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Paper with additional horizontal center fold, small fold tear. Erasure marks in the upper right corner on the first side. Signature with small ink smudge. Very good manuscript work from this protagonist of the Decadent movement. JBS-127. [Manuscript Poem]   Marie Madeleine  "Ein Erntelied" ("A Harvest Song")   c.1905 Manuscript poem by Marie Madeleine, the subject of Ronald K. Siegel's 2016 book The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of Nazis. Folded paper sheet written on two sides, eight verses of four lines each. Text in German. Signed by Marie Madeleine.  Gertrud Günther (1881-1944), under the pen name of Marie Madeleine, was a Jewish German poet who became infamous for her erotic works on lesbian love and the ecstasy of morphine. The first few lines translated roughly in English read: A harvest song. / How endlessly the heights spread! - / The path is so steep and narrow, -- / Do you want to lead me across / Over the dark valley? - / On… Read More

Slight wear to extremities, some bubbling to cloth; slight darkening to fore-edge; dust jacket sunned, chipped, and soiled with slight loss at spine ends and corners, tape repair to verso Very good. LMM-00348A. Calder Willingham. End as a Man.  New York: The Vanguard Press, 1947. First edition. Octavo. 350pp. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver to spine, original unclipped dust jacket, listing price $2.75. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Extremities gently rubbed and bumped; half-inch tear to rear pastedown at hinge; light even toning throughout; dust jacket chipped and creased with closed tears. Very good. LMM-218. Frederick Manfred. Riders of Judgment. New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. Octavo. 368pp. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in gilt and green to spine, front cover in green, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.95. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Slightly sunned to spines; gently rubbed and worn to boards; light uniform toning throughout. Very good. JHN-201. A. Marga. Géographie Militaire (2 Vols.) Paris: Berger-Levrault et Cie, 1885. Fourth edition.  Two quarto volumes. 448; 384pp (indexed to each volume). Illustrated with folding tables. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endleaves. Text in French.

Fine. JBS-348. Glen Martin. Majun: Sweetmeat of Hemp. Berkeley, CA: Turkey Press. 1976. First edition, one of 1,000 copies.        Slim octavo. [6]pp. Card pitctorial wraps, saddle stapled.    .

Extremities gently rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn; occasional interior thumbsoiling. Very good. LMM-117. Jack Mathis. Valley of the Cliffhangers. Northbrook, IL: Jack Mathis Advertising, 1975. Stated first edition. Folio (approx. 18 x 12.5 inches). Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and film stills, some color. Publisher's brown pictorial leather, stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, endleaves in burnt orange. "...scholarly justice was finally done to the serials of Republic Pictures, in a folio-sized study called Valley of the Cliffhangers, by Jack Mathis, published in Northbrook, Illinois. In the stills from a serial called Fighting Devil Dogs the viewer will find an evil figure who looks just like Darth Vader." - Larry McMurtry, Books: A Memoir. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Light wrinkling to pages, else fine. HFP-146. [SIGNED] Thomas McGuane. Sons. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1993. Limited edition, No. 104 of 250 numbered copies.  Signed by Thomas McGuane. Octavo. [30]pp. Blue cloth. Slipcase. .

Light staining and wear, very good. YLG-103. Jack McLaren. Stories of Fear. London: Pendulum Publications Limited, [1947]. First edition.  Octavo. 64pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, dust jacket..

Boards lightly rubbed, sunned, and soiled; else fine. KWH-390. [SIGNED] Larry McMurtry. It's Always We Rambled. New York: Frank Hallman, 1974. Limited edition, No. 243 of 300 numbered copies. Signed by Larry McMurtry.  Octavo. 25pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards titled in red to spine and front cover. .

Gently rubbed, else fine. LMM-179. Larry McMurtry. Commencement 1995: Green Fields Country Day School. Tucson, AZ: Larry McMurtry, 1995. First edition. Octavo. [4]pp. "This printed copy of his timely and eloquent address is his gift to the graduates and families of the Class of 1995..." Paper wraps, staplebound. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Minor wear to boards, gently bumped to lower front corner, slight rubbing to jacket. Very good. KWH-373. [SIGNED] Ophelia Ray (Larry McMurtry). Daughter of the Tejas. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Publishers, Ltd., 1965. First edition.  Signed by Larry McMurtry.   Publisher's beige cloth, stamped in brown to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $2.95. .

Minor soiling and wear to boards, ink-stamp of Ronald K. Siegel to front pastedown, jacket a bit rubbed, creased, and toned. JBS-437. Raphael Mechoulam. Marijuana: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Metabolism, and Clinical Effects.  New York: Academic Press, 1973. First edition. Octavo. 409pp (indexed). Illustrated with tables and diagrams. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to spine, original unclipped dust jacket.  From The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Plants and Drugs. .

Light staining and wear to boards, lacks dust jacket. Very good. JHN-. A. Merritt. Seven Footprints to Satan. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. First edition. Octavo. 310pp.  Publisher's beige cloth, stamped in red to spine and front cover.

Rubbed, to boards, very good. JHN-154. Merritt, A.  Hannes Bok. The Black Wheel. New York: New York Collector's Group, 1948. Limited edition, No. 882 of 1000 numbered copies.  Quarto. 115pp. Illustrated by Hannes Bok. Publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt to cover. .

Slight rubbing and soiling to boards; light toning to endleaves; else fine. AYW-382. Russ Meyer as told to Adolph Albion Schwartz. A Clean Breast! The Lives and Loves of Russ Meyer, Vols. I -3. Hollywood: The Hauck Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. First edition. Three quarto volumes. 359; Illustrated with numerous b/w photos throughout. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt to spines and front covers. From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate. Please note that this unusually heavy set (approx. 20 lbs.) will require extra postage. .

Fine. JBS-325. H. Alan Meyers. Cocaine: The User's Guide to Self-Help Treatment. San Francisco: The National Addiction Research Foundation. 1985. Third Printing. Octavo. 51pp. White wrapper with red and black lettering to cover and spine, Publisher's emboss to title page.  .

Extremities gently bumped and rubbed, else fine. LMM-282. Huang Xiao-Yi (Douglas Milburn). Houston: Texas Chapbook Press, 1992. Limited edition, No. 10 of 25 numbered copies. Octavo. 62pp. Staplebound, softcover paper wraps. With photocopy of TLS from Doug Milburn to Larry McMurtry laid-in. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Minor shelfwear, light toning. Very good./Jacket slightly rubbed and toned.. Arthur Miller. After the Fall: A Play in Two Acts. New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First trade edition. Octavo. 129pp. Publisher's maroon quarter cloth over hardcover paper boards, stamped in gilt to spine, front cover in bland, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.95. .

Minor shelfwear; small stain to lower textblock edge; jacket lightly rubbed, creased, and sunned, tape repair to verso. Very Good. LMM-222. [SIGNED] Don Mitchell. Thumb Tripping. Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1970. First edition. Signed by Don Mitchell. Octavo. 182pp. Publisher's hardcover paper boards, copper lettering to spine, endleaves in maroon, original unclipped dust jacket, listing price $5.95. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .

Extremities gently rubbed and bumped; creased to spine; light offsetting to endleaves; ink ownership signature to first blank; jacket toned and torn. A very good copy in a good jacket. LMM-260. Dr. Eric Mjöberg. A. Barwell, translator. Forest Life and Adventures in the Malay Archipelago.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1930. First American edition. Octavo. 201pp. Illustrated with b/w photos, folding map. Publisher's brown cloth, blue printed paper title to spine, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $4.00. From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate. .