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Death of a Salesman First Edition and Letter

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Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, first edition, New York, 1949.: Miller (Arthur) Death of a Salesman, first edition, ink ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, upper hinge starting, original pictorial cloth, spine and top edge very lightly sunned, first issue du

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Arthur Miller & JD Salinger Books: "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. Published by Viking Press, Inc 1949. First edition, second printing before publication. Loss to the bottom of dust jacket, tears to throughout dust jacket. "Nin

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Ernest Hemingway: Death in the Afternoon: "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. First edition, first printing. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1932. Marked by the letter "A" on copyright page. Includes "The Bullfighter" by Juan Gris. 9-1/2in

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Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, 1964.: Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, light foxing to endpapers, light edge-marking, original dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine a little creased and rubbed, dust-jacket, s

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Churchill (Sir Winston).- Olday (John) The March to Death, first edition, Freedom Press, 1943.: NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston).- Olday (John) The March to Death, first edition, printed wrappers, spine lightly browned but near-fine otherwise, Freedom Press, 1943 § Churchill (Sir Winston

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Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, 1964.: Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, light foxing, original light green boards, spine lettered in yellow and white, very light sunning to spine, fading to spine tips, endpapers renewed,

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Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea", 1952 First: One Volume, "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway. 1952 First Edition. Letter "A" in the dust jacket. Unclipped. Charles Scribner's Sons.

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Hitchcock (Alfred).- Greenwood (Edwin) Old Goat. A: Hitchcock (Alfred).- Greenwood (Edwin) Old Goat. A fantasia on the theme of Blackmail and Sudden Death, first edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light fading to spine, extremities a little ru

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Powell (Anthony) Mr Zouch: Superman. From a View to a Death, first American edition, [1934].: Powell (Anthony) Mr Zouch: Superman. From a View to a Death, first American edition, original cloth with paper labels to upper cover and spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine darkened, spine ends a

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Thomas Lux First Edition and Letter: "Memory's Handgrenade." First edition with a humorous handwritten letter from Thomas Lux to the poet Robert Bly (American, 1926–2021). The first page was inscribed by Lux to Bly, as well. Bly kept t

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VONNEGUT, Kurt. Fates Worse Than Death. 1991. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED. (Two copies).: VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). Fates Worse Than Death. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (one or two tiny bumps to board edges); publisher’s dust jack

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1795 FIRST EDITION Washington Letters to Congress: Washington Related 1795 Rare First Edition 2-Volume Set George Washington's Letters to the American Congress (1775-1778) 1795-Dated FIRST EDITION TWO-Volume Set titled: "Official Letters To The Honour

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Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank. Signed First Edition with Letters from Author, 1917: Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank. Signed First Edition with Letters and a Signed Photograph from Burbank. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1917. "Woman as Decoration" is a sociological analysis of th

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LBJ Signed First Edition "Vantage Point" Published 2: LBJ Signed First Edition "Vantage Point" Published 2 Years Before His Death A first edition hardcover copy of Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), "The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency" (New Yo

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Law.- Fleetwood (William) Annalium tam Regum Edwardi quinti, Richardi tertij, & Henrici septimi,: Law.- Fleetwood (William) Annalium tam Regum Edwardi quinti, Richardi tertij, & Henrici septimi, first edition, black letter, text in Anglo-Norman, woodcut historiated initial, some minor marginal wor

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Lot 3 Vintage Books, Illustrated, First Edition +: Three vintage books. Some pieces are illustrated. Lot includes: Angels in Hells Kitchen, BY TOM McCONNON, 1959, DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK. First Edition. A letter from Johnny Wha

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Death of a Salesman First Edition and Letter

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Death of a Salesman first edition and letter. American, 1949. Written by Arthur Miller, published by Viking Press, 1949. Included with the book is a letter from April 15th, 1950 written by Henry Senber, Community Relations for "Death of a Salesman. In it, he advocates for the book and play's impact on the understanding of "mental hygiene" at the time, the precursor to the modern day mental health and rehabilitation services of today. Senber includes excerpts from a speech and article which both discuss and praise "Death of a Salesman" for its "visualized psychoanalytic interpretation woven into reality." Wear and oxidization to letters. Wear and loss to dust jacket, personal writing on endpaper. Book measures 8 1/4" H x 6" L x 1" W