[Rarebooks] FS: A Miscellany of some interesting, modestly priced books

[Charles Agvent]

(BURROUGHS, William). EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. THE MAKING OF NAKED 
LUNCH. New York: Grove Weidenfield, (1992). First Edition. Quarto in 
pictorial wraps. The making of the film directed by David Cronenberg and 
starring Peter Weller, with an introduction by Burroughs and illustrated 
with photographs. Fine. (#007553)        $50.00

CRUMP, Paul. BURN, KILLER, BURN! Chicago: Johnson Publishing, (1962). 
First Edition. First book by this African-American death-row author 
whose sentence was eventually commuted to 199 years. Near Fine in a Very 
Good dustwrapper with light edgewear and rubbing at the rear. 
(#007675)        $50.00

HOLT, Winifred. THE LIGHT WHICH CANNOT FAIL. TRUE STORIES OF HEROIC 
BLIND MEN AND WOMEN AND A HANDBOOK FOR THE BLIND AND THEIR FRIENDS. New 
York: Dutton, (1922). First Edition. One of only 1500 copies printed. 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "To John 
Hayes Hammond Esq. Friend of Light and Friend of that Fighter for the 
Blind Joseph H. Choate: With the high appreciation of the author 
Winifred Holt Mather. December 4, 1923." A fairly scarce book to find in 
the original edition, let alone signed. Very Good, lacking a 
dustwrapper. (#007389)        $85.00

(LAWRENCE, D. H.) M., M. MEMOIRS OF THE FOREIGN LEGION. New York: Alfred 
A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. With a 79-page introduction by D. H. 
Lawrence. The author, Maurice Magnus, met Lawrence in Italy after he had 
deserted the Legion. Flat broke but totally convinced of his higher 
class standing, Magnus attempted to live at a higher means, simply 
borrowing more money from his very tolerant friends until his debt 
caught up to him and he killed himself with the police outside his door. 
The introduction to this fascinating memoir is considered to be one of 
Lawrence's greatest works. Short tear to the head of the spine; light 
soiling to the rear cover. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. 
(#007487)        $45.00

MANNERS-SUTTON, D. BLACK GOD. A STORY OF THE CONGO. New York: Longmans, 
Green, 1934. First Edition. According to the dustwrapper flap, "Miss 
Manners-Sutton has lived in the Congo, and knows the mysterious ways of 
the blacks." Some very light edgewear to the dustwrapper, but very 
attractive. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. (#007651)        $100.00

SPIEGELMAN, Art. MAUS II: A SURVIVOR'S TALE. AND HERE MY TROUBLES BEGAN. 
New York: Pantheon, (1991). First Edition. The follow-up to his 
successful and unique memoir of the Holocaust and its aftermath on his 
family. Spiegelman was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for this 
work. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#007455) $50.00

SYMONS, Arthur. STUDIES IN SEVEN ARTS. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 
(1925). Revised Edition. First published in 1906. Includes thirteen new 
essays on Rembrandt, Millais, Strauss, Wagner, and others. Owner name on 
the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.. (#007500)        
$35.00


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