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Sanford, John. (Pseudonym of Julian Shapiro). A MAN WITHOUT SHOES. Los Angeles: Plantin Press, 1951. First edition. 4to. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the author, who self-published the book. This copy is inscribed: "To my publisher, John Martin. John Sanford. 9 Feb, '82." A compelling association copy -- it was Martin who resurrected Sanford's literary reputation by publishing seven of his books for the Black Sparrow Press. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
$1,000.00
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Sanford, John. (Pseudonym of Julian Shapiro). SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. New York: Knopf, 1939. First edition. 8vo. This copy is inscribed by the author: "With this book I began the historical insertions. John Sanford, 19 Aug. '82." The inscription refers to Sanford's incorporation of factual events in American history into his novels -- a literary device that earned him the highest of critical praise. Hardcover. Fine in a fine, unfaded example of the scarce dust jacket.
$1,250.00
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Schaefer, Jack. SHANE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. A highlight of Western literature and the source for the 1953 movie classic of the same name, but in a hitherto unknown proof jacket that depicts the Shane character standing in a saloon, his back to Wilson, the hired gun, who is ready to draw on him. Shane's hands hang loosely within easy reach of his gun holsters. The published jacket shows only Shane's head and comprises the entire front panel. The Houghton Mifflin archive at Harvard conclusively documents which of the two jackets precedes. A July 11, 1949, letter to Schaefer from the editorial department states: "I managed to get hold of a rough proof of the jacket and have been warned by the art department that this jacket is being remade and possibly the head will be bigger." A subsequent letter to the author, dated August 18, 1949, conveys a proof copy of the published jacket which Schaefer, in a letter dated August 23, 1949, commends: "Thanks for the proof of the new jacket for Shane ... an improvement over the first one." [N.B. We disagree with the author's assessment; chacun a son gout]. None of the leading modern literature dealers we polled had previously encountered the proof jacket. Rare and possibly unique. Hardcover. Fine in a fine example of the wraparound dust jacket (lightly sunned at the spine) and housed in a custom-made leather clamshell box. [along with] A spectacular copy of the first edition in a spectacular example of the published dust jacket.
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Schulberg, Budd. WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? New York: Random House, [1941]. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. This copy is inscribed in the year of publication by Schulberg to theater producer Viola Rubber. On anyone's short list of defining Hollywood novels. Hardcover. Fine in a fine, unfaded, first issue dust jacket with but a tiny fingernail-sized indentation on the front panel to mitigate its otherwise exceptional condition.
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Spicer, Jack. THE RED WHEELBARROW. San Francisco: Arif Press, 1971. First edition. Square 12mo. Designed and printed by Wesley Tanner at the Cranium Press. One of 25 numbered copies signed by Tanner and with an original full-color frontispiece by him. Printed wrappers. Fine.
$1,500.00
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Steinbeck, John. CUP OF GOLD. New York: McBride, 1929. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo. Only 2476 copies were printed of which 939 were remaindered -- Goldstone & Payne A1. Hardcover. An uncommonly fresh, unrestored copy in dust jacket with much less of the inevitable spine-fading endemic to this title. If this copy were an 80-year-old man you'd be surprised by his youthful appearance.
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