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Jesse Stuart, Author, Papers

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Preferred citation:: [Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jesse Stuart, Author, Papers, A&M 3347, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:: 1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat box, 3 in.)
Creator:: Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jesse Stuart, Author, Papers, A&M 3347, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, books, clippings, biographical and literary articles, and other papers regarding Appalachian poet and author, Jesse Stuart, gathered by family friend, Maryan Dahmer. There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.

Series include:
Series 1. Clippings, 1966–1976 (box 1)
Series 2. Newsletters, 1967–1975 (box 1)
Series 2. Incoming Letters, 1966-1982 (boxes 1-2)
Series 3. Subjects, 1950-1966, undated (box 2)
Series 4. Writings by Jesse Stuart, 1965–1982 (boxes 3-4)
Series 5. Writings about Jesse Stuart, 1957–1980 (box 4)
Series 6. Broadside, undated (box 4)

This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Jesse Stuart's writings, reviews of his work, and his life.

This series contains issues of three newsletters: "Jefferson Community College Bulletin," "The Alicia Patterson Foundation," and "Pegasus."

This series contains 143 mailed items, including letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, etc. 114 items are from Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 96 of which are letters regarding travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. With the letter of 1967 January 22 are five photos of Stuart with a postman who is delivering him coconuts.

This series includes assorted correspondence, tests, photographs, and other material sorted by subject.

This series contains journals and magazines with short stories, poetry, and essays on teaching, Robert Burns, travel in Greece, etc.

This series contains not only magazines and newspapers including advertisements for and reviews of Jesse Stuart's writings but also one biographical article.

This series contains one broadside of a poem by Jesse Stuart, "Kentucky Is My Land," with an illustration by Orville Carroll.

Physical location:

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Separated material:

BOOKS BY JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:

ALBUM OF DESTINY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 255 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "I worked longer on this book than on any I've written. Eleven years off and on I worked on this book." Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, clipped corner, chipped and soiled, but sound.

ANDY FINDS A WAY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1961. 92 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise fine.

THE BEATINEST BOY. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1953. 110 pages. Eleventh printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "The Beatinest Boy was real -- very real." Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

BEYOND DARK HILLS: A PERSONAL STORY. With six decorations by Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. 399 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "You had a time getting this one -- a really scarce book." Cloth, ex-lib, card pocket pasted in back, book spine torn, worn, and repaired with tape, title page secured with tape, end papers and various pages stained and/or soiled.

CLEARING IN THE SKY & OTHER STORIES. Woodcuts by Stanley Rice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 262 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1967, "This is a book hard to come by but Naomi Deane found it for you. ... So from the green hills of Appalachia, green clouds of leaves now rustling in the winds of May, we send you this and our warmest personal greetings to a fellow teacher and a friend." Cloth, end papers stained, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, well worn and soiled, but sound. Letter from Naomi Deane Stuart (Mrs. Jesse Stuart) dated May 22, 1967 enclosed.

COME GENTLE SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969. 282 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "fellow teacher, friend, a girl from the Appalachian hills -- your background is my background." Cloth covers and end papers stained at top and at bottom from tape residue, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, also stained from tape residue, and slightly soiled, but otherwise sound.

COME TO MY TOMORROWLAND. Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1971. 195 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, "I hope there will be a tomorrowland for all wildlife." Very fine hardcover, with dust jacket, very fine.

COME BACK TO THE FARM. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. 246 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1971, "How wonderful it is to sign this first edition for you." Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 249 pages. First edition. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, fine.

DAWN OF REMEMBERED SPRING. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 179 pages. First edition? Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1972, "I know you love people but I wonder if you will love the things that crawl, run (on two legs and four) and fly." Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

FORETASTE OF GLORY. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "You were in Blakesburg this afternoon and you walked where these people ran ..." Fine cloth, with label pasted on inscribed end paper, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, chipped, clipped corner, extensively repaired with tape.

GOD'S ODDLING: THE STORY OF MICK STUART, MY FATHER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. Third printing. 266 pages. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "You are now where my father lived, where he walked and talked and he loved this land. I wish you could have met him." Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, showing mild wear.

THE GOOD SPIRIT OF LAUREL RIDGE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 263 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "You visited Laurel Ridge yesterday -- the land where Old Op once lived and loved." Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped and slightly worn, fine.

HARVEST OF YOUTH. Berea, Ky.: The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1964, ca. 1930. 80 pages. Reproduced by offset printing from the pages of the original book published by the Scroll Press, Howe, Oklahoma. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, May 1966. Wrappers, very fine, with dust jacket, large portion at bottom of front missing, corners worn. Dust jacket: "Jesse Stuart's First Book."

HEAD O' W-HOLLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1936. 342 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, August 1971, "You, certainly a friend of first dimension to go out and buy my old books and collect me. I'll tell you this is a rare one and a scarce one. It's really a pleasure to special autograph this for you." Cloth covers with minor wear and some soiling, but spine and pasted-down end papers badly stained apparently from bookbinder's glue, one inch tear in front flyleaf end paper.

HIE TO THE HUNTERS. New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. 265 pages. Eleventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, chipped at corners, otherwise fine.

HOLD APRIL: NEW POEMS. Woodcuts by Walter Ferro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. 114 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "It is so nice to see you again and to sign Hold April for you. But we can't hold April." Very Fine hardcover, with dust jacket, corner clipped, otherwise very fine.

A JESSE STUART READER: STORIES AND POEMS SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 342 pages. Decorative cloth, very fine.

KENTUCKY IS MY LAND. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. 95 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "... a rare book ... most difficult to find. Very few copies of this book were printed in the first place." Cloth, stained on front end papers and eight various pages, otherwise near fine.

THE LAND BEYOND THE RIVER. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. 380 pages. First edition? Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1974, "W-Hollow is really beautiful now." Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine.

LOST SANDSTONES AND LONELY SKIES AND OTHER ESSAYS. [Danbury, CT], Archer Editions Press, 1979. 176 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the Jesse Stuart family album. "Library of Jesse Stuart" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982. Cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. 361 pages. Fourth printing, December 1942. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "This book was our meeting at Shepherd College ... From Shepherd College to W-Hollow, you are with us tonight." Cloth, fine, end papers and edges stained.

MONGREL METTLE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DOG. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. 201 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "you are in the spot in this old living room ... where I wrote this book." Cloth, covers and end papers stained, spine faded, sound, pages clean.

MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. Second printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, June 1968, "Who recommended J. S. to Mrs. Scott." Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, fine.

MR. GALLION'S SCHOOL. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 337 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1967, "I think of you often. You away from our hills. You a native of these hills. You who fights for us." Hard cover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

MY LAND HAS A VOICE. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966. 243 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, very fine.

MY WORLD. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 95, [1] pages (The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf) "Library of Jesse Stuart" embossed on flyleaf end paper. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, July 1982, "Thank you for coming to see us again." Decorative cloth, very fine.

OLD BEN. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 92 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, September 1970. Hardcover, very fine, illustrated covers, no dust jacket.

A PENNY'S WORTH OF CHARACTER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, a division of McGraw-Hill, 1954. 61, [2] pages. Ninth printing. Inscribed by author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "If I had but one of my junior books to sign for you, I would select and sign this one for you." Very fine, with dust jacket, corner clipped, trimmed at bottom, but sound and clean.

PLOWSHARE IN HEAVEN: STORIES BY JESSE STUART. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 273 pages. Seventh printing. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, production flaw on back, otherwise fine.

RED MULE. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: Whittlesey House, 1955. 124 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Mayan Dahmer, November 1969, "Red Mule was real -- a neighbor and friend." Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, small stain, minor wear.

A RIDE WITH HUEY THE ENGINEER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. 92, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "Huey will never pull this train again over the countryside in our part of Kentucky." Library binding, very fine, with dust jacket, severely trimmed at top, otherwise fine.

THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. Illustrated by Robert Henneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 110 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, corner clipped, slight wear, otherwise fine.

SAVE EVERY LAMB. Illustrations by Jean George. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 278 pages. First edition. Signed by the author. Hardcover, half cloth, very fine, with dust jacket, minor shelf wear, but fine plus.

SEVEN BY JESSE. Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 42 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1970, "With love and Christmas best wishes from your friends in W-Hollow." Wrappers, very fine.

SHORT STORIES FOR DISCUSSION. Edited by Albert K. Ridout, Jesse Stuart. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. 489 pages. Includes "How I Write My Short Stories" by Jesse Stuart, as well as one short story each by Stuart and his daughter, Jessica Jane Stuart. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968. Very fine cloth, decorative cover.

SPLIT CHERRY TREE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT. By Jessie [sic] Stuart, dramatized by Dem and Janet Polachek. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1967. 24 pages. Two copies, both signed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 4 and April 1968. Wrappers, very fine.

TALES FROM THE PLUM GROVE HILLS. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. 256 pages. First edition. Inscribed by the author, to Kenneth Gould, October 7th, 1946, "This book will be published Oct 21st." Also inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, October 1970, "to think you have the copy I signed for an editor who used to accept my poems and stories for Scholastic Magazine." Cloth, foxing on covers and end papers, otherwise fine, with dust jacket, soiled and chipped.

TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. Cloth, good, but sound.

TAPS FOR PRIVATE TUSSIE. Illustrated by Thomas Benton. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. 303 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969. Cloth covers faded and stained, showing some wear, front hinge loosened, with dust jacket, soiled, faded, creased, chipped, and torn. Includes Book-of-the-Month Club News reprint about Jesse Stuart and this book.

THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. A PLAY IN THREE ACTS. DRAMATIZED BY REGINALD LAWRENCE. FROM THE BOOK BY JESSE STUART. Chicago: The Dramatic Publishing Company, 1958. 107 pages. Wrappers, fine plus.

THE THREAD THAT RUNS SO TRUE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958, ca. 1949. 293 pages. With a new preface by the author. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "I think this is one of your favorites of my books and I am glad it is." Cloth, lower third of back cover water-stained, otherwise clean and sound, with dust jacket, lower half of back wrinkled and discolored from moisture.

TIM: A STORY. Cincinnati: Kentucky Writers' Guild, Harvest Press, [1968?]. 34 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "Upon this wonderful occasion, your visiting us, take this little memento with you." Very fine cloth, with dust jacket, very fine.

TO TEACH, TO LOVE. New York: World Publishing, 1970. First printing. 317 pages. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, Christmas 1969, and signed with a juvenile flourish by Conrad Stuart Juergensmeyer, Jesse Stuart's grandson. Hardcover, shelf bump at bottom of back cover, otherwise fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus.

TREES OF HEAVEN. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943, ca. 1940. 340 pages. Fourth printing. Distributed by E. P. Dutton, New York. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, April 1968, "You've been over the scenes of this book. These people used to live here." Cloth, long scratch from top to bottom of back cover, bottom edges bumped and worn, large stain on top of leaves, near spine, that has soaked into paper and affected nearly every page. With dust jacket, large chips at all outside corners, clipped corner, soiled.

THE WORLD OF JESSE STUART: SELECTED POEMS. Edited and with an introduction by J. R. LeMaster. Frontispiece, woodcut by Woodi Ishmael. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 309 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket, inside corner creased, otherwise very fine.

THE YEAR OF MY REBIRTH. Illustrations by Barry Martin. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. 342 pages. Fifth printing. Inscribed by the author, to Maryan Dahmer, November 1969, "This book was lived -- and passages in this book you've spoken about here." Hardcover, fine plus, with dust jacket, fine plus.

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT JESSE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:

Blair, Everetta Love. JESSE STUART: HIS LIFE AND WORKS. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1967.) 288 pages. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket.

Clarke, Mary Washington. JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1968.) 240 pages. First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, Nov. 26, 1969.

Foster, Ruel E. JESSE STUART. (New York: Twayne Publishers, ca. 1968.) 168 pages. (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 140) Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1969 June 16.

Hall, Wade. "THE TRUTH IS FUNNY": A STUDY OF JESSE STUART'S HUMOR. (Terre Haute, Ind.: Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Indiana State University, 1970. 75 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970.

LAND OF THE HONEY-COLORED WIND: JESSE STUART'S KENTUCKY: A RESOURCE BOOK. Selected and edited by Jerry A. Herndon. (Morehead, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, Inc., ca. 1981. 168 pages. Paperback. Inscribed by Naomi Deane Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1982 July 27.

THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1965?]) [28] pages, illus. Paperback. Two copies, both inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1966 March 30 and 1967 January 21.

THE MAN ... JESSE STUART: POET, NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, EDUCATOR. (Ashland, Ky.: Economy Printers, [1967?]) [31] pages, illus. Revised edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 July 24.

Pennington, Lee. THE DARK HILLS OF JESSE STUART: A CONSIDERATION OF SYMBOLISM AND VISION IN THE NOVELS OF JESSE STUART. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Harvest Press, The Kentucky Writers Guild, ca. 1967.) 166 pages, illus. Second printing. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 October 7.

W-HOLLOW COOKBOOK. Compiled by Glennis Stuart Liles. With the assistance of Betty Stuart Baird. Edited by Chuck D. Charles. Second edition. (Ashland, Ky.: The Jesse Stuart Foundation, 1990.) 306 pages, illus. Hardcover.

W-HOLLOW HARVEST. (Cincinnati: Jesse Stuart Exchange) published monthly
vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1967) - vol. 1, no. 12 (December 1967)
_______. (Cincinnati: The Kentucky Writers' Guild) published 10 times per year
vol. II, no. 4 (April 1968) - vol. II, no. 5 (May 1968)
vol. II, no. 9 (September 1968) - vol. II, no. 10 (October 1968)

Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE AND JANE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. (Murray, Ky.: Murray State University, 1969.) 144 pages. Hardcover. Second edition, expanded and revised. Inscribed by Jesse Stuart to Maryan Dahmer, 1970 September 27.

Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR MAY, 1960 - MAY, 1965. Reprinted from The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 63, Number 4, October 1965, pages 349-370.

Woodbridge, Hensley C. JESSE STUART: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. With essays by Roland Carter, Lawrence Edwards, H. H. Kroll, E. H. Smith, and Jesse Stuart. (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960.) 74 pages. Paperback.

BOOKS BY JANE STUART SEPARATED TO RARE BOOKS:

EYES OF THE MOLE. Sauk City, Wisc.: Stanton & Lee, 1967. 48 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1967 December 25.

GIDEON'S CHILDREN. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1976. 283 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.

LAND OF THE FOX. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1975. 154 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.

PASSERMAN'S HOLLOW. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1974. 141 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket.

YELLOWHAWK. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., ca. 1973. 178 pages. Hardcover, very fine, with dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Maryan Dahmer, 1973 April 21.

BOOKS COLLECTED BY MARYAN DAHMER SEPARATED TO THE REGULAR CIRCULATING COLLECTION (All books hardcover with dust jacket, unless otherwise indicated.):

Adkins, Jan. A STORM WITHOUT RAIN. Boston: Little, Brown, 1983.

Bellow, Saul. MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET. New York: Viking Press, 1970.

BEST OF 'HILLBILLY': A PRIZE-WINNING COLLECTION OF 100-PROOF WRITING FROM JIM COMSTOCK'S WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY ("A PAPER FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T READ, EDITED BY AN EDITOR WHO CAN'T EDIT"). Compiled & edited by Otto Whittaker. Anderson, S.C.: Droke House, 1968. (Signed by Jim Comstock)

BEST FROM THE FARMERS' ALMANAC. Edited by Ray Geiger. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. (No dust jacket)

Buck, Pearl S. THE LIVING REED: A NOVEL. New York: John Day, 1963.

Buck, Pearl S. A BRIDGE FOR PASSING. New York: John Day, 1962.

Campbell, Harry Modean, and Ruel E. Foster. ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS: AMERICAN NOVELIST. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Inscribed by Ruel E. Foster)

Case, Carlton B. STORIES FROM THE TRENCHES: HUMOROUS AND LIVELY DOINGS OF OUR BOYS "OVER THERE". Chicago: Shrewesbury Publishing, 1918. Cover title: Stories from the trenches: funny tales the soldiers tell. (paperback)

Caudill, Harry M. NIGHT COMES TO THE CUMBERLANDS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A DEPRESSED AREA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1963.

Cheng, Nien. LIFE AND DEATH IN SHANGHAI. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. (paperback)

Cooper, James Fenimore. THE SPY. Illustrated by William P. Crouse. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing, 1936.

Cozzens, James Gould. CHILDREN AND OTHERS. New York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, 1964.

Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. New York: Pocket Books, 1953, first printing 1952. "Cardinal Edition." (Signed by the author.) (Paperback, no dust jacket)

Crabb, Alfred Leland. DINNER AT BELMONT: A NOVEL OF CAPTURED NASHVILLE. [Nashville]: The Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, 1965, ca. 1942. (Inscribed by the author.)

Ferber, Edna. SHOW BOAT, SO BIG, CIMARRON: THREE LIVING NOVELS OF AMERICAN LIFE. Garden City: Doubleday, [1958?].

Ferraro, Geraldine A. FERRARO: MY STORY. With Linda Bird Francke. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1985.

Goldsmith, Oliver. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, AND OTHER WRITINGS. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Frederick W. Hilles. New York: The Modern Library, 1955.

Heckman, Hazel. ISLAND IN THE SOUND. Drawings by Helen Hiatt. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967.

Hoffman, Frederick J. WILLIAM FAULKNER. New Haven, Conn.: College & University Press, 1961. (Twayne's United States Authors Series) (paperback)

Huizinga, Johan. THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES: A STUDY OF THE FORMS OF LIFE, THOUGH AND ART IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE XIVTH AND XVTH CENTURIES. Garden City: Doubleday Anchor, 1956. (paperback)

Lockridge, Ross. RAINTREE COUNTY. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948.

Massie, Robert K. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA. New York: Atheneum, 1968.

Nabokov, Vladimir. THE EYE. New York: Phaedra, 1965.

Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Signed by the author.)

Nelson, Charles S. TO BE AN AMERICAN AND OTHER POEMS. New York: Carlton Press, 1973. (Paperback) (Signed by the author's daughter.)

QUESTION OF HENRY JAMES: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS. Edited by F. W. Dupee. New York: Henry Holt, 1945.

Roosevelt, Eleanor. THIS I REMEMBER. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949.

Rushdie, Salman. THE SATANIC VERSES. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989.

Salmon, Arthur L. THE MAN AND THE WOMAN: CHAPTERS ON HUMAN LIFE. Chicago: Forbes & Company, 1915, ca. 1913. (No dust jacket)

Terrill, Ross. 800,000,000: THE REAL CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972.

Terrill, Ross. FLOWERS ON AN IRON TREE: FIVE CITIES OF CHINA. Boston: Little Brown, 1975.

Terrill, Ross. MAO: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Harper & Row, 1980.

Terrill, Ross. THE WHITE-BONED DEMON: A BIOGRAPHY OF MADAME MAO ZEDONG. New York: William Morrow, 1984.

Terrill, Ross. CHINA IN OUR TIME: THE EPIC SAGA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC FROM THE COMMUNIST VICTORY TO TIANANMEN SQUARE AND BEYOND. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Thomas, Dylan. UNDER MILK WOOD: A PLAY FOR VOICES. Preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1955, ca. 1954.

Thoreau, Henry David. WALDEN. Illustrated by Henry Bugbee Kane. New York: Bramhall House, 1951.

WALT WHITMAN'S NEW YORK: FROM MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. Edited by Henry M. Christman. New York: Macmillan, 1963.

Waltari, Mika. THE EGYPTIAN: A NOVEL. Translated by Naomi Walford. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1949.

WAR POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE WAR POETRY OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Edited by Oscar Williams. New York: John Day, 1945.

Whitman, Walt. LEAVES OF GRASS. First Borzoi edition. With a preface by Bernard Smith. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.

Wolfe, Thomas. MANNERHOUSE: A PLAY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. (no dust jacket)

Wolfe, Thomas. YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1942. (no dust jacket)

Wolfe, Thomas. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE. Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947.

Wolfe, Thomas. OF TIME AND THE RIVER: A LEGEND OF MAN'S HUNGER IN HIS YOUTH. Garden City: Sun Dial Press, 1944.

Wolfe, Thomas. A STONE, A LEAF, A DOOR: POEMS. Selected and arranged in verse by John S. Barnes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. (No dust jacket)

Wright, Austin Tappan. ISLANDIA. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. (No dust jacket)

Young, Barbara. THIS MAN FROM LEBANON: A STUDY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970, ca. 1945.