Literature from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

IZAAK WALTON, A New Bibliography 1653-1987, by Rodolphe L. Coigney, published by James Cummins, 1989, #123 of 500 limited edition signed by author, with laid in typed letter hand-signed "Michael" from Michel Roux of Carillon Importers Ltd., New Jersey, letterhead sheet to a wine and spirits distributor in the U.S. the copy was sent to as a gift, Michael Roux… Read more about this item

[THEODORE LYMAN WRIGHT BELOIT COLLEGE 18 LINE HANDWRITTEN POEM ON SAINT GAUDEN'S STATUE ROCK CREEK CEMETERY WASHINTON, D.C., 1920s] THEODORE LYMAN WRIGHT, unpublished 18 line/3 stanza handwritten poem on the back of a 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of the statue commonly known as "Grief" by the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens for the Adams Memorial in Washington D. C.'s Rock Creek… Read more about this item

[SPANISH LANGUAGE STUDY; EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING; RARE HAVANA SEGAR MART; WOMEN'S INTERESTS, TEACHER AT BROOKLYN FEMALE ACADEMY] THE SPANISH TEACHER and Colloquial Phrase-Book, An Easy and AgreeableMethod of Acquiring a Speaking Knowledge of the Spanish Language by Francis Butler, Teacher and Translator of Languages, published by Havana Segar Mart, 205 Water Street, New York, 1849, first edition, blind-stamped brown cloth… Read more about this item

[HISPANIC LITERATURE, TEXT IN SPANISH; AUTHOR SIGNED COPY; WOMEN'S INTEREST; RARE] TRES CANTATAS AL MAR - Al Dormido Mar, Al Mar Que Despierta, Al Despierto Mar - Libro primero de las cantatas, by Ilka Krupkin, inscribed and signed by the poet to noted Cuban emigree poet Rita Geada, published by Editor El Maguntina, Buenos Aires, 1947, Segunda Edicion (stated on… Read more about this item

[THEATER MEMORABILIA; ENGLISH THEATER; HENRY IRVING] SOUVENIR OF DANTE AS PRODUCED BY HENRY IRVING, by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau, rendered into English by Laurence Irving, illustrated, published by R. H. Russell, New York, 1903, softcover string bound, 7-1/2" x 10-3/4", vi, 14 pages (last page blank), lightly glossed pages of heavier paper, 6 full-page illustrations/plates of characters in costume… Read more about this item

[BROOKS ATKINSON 2 LETTERS SIGNED / ROYAL MURDOCH POETRY / LGBTQ INTEREST] BROOKS ATKINSON, TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED/TLSs, as N. Y. Times critic on N. Y. Times stationery, 7" x 8-1/2" with horizontal folds as mailed with envelopes addressed to recipient with "Brooks Atkinson" typed above N. Y. Times return address, Atkinson replies to a friend of the gay poet… Read more about this item

[HOWARD TOWNSEND VICTORIAN/19th CENTURY CRIME STORIES] HORACE TOWNSEND seven/7 Victorian crime stories newspaper clippings/scrapbook, Victorian period crime stories by Horace Townsend (1859-1922), published by S. S. McClure and others, 1880s/1890s, from 1883 to 1900 Townsend was on the staff of the New York Tribune, until 1895 he was this paper's London correspondent…after 1900 he was the European correspondent for several… Read more about this item

[FILM PRODUCTION ARCHIVE; SCREEN ADAPTATION; ISAK DINESEN STORY] THE DELUGE [screenplay working title, full title The Deluge at Norderney], from the story by Isak Dinesen, Screenplay by Gerald Kean, archive including 4-1/2" x 7" pages from a copy of the 79-page story in Dinesen's book "Seven Gothic Tales" taken apart and glued on front side only of 8-1/2" x 14"… Read more about this item

[RARE AMERICANA SATIRE 1930s; EDWARD A. CHURCH] ]I & CASSIOPEA by Edward A. Church, no publisher given, undated/but ca. 1930 given by WorldCat/OCLC, illustrated softcover, light brown imitation antique paper, 8" x 10", 20 pages including covers, illustrated, "Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 1st, 1700" at the beginning of the text, signed in print at the end "Edd. A. Church" (Edward A.… Read more about this item

[RARE AMERICANA SATIRE 1930s; EDWARD A. CHURCH] ]I & CASSIOPEA by Edward A. Church, no publisher given, undated/but ca. 1930 given by WorldCat/OCLC, illustrated softcover, light brown imitation antique paper, 8" x 10", 20 pages including covers, illustrated, "Boston, Tuesday, Jan. 1st, 1700" at the beginning of the text, signed in print at the end "Edd. A. Church" (Edward A.… Read more about this item

CHILDWOLD by Joyce Carol Oates, with signature of the poet Joan Joffee Hall on front cover, advance uncorrected proof, Vanguard, 1976, mustard softcover/paper wraps, 5" wide x 10-3/4" high, 226 pages, copied handwritten page numbers at bottom of pages and a few copied minor handwritten edits in text), advance uncorrected proofs slip addressed "To the Literary Editor" taped in inside… Read more about this item

[RUSSIAN AUTHOR; READER'S REPORT, 1935] ALEXEI TOLSTOI, 1882-1945, "Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and in historical novels…," READER'S REPORT for publisher Longman's Green & Co., New York, on Tolstoi's novel "Darkness and Dawn" sent to reader November 9, 1935, with note "MS Returned by Reader" and the reader's report of more… Read more about this item