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1958143602Chicago.: University of Chicago Press. 1958. 1st edition. Hardcover blue cloth gilt spine title. . Very good in a good dust jacket with some loss to spine ends and top edge . 8vo. University of Chicago Press. hardcover books
1923128981Los Angles: The Times-Mirror Press 1923. Octavo original pictorial brown cloth stamped in yellow and black. First edition. Novel set in a mining camp in the west while it was still wild. There is a reference to cocaine users called "snowbirds." The author had written previously about Montana. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 D-130. Old ownership signature on front paste-down. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and lower front corner tips leaf of text pages 129-130 missing upper margin no text affected a very good copy. #128981 The Times-Mirror Press unknown books
192432822N.pl: Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 1924. 24p. wraps 3.5x8 inches very good condition. Endorsement of public schools as the antidote to the religious education system established by the hated Catholic Church which the Klan thought to inspire un-American loyalty to the Vatican. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan unknown books
019559Austin 1961: University of Texas Press. First Edition. Octavo. The author describes with clarity the interrelated events the decisions and the conflicts that went into the development of Galveston ad the Texas Gulf during the years 1845-1860. He also portrays the people and their way of life along with some of the notables who helps to shape the destiny of Texas.355pp. bound in a pale green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in brow. A fine bright copy in a near fine clipped pictorial dust jacket with only minor finger soiling. University of Texas Press unknown books
1985194807El Cerrito: Life Signs: Words and Images 1985. Magazine. 20p. includes covers 8.25x10.75 inches editorials opinion essays fiction poetry art and photos very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Premier issue of the California quarterly. Poem "Daddymagic" by Shange. Fiction by Albert Murray. Three holdings located inb OCLC as of 4/2015. Life Signs: Words and Images unknown books
1971140100Berkeley CA: Arif 1971. First edition. Softcover. One of only 200 copies. Includes two poems with color illustrations by Wesley Tanner. A close to near fine copy in string tied wrappers with a couple of tiny spots to the rear panel. Otherwise a very nice copy of this attractive booklet. Arif unknown books
200069177São Paulo: Instituto Moreira Salles 2000. 23cm x 15cm. Fotografado e desenhado por Wesley Duke Lee. Segunda edicao 152p b/w plates pict. fldg. wrps. The evocative black and white photography of Wesley Duke Lee illustrate the poetry of Roberta Piva b. Brazil 1937. Full-page plates. Second Edition Instituto Moreira Salles unknown books
1983817Boston: New York Graphic Society 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. First hint of foxing at top of text block else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows minimal shelf wear else bright and clean. Brown cloth boards gilt lettering. 4to. 224pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>Foreward by Charles Hamilton. A remarkable collection of nearly 400 signed and inscribed photos from the Maran's personal collection including many of the most famous writers entertainers scientists gangsters and other famous personalities. A wonderful reference work particularly for signatures. A very handsome copy. New York Graphic Society hardcover books
19925102Portland ME: Romulus Editions 1992. 1st edition limited 1/500 trade original illustrated glossy paperwraps as issued. Specially signed by McNair on the title page. A lovely presentation of these beautiful poems and illustrations printed on acid-free paper. Laid in is an invitation for an exhibit of the illustrations at June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland. An oversized publication: 11 inches high x 7 inches wide. Fine condition appears unopened. Romulus Editions unknown books
190682235South Philadelphia 1906. Good. Broadside printed on card stock. 12 x 18cm. Dated May 6 1906. Creasing and a closed tear along top. Parks is now remembered mainly because Marian Anderson found her faith under Parks at Union Baptist Church. This card features a printed photographic image of Parks at the top beneath which Parks addresses his parishioners after his first year there and mentions that in his first year "Two hundred and forty-one souls have been added to our number and over $11000 have been raised." <br/><br/> unknown books
190339795Washington: Government Printing Office 1903. 1st edition. Olive green cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and design to spine & front board. Modest wear to binding rubbing and tanning to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown closed tear to p. xlv plate XLV loose in text. A VG example. ccxxiv 237 5 blank pp. Many inserted plates b/w & color and intratextual illustrations throughout. 11-1/2" x 8" <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover books
1982213921Petersburg VA: Virginia State University 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering. Very Good binding. Virginia State University unknown books
1980012334New York: Garland Publishers Inc 1980. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 148p. index. The errors in the first edition have been eliminated as well as expanding based on access to early states of first editions of Hodgson's works. Essential for the Hodgson reader and collector. Garland Publishers, Inc unknown books
1929014113New York: Methodist Book Concern 1929. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Early reprint edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 109 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; including a scuff to the bottom edge. Unclipped dustjacket with a few small chips several tears moderate rubbing and moderate staining soiling; protected in archival mylar. Signed on the front endpaper by the author "Frank W. Warne". The text is clean and unmarked. First edition 5th printing. Methodist Book Concern Hardcover books
19536883Los Angeles: Civil Rights Congress 1953. 44p. staplebound pamphlet very good. Wells was an African American inmate in San Quentin prison sentenced to death for throwing a cuspidor at a guard while serving a life sentence. Attorney Charles Garry later known for his work with the Black Panthers filed a suit on his behalf attacking many of the racist policies of the prison system including its segregation policies as failure to provide true rehabilitation. His case and the support campaign around it has been discussed relatively recently in Theodore Hamm's "Wesley Robert Wells and the Civil Rights Congress Campaign. Civil Rights Congress unknown books
199049798NY & Los Angeles: Vantage Press 1990. First edition. 261 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Review slip laid in. Three short novels. NY & Los Angeles: Vantage Press unknown books
193265733Washington: The National Academy of Sciences. Good. 1932. Softcover. National Academy of Sciences; Biographical Memoirs Vol. XIV. 304 pages untrimmed. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. Rebound by the library with cardboard covers and cloth tape at the spine and hinges. Good for reading or reference. . The National Academy of Sciences paperback books
188367435Indianapolis: Hammond & Co. Very Good. 1883. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. The original brown cloth has been rebacked with cloth tape to the spine and new end pages. 568 pages. The contents are bright and complete. Overall near very good. . Hammond & Co. hardcover books
010810Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Press. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 147pp. Uncommon cloth bound edition of this powerful staging of Glasser's "365 Days" a huge novel of a soldier's tour in the Vietnam War. Bound in black cloth boards with illustrated dust jacket light rubbing and offset fading to yellow color. University of Minnesota Press unknown books
1950142933Grand Rapids MI: Grand Rapids Art GALLERY 1950. Softcover. VG- Very clean tight text but catalogue has mailing stamp and address to original art museum. Yellow and grey stapled wraps with black lettering. 4.5x11 inches. 24 pp. with 10 bw illus. Catalogue of 67 works exhibited by as many artists from a total of 198 submitted for consideration from Jan. 8 to Feb. 14. The exhibition was held during the gallery's 50th anniversary year before it was renamed the Grand Rapids Art Museum and moved into new premises. Grand Rapids Art GALLERY paperback books
1991Embry 191897Vantage Press 1991. First edition first printing. Inked gift inscription to FFEP else fine in fine dust jacket. In mylar cover. Signed by Johnny Callison. Vantage Press, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
196552137Austin: The University of Texas 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 illustrations. First edition limited to 500 copies. Original black cloth binding with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is a touch browned moreso along the spine and folds with some occasional light soiling. A very good copy. <br/><br/> The University of Texas hardcover books
1978194184ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS 1978 1978. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED VERY GOOD-FINE. Hardcover. ALBUQUERQUE/SANTA FE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 1978 hardcover books
19643085Little Rock AR: Pioneer Press 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xii 328 pp with references index. Fabricoid board. Prior owner's name on front free endpaper very light wear to edges split to cloth at spine; text clean. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear price clipped. A detailed history of one of the "real fighting outfits" of the Confederate Army a regiment that fought in twenty-two battles and major engagements and included two future Governors of Arkansas. Pioneer Press hardcover books
1913233758New York: Leo Feist 1913. 4p. 10.5x13.5 inch sheet music with a picture of male impersonator Tempest on the front. Tempest's first name was various spelled Florenze and Florence; after WWI she usually seems to be listed as 'Florence.' She and her sister Marion Sunshine appeared as Tempest and Sunshine with Flo usually assaying the "male" roles.In this case the song is a more typical paean from a woman to a man. Leo Feist unknown books
