Correspondence Archive, Signed (91 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A nice, clean copy. Inscribed by author. ; B & W Photographs; 9.9 X 6.8 X 1.0 inches; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Signed presentation copy:"For Norman Scarfe.Tom Hoving." Copy belonging to Norman Scarfe, with his embossed stamp and book plate on the front end paper. Loosely inserted correspondence from the author to Norman Scarfe at Suffolk records Society, comprising one typed signed letter on Metropolitan Museum of Art headed paper; typed signed letter on having associates Head paper; typed notes; signed typed letter from Carol Southall, The American friends of the Aldeburgh Festival. Newspaper clipping, new York Post 1986 on Thomas Hoving "former Met director." History: 'In the spring of 1955, after eight centuries of silence, in mysterious work of art, one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ever created in world history, suddenly turned up in the hands of a strange and secretive collector.' Large 8vo.pp. 365. Original publisher's quarter cloth binding in cherry red, with beige sides, lettered gilt at spine. Dust jacket in red, lettered beige with a photograph of a wooden cross. ISBN: 0671433881./ Norman Scarfe (1923-2014) distinguished historian and author of Shell Guides (Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire). His bookplate states ÕSum Scarfei nec muto dominumÕ (i.e. ÔI belong to Scarfe, I do not change my master.Õ) He landed on D-Day with the 3rd Division, later writing its history in 1947. Having read History at Oxford he moved to Suffolk and is known for his work on Suffolk history. He is the author of several 'Shell Guides.' Near very good in very good dust jacket. Sound. Slight lean and slight foxing. Price clipped dust jacket slightly creased at edges. Signedes.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Book: 8vo.pp. 128. 'Fully illustrated guide to this groundbreaking series' Original publisher's glossy illustrated wraps, lettered white.with a small illustration on the front cover. ISBN:0747276226. / Cassette tape with hand-written title 'Invasion Earth: Jed Mercurio' / Typed script 'Invasion Earth by Jed Mercurio Final Draft July 1997' Chapters One-Six. / Large bundle of background preparatory information for the television series, including correspondence, cast lists, location maps, press releases, production notes typed and handwritten, newspaper and photocopied magazine research clippings. Very good indeed. Signedes.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ["THE RADIATOR" A PERIODICAL OF THE GREAT WAR] Archive of Captain E. C. Behrens, Adjutant, including a near-complete run of "The Radiator" (1916-1918), with associated correspondence, photographs, and presentation material. Borough Road College, Isleworth, 1916-1918. Folio folder (240 x 290 mm), titled in gilt "THE RADIATOR (FILE COPIES)", containing 17 issues of the depot periodical The Radiator, December 15, 1916 to April 1918, and June 1918 (lacking May 1918), each issue 12 pp., all in original printed wrappers; together with a 4 pp. autograph letter signed from Colonel T. J. Kearns to Captain Behrens (26 January 1918), on embossed Borough Road College stationery; a presentation plate from five Boy Orderlies (January 1917); a signed menu card with ink caricature and signatures of officers (January 1918); and two photographs of uniformed women staff (one a group portrait, one individual, the latter signed by the photographer). Original cloth folder worn and marked, contents generally very good, occasional light creasing and toning. Borough Road College, Isleworth, was requisitioned for the Army Service Corps and adapted as a training centre for drivers, mechanics, and administrative staff responsible for the operation and maintenance of motor vehicles, a function of increasing strategic importance as the war progressed. The periodical The Radiator (a title emblematic of this new mechanical culture) was issued for circulation within the depot. It combined instructional content, humour, reportage, and illustration. The preserved run, extending from the first issue on December 1916 through mid-1918, includes a fine portrait plate of Colonel T. J. Kearns after William Strang in the opening number, and a series "History of the M.T." with illustrations charting the evolution of transport "through the ages". Such ephemeral publications were seldom preserved in sequence, and survivals in institutional runs are notably scarce. There are only 6 institutions that hold The Radiator in any capacity according to copac, with none in commerce.  The archive is anchored by Captain E. C. Behrens, Adjutant of the depot, whose administrative role placed him at the centre of its daily operations. The accompanying autograph letter from Colonel Kearns, dated 26 January 1918, congratulates Behrens on "today's Gazette" and praises his "excellent work? as my Adjutant during the last ten months", indicating official recognition, likely connected to promotion or formal notice in the London Gazette.  Particularly noteworthy are the two photographs of uniformed women staff, showing the expanding role of women in military support functions, likely connected with the Army Service Corps or associated auxiliary services. The signed menu card shows a humorous ink caricature of a non-commissioned officer and multiple officer signatures (January 1918).  Taken together, the archive presents a well-documented picture of a specific wartime institution at a pivotal moment in military history: the shift from horse power to motor transport. Such material tied together through its Adjutant within a single depot, are uncommon on the market. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives (Most Annotated), Copies Of Photographs (Most Annotated), Original Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Books By And About Him 1912-2004, Etc. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet, By Albert Leroy Shelton ("Als"), Medical Missionary In Tibet 1903-1922. The Archive Contains 6 First Printings Of Books By Or About Him, 1912-2004, A Paper "A Bibliographic Essay On American Missionaries To The Tibetans Prior To 1950" (1998) With Related Correspondence From William Martin, Also Shelton's 146 Photographs 1903?-1922? Of Which 85 Are Annotated In White Ink, One Photograph Printing Plate (Zinc?) Of Als And His Wife Flora And Two Daughters Dorothy And Dorris (All Of Which Accompanied Him), 7 Sets Of Reprint Sheets With 2 Photos Per Sheet Also With One Original Photo And One Original Negative, 3 Annotated Negatives 10" X 8" Plus Three Photos On One Sheet 10" X8", 3 Negatives Annotated On Wrapping Paper And On Original Annotated On Reverse, 34 Photos 7"X5" Of Which 26 Negatives And 8 Proofs All Annotated On Envelopes And With Transmittal Letter From Dr. William Hardy 1987, 47 Large Copies Of Photographs 14" X 10 7/8" With Pencil Annotations On Reverse Signed "J.B., Fine Scenes Of Tibetan People And Group Activities And Buildings, Including One Annotated "Remains Of Tibetan Murdered By Chinese- Boiled To Death In A Large Cauldron- Bones Scattered To Be Scavenged By The Dogs- J.B.", Computer Printouts 6 Pp And 10 Pp With Chronology Of Als'S Life, About 44 Letters To And From Als And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton, 1903-1922, With Details Of Events And How They Were Impacted In Particular By The 1918 Fighting Between The Tibetan Armies And The Chinese Armies, A Letter From The British "Bengal Secretariat" Inventorying His Effects After His Death, 1922, And Another Long List Of Items Purchased From The Estate By Dr. Hardy, And Two Long Newsletters About The Continuing Ministry In Tibet Which Are Undated But 1920'S, Two 6 And 8 Pp Copies Of Letters From The Morse'S October And November 1922 Describing Dr. Shelton'S Death In Detail And Current Events Since, 2Nd Page Of Original Letter From Flora Describing Events Just Prior To Departure For Tibet, 1903, 71 Pp Clipping File Of Newspaper Reports And 1903-1922? By Sheltons And Others (Pasted Into A Book) With Loose Notes By Daughter Dorris. Also, A Large Format 51 Pp. Scrapbook Of Ephemera And Newspaper Reports From Before And After His Death, With Letters From John D. Rockefeller And An Aide To Als 1920 Regarding Purchase Of Art For $1000 (The Majority Of His Art Was Sold To The Newark Museum To Form The Bulk Of Their Important Tibetan Art Collection), Official Letters To Or About Him Regarding His Being Taken Hostage, The Als Death Certificate By Dr. Hardy, Photocopy Of The Dalai Lama'S Pass/Permit For Als'S Last Trip, And Memorial Service Brochures, Also Two Additional Original Photographs Of Shelton And 4 Original Photographs Dated 1907, One Of Which Shows The Stone Bridge Which Was Then The Boundary Of Tibet. [An Archive Of Material About Her Father, Her Own Experiences In Tibet, Etc., By His Other Daughter Dorris Shelton Still, Is Available Separately, As Are Manuscripts Of His Wife'S Unpublished Novel And An Early Draft Of Her Unpublished Memoir Of Her Own Experiences There Together With A Photocopy Of A Later And Much Longer Draft). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. An Archive Of Books And Correspondence From Dorris E. Shelton Still, Daughter Of Albert Leroy Shelton, Medical Missionary To Tibet 1903-1922, And Of Mrs Shelton (Flora Beal Shelton), Who Both Wrote About Their Experiences There. The Archive Includes: 1. An Offprint Of "Culture Traits Of The Tibetans" By Dorris, From Sociology And Social Research (1938). 2. Chants From Shangri-La, Original Translation From The Tibetan By Flora Beal Shelton, Revised And Edited By Dorris Shelton Still, Self-Published, 1939. 3. Sue In Tibet, By Dorris, The Well-Received First Children's Book About Tibet, First Edition, 1942, John Day, In Jacket Priced $2.00. 4. Sue In Tibet, Undated Softcover Reprint, Probably Circa 1960/1965, Which Is Identical To The First Printing Text Except For The Addition Of A New Preface By The Author ". And It Was A Pleasant Place To Live. Then It Was Taken Over By The Chinese Communists And It No Longer Exists. Much Of The Country Has Been Destroyed, And The People Who Are There Can No Longer Live As They Once Lived. Many Of Them Have Fled And Are Now Living As Refugees In Other Places. They Had Large Libraries Filled With Books On History, Ancient Wisdom And Religion , Which Were All Burned , And This Was A Great Loss To The World. Here In This Little Book Is Just A Glimpse Of Tibet As It Used To Be, And The Way People Lived Before They Lost Their Land. It Is Important That Everyone Should Know That Once There Existed A Mysterious, Interesting And Delightful Country Called Tibet". 4. Typescript Table Of Contents, The Devils In The Wind (Of Tibet? Handwritten), A Preliminary Table Of Contents Of The ,Later (And Longer) Book. 5. Beyond The Devils In The Wind, Synergy, 1989, Fine In 3 Fine Dust Jackets, Inscribed By Dorris. 6. About 37 Letters And Cards To A Californian Who Worked On A Video And Tapes Of Dorris And The 1978-1988 Newark Museum Presentation Show Of Their Artwork From Tibet. One April 1990 Card Mentions Her Recent Trip To Washington, "I'll Give You My Speech When I See You. They ,Liked It So Well They Are Giving Money To The Tibetans." 7. About 7 Items Of Correspondence From Dorris's Sister, Dorothy Still Thomas, To The Same Recipient. 8. The Recipient's Small Folder Of Correspondence And Related Printed Material About The Newark Museum Show, Etc. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Drawings By Pasquale Giovannio Napolitano And Merle Armitage (illustrator). 1st Edition. An Archive Of About 200 Original Items Which Are From, To, Or About Merle Armitage, Carefully Stored 1935-2015. Much Of The Correspondence Is Between Armitage And Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano Regarding The Illustrations Provided By Napolitano For 18 Armitage Books 1934-1970, With Many Drawings And Photographs, And Also A Few Personal Letters And Notes. The Archive Also Includes Much Printed Ephemera Relating To Armitage Circa 1934-1965, Including Some Rare Pieces, Collected By Napolitano 1935-1980. Included Also Are A Few Letters Between The Armitage Family And Napolitano And In A Few Cases His Wife Emmie Goetz Napolitano. A Detailed List Is Available Upon Request, Along With A 250 Page Inventory Of The Rest Of The Napolitano Archive. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Arthur Winslow to H. P. Harmon. Includes substantial archive of family related material and correspondence, including a 7 page handwritten manuscript about the life Orpah Smith written by H. P. Harmon, 3 photographs of the Pickering house in Salem, an 1873 letter from David Parsons Holton to H. W. Harmon concluding that his wife was the daughter of Arthur Winslow or John Winslow Pickering, in addition to three heavily margin-noted sheets from Holton and two other letters from mid-twentieth century. Book itself is worn and frayed at cloth along edges. Front hinge sprung from abundance of material being stored there. Binding a little loose but solid overall. Signed by Author(s).

1. 4/25/1985, announcement of Carolyn Kizer books: "Yin", with holograph note: "How Nice! | Best | Al 2. Carbon of TLS to Gloria Stern, December 12, 1977 sending his response to William Claire's "Separating from Silence", with the note that Poulin is send ing the comments directly to Claire as well. Signed in pen 3. Als, 5/7/81, enclosing his phone number and noting that his doctor does not want him to return to teaching until Jan of 1982 4. Short TLS, signed "AL" attached to a photo copy of a screed by Richard Kostelanetz. Poulin notes: "I thought you'd be interested in this latest threat/condemnantion from Richard Kostelanetz. And there are days when I think I's m crazy!" The Poetry Foundation biography: Poet, translator, and editor Alfred A. Poulin Jr. was born in 1938 and grew up in Lisbon, Maine. He earned a BA from St. Francis College in Maine, an MA from Loyola University in Chicago, and MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Founder of BOA editions, a poetry press devoted to publishing work by contemporary international and American authors, Poulin was also a professor and translator. He wrote a number of poetry collections, including The Nameless Garden (1978), Momentary Order (1987), Cave Dwellers: Poems (1991), and A. Poulin, Jr.: Selected Poems (2001). Spiritual and philosophical concerns mark his work. Poulin translated poetry from French and German, including Rainer Marie Rilke's Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus (1977) and Anne Hérbert's Day Has No Equal But Night (1994). He also edited several editions of the Contemporary Poetry Anthology. Poulin was a professor at SUNY Brockport. He died in 1996. Poulin met Claire through the Voyages magazine and they corressponded for over a decade. Most of the letters concern poetry and printing, the magazine and the work of Poulin with BOA editions, travel, finances, Poulin's application for Librarian of Congress and much more. Claire worked for SUNY in Washington, DC. There is some talk of poitics and mutual friends but the bulk of the material is about literature. Here is the full listing:.

An archive of autograph letters, postcards signed, news clippings, magazine articles, and miscellaneous ephemera related to the life and career of the actress Constance Cummings, in correspondence with her friends Victor Scherle and William Levy, authors of ÔThe Films of Frank CapraÕ and ÔAffectionately, T. S. Eliot: The Story of a Friendship: 1947-1965.Õ Miss Cummings enjoyed an obviously warm personal and professional relationship with Scherle and Levy which was enhanced by their shared interest in the director Frank Capra. Cummings starred in CapraÕs film ÔAmerican MadnessÕ with Pat OÕBrien, Walter Huston, and Sterling Holloway and writes of that experience in one of the letters in this archive, which also includes two photo clippings of scenes from that film. She writes in a letter dated March 6, 1974: ÒFrank Capra was one of the first really important directors I ever worked with. And I remember with gratitude how gentle and helpful he was to me, a beginner in films. But I do not claim any personal credit for this. Indeed Frank was always kindly and good natured, as highly talented people so often are, and he was both respected as one of HollywoodÕs leading talents and regarded as a personal friend by everybody in the studio from the highest to the lowest!Ó All of the material is in near fine to fine condition. Constance Cummings (1910 - 2005) was an American-born British actress, known for her work on both screen, stage, and in television. Some of her best known films include ÔMovie CrazyÕ with Harold Lloyd, ÔChannel Crossing,Õ and ÔThis Man is Mine.Õ On stage, she played in Eugene O'Neills' ÔLong Day's Journey into NightÕ opposite Sir Laurence Olivier, to great acclaim (later recreating the role for a television version). In 1979, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in the play ÔWingsÕ by Arthur Kopit.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First, Revised & Third Editions Of 1929 Original. Signed. Hardback. One With Dust Jacket. Three volumes of 'The Economic Development of India in English, Tamil and Japanese: all 8vo. ENGLISH: Original signature of Vera Anstey on the front endpaper. 3rd (revised and enlarged) edition. PP.581. Original publisher's cloth binding in dark brown, lettered gilt at spine. Frontispiece fold-out map 'India: Political Divisions and Railways.' Additional maps and diagrams. TAMIL: 1st edition March 1965. Translation D. Velappan. From the "original English language edition 1952 (4th edition.)" 8vo.pp. 628. Original publisher's self-patterned cloth binding in terracotta, lettered Black with illustrations of traditional and contemporary (1965) Indian imagery. Illustrated dust jacket in greens and blues lettered White. Dust jacket chipped, 2 x 1" tears and small loss. Correspondence: three page letter from the translator to the author introducing himself and giving his career background. On headed paper D. Velappan, Lecturer in Economics, S. T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, India, dated April 27, 1965./ Three typed signed letters on Longmans headed paper dated April and May 1965 from F. E. Atkinson, Foreign Rights, concerning publication by Orient Longmans. With two handwritten notes above letterhead by V.A. JAPANESE: revised 1942 edition translated into Japanese by Dr.Makoto Suetaka. Text in Japanese with typed tipped in information pages in English giving publishing details such as "2) Seal with author's own registered stamp denoting that part of the price of this copy was given to the author. The publisher cannot cheat the writers. 5)4000 copies were published. 9) publisher: Tetusaburo Murata. Original publisher's cloth binding in Grey, lettered gilt at spine. Covers show rubbing and signs of wear at spine but protected by a clear sleeve./ Vera Anstey, D.Sc. (Econ.) London 'Sir Ernest Cassel Lecturer in Commerce, University of London, attached to The London School of Economics and Political Science.' Vera Anstey (ne Powell; 3 January 1889 Ð 26 November 1976) was a British economist and noted expert on the economy of India. Very good indeed. Decent condition. Signedes.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. CORRESPONDENCE: Spirited dialogue between Stephen Potter & Jon Wynne-Tyson concerning Stephen Potter's commission to write an Introduction to the Centaur Press edition of 'Omniana' by Robert Southey. However, in 1967 the commission transferred to Robert Gittings and Potter's version remained unused; the letters reveal why. Wynne-Tyson's increasing frustration with the non-appearance of Potter's work is apparent: 5th September, 1966 "The situation with regard to this wretched work gets less and less satisfactory.after two solid years or more I still haven't got an Introduction from you, short or long, good or bad." concluding damningly "Do you indeed exist, Mr. Potter, for I have little evidence for the assumption." TIMELINE: The collection of correspondence began in December 1964 in a straightforward formal but lively fashion with "Dear Mr. Potter, Thank you very much for the kinky blurb. I'm not really much of a modern, but I think that's the word." A business-like discussion of the 1812 edition of 'Omniana' follows, with typed letters in 1965 on Centaur Press headed paper, laying out guidelines for an Introduction for the new edition, with mention of Coleridge's footnotes. Cracks appear by May 1966 when notes from Jon Wynne-Tyson to Stephen Potter begin to put pressure on and display exasperation "I keep announcing the book each year and booksellers are getting tetchy." A softer approach is also tried: "why not do a shorter piece within next few weeks? Say 2000-3000 words for the usual £25 rather than something which is going to tax your time and thought?" Replies came rather like trying to catch butterflies: short notes on post cards "I will write to you on Sunday next and explain" followed by "Please give me another day or two before writing" The situation has deteriorated further by April1967, & ultimatums are despairingly issued: "As you have already made it clear in best bookmanship manner that our usual fee, although good enough for some of the highest paid scholars in the country, is peanuts for S.P., I shall quite understand if you would rather forget about the whole thing." Mysteriously, in May 1967 "Among the stuff you gave me I have found the enclosed, which has all the aspects of an Introduction. Am I being the victim of super-gamesmanship? Is the implication that Potter pens prefaces in his sleep.?" By return, from the Saville Club, Brook Street "Omniana Intro. I had quite forgotten I had started it: though I remember doing a chunk of reading for it." The whole saga ends amicably shortly afterwards: Potter's unfinished Introduction needed yet more work & Robert Gitting "had your blessing before coming across the typescript, so I'd hate to disappoint him." The correspondence concludes with a short to & fro on a different subject: the idea Jon Wynne-Tyson might be interested in purchasing books from Stephen Potter's collection "What about the great Potter classic the Muse in Chains, never reprinted since the War.(Or Mrs. Coleridge's letters?)" LETTERS: Typed Wynne-Tyson letters frequently re-use the reverse of old letters eg. from Punch Publications, to photocopy letters for the record; these are included in the dialogue. The correspondence is a window on the working practice of author and publisher; the professional relationship of trust and respect; and the display of strong of personalities which ensues. Stephen Potter's hand-written letters have a rather scatty and optimistic style "My friend, Southey is beginning to get us down.* Don't let this spoil a pleasant prospective friendship." Jon Wynne-Tyson's typed, professional, & encouraging letters which become thoroughly fraught,"for pity's sake bring the matter conclusively to an end one way or the other, as I have but one life, one pair of hands, and one unduplicated set of nerves that already resemble a wire brush." THE LONDON LIBRARY: There is also an amusing glimpse into a lost world of letters & libraries: J.W-T to SP: "The Librarian of the London Library has written to me in red ink to say that he has still not received the Southey Omniana. This is his fourth or fifth request and he is really getting agitated." The reply came "my sec. Miss Strong took it back. She confirms: Weeks ago. This has happened to me before- something wrong with their checking system." The plot thickened with a formal reply from the London Library stating the volumes had not been found, & they were looking to charge the the account of Mr. Wynne-Tyson, whose response was: "perhaps your previous experience with Mr. Potter will suggest whether the books are likely to turn up in due course." INCLUDED: Potter's' elusive Introduction to Omniana.' Six typed & twelve hand-written pages. / One printed page 'Omniana: Robert Southey and S.T.Coleridge; Introduced by Stephen Potter.' / An 'Appendix: Some Thoughts on the Principles of Anti-Woo as Observed in the Behaviour of Literary Men' by Howard Cogg-Willoughby. Two typed pages. STEPHEN MEREDITH POTTER(1900Ð1969) was a British author best known for his parodies of self-help books; & their film & television derivatives. Following WW1 Potter studied English at Oxford, and after some false starts spent his early working life as an academic, lecturing in English literature at Birkbeck College, University of London, during which time he published several works on Samuel Taylor Coleridge Driven to find a more comfortable income & lifestyle, he took up a post producing and writing for the BBC, later becoming a freelance writer. Commercial success & recognition came with a series of humorous books on how to secure an unfair advantage. In 1947 'Gamesmanship' (alluded to in the correspondence) aims to show how poor players can beat better ones by subtle psychological ploys. In 1927 Potter married Marian Anderson Attenborough (1900Ð1981), a painter professionally known as Mary Potter. In 1951 Potter and his wife moved to Suffolk, to the Red House in Aldeburgh, becoming friends with Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears. Signedes.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition of each. Hazo is a National Book Award finalist, author of numerous books (including poetry, fiction, and essays), founder of the International Poetry Forum, and was Pennsylvania's first State Poet, serving from 1993 to 2003. Collection includes: THANK A BORED ANGEL: Selected Poems (NY: New Directions, 1983), the scarce simultaneous hardcover issue, fine in near fine dust jacket with "army" in "army lieutenant" hand corrected to "marine" on front flap, presumably by Hazo. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Karl -/ With my best to you and/ yours - and with similar/ memories of Camp Barrett and/ beyond - See p.84./ Sam Hazo/ 10/14/85." While the full identity of "Karl" is not known, his is the first name in Hazo's poem on p. 84, "Toasts for the Lost Lieutenants." | THE POWER OF LESS: Essays on Poetry and Public Speech (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2005), collects 8 essays on the subject, paperback original, fine in pictorial paperwraps, INSCRIBED, "For Allen Mears--/ Marine, man of letters/ and, above all, friend/ Sam Hazo/ 6/23/2008." | THE POWER OF LESS: Poetry and Public Speech. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2007), prints Hazo's February 1, 2007, lecture for the university's American Experience Lecture Series, fine in stapled paperwraps, INSCRIBED "To Allen Mears -/ Best to you and yours/ Sam Hazo/ 4/29/2008." | SEXES: THE MARRIAGE DIALOGUES (No-place: Byblos Press, 2007), poetry collection, fine in stapled paperwraps, INSCRIBED "For Allen Mears-/ with high regard and/ good memories -/ Sam Hazo/ 6/23/2008." | THE SONG OF THE HORSE: A Selection of Poems 1958-2008 (Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, 2008), fine in fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED "To Allen Mears -/ A man of vision and/ good words -/ With my best to you/ and yours -/ Samuel Hazo/ 5/29/2008" (only 1500 copies printed according to the publisher). | THIS PART OF THE WORLD: A Novel (Syracuse: Syracuse University, 2008), fine in fine dust jacket [*not signed]. | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHERS OF EVERYBODY: A Mosaic Portrait of the International Poetry Forum (No-place: International Poetry Forum, circa 2009), gilt-stamped white paperwraps, 182 pages, illustrated with photographs of poets and performers, number 138 of an undisclosed number of copes SIGNED by Hazo, fine condition. TOGETHER WITH printouts of a few emails sent to Hazo from the collector Allen Mears; few copies of letters sent to Hazo from Mears; AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by Hazo to Mears on Hazo's personal stationary dated 5/15/08 discussing his essay, "The Power of Less," in original mailing envelope with enclosure (photocopy of Op Ed written by Hazo); email correspondence with Autumn House Press answering a few questions about the publication of THE SONG OF THE HORSE; and one-page PRINTED LETTER SIGNED by Hazo to Mears answering further questions about the contents of the book, and conveying his gift of a few of the above inscribed books, housed in International Poetry Forum [IPF] mailing envelope with enclosures (IPF brochure and Hazo's personal IPF business card). Signed.

Condition: Very Good. LANCASTER/WYNNE-TYSON ARCHIVE 1:RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY: Typed 3 page original manuscript (plus photocopied computer print-out) by J.W-T of the Introduction to Lancaster's 'The Inception of Universal Ethics in Ancient Asia and Modern America,' with a short Biography of J.W-T. Also one typed page Preface to same, and Page 2 of a typed letter from C.L. to Stephanie L. Preta concerning publication in the Peta Catalogue. / Two photocopies of the typed 8 page original Synopsis for 'The Breadth and Depth of East and West' by C.L. Plus photocopied pages x1-66,67,68 &bb/w illustration for page x1-69; photocopied pages v1-60 & 61, with 2 photocopied title pages. Plus 3 pages of correspondence between C.L. and Louis Barron of Universe Books concerning editing & publication./ Large brown 'House of Commons' envelope addressed to J.W-T. containing one printed booklet 'A Bibliography of Clay Lancaster' published by the University of Kentucky; one printed booklet 'Metaphysical Beliefs and Architectural Principles' by C.L., reprinted from The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism; one printed booklet 'Dharmapala's Key to Religion' by C.L., reprinted from The Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies; one photocopied printout of 'Animal Liberation and the Great Awakening' by C.L. for the Spring 1989 edition of 'Between the Species: a Journal of Ethics; photocopied typed 24 page original manuscript 'To the First Manifestation of an Absolute Humaneness in America' by C.L./ Dust jacket graphics, artwork & Introduction for C.L's 'The Incredible World's Parliament of Religions at the Chicago Colombian Exposition of 1893;' photocopied typed letter to Richard Paw U of Assembly of the World's Religions; photocopied flyer and timetable for the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions , Chicago; photocopied notice for 'The World's Parliament of Religions The East West Encounter, Chicago, 1893' by Richard Hughes Seager; photocopied article 'Worship Versus Investigation: Practices of Religion and Science' by C.L for The Animal's Agenda July/August 1998; Bundle of correspondence dated 1982-1998 between C.L., J.W-T., & various publishers concerning publication of 'The Incredible World's Parliament of Religions at the Chicago Colombian Exposition of 1893.' ANIMAL RIGHTS & VEGITARIANISM:Typed 10 page original manuscript of 'Animal Liberation and The Great Awakening' by C.L.; Bundle of correspondence dated 1987 concerning publication of same. / Typed 20 page original 1984 manuscript of 'Man: Underdeveloped Ape and Overdeveloped Ego' /Bundle of correspondence and dated 1998 concerning 'The Animal's Agenda'/Bundle of correspondence and articles on vegetarianism, animal rights, and campaigners Pageen Fitzgerald; Printed flyer for C.L.'s 'From Uncle to Remus: 5000 Years of Animal Fable illustrations.' CLAY LANCASTER (1917Ð 2000), was an authority on American architecture, an orientalist, & influential advocate of historical preservation. New York Times quoted C.L.'s 1961 study of the architecture of Brooklyn Heights had "proved to be one of the earliest and loudest shots in the historic preservation struggle in New York City." Lancaster moved to Kentucky in 1978 Transylvania University to lecture on local architecture. He purchased 'Warwick,' a Federal house built circa 1809Ð1811 which he restored and embellished with "folly" structures, in his final years, establishing a charitable organisation 'The Warwick Foundation' to promote and extend his many interests. JON LINDEN WYNNE-TYSON (1924 Ð 26 March 2020) was an English author, publisher, activist and pacifist. Wynne-Tyson founded Centaur Press in 1954. which he ran from his home in Sussex and was regarded a distinguished independent publisher. He authored books on animal rights and vegetarianism, including 'Food for a Future: The Ecological Priority of a Humane Diet' 1975. He received the Animal Rights Writing Award from the International Society for Animal Rights. In 2016, he became a patron of Quaker Concern for Animals. At one time Wynne-Tyson also held the title of "King of Redonda", a literary title referencing a small 'sovereign' island. Very good. Signedes.

SIGNED by the Author. Divers paginations. Misc. sizes, many 10" x 7-1/4" J. M. Lambert was a British ecologist and botanist perhaps best known for her work on the Norfolk Broads where she determined, after extensive peat digging, that the Broads were man-made. This small archive contains several of her scholarly publications, some signed by her, as well as correspondence with Danish botanist, Sigurd Otto Maglegaard Olsen. The items in this archive are as follows: - Lambert, J.M. A Note on the Physiognomy of Glyceria Maxima Reedswamps in Norfolk. Norfolk & Norwich Naturalistsâ Society, 1946. Offprint, stapled wrappers, pages 246-259. Signed by Lambert on front wrapper. - Lambert, J. M. The British Species of Glyceria. The Botanical Society of the British Isles, 1949. Offprint, stapled wrappers, pages 86-89 + 3 plates. Signed by Lambert as well as bearing the ownership stamp of Sigurd Olsen. - Lambert, J. M. Biological Flora of the British Isles. British Ecological Society, 1947. Offprint, wrappers, pages 310-344. Signed by Lambert. - Lambert, J. M. The Distribution and Status of Glyceria Maxima (hartm.) Holmb. In the Region of Surlingham and Rockland Broads, Norfolk. 1946. Offprint, wrappers, pages 230 -267 + 1 map + 2 plates. Signed by Lambert. - Lambert, J. M. The Past, Present and Future of the Norfolk Broads. Delivered to members of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalistsâ Society at the Castle Museum, 19th April, 1952. Octavo, stapled, pages 223-258 + plates and charts. Signed by Lambert. - Lambert, J. M. A Survey of the Bockland-Claxton Level, Norfolk. 1948. Offprint, wrappers, pages 120-135. Signed by Lambert. - Lambert, J. M.; Williams, W. T. Multivariate Methods in Plant Ecology. I. Association-Analysis in Plant Communities. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1959. Wrappers, pages 83-101. Signed by Lambert. - Lambert, J. M.; Jennings, J. N. Alluvial Stratigraphy and Vegetational Succession in the Region of the Bure Valley Broads. 1951. Offprint from the Journal of Ecology. Three volumes, wrappers, pages 106-119,120-148 + charts, 149-170 + plates. First volume signed by Lambert. - TLS from Lambert to Olsen thanking him for his recent letter and newspaper clipping; the TL and clipping from Olsen are also included. General age-toning, and modest signs of use. Overall Very Good. Most printed self-wrappers, stapled. All housed in blue-spined casing with blue paste-paper boards. Typed title label, "Lambert", to spine.

Condition: Very Good. John Noyce large bundle of Datr poetry magazine Notes submissions, correspondence, artwork and layouts. Comprising 70 items (some with several pages.) Poetry submitted from: David Ward Mark Wilson Stapleton Martin Lunn, Anthony Lopez, Simon Perchik, Neil Meredith, Anne Flynn, Michael Gettisburg, Robert G Shepherd, Brian Stewart, rae Desmond Jones, John Whitworth, Arthur Winfield Knight, Kevin Hall, Charles. Taylor, Paul Nagle, Paul b. Serra, Christina Carney, Judy Shapps, Harland Ristau, Frederik Vanson, Vincent Blamey / Typed poetry accepted for inclusion: Andrew Darlington, Jagjit Singh, Nigel Jenkins, Natalie Graham, Barry Edgar Pilcher, Pete Faulkner, BAFTA-winning screenwriter Roy Apps, S.McIntyre, Pete Faulkener, Phil Spencer, Dave Wright, Barry Edgar Pilcher, Cedric Cullingford, David Calcutt, FE Thompson, Robert Conrad with border illustration and notes, William Oxley, K J Flint, Opal. Nations, /Book review from Spindrift Press./ correspondence: Second Aeon publications signed typed letter from Peter Finch with typed reply, signed JN. Good poem by Peter Finch, by John Tripp./ collated pages of handwritten notes. DATR - a 'Smoothie Publication'appeared as 3 issues between 1971 and 1974. Noted by Miller and Price British Poetry Magazines 1914 - 2000 (D134) who in a brief note mention K J Flint's poem 'Backwards but Effortlessly Miss Inchcape.' Very good. Signedes.

Correspondence Archive. Condition: Near Fine. 17 items total: 13 TLS, 2 ALS, and 2 APCS. Items listed individually below. This collection documents the administrative and social structure of the Port Townsend, Washington literary scene during its foundational years. The correspondence centers on Cheryl Van Dyke in her role as manager of The Imprint, a bookstore that functioned as a primary hub during Centrum Foundation's annual Writers' Conference at Fort Worden State Park. The letters are often in response to Van Dyke's inquiries regarding bookshop stock to support conference lectures and workshops; they frequently evolve into warm, personal exchanges that reveal the close-knit nature of this regional symposium. This material originates from the personal papers of Cheryl Van Dyke, a poet and artist whose early collection, Cheat Grass, was a cornerstone of the emerging Copper Canyon Press catalog. As an essential figure in the region's fine press circles, Van Dyke's stewardship of The Imprint made the shop a vital setting where established writers and burgeoning Pacific Northwest voices intersected. Condition is uniformly Very Good to Near Fine, showing only occasional light edgewear or minor corner creasing consistent with professional handling. 17 pieces of correspondence. No envelopes present. Organized here chronologically: 1- Hugo, Richard ("Dick"). APCS to Cheryl Van Dyke. Missoula, MT. Postmarked December 17, 1975. Postcard [3.25" x 5.5"]. This warm personal note is written, addressed, and signed in black ink by Hugo. 2- Whalen, Philip. TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. San Francisco, CA (Zen Center, 300 Page St.). Dated April 8, 1977. Two pages [11" x 8.5"] typed on rectos only. Signed by Whalen in black ink at the conclusion. A few later notations in pencil, presumably by Van Dyke. 3- Broumas, Olga. TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. Eugene, OR. Dated May 22, 1977. One page [6" x 9"] typed on recto only, on toning pulpy paper. With one correction, and signed by Broumas in black ink at the conclusion. 4- Hamill, Sam. Typed Circular (Reproduction) sent to Cheryl Van Dyke. [An invitation and open call for poetry or prose submissions for two upcoming periodical publications.] Port Townsend, WA. Dated November 16, 1977. One page [11" x 8.5"] photomechanically reproduced on recto only. On Copperhead letterhead (Copper Canyon Press), with the names of Tree Swenson and Jo Cochran also listed at the top. Correction, small illustration, and signature of Sam Hamill in black (also reproductions, part of the general circular). 5- Snyder, Gary. TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. n.p., n.d. [likely California, circa 1978]. This one page [11" x 8.5"] letter is on the verso side of an open letter and subscription form for the Kuksu Press and its Kyoi/Kuksu literary journal. Signed in black ink at the conclusion by Snyder. 6- Gallagher, Tess & Cheryl Van Dyke. TLS to Tess Gallagher from Cheryl Van Dyke [initial letter on the recto] and ALS to Van Dyke from Gallagher [response letter on the verso]. [Washington (state), dated April 6, 1978, with response undated.] One page [5.5" x 8.5"] TLS on The Imprint bookstore's letterhead and ALS response in black ink on verso. Signed in blue ink by Cheryl Van Dyke, and in black ink by Gallagher at their respective conclusions. 7- Stafford, William ("Bill"). TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. Lake Oswego, OR. Dated April 7, 1978. One page [11" x 8.5"] on recto only. Additional note in Stafford's hand, and signed by him at the conclusion in black ink. 8- Wakoski, Diane. TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. East Lansing, MI. Dated June 15, 1978. One page [11" x 8.5"] on recto only. Signed in black ink at the conclusion by Wakoski. 9- Kumin, Maxine. TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. Princeton, NJ. Dated April 11, 1979. One page [9" x 6"] on Princeton University letterhead, on recto only. Signed in blue ink by Kumin at the conclusion, with a short note in her hand. 10- *Levertov, Denise (*typed and signed by Phyllis Leith, Secretary to D.L.). TLS to Cheryl Van Dyke. n.p. Dated April 16, 1979. One page [11" x 8.5. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Numbered. 8vo in blue cloth, titles and device in gilt, beveled boards, blue marbled endsheets. As stated on the title page verso: Of this limited edition there have been printed on / antique laid paper 950 copies, numbered, / and on mould-made paper / 50 copies, numbered / and signed / by / W. Somerset Maugham / This signed copy is number 1 / [in manuscript] THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY / [signature W. Somerset Maugham] / & / [signature Fred T. Bason]. At the bottom of the page in very small handwriting is the note (One of 4 copies signed by us both. Specially bound) / FTB. This copy is in blue cloth; all other 946 copies are in red cloth. The spine is sunned, and there is some uneven sunning to both boards, moderate rubbing to the corners and spine ends. A fair amount of notes in pencil in Bason's hand. The book is accompanied by a single 8-1/2 X 11 sheet, entirely filled with manuscript in what appears to be Bason's hand, and what appears to be a draft of his chapter on Of Human Bondage. It is in the format of a bibliography, and has much the same language as in the chapter that actually appears in the book. When we bought this book, this manuscript page was folded and laid in. Laid into the fold was 10 pieces of correspondence from Maugham to his literary agent, W. Morris Colles. We are keeping the archive together with the book. The correspondence is in the form of four Bath Club cards and six letters, all dated between 1899 and 1906, all signed WSMaugham, or W. Somerset Maugham; only one signed with just initials. One of the 1899 letters makes reference to Stephen Carey, the early novel that was not published but after much revision eventually evolved into Of Human Bondage. Photos and transcriptions are available on request. Signed By Author.

Condition: Very good. New York, 1973 through 1979., 1973 through 1979. Very good. - A small archive of material related to the innovative American dance choreographer Agnes De Mille consisting of 3 autograph letters signed by Agnes De Mille addressed to her friend, City Center producer Jean Dalrymple related to funding performances by the Agnes De Mille Heritage Dance Theatre. In her first letter, dated August 4, penned on both sides of her 7 inch high by 6 inch wide personal Agnes De Mille Prude stationery, she writes to City Center producer Jean Dalrymple that "I think the programs look wonderful" and thanks her for showing Walter her speech. "He was impressed and moved. It made a great difference in the overall picture to him." But he (Walter) thinks she'll have to get more money. Signed "Agnes" with a postscript stating that "Hurok spoke about you with the warmest enthusiasm". [The Walter referred to was her husband Walter Prude.] In a subsequent letter dated August 28, 1973 penned on both sides of her 7 inch high by 6 inch wide personal stationery, Agnes De Mille informs Jean that "The enclosed is for the brandied peaches. I completely forgot." Addressing funding her work, she goes on to suggest "I think we should tap our best donors again as soon as possible." mentioning substantial payments owed her for her speeches. "I think we ought to get 2500.00 each. Hurok owes this to me in the way of payments for speeches given in his honor at his request." She concludes by stating that they should get to work on presentations for their application to the National Endowment for the Arts. Signed "A". On April 9, 1974, Agnes De Mille writes to Jean that "I've talked to Pat Birch about Harvey Lichenstein [i.e.Lichtenstein]. She says he changes his tune with every new comment." She goes on to say that "Pat loved our program (Philadelphia)and wants to get to work with us shortly. Signed "Love A". Additional material relates to her fund raising efforts and National Endowment for the Arts application for a grant for The Agnes de Mille Heritage Dance Theatre. The material includes a "Project Budget" for an NEA grant for the season starting on October 1, 1974 and concluding on December 31, 1975, together with a cash request for the same period. In an autograph letter written and signed in pencil on 10-3/8 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet removed from a spiral notebook, Agnes de Mille suggests to Jean Dalrymple that "it would be wise if you checked my audition [addition]." She mentions an additional sum from the Logans and also from "Restaurant 21" . All the other donations are accounted for." Signed "Agnes". Helping with the NEA application process, in a typed letter to Agnes signed & dated January 21, 1974, Jean Dalrymple writes that "This application and the list of contributors should be accompanied by a letter from you outlining in some details the three ballets you propose." "I think, however, it is just what is needed. I checked with Joe Krokura, and he knows the application is on the way." Signed "Jean". An additional 2-page NEA application form dated January 31, 1974, with details typed by De Mille is signed and dated by her. A 2-page typed letter signed by Nancy Hanks, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts on their official stationery and dated August 20, 1974, informs Agnes de Mille that her grant has been awarded. Following this is a retained copy of the 3-page typed budget for the 1975-1976 season, including a new ballet "Dance Marathon" by Patricia Birch and a couple of revivals. 2 subsequent, partially filled applications for the 1976-1977 season, including a breakdown of the costs, complete this archive of applications. Included with this collection are five 10 inch high by 8 inch wide black & white portrait photographs of Agnes de Mille on glossy photographic paper, two of which identify the photographer as Jack Mitchell, though likely all are by him. An additional soft-hued portrait photograph on 10 inch high by 8 inch wide matte photo paper is also likely by Jack Mitchell. The bottom right corners of two of the glossy portraits are creased. The photographs are accompanied by 2 large 10 inch high by 8 inch wide negatives for photographs not here present. The negatives are signed in print by Jack Mitchell. A small, though unique archive. The innovative American choreographer Agnes de Mille (1905-1993) was the daughter of William C. deMille and the niece of the legendary Hollywood film director Cecil B. DeMille. She was also the granddaughter of the famous economist Henry George. She first choreographed the movie "Cleopatra" in 1934, though most of the dance scenes were cut from the film. She began a long-lived association with the American Ballet Theatre in 1939. Her 1942 ballet "Rodeo", choreographed to the score by Aaron Copland, was performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She choreographed the stage and screen version of the musical "Oklahoma!" and created dances for the stage performances of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Paint Your Wagon", etc. Arts Magazine considered Jack Mitchell (1925-2013) as the first photographer to consider entertainers as individuals with "character and identification not expressed exclusively through their works." Mitchell photographed American artists, dancers, film and theater performers as well as musicians and writers. For three decades, he was associated with the Alvin Aily American Dance Theater, producing over 10,000 photos of the company's dancers and works. Mitchell was also the official photographer for the American Ballet Theatre and several other American and Canadian ballet companies. Over 160 of his photographs illustrated the covers of Dance Magazine. Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Carey Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service.

Condition: Very good. Collection contains 40 complete original short stories (approximately 1130 typewritten pages), 222 pieces of correspondence and a few items of ephemera. Generally very good or better. Our overly long title belabors that this collection has two focii: the short story author Richard M. Hallet and his agent, Ann Watkins. Watkins headed her own agency from 1910 to 1947 and represented authors such as Sinclair Lewis, William Saroyan, Edith Wharton, Roald Dahl, Carson McCullers and Ayn Rand. In 1947, she published an anthology of memorable passages from American fiction and she died in 1967. We learn much about Hallet from a 2022 Saturday Evening Post [SEP] online profile by Frederic B. Hill, who published an anthology of Hallet's stories the same year. Hallet was a native of Bath, Maine who was heading for a law career when SEP purchased one of his stories in 1912 for the equivalent of $7,000 in today's money. According to Hill, "Hallet then proceeded on a life of adventure and writing working in copper mines in Arizona, lumber mills in Canada, and as a maritime officer on warships crossing the Atlantic with soldiers and horses during World War I in the face of German U-boats. All the while, he submitted short stories and an occasional article to the leading magazines of the day, including The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's, Collier's, The Atlantic, and others. He was being published more and more frequently. Hallet, whose literary heroes were Joseph Conrad, Jack London, and Willa Cather, first came to national attention in 1916 when his "Making Port" was selected as one of The Best Stories of 1916 by the anthologist Edward J. O'Brien. O'Brien, in fact, termed it the best short story of the year out of 2,500 he reviewed. Like many of his tales, "Making Port" was drawn from Hallet's personal experience about an old salt Hallet encountered during his very first shipboard adventure, a romantic but unlucky seaman who always seemed to choose the wrong ship in a long, Sisyphean struggle to return home to Liverpool. Hallet wrote more than 200 short stories in a long career (65 for the Post), five novels, and an entertaining autobiography, The Rolling World, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1938. Most of his fiction portrayed vivid tales of the sea, often built around shipboard tensions, and tales of Maine and New England and their small-town values and rivalries." Watkins' Letters There are 41 letters from Watkins (approximately 12,000 words). The letters reveal a bright, witty and at times acerbic literary agent who knew her business and worked hard for her clients. In February of 1913 she first wrote to Hallet, "enclosing one of my folders that you may know something of the scope and character of my service, and may I add that successful authors have generously recognized the worth of this service . . ." Just three days later she wrote again ("I suggest that you give me a chance . . ."). Many of Ann's letters lauded Hallet's work, and many made good on her promise to get his stories sold. Within a month of working for the writer, Watkins wrote: "Bearing in mind your wish, if not command, to adhere to the five cent a word rate . . . I trust you will feel that I have protected your interests as fully as it has been possible to do so . . . I think that I can get you a rate bigger than any you have thus received." By January of 1914 Watkins had doubled Hallet's earlier rate; one editor "nearly dropped dead when I sprung ten cents a word on him. But I think I convinced him that thirty or forty thousand words, which is all he could use, might be worth this price." She also noted that she "fixed the rate of ten cents a word as a precedent to govern the price of mss. to be submitted in the future." Watkins was clearly a no-nonsense type of woman; in October 1914 she confided in Hallet that she did not "permit editors to 'dine and wine' me" and boasted of selling two of his stories - "I made them pay four hundred for the story that they had turned down as unavailable at any price (but if you ever let the editor folk down there know of this I will never forgive you.") She also told magazines small fibs about Hallet's productivity to garner interest in the writer "don't you think you ought to get busy and send me some of the best stories you can write?" The agent's letters showed great insight and knowledge, both in the art of writing and the business of publishing. She gave helpful advice, tips and criticism on character and plot development, and frequently described the inner workings of a multitude of magazines and their editors. There was frank information on her services and rates and what Hallet could do to help make her work more beneficial for him. She also defended Hallet when an editor accused him of stealing another writer's plot, calling him "superior from a story-telling and literary viewpoint . . . whose powers of invention are so [much] more original, whose imagination is so much more fluent, whose graphic sense is so much more picturesque . . . it is difficult to believe that a man of Hallet's intelligence could do so idiotic a thing aside [from] the important consideration of morals and ethics." Watkins comforted Hallet through nearly a year of little success, providing updates on which magazines were considering stories, and telling him tactfully but directly about rejections. In February of 1915 she lauded one of his stories as "in my estimation one of the most powerful yarns you have done in fact one of the most remarkable tales of primitive life I think I have ever read. Conrad never did anything better." One week later she described a story as having "two qualities so rare that editors are likely to be afraid of it as they would of the Dodo bird if that creature walked into their sanctum. These qualities are originality and genuine literary value." In March she sent a much longer than usual letter, providing key insight into big name publications, addressing his concerns and li.

Archival Album. Condition: Good Plus. Hardcover binder, 12 1/4 in.x 10 in., Half-bound over peacock-marble printed boards. Wear and rubbing to corners and spine, with all letters within very well protected and preserved. Elizabeth Augusta "Bessie" Lambert Wood was born into a "prominent" Portland family in 1874, one of nine children. She expanded from writing poems and short stories in her mid-to-late twenties to writing adventure books for boys such as "Arizona Hoof Trails"; "There Go The Apaches"; "Silver House of Klone Chuck"; Many Horses"; "Long Rope", and others. Though Oregon-born and raised, Wood spent summers on Washington State's Long Beach Peninsula and wintered in Oracle, Arizona, where she spent long periods, after her husband was diagnosed with Tuberculosis. A noted philanthropist, she donated Camp O Wood in Peppersauce Canyon to the Salvation Army for a local district camp that later became the Arizona Boys Ranch. In 1949 she donated another 400 acres that became the Triangle Y Ranch Camp. She died in 1862. This personal archive contains 20 letters of acceptance (one rejection, and evidence of several others removed (also rejections??). Correspondents include: Sunset Magazine, owned by/with logo of Southern Pacific Railway Company; LIttle Folks Magazine of Salem, MA; Black Cat Magazine of Boston (who had published Jack London, Henry Miller, O'Henry, Rex Stout, and whose editor favored newer writers and paid according to "strength not length"); The Pacific Monthly ("Although we3 are already overstocked with stories and poems, your poem 'Security' appeals to us so strongly that we feel compelled to purchase it, and we are enclosing herewith our voucher check for $5.00.signed by then Managing Editor Fred Lockley."; The Spectator (Portland, OR) and The Evening Telegram (NY).

52 leaves, most with typescript to recto only. ~ 10-1/2" x 8-1/8" A cache of 40+ typed letters and TLs exchanged between the Office of the President of the Philippines and various officers of the U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines, many on official letterhead and some marked "confidential." The letters, ordered chronologically, chart the negotiations, defense concerns, and sometimes uneasy power sharing between the two administrations in regards to the rules and regulations governing aerial photography of the islands. Issues discussed include the advisability of allowing aerial photography by outside entities, the feasiblity of specifying no-fly zones for aerial photography without interferring with commercial flights, enforcement efforts, and the powers afforded the two administrations. The majority of the letters expressing the Commonwealth's position are from and signed by Jorge B. Vargas, then serving as Executive Secretary to President Manuel Quezon. Later, Vargas administered Manila as an open city during the Japanese occupation in 1942 and served in the puppet government of the Second Philippine Republic; following the war, he chaired the National Planning Committee, served on the board of regents of the University of the Philippines, and became the first Filipino on the International Olympic Committee. In 1960, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the Republic of the Philippines. Signed letters from the U.S. High Commission include several from Major General R. L. Holbrook as well as Colonel/Acting Chief of Staff E. H. DeArmond. From the first letter, dated May 25, 1937: "under the present prohibitive measures regarding aerial photography embodied in Proclamation No. 485 of the Governor-General dated August 12, 1932, and in the Bureau of Aeronautics rules and regulations, it is believed that the granting of permission to aviation companies, particularly to an aerial photographic company, to take pictures, will be exceedingly difficult and complicated. This office is studying the advisability of altering the present rules and regulations." Jorge B. Vargas, Secretary to the President. From November 12, 1938: "So long as the Philippine Islands remain United States territory the United States is responsible for their defense, and that responsibility, at least so far as land operations are concerned, devolves upon the Commanding General . . . . To say that the Department Commander is supreme in time of war or grave emergency, but that, in time of peace, his responsibilities are limited to administrative control over United States military personnel and United States military reservations, and that in peace time he should not interest himself in control or prevention of activities which may have the gravest consequences in time of war or public emergency, is manifestly contradictory." Edward H. DeArmond, Colonel, (FS), G.S.C., Acting Chief of Staff. From October 26, 1939: "I have the honor to inform you that in an investigation conducted by proper authorities of this Government, Mr. B. A. Glover, airplane pilot in the emply of Elizalde & Co., was found guilty of violation of the provisions of Proclamation No. 364 of the President of the Philippines, in view of which he was suspended as transport pilot for a period of one month from October 18 to November 17, 1939, inclusive, and warned that repetition of a similar offense in the future will be subject of a more drastic action." Jorge B. Vargas, Secretary to the President. An interesting cache of material documenting activities of the transitional government of the Philippines, just prior to the outbreak of WWII. Age-toning & staining. Fastener rusted. Folder front cover chipped & detached. A VG cache. Letters housed in a file folder, attached at top with two prong paper fastener. All now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

An incredible archive of correspondence between several important figures in the American guns and sports publishing world, surrounding the publication of William B. Edwards' definitive work on Samuel Colt and his revolver. Firearms expert, Bill Edwards, was the founder and technical editor ofGuns Magazine,and wrote other historical books on the subject, including the well-receivedCivil War Guns(1955). His most authoritative monograph,The Story of Colt's Revolver: The Biography ofCol.Samuel Coltwas published Edward J. Stackpole (1984-1967) in 1953. Stackpole, a veteran officer who served in both World Wars was publisher of theHarrisburg Telegraph,and founder in 1930 of one of the important sporting and military publishing companies of the mid 20th century, Stackpole Books. The bulk of this archive contains original typed and signed letters from Stackpole to Edwards beginning in April of 1951 when the book was first pitched. They discuss in minute detail the evolution of the project from initial manuscript which was rejected out of hand, through negotiation over content, design, and other details including the gathering of historic photographs for inclusion, to the editing and publishing of the seminal work. Carbon copies of Edwards' replies and prompts are also included. A couple excerpts to give a taste of the content, which is incredibly broad in scope: Edwards (9 March 1952): "Colt has been a forgotten man in American history. Professor Morse has been published a dozen times, while Polk, Zach Taylor, Old Hickory, Sam Houston, Whistler, and all the dozens of men that moulded mid-nineteenth century America from the dry dust of the West and the blood-wet mud of Manassas, have found their chroniclers often.It is in an effort to show in some measure just where Samuel Colt fits in this scene, this burnt-oil hum of the late Industrial Revolution and the real West, more wild than any movie, that I [am doing] this work. To place him in context, among the guns that were his life-work, and to give him again a spirit of reality that once he had as alive, is my purpose and design." Stackpole (18 March 1852): "We believe that the technical and detailed part of the Colt Revolver should be accented, with the biographical material secondary. We should like to see the details and particulars of the many early Colt revolvers, to settle in the minds of collectors just what is what, and why. We feel that this sort of technical work would also sell to the average shooter, who of course greatly exceed collectors in numbers." The archive contains: 37 TLS's on Stackpole Co. stationary to Edwards, 53 pages, approximately 10,000 words. Several sketches and notes by Edwards on versos of letters. 46 carbon copies from Edwards to Stackpole, 78 pages, approximately 20,000 words. 7 TLS's from Charles K. Fox, editor of the book, on Stackpole stationary to Edwards. 10 TLS's from other Stackpole employees concerning the book. 3 letters to the Connecticut Historical Society discussing copyright concerns. 13 Typed and autograph letters signed to Edwards from friends expressing congratulations on the publication, including one from John E. Parsons, prominent firearms historian. Several other related items: memoranda, memos, a greeting card, clippings, etc. In all, this set of primary materials provides a revealing look into the relationship between publisher and author, detailing the production of one of the revered works on the great American inventor, Samuel Colt. . Archive of over 100 pieces of correspondence, generally very good with a few instances of staining and soiling.

Mostly 8vo, a few items 4to and folio. 94 autograph letters (signed) by Page, 81 letters addressed to Page. - II: Copy book with 144 letters by Page to the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, as well as to other officials, in his own handwritten transcript. 4to. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. - III: Protocol of a hearing of the Suez Canal Company. 4to. (230) ff., numbered 190-425. Extensive correspondence archive kept by the prominent French naval commander during his voyages across the globe, from the Arabian Gulf to Madagascar, Rio de Janeiro, French Polynesia, China, Vietnam, and Japan. Crucially, the archive includes detailed official instructions for the first French diplomatic mission ever made to the Gulf, carried out under Page's command by the frigate La Favorite, which departed from Brest on 3 June 1841. The mission's importance is shown in perspective by a letter to Guy-Victor Duperré (1775-1846), Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, wherein the French officials admit to their hitherto fruitless efforts to establish a relationship with the Gulf states: the writer discusses the difficulties experienced in installing a French consulate at Bushehr, while British efforts to establish themselves in the Gulf region have proved so successful. The letter emphasizes that the French interests in the region lie mainly in monitoring British advances: "Quant à nous, les tentatives que nous avons faites, à différentes reprises, pour établir des relations avec la Perse par le golfe, ont toujours été infructueuses. Le gouvernement du Roi [.] créa, l'année dernière, une agence consulaire à Buschir; mais les difficultés que ce projet a rencontrées de la part du gouvernement persan n'en ont pas permis l'execution, et les choses restent ce qu'elles ont été jusqu'à ce jour [.] Mais il ne saurait nous être indifférent d'y surveiller la marche et les agrandissements de l'Angleterre, et tel est le principal objet de l'apparition que doit y faire la corvette la Favorite sous le commandement de Mr. Page [.]". - Among other destinations, La Favorite is to visit Muscat, with which France has enjoyed previous relations, as they have managed to establish a consulate in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which has proved useful in extending commercial relations with the Imam: "Il est, sur la route du golfe Persique, un point de la côte d'Arabie que la corvette la Favorite aura également à visiter. Je veux parler de Mascate, dont le souverain a entretenu autre fois des relations directes avec la France. L'Etablissement d'un consul à Zanzibar [.] ayant paru propre à favoriser l'extension du peu de rapports commerciaux que nous avons avec les états de l'Iman [.]". Finally, the writer mentions a developing interest in Abyssinia, referring to the 1839 expedition led by Théophile Lefebvre, that involved pearl fishing: "L'attention est eveillée en France, depuis quelques années, sur l'Abyssinie [.] Je n'ai pas besoin de rappeler ici la mission d'exploration confiée [.] à Mr. Lefêbvre [.] dans laquelle il a été accompagné par [.] un agent qu'une maison de commerce envoyait faire des essais sur la pêche des perles [.]". - Page's private correspondence includes 57 letters to his wife from China, Japan, and Vietnam, discussing such matters as his health, political subjects, and the atrocities of the Second Opium War of 1860, mentioning dispossessions and people fleeing their homes: "Ces pauvres gens me font pitié [.] La guerre entraine forcèment des misères sans nombre [.] Les alarmes qu'on répond, les menaces des anciens maîtres, les fuites, les démènagements, les dépossessions forcées [.] Je me sens mal à l'aise à la vue de toutes ces femmes qui pleurent prêt de leurs toits en débris [.]". Page also provides picturesque accounts of the scenery, including a striking comparison of Japan to Tierra del Fuego: "Ainsi que la terre de feu à l'extrémité méridianale de l'Amérique, le Japon semble avoir été jêté sur la flanc orientale du grand continent d'Asie sur le Pacifique par une dernière convulsion de notre globe". - Furthermore, the archive includes 23 amicable autograph letters by the naval officer and pilot of the "Artémise", Joseph-Eugène de Poucques d'Herbinghem (1807-1900), to Page, most of them written at Cherbourg: "Il faut un chirurgien pour l'artemise qui part pour trois ans. Les cinq ou six pelerins de la confrèrie [.] s'evaporent comme une volée d'etourneaux [.]". - The collection is topped off by 144 transcript letters, the bulk issued in Papeete, as well as a protocol of a hearing of the Suez Canal Company and the French constructor Alphonse Hardon, who had exceeded the costs agreed on, which subsequently led to the termination of his contract in 1862. Finally, a report on Mexico and Buenos Aires, several poems, notes on Henry Bird (born in 1767), who was captured by American natives in 1811, a short travelogue from La Habana, several pages entitled "Notes supplementaires", all in Page's handwriting, as well as a medical certificate, Page's death certificate, some pencil sketches, and a few more brief documents are loosely enclosed. - Extremities of the copy book somewhat rubbed; letters very well preserved. An impressive collection, containing rich material reflecting a high-ranking naval officer's private thoughts on French foreign affairs and on his own role therein.

Collection of 19 letters comprising original typescript and carbon copies. Housed in pink foolscap folder. A fine set. Archive of correspondence between Jonathan Cape, the publisher of Fleming's Bond series, and the author's favoured typist Jean Frampton. The papers mainly consist of friendly professional letters, telegrams, notes and postcards concerning Frampton's employment and also contains some significant early material, kept by Frampton as recycled scrap paper. The main body of correspondence is between Frampton and Isabel Ross, Editorial Manager at Jonathan Cape, concerning Frampton's work to re-type the 1965 critical analysis The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis, and the first post-Fleming Bond continuation novel, Colonel Sun published in 1968, also by Amis under the pseudonym Robert Markham. The archive also includes some noteworthy early Fleming material; some of the typist's retained letters were typed on the verso side of some previously-used Fleming and Bond typescripts which, given the errors shown, were early discarded versions but kept by Frampton as scrap paper. Included here is: an original typed page of Thrilling Cities, a carbon typescript with the three-line Basho poem from You Only Live Twice, typescript sheets from You Only Live Twice, a typesheet from The Man with the Golden Gun, a typesheet from The James Bond Dossier and three sheets from Colonel Sun. The complete collection comprises 19 items as follows: i-iii) Three typed letters signed from Isabel Ross to Jean Frampton. iv-viii) Five retained carbon copies from Frampton to Ross, with Colonel Sun typescripts to the verso. ix) A handwritten postcard from Ross to Frampton regarding the "urgent job" of typing The James Bond Dossier. x) Compliments slip from Ross to Frampton, enclosed with The James Bond Dossier manuscript sheet. xi) A telegram from Frampton to Ross confirming the receipt of the "first parcel" of a manuscript. xii) A proof of postage receipt for typing returned to Jonathan Cape at the publisher's headquarters at 30 Bedford Square (likely The Man with the Golden Gun, or The James Bond Dossier copies). xiii) Colonel Sun typesheet (a portion only). xiv) An invoice from Frampton to Jonathan Cape for typing an "essay on Ian Fleming" (later published as The James Bond Dossier by Kingsley Amis). xv) A single full-page carbon sheet for the opening chapter of Thrilling Cities, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to a Mr Morris. xvi) A single typescript topsheet for The Man with the Golden Gun, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to a Mr Rae. xvii) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to the English poet and author Laurence Whistler xviii) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, backed by an unrelated letter addressed to Laurence Whistler xix) Carbon typescript sheet from You Only Live Twice, on the reverse side of an unrelated letter addressed to a Mrs Bridge. The Schøyen Collection No. 225. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition of each. Archive from the collection of Allen K. Mears. 10 bound volumes, including two magazines; 4-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, brief AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED, and printouts of 2 emails; as well as ephemera from a reading, et al, and copies of Mears' own letters. MAGNETISM, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1987): 8vo light blue paperwraps lettered in red and with design printed in blue; INSCRIBED "To Al Mears --/ with thanks for your great patience --/ all best wishes./ Ed Kleinschmidt/ Woodside, Calif./ November 6, 1987." Letter from the press announcing the book as winner of the 1988 Bay Area Book-Reviewers Association Award for Poetry for the best book of poetry published in 1987 by a Bay Area writer with brief handwritten note from the publisher ("Just thought you'd like to know --/ Robin) laid in. FIRST LANGUAGE, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, (1990): 3 copies - 8.5 x 11" galley proof comb-bound with plain blue covers and "Sepak" for "Speak" p.13 (corrected in published book); presumed early copy from the paperwraps issue with bottom edge of covers not properly cropped and "with compliments" slip from the press taped to front cover; and hardcover issue in dust jacket with author's signature beneath his printed one, which he has crossed out and also INSCRIBED, " To Allen --/ with all my best wishes, to you./ Ed/ December 10, 1990." TO REMAIN, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1990): one of 200 bound in "Heyeck hand marbled paper" from a total edition of 950, this one SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on page preceding the colophon. BODYSONG, Woodside: Heyeck Press, (1999): 2 copies - limited issue which although not indicated as such in the book itself, is one of 68 bound in hand-marbled covers (email from Robin Heyeck laid in reads in part, "I printed 980 copies . sixty-eight of them were bound in hand marbled covers .") and although not called for this copy SIGNED by Kleinschmidt on title page; trade issue with gray-and-white printed marbled-paper design on covers, INSCRIBED to Allen Mears with a quote from Wallace Stevens followed by "many many thanks for/ your continued enthusiastic/ interest! All best --/ Ed." Errata slip with photographer credit laid in as well as printout of email exchange which is cut off on right edge but reads in part, "Frances and I were married last May (after many years together) and I've added her [name] ." SPEED OF LIFE, Berkeley: Apogee Press, 1999: paperback original INSCRIBED, "For Allen --/ Poetry is the best cure/ for inaccuracy/ Best --/ Ed." One of 2000 copies per email from the publisher which is laid in along with a promotional postcard and printout of an illuminating email exchange in which Kleinschmidt says in part, "A number of the poems in SOL were very difficult to write and I even felt shocked and somewhat disgusted by what was flowing from my pen, but I kept going with the poem, even pushing it, almost daring myself, just to see what the final product would be." ALSO INCLUDES: August 1991 issue of POETRY MAGAZINE with Kleinschmidt's poem, "The Death of Literature," on p. 273. University of Massachusetts Press Fall and Winter 1989 - 1990 CATALOG with brief ALS and copies of 2 poems printed in area publications. The NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Nov. 6, 1989 issue with Kleinschmidt's poem, "Orchestrion," on p. 54 with 4-page TLS from Kleinschmidt answering in detail questions posed by Mears about his work, providing additional information that he sometimes uses at readings and lectures, and talking about the thought process and/or genesis of a few poems, including "Orchestrion." He also sends along a copy of a lengthy letter he received from another fan of his work on the subject of the same poem. FLYER for The Folger Shakespeare Library's "Poetry Series 1990-91" during which Kleinschmidt and Gregory Orr gave readings at Georgetown University together with copies of holograph poems by each, presumably issued as broadside giveaways for attend. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Collection assembled by Allen K. Mears. Includes 2-page TLS from Gallagher with extensive handwritten portion and two enclosures; Autograph Postcard Signed from Gallagher; 4 books (2 are later printings) signed and/or inscribed by Gallagher; a broadside signed by Gallagher; a few items of ephemera related to Carver; correspondence with artist and publisher Suzanne Ferris of Sea Pen Press; and copies of Mears' own letters. TYPED LETTER SIGNED -- evidently printed from a computer; dated August 17, 1999; 2 pages with most of the 2nd page being HANDWRITTEN; discusses the posthumously published collection of Carver's poetry, ALL OF US; her plans at the time - or, in this case, her lack of plans -- for writing a memoir of her and Carver's time together (".it is rather more woven into the introductions I've done to Ray's books"); her handling of and coping with widowhood (".in a sense, I haven't suffered the same way perhaps other widows suffer a loss"); the solace afforded by having spent their "last three months . [focusing] . on the making of his last book"; and her objection to various reviews of ALL OF US (".the NY Bk Review . misused the poetry to stomp out the wine of the stories," and a review in Poetry Flash was "very poor in its scholarship & basic understanding"). INCLUDES TWO ENCLOSURES: photocopy of the review of ALL OF US in "Poetry Flash" with handwritten note from Gallagher on post-it affixed; and 65-page offprint from the academic journal "Philosophy and Literature" that prints the two short plays the couple wrote together ("CAN I GET YOU ANYTHING?" and "THE FAVOR") as well as "A Nightshine Beyond Memory: Ten More Years with Ray," an essay Gallagher wrote 10 years after Carver's death. AUTOGRAPH POSTCARD SIGNED - front has photograph of Carver and Gallagher by Bob Adelman; dated 6/30/99, the message thanks collector Allen K. Mears for his letters sent to Stephen Young, Senior editor of Poetry Magazine, in reaction to a review of ALL OF US in the July 1999 issue, "The Poetics of Populism" by David Orr. Copies of Mears' letters and Young's original TLS in response are included, as well as the July 1999 issue of the magazine. PORTABLE KISSES, (Seattle: Sea Pen Press and Paper Mill, 1978): First edition, #24 of 100 copies; SIGNED in full beneath her printed name on title page and additionally INSCRIBED on 5/28/92, "for Al Mears after/ meeting in Maryland --/ Very Best/ Tess"; printed on handmade paper and hand-bound in rough vellum; fine. Also includes related correspondence with the artist and publisher Suzanne Ferris of Sea Pen Press answering questions about the book (as well as the Press's backlist and prospectuses for other works) and TLS from Gallagher's secretary, Dorothy Catlett, noting Gallagher has "received the wonderful news" that first printings of her recent books of poetry had sold out and gone into second printings. A NEW PATH TO THE WATERFALL, (NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989): by Raymond Carver, with introduction by Gallagher; #133 of 200 numbered and specially bound copies SIGNED BY GALLAGHER. Fine in fine slipcase. DIM HOUSE, BRIGHT FACE (Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1989): # 74 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED BY GALLAGHER; broadside issued on the occasion of Gallagher's reading in The Loft Mentor Series, March 10, 1989. Designed & printed by Ann Borman, Tournesol Press; illustration by Susan Nees. Fine. MOON CROSSING BRIDGE: Poetry, (St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992): first edition, second printing; SIGNED in full beneath her printed name on title page and additionally INSCRIBED on 5/2/92, "for Al Mears--/ as you cross your own/ moons - poems for Ray, and/ me, and you --/ Tess"; fine in fine dust jacket. THE LOVER OF HORSES: And Other Stories, (St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992): Second printing of the "Graywolf Short Fiction Series" reissue of her 1986 first book of stories; SIGNED in full beneath her printed name on title page and additionally INSCRIBED on 5/2/92, "for Al Mears--/ my 1st. Signed.

, 8 books and other ephemera signed by William Plomer to Menina Russell King, secretary to Jonathan Cape. Double Lives, an Autobiography (new edition, traveller's library, 1950), signed by the author on title page, contains Christmas card signed "William" and letter from William Plomer to Menina Russell King. At Home, Memoirs (1958), inscribed to Menina Russell King "Who used to be at home at 30 Bedford Square, with W P's best wishes, March 1958", also containing a Christmas Card signed "William". A Shot in the Dark (1955) signed by the author on the title page, containing a postcard from William Plomer to Mrs Russell King. Four Countries (1949), inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Menina Mesquita [maiden name], with best wishes from William Plomer 19 Jan 1949". Celebrations, (1972), inscribed for Menina Russell-King on front free endpaper "with gratitude for her unfailing considerateness and with W P's best wishes, 22 March 1972 (the day before publication)", also contains a postcard and Christmas card from Plomer to Russell King and newspaper clipping from The Times (Robert Nye) reviewing this book dated 13.4.72. The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast- Alan Aldridge with verses by William Plomer (1973), winner of the third Whitbread Literary Award, inscribed on the front free endpaper "with all good wishes and thanks from the librettist, William Plomer, August 1973". This contains an invitation to "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (fancy dress optional)" and a postcard from Plomer to Menina Russell King received 7.2.73. The Planes of Bedford Square, (1971), signed copy of the poem. Collected Poems (1973) includes a newspaper article about the book and William Plomer dated 9th December 1973. The Autobiography of William Plomer (1975). Order of Service for the Memorial Service of William Charles Franklyn Plomer, Wednesday, November 7th, 1973, at which John Betjeman read some of his poems and Laurens Van Der Post gave the address. Newspaper clippings about the funeral from national newspapers. Newspaper clippings about "The Butterfly Ball" winning the Whitbread Award and a publicity newsnote from 24th October 1973 talking about the award. Personal letter from Charles Erdman to Menina Russell King expressing his sadness at the death of William Plomer. In the letter Erdman mentions 27 years of devoted friendship to Plomer and "The Butterfly Ball", which was published shortly before his death. One new edition, the rest First Editions , all books are in good condition, one cloth cover is slightly faded, one dust wrapper is torn, The Butterfly Ball appears unused in very good condition, , all books have dustwrappers apart from "The Butterfly Ball", most are in good or very condition , coloured cloth bindings with the execption of "The Butterfly Ball" which is a glossy pictorial hardcover, , 17.5 cm x 12 cm to 28.5 cm x 22 cm. Hardbacks SIGNED by author ISBN:

Ca. 20 pp., 8vo and 4to. Comprises: 2 ALS by Joseph Wauters 1875-1929) on headed paper of "L'Echo du peuple" (Brussels, 10 May 1910 and 13 March [?] 1914); ALS by Berthe Dethier on headed paper of "La Jeune Wallonie" (Brussels, 24 Dec. 1912, with envelope); ALS and APcS by Paul Reclus, son of the anarchist Élie Reclus (Brussels, 9. Dec. 1913 and 26 Jan. 1914); autogr. lettercard signed by his wife (Brussels, 26 March 1914); ALS by Paul Spaak (1871-1936) (Brussels, 16 Dec. 1913, with envelope); APcS by Paul Gille (Heysi-sur-Mer, 7 March 1914); APcS the poet Valère Gille (1867-1950), his brother (Jette, 21 July 1916); ALS by the feminist and communist Louise Bodin (1877-1929) on headed paper of "La Voix des Femmes" (Rennes, 29. Sept. 1920); ALS by the writer Georges Marlow (1872-1947) (Brussels, 19 Oct. 1926); ALS by the Marxist writer Charles Plisnier (1896-1952) (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 30 June 1937); TLS by the Walloon politician Louis Piérard (1886-1951) (Brussels, 25 Nov 1945, with a few addenda). - A member of the Belgian Workers' Party, Hénault in June 1900 founded "Le Réveil des Travailleurs", a newspaper with anarcho-communist tendencies which had up to 1,200 subscribers. He contributed to "Le Libertaire" and "L'Effort écletique"; in 1901 he was expelled from the Workers' Party for publishing his possibly best-known work the pamphlet, "Le Parti ouvrier et l'Anarchie" (Fauvel-Rouif 73). In April that same year he apparently took part in the anarchist congress held in Brussels, which brought together around thirty delegates, including Chapelier, Mestag and Peuchot. Hénault emigrated to Brazil in 1902 and remained there for three years. After his return to Belgium he became head of service at the Hôpital de Saint-Gilles in Brussels. While still an anarchist, he was then mainly active in the Free Thought movement. In 1911 Hénault became secretary of the "Amis de l'Orphelinat rationaliste" and published the magazine of this association, "L'École franchisee", which appeared from September 1913 until his death. - For Henault cf. Nettlau, Geschichte der Anarchie I, 329.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Some light spotting of free endpapers; small (closed) tear in dustwrapper at top of front panel. Inscribed by the author, "Ben Evan Owen gratefully for his encouragement and patience from the beginning . . ."; signed additionally by him on the title-page; and with, loosely inserted, Owen's archive of correspondence from the author: 17 autograph letters signed (some stapled at the corner), six typed letters signed (some stapled at the corner, several aerogrammes, stamped and franked), and one autograph postcard signed (stamped and franked) (addressed variously "Dear Mr Owen", "My dear Evan", "My dear Ben", "Dearest Ben", signed "Gabriel Fielding", "Gabriel F", "Gabriel", "Alan Gabriel", "Alan"), together with one typed letter signed from the author's wife, Edwina Barnsley, with his autograph postscript signed: 85pp. 8vo &c, Maidstone, Buffalo and Pullman, November 1958-February [1972]. Alan Gabriel Barnsley (1916-1986) published his first novel, The Frog Prince and Other Poems, with the same press, the Hand and Flower Press, and in the same year, 1952, as his friend Muriel Spark published her first book of poems, The Fanfarlo and Other Verse. Hutchinson published his second book and first novel, Brotherly Love, under the pseudonym Gabriel Fielding, in 1954 - the year in which he and his wife, Edwina ("Dina"), were received into the Roman Catholic Church, as too was Spark, of whose first novel, The Comforters (1957), they were the co-dedicatees. Like Spark, he was encouraged in his early days by another Catholic convert, Graham Greene. A GP, Barnsley gave up medicine for literature in 1966 - by which time he had fallen out with Spark irrevocably. This is a revealing archive of one of the then "coming" Catholic writers. The Birthday King was the author's breakthrough novel, winner of the W.H. Smith Prize and the Thomas More Medal. "Following the publication of his novels in America," declares its dustwrapper blurb, "Gabriel Fielding has been increasingly noted as one of the most important of the contemporary English novelists. Time magazine has described him as 'one of the most skilful novelists at present writing in English.'" Three years later, Fielding would forsake his medical career on becoming author-in-residence for a year at Washington State University in Pullman; he carried on teaching there until his retirement in 1981. He first wrote to Owen after he reviewed Eight Days (1958) for The Oxford Mail - "You caught my purpose more accurately than anyone who has so far been interested in the book. I would love to know how you did it." He deplores the state of London reviewing: "I saw Muriel Spark on Monday," he writes (16 November 1960), "and she confirmed all you said about metropolitan criticism." As a sympathetic critic, Owen became a sort of perfect correspondent. On 15 February 1962, he again drops the name of Muriel Spark, who had reached a new height of fame with the publication of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. They had first met in 1954, when Spark had taken refuge in Kent, at Aylesford Priory and then in a cottage by Allington Castle, both close to Maidstone, to work on The Comforters. "I[']ve been seeing a lot of our Muriel (Spark) who is Felicity's Godmother," he writes. "Do you read her books? I quaff them like a mackerel after whitebait - and have an unique signed collection." Hubris! A week later, on 22 February, he and Spark fell out irreparably. Fielding, as Spark's biographer Martin Stannard recounts, turned up unannounced in London to seek her advice on whether he should give up medicine for full-time writing. She was at the hairdresser's and told him to go away. Owen reviewed The Birthday King for The Oxford Mail: "For the first time in a decade of reviewing," he wrote, "I feel justified in prophesying that a new novel will be judged by posterity as one of the great books of our time." His quote went on the jacket of the US edition. Inscribed by Author(s).