New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. First Edition. Cloth. (xvii) 453 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by Janet Flanner. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Cloth. Illustrated primarily from period photographs. Bibliography. Index. List of Press Publications, Periodicals and Newspapers. The well-researched story of the publishers of Paris from 1920..... More
Millburn, N.J. Paper Mill Playhouse, 1983. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL program for the 1983 production of "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU" at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey (The "State Theater of New Jersey"). It is SIGNED in ink twice by star Jason Robards;..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 232 pages. Illustrated silver dust jacket. Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin. Illustrated primarily from L'Amour vintage family photographs. Bibliography (L'Amour's reading lists). Octavo. Cloth-qbacked red boards. A memoir published after Western writer L'Amour's death in 1988, describing his self-education through a...... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1980. First Edition. 274 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Frontis portrait. Illustrated from photographs. Index. Bibliography. Cloth Backed Boards. Octavo. Silver spine lettering. A well-researched biography of O'Hara, the hard-drinking author of Butterfield 8, Appontment In Samara, From The Terrace and Pal Joey..... More
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1863. First Edition. Cloth. (viii) 371 (8 adverts.) pp. Illustrated "With Many Comic Illustrations By Mullen". Brown embossed cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Repaired by Coriander Reisbord, including re-backing with original spine laid down (Reisbord's notes laid in). Cataloger's notes affixed to rear pastedown. Per..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL poster for "HARPER'S MAGAZINE" September 1895. Artist Edward Penfield. Listed are Authors Mark Twain, Owen Wister ("The Virginian") and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis. Expertly linen-backed by dba Innis Archive. 9 3/8" x 13 1/2" plus a 2"..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL Poster for Harper's Weekly "MIDSUMMER NUMBER", Circa 1895. Artist: Edward Penfield. Linen-backed by dba Innis Archive. 10 1/2" x 16 1/4" plus a 2" linen perimeter. Edward Penfield (1866-1925) was an important American illustrator, often called the Father..... More
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1904. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 204 (1) pages. First American Edition (preceding the English edition by two months). Illustrated cloth. TEG. 4 1/2" x 7". Printed at The University Press, Cambridge. This short South Seas novel was written by Stevenson and his stepson, Osbourne, and was..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1957. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 117 pp. Illustrated, including a photograph of Mark Twain, taken about 1865 in San Francisco. Edition limited to 400 un-numbered copies printed by The Allen Press of San Francisco. Prospectus and other publication material laid in. 8..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. (vii) 400 (xxv) pages. Dust Jacket. Large octavo. Green cloth; gilt spine titling. Illustrated including vintage photographs. Bibliography. Notes and references. Index. From the jacket: "This is the story of the writing which came out of San Francisco and its closely..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. First Edition. Cloth. (xxxiii) 347 pages. First Edition; First Printing. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from vintage black and white photographs. Foreword by Beach biographer Noel Riley Fitch. Chronology. Index. Glossary of Correspondents. Appendices. Introduction including Notes and References. Cloth. Octavo. A well-organized accumulation of..... More
Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University press, 1975. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. (xi)209 (3) pages. First Edition. Frontispiece photograph of West books. 5 3/4" x 9". Red cloth. Index. The well-researched and complete bibliography of Nathanael West, the author of The Day of the Locust, Miss Lonleyhearts, A Cool Million..... More
