER AT BROOKLYN FEMALE ACADEMY] THE SPANISH TEACHER and Colloquial Phrase-Book, An Easy and AgreeableMethod of Acquiring a Speaking Knowledge of the Spanish Language by Francis Butler, Teacher and Translator of Languages, published by Havana Segar Mart, 205 Water Street, New York, 1849, first edition, blind-stamped brown cloth with (faded) gilding and title on spine, 4" x 6", 293 pages, first two page leafs (title, copyright, Preface, Contents) uncut at top edges, a few pages somewhat shorter at top edge, Preface dated New York, July 4, 1849, content includes elements of grammar plus vocabulary sections with such titles as Of the weather, News, At a bookseller's, To engage a female servant, To play at chess, small bookseller stamp "Sold at Raynors Bookstore, 76 Bowery, NY" at lower right corner of inside front cover; RARE, no copies of this 1849 date by this publisher recorded at WorldCat/OCLC (11/11/21),… Read More

[HOWARD TOWNSEND VICTORIAN/19th CENTURY CRIME STORIES] HORACE TOWNSEND seven/7 Victorian crime stories newspaper clippings/scrapbook, Victorian period crime stories by Horace Townsend (1859-1922), published by S. S. McClure and others, 1880s/1890s, from 1883 to 1900 Townsend was on the staff of the New York Tribune, until 1895 he was this paper's London correspondent…after 1900 he was the European correspondent for several U.S. newspapers including the Chicago Record and the Philadelphia Record…he also did newspaper writing as an art critic and wrote plays and shorts stories…Townsend's crime stories collected in this scrapbook of clippings are in a realistic style with spots of sensationalism reflecting a period of change from the Victorian sensibility to modernistic realism…the writing style is almost ornate and the diction of the characters is relatively formal, yet the subject matter is like true-crime and grisly crimes…Townsend was writing these stories appearing in newspapers at a time… Read More

[RARE AMERICANA SATIRE 1930s; EDWARD A. CHURCH] ]I & CASSIOPEA by Edward A. Church, no publisher given, undated/but ca. 1930 given by WorldCat/OCLC, illustrated softcover, light brown imitation antique paper, 8" x 10", 20 pages including covers, illustrated, "Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 1st, 1700" at the beginning of the text, signed in print at the end "Edd. A. Church" (Edward A. Church); WorldCat/OCLC categorizes this work as "American, Satire," the story is an amusing look at the relationship between an early 18th century Boston gentleman who is somewhat of a dandy and his wife Cassiopea; RARE, none found for sale (2/5/21), WorldCat/OCLC records only 8 copies, all at American libraries including Yale, Harvard, NY Public Library System, and the Huntington Library in California; EDWARD A. CHURCH was a Boston resident involved in local community and religious affairs during the latter 1800s until the 1930s; online references to him are "[author of poem ] handwritten elegiac poem entitled 'Charles Gordon… Read More

[RARE AMERICANA SATIRE 1930s; EDWARD A. CHURCH] ]I & CASSIOPEA by Edward A. Church, no publisher given, undated/but ca. 1930 given by WorldCat/OCLC, illustrated softcover, light brown imitation antique paper, 8" x 10", 20 pages including covers, illustrated, "Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 1st, 1700" at the beginning of the text, signed in print at the end "Edd. A. Church" (Edward A. Church); WorldCat/OCLC categorizes this work as "American, Satire," the story is an amusing look at the relationship between an early 18th century Boston gentleman who is somewhat of a dandy and his wife Cassiopea; RARE, none found for sale (2/5/21), WorldCat/OCLC records only 8 copies, all at American libraries including Yale, Harvard, NY Public Library System, and the Huntington Library in California; EDWARD A. CHURCH was a Boston resident involved in local community and religious affairs during the latter 1800s until the 1930s; online references to him are "[author of poem ] handwritten elegiac poem entitled 'Charles Gordon… Read More

IZAAK WALTON, A New Bibliography 1653-1987, by Rodolphe L. Coigney, published by James Cummins, 1989, #123 of 500 limited edition signed by author, with laid in typed letter hand-signed "Michael" from Michel Roux of Carillon Importers Ltd., New Jersey, letterhead sheet to a wine and spirits distributor in the U.S. the copy was sent to as a gift, Michael Roux (d. 2019) was the president-chief executive officer of Carillon Importers, an online obituary of him reads in part, "Michel Roux, who built Absolut Vodka into an icon of the spirits business, has passed away at age 78…Together, Roux and TBWA [advertising agency] began commissioning artists—starting with Andy Warhol—to create a bottle-based, art-centric advertising campaign. The partners created what became the most successful spirits ad campaign in history, portraying the Absolut bottle in innumerable executions….", hardcover with jacket (unpriced as issued), 7" x 10", 7" x 10", xix + 434 pages, photographs, appendices, index ///… Read More

[THEATER MEMORABILIA; ENGLISH THEATER; HENRY IRVING] SOUVENIR OF DANTE AS PRODUCED BY HENRY IRVING, by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, rendered into English by Laurence Irving, illustrated, published by R. H. Russell, New York, 1903, softcover string bound, 7-1/2" x 10-3/4", vi, 14 pages (last page blank), lightly glossed pages of heavier paper, 6 full-page illustrations/plates of characters in costume signed "Chas. A. Buchel 1903" in each plate including frontispiece; NOTES: HENRY IRVING, 1838-1905, Victorian era English stage actor known as an actor-manager for having responsibility for all aspects of production including sets, lighting, direction, and casting and also playing the leading roles…first actor to be awarded a knighthood (1895)…"Dante" was the last play staged by Irving and his company, and his last role…in 1905 while the play was on tour, Irving suffered a stroke during a performance and died a short time later (wikipedia); CHARLES A. BUCHEL, 1872-1950, born in Mainz,… Read More

[HISPANIC LITERATURE, TEXT IN SPANISH; AUTHOR SIGNED COPY; WOMEN'S INTEREST; RARE] TRES CANTATAS AL MAR - Al Dormido Mar, Al Mar Que Despierta, Al Despierto Mar - Libro primero de las cantatas, by Ilka Krupkin, inscribed and signed by the poet to noted Cuban emigree poet Rita Geada, published by Editor El Maguntina, Buenos Aires, 1947, Segunda Edicion (stated on title page), inscribed and signed by the poet on the half-title page, "a Rita Geada, poeta, Cuba libre, recuedo de Ilka Krupkin, 1961/Vergara 1891, Florida (B.A.), Argentina", (detached but present) softcover/paper wraps, 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 2-color/red-and-black text front cover and title page, 30 pages, some red text on interior pages; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee /// CONDITION: very good or better condition, detached cover worn with edgewear, small triangular chip at front beside bottom of spine, 1" closed tear at front edge of bottom of spine, loss of bottom 2" of spine, light fading to cover, small "91+T" in pen… Read More

[THEODORE LYMAN WRIGHT BELOIT COLLEGE 18 LINE HANDWRITTEN POEM ON SAINT GAUDEN'S STATUE ROCK CREEK CEMETERY WASHINTON, D.C., 1920s] THEODORE LYMAN WRIGHT, unpublished 18 line/3 stanza handwritten poem on the back of a 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of the statue commonly known as "Grief" by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens for the Adams Memorial in Washington D. C.'s Rock Creek Cemetery, the poem was presumably written for Wright's friend Theron J. Damon (see notes and provenance below) who worked in D. C. for the Office of War Information (OWI) during World War I, initialed twice"TLW", at the end of the first stanza and the end of the third stanza/end of poem, excerpts "She might have stormed, as Shakespeare's ladies should / In tears and laughter striding down the scene — She calmly sitteth in her little wood… 'Life and Grief are — good'…She sits above them in a Deathless mood…How many marvels glisten in God's sun…To hear the clatter of the stones and fame — But Time nor… Read More