New York, NY: Viking Penguin Inc., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Robert MacNeil. "In Wordstruck, Robert MacNeil hauntingly and poignantly re-creates his own youth, his own growing love of words, the world they opened up to him, the experiences they enriched. Delving into his past to unearth these treasured experiences, he recaptures the lost world of his childhood. MacNeil's delight infuses his own words with magic, with..... More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "S.S. France of 1962 was a paradigm of elegance, style and speed. Christened by Madame de Gaulle, she was, at 1035 feet, the world's longest passenger vessel, perfectly attuned to postwar demographics with a select first class and huge tourist class. But the escalating price of fuel- at speed, she devoured a ton a mile- and a truculent crew..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1966. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "In any discussion of contemporary poetics the name of Charles Olson will almost inevitably come to the fore. An iconoclastic and controversial figure, Olson has developed theories on the writing and understanding of poetry which place him, historically, as a bridge between the first leaders of the modern movement...and some of the most important later innovators. This collection..... More

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. "Franklin Roosevelt was not a simple man...He was the most complicated human being I ever knew; and out of this complicated nature there sprang much of the drive which brought achievement, much of the sympathy which made him like, and liked by, such oddly different types of people, much of the detachment which enabled him to forget his..... More

New York, NY: Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by James Rosenquist. The original catalog for an exhibition of artworks by James Rosenquist (1933-2017), the canonical American artist who was among the foremost exponents of the Pop Art movement. The exhibition took place during October-December 2007 at the prestigious Acquavella Gallery in Manhattan, NYC. With a scholarly, informative introduction by the noted art curator Sarah..... More

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf/ Random House, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "More than three centuries after his death, Rembrandt remains the most deeply loved of all the great masters of painting, his face so familiar to us from the self-portraits painted at every stage in his life, yet still so mysterious. As with Shakespeare, the facts of his life are hard to come by...Rembrandt's Eyes, about which Simon..... More

Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 2002. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by Ben Stein. "How to Ruin Your Life is a powerful self-help tool in the form of a work of humor. It is sardonic advice, presented with tongue firmly planted in cheek, explaining how people can "ruin" their lives. The essays cover topics such as "Convince Yourself You're the Center of the Universe," "Think the..... More

London, England: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. "Since 1913, when Fredrick Rolfe, self-styled Baron Corvo, died in bitterness and poverty, critics one by one have become aware of this acrimonious author's masterpiece, Hadrian VII, a book now admitted to an unique position in English literature. They have also heard something of the truly astonishing life that lay behind its writing and is reflected through every page of..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This twentieth number of "A little magazine of the Beat Generation" published by Kevin Ring in the UK features Ring's intensive essay on poet Ted Berrigan's 1967 interview with Jack Kerouac which appeared in The Paris Review (Vol, 11, No. 43, Summer 1968); a "Bloomsday" (June 16, 2008) interview with Joanne Kyger (1934-2017), the prolific Beat Generation poet who was..... More