[Rarebooks] FS: 7 SIGNED Titles by Louis Adamic on sale

[Charles Agvent]

SALE:  20% off individual titles or all 7 for $175 including media mail 
postage.


1.  ADAMIC, Louis. FROM MANY LANDS. New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers, (1940). First Edition. A celebration of immigration, 
illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in the 
year of publication on the front endpaper. Near Fine, lacking the 
dustwrapper. (#016865)        $35.00

2.  ADAMIC, Louis. GRANDSONS: A STORY OF AMERICAN LIVES. New York & 
London: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First Edition. The story of grandsons 
of a Slovenian immigrant who was killed during the Haymarket Riot. 
SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper 
with a quote from the book:"Peter, why did they do it?" Spine mildly 
sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#016866)        $35.00

3.  ADAMIC, Louis. LUCAS, KING OF THE BALUCAS. Los Angeles: Arthur 
Whipple, 1935. First Edition. One of 350 copies illustrated with 
woodcuts by Eizzil. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on 
the front endpaper. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#016867)        
$35.00

4.  ADAMIC, Louis. MY AMERICA 1928-1938. New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Adamic's examination of this tumultous 
decade in American history with much on immigration. INSCRIBED and 
SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the front endpaper. 
Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. (#016868)        $35.00

5.  ADAMIC, Louis. TWO-WAY PASSAGE. New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers, (1941). First Edition. Political and social commentary on the 
eve of America's entrance into the war. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the 
author in the year of publication on the half-title page. Spine mildly 
sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#016864)        $35.00

6.  ADAMIC, Louis. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? New York & London: Harper & 
Brothers, (1942). First Edition. An examination of the evolution, 
intricacies, and absurdities of last names. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the 
author in the year of publication on the front endpaper. Inscribee's 
bookplate on front pastedown. Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking 
the dustwrapper. (#016861) $35.00

7.  McWILLIAMS, Carey (ADAMIC, Louis). LOUIS ADAMIC & SHADOW-AMERICA. 
Los Angeles: Arthur Whipple, (1935). First Edition. A critical study of 
Adamic by a friend and fellow radical. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the 
subject in the year of publication on the front endpaper in pencil with 
an initialed note by him: "Ink spills on this paper; hence pencil." 
Spine mildly sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. (#016862) $35.00

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