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San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is sunned on the spine with lettering still contrasting well, slightly sun-darkened fore and head edges, a tiny nick to the front and several to the head edge of the back.; Both a history and genealogy, this book starts with the 1670 emigration of William Fitzhugh, from England to Virginia. The various branches of the Fitzhugh family are followed through the next 3 centuries, recounting activities, migration in the Southern United States, births, deaths, and marriages, some connecting quite remotely to the families of Patrick Henry and Robert E. Lee. The account comes full-circle with Henry Fitzhugh emigrating from Texas to England. Signed and numbered on the title page, this is copy 127 of a "limited edition," with the limitation unstated. Additionally, the front endpaper is author signed and inscribed to her grandson. Four monochrome photographs. Bound… Read More

New York: Random House. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Facsimile; First Printing. Hardcover. Slipcase has slight wear to the corners at the opening, wear across the head end of the spine, and more wear and a short paper split at the tail end. Faint soil and an ink line on the bottom surface.; Written in 1762, Voltaire's classic Candide: or, Optimism is a satire featuring a young, French gentleman lurching through life, bemoaning his various ill fortunes, yet cheerfully optimistic about himself and living in "the best of all possible worlds." He discusses life and his own foibles, constantly, with his long-suffering companion and tutor Panglos. Witty and clever on the surface, the work is savage in its attacks on society, religion, the political establishment, and the philosophy of optimism. Those entrenched interests attacked Voltaire and Candide's content, earning him denouncement and scorn. This was in keeping with his life of abrading nearly all he encountered,… Read More

New York: The Spiral Press. Fine. 1962. Brochure. One of the various little booklets printed by The Spiral Press, this copy is a Christmas keepsake with an additional preliminary page, printed thus: "Greetings / Christmas / 1962 / From Robert Frost". This was Frost's short poem about the push and pull of nature, and mystic belief vs. science. "In other words to wager their reliance / On plain religion or religious science." Provenance: From the library and estate of Kenward Elmslie, prolific poet associated with the New York School of poetry, editor, performer, and founder of Z Magazine and Z press. Unpaginated, with 7 pages. The font is unstated, but appears to be the press' unique Emerson and printed on laid, cream colored paper. 5 3/4" x 4 1/2". Bound in laid, cream colored, French flapped wraps printed in brown and gray, saddle stapled with staples bright and holding well. This is a clean copy in Fine condition.; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 7 pages .