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Stephen Johnson
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
Rare and Collectible Books, both Antiquarian and Modern
336-414-0435

*Sartre, Jean-Paul*. *Saint Genet Actor & Martyr [Signed]*. New York:
George Braziller, 1963. First American edition. A Very Good copy of the
First American edition, first printing (spine ends pushed, lower outside
corner rubbed), in an about Very Good dust toned dust jacket (with edge
chipping and a small chip to the spine affecting the upper right portion of
the "T" in "Saint", and a 1 1/2" closed tear to the bottom of the rear
panel near the spine fold), SIGNED BY JEAN-PAUL SARTRE on the half-title;
(#00003181)  *$425 to the List*


*Martinson, Harry . Aniara [Signed]* [Aniara : en revy om människan i tid
och rum; Underskrivet] A Review of Man in Time and Space. London:
Hutchinson, 1963. First UK edition. A Very Good copy of the first UK
edition, first printing (some white spotting where it appears that the dye
was not absorbed by the cloth, minor edge wear and some corner bumping), in
a Near Fine dust jacket (light wear at the outer corners, age toning to the
white flaps), SIGNED BY HARRY MARTINSON on the title page;  Hardcover.
(#00002771)        $1,225.00
*$500 to the List*


*Rice, Anne; Rice, Stan. October 4, 1948 [Signed 2x*, published in Transfer
19 -- *Anne Rice's first published short story]*. San Francisco: Board of
Publications of the Associated Students, Inc., of San Francisco State
College, 1965 . First edition. A Very Good + copy (light bumps, modest age
toning, minor handling soil) of Transformer 19, a rare issue of the
Literary Magazine of San Francisco State College (later San Francisco State
University) at which Anne Rice and her husband, poet and painter Stan Rice,
were students, *SIGNED BY ANNE RICE and SIGNED BY STAN RICE*  Wrappers.
(#00002808)        $1,450.00
*$475 to the List*

*Bellow, Saul. The Dean's December [Signed Uncorrected Proof]*. New York:
Harper & Row, 1982. First printing. A Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof
for this novel's first edition, first printing, SIGNED BY SAUL BELLOW on
the title page and with the spine showing a modest touch of the common
sunning.   Wrappers. (#00003656)        $550.00
*$155 to the List*

*Eco, Umberto. Postscript to The Name of the Rose [Signed]*. New York:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First American edition. ISBN:
0-15-173156-X. A Fine copy of the first American edition, first printing
(spine tail gently pushed), in a Fine, mildly toned, dust jacket, SIGNED BY
UMBERTO ECO on the title page.  Hardcover. (#00003504)        $425.00
*$150 to the List*

*Steinbeck, John  . LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN STEINBECK* New York:
John Steinbeck, 1968. First edition. The Original of John Steinbeck's Last
Will and Testament. This is John Steinbeck's personal original of his Last
Will and Testament, kept by him in his New York apartment. We presume that
only two originals ever existed, this and one other, and that the other
original was probated and duly filed in the public records upon Steinbeck's
death. John Steinbeck died on December 20, 1968, barely 4 months after
executing this unique and important document. The Will has been initialed
"JS" at each page except the signature page, where Steinbeck has signed the
Will. TA unique and collection-distinguishing item for the Steinbeck
collector, as well as for any collector of Modern Literature. THE FAMED
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT, SIGNED BY HIM AND INITIALED BY HIM NINE TIMES. RARE.  Fine.
None. (#00001631)        $14,250.00
*$8,000 to the List*

*Trollope, Anthony. John Caldigate*. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879. First
edition. A Very Good or better copy of this Trollope triple-decker, bound
in the Publisher's original lilac gray cloth, front panels decorated in
black, rear panels blind stamped, spines decorated in gilt and black bands,
bright pale yellow endpapers.  A rather nice set of a very enjoyable
Trollope novel.  Very Good +. Hardcover. (#0000763)        $6,500.00
*$2,225 to the List*

*Sillanpaa, Frans Eemil. Sterben und Auferstehen* [Signed]. Zurich:
Coron-Verlag, 1962. First edition. A Fine, Superior, copy of the first
edition, first printing, SIGNED BY FRANS EEMIL SILLANPAA on the page facing
his Portrait [Text in German]; a commemorative book published to honor
Sillanpaa's having won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his deep
understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which
he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."
[The true first edition of this book, offered here, should not be confused
with the later revised edition (1970), or with later printings of such
revised edition, which are rather easily found.]  Quite Beautiful and RARE
INDEED. Fine. Hardcover. (#00003604)        $3,500.00
*$1,525 to the List*

*Robinson, W. Heath; Stratton, Helen; McCormick, A. D.; Davies, A. L.; and
Norbury, A. E. [Illustrators]. The Arabian Nights Entertainments [Signed]*.
London: George Newnes Limited, 1899. First edition. A Near Fine copy of the
first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original blue cloth with
beveled edges, the front board lettered in gilt and black and decorated in
black, red, white, purple, and blue, and the spine lettered in gilt and
also decorated in black, white, and purple, all edges gilt, SIGNED BY W.
HEATH ROBINSON on the title page; a collection of short stories, profusely
illustrated, primarily by W. Heath Robinson, and also containing
illustrations by Helen Stratton, A. D. McCormick, A. L. Davies, and A. E.
Norbury. A considerably better copy of this large and heavy book than
usually found Hardcover. (#00003499)        $2,850.00
*$1,150 to the List.*


*France, Anatole; Lalau, Maurice: Illustrations. LE JONGLEUR DE
NOTRE-DAME[Signed / Signe]
*. Paris: A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur, 1924. First edition. A Very
Good + copy of the first edition, first printing, bound in 3/4 leather with
marbled boards and rich marbled endpapers and a banded spine with an
elegant and finely tooled flat oval containing 6 gilt points and two sets
of 3 red grapes (moderate edge wear), SIGNED BY ANATOLE FRANCE on the front
free endpaper;  A beautiful copy of a quite scarce book, SIGNED BY ANATOLE
FRANCE. SCARCE/RARE. Very Good +. Leather Bound. (#00002889)
 $2,850.00
*$1,150 to the List*

*Sanavio, Piero; Pound, Ezra; Seferis, George; Montale, Eugenio; Hemingway,
Ernest; Eliot, T. S.; Sitwell, Edith; and Lewis, Wyndham*. *Dialogue.
Journal des Livres et des Idees*, Septembre 1967, no. 3 [*Signed by Sanavio
and by Pound*]. Lausanne, 1967. First edition.  A scarce copy of this issue
of "Dialogue", devoted entirely to Ezra Pound, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO EZRA
POUND BY PIERO SANAVIO and ALSO SIGNED BY EZRA POUND. QUITE RARE. Near
Fine. Newspaper format. (#00003474)        $2,250.00
*$975 to the List*

*Trollope, Anthony. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush
Life.* London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. First Illustrated
Edition. A Very Good + copy of the first illustrated edition of this rather
scarce Trollope novel (some loss to the lower leather corner caps), bound
in contemporary 3/4 leather with the compartmented spine lettered and
decorated in gilt and with the bulked page edges dotted in red Hardcover.
(#00003267)        $1,050.00
*$425 to the List*

*Wister, Owen. Padre Ignacio or The Song of Temptation [Signed]*. New York:
Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition. A Very Good copy of the first
edition, first issue, in the Publisher's original gray boards, with a
decoratve scene including the title and author name applied to the front
board (general rubbing, particularly to the spine ends and board corners,
some scratches to the front board's decoration, frontis tissue foxed with
transferrance to the frontis and to the title page) in a surprisingly nice
example of the delicate and scarce glassine dust jacket PRESENTED, SIGNED,
AND DATED BY OWEN WISTER  QUITE SCARCE. Very Good in very good dust-jacket.
Hardcover. (#00003471)        $550.00
*$155 to the List*

*Elytis, Odysseus. Six and One Remorses for the Sky [Signed]*. Helsinki:
Eurographica, 1985. First edition. A Fine copy of the first edition, first
printing, in the Publisher's original gray wrappers, SIGNED AND DATED
("1985") BY ODYSSEUS ELYTIS on the title page; one of only 350 copies of
this collection of poetry printed. [Fine. Wrappers. (#00003238)
$475.00
*$175 to the List*

*Mamet, David. Three Children's Plays [Signed]*. New York: Grove Press,
Inc., 1986. First edition. A beautiful copy of the exceedingly scarce first
edition in pink boards, SIGNED BY DAVID MAMET.  Hardcover. (#0000347)
    $475.00
$*165 to the List*

*London, Charmian [London, Jack]. Autograph Letter Signed* Glen Ellen, CA:
Charmian London, 1916. First edition. An Autograph note dated
"Dec.22.1916.", entirely in Charmian London's hand, together with the
note's original mailing envelope addressed by Charmian London.  She ends,
in part, by writing: "It's a bad thing Jack was badly poisoned some way."
SCARCE. Near Fine. Loose_leaf. (#00002551)        $425.00
*$165 to the List*


Stephen Johnson
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
Rare and Collectible Books, both Antiquarian and Modern
336-414-0435