Women of Illusion: A Circus Family's Story
New York: Palgrave, 2001. 348 pages. 8vo., blue boards, dust wrapper. New York: Palgrave Press, (2001). A near fine copy in a near fine wrapper. More
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The Diary of Sigmund Freud 1929-1939: A Record of the Final Decade.
1992. Translated, Annotated, with an Introduction by Michael Molnar. Profusely photo illustrated in b/w, 326pp. 4to, boards, d.w.. London: Hogarth Press for the Freud Museum, 1992. More
Autobiography.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. Frontispiece, black and white illustrations, 8vo, red cloth, chipped d.w. London: Cape, 1940. First Edition. Near fine copy in a tattered dust wrapper with faded spine. More
Glenn Gould Variations: By Himself and His Friends
Toronto: Doubleday, 1983. Edited with an introduction by John McGreevy. Illustrated in black and white with some full-bleed images. 319 pages, large 8vo, black cloth with gilt stamping, dust wrapper,. Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1983. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. More
Panzer Leader
Norwalk: Easton, 1990. Foreword by Captain B.H. Liddell Hart. Translated by Constantine Fitzgibbon. Frontis., illustrated. 528 pages, 8vo, gilt-decorated blue cloth, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1990). A fine copy. More
Give me the World
New York: St. Martin's, 1999. viii + 343 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w.; ownership signature front free endpaper. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1999). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Seven Years in Tibet
London: Hart-Davis, 1957. Illustrated. 320 pages, 12mo, parchment back boards; bumped at the corners, small stain to foredge and spine. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. A very good copy. More
An Accidental Autobiography.
Frontispiece portrait of the author and pictorial cover. 396pp., 8vo, pictorial boards, transparent d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. A near fine copy with a near fine dust wrapper. More
An Irish Portrait. The Autobiography of Paul Henry
London: Batsford, 1951. 12 full page plates, 8 in color. xi + 116pp., 8vo, red cloth; underlining and margin notes in both pencil and pen, cloth lightly rubbed. London: B. T. Batsford, (1951). First edition. More
The Adolescent Diaries of Karen Horney
New York: Basic Books, 1980. Several black-and-white photographs. 271 pages, 8vo, decorative gray cloth, dust wrapper (price-clipped). New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1980). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Notebooks of David Ignatow
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1973. 375 pages. 8vo, white cloth, dust wrapper. Chicago: Swallow Press, (1973). A near-fine copy. More
Time and Time Again. Autobiographies
Boston: Atlantic, 1985. 213pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, (1985). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Notes of A Son and Brother.
London: Macmillan, 1914. Large 8vo, blue cloth. London: MacMillan, 1914. First Edition. Fine, unopened copy. More
The Letters of Samuel Johnson ( 3 volumes)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Edited by Bruce Redford. 3 volumes only. Black and white frontispiece in each volume. large 8vos, grey cloth,white dust wrappers. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Fine copies in near fine dust wrappers. Vol. 1: 1731-1772. Vol. 2: 1773-1776. Vol. 3: 1777-1781. More
Howard Mumford Jones: An Autobiography
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979. Frontis portrait. xiii + 292 pages. 8vo with red cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper is lightly worn. Inscription in pencil on front endpaper. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, (1979). A very good copy. More
Autobiography
Chicago: Kerr, 1925. Edited by Mary Field Parton. Introduction by Clarence Darrow. Frontispiece photo. 8vo, blue cloth. Chicago: Chjarles Kerr, 1925. First Edition. Fine. More
A Walk Toward Oregon: A Memoir
New York: Knopf, 2000. Some black and white photographs. 333 pages, large 8vo, red boards, dust wrapper (price clipped and has a rectangular cut-out on the back interior flap). New York: Knopf, (2000). A near fine copy in in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
French Lessons: A Memoir
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. 221 pages. 12mo, green cloth backed yellow boards, dust wrapper. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1993). A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
Personal Intersections, vols. I, II, III, IV & V. Complete
Privately Printed, 2011. Five volumes. Square 8vo, gray cloth. N.P.: Privately printed, 2011-2016. First editions. Privately published memoirs by Pittsburgh's leading modern architect. Volume I is inscribed to Mildred (Schmertz), the editor. "Mildred you made it all happen/ Thank you - Tasso". Volume V matches the others in size & design, but is bound in red cloth. More
Personal Intersections, Volumes I, II, III & IV
2011. Four (of 5) volumes. Square 8vos, gray cloth. N.P.: Privately printed, 2011-2014. First editions. Privately published memoirs in progress, by Pittsburgh's leading modern architect. Volume IV is autographed by Katselas, but half of the flyleaf has been neatly excised. Laid-in is a letter fro Katselas to Mildred (Schmertz) who edited the books, thanking her and crediting Jim Hohman, the layout consultant. More
Let 'Em Eat Cake
New York: Knopf, 1933. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Illustrated by Donald McKay. 8vo, red, white & blue cloth (corners slightly rubbed), d.w. New York: Knopf, 1933. First Edition. This sequel to "Of Thee I Sing" has all the brilliant wit and spirited burlesque of its predecessor...American political life turned topsy-turvy with unshatterable gusto. The dialogue is like a succession of shooting crackers and the lyrics are sparkling. Presentation with drawing, from Ira Gershwin, Feb., 1934. "For---- with all the (ink..... More
Let 'Em Eat Cake
New York: Knopf, 1933. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Illustrated by Donald McKay. 8vo, red, white & blue cloth (corners & edges rubbed), d.w. New York: Knopf, 1933. First Edition. This sequel to "Of Thee I Sing" has all the brilliant wit and spirited burlesque of its predecessor...American political life turned topsy-turvy with unshatterable gusto. The dialogue is like a succession of shooting crackers and the lyrics are sparkling. The dust wrapper spine is faded & the edges are worn... More
A Lifetime Burning In Every Moment, From The Journals Of Alfred Kazin
New York: Harper, 1996. 341 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996. Near-fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament.
Boston: Little Brown, 1974. Translated and edited by Strobe Talbott. With a foreword by Edward Crankshaw. Introduction by Jerrold L. Schecter. Illustrated. xxxi + 602pp. Thick 8vo, cloth, d.w.; one page with underlining in red ink. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1974). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
White House Years
Boston: Little Brown, 1979. Illustrated. xxiv + 1521 pages, very thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1979). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More