[Rarebooks] FS: John Reed's SIGNED Copy of Scarce History of the Harvard Lampoon Society

[Charles Agvent]

One of several spectacular John Reed items fromour recent 
catalog--SUMMER MISCELLANY 2014--which contains 127 select items, all 
new arrivals, in a variety of fields. Here is a link to our illustrated 
pdf catalog on our website:
http://www.charlesagvent.com/shop/agvent/index.html?id=DLrIinxi&mv_pc=440

[REED, John] (WHEELWRIGHT, Edmund March). LAMPY'S EARLY DAYS. BY AN OLD 
LAMPOONER. Cambridge: The Harvard Lampoon Society, 1909. First Edition. 
Early gilt-decorated and lettered full dark burgundy morocco leather 
(6-1/4" x 9-3/8") retaining the original purple wraps within; [viii], 72 
pages. Issued in an edition of 500 copies, this illustrated history of 
the early days of the Harvard Lampoon Society by one of its founders is 
very scarce. This copy is especially interesting as it belonged to John 
Reed and is SIGNED by him on the front endpaper: "John S. Reed '10 
Ibis/'In medio tutissimus ibis/A sacred oath I swear to Heaven and 
him/Confirming it with Ibis holy name'/-Tamburlaine." Reed, who 
graduated from Harvard in 1910, served as president of the Harvard 
Lampoon. Under his leadership the publication evolved from collegiate 
humor to highly literate, and often scathing, social commentary. 
Professionally rebacked with a new spine, mild wear to corners. Very Good.

Perhaps the best known left-wing American journalist of the twentieth 
century; Reed was portrayed by Warren Beatty in the film REDS, nominated 
for twelve Academy Awards and winner of three, which centered on Reed's 
life, notably his romance with Louise Bryant, played by Diane Keaton, 
and his early death at 33 in Moscow. Reed's best known book, TEN DAYS 
THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, is Reed's firsthand account of the October 
Revolution in Russia in 1917. (#017506)     $2,500.00

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