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Swann Galleries: Autographs: Public Auction Sale #2004: April 29, 2004
Swann Galleries: Autographs: Public Auction Sale #2004: April 29, 2004
La Follette, Robert M. , La Follette's Autobiography: A Personal Narrative of Political Experience
The Perennial Avantgarde [Avant Garde]
Sykes, Gerald, The Perennial Avantgarde [Avant Garde]
Other Business books that may be of interest:
- Barbour, Ralph Henry; Edwards, Harry Stillwell; Steffens, Lincoln; Bangs, John Kendrick Short stories from Life :the 81 prize stories in "Life's" shortest story contest Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York : 1916
with an introduction by Thomas L. Masson .. Colophon reads: The Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y Thicker than water / by Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne -- The answer / by Harry Stillwell Edwards -- Collusion / by Lincoln Steffens -- Lost and found / by John Kendrick Bangs -- Strictly business / by Lincoln Steffens -- A Po-lice-man / by Lincoln Steffens xx, 346, [2] p. (last p. blank) ; 20 cm Dewey:
- Harte, Bret The best of Bret Harte Houghton Mifflin Boston 1947; c1947
selected by Wilhelmina Harper and Aimée M. Peters. Illustrated by Paul Brown. Seventh printing.; The luck of Roaring Camp -- Tennessee's partner -- Brown of Calaveras -- How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar -- The idyll of Red Gulch -- Mrs. Skagg's husbands -- High-water mark -- A protégée of Jack Hamlin's -- Wan Lee, the pagan -- The postmistress of Laurel Run -- An ingénue of the Sierras -- The bell-ringer of Angel's -- A passage in the life of Mr. John Oakhurst -- Miggles -- Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff -- The outcasts of Poker Flat -- Dick Boyle's business card -- Left out on Lone Star Mountain -- Plain language from Truthful James. 22 cm. xiii, 434 p. illus. 22 cm.
- Kilmer, Joyce Literature in the making, by some of its makers. Kennikat Press Port Washington, N.Y. 1968; 1968, c1917
War stops literature, by W. D. Howells.--The joys of the poor, by K. Norris.--National prosperity and art, by B. Tarkington.--Romanticism and American humor, by M. Glass.--The "Movies" benefit literature, by R. Beach.--What is genius? by R. W. Chambers.--Deterioration of the short story, by J. L. Allen.--Some harmful influences, by H. L. Wilson.--The passing of the snob, by E. S. Martin.--Commercializing the sex instinct, by R. Herrick.--Sixteen don'ts for poets, by A. Guiterman.--Magazines cheapen fiction, by G. B. McCutcheon.--Business incompatible with art, by F. H. Spearman.--The novel must go, by W. N. Harben.--Literature in the colleges, by J. Erskine.--City life versus literature, by J. Burroughs.--"Evasive idealism" in literature, by E. Glasgow.--"Chocolate fudge" in the magazine, by F. Hurst.--The new spirit in poetry, by A. Lowell.--A new definition of poetry, by E. A. Robinson.--Let poetry be free, by J. P. Peabody.--The heresy of supermanism, by C. R. Kennedy.--The masque and democracy, by P. MacKaye. 18 cm. 318 p. 18 cm. Dewey:810.9 American literature; Authors, American.
- Kilmer, Joyce Literature in the making, by some of its makers Harper & Brothers New York London 1917; c1917
presented by Joyce Kilmer. War stops literature: William Dean Howells.--The joys of the poor: Kathleen Norris.--National prosperity and art: Booth Tarkington.--Romanticism and American humor: Montague Glass.--The "movies" benefit literature: Rex Beach.--What is genius? by Robert W. Chambers.--Deterioration of the short story: James Lane Allen.--Some harmful influences: Harry Leon Wilson.--The passing of the snob: Edward S. Martin.--Commercializing the sex instinct: Robert Herrick.--Sixteen don'ts for poets: Arthur Guiterman.--Magazines cheapen fiction: George Barr McCutcheon.--Business incompatible with art: Frank H. Spearman.--The novel must go: Will N. Harben.--Literature in the colleges: John Erskine.--City life versus literature: John Burroughs.--"Evasive idealism" in literature: Ellen Glasgow.--"Chocolate fudge" in the magazine: Fannie Hurst.--The new spirit in poetry: Amy Lowell.--A new definition of poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson.--Let poetry be free: Josephine Preston Peabody.--The heresy of supermanism; Charles Rann Kennedy.--The masque and democracy: Percy Mackaye. 19 cm. 9 p. l., 3-318, [1] p. 19 cm. American literature; Authors, American.
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Memories of the Future “The Branch Line”
“Yes, sirree, in the dream business there’s no time for sleep. We’re always working. Day and night. A completely dreamed-out pillow is an old dream-producing tool that has served millions of headboards. You have only to touch the down hidden inside and . . . Here—wouldn’t you like to see? The man wiped his hand on his apron then pressed it to one of the pillows. Through the cracks between his fingers, parti-colored smoke curled slowly up into the air in hazy, tenuous shapes. His free hand dove under the apron—and out came the bulging transparent eye of a magnifying glass. “You’ll see better with this.” Squinting through the glass, Quantin now clearly saw seeping out of the pillow images of people, trees, coiling spirals, bodies, and fluttering clothes; the parti-colored air swaying above the man’s fingers formed an open lattice through which a host of worlds flowed and intertwined. The man put away the glass. “There. Now the feathers filling these pouters, what are they? A wing torn into a host of tiny wingednesses, a flight exploded in eiderdown. Once they’ve been sewn into pillows, these tiny wingednesses fight to free themselves and take flight. Without success. They go on struggling until someone’s brain lies down on their atomized flight, and then . . . As for the human brain’s affinity for pillows, it’s entirely natural: they’re related, after all, the pillow and the brain. For what do you have under the crown of your head? A grayish white, porous- plumose pulp wrapped in three pillowcases. (Your scientists call them membranes.) Yes, and I maintain that in the head of any sleeper, there is always one pillow more than he thinks. No point pretending to have less. No, sirree, Off you go!Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky—translated from the Russian by Joanne Turnbull