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SALINGER, J.D.

Nine Stories.

8vo, original black cloth, minor rubbing to spine

head; dust jacket, spine panel slightly tanned, very lightly scuffed and rubbed, small creases

and chips along edges.

FIRST EDITION

.

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., (1953)

[400/600]

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SALINGER, J.D.

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an

Introduction * Franny and Zooey.

8vo, publisher’s cloth, board edges faded on second

title; dust jackets, unclipped, minor edgewear, occasional blemish and short closed tear.

FIRST EDITIONS

. Raise High is the presumed second printing, with dedication leaf integral.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1959); (1961)

[500/750]

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SANDBURG, CARL.

Remembrance Rock.

8vo, publisher’s navy cloth, spine

gilt-lettered; dust jacket, chips to spine panel extremities touching a few letters at head,

rubbing to folds and rear panel, short closed tears, horizontal crease to front panel.

NewYork: Harcourt, Brace, (1948)

[250/350]

FIRST TRADE EDITION

,

SIGNED BY SANDBURG

.

Ex-collection actor, theatre and film director José

Ferrer with his signature in the year of publication. Ferrer was the first Puerto Rican actor, as well as

the first Hispanic actor, to win an Academy Award (in 1950 for Cyrano de Bergerac).

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SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.

Frankenstein.

6 illustrations from

the James Whale film, and frontispiece featuring Boris Karloff as the Monster. 8vo, pub-

lisher’s red cloth with titles stamped in black; dust jacket, some age-toning, spine panel and

folds with small chips at folds, few short closed tears and creases, mild soiling; faint owner-

ship inscription to front flyleaf.

NewYork: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]

[1,000/1,500]

FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION

and one of the most sought-after in the series. Scarce in original

unrepaired dust jacket.

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