DELAWARE POETS 1945.
Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1945). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1945
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Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1945). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 47 pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Wrappers tanned. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1945
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New York: Burt Franklin, (1971). small 8vo. cloth. 354 pages. Reprint of 1904 edition. This work consists of a concise history of the Louisiana Territory, and short biographies of several dozen writers who were born in or associated with that region, along with samples of their work. These include Kate Chopin, Thomas Hart Benton, and Samuel L. Clemens. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted..... READ MORE about THE LITERATURE OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY
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New York: Doubleday, (2003). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 454 pages. First edition. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in..... READ MORE about THE DA VINCI CODE
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New York: Doubleday, (2003). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 454 pages. First edition. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in..... READ MORE about THE DA VINCI CODE
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New York: Doubleday, (2003). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 454 pages. Printed in the United States of America April 2003 "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33". The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep..... READ MORE about THE DA VINCI CODE
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With a foreword by James Dickey.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. 8vo. cloth. xxii, 423 pages. With a foreword by James Dickey. A very extensive and thorough bibliography. Covers Separate Publications, First-Appearance Contributions to Books and Pamphlets, First Appearances in Journals and Newspapers, and Later Collections of Dickey's Poems. The Appendices contain the compiler's notes and list major works about Dickey. Very well-illustrated and with a good index. READ MORE about JAMES DICKEY, A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, (1981). 8vo. cloth. 215 pages. Reprint of the 1978 first edition. READ MORE about THE AMERICAN NOVEL IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Essays on American Literature
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (ii), xii, 320, (2) pages. Essays on American Literature. Includes ten essays on American writing and writers as well as seventeen brevities on various authors and their work. Presentation copy with note "To Aileen: In admiration and affection - Denis" on front free endpaper and letter from author to Aileen dated September 30, 1987 laid-in. READ MORE about READING AMERICA
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New York: The Spiral Press, (1950). 8vo. two toned cloth, dust jacket. 56 pages. First edition. Jacket chipped with piece missing at head of spine and along top edge of back cover. READ MORE about SONNETS AND LYRICS
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Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1907. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 113 pages. First edition. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about CURRENTE CALAMO
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Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1919. 8vo. two-toned cloth, top edge gilt, dust jacket. 66 pages. First edition. First appearances of all of these poems. Minor rubbing of jacket. READ MORE about OBEROD AND OTHER POEMS
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Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 2004. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 24 + (2). Edition limited to 535 copies of which this is one of 35 specially printed on blue paper, numbered in Roman numerals and signed by the author. Printed as a benefit publication for the Antiquarian Booksellers' Benevolent Fund; a non-profit charity. This is a recollection of Dunning's friendship with Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels) over one summer and, simultaneously, a meditation on..... READ MORE about THAT SUMMER WITH MICHAEL
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New York: iUniverse, Inc., (2006). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 197 pages. A novel centered in Delaware. Fine condition. READ MORE about THE DELAWARE VENTURE, A FICTION NOVEL
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Wilmington: First State Writers, 1953. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 45+(1) pages. Volume 3 per front cover. Collection of poetry by Delaware authors. READ MORE about FIRST STATE WRITERS, 1953
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Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1946). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Front cover illustration by Harry Clark Boden. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1946
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Wilmington: The Wilmington Poetry Society and Delaware WRiters, (1947). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 58, (2) pages. B1-4694. Part of an annual. Front cover illustration by Harry Clark Boden. Printed at the Mercantile Press in Wilmington. READ MORE about DELAWARE POETS 1947
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New York: Vantage Press, (1969). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 388 pages. First edition. A book of fiction by this Delaware attorney. With a postscript by the author dated 1968. Presentation from the author on half-title. Back cover of jacket is spotted. Ink ownership stamp on front free endpaper. READ MORE about THE END OF THE ROAD
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Volume II.
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, (1984). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xxviii, 334 pages, with 44 illustrations. Volume II. First edition. Volume two in the series. This volume prints almost five hundred letters written by and to William Faulkner, filling in some of the missing pieces in Joseph Blottner's Selected Letters of William Faulkner and significantly illuminating the period 1951-1957. Spine faded. READ MORE about FAULKNER: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE BRODSKY COLLECTION
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Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1997. large 4to. quarter cloth. xx, 100 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Lightly bumped at top edge of front board. Lightly soiled. Printed at The Stinehour Press. Photofacsimile and transcription of a pereviously unpublished draft of Faulkner's second novel, Mosquitoes. Includes comprehensive introduction, cross-references to corresponding passages of the typescript and first edition, and an appendix presenting in tabular form the relationship of the three major stages..... READ MORE about MOSQUITOES, A FACSIMILE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT
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Williamstown: Chapin Library, 1977. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Two page foreword by Robert Volz followed by three page introduction by Kohn. READ MORE about FIRST BOOKS BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, AN EXHIBITION IN MEMORY OF JOHN S. VAN E. KOHN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15980
(Falls Church, VA and Bethany Beach, DE): privately published, (1987). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 147, (11) pages. Historical novel about this British ship which sank off the Delaware coast. Signed on the title page by the author. Faint spot in corner of front cover where price label was removed. READ MORE about HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798, A NOVELETTE
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. 8vo. cloth, top edge stained gray, fore and bottom edge uncut. xvi, 547 pages, with 20 illustrations. Reprint of the first edition. Spine lightly faded, covers lightly soiled. This biography uses previously unknown documents to throw new light on Franklin's political activity, Masonic career, and sentimental life. Indexed. READ MORE about FRANKLIN, THE APOSTLE OF MODERN TIMES
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Kristiania: Fabritius & Sønners, 1920. small 8vo. full leather, all edges stained red. vii, 111+(1), with 5 additional leaves. First edition. Norwegian biography of Benjamin Franklin. Frontispiece and four additional plates feature sepia-toned illustrations of Franklin. Endpapers have a decorative green pinecone pattern. Ink inscription. READ MORE about BOGTRYKKEREN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, UDDRAG AF HANS SELVBIOGRAFI, "VEIEN TIL VELSTAND" OG ANDET
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 73758
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. ix, 388 pages. First edition. Untermeyer has added commentary. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE LETTERS OF ROBERT FROST TO LOUIS UNTERMEYER
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New York: Holt, 1974. Rinehart and Winston. (1974), 8vo., cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. viii, 133, (3) pages. First edition. Illustrated with 78 black and white photographs. READ MORE about ROBERT FROST, A PICTORIAL CHRONICLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4027