[Rarebooks] Russell and Atwood have sold from Six Items Temporarily Discounted

[Allington Books]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 3:37 PM Allington Books <allingtonbooks at gmail.com>
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> Greetings to All.
> Subject to the terms set forth below, today and tomorrow we offer the
> below-described items, each at a substantial  discount:
> Berrigan, Ted; Gallup, Dick
> Poster for a Poetry Reading by Ted Berrigan and Dick Gallup at St. Mark’s
> Church in New York
>
> New York: March 28 [no year stated]. First Edition. [No binding]. A Fine
> copy of the first edition of this Ted Berrigan poster advertising a reading
> by Berrigan and Dick Gallup (whose name could conceivably have inspired the
> poster) at St. Mark’s Church in New York on March 28th, ______ as part of
> the Poetry Project. The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery
> was founded in the summer of 1966 as a direct successor to, and as a
> continuation of, the reading series previously held at various coffee
> houses [such as Les Deux Mégots on East Seventh Street and Moe and Cindy
> Margules’s Café Le Metro then at 149 Second Avenue] that had flourished on
> the Lower East Side since 1960. [An interesting history of the series can
> be found at www.poetryproject.org/about/history/.] The Poster measures
> approximately 8.5 inches X 11 inches, is printed in black and white on the
> recto only, and is illustrated with an image of sprawling nudes. In Fine
> condition, the poster shows minor tanning to outer edges, and two subtle
> horizontal folds, presumably from being mailed. A Fine original poster.
> Fine. Item #2749
>
> Price: $225.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $75.00.
>
>
> Atwood, Margaret; [Matthiessen, Peter]
> The Penelopiad [SIGNED 2X, ASSOCIATION COPY]
>
> Canada: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
> A Fine, Superior copy of the first Canadian edition, first printing, in a
> Near Fine dust jacket (faint crease line and edge push to the front flap --
> otherwise Fine), SIGNED BY MARGARET ATWOOD ON THE TITLE PAGE, and
> INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY ATWOOD TO PETER MATTHIESSEN ON THE
> HALF-TITLE AS FOLLOWS: "For Peter - / a somewhat / frivalous book - / all
> best - // Peggy A. // 2006". Atwood's retelling of the Myth of Penelolpe
> and Odysseus, the novella was nominated for the 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy
> Award for Adult Literature and longlisted for the 2007 International Dublin
> Literary Award. A Fine, Superior, ASSOCIATION COPY in a Near Fine dust
> jacket, SIGNED BY ATWOOD ONCE ON THE TITLE PAGE AND FURTHER SIGNED BY HER
> WITH A PRESENTATION TO FELLOW AUTHOR PETER MATTHIESSEN. Fine / near fine.
> Item #2748
>
> Price: $250.00    TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $75.00.
>
> Russell, Bertrand
> An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish: A Hilarious Catalogue of Organized and
> Individual Stupidity
>
> Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1943]. First Edition,
> First Printing. Wrappers. A Very Good + to Near Fine copy of the first
> publication of this Bertrand Russell Essay in book format, bound in the
> Publisher's original yellow wrappers (short diagonal line moving from the
> right margin into the title block on the front wrapper -- apparently a
> production defect, leaves toned). The Essay later appeared in Russell's
> "Unpopular Essays" (1950). Russell began the Essay: "Man is a rational
> animal-so at least I have been told." He then goes to show that Man is not
> always rational. For example, he states: ""If the matter is one that can be
> settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have
> avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by
> the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he
> counted. He did not do so because he thought he knew. Thinking that you
> know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone."
> Bertrand Russell won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of
> his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian
> ideals and freedom of thought". We seldom see copies of this publication of
> this Essay. A Very Good + copy. UNCOMMON TO SCARCE. Very good +. Item #2738
>
> Price: $75.00   Russell, Bertrand  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $25.
>
> Smith, Marie; Truman, Harry [Foreword]
> The President's Lady: an Intimate Biography of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson
> [SIGNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON -- PROVENANCE CONGRESSMAN HORACE KORNEGAY]
>
> New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A
> Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (some pushing and darkening
> to the spine ends, Horace Kornegay's bookplate to the front pastedown --
> yellow topstain remains quite nice in color), in a Very Good + dust jacket
> (spine lightly sunned, some minor general rubbing and a few - mostly rather
> small - chips), SIGNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON on the front free endpaper as
> follows: "with best wishes, / Lady Bird Johnson". Claudia Alta "Lady Bird"
> Johnson was America's thirty-second first lady (and wife of Lyndon B.
> Johnson, the nation's thirty-sixth President). Formerly the Second Lady of
> the United States, she became the nation's First Lady upon the 1963
> assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (It was Mrs. Johnson's business
> acumen that brought wealth to her family.) Considered a factually fuller
> and less fawning biography than the earlier biography of Mrs. Johnson
> authored by Ruth Montgomery. In commenting on this biography, the New York
> times described Lady Bird Johnson as being "what many women wish they could
> be". An ASSOCIATION COPY having an EXCELLENT PROVENANCE, this copy belonged
> to US CONGRESSMAN HORACE KORNEGAY (who served during the Kennedy and
> Johnson Administrations) whose bookplate graces the front pastedown. Copies
> of her biography SIGNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON ARE QUITE SCARCE, and are
> particularly so when in a condition as nice as is this copy. A SIGNED
> ASSOCIATION COPY and, as such, QUITE SCARCE INDEED. Fine / very good +.
> Fine / very good +. Item #937
>
> Price: $675.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $115.00.
>
>
> [Various Authors]
> Blatter und Blüthen deutscher Poesie und Kunst ein Album, sinniger
> Betrachtung gewidmet / mit 15 Stahlstichen nach Zeichnungen von W. Georgy
> und E. Hartmann [Leaves and blossoms of German poetry and art. An album
> dedicated to more meaningful contemplation. With 18 steel engravings after
> drawings by W. Georgy and E. Hartmann]
>
> Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter, 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. A Fine,
> bright copy of the fourth edition of this work with all edges of the closed
> page block gilt, in a Rare Fine glassine dust jacket, housed in the Rare
> original Publisher's box in surprisingly nice condition with some general
> wear. [Text in German.] This notable work was first published in 1862 with
> only 12 illustrations; 18 illustrations are provided in this edition, each
> guarded by a blank page. We have not seen another copy in as nice a
> condition as is this copy and this copy is made further remarkable by the
> survival original glassine dust jacket and box. A BEAUTIFUL AND REMARKABLE
> COPY which is MENTIONED ON PAGE 95, AND OF WHICH AN IMAGE APPEARS ON PAGE
> 97, of Mark Godburn's excellent work titled "Nineteenth-Century
> Dust-Jackets" published by Oak Knoll Press in the US and by Private
> Libraries Association in the UK (2016). [Please Note: Due to the book's
> weight, international shipping costs to Buyer will exceed the amount quoted
> by this site. US Postal regulations require shipment by Priority Mail.].
> Fine / fine. Item #863
>
> *Price: $525.00   *TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $115.00.
>
>
> Chavanne, Dr. Josef
> Die Sahara oder Von Oase zu Oase. Bilder aus dem Natur & Volksleben in der
> grossen afrikanischen Wuste [in the RARE dust jacket] [The Sahara or From
> Oasis to Oasis. Pictures from the nature & people life in the big African
> desert]
>
> Leipzig: A. Hartlebens Verlag, 1879. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.
> A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's
> original ornate green binding (slight rubbing to the board corners and
> spine ends, a bit of oxidation to the board and spine decoration and
> lettering), in a Fine example of the RARE illustrated dust jacket (a few
> small tape repairs dust jacket's verso), complete with 7 color
> illustrations (each with a tissue guard) and dozens of woodcuts. The volume
> also contains a color map of the Sahara to the book's rear. The map is in
> Fine condition and, having come cleanly detached, is loosely laid in. Dr.
> Josef Chavanne (1846-1902) was an Austrian geographer and noted explorer of
> Africa who wanted in this book "to present a vivid and correct conception
> of the Sahara, the multifarious natural character of its individual natural
> regions, the life, customs and habits of its inhabitants to the reader in
> vivid portrayal Eyes lead." A BEAUTIFUL AND REMARKABLE COPY WHICH IS
> MENTIONED ON PAGE 88, AND OF WHICH AN IMAGE APPEARS ON PAGE 89, of Mark
> Godburn's excellent work titled "Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets" published
> by Oak Knoll Press in the US and by Private Libraries Association in the
> UK. Of this book, Godburn states: "Another German jacket is one of the more
> attractive examples produced in any country during the mid-Victorian
> period. 'Die Sahara oder Von Oase zu Oase' (1879) was bound in green cloth
> ornately decorated in black and gold with gilt insets of a camel, a horse
> and robed natives. The front of the cream-coloured jacket was covered with
> a large illustratration that did not appear in the book. It depicted an
> oasis-like settlement in the foreground with temples and gardens shimmering
> in the distance, all bordered by palms and other flora. At the foot of the
> illustration was the signature of the Viennese printer R. V. Waldheim. The
> jacket spine was printed and there was extensive advertising on the back.
> The book was an expensive production inside and out with silk endpapers, a
> large folding map in colour, and tissue-guarded lithographic plates in
> addition to the beautiful binding and lovely jacket. Some booksellers and
> purchasers must have wondered whether to display the binding alone or in
> the jacket." [Please Note: Due to the book's weight, international shipping
> costs to Buyer will exceed the amount quoted by this site. US Postal
> regulations require that international shipment be by Priority Mail.] A
> BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL DUST JACKET.
> Fine / fine. Item #2715
>
> Price: $2,250.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR $1,125
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> Stephen
> Allington Antiquarian Books
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>
> Stephen Johnson
> Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
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Stephen Johnson
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC
Rare and Collectible Books, both Antiquarian and Modern
www.allingtonbooks.com
336-414-0435