31. Payne, C.Douglas.

Youth in Revolt – The Journals of Nick Twist. Volumes I, II, III (Youth in Revolt – Youth in Bondage – Youth in Exile).

FIRST Edition. Sebastopol (California), Aivia Press, 1993. 8°. 503 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in FINE condition. Some very minor discoloration to the edge. SIGNED by Payne on the titlepage.

32. Wilder, Thornton.

The Ides of March – A Novel [including a vintage photograph of Thornton Wilder during his visit to Frankfurt, Germany in the year 1957 when he accepted the german literary Prize “Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels”].

First Edition (Letters M – W). New York, Harper & Brothers, 1948. Octavo. VIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket price-clipped and slightly frayed only. Small sticker of former owner on pastedown: “Mrs. Raymond Ziesmer – Appletree Farm, Julian, California”. The excellent photograph measures 17,5 cm x 23,5 cm. The original and rare press-photograph is titled on the back and the story of the picture is told: (Translates:) “….Thornton Wilder arrived on the 11th of September 1957 on the airport in Frankfurt…On August 6th 1957 he received the “Peace-price of the german Bookseller Association in the Paulskirche [Frankfurt]”.

33. Whitman, Walt.

Walt Whitmans Werk. In Zwei Bänden. Mit vier Bildnissen. Ausgewählt, uebertragen und eingeleitet von Hans Reisiger.

Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1922. 15 cm x 21 cm. Band I: “Prosaschriften”: Frontispiz-Portrait, C, 176 Seiten. Band II – “Leaves of Grass”: 253 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originale Verlagsbindung. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsmerkmalen an der Bindung. Innen nahezu neuwertig und sehr sauber.

34. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room secenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

35. Serrano, Andres.

America and other work.

Köln, Taschen, 2004. 37,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 352 pages. With over 100 photographic images, full page and with some double pages Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With full red cloth hardboards & spine and title embossed into cloth. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier ! The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

36. Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders).

No Day of Triumph. With an introduction by Richard Wright.

First edition. New York ; London, Harper & brothers, 1942. 23 cm. 342 pages. Original hardcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. There’s noticeable rubbing of and discolouration to the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

37. Olson, Elder.

The Cock of Heaven.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940. 24,5 cm x 18,5 cm. 105 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good (clear signs of wear but overall in very good condition). Dustjacket slightly chipped. Only slightly foxed.

38. Pinsky, Robert.

Jersey Rain.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Octavo. 52 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

39. [Olson, Charles] Clark, Tom.

Charles Olson – The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

New York, London W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XI, 403 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design Jay J. Smith. Cover photography of Charles Olson Goliard Press. Leading edge deckled. Very good, actually in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

40. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.