Clayton Fine Books

Three Acts of Music Esquire (May 1936)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, also Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, John Dos Passos, Clarence Darrow and William Saroyan · 1938

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers showing light wear to spine and edges of covers (no tears, pages very bright). Complete and original issue. A literary gangbuster issue. Also, "There She Breaches" (article) by Hemingway, story "Slice "'em Down" by Langston Hughe...

A Patriotic Short in Esquire (December 1940)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott · 1938

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Varga Very Good Dust Jacket Included 0 Very good+ in wrappers showing mild wear to spine and edges of covers. Complete and original issue. Also, 12 color pages of illustrations by Varga for a calendar for the new year, printed on stiff paper.

Defense of Dirty Words in Esquire (September 1934)

Hemingway, Ernest; also D.H. Lawrence, Rockwell Kent, Harpo Marx, Langston Hughes, and Theodore Dreiser · 1938

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Kent, Rockwell Very Good 0 Very good in wrappers showing mild wear to spine and edges of covers and small surface tear to cover. Complete and original edition. This issue has many still-famous writers: short story "The Witch a la Mode" by D.H. Lawrence and articles, "An Addre...

Pat Hobby, Putative Father in Esquire (July 1940)

1938

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good 0 Near fine with slight wear to corner of cover and spine extremities. . Complete and original issue.

Air Raid: Barcelona (poem) in Esquire (October 1938)

1938

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good in wrappers showing mild wear to spine and edges of covers. Complete and original issue.

General Custer and Sitting Bull from "Cowboys and Indians" in Bomb (Summer 1988)

Warhol, Andy · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Warhol, Andy Fine 1st Edition 0 Fine in wrappers. Complete, original issue. Two drawings by Warhol plus two pieces by Jeff Koons. Each is a single (large) page.

What Jesus Means to Me in Liberty (Feb 8, 1941) and "What Will Tomorrow's World by Like" in Liberty (April 5, 1941)

Gandhi, Mahatma · 1941

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Good 0 These 2 issues of Liberty Magazine are in good condition. The covers of the Feb 8 issue are detached but present. The cover of the April 5 issue has a closed tear at the spine and some separation between the front cover and first page and 1" closed tear to the back pane...

How I Size-up the Conn-Louis Fight in Liberty (June 14, 1941)

Dempsey, Jack · 0

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers. Complete, original issue of the magazine. Also, cover story on "The Private Life of Dinah Shore" and "The City Editor and the Lady" by Kathryn White. Other interesting articles like "Should a Poor Boy Go to College" by President H...

Cover Photograph by Eisenstadt of West Point Plebe + 12 more photos in Life Magazine (November 30, 1936) (Vol. 1, No. 2)

Eisenstadt, Alfred · 1936

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Eisenstadt, Alfred Very Good 1st Edition Time-Life 0 Very good in wrappers with closed 2-inch tear toward bottom of foredge of cover. The photos show the daily life of a West Point student. Also, by Eisenstadt, are 11 photos on the subject of President Roosevelt's trip to Buen...

Metropolitan Opera's Ballet (cover photo) in Life Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 6: December 28, 1936)

Eisenstaedt, Alfred · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Eisenstaedt, Alfred; Martin Murkacei Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good in wrappers with some wear to spine, staples rusty, light soiling to covers, sh2 closed tears less than 1" to bottom edge of front (not affecting the cover photo), starting at spine of one sheet (not affe...

President Lincoln Abolished Slavery in the District of Columbia (full message) in The Times of London (May 3, 1862)

Lincoln, Abraham · 1862

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good 0 Near fine, complete issue with typical tanning and light chipping to some page edges. Lincoln's message to both Houses of Congress announces the passing of a bill in Congress freeing the enslaved living in DC. Also, article on the Battle of Shiloh.

Thus Crosslegged on Round Pillow Sat in Teton Space (poem) in Rolling Stone (May 23, 1974)

Ginsberg, Allen · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers with light wear to edge and typical fading. Complete and original issue. Ginsber's poem runs to 2 pages with background illustration.

Portrait of Mark Twain and "The Battle of La Guasima, June 24 -- The Heroic Stand of the Rough Riders" (full-page illustration) in Harper's Weekly (July 9,1898)

Twain, Mark (Theodore Roosevelt) · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine with some wear to spine where disbound. The illustration of the Rough Riders shows TR as the second figure from the left. Also, reproduction of the "latest portrait of Mark Twain reduced from a black and white sketch made in Vienna".

Rough Rider On Guard (Illustration) in Harper's Weekly (August 27, 1898)

(Roosevelt, Theodore) · 1898

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine Harper's Weekly 0 Near Fine in wrappers with light wear to spine where disbound. Also, cover illustration, "Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government" by W.A. Rogers. Also, a phpto of "Colonel Roosevelt" riding a horse into camp(p. 836). The illustration o...

2 Thomas Nast llustrations, "Pick with Care" and "A Financial Lesson" in Harper's Weekly (August 19, 1876)

Nast, Thomas · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Nast, Thomas Very Good 0 Very good with light wear to spine where disbound and some fading. Complete, original issue. "Pick with Care" accompanies article "President Grant's Administration".

Columbia, Beward of Harboring a Viper in Your Bosom in Harper's Weekly (June 10, 1876_

Nast, Thomas · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Christy, Howard Chandler Very Good 0 Very good with light wear to spine where disbound and fading. Complete, original issue.

Cover Illustration, "Croppies, Lie Down" in Harper's Weekly (October 7, 1876)

Nast, Thomas · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Nast, Thomas Very Good 0 Very good with light wear to spine where disbound, showing fading. Complete, original issue.

With the Rough Riders at Las Gausimas in Harper's Weekly (July 30, 1898)

Fox, John, Jr. · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers with light wear to spine where disbound. Complete, original issue. Article on Rough Riders with no mention of Theodore Roosevelt. Extensive coverage of the Spanish-American War's battle at Santiago.

Cover Illustration, "Saved by the Skin of His ___" in Harper's Weekly (November 24, 1877)

Nast, Thomas · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Nast, Thomas Very Good 0 Very good with light wear to spine where disbound and two very short tears to edge of coer (doesn't affect illustration).

Swan's Island (Uncorrected Page Proof)

Spires, Elizabeth · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fine 1st Edition Henry Holt & Co 56 Fine in wrappers.