[Rarebooks] FS: Modern Literature (10)

[Clare Murphy]

Discount to the trade. Thanks for looking.

1.  BIERCE, AMBROSE.  SHADOW ON THE DIAL, THE. San Francisco: 
Robertson, 1909. First edition. Green buckram gilt. Near fine/Very 
good. First printing. Dust jacket chipped at edges. Offset to rear 
pastedown. Very scarce in dust jacket. BAL 1127<BR> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSBI69662.jpg'>   <BR>. 
$325.00 {69662}

2.  CRANE, STEPHEN.  GEORGE'S MOTHER. New York-London: Edward Arnold, 
1896. First edition. Tan cloth with black rules and lettering at the 
front board and spine. 12mo. [177 pgs] Very good. Cloth lightly 
soiled, with one red stain at head of front board (1 inch x 1 inch). 
Eight pages of author's books at rear. Contents are clean and sound. 
BAL 4073.  $150.00 {93716}

3.  DINESEN, ISAK.  BABETTE'S FEAST. Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press 
(Random House), 1997. Illustrated by Karin Wikstrom woodcuts. Limited 
signed edition. 05/225 copies (250 Printed; 225 offered for sale). 
Cloth backed pattern paper covered boards, turtle paste-on, purple 
eps, mouldmade English Somerset uncut paper executed by Cardoza-James 
Binding Co. Signed by artist and afterword author in pencil last text 
page. 4to. [(viii), 51, (5) pgs] Near fine/No jacket, as issued/Lacks 
slipcase by John DeMerritt. Traces of wear to binding. Afterword by 
Richard Olney. Very scarce.  $1200.00 {73451}

4.  DOYLE, ARTHUR. CONAN.  STRAND MAGAZINE VOLUME IV.  July, 
1892-Dec, 1892. Illustrated by Sydney Paget et al. Original pictorial 
turquoise blue cloth. Near fine. By Arthur Conan Doyle. The 
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of Silver Blaze. Other 
interesting contributions also, including a long well-illustrated 
article on Queen Victoria's fabulous dolls. Binding is fine as are 
contents, but for minor scattered foxing and a closed tear to half 
title page. Very attractive and bright.  $250.00 {73032}

5.  DOYLE, ARTHUR. CONAN.  STRAND MAGAZINE VOLUME IV.  July, 
1892-Dec, 1892. Illustrated by Sydney Paget et al. 3/4 polished black 
leather with patterned cloth boards. Near fine. By Arthur Conan 
Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of Silver 
Blaze. Other interesting contributions also, including a long 
well-illustrated article on Queen Victoria's fabulous dolls. Binding 
is fine as are contents, but for minor scattered foxing and a ding to 
edge of rear board. Very attractive and bright.  $250.00 {73034}

6.  DOYLE, ARTHUR. CONAN.  STRAND MAGAZINE VOLUME VI.  July, 
1893-Dec, 1893. Illustrated by Sydney Paget et al. 3/4 polished black 
leather with patterned cloth boards. Near fine. By Arthur Conan 
Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the 
Crooked Man, The Adventure of the Resident Patient, The Adventure of 
the Greek Interpreter, The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, The 
Adventure of the Final Problem. Other interesting contributions also, 
including a long well-illustrated article on the Great London Fires. 
Binding is fine as are contents, but for minor scattered foxing. Very 
attractive and bright.  $250.00 {73036}

7.  FERBER, EDNA.  GIANT. Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. First stated 
edition. Inscribed by Edna Ferber and Monte Hale (2 separate 
inscriptions). Very good/Good. The dust jacket has some chips at 
folds and edges. Besides being inscribed by Ferber to Monte Hale, 
this great association copy is inscribed again by the actor/star 
Monte Hale "the last of the singing cowboys".  Long friendly 
inscription "To Charles" from "Monte Hale as Sen. Bale Clinch." He 
tell Charles that Ferber is his favorite writer. Monte Hale taught 
James Dean his rope tricks during production of the movie "Giant". 
George Stevens' filming of Edna Ferber's Giant (1956), in which he 
played the non-conforming cowhand Jett Rink, was just coming to a 
close when Dean, driving his Porsche Spyder, collided with another 
car in Cholame, California. He had received a speeding ticket just 
two hours before. His very brief career, violent death and highly 
publicized funeral transformed him into a cult object of apparently 
timeless fascination.  $1600.00 {73413}

8.  JAMES, HENRY.  SPOILS OF POYNTON, THE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 
1897. First edition. Green cloth, gilt. Very good. Probably 
simultaneous with English edition<BR> <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/PHBOOKSJA50216.jpg'>   <BR>. 
$115.00 {50216}

9.  JOYCE, JAMES.  STEPHEN HERO. A PART OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF A 
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. New York: New Directions, 
1944. Illustrated by five b&w plates. First American edition. Green 
paper covered boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering at the 
spine; dust jacket. 8vo. [234 pgs] Very good/Poor. Introduction and 
editorial note by Theodore Spencer. Shelf wear at tail of boards, 
upper corners bumped. Previous owner's signature at ffep.  Dust 
jacket is missing 3/4 of the spine, with small tears at extremities, 
since covered in mylar.  Contents are clean and sound. There were 
3,000 cc in this edition, which followed the 2,000 cc of the first 
British edition by four months.  $195.00 {93734}

10.  WOOLF, VIRGINIA.  COMMON READER, THE. New York: Harcourt, Brace 
& Co. (Quinn & Boden), (1925). Illustrated by VB [Vanessa Bell] 
jacket. First separate American edition. Several previously appearing 
in the Times Literary Supplement and the Dial. Burgundy blind-stamped 
cloth with hb impressed top board logo, gilt print spine, uncut. 8vo. 
[(ii), 332 pgs] Very good+/In like price clipped jacket. Small 
bookseller ticket ffep and front flap, short gift inscription ffep, 
faint spotty edge foxing in bright jacket with light soil and toning, 
slightly darkened spine.  Jacket front flap is The Common Reader, 
Jacket rear flap is Essays on Literature, History, Politics, etc. 
2.50, Jacket rear (7) by Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse to Night 
and Day with prices. A beautiful copy of a scarce edition.  $1500.00 
{73436}

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