[Rarebooks] FS: A Few Items With Substantial Discounts

[Allington Books]

*A FEW ITEMS WITH SUBSTANTIAL DISCOUNTS ON OUR SITE:
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*London, Jack*. *In Yeddo Bay*, presented in St. Nicholas for Young Adults,
Volume XXX, Number 4, original issue. New York: The Century Company [Mary
Mapes Dodge], 1903. First edition. *PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED 50%. WAS $425.*
A Near Fine copy in the Publisher's original decorated wrappers, of the
February, 1903 issue of St. Nicholas for Young Folks magazine, containing
the first appearance in print of Jack London's short story "In Yeddo Bay"
(expected wear to the cover edges -- which extend beyond the page block
edges and thus are prone to wear, some offsetting to the inside of the rear
wrap and to the adjoining page from a once loosely inserted sheet of paper,
surprisingly light chipping to the spine ends), complete with the original
covers and advertisements. The story is set in Japan and is an amplified
version of an earlier London short story written on the same theme titled
"Night's Swim In Yeddo Bay" (Aegis, May 27, 1895) -- thus constituting the
first presentation of the fully-developed story as well as the first
commercial publication of it. [In the 1890s, Jack London served an
apprenticeship of sorts at, and wrote stories for, Oakland's High School
literary magazine the "Aegis". A shorter version of "In Yeddo Bay" was
first published in the Aegis titled "Night's Swim In Yeddo Bay" (May 27,
1895). In that version of the tale, Long Charlie, a merchant seaman, tells
about the night he got drunk and swam a full mile out to his ship.] In the
amplified and revised version of the tale offered here, the protagonist is
a young seaman named Alf Davis who, having gone ashore for the evening,
loses his purse and cannot pay the local sampan men for a ride back out to
his ship. Alf gets into a scuffle, and as he has no way to return to his
ship, a Lieutenant advises him to stay ashore for the night. Not wanting to
admit defeat, Alf dives into the sea and swims a considerable distance out
to his ship. Thereafter, impressed with his bravery, the sampan men
transport him between ship and shore for free, refusing to allow Alf, who
they have declared a "bully boy" and "all right", to pay for transportation
in the harbor. The story later was collected in London's "Dutch Courage and
Other Stories".  Most copies of the original St. Nicholas containing this
London short story found on the market have been bound with other issues of
the magazine and without the issue's original covers and advertisements.
Copies of this early London story in the form originally issued are quite
scarce. A Near Fine copy of the first appearance of the Jack London short
story "In Yeddo Bay". QUITE SCARCE. Near Fine. Wrappers. (#00003512)
*NOW $212.50*

*Mann, Thomas*. *Mario and the Magician* [*Signed*]. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1931. First edition. *PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED 30%. WAS $3,250.*   A
Very Good + to Near Fine copy of the first American edition, first printing
(spine ends pushed, rub to the front board's leading bottom front corner --
otherwise rather light edge wear), in a Very Good + dust jacket (rubbing at
the edges, spine head shows some chipping and rubbing -- barely touching
the "T" in "Thomas", light chipping and some tiny tears at the flap turns
and top of the front panel --- still about the nicest example of this dust
jacket that we have seen with other examples showing considerably more
wear), SIGNED BY THOMAS MANN on the half-title. Perhaps Mann's most overtly
political tale, the novella begins with a narrator who recounts his
family's trip to the resort area of Torre di Venere, Italy, and the
discomfort they felt due to the prevailing sense of Italian nationalism. In
the story's second half, a hypnotist, Cipolla, performs his act at the
resort and exerts his control on the audience --- likely paralleling the
influence of authoritarian leaders on their respective populations. From
the gathered crown he singles out Mario, a local citizen, and exercises his
hypnotic powers upon him, toying with Mario before the crowd and inducing
Mario to reveal publicly his innermost thoughts, thus baring his sole
before all within hearing. Furious at this treatment, Mario then revenges
himself by murdering Cipolla, an act which frees the audience from
Cipolla's control. Thomas Mann won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature
"principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily
increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary
literature". This copy belonged to Academy Award-Winning Actor Jack Palance
and the bookplate from the 2006 sale of his personal property is loosely
laid in. Signed copies of Thomas Mann's first editions, especially in
English translations are not common. While signed Limited Editions are
usually available, signed copies of his trade editions scarcer. Copies of
the first American edition of Mario and the Magician in collectable
condition, especially in the dust jacket, are rather uncommon, and signed
copies of this novella in any language are absolute hen's teeth. A Very
Good + copy, SIGNED BY THOMAS MANN. Jack Palance's copy. QUITE SCARCE TO
RARE. Near Fine in very good + dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#00003507)        *NOW
$2,275.00*

*Eco, Umberto*. *Postscript to The Name of the Rose* [*Signed*]. New York:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First American edition. ISBN:
0-15-173156-X. *PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED 50%. WAS $425.   *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.
Eco's telling of the story behind his landmark novel "The Name of the
Rose". Signed copies, especially in a condition as nice as is this copy,
are quite scarce. Collectors owning Eco's famed novel should, of course,
own this book as well. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY UMBERTO ECO. QUITE SCARCE.
Fine in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#00003504)        *NOW* *$212.50*

*Grass, Gunter* . *Original Limited Edition Etchings*, *Signed 5x*. Zurich:
Coron-Verlag, 1975. First edition. *PRESENTLY DISCOUNTED 40%. WAS $4,250. *
[1973, 1974]. A Fine set of four original etchings by Gunter Grass, each
SIGNED BY GUNTER GRASS, housed in a Near Fine marbled-gray stiff cardboard
folio also SIGNED BY GUNTER GRASS on the title label, published in a
Limited Edition of 70 copies, of which this is copy 69, together with the
original custom cardboard mailing box. Each of the four etchings has been
signed, dated, and numbered in charcoal by Gunter Grass, who also signed
and numbered the title pastedown residing on the folio's front cover in
blue ink. (One of the etchings is number 59 from a limitation of only 60.)
Each Etching is loosely inserted into the folio and is there protected by a
loosely inserted tissue guard (each in very good condition). The Etchings
themselves are in excellent condition and are printed on high-linen
handmade paper suitable for framing. The Folio measures approximately 30" X
21" and each etching is printed on a sheet measuring 19-3/4” X 25-1/2”.
Each Etching is in Fine condition and is untitled. (Were we to give titles
to the etchings, the titles would be: "Partially Eaten Peaches" (59/60,
1973), A Study of Three Fish (79/80, 1973), A Study of the Scorpion (79/80,
1973), and "Rescue from a Fish" (79/80, 1974). The Etching sheets are much
larger in size that usually seen and the issues Limitation is much smaller
than usually is seen. Gunter Grass won the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
in recognition of his "frolicsome black fables [which] portray the
forgotten face of history". The original mailing carton shows that the
folio was sent to 25 Marktgasse Bern, Switzerland to the family of Alfred
Scherz & Co., Bern, Switzerland, publishing house and rare booksellers
(which ultimately sold all its assets to the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
in 1998). An important publishing house, Scherz played a key role in
introducing, in German translation, the works of Winston Churchill,
Eisenhower, George Patton, Field Marshall Montgomery, President Harry
Truman, Pearl Buck, Louis Bromfield, A.J. Cronin, and Thomas Wolfe. A
wonderful set of UNUSUALLY LARGE ETCHINGS ISSUED IN AN UNUSUALLY SMALL
LIMITATION, each SIGNED BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING GUNTER GRASS, issued in
a Folio ALSO SIGNED BY GUNTER GRASS. RARE. Fine. (#00003506)       *NOW
$2,550.00*


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