Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette.
The proverbial novel written by a committee. A Romance of Bar—U Ranch has 16 chapters, each written by a different student in the senior class..... Read More about Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette
Fiction & Poetry
Scenes at Washington; a Story of the Last Generation.
Obscure American novel set in early eighteenth-century Jeffersonian-era Washington. Contemporary reviews were, by and large, positive. Godey’s described the work as “...emphatically a religious novel..... Read More about Scenes at Washington; a Story of the Last Generation
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Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed]
Scarce American fiction, horses being the theme, in an interesting binding. This novelette was written by this Brazilian-born author who studied at Princeton, had a...... Read More about Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed
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Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]
Lieberman was a Russian Jew who emigrated to America as a young man. he is noted for his 1916 poem “I Am an American.” In..... Read More about Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems.
Scarce volume of self-published poetry by a retired schoolteacher and native of Sandy Creek, New York who removed to a farm in Gilboa, New York..... Read More about Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems
Years Are So Long. A Novel.
The basis for Leo McCarey’s 1937 film Make Way For Tomorrow, starring Victor Moore and Beulah Bonndi, this early reprinting has distinct artwork from the..... Read More about Years Are So Long. A Novel
Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna.
Obscure American fiction by this female author from Clifford Township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Ella Maude Stewart Dann (d. 1943) was born with a significant..... Read More about Majella; or, Nameless and Blind. A Story of the Susquehanna
Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy]
Presentation Copy: “My greetings to Bruce Berlind —Max Eastman, October 1965.” New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXVIII [1918]. First Edition. 129pp. 6¼ x 4¾ inches..... Read More about Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy
Kelea: The Surf-Rider. A Romance of Pagan Hawaii.
A scarce and early Hawaii surfing novel with sharks and a surfing contest. The protagonist, Kelea, was a descendant of Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui..... Read More about Kelea: The Surf-Rider. A Romance of Pagan Hawaii
Vacant Niche, or Land of Gold.
The author’s first novel, young adult fiction, and one which is described as being especially appropriate for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The storyline explains..... Read More about Vacant Niche, or Land of Gold
Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes.
Author-poet Caspar Bruchhausen (1806-1891) was a homeopathist physician. The book’s more interesting poems (pp92-119) reveal his perspectives on the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The..... Read More about Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes
The Red Lily of Buchanan Valley.
A 1920s-era interpretation of this Indian captivity story. “A romance [and fictional account based on the life] of an Irish girl stolen by Indians from..... Read More about The Red Lily of Buchanan Valley
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Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis].
A Poem by Cunard on the French Resistance during the Second World War. Derby [England]: Printed for Kenneth Hopkins, The Grasshopper Press, 1944. Limited to..... Read More about Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis
A Sentiment in Verse for Every Day in the Year. A Second Ethical Year Book.
A compilation of American and Continental poetry on uplifting themes by Walter Lorenzo Sheldon (1858–1907), founder of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. With Index..... Read More about A Sentiment in Verse for Every Day in the Year. A Second Ethical Year Book
An Oaten Pipe. [presentation copy from the author’s mother]
Volume of poetry by Methodist minister, author, and editor, James B. Kenyon. Kenyon is believed to have been a one-time protégé of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow..... Read More about An Oaten Pipe. [presentation copy from the author’s mother
River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes.
Scarce American poetry by this little-known woman author; apparently the poet’s first and only publication. The author married Clinton E.B. Cutler, a Joliet, Illinois lawyer..... Read More about River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes
Poems.
Self published and scarce. The author’s first book and the first of four volumes of poetry by this Connecticut native and Hartford poet. Hartford: 1886..... Read More about Poems
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver. Illustrated with Sixteen Lithographs by Miguel Covarrubias. [Limited Editions Club; signed by Covarrubias]
Illustrated edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic antebellum novel of Southern plantation slave life, first published in 1852. This fine press edition..... Read More about Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver....
New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance “Based on the Motion Picture Story”]
Rare Jazz Age photoplay based on this 1927 Paramount Studios film, written by Barbara Chambers and Becky Gardiner. Gardiner scripted the 1926 film The Great..... Read More about New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance...
Jack’s Radiovisionettes. [poem dedicated to radio/proto-television actor and “Radiovisionary,” Jack Wolseifer]
Typed manuscript poem, “Jack’s Radiovisionettes,” written in tribute to radio/proto-television actor Jack Wolseifer—“one of the Radiovisionaries.” The poem celebrates the integration of aural and visual..... Read More about Jack’s Radiovisionettes. [poem dedicated to radio/proto-television actor and...
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[Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published within:] The Spirit of the Times.
Rare first appearance of Wilkie Collins’ short story “The Girl at the Gate” published in New York in December 1884 before its January 1885 appearance..... Read More about Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published...
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The White Prophet. [Advance Copy for First American Edition]
Advance copy of a controversial novel of British colonial rule in Egypt by the incredibly popular and successful English novelist, Hall Caine (1853–1931). The public..... Read More about The White Prophet. [Advance Copy for First American Edition
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Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi.
Rare. No copies recorded in America. Translated by Henry Phillips, Jr. Hugo von Meltzel’s or Meltzl’s work is the first English translation of Romanian folk..... Read More about Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From...
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926 and Yearbook of American Poetry (Sesqui-Centennial Edition).
Signed twice, an anthology of poetry edited by William Stanley Braithwaite (1878–1962), African American mixed race poet, literary critic, and some-time professor at Atlanta University..... Read More about Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926 and Yearbook of American Poetry (Sesqui-Centennial Edition
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The Witch. [N.C. Wyeth, illustrator]
Historical fiction written by this American author and suffragist. Circa the time of the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603 England, witch scares and..... Read More about The Witch. [N.C. Wyeth, illustrator