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192750792New York: Vanguard Press 1927. Second printing. 12mo; original blue cloth boards; pictorial endpapers; xiv1-343pp. Ownership signature Horace M Douty American labor historian to front endpaper. Cloth slightly rubbed on front cover; text a bit tanned but still a clean tight and unmarked copy - VG lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Illustrated with statistical charts and maps.<br/><br/>Historical and statistical analysis of working conditions for African-Americans from the antebellum period through the end of the First World War. A much-cited work. Wesley a professor of history at Howard University was only the third African-American to receive a PhD in History. BLOCKSON 3540. Vanguard Press unknown books
1939002247No Place: Journal of Negro Education 1939. Issued as an offprint of the Journal of Negro Education July 1939. 16 pages in stapled blue stiff wrappers. Near Fine slight corner crease top corner. . Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Journal of Negro Education Paperback books
18382303644New York: T. Mason and G. Lane 1838. First Edition. First Edition. Good. First edition. Front joint loosening but still holding minor loss to spine head boards rubbed with some light stains. 1838 Full-Leather. 240 pp. ABOUT JOHN WESLEY: "John Wesley /wsli/;1 28 June O.S. 17 June 1703 T. Mason and G. Lane unknown books
186536007London: William Prowse Royal Musical Repository 456 1865. Folio. 1f. recto title verso blank 5 i blank pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Slightly browned. Re-issue of the first edition originally published 1828 by Willis. KO 623 p. 647. <br/><br/>"Given Wesley's fame as a keyboard player it is not surprising that keyboard music should form an important part of his output and the largest category of his music published in his lifetime. Despite a good deal of recent publishing activity however only a small proportion of his keyboard music is available in modern editions. In the organ music Wesley's grand manner is heard at its best in the op.6 voluntaries while a more intimate and miniaturist side to his musical character is apparent in the Twelve Short Pieces." Philip Olleson in Grove Music Online. William Prowse [Royal Musical Repository 456] unknown books
182736008London: W. Hodsoll 1827. Folio. i title 32-37 pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Rather worn and frayed; slightly foxed; split at spine with leaves loose. First Edition later issue. KO 621 p. 647. RISM W 924.<br/><br/>"Given Wesley's fame as a keyboard player it is not surprising that keyboard music should form an important part of his output and the largest category of his music published in his lifetime. Despite a good deal of recent publishing activity however only a small proportion of his keyboard music is available in modern editions. In the organ music Wesley's grand manner is heard at its best in the op.6 voluntaries while a more intimate and miniaturist side to his musical character is apparent in the Twelve Short Pieces." Philip Olleson in Grove Music Online. W. Hodsoll unknown books
1986WRCLIT70696New York: American Playhouse / Cinecom 1986. Vintage original 41 x 27" 105 x 68 cm. stylized pictorial one sheet poster. Small closed tear on the top center with small cellotape mend on verso pinholes at corners from display use; formerly folded now rolled with a few small wrinkles or creases else very good. A one sheet issued to promote the second film adaptation of Wright's novel based on a script by Richard Wesley. Jerrold Freedman directed Victor Love Matt Dillon Elizabeth McGovern Geraldine Page and Oprah Winfrey among others. American Playhouse / Cinecom unknown books
19319009792Chicago: Lakeside Press 1931. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 500 copies signed by the translator. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. This was the translator / editor's copy as stated on the rear pastedown endpaper. <br/><br/> Lakeside Press hardcover books
2007142832Pasadena California: Pasadena Museum of California Art 2007. Hardcover. VG- Ex-gallery lib. adhesive residue from a label at the spine of the dj. label at spine pencil markings at title page. Gray cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 77 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Accompanied a 2007 exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. Preface by Wesley Jessup. Essay by Donald J. Hagerty "American Art the West and Maynard Dixon." Afterword by Jayne McKay. Pasadena Museum of California Art hardcover books
186457051Philadelphia: C. W. Alexander & Co 1864. First edition 8vo pp. 2 21-30 31-32 39-52 53-54 61-74 75-76 85-100 irregular pagination as published; 3 full-page woodcut illustrations; wrappers wanting; stab-sewn; some dampstaining throughout; lacks printed frontgispiece letter; otherwise good and sound. "A thrilling narrative of the adventures of Miss Pauline D'Estraye a young and beautiful French lady who after performing the most heroic deeds in Virginia in behalf of the Union was sent officially to the Department of the Mississippi where she rendered herself for ever famous by her conspicuous daring and bravery during the Vicksburg Campaign under Major-General U. S. Grant." A fictional account of a Civil War spy. Some believe the character of Maud of the Mississippi was based on the actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman 1835-1893. Wright II 47. <br/><br/> C. W. Alexander & Co unknown books
195553032New York: A. S. Barnes & Co 1955. First American edition British sheets with a new title page 8vo pp. xiii 1 178; 57 illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Ostensibly the first book published on air weapons. <br/><br/> A. S. Barnes & Co unknown books
18723829Washington DC: U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains 1872. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15.5 cm on a yellow J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson mount 11.5 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse. Nice condition with strong contrasts. Cataract Canon Series: This canon is 40 ¾ miles in length and from 1500 to 3000 feet in depth. Image shows a rocky landscape with the Colorado River running through it. This photograph was taken on the second Powell expedition.<br/><br/>E.O. Beaman 1837-1876 was a New York landscape photographer who became the official photographer of the U.S. Geological Survey's Powell Expedition summer 1871 upon the recommendation of his supplier E. & H.T. Anthony & Company. Beaman left the survey January 1872 and spent some time photographing the Indians of New Mexico and Arizona before returning East. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountains unknown books
188387216New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1883. cloth with gilt lettering and design. Holmes Oliver Wendell. 8vo. cloth with gilt lettering and design. viii 61 pagesfold out seating plan. A description of the medical profession dinner honoring Oliver Wendell Holmes. Includes menu description toasts speeches illustrations and fold-out seating plan. Front and back decorative endpaper with pale green maze design. Light foxing on frontispiece. Boards slightly faded and worn at top and bottom of spine and edges. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1982Embry 54328privately printed 1982. First edition. Fine. B&W illustrations and photos. Blue boards with gilt titles. privately printed, 1982. First edition. hardcover books
19501329948New York: Rand McNally & Company 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 219 pages; VG/VG-; spine is brown with red and black lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering has price uncut "$2.75" has moderate shelf wear with chipping and several small open tears along the top and bottom edges has wear and creasing on the fore edge corners; binding as minimal shelf wear; pages have minimal age toning; illustrated endpapers; signed by both author and illustrator on the half title page; shelved Children. 1329948. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Rand McNally & Company hardcover books
1979045942Collegeville: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Saint John's Abbey and University 1979. Two volumes edited by Margot H. King Wesley M. Stevens. 2 vols. 309; 417p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers. Includes thirty articles by various scholars plus a bibliography of the honoree. Contents: v. 1 The Anglo-Saxon heritage. v. 2 Carolingian studies. Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Saint John's Abbey and University unknown books
1947RPOWUTA06JNUtah Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Faint shelf wear to bottom edge of spine. Otherwise very good clean and tight. Utah Historical Society hardcover books
1947RPOWUTA04JNUtah State Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Long ink inscription on front free endsheet. Utah State Historical Society hardcover books
1897236257Boston: Emerson 1897. hardcover. very good-. Frontis. illustrated. ix 117pp. 8vo decorative-cloth; lightly worn corners bumped. Boston: Emerson College of Oratory Publishing Department 1897. A very good - copy.<br/><br/> Emerson unknown books
1999140743New York: Columbia University 1999. Softcover. VG No illus. from original were photocopied. Dissertation copied from microfilm by UMI 419 pp. spiral bound; no illus Dissertation "concerned with the philosophical and aesthetic implications of the appearance of the train in the eastern landscapes of the mid-nineteenth-century American artist." abstract After addressing the topic in more general terms Maddox devotes separate chapters to four specific works: "River in the Catskills" by Thomas Cole; "Progress" by Asher B. Durand "Starrucca Viaduct Pennsylvania" by Jasper F. Crospey and "The Lackawanna Valley" by George Inness. Maddox went on to become an expert on the collected works of Jasper F. Crospey. Columbia University paperback books
1890RPOWTEN00KTGovernment Printing Office 1890. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1888-'89. Part I - Geology. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1890. 744pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Dark red cloth. Book condition: Very Good. Hinges a tad shakey; corners lightly bumped; gentle foxing to endsheets. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1784WRCLIT66510London: Printed by J. Paramore 1784. 16p. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. A bit foxed with shallow tidemark at fore- edge; a good coy. A late edition of this sermon which was first printed shortly after its delivery. ESTC N24012. BAKER 33. Printed by J. Paramore unknown books
1784WRCLIT66508London: Printed by J. Paramore 1784. 16p. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Late edition first published in 1758. Tanned with marginal discoloration to one leaf; a good copy. ESTC N18206. BAKER 185. Printed by J. Paramore unknown books
1826130052New York.: Azor Hoyt. 1826. Full leather with a black leather spine label. Moderate wear to covers a little marginal damp-staining old owner’s inscription to endpapers otherwise very good. . 32mo. Azor Hoyt. hardcover books
1990WRCLIT79672Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press 1990. Cloth. Frontispiece Black & white illustrations. Near fine in dust jacket. First edition of this early work by the prominent scholar in the field of LGBTQ studies. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title-page "To Joe and Kit Reed with love and gratitude Henry Feb. 1991." A reinterpretation of the origins of Methodism. Stanford Univ. Press hardcover books
1936144877Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1936 film. With a printed description and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Barry Benefield. After being run out of small southern town Carrie Snyder Gladys George takes in two children who are estranged from their families and starts a successful dry-cleaning business in New York to support them. Eventually her past comes back to haunt her. Gladys George was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
