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Frances Steloff
Wise men fish here : the story of Frances Steloff and the Gotham Book Mart
by W. G Rogers
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7 editions published between 1964 and 1994 in English and held by 441 libraries worldwide
Rubaiyat of account overdue
by Christopher Morley
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2 editions published in 1935 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide
Frances Steloff memoirs of a bookseller
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7 editions published between 1985 and 1988 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide An intimate portrait of Francis Steloff, the founder of the Gotham Book Mart, center for avant-garde literature and literati since 1920. Includes interview with Steloff.
The making of an American visit : Gertrude Stein, a memoir
by Frances Steloff
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1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
In touch with genius
by Frances Steloff
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1 edition published in 1975 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Interview with Frances Steloff
by Frances Steloff
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2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Part 1, disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Frances Steloff speaks with Don McDonagh about the Gotham Book Mart, and the theaters in the surrounding area in the 1930s; Martha Graham visiting the store with Louis Horst; Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis visiting the store; becoming friends with Graham; Graham's interest in eastern philosophy and Hinduism; Horst's interest in books on harmony; Graham's departure from Denishawn in 1923; co-signing a loan for Graham for the staging of a dance; going into debt to support Graham; Graham dancing in the Follies; the type of people who attended Graham's first solo performance; patrons of the bookstore; parties given for writers that Graham and Horst would attend; attending Graham's dance performances; the dancer John Butler, and the fact that he was handsome; Graham's perfectionism; Louis Horst's composition classes; Horst moving to Vienna to study, and visiting him there; looking for books on stage design while in Europe to offer at the bookstore; books of illustration that were used by the theaters; suffering after filmmaking moved to Hollywood; traveling to Hollywood in 1922; Graham receiving a Guggenheim grant of $800 in 1932; Graham and Horst traveling to Mexico; John Martin, and the role he played in Graham's success; working at Brentano's bookstore, and learning the book business there; Barbara Morgan's book on Graham; religion and community; the goodwill she felt from the theater people; favorite dances of Graham's, including Every soul is a circus, and Letter to the world [abrupt end].
En compañía de genios : memorias de una librería de Nueva York
by Frances Steloff
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1 edition published in 1996 in Spanish and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1921-1936
by Gotham Book Mart
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser from Frances Steloff and David Moss, managers, Gotham Book Mart.
Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1973-1982
by Edward Gorey
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Comprises 9 items, 9 leaves correspondence plus manuscripts for publication. Contains correspondence with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. and Frances Steloff of Gotham Book Mart. Also includes poetry by T.S. Eliot.
Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971
by Allen Tate
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, and correspondence by and about the author.
Gotham Book Mart collection, [1938-1948
by Gotham Book Mart
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, a scrapbook, and a photograph of attendees at a reception for Sir Osbert and Edith Sitwell in 1948.
Frank Vigor Morley collection of papers, 1925-1979
by F. V Morley
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, correspondence, and portrait photographs.
Sherwood Anderson collection of papers, 1922-1943
by Sherwood Anderson
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, legal documents and portraits.
Thornton Wilder collection of papers, 1926-1975 bulk (1926-1967)
by Thornton Wilder
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, and correspondence by and about the author.
James Joyce collection of papers, 1897-1971 bulk (1902-1949)
by James Joyce
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts by and about the author, correspondence by and about the author, a broadside, an undated notebook, an undated scrapbook, financial and legal documents, and portraits.
Records, 1924-1934
by American Play Company
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of correspondence dating from 1924 to 1934.
Carl Van Vechten collection of papers, 1922-1964
by Carl Van Vechten
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and financial documents.
James Agee collection of papers, 1933-[1952
by James Agee
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript, a typescript, and correspondence by the author.
Conrad Aiken collection of papers, 1913-1963
by Conrad Aiken
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks for 1913 through 1927.
Upton Sinclair collection of papers, 1906-1962
by Upton Sinclair
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide This is a synthetic collection consisting of a manuscript, a typescript, correspondence by and about the author, and a portrait photograph. more
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American literature American poetry Anderson, Margaret C Auden, W. H.--1907-1973 Biography Book collecting Booksellers and bookselling Bookstores Boultenhouse, Charles Boyle, Kay,--1902-1992 Bynner, Witter,--1881-1968 Colum, Padraic,--1881-1972 Education--Philosophy Eliot, T. S.--1888-1965 Erben, Walter Giedion-Welcker, Carola Goodman, Paul,--1911-1972 Gotham Book Mart Graham, Martha Heaney, Seamus,--1939- History Horst, Louis Interviews Jargon Society Joyce, James,--1882-1941 Larbaud, Valéry,--1881-1957 Literary landmarks Mekas, Jonas,--1922- Modernism (Literature) Montessori, Maria,--1870-1952 Morley, Christopher,--1890-1957 New Mexico State University.--Library New York (State)--New York Nin, Anaïs,--1903-1977 O'Hara, Frank,--1926-1966 Poetry Portraits Publishers and publishing Riquet, Michel Sarraute, Nathalie Schimanski, Stefan Sources Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946 Steloff, Frances,--b. 1887 Travel United States Van Vechten, Carl,--1880-1964 Vermont Weil, Simone,--1909-1943 Women
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Alternative Names
Stolov, Ida Frances, 1887-
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