"A TALENT EQUAL TO WILLIAM FAULKNER"
MCCARTHY, Cormac. Child of God. New York, 1973.
First edition of Pulitzer Prize-winner McCarthy's third novel, his powerful "statement about cruelty, isolation, inhumanity." $3500.
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"PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARE OFTEN FOUL AND FULL OF ORDURE, WHEREBY WITH THE LEAST TOUCH A MAN CONTAMINATES HIMSELF"
BALZAC, Jean-Louis Guez de. Aristippus… Being a Discourse Concerning the Court. London, 1659.
First edition in English of Aristippe, a treatise on wisdom in political administration, a collection of "sound, if somewhat pessimistic opinions (some of them commonplaces from ancient authors) on ethics, politics, and literature" (Harvey & Heseltine). $2600.
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“BUT I GOT MY REVENGE ON THAT BOY. ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER THIS POEM CAME TO ME?”
EBERHART, Richard. Typed Letter Signed. 5 Webster Terrace, Hanover, New Hampshire. March 13, 1964.
Typed letter by Richard Eberhart to Addison Barker in regard to Eberhart’s poem “The Horse Chestnut Tree.” $250.
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