Americans--Travel--Great Britain--Fiction., Americans--Travel--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction., Arthurian romances--Adaptations., Knights and knighthood--Great Britain--Fiction., Knights and knighthood--Great Britain--Juvenile fiction., Time travel--Fiction., and Time travel--Juvenile fiction.
Has author's presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Carl Van Vechten's bookplate. Dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop. First binding of silver blue cloth and white endsheets. and The life of Gertrude Stein written by herself as though it were the autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
Publisher:
Harcourt, Brace and company
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Intellectual life
Subject (Name):
Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978, Gris, Juan, 1887-1927, Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973, Rose, Francis, Sir, 1909-1979, Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946--Presentation inscription to C. van Vechten., Toklas, Alice B., and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from G. Stein.
"No. I. Produktion.", At head of title: Damit das Kind einen Namen hat., In manuscript by author: 19/50. Autograph of author dated 2.1.88. Author's presentation inscription to Wilfriede. In cloth-covered case with original photographs and bookseller description affixed. Accompanied by an exhibition brochure and two photographs taken and signed on verso by Thomas Günter., Some illustrations signed: Mandragorek., and Text and illustrations are serigraphed, some illustrations are additionally painted.
Author’s autographed presentation copy to James Weldon Johnson. and Reprinted from vol. c of the Annals of the American academy of political and social science ... March 1922".
Subject (Geographic):
Dominican Republic --Economic conditions --20th century, Dominican Republic --Foreign relations --United States, Dominican Republic --History --20th century, Dominican Republic --Politics and government --20th century, Haiti --Economic conditions --20th century, Haiti --Foreign relations --United States, Haiti --History --American occupation, 1915-1934, Haiti --Politics and government --20th century, United States --Foreign relations --Dominican Republic, and United States --Foreign relations --Haiti
3d print., October, 1929." and With manuscript notes by the author and 2 typed poems mounted on p. [90-91]; inscribed: "This book was used for lecture programs for several seasons ... Langston Hughes. New York, August 4, 1947.
Inscribed for Carl Van Vechten by William Christopher Handy. and Ragtime for piano.
Publisher:
Pace & Handy Music Co.,
Subject (Name):
Handy, W. C.--(William Christopher),--1873-1958--Presentation inscription to C. Van Vechten and Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964--Presentation inscription from W.C. Handy
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939
Published / Created:
[1924]
Call Number:
Conrad 909nd
Image Count:
1
Description:
"First published in 1924.", BEIN Conrad 909nd copy 2: Original ms. of preface by Conrad tipped in front., In case 20 cm. Keating no. 185., and Inscribed and signed by Ford Madox Ford, dated 1926.
Publisher:
Duckworth & co.
Subject (Name):
Ford, Ford Madox,--1873-1939--Autograph (BEIN Conrad 909nd copy 2)
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of 78 poems by Jane Cavendish. Many are addressed to family members, including one titled "On my sweete brother Charles," another called "On my Noble Uncle Sr Charles Cavendish Knight," and several to her father, as well as others addressed to her sisters, mother, grandparents, and the King and Queen. There are also poems on passion, the "chamber-mayde," and "A noble lady." The manuscript includes a poetic dialogue by her sister, Lady Elizabeth Brackley Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, titled "A Pastorall," with a cast of witches, country wives, and shepherds, and which is preceded by a verse dedication to their father, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle. The manuscript as a whole is prefaced by a dedication by Jane Cavendish to him.
Description:
Binding: full black morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Social life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):
Cavendish family, Cheiney, Jane Cavendish, Lady, Egerton, Elizabeth Cavendish, 1626-1663, and Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676
Subject (Topic):
English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, English poetry--Women authors, and Nobility--Great Britain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade) / by Mark Twain
Image Count:
1
Description:
Inscribed on front fly-leaf: "... to Michael Llewelyn Davies ... J.M. Barrie June 16 1910."; autographs of Edward and Charles Sisson ... 1885" on front fly-leaf.
Collection Created:
New York : Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885, c1884 (New York : J.J. Little & Co.)
Original wrappers. Presentation inscription from the author: "A Langston Hughes, ahora en nuestro precioso y heroico Madrid ... Madrid, 1937-sep.," followe and The poem on p. 93, Yo tambien canto America, refers to 'I, too, sing America [by] Langston Hughes.'
The paintings are on mica, and under each is a manuscript caption.
Description:
All versos blank., Manuscript title, occupying two leaves, "written by T. Vardapillay, writing master in the two English schools established by the American missionaries in Madura City"., and The name "Daniel Poor" is in a different hand, presumably that of the donor himself.
Subject (Name):
Poor, Daniel, Twining, William, Rev., and Vardapillay, T