Association Copies

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author (Francis Israel Regardie). Presentation Copy. 8vo., A near fine copy in the publisher's black cloth, gilt - in a lightly used dustwrapper. Regardie has warmly inscribed this book to Ursula Greville: "For Ursula / who did some editing on this magnum opus / Love, Francis." {Regardie dedicated AHA! to Ursula Greville a 'loving, generous, devoted friend of many years who, like Aleister Crowley changed the entire course of my life.'} This is a stated First Edition / First Printing. There is some light wear to the board's extremities & to the crown and foot of the book's spine. There are three small page notations on the final free endpaper. The dustwrapper is not price clipped; with the original publisher's price of $10.00 still intact on the front flap. There is a 1" x 2" chip missing from the top right corner of the front panel and a 2" closed tear in the same… Read More

New York: Dodge Publishing Co., 1922. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "To Will H. Hays with appreciation and best regards, Helen Rowland August 1922". Foreword by Fannie Hurst. Illustrated. No dustjacket, purple cloth boards with illustrated paper label at spine and illustrated cover-size label front board. Spine label stained and cloth at spine faded else Very Good with no dustjacket, perhaps as issued. A quite interesting Association Copy, as Will H. Hays was notoriously the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"),… Read More

Chicago: Laird & Lee Inc., 1918. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, Chicago lawyer, and educator Harry F. Atwood on the half-title page- "To Hon. Wm. H. Hays with the compliments of the author Harry F. Atwood". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Atwood in… Read More

Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., Limited, 1926. Very Good, top edge gilt, vertical impression rear board, light edgewear, no dustjacket. With 30 original tissue-covered etchings and drawings by Levon West, and numerous photographs. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "For my friend Mr. Will H. Hays with sincere regards of the author & an appreciation of a friend who never fails, Faithfully, Joe Mitchell Chapple The Attic Boston 1928". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church… Read More

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1951. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons, Clyde Kluckhorn, S.A. Stouffer, Robert R. Sears, Gordon W. Allport, Harry Murray", A unique Association Copy, Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard, and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931, Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology, and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at… Read More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1954. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine copy, in a fine jacket. This was Dorothy Livesay's copy, and bears her name and nickname on the front endpaper, inscribed, ( in her distinctive script ), by P. K. Page. An exceptional copy of this Governor General Award winning book..

New York: Seaview, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 6 inches. 402 pp. Near Fine / Fine. Association copy. Embossed stamp of gifting owner at lower leading corner of front free endpaper: "Library of Harlan Ellison." Inscription with signature on title page from Ellison to recipient, long-time friend and fellow author Joe Hensley: "A Gift to Joe from his pal, Harlan Ellison 19 Feb 87." Red textured paper on board. Gold lettering on spine. White endpapers. Minor shelf wear to lower edges of boards and heel of spine. Small bumps to leading lower tips of both boards. Curved crease across spine 1 inch below crown. Text block square and tight. Interior pristine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Author's second book.

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902. Both volumes Near Fine, lacking the scarce dust jackets, top edges gilt, prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand, on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery, dated Nov. 15, 1873, one sheet folded, with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul, I remember seeing (?)'s book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & (?) my belief to that event(?) is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully, T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley ( 1825-1895) was a British educator, biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution.… Read More

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1945 First edition, stated first printing. Signed and inscribed by Robert Frost to Jerome Cantor, on the front free endpaper, with a program for the Bread Loaf Little Theatre production for "An Evening of Robert Frost," including a performance of "The Hill Wife" and "A Masque of Reason," with Jerome Cantor as Satan. Faint moister marks to front panel, light age-toning to endpapers and page margins, and a short closed tear to back end-paper, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild chipping to spine ends, faint age-toning to back cover margins, and light shelf wear, else fine.

1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to the Trial of Civil Offences Where There is no Competent Civil Judicature. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. xvi, 668, [4] pp. Includes 4-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, blind fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing, soiling and a few minor dampstains, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped, hinges cracked. "J.E.B. Stuart./ 1st Cavalry" in large penciled hand to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, upper corners of a few leaves dog-eared. A copy with an interesting Civil War… Read More

Amherst, Mass.: J. S. & C. Adams, 1840. viii, paginated 9-320, illustrated, 3 fold-out charts. RARE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Mr. A. Jenkins, Jr., with the respect of the author", with laid in single sheet center fold with one side in author's manuscript handwriting, titled "Topics on Geology" followed by 19 numbered topics with corresponding pages noted. ASSOCIATION COPY, Reverend Abraham Jenkins, Jr., (1811-1861), graduated Amherst College in 1838. Upon graduation, he assisted Hitchcock in his chemical lectures, and in his geological survey of the State of Massachusetts until the summer of 1839. Edward Hitchcock later became the third President of Amherst, (1845-1854), and was the first State Geologist of Massachusetts. The book a bit less than Very Good, tear to black cloth at front joint running the length of the book with1/4" loss of cloth at top edge of spine, light foxing, mainly at end pages, with heavier toning on verso of rear… Read More

Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1858. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Dr. Coolidge with Dr. Bigelows regards-". 75 pages, original brown cloth boards with embossed borders, lettered in gilt front cover, Very Good, stains both covers, light wear at spine ends. Bookplate of Edward Delos Churchill front paste down.With excellent medical provenance, from the collection of Edward Delos Churchill, (1895-1972), a pioneering American thoracic surgeon best remembered for describing the Churchill-Cope reflex. ASSOCIATION COPY, both Jacob Bigelow and Dr. Algernon Coolidge (1830-1912) were Harvard graduates, Boston doctors and fellow members of the prestigious Boston Society for Medical Improvement. Other members during this time were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Elliot Ware, Henry Jacob Bigelow, and J.B.S. Jackson. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.… Read More

[1945], 98pp. original binding. Memories of colleague resistance fighters privately published in 1945 It is very rare. The authors of these personal memories, however, remain anonymous. Erik Schaap published a book about Walraven van Hall and mentions this early book on Walraven van Hall.Walraven (Wally) van Hall (10 February 1906 - 12 February 1945) was a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. He founded the bank of the Resistance, which was used to distribute funds to victims of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and fund the Dutch resistance.A film was made about his wartime activities.The present volume belonged to a member of his family (on his mother's side).This volume is available at a negotiable and substantially reduced price to Dutch museums, libraries and other institutions involved in the maintenance of an historical record of Dutch WWII resistance and the fate of the Jewish community. Contact seller.

San Francisco: Scarab Press, 1980. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"for Gary Steigerwald in the middle of America. Clifford Burke". Prospectus for the book laid in, along with 2 bookmarks of handmade paper SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR -"for the love of the art of the book Clifford". Also laid in a broadside poem, 6" x 12 1/4", on handmade paper that reads -" old image squared up snoose, they call it skookum nailing up the boards that fit tight in winter mamook delate" with abstract brush stroke image and "xerox" at bottom, the broadside creased at ends and browning at top end. Book is Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1 of 2000 unnumbered copies printed, a delight for the lover of fine printing. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy.

London: Harrap & Co, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. A splendid and unique copy of the Ralph Steadman illustrated version of Treasure Island - inscribed by the artist at the front endpapers to fellow artist and writer Posy Simmonds. Inscription reads, "For Posy Simmonds from me, Ralph Steadman". In addition to the huge inscription in gold ink the artist has drawn a skeleton beneath the existing skull illustration. Bumped at the crown and lower corners, otherwise Near Fine. Dustjacket - unclipped, tiny chip to the surface of the rear panel, Near Fine. Provenance: From the library of Posy Simmonds