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Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Provoked and inspired by T. S. Eliot, Crane wrote modernist poetry that was difficult, highly stylized, and ambitious in its scope. In his most ambitious work, The Bridge, Crane sought to write an epic poem, in the vein of The Waste Land, that expressed a more optimistic view of modern, urban culture than the one that he found in Eliot’s work. In the years following his suicide at the age of 32, Crane has been hailed by playwrights, poets, and literary critics alike (including Robert Lowell, Derek Walcott, Tennessee Williams, and Harold Bloom), as being one of the most influential poets of his generation.

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Hart Crane Bridge Presentation Edition Signed. Sold for nearly $10,000.

Here are some recent items that our auction house, Nate D. Sanders (http://www.NateDSanders.com) has sold:

Ernest Hemingway Signed First Limited Edition of ”A Farewell to Arms” — Scarce in Original Slipcase

Ernest Hemingway signed limited first edition of his post-WWI classic, ”A Farewell to Arms”, housed in its original limited edition slipcase, with numbers matching. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Published on 27 September 1929 in a limited edition of 510 numbered copies, this being #214, signed boldly ”Ernest Hemingway” in black fountain pen. In matching slipcase with Charles Scribner’s Sons plate, again listing the limited edition as #214. Measures 6.5” x 9.5”. Some chipping to seams of slipcase, overall in very good condition. Chipping to spine label, otherwise book is near fine. Sold for $10,313.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1st Edition in Mint Condition

A beautiful copy of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella, “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”, published 5 January 1886, four days before the English edition. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886. Rarely found so well-preserved, with a straight binding and no rubbing to the gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Some writing in pencil to free endpapers and small bookseller label to front free endpaper. One of only 1,250 copies of the first edition issued in publisher’s forest green boards, this one being in near fine condition. Sold for $7,875.

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James Joyce Autograph and an Henri Matisse Autograph in a Scarce Limited Edition of “Ulysses”

Scarce copy of “Ulysses” rare book by James Joyce, illustrated by Henri Matisse. New York: The Limited Editions Club: 1935.  Number 297 of a limited edition run of 1500 copies.  One of only 250 such copies signed by both Joyce and Matisse.  Boldly signed by the author and illustrator on limitation page.  Full brown buckram boards with gilt embossing to front cover and backstrip.  Large octavo measures 9″ x 11.5″.  Volume runs 420pp. with an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse including 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings and six original soft-ground etchings.  In 1935 George Macy, founder of the fledgling Limited Editions Club, made the bold decision to commission Matisse to illustrate Joyce’s controversial and previously banned masterpiece, “Ulysses.”  Matisse, understanding that Joyce’s work parodied the original eighteen episodes of the “Odyssey,” chose to create his 26 full-page illustrations as actual illustrations of Homer’s original work.  Matisse later signed all 1500 of Macy’s limited edition, however, as legend has it, when Joyce realized that Matisse had been working from Homer’s “Odyssey” rather than his novel, he refused to sign any more than the 250 copies he had already signed making this double-signed edition exceedingly rare.  Rare book without original slipcase, else fine condition.  Sold for $14,460.

First Edition, First Printing of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ”Treasure Island” in Near Fine Condition — With Check Signed by Stevenson to His Stepson & Co-Author S. Lloyd Osbourne

Robert Louis Stevenson’s first edition, first printing of his classic ”Treasure Island”. London, Paris & New York: Cassel & Co, Ltd., 1883. With all first printing points present: ”dead man’s chest” not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; ”rain” for ”vain” in the last line of p. 40; the ”a” is not present in line 6 on p. 63; the ”7” is bolder and slightly raised in the pagination on p. 127; lacking the period following ”opportunity” in line 20 of p. 178; ”worse” rather than ”worst” in line 3 on page 197; frontispiece map in four colors. Octavo measures 5.25” x 7.75” with four pages of ads at rear dated ”5R-1083” and incorrectly listing ”Treasure Island” as having 304 pages, as called for in the first printing. In publisher’s full green cloth with gilt spine titles, in near fine condition with only the slightest overall wear, expert repair to hinges and foxing to front free endpaper and half-title page. Housed in a custom one-quarter leather clamshell box over marbled boards. Accompanying the book is a signed check from Stevenson to S. Lloyd Osbourne, Stevenson’s stepson with whom he co-authored three books. Check is dated 8 August 1887 for ”ten pounds sterling”. 8” x 3.25” check is in very good condition with toning and a line drawn through Stevenson’s signature. A lovely first printing of ”Treasure Island” with accompanying signed check. Sold for $8,400.

Very Nice Signed Copy of Mark Twain ‘s Tom Sawyer

Excellent signed copy of Mark Twain’s “Tom Sawyer,” dated 10 May 1899. Inscribed on front free endpaper: “Truly Yours Mark Twain / May 10, 1899.” London: Chatto and Windus: 1899. A later edition of the classic that became the wellspring of American literary fiction, with wood-engraved illustrations by True Williams. In this quintessentially American novel, Twain introduces Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and their mischievous adventures in antebellum Missouri. With one marginal small tear to preface, light toning and occasional staining to pages. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Spine is rubbed and frayed at head and foot with cracking hinges, some page loosening and rubbed corners. Very good overall. Sold for $7,500.

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Robert Frost Signed Book with Handwritten Verse

Robert Frost signed book “A Further Range” with handwritten verse from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” New York: Henry Holt and Company: 1936. First edition, second impression. Original red cloth lettered in gilt with dustjacket. Signed and inscribed in ink in March, 1937 by Frost on the front free endpaper with the final verse from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Inscription reads: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep / But I have promises to keep / And miles to go before I sleep / And miles to go before I sleep. / Robert Frost / For Mary Ellen Gombes San Antonio Texas March 1937.” Frost wrote this poem about winter in June 1922 at his house in Shaftsbury, Vermont that is now home to the “Robert Frost Stone House Museum.” Frost had been up the entire night writing the long poem “New Hampshire” and had finally finished when he realized morning had come. He went out to view the sunrise and suddenly got the idea for “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” He wrote the new poem in just a few minutes and later stated that “It was as if I’d had a hallucination.” “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” was Frost’s favorite of his own poems and later called it his “best bid for remembrance.” Dustjacket shows minor chipping to head and tail of spine and to folds; some toning. Near fine condition. Sold for $5,000.

”To Kill a Mockingbird” Signed by Harper Lee in 1960, the Year of Publication

Scarce early Harper Lee signature on a first edition, fourth printing of her classic, ”To Kill a Mockingbird” published by J.B. Lippincott Company: Philadelphia: 1960. The elusive Pulitzer Prize winning author pens a rare inscription on the front free endpaper the year of the book’s release: ”To Scottie Frasier’s Godchildren: Terry and Al Rosen, With the best wishes of Harper Lee / September 14, 1960.” Harper Lee’s portrayal of life in a small Alabama town captured the essence of the South and became an instant American classic. She never finished a second novel and granted almost no interviews or public appearances. Volume runs 296pp. and measures 5.5” x 8.25”. Later eighth printing dustjacket encases the book. Some light wear to edges of dustjacket, else near fine condition. Sold for $6,250.

Eloquent Autograph Letter Signed by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bound Within ”An Inland Voyage” First Edition — ”I should be strangely made if I were indifferent to the praise of my fellow writers”

Lovely and eloquent autograph letter signed by Robert Louis Stevenson, responding to a fellow writer who complimented Stevenson on ”An Inland Voyage”, a first edition of which is also included. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1878. Additionally a signed check by Stevenson is included, all bound into the novel. Stevenson writes to J. Fitzgerald Molloy, author of several novels at the turn of the century, in part ”Dear Sir, I should be strangely made if I were indifferent to the praise of my fellow writers; and I thank you for your kindness in writing to give it [to] me. It is scarcely vanity to & care to succeed in what we undertake; I could find a better name for the feeling…which I remember with the greatest clearness is the ‘Autumn Holiday’; and if that was yours, I think I am already in your debt. For if I remember clearly, it was the success of the Autumn Holiday, and the pleasure I had in reading it, which encouraged to write and prepare for…my Inland Voyage. If it was not yours, well, we must all be prepared for Sosias: and I am myself haunted by a ‘Mr. Stevenson the author’ or umbra nominis, for me – who comes and goes and sometimes passes for me / Yours truly / Robert Louis Stevenson”. The check that’s also included is addressed to an H.J. Moors, Esq. for nine shillings, dated 28 May 1892 and signed ”R.L. Stevenson”. Two page letter on two sheets measures 4.375” x 7” and check measures 4.75” x 3.25”. Book measures 5.25” x 7.625”. Some shelf wear and sunning to spine of book. Front joint is starting to separate, less so for rear joint. Previous owners’ book plates affixed to front pastedown and front free endpaper. Mounting remnants to verso of letter, and small hole to center of check. Book is housed in a custom third leather slipcase with raised bands and tooling on spine. A beautiful presentation by Stevenson with interesting and eloquent writing by him to a fellow novelist. Sold for $2,856.

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Original Book From William Wordsworth’s Personal Library — Signed by the Revered Poet on Title Page

British Romantic poet William Wordsworth book from his personal library, signed clearly ”W Wordsworth” on title page. Wordsworth spearheaded the Romantic poetry movement in England along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others in the 19th century, becoming known for his 1798 collaboration with Coleridge entitled ”Lyrical Ballads.” Book is written in French and titled, ”Causes celebres et Interessantes avec Les Jugements Qui Les Ont Decidees / Redigles de nouveau par M. Richer, ancien avocat au Parlement, Tome Premiere.” Published ”Chez Michel Rhey” in Amsterdam in 1772 as a volume of legal judgments by various authors. Wordsworth lived in France, becoming engrossed in the Revolutionary Republican movement. He fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon, who in 1792 gave birth to their child, Caroline. Front fly leaf has notes written in French, though not identifiably in Wordsworth’s hand. Book is split into two parts and the front board is detached. Very good condition otherwise. Sold for $1,420.

Virginia Woolf Autograph Letter Signed

Autograph postcard signed by Virginia Woolf, with address portion also handwritten by Woolf. In black ink she writes to journalist and author Lyn Irvine: ”52 T.S. / We would like to come if we possibly can on Tuesday; but can’t be sure, alas–may we leave it therefore. I’m sorry the [unknown] is so dear. Anyhow it was very badly printed, people say. VW”. Front of postcard includes original postal stamp dated 20 March 1931. Measures 5.5” x 3.5”. Light creasing and uniform toning, otherwise near fine. Sold for $1,135.

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