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FIRST ISSUE OF THE 17TH U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN FRANCE DURING WWI, A PAPER WITH A MISOGYNISTIC BENT
[WORLD WAR I ARMY NEWSPAPER]. The "OO LA LA" Times. A Journal printed with the hope of passing the Censor, and for those at Home who care. Vol. I, No. 1. Folio, 4pp., in four columns, printed on brown paper, unbound, as issued. Published by The 17th U. S. Engineers, "R[ailwa]y." Somewhere [St. Navaire, France:] Oct. 30 '17. $150.00
Poetry, sports, account of a "sing song," etc. An informative history of the U. S. Army Engineers is, Charles Hendricks, Combat and Construction: U. S. Army Engineers in World War I (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1993), readable online. Future issues of this newspaper were notably misogynistic, at least as concerned French women. 17th U. S. Engineers (Railway) was one of the first units of the American Expeditionary Force in France. The first issue of this… Read More

TARKINGTON, Booth.
Monsieur Beaucaire. Illustrated by C. D. Williams. 12mo, original gold stamped lettered red cloth, pp. [8], [128[, + 6 inserted plates (including frontispiece) in sepia with decorative green borders, t.e.g., uncut. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900.
First Edition, first issue. Tarkington's second book is a novel about a mysterious French gambler in 18th century Bath, England. He has inscribed it on verso of the frontispiece: "Inscribed for Mr H. Kauti, Booth Tarkington, Sept. 22, 1941." "Kauti" was, in fact, New York bookseller G. A. Van Nosdall, a famous faker in the book world who send books to authors for inscription under his fake name, and then sell them as association copies. Probably inscribed at Kennebunkport, Maine. The book was a success, and was successfully turned into a play, opera, and a film starring Rudolph Valentino. The decorations are by Charles Edward Hooper, and include end-papers , title-page, dedication page, list of… Read More

BOOTH TARKINGTON'S FIRST PUBLISHED PLAY (AND MORE) HERE IN A "LITTLE MAGAZINE" [TARKINGTON, Booth]. [LITTLE MAGAZINE]. [SLOSS, Robert ("Slim"), editor]. John-a-Dreams. A Magazine for the conservative iconoclast and the practical dreamer, devoted to mere literature and to classical typography. [Illustrated]. Vol. I, No. 1-4 (of 6); Vol. II, No. 1-6 + Prospectus. 8vo, original sugar wrappers, each issue with a 2 1/8 x 3 ¼" illustration on front cover by John Sloan (in red) of a dreaming man, uncut.
New York: The Corell Press & The Press at the Classical School Associated: University Place & Ninth Street, July-December, 1896; January-June, 1897.
Tarkington was quoted as saying about the demise of John-a-Dreams: "The death of that little magazine, on the staff of which I was supposed to be, was the greatest blow I ever sustained."-The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers (1903), vol. 16, p. 29. Includes all Tarkington… Read More

SIGNED BY CHARLES ASTOR BRISTED, AMERICAN SCHOLAR, AND JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S GRANDSON
TENNYSON, Alfred. Idylls of the King. Small 8vo, original blind stamped green cloth (spine lightly faded), pp. 8 (ads), [viii], 261, untrimmed. London: Edward Moxon, 1859.
First Edition, first issue, without printer's imprint on verso of title-leaf. "Probably these copies were the earliest bound."-Ashley Library VII, pp. 120-121. Ownership signature on title of Charles Astor Bristed (1820-1874), favorite grandson of John Jacob Astor, American scholar, philologist, and Foley author. Inner hinges cracked at folds, else nearly fine.
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III-415. Tinker 2077. Sterling 924.

[THEATRICAL BROADSIDES ON SATIN, THREE]. Princess' Theatre. Benefit in aid of the Carvers' and Gilders' Asylum, Holloway, On Tuesday Evening, March 19, 1844. Will be Presented, Bellini's Opera of La Somnambula...After with a New Farce entitled Gone to Texas...At the end of which, Miss Sabilla Novello, will Sing the celebrated SCENA from Der Freischutz, in Costume...To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, in Two Acts, and Four Tableaux, entitled Leola; or, the May-Day Bride [followed by another 35 lines of text]. Folio broadside on satin, 16 3/4 x 10", fringe edges. [London:] Phair, Printer, Westminster [1844]. WITH: Princess' Theatre...By Special Permission of Her Majesty. A Benefit in aid of the Carvers' and Gilders' Asylum, Holloway...Tuesday, March 21st 1843...will be performed, an English Version of Donizetti's celebrated Opera in Three Acts of Lucia di Lammermoor; with the whole of the music...After wich...comedietta, called Black & White..To be followed by a New Ballet Divertissement,… Read More

A FINE COPY OF AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, "THE GRAND-FATHER OF BAR GUIDES", A COLLECTION OF THE FIRST THREE EDITIONS (PLUS ANOTHER): "COPIES IN COLLECTOR'S STATE...ARE JUST ABOUT UNKNOWN."
THOMAS, Jerry, formerly principal bar-tender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planter's House, St. Louis. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivants Companion, to which is appended a manual for the manufacture of cordials, fancy syrups, &c. Illustrated with descriptive engravings. The whole containing over 600 valuable recipes. By Christian Schultz. 12mo, original brown wavy-grained cloth with elaborate blind stamped decorative leaf design on both covers, front cover stamped, How to Mix Drinks Price $1.50 in gold,spine stamped How to Mix Drinks, with publisher's monogram on shield device at base, same device on rear cover in blind,pp. 244, [8] ads, with 10 in-text illustrations. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1862. First Edition (& 3 others): First Edition. When found this book, which was in print for more… Read More