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1. ANDERSON, Sherwood. HORSES AND MEN. TALES, LONG AND SHORT,

FROM OUR AMERICAN LIFE. New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1923. First

Edition. Light orange cloth with a paper spine label. A superb Association

copy INSCRIBED "To/My dear friend/Marietta Finley" and SIGNED "Sherwood

Anderson" on the front endpaper. Anderson met unmarried, 24-year old

"Babs" Finley at the Art. Institute of Chicago in the autumn of 1914. They

were devoted friends and likely lovers. His correspondence of over 300

letters to her was published in the book LETTERS TO BAB: SHERWOOD ANDERSON

TO MARIETTA D. FINLEY, 1916-33. Only two letters from her apparently have

survived, but it seems that Finley had hoped, early on, for marriage but

settled for a friendship that sometimes bordered on abusive. "The world

has pretty muddy feet Bab," Anderson wrote to her in 1930. "It doesn't

leave a man's house very nice." Paper split to front hinge; rear endpapers

darkened from former clipping which partly remains. Spine soiled with wear

to paper label. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020659) SOLD

2. CAPOTE, Truman. IN COLD BLOOD. New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED on the half-title page: "for Rachel

Gorlin/from/Truman Capote." Capote's masterpiece, a trendsetting book that

opened a floodgate of "nonfiction" novels that has yet to abate. Made into

a movie starring Robert Blake. Gorlin's name on the front endpaper with

the notation "Esquire." We believe Gorlin may have been on the staff of

ESQUIRE Magazine at the time, a magazine that Capote was closely connected

to. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S was first published there in 1958, and in 1975

Capote published his long fiction piece "La Côte Basque 1965" there. It

was supposed to be part of ANSWERED PRAYERS, the novel he was writing, but

his revelations about his society friends turned them against him, even

causing one of them to commit suicide two weeks before the issue became

publicly available. The novel was not published until 1987, three years

after Capote's death. Very Good in like dustwrapper. (#020681) SOLD

3. CARTER, Jimmy. THE VIRTUES OF AGING. New York: Ballantine,

(1998). First Edition. SIGNED "J Carter" on the half-title page. Fine in a

Fine dustwrapper. (#020705) SOLD

4. CARVER, Raymond. WHERE I'M CALLING FROM. NEW AND SELECTED

STORIES. NY: Atlantic Monthly, (1988). First Edition. His strongest story collection and the last to be published in his lifetime. Several of these

served as the basis for films, including SHORT CUTS directed by Robert

Altman. SIGNED by Carver on a front blank. Remainder mark on bottom edge

of text. Near Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. (#020680) SOLD

5. CATT, Carrie Chapman & SHULER, Nettie Rogers. WOMAN SUFFRAGE

AND POLITICS: THE INNER STORY OF THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in

silver; (xii), 504 pages including an Index. SIGNED by Catt on the front

endpaper. Ex Library with minimal markings: small black marks on front and

rear pastedowns to cover a library or owner's name with offsetting to

endpapers; white lettering at the base of the spine. Very Good, lacking

the dustwrapper. (#020676) $850

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) succeeded Susan B. Anthony as President of

the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900 and played an

essential role in bringing about the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment

in 1920, the same year she founded The League of Women Voters.

6. COOLIDGE, Calvin. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CALVIN COOLIDGE. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Second Edition. INSCRIBED and

SIGNED by Coolidge on the recto of the frontispiece portrait, as usual:

"To Julia Driscoll Eckel/With Best Wishes/Calvin Coolidge." One encounters

the signed limited edition of 1000 copies much more frequently than signed

trade editions of this title. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown; small

white paint drip on spine; some wear to rear spine edge. Very Good,

lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. (#020673) $650

7. (COPLAND, Aaron) BERGER, Arthur. AARON COPLAND. New York:

Oxford University Press, 1953. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED to

pianist Erno Balogh. Fine in close to Fine dustwrapper. (#020704) $350

8. DOTY, M. R. (Mark). THE EMPIRE OF SUMMER. Birmingham [AL]: Thunder City Press, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. One of 300 copies of the

poet's third book, preceding his first trade book, TURTLE, SWAN, by 6

years. SIGNED by Doty on the title page and dated soon after publication:

1/25/82. In addition, he has INSCRIBED the half-title page, nearly filling

it: "for Paul/w nostalgia/for summer monarchy/in the middle of the/winter

of generalized/discontent,/having had enough/(but not quite--still/

hoping)--/with love,/cookies,/and furniture,/Mark." Some rubbing, fading

to the front cover. Very Good. (#020684) $500

9. EARHART, Amelia. 20 HRS. 40 MIN. OUR FLIGHT IN THE

FRIENDSHIP. THE AMERICAN GIRL, FIRST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY AIR,

TELLS HER STORY. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition.

Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED by Earhart on the blank recto of the

frontispiece, as usual. Earhart's account of her transatlantic flight when

she became the FIRST WOMAN TO TRAVEL BY AIR ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. She was

lost at sea in her attempt, shortly before her fortieth birthday in 1937,

to become the first woman to fly around the world. After her disappearance

the most extensive air and sea search in naval history to date took place.

After spending $4 million and scouring 250,000 square miles of ocean over

a two-week period, the United States government reluctantly called off the

operation. Slight crack to hinge at half-title page which is lightly

browned along edges. Gilt still strong, mild rubbing to the spine edges.

Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020665) SOLD

10. [Eleanor ROOSEVELT] HARRITY, Richard & MARTIN, Ralph G.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. HER LIFE IN PICTURES. NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1958). First Edition. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED

by the First Lady on the front endpaper to old friends Henry Morgenthau

Jr. and his wife Marcelle: "To Henry & Marcelle/A Merry Xmas & a happy New

Year/from/Eleanor Roosevelt/Xmas 1958." Henry Morgenthau was a long time

friend of Franklin Roosevelt and was his Secretary of the Treasury. An

uncommon title to find signed let alone with such a fine association.

Slight wear with fraying to a small portion of the top front board. Still

Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper. (#020699) $2,500

11. [FORD, Gerald]. TRIBUTES TO HONORABLE GERALD R. FORD

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO COMMEMORATE HIM FOR HIS YEARS

OF SERVICE TO THE NATION February 1, 1977. Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1977. First Edition. Issued by the 95th

Congress, 1st Session: House Document No. 95-120. Gilt-lettered red cloth

issued without dustwrapper; xii, [ii], 222 pages. Collection of tributes

to Ford from members of the House of Representatives, illustrated with a

photograph frontispiece of Ford. SIGNED by the President on the front

endpaper. An uncommon title, especially signed. As New. (#020674) $750

12. FROST, Robert. A BOY'S WILL with AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT

STANZA. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1934). First Illustrated

Edition. Redesigned with the text completely reset and with the addition

of woodcuts by Thomas Nason. This copy is INSCRIBED to Don Smith and

SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper where Frost has also written out

the second stanza of the two-stanza poem in the book, "The Vantage Point":

And if by noon I have to [sic] much of these

I have but to turn on my arm and lo

The sunburned hillside sets my face aglow

My breathing shakes the bluet like a breeze

I smell the earth I smell the bruisèd plant

I look into the crater of the ant.

Paper split to front hinge but cover very tight. Near Fine in a Near Fine

dustwrapper with light edgewear. (#020683) $4,500

13. FROST, Robert. THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Edition. Two large octavo (7-3/4" x

11") volumes bound in full blue denim with new black leather labels

stamped in gold. Copy #811 of 1500 copies illustrated with wood engravings

by Thomas Nason, perhaps Frost's most sympathetic illustrator, and

designed by Bruce Rogers. SIGNED by the poet, the illustrator, and the

designer of the book on the colophon page. The most beautiful of the

several issues of this great poet's complete works. Contents bright and

fresh; spines evenly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine, slightly darkened

slipcase with a little wear along the joints. (#020664) $2,000

14. [GARFIELD, James A.] MANGNALL, Richmal. COMPREHENSIVE

SUMMARY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. With a Biography of Distinguised

Persons from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.... Philadelphia: E. S. Jones & Co., 1852. Stereotyped Edition. Gilt-lettered

black morocco-backed black cloth. James Garfield's copy SIGNED by the

future President on the front free endpaper: "J. A. Garfield" with his

printed bookplate ("Library of/James A. Garfield/Inter Folia Fructus") on

the front pastedown with the ink note in an unknown hand: "Case 2 -- Shelf

B." Books signed by Garfield are rather uncommon. Garfield served only

four months as President before being shot by Charles Guiteau. His term

was the second shortest served by a President. Housed in a recent chemise

and gilt-lettered black morocco-backed slipcase. Small dampstain to the

upper corner of the first few pages; light rubbing to the spine and spine

edges. Near Fine in a Fine, handsome slipcase. (#020703) $4,500

15. GIOIA, Dana. FILM NOIR. (West Chester): Aralia Press, 2014. First Edition. Black morocco-backed gray boards with a printed paper label on

the front cover. Of a total of 156 copies printed, this is copy "O" of 26

lettered copies SIGNED by the author. Fine. (#020660) $125

16. HESSE, Herman. GEDENKBLÄTTER. Zurich: Fretz & Wasmuth, [1948]. New Enlarged Edition. INSCRIBED in German & SIGNED with initials in ink by

the Nobel Prize winner on the front endpaper dated 1948. Owner name of

George Goetz at the top of the endpaper; spine a bit faded, soiled. Very

Good, lacking the dustwrapper with the flaps laid in. (#020702) SOLD

From the estate of George Goetz, a Danish Jew living in Sweden because of

persecution. He maintained a correspondence with Hesse, only recently

discovered, from 1939 to 1951. Their letters discussed everything from the

trivial to Hesse's work and its place in Nazi Germany. One common point of

interest was the German-Jewish philosopher Constantin Brunner (Goetz would

later become President of the International Constantin Brunner

Institute.). This book, as well as several other titles inscribed to

Goetz, were discovered with the letters and is now being offered for

public sale for the first time.

17. HOOVER, Herbert. AN AMERICAN EPIC. Famine in Forty-Five

Nations. The Battle on the Front Line 1914-1923. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1961. First Edition. Third volume of what would become

four volumes on America's role in the 20th century. INSCRIBED and SIGNED

by Hoover on the front endpaper: "To Reese Taylor/The Good Wishes/of/

Herbert Hoover." About Fine, lacking dustwrapper. (#020672) $450

18. HOOVER, Herbert Clark (Nichols, William; editor). FISHING

FOR FUN AND TO WASH YOUR SOUL. New York: Random House, (1963). First Edition. Illustrated with drawings by Bill Hofmann. Copy #36 of 200 SIGNED

by Hoover on the limitation page. Fine in a Near Fine original slipcase

with gold foil label on the front cover, as issued. (#020661) $950

19. IRVING, John. A SON OF THE CIRCUS. New York: Random House, (1994). First Trade Edition. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Near

Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#005354) $100

20. KELLER, Helen. HELEN KELLER'S JOURNAL 1936-1937. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition. INSCRIBED and

SIGNED by the author in pencil, as customary, on the front free endpaper

"To dear Uncle Walter/with my love/Helen Keller/April 7th 1938." A superb

association copy. Walter G. Holmes, referred to as "Uncle Walter" by most

who knew him, was on the Board of Directors of THE MATILDA ZIEGLER

MAGAZINE FOR THE BLIND, a philanthropic institution that published a

magazine in Braille and distributed it monthly to tens of thousands of

blind people at no cost to them. Holmes managed and edited the magazine.

He was also on the Board of Directors of The American Foundation for the

Blind and invented the "Talking Book" published by the foundation,

possibly the first recorded readings of books. Holmes had a brother who

was blind, and he devoted his entire life to helping the sight-impaired.

He and Keller developed a strong relationship. Upon the death of Holmes,

Keller gave a long tribute which parallels the themes of this book: "The

passing of one of the tenderest, noblest champions that the blind of

America and indeed of the world have ever had, has left me benumbed, and I

am but one of a multitude who grieves for Walter G. Holmes. So far as I

know he was unique. As a seeing spokesman of those who are both blind and

poor, an editor of a world girdling Braille magazine, a tireless

encourager of the dull and the faltering to explore and develop their

dormant faculties, a fighter for the deaf-blind as human beings to be

loved and understood, he had no equal in the annals of the sightless. God

always gives where He takes away, and I am sure He will raise up a Gideon

to lead the blind on with the irresistible might of the Spirit. 'Uncle

Walter,' as we all affectionately called him, will keep forever his place

in the hearts of us who have clasped his hand and felt his uncountable

acts of love enriching our lives. He was a saint of the little and

forgotten. Many varied, warm tributes have been written and spoken during

Uncle Walter's life which especially pleased him. The best tribute we can

pay now is so to live that he will be happy in his spiritual return to us.

This, I know from his conversations and the stories he liked most,

immortality was his silent wish. With him it was a feeling almost akin to

transmigration. His soul seemed hardly to dwell in its own body, so

constantly did it move into other's existence, taking their sorrow as its

own and increasing their happiness. His whimsical humor, simplicity,

enthusiasm for whatever work he was doing, and his modesty, his delight in

tending flowers when he was able, his warm constancy in friendship, his

quaint gallantries and his abounding good-will towards the blind

everywhere, yes, even in enemy nations-- all these form an inseparable

part of the mental picture we cherish of Uncle Walter. Let us then, try to

believe more in ourselves, to enrich each other's faith and opportunities,

to make blindness not a cause for pity, but rather for pride in victory

over difficulties, and when Uncle Walter returns, though unseen to our

earth orbit, he will be still happier in our gratitude and remembrance."

Front endpaper slightly darkened; spine sunned with minor fraying at the

top. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020711) $1,000

21. KELLER, Helen. LET US HAVE FAITH. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in pencil, as

customary, on the front free endpaper "To Uncle Walter/for whom we give

thanks/at the remembrance of his/faith in the blind/Affectionately/Helen

Keller/Christmas 1940." A superb association copy. Spine sunned. Near Fine

in a Very Good dustwrapper. (#020710) $1,500

22. KENNEDY, Robert. TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front

endpaper by the author "For John A. ----/With Best Wishes/Robert Kennedy."

Light rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with edgewear

and a small chip at the heel of the spine. (#020671) $1,350

23. KING, Martin Luther, Jr. STRENGTH TO LOVE. New York: Harper & Row, (1963). First Edition. King's second book and first collection of his

sermons. SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "Best

wishes/Martin Luther King." A number of copies of this title bear an ink

stamp with the same words. Genuinely signed copies by King, such as this

one, are much more difficult to come by. Small skim mark on the front

pastedown with a slightly larger one on the rear. An owner's name has been

neatly taped over just above King's writing; owner ink stamp and date in

ink vertically along margin of half-title page. Still Near Fine in a close

to Fine dustwrapper with light soiling at the rear. (#020670) SOLD

24. McPHEE, John. TABLE OF CONTENTS. New York: Farrar Straus

Giroux, (1985). First Edition. Wonderfully INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the

author on the half-title page: "for Irene Bradford/from Jack--/The four-

year-old in/your canoe, who is as devoted to/you now as he was then--/and

also, chimerically, with/warm regards from/John McPhee/12-85." Fine in a

Fine dustwrapper. (#020682) $650

25. MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent. WINE FROM THESE GRAPES and

EPITAPH FOR THE RACE OF MAN. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition. Copy #150 of 299 numbered copies of a total edition of 335, with

one volume SIGNED by Millay. Stylish owner name and date on front endpaper

of each volume, otherwise Fine in Fine slipcase. (#020691) $350

26. NASH, Ogden. MARRIAGE LINES. Notes of a Student Husband. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1964). First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED

by Nash to Frances and Albert [Goodrich]: "with all affection//Ogden/10-5-

64." Near Fine in lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper. (#020690) SOLD

The Goodriches were screenwriters and playwrights; their credits include

THE THIN MAN, EASTER PARADE, and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

27. NIXON, Richard. SIX CRISES. Garden City: Doubleday, (1962).

First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper

"To/J. M. Stuchen,/with grateful appreciation/for his generous support/in

my Seventh Crisis!/Dick Nixon." An unusual inscription referring to the

title and subject matter of the book and, being undated, one can only

guess at which crisis Nixon is referring to. Stuchen was an industrialist

and active leader in the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council who

was elected Mayor of Beverly Hills in 1966. About Fine in a Very Good,

bright dustwrapper with light wear. (#020696) $750

28. O'BRIEN, Tim. NORTHERN LIGHTS. New York: Delacorte Press,

(1975). First Edition. Scarce second book, harder to find than his first

and due to its poor manufacturing seldom seen in this condition. INSCRIBED

and SIGNED on the front endpaper: "To Elsie,/I hope you enjoy this/book,

and those that/follow./Love, Tim." Owner address label at the top of the

front endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#020707) $750

29. PARKER, Dorothy. AFTER SUCH PLEASURES. New York: Viking, 1933. First Edition. A collection of short stories. Copy #25 of only 250 SIGNED

by the author. Internally clean and bright; spine is heavily darkened, the

lettering barely readable, with the foxing spreading a bit to the front

cover. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. (#020689) $750

30. PARKER, Dorothy. NOT SO DEEP AS A WELL. NY: Viking, 1936. First Edition. Decorated boards. Decorations by Valenti Angelo. Copy #36

of 485 copies SIGNED of Parker's Collected Poems containing her classic

gems including the two-liner that helped to bring about the contact lens

industry. Bright, Fine copy, lacking the slipcase. (#020700) $850

31. PARKER, Dorothy. SUNSET GUN. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Second printing, the same month as the first. Batik boards

with a black cloth spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet in dark pencil

on the front endpaper: "with best wishes--/Dorothy Parker." A collection

of short poems, such as this: SUPERFLUOUS ADVICE

Should they whisper false of you,

Never trouble to deny;

Should the words they say be true,

Weep and storm and swear they lie.

Owner name on front endpaper above Parker's. Spine gilt dull. Close to

Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020701) $500

32. RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan. CROSS CREEK. New York: Charles

Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. In the first issue dustwrapper.

Illustrations by Edward Shenton. "Cross Creek is a bend in a country road,

by land, and the flowing of Lochloosa Lake into Orange Lake, by water."

SIGNED in the year of publication by Rawlings on the front endpaper "Best

Wishes from/Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings/March 1942." Additionally SIGNED by

Robert Camp Jr., the dustwrapper artist, below his printed name at the

bottom front flap of the dustwrapper, and on the half-title page by Norton

Baskin (Rawlings's husband), Dessie Smith Prescott (her friend, Florida_s

first professional woman guide and the first female licensed pilot in the

state), Idella Parker (her maid), and J. T. "Jake" Glisson (a confidante

and protege of his neighbor, Rawlings, who encouraged him to write and

draw. He was supposedly the model for Jody in THE YEARLING.) All the

additional signatures were acquired by Philip S. May, Jr., son of Philip

May Sr., Rawlings's attorney in the Cross Creek trials. The respective

families developed a close, lasting relationship. The front pastedown has

an inscription, mostly hidden by the dustwrapper front flap, that we are

unable to identify: "To Papa on this 62nd anniversary/from/Richard/March

1942." A handful of pages with small brown stains; the spine foxed but not

affecting the lettering; front hinge a little loose. A Good copy in a Good

dustwrapper with a few very small pieces missing and some tape repairs.

Somewhat exceptional collection of autographs in a book in somewhat

unexceptional condition. (#020677) SOLD

33. RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan. THE SOJOURNER. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author

of THE YEARLING filling the front endpaper "Dearest Cliff and Gladys:--

/Here is an advance copy/of the book which/was finished, after all!/With

all my love,/Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings/Christmas 1952." A scarce book to

find signed in the trade edition (There was a signed Presentation Edition

of 600 numbered copies.), let alone one with such a fine and early

inscription. Small newspaper clipping pasted to the rear endpaper; a brown

stain on the bottom of the fore-edge of the bulked text with no effect on

the text. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper. (#020678) SOLD

34. RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan. THE YEARLING. NY: Charles Scribner 1939. First Pulitzer Prize Edition. Made into a film, this edition was

published the year after the original publication and features 14 color

plates by N. C. Wyeth. This is the trade edition and is SIGNED by Rawlings

on the front endpaper. As such it is much scarcer than the limited edition

of 750 signed by both Rawlings and Wyeth. Both hinges are cracked with the

covers loose. Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020679) SOLD

35. REAGAN, Ronald. AN AMERICAN LIFE. NY: Simon & Schuster, (1990). First Edition. Reagan's autobiography, illustrated with photos. INSCRIBED

and SIGNED by Reagan on the page with the publisher's logo preceding the

title page: "To ---/With Very/Best Wishes,/Ronald Reagan/March 8 - 1991."

Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#020658) $2,500

Books genuinely signed by this popular President have become quite scarce

and usually turn up with a signed bookplate rather than actually signed in

the book, as the case here. Last we heard, the Reagan Presidential Library

was still selling copies, though reprints with a signed bookplate, for

$4,000. One should also be aware that the market has been flooded with

fake Reagan signatures in books sold on ebay where "signed" often means

forged.

36. ROGERS, Will. ROGERS-ISMS. THE COWBOY PHILOSOPHER ON THE

PEACE CONFERENCE. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1919). First Edition. Decorated orange and white boards lettered in black. Illustrated with a

frontispiece of Rogers. According to the front cover, "You can't tell

Peace from War without this Book" and "I made this book short so you could

finish it before the next war." INSCRIBED "To Mr. S. D. Green" and SIGNED

"Will Rogers" with the notation "Amateur Author" on the front endpaper.

Rogers was born in Indian Territory in 1879 and had some Native American

blood in his veins. He began in vaudeville and moved on to motion

pictures, a career that was cut short when he died in a small plane crash

in 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska. Perhaps he was best known, however, for

his syndicated newspaper column which had such a massive following that

the proposition that he run for President was once seriously advanced. His

saying, "All I know is what I read in the newspapers," became a popular

catchword of the times. Books signed or inscribed by this most popular of

American humorists and member of the Cherokee Nation are uncommon. Light

wear to the corners and the tips of the spine which is sunned. Very Good,

lacking a dustwrapper. (#020662) $1,000

37. [ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.]. THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK 1936. First Edition. Folio (11" x 14") in original gilt-lettered brown leather with

the original pictorial wraps bound in; 384 pages. SIGNED by Roosevelt

beneath a color image of the White House on the limitation leaf, #2212 of

an unstated limitation of 2500 copies, often found removed from the book

as it makes a beautiful display piece. A voluminous book of information

and advertising (many liquor ads) used as a fund raiser for the Democratic

Party. It contains FDR's acceptance speech, the Democratic Platform of

1936, and biographies of all the Cabinet members as well as articles on

Congress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet departments, and reproductions of

the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Recipient's name in

gilt at the bottom of the front cover: Lloyd Stark who served as the

governor of Missouri from 1937 to 1941. Contents bright and fresh. Light

bump at the top of the rear joint. Near Fine. (#020698) $3,000

38. ROOSEVELT, Theodore. REALIZABLE IDEALS (The Earl Lectures). San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin Co., 1912. First Edition. Green gilt-

lettered cloth; [vi], 154 pages. SIGNED "Theodore Roosevelt" on the front

endpaper. Likely signed during the "Bull Moose" Party Presidential

Campaign of 1912. In 1908 Roosevelt dictated by fiat the nomination of his

successor, W. H. Taft, then Vice-President. Though he was an effective

reformer in his own right, Taft alienated the progressive Republicans

headed by Robert LaFollette and Roosevelt. In 1912 the Republican party

was fractured over the presidential nomination. The Taft faction, however,

controlled the convention of 1912, and Taft was nominated for re-election.

Roosevelt led his followers out of the convention and organized the

Progressive Party (also called the Bull Moose Party). Roosevelt was

nominated for President on this third-party slate. In the election he ran

second to Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson. Forced into retirement,

Roosevelt denounced the policies of Wilson, and after the outbreak of

World War I he attacked Wilson's neutrality policy. When the United States

entered the war, he vainly pleaded to be allowed to raise and command a

volunteer force. He died soon after the end of the war. REALIZABLE IDEALS,

drawn from a series of lectures delivered at Pacific Theological Seminary,

Berkeley, California in 1911, is a very personal and highly moral appeal

to the responsibilities of educated and well-positioned college men as

leaders of society. It is so powerfully phrased and well spoken that one

almost hears the vigorous voice and bully heart that orated to these men

of the West so many decades ago. A scarce book to find signed. Paper split

to front hinge, covers tight; browning to endpapers. Spine faded a bit

with tears along edges. Still Very Good. (#020668) $3,500

39. SANDBURG, Carl. THE PEOPLE, YES. NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1936). First Trade Edition. Published after the edition of 270 numbered

and SIGNED copies. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on

the front endpaper: "Agnes Knaus Engelking/1 9 5 3/Carl Sandburg/Wade

House Day." The inscription is a reference to a pioneer day camp

introducing children to daily life in Wisconsin in the 19th century.

Inscribee's name dated 1936 at the top of the endpaper. Close to Fine in a

Near Fine dustwrapper rubbed on the front spine edge. (#020708) $350

40. SANDBURG, Carl. SMOKE AND STEEL. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First Edition. Dark green cloth stamped in orange. INSCRIBED

and SIGNED on the blank page opposite the title page: "Mary MacMillan/-may

luck and the years/be good to her--/Carl Sandburg/Cincinatti [sic]/Feb. 7,

1921." Laid down on the front pastedown is a striking 4-3/4" x 6-1/2"

original portrait photograph of Sandburg staring menacingly into the

camera. Inscribee's name on the front endpaper. Small tears at the top of

the spine. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020709) $450

41. (SANGER, Margaret) LADER, Lawrence. MARGARET SANGER. AN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1938). First Edition. Frontispiece photograph. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Sanger on the front

endpaper: "Greetings & regards/to/Sidney Hillman/from/Margaret Sanger."

Sidney Hillman was an American labor leade, head of the Amalgamated

Clothing Workers of America and co-founder of the American Labor Party in

1936. He was a key figure in the founding of the Congress of Industrial

Organizations and in marshaling labor's support for Franklin Delano

Roosevelt. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#020697) $850

Margaret Sanger, the originator of the phrase "birth control" and its

best-known advocate, sought to create equality between the sexes by

freeing women from what she saw as sexual servitude. She survived Federal

indictments, a brief jail term, numerous lawsuits, and hundreds of street-

corner rallies and raids on her clinics to live to see much of the world

accept her view that family planning is a basic human right.

42. TAFT, William Howard. THE UNITED STATES AND PEACE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth

ruled and lettered in gilt; xii, 182 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the

front endpaper: "For J. D. Green Esq./with best wishes/Wm H Taft/March 22

1927." In this book, published one year after leaving the Presidency, Taft

describes the League to Enforce Peace which he founded after the outbreak

of the First World War in 1914. A leader of the progressive conservative

wing of the Republican Party, Taft was a pioneer in international

arbitration and a staunch advocate of world peace. Rather faint stains and

soiling to covers. Near Fine. (#020666) $4,500

43. TRUMAN, Harry. MEMOIRS. YEARS OF TRIAL AND HOPE. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1956. First Edition. Early but not first printing.

INSCRIBED to Bernard M. Gress and SIGNED by the author on the dedication

page on 15 December 1956. Water damage to the edges of the front and rear

covers that extends to the endpapers and slightly to a couple of other

pages but not the inscribed page. Good in a Good dustwrapper with a foxed

spine that is chipped at the heel. (#020675) $300

44. WHARTON, Edith. THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First Edition. Original red cloth, lettered in

gilt. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "'For Miss

Reubell/from Edith Wharton/Nov. 1913." A scarce book to find signed, this

is to Henrietta "Etta" Reubell, described by Wharton in her autobiography,

A BACKWARD GLANCE, as "my old friend, and Henry James's" (Chapter 11).

Reubell had a salon at her home where cosmopolitan expatriate writers and

artists would visit including James McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde, and

John Singer Sargent, who painted her portrait. In an 1876 letter from

Paris to his brother, William James, Henry describes several women,

including Reubell: "The other is a certain Miss Reubell, who has lived

here always, is twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old and extremely ugly,

but with something very frank, intelligent and agreeable about her. If I

wanted to desire to marry an ugly Parisian-American, with money and toutes

les elegances, and a very considerable capacity for development if

transported into a favoring medium, Miss R would be a very good objective"

(Edel, Leon: HENRY JAMES LETTERS, Volume II, pp. 41-42). James wrote more

than 100 letters to Reubell. It is not known how many he received from

her. This copy has 7 minor corrections made to the text, certainly by

Wharton. The most recent inscribed copy we could locate at auction, which

sold at Christies London in 2002 for about what we are charging for this

copy, was noted as having 3 corrections, matching 3 of the 7 here. On the

front pastedown is the bookplate of The American Library in Paris Inc.

1920. Bookplate stamped "Discarded" with slight offsetting to endpaper;

perforated stamp to bottom margin of one text page; slight foxing to the

front endpaper and a few other pages; rear endpapers with library slip and

pocket, also stamped; front hinge cracked and a little loose. Covers are

bright with strong gilt, a small white ink symbol on the spine. Easily

Very Good or better, despite the library markings. (#020667) $7,500

45. WILSON, Woodrow. DIVISION AND REUNION, 1829-1909. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916. New Edition. Blue cloth stamped in white

and gilt. Thirteenth Impression. Part of the EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

series. First published in 1893 and brought up to date by Edward Corwin.

Illustrated with 6 maps. INSCRIBED and SIGNED as President on the front

endpaper: "To my faithful friend and/assistant, Charles L. Swem,/with

cordial Christmas wishes/Woodrow Wilson/1916." Swem served as President

Wilson's stenographic secretary and campaign reporter. Writing bold and

dark. Near Fine. (#020669) $3,000