Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - October - 2007 Issue
Cinema and Literature from James Pepper Rare Books
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Item 44 is William Faulkner's first appearance in print, and not how you might expect to see him. It is a copy of the Ole Miss Yearbook 1916-1917. Faulkner contributes not a literary achievement to this yearbook but a drawing. $7,500.
Item 101 is an unpublished typed manuscript short story by Elliot Paul, best known for "The Last Time I Saw Paris." Paul was one of the Paris expatriates of the 1920s and his best-known work recounts that time. This 33-page short story is entitled Walter Dock. Dock is a government worker who slowly withdraws from society as he develops antisocial behaviors. He goes out to a nearby park and watches people for hours, climbs trees, and looks in his neighbors' windows. Eventually he is institutionalized. $1,850.
Item 143 is one of just two copies in a special publisher's binding of a biography of actress Natalie Wood by her sister, Lana. The title is Natalie. A Memoir by Her Sister, published in 1984. Just two such copies bound in full dark blue leather were made. One was given to Lana Wood, and the other (this copy) to her ghostwriter, journalist Wayne Warga. $650.
Item 89 is a photograph of everyone's favorite talking horse, the famous Mr. Ed. Ed was quite loquacious, for a horse, but wasn't good for much else. In this photograph, Ed is pictured with his parents, so to speak, Alan Young and Connie Hines, who have signed it. Alas, Ed could not write, so his signature is missing. $75.
James Pepper Rare Books may be found online at www.jamespepperbooks.com, telephone 805-963-1025.
