BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary from Thomas J. Joyce And Company

New York: Worthington, 1887. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; xvi, 396 pages, rebacked in light leather, publisher's cloth, new endpapers, corners worn This edition begins with a memorial biography of Burton by E. J. G. Mackey. "From early manhood, Burton was a book-collector. His library comprised some ten thousand volumes . Upon publication [this] became and… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1974). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Zelda Fitzgerald. .Folio, 246pp., black cloth, minor wear to dj. This is the first appearance of this FSF article. A pictorial autobiography from the scrapbooks and photo albums of Scott and Zelda, with an Introduction by their daughter. Includes a color section reproducing Zelda's paintings [Bruccoli2, B95].… Read more about this item

Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 249 pages, clothbacked boards, dampstain to lower quarter of top cover, a few lower corners bumped Smith was the Managing Editor of the Chicago Daily News, and a legend himself. DEADLINES "is a fictional series of sketches of life in the big city newsroom." [ Chicago In Story, p.181 ].… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner's, 1925. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Will James. Small 4to, 217 pages, grey cloth, spine darkened [HERD 1153; Frazier. WILL JAMES BOOKS, pp. 1-8; Howes J55]. James's first book, and a seminal treatment of the life of the cowboy -by one. Inscribed to "Mr. Hal Marchbanks - a Tejano / With best wishes… Read more about this item

London: L. Upcott Gill, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo, 119 pages + publisher's ads dated 6/90, green cloth, foxing on Contents and facing pages Chapters on various aspects of the arts of book collecting. " Between [ the bookworm] and the book-hunter there is a wide difference so great that it might be impossible… Read more about this item

Chicago: Sterling North, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 233, 250, [i] pages, blue cloth, cover spotted. This is Copy Number 3 of this combined Special Edition. It is inscribed by Smith to Marion & Joy W, "and many happy / returns - from Europe! / June 19/34". Laid in is an obituary of Smith … Read more about this item

Chicago: Covici-Friede, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 281 pages, tawny cloth a bit soiled "By any standards, Smith is one of the more important figures in the history of Chicago journalism and literature. ... POOR DEVIL ... is the story of Bruce Warren who brings his bride from a small town to Chicago. He is, in… Read more about this item

Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 252 pages, green cloth, spine titling dulled. Presentation Copy inscribed by Smith to Marion W, "With thanks for the / many kindnesses shown to / Katherine and me". Laid in is an obituary of Smith "By any standards, Smith is one of the more important… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, ( 1962 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, 240 pages, clothbacked boards; light wear to dj Here are essays disguised as letters. Their postscripts appear here for the first time. Most are organized by the chronology in which they were written, not published.

New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ( 1980 ). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, 622 pages, maroon cloth, in matching publisher's slipcase with printed top label ( case is scuffed on the rear panel) Mississippi fiction. Eudora Welty was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1973. She was the first living author to be… Read more about this item

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [ 1945 ]. Armed Services edition. Paperback. Fair. Oblong 16mo, 317 pages, stapled wrappers, cover creased, corners bumped, ttle-page torn at bottom margin. ASE no. K-13. " I have invented no dialgue. Thanks to the astonishingly full diplomatic correspondence, I could stick to the record and yet quote direct speech… Read more about this item

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [ 1945 ]. Armed Services edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong 12mo, 509 pages, stapled wrappers, creases at spine ASE no. S-37. " I have invented no dialgue. Thanks to the astonishingly full diplomatic correspondence, I could stick to the record and yet quote direct speech - Foreword".

University of California Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 301 pages, cloth, inch-long tear in front hinge repaird with cello tape; short tears in dj A definitive biography and interpretation of Lew Wallace, who was a soldier, general in two armies ( U.S.A. and Mexico ) diplomat, territorial governor, and best-selling author. With plates.… Read more about this item

NY: Scribners, 1909. 6th Thousand. Hardcover. good. 12mo, 91 pages + ads, brown cloth, ex-library with markings Biography, literary criticism. Introduction by George Wyndham.

New York: Random House, ( 1970 ). First printing. Hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, 436 pages, cloth Mississippi fiction.

Chicago: Scott, Foresman And Company, ( 1928 ). Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 783 pages, black cloth, some diary notes laid in from a previous owner. "The first aim of this book is to show the readability of contemporary [Americand and British] poetry - Preface." With biographies of each poet.

New York: Literary Guild, 1927. Early edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 93 pages, cloth, spine title worn, inked name and date on endpaper, bookplate. Robinson was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for poetry. A biography with criticism

London: George G. Harrap & C9=o., ( 1951 ). First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 312 pages, blue cloth Elizabeth P. ran a one-woman publishing company and bookshop, wrote transcendentalist and abolitionist essays, and founded the kindergarten movement in America. Mary P. married Horace Mann, and Sophia P married Nath. Hawthorne. Eleven illustrations.

Boston: Little, Brown, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo, 579 pages, boards & cloth; dj torn at top of rear flap Another effort by this Pulitzer-prize winning biographer and historian. "Donald has masterfully recreated a time, a place, a genius, a mystery, which he solves. ... This is easily the best biography of an… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1921. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo; lxiv, 246 pages, parchment-backed boards, untrimmed, spine spotted One of only 700 copies. With a Foreword by the Publisher: "I contend that in THE IONIAN SEA and the RYECROFT PAPERS there can be no question of their literary beauty and personal magic as at… Read more about this item