[Rarebooks] A quintet for the Bibliophile and those who remember ....

[Pia Oliver]

[AUCTION CATALOGUE] [PARKE-BERNET]. William Blake, The Renowned 
Collection of First Editions, Original Drawings, Autograph Letters 
and an Important Painting in Oils.  Samuel L. Clemens, Manuscripts, 
Autographs, First Editions Including the Manuscript of "Tom Sawyer" 
 From Which the London 1876 Edition Was Printed. Collected by the Late 
George C. Smith, Jr. New York, N.Y. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 
1938. Profusely illustrated. Quarto, original printed wrappers. 
Covers worn, spine chipped, two leaves (pp. 33-36) torn at bottom 
with some loss of text.
Inscribed on front cover in pencil: "John give marked bids to Mike... 
John... with gallery as a last resort. Dave"  Some prices realized 
and buyers noted in pencil including Dr. R. (Rosenbach), John Kohn, 
Goldsmith, Drake, G. W. (Gabriel Wells), Chiswick, Retz & Storm, 
Inman, Schwartz and M. P. (Michael Papantonio).
With some pithy comments in pencil, i.e.: #117-119  Jane Eyre, 
Villette  and The Professor  crossed out and noted "all lousy";  #138 
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, crossing out the word "superb," 
underlining the auction house hyperbole "is without question the 
finest copy to appear at public sale" and writing "Balls" in the 
margin. 	$135.00


CARTER, John. Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900. 
Describing the First Editions of English Authors Whose Books Were 
Published in America Before Their Publication in England. London: 
Constable, 1932.
. Illustrated. Octavo, original marbled boards, imitation vellum 
spine. Spine slightly browned at ends with minute tears, boards 
slightly rubbed at corners, top edge and endpapers very lightly 
foxed, else fine. One of 500 copies. David A. Randall's copy, signed. 
With the bookplate of Crosby Gaige.
Traces the history of the development of bindings with emphasis on 
determining the priority of issue for both the bibliographer and 
collector. Carter comments on methods of dating bindings, library 
bindings, jobbing and remainder publishers, and other aspects of 
publisher's bindings. 	$375.00


HART, James D. The Popular Book. A History of America's Literary 
Taste. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Illustrated. Octavo, 
cloth, pictorial dust jacket (worn). LIghtly foxed upper edges, else 
fine. First edition.
Includes an interesting bibliographical checklist and a chronological 
index of books. Affixed to the front pastedown is a very interesting 
TLS dated August 20, 1949 from the author to David A. Randall: "The 
manuscript of America's Bookshelf arrived today with your valuable 
suggestions and corrections. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate 
your having saved me from  some of  my errors of fact and for your 
kind words about the general value of the book.
I have, of course, made all the appropriate changes and have also 
taken the liberty of adding a note on my indebtedness to you in the 
page of acknowledgements." (The title changed to The Popular Book. A 
History of America's Literary Taste, Hart did " and to Mr. David 
Randall, who read the manuscript and offered many valuable 
suggestions.")
Hart goes on to discuss an article about an annotated copy of Two 
Years Before the Mast  he is working on for publication in The 
Colophon, and asking for Randall's assistance. 	$135.00


[JOHNSON, Merle]. BLANCK, Jacob.  Merle Johnson's American First 
Editions. Bibliographic Check Lists of the Works of 199 American 
Authors. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1942. Octavo, cloth. Spine and front 
cover sunned, gilt bright, spine ends and rear joint worn,m endpapers 
slightly browned,  rear pastedown cracked at hinge. Fourth edition, 
revised and enlarged. Inscribed by Jake Blanck to Colton Storm in 
pencil: "Just for fun and for Colton Storm - Jake Blanck". Also 
signed "David A. Randall, Personal" in ink. With stamp of Retz & 
Storm, Inc. on front pastedown. 	$250.00


RANDALL, David A. "Institutional Collecting of Books and Manuscripts" 
in Proceedings of the Conference on Materials for Research in 
American Culture October 25-27, 1956. [Austin]: University of Texas 
Library, 1956. 12mo, printed cream wrappers. Front wrapper a bit 
stained, else fine.
With three highly interesting observations by Randall in ink. One of 
these relates to Somerset Maugham, the manuscript Of Human Bondage 
and Dr. R. 	$125.00

Usual terms.
-- 

Randall House (member Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America 
- http://www.ABAA.org )
835 Laguna Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101

(805) 963-1909      fax (805) 963-1650
<http://www.RandallHouseRareBooks.com>

Visa, MC, AmEx, MO, cheques in US funds, institutional billing on request.

Know who your Internet bookseller is! Look for the ABAA membership logo, the
Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America - now a 50 year 
professional organization requiring its members to have a proven 
track record of knowledge and experience, and to abide by a written 
code of ethics.