[Rarebooks] Fwd: A pair of items GREATLY DISCOUNTED

[Stephen Johnson]

The Oates set has sold.

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From: Stephen Johnson <allingtonbooks at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 10:32 AM
Subject: FS: A pair of items GREATLY DISCOUNTED
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Greetings to All.



The below items are at substantially reduced prices today (Tuesday) and
tomorrow (Wednesday) subject to the terms set forth below:


[Peck, George Wilbur]
Peck's Bad Boy: RARE POSTER FOR PLAY

[1884]. First Edition. No Binding. A Very Good RARE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK
POSTER for a stage play featuring Peck's Bad Boy. Civil War Veteran,
Politician, and Author George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916), who owned a
Wisconsin newspaper known as the "Sun", authored a humorous weekly
newspaper column which often featured a character of his own invention
named Henry "Hennery" Peck who first appeared in 1882. The character was
tremendously popular and became known as "Peck's Bad Boy". Peck went on to
write a series of books' featuring Hennery Peck who was known for pulling
pranks on members of the town, but most especially on his father, for the
pure joy of causing trouble and chaos. Peck began writing these stories,
which were turned into books as well, in the early 1880s. 'Peck's Bad Boy'
became a household name in the United States and was so popular that he
entered the American lexicon with the dictionary definition of "Peck's bad
boy" being "one whose bad behavior is a source of embarrassment or
annoyance". Charles E. Pidgin adapted the first story into a stage play,
and various companies began performing the Play around the country. In
1891, then teenager and vaudeville actor George M. Cohan toured for
thirty-five weeks in the role of Hennery. After many of Cohan's
performances, he had to fight his way out of the theater as neighborhood
boys would be waiting in alleyways to test their fighting abilities against
those of Hennery Peck, who ended the Play by stating 'I can still lick any
kid in town!'. Notably, these Bad Boy stories became so fashionable for a
time that Mark Twain was criticized for jumping on the bandwagon with Huck
Finn and the New York World published a review which said: "Were Mark
Twain's reputation as a humorist less well founded and established, we
might say that this cheap and pernicious stuff is conclusive evidence that
its author has no claim to be ranked with Artemus Ward, Sydney Smith, Dean
Swift, John Hay, or any other recognized humorist above the grade of the
author of that outrageous fiction, 'Peck's Bad Boy.'" [A silent film was
made in 1921 starring Jackie Coogan. After Peck's death, his "Peck's Bad
Boy" writings became the basis for several films and a television show.]
This is a Very Good copy of this RARE poster showing some mild scattered
water staining as well as some edge wear and chipping, folds, and some
compete and some partial tears within the sections, but with the colors
remaining rather rich and vibrant. The Poster is comprised of six (6)
sections and was designed to be posted outside where it would be subject to
the sunlight, rain, snow, and other weather conditions. The sections have
interior margins whereupon the adjoining section(s) would be laid such that
the final complete poster -- which would have glue applied to each
section's verso for mounting to a wall or other surface -- once mounted,
would show only the exterior margin. Once thusly prepared and mounted, the
Poster could not be removed without destroying it. (The Poster remains in
its original six sections. We have left some interior margin exposed in two
of the photographs posted with this listing.) Consequently, few copies
would have survived to the present day. This copy never was used and is a
REMARKABLE SURVIVOR which was found in a barn and thus was neither
vulnerable to the fading caused by sunlight nor to the other damage that it
would have suffered had it been exposed to the weather. Once properly
arranged as if it were to be posted, the Poster measures approximately 6
feet 10 inches X six feet 10 inches. A RARE UNSOPHISTICATED POSTER AND A
REMARKABLE SURVIVOR. RARE INDEED. Very good. Item #2758

Price: $2,350.00  TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $525


Oates, Joyce Carol
Lament Cantabile; Synchronal; and Rapport [The Second, Third, and Fourth
Published Literary Works by Joyce Carol Oates]

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, 1957, 1958. First Edition, First
Printing. Wrappers. A Very Good or better copy of three Magazines, such
Magazines containing among them the second, third, and fourth published
literary works by Joyce Carol Oates, such magazines being (i) the Debut
Publication of "The Syracuse Review", this being the January, 1957 issue
(the Literary Staff of which included Joyce Carol Oates) which contains
Joyce Carol Oates' "Lament Cantabile", her SECOND PUBLISHED LITERARY WORK.
The magazine is in Very Good condition and shows only light signs of use,
slight damage to the front wrapper, two tiny ink marks to the front cover
list of contents, and separation of the staples from the front portion of
the wrapper -- which wrapper is holding quite well; (ii) the April 1957
issue of "The Syracuse Review" which contains "Synchronal" by Joyce Carol
Oates' , her THIRD PUBLISHED LITERARY WORK. The magazine is in Very Good
condition and shows only light signs of use, slight damage to the front
wrapper, two tiny ink marks to the front cover list of contents, and
separation of the lower staple from the front portion of the wrapper --
which wrapper is holding quite well; and (iii) the October 1958 issue of
"Syracuse 10" being the Debut Publication of "Syracuse 10" (a literary
magazine which replaced "The Syracuse Review") which contains "Rapport",
Oates' FOURTH PUBLISHED LITERARY WORK. The magazine is in Very Good
condition and shows only light signs of use, a short closed tear to the
front wrapper's top edge, and toning/foxing to the wrappers. [The author's
first published short story -- her debut publication, was "A Long Way
Home", a short story published in "Will o' The Wisp" (the literary magazine
of Williamsville Junior-Senior High School in Williamsville, N.Y.)]
Interestingly, as she embarked on her desired Literary career, Oates was
concerned that the dark nature of her Syracuse stories might be an obstacle
to her desired career as a writer, stating "I am beginning to wonder about
the wisdom of a great deal of some really vicious writing of mine which has
been published in relationship to the future" she wrote. Surprisingly, she
considered it "...quite likely that I will not be doing too much writing
anymore." (Oates did, however, later manage to get some other works
published, and American Poetry Review -- in its Jan/Feb 2008 issue --
declared Oates to be “one of the greatest literary forces of our time”. A
RARE ASSEMBLAGE OF THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH LITERARY PUBLICATIONS of
one of the world's most prolific and successful writers of fiction. RARE
INDEED. Very good +. Item #2901

Price: $850.00    TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE AT $350


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Best Wishes,

Stephen

Allington Antiquarian Books



Stephen Johnson

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


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