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This is a First Edition (1924) of Memoirs of an Editor, the autobiography of Edward P Mitchell (1852-1927), who was editor of the New York daily The Sun, and a successful science fiction writer. He had a fascinating life and I'm told this book is a very good read. 457 pages. Navy blue boards with a gold design on the cover… Read more about this item

This is a copy of Playbill from the 1991 Minskoff Theatre (New York) production of Black and Blue starring Buster Brown, Lon Chaney, Laverne Baker. There's also a long article about Stockard Channing. (see contents scan) 66 pages. Crease bottom right. Otherwise perfect.

This is a first edition, stated eighth printing, of Soul on Ice, the brilliant memoir and collection of essays written by the American activist Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998). At the time of its writing, Cleaver was serving time in Folsom Prison. He would go on to become a highly influential member of the Black Panthers, as well as a Muslim, a… Read more about this item

This is an unread, pristine copy of Winesburg, Ohio, by the American author Sherwood Anderson. This collection of short stories is considered the most influential portrait of pre-industrial small-town life in the United States. It was originally published in 1919; this is the first Modern Library printing of it; it is dated 1947. There's no dust jacket, but this book appears to… Read more about this item

This is a first edition (1929) of The Bellamy Trial, by the American writer Frances Noyes Hart (1890-1943). It is the first legal drama written by an American author and defined the genre of the court-room mystery dramas. It was made into a film in 1929. Noyes wrote the book in 1927. In 1929, it became part of the Front Page Mystery… Read more about this item

This is the March 4, 2019 edition of the New Yorker. The cover is Barry Blitt's illustration of Donald Trump on the roof of the White House with a 'Finish the Wall' sign. 72 Pages See Table of Contents Scan Inside: - Robots - The Needs of Dementia Patients - Jail Healthcare Crisis - Jasper Johns - Stephen Sondheim The magazine is in good condition but, as I was… Read more about this item

This is a near-mint copy of Harper's Magazine, April 1993. It has not been read; the subscription cards are still in it. 96 Pages See Table of Contents Scan Cover: The Last Shot: Basketball in Brooklyn: Black Kids Looking for a Way Out - Medical Residences: The Next Health Care Crisis - Intercontinental Lost Souls - Gays, The Military, My Son - Human Rights After the Cold… Read more about this item

This is a near-perfect First Edition of Act One, An Autobiography of Moss Hart, by the American playwright, screenwriter and director Moss Hart (1904-1961). Hart is best known as the writer of A Star is Born (1954), the director of My Fair Lady (1956) and, with George S. Kaufman, the writer of numerous successful plays, including You Can't Take it… Read more about this item

The Jameses remain of the most distinguished family in American intellectual life. Henry's novels, celebrated as among the finest in the language, and William's groundbreaking philosophical and psychological works have won these brothers a permanent place at the center of the nation's cultural firmament. Their sister Alice was a fascinating woman who is most famous for her diaries. She was tormented… Read more about this item

This is a trio of Zane Grey novels published in 1956. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) remains the most popular western novel of all time. It is about three Utah cowboys who are persecuted by Mormon settlers. Wild Horse Mesa (1928) takes place in Utah and is about the legendary Panquitch, a great wild stallion that eludes countless wranglers. Arizona… Read more about this item

This is a near-perfect copy of a collection of Mark Twain novels, bound in leather. They are: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson. Published 2011 Covered in black leather with a bound-in silk bookmark and gold-trimmed pages. Someone cracked the spine at the front… Read more about this item

This is a near-mint copy of Harper's Magazine, March 1993. It has not been read; the subscription cards are still in it. 84 Pages See Table of Contents Scan Cover: Balkan Death Trip: Scenes from a Futile War - The Weight That Women Carry: The Compulsion to Diet in a Starved Culture - The Myth of American Diversity - Taking the Measure of the GDP - Fiction… Read more about this item

This is the 2009 reprint of Hearst the Collector, written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art historian Mary L. Levkoff and first published in 2008. American media baron William Randolph Hearst was an avid art collector. Through the 1920s and 1930s, he amassed the largest private collections of tapestries, antiquities, silver and arms and armor of his time--his collection furnished… Read more about this item

This is a stated first edition of My Life as an Author and Editor by the influential American journalist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). It was well-received and was a best-seller for some time--it's now sold in paperback. This copy is brand new and unread. It's only flaw is due to an issue with the bindery--see photo of the spine. Other than that, it's perfect.… Read more about this item

This is a first edition, stated first printing, of Selected Plays of Eugene O'Neill, published by Random House n 1969. It contains The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, Desire Under the Elms, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra and The Iceman Cometh. 760 pages. The dust jacket has some little tears, which have been taped from the back.… Read more about this item

This is a stated first edition of The Guggenheims: A Family History, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Irwin Unger, and his wife, journalist Debi Unger. It is about the very wealthy American family who made their fortune in the mining industry, and for founding the Guggenheim Museum. It was published in 2005 and remains a best-seller. This copy has not been read;… Read more about this item

This is a pristine copy of Bloomington's C&A Shops, Our Lives Remembered. It is the recollections of 24 residents of Mclean County IL, who talk about the impact of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Shops on their lives and community. 161 pages with loads of photographs. It has not been read and is in mint condition.

This is edition 108 (2009) of Granta: The Magazine of New Writing (it was originally a magazine). This is a special edition, titled Chicago, and contains short stories, essays and poetry relating to Chicago and contains works by Peter Carey, Don Delillo, George Saunders, Elaine Showalter et al (see contents photo). 288 pages, trade paperback with laminated covers. Heavily… Read more about this item

This is a pristine copy of The Selected Short Stories of Edith Wharton, selected by the Yale Wharton expert R.W.B. Lewis and published in 1991. It is 21 stories--see contents scan. 390 pages. There is minor shelfwear to the edges of the dust jacket. But the book has not been read. Its covers and pages are unmarked and in mint condition.

Vanity Fair, February 2004. Cover: Gwyneth Paltrow See Table of Contents Scans 168 Pages Perfect Condition - Unread