SHAKESPEARE: The Biography
2005
First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the publisher-issued bookplate tipped onto the front free endpaper.
Biography & Memoir
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TESTIMONY AGAINST GERTRUDE STEIN (Transition Pamphlet No. 1)
February 1935
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
CAPOTE: A Biography
(1988)
First edition of the definitive biography of Truman Capote, and the basis for the 2005 film.
THE MEADOW
(1992)
Signed uncorrected proof of this acclaimed poetic memoir.
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
1883
First edition, first state intermediate A, a great example – which also includes a separately published copy of the famous suppressed chapter, discovered much later with the original manuscript and clandestinely printed in run of only 250 copies.
A TRAMP ABROAD
1880
First edition of the famous comedic memoir, a companion to the best-selling INNOCENTS ABROAD and a model for later satirical travel narratives like those of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell – an exceptional copy.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN: Volume 1
2010
First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death in accordance with his wishes.
A MOTOR-FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE
1908
First printing of an unusual memoir, highlighting the novelties of automobile travel in pre-war France – a beautiful copy.
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