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199937775Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1999. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. viii 506 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and maps. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to the well-known Americana collector Al Lowman. Sailing across America from the Hudson to the Columbia. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1991WRCLIT24873Boston: Houghton 1991. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Fine with wad of promotional stuff laid in. Houghton unknown books
199148770Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1991. First printing. 8vo pp. 624. Maps on endpapers. Ivory paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges very slightly soiled o/w a nice copy in dj. A loving description of Chase County Kansas with anecdotes gossip Native American lore and history. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1507Moon was a famous journalist writer and NAACP executive. He attended Howard University and got his masters from Ohio State University before becoming the Director of Public Relations at Tuskegee Institute. He briefly worked at New York's The Amsterdam News before becoming the NAACP's director of public relations in 1948. He wrote the classic Balance of Power: The Negro Vote and his writing also appeared in The New York Times The New Republic The London Tribune and The Chicago Defender. He served as The Crisis magazine's editor from 1966 to 1974. THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS. Founded in 1909 in Harlem NY it is a news publication geared toward the black community of New York City. At its height in the 1940s its circulation reached 100000 and was the fourth largest African-American newspaper in the United States. It published the works of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X. a TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". March 17 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Obie McCollum" as city editor of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon regarding his request for a salary increase: "In reply to your recent inquiries about your requests for salary increases I am enclosing this memo from Mr. Kelley the Editor." Typed on the newspaper's letterhead the memo is in great condition. b TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". March 17 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " W. M. K. " by William M. Kelley editor of The New York Amsterdam News regarding a salary increase for Henry Lee Moon: "You may give assurance to Mr. Poston and Mr. Moon that the matter of an increase in salary for them has been taken up decided favorably as to merit and now only awaits the necessary improvement in the financial condition of the paper to make them possible." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition with light toning throughout. c TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". June 11 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " William M. Kelley" certifying Henry Lee Moon as staff into The New York Amsterdam News ranks: "This is to certify that Henry Lee Moon is an accredited member of the staff of The Amsterdam News. He is an authorized news correspondent. Any courtesies that you may extend to him will be greatly appreciated." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition. d TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". December 27 1934. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Sadie Warren Davis" as treasurer of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon regarding an important private meeting: "This is to advise that I would like to see you on a very important matter. I have set aside Friday evening December 28th at 9:00 o'clock as the time at my apartment at 2293 Seventh Avenue. I trust that you will not fail to be there promptly." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition with light toning in the center and a fold separation along the top edge that does not affect legibility. e TLS. 1pg. 5 ½" x 8". July 6. 1936. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Thelma" by Thelma Berlack Boozer of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon: "I believe you owe Guild dues for Jun and July $1.20. In all probability too your Guild card has no more room for stamps. Kindly get your dues to me some time on Tuesday and also tell me the number of your present Guild card so that I can get a new one for you. Incidentally my new home address is 479 West 152nd Street Apt. 1-East. The telephone is still Edge. 4-1823." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition. f TLS. 1pg. 8 ½"" x 11". October 13 1936. New York NY. A typed letter signed " C. B. Powell" as President of Powell-Savory Corporation co-publishers of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon: "I am in receipt of your letter of October 10th and the returned check. I have referred the matter to Mr. Kaufman and I am enclosing a copy of my letter to him." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition unknown books
1980229666Los Angeles: Bright Dot Publications 1980. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. Printed pictorial wrappers with color reproduction of Pritt on upper cover. First edition. Photographs in color by Susie Tracy daughter of SPENCER TRACY. 1 vols. 8 X 8 inches. From Hepburn to her Agent: Tracy's Daughter's Cat Photos. A touching copy rich with Tracy-Hepburn associations featuring the photographs of Spencer Tracy's daughter Susie b. 1934 to illustrate the life of a favorite deaf cat. This copy is inscribed by Hepburn to her agent Freya Manston: <br/>"For Freya & her Cats<br/> "with affection<br/> "Kate"<br/><br/>Spencer Tracy's first-born son John was born deaf; Tracy's wife Louise with Spencer's support and encouragement founded the famous John Tracy Clinic in honor of their son. It opened in 1942 the same year that Hepburn and Tracy began their legendary association. Bright Dot Publications unknown books
2004136391Chicago IL: Qualiatica Press 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 2007. Foreword by Michael Hernandes de Luna. Contributions by Warren Leming David Bade Renay Kerkma Timothy Shortell David Bade Jim Swanson and Claudia Alonzo. A very fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Qualiatica Press unknown books
200446403Chicago:: Qualiatica Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 0975309609 . Color illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Qualiatica Press, hardcover books
199260689Los Angeles: Daystar Publishing Company 1992. Paperback. 174p. numerous vignette portraits signed by Moon first edition trade-size wraps. African American filmmakers. Daystar Publishing Company paperback books
2003SKU1031375Rizzoli 2003-02-08. PAPERBACK. Good. 0847825086 Minor cover wear with some rubbing to the edges. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Rizzoli paperback books
199331531Radnor: Wallace-Homestead Book Company. Near Fine. 1993. Hardcover. 0870696424 . Black and white photographs. First printing. About fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket. . Wallace-Homestead Book Company hardcover books
1990151322Radnor: Wallace-Homestead 1990. First. hardcover. near fine. Many black and white illustrations throughout. 602 pages Tall thick 8vo glossy pictorial boards. Radnor PA: Wallace-Homestead 1990. Near fine.<br/><br/> Wallace-Homestead unknown books
200647769NY: Columbia University 2006. First printing. 8vo pp. xii 292. Notes bibliography index. Illustrated wtih photographs. Black paper over boards. About as new in dj. Columbia University unknown books
1994WRCLIT47255St. Augustine FL: Kings Estate Press 1994. Pictorial wrappers. First edition. With the author's signed first name only year of publication inscription on the free endsheet. Very good and bright. Kings Estate Press unknown books
1992WRCLIT47425Cranford NJ: Rose Shell Press 1992. Small octavo. Printed stiff wrappers. First edition. With the author's signed first name only year of publication presentation inscription on the title. Well-rubbed some very light abrading but a good sound copy. Rose Shell Press unknown books
1991WRCLIT73512Wichita: Mulberry Press 1991. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. First edition. About fine. Mulberry Press unknown books
1993WRCLIT73511East Meadow NY: Mulberry Press 1993. Narrow quarto. Printed stiff wrappers. Illustrations. First edition. Fine. Mulberry Press unknown books
1993WRCLIT47301St. Augustine: Kings Estate Press 1993. Large octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations by Wayne Hogan. First edition. Some faint smudging and modest use but very good. Kings Estate Press unknown books
2001WRCLIT47299St. Augustine FL: Kings Estate Press 2001. Large octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Drawings by Wayne Hogan. First edition. About fine. Kings Estate Press unknown books
2000WRCLIT47300St. Augustine: Kings Estate Press 2000. Large octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Drawings by Wayne Hogan. First edition. Few tiny marks on lower wrapper but near fine. Kings Estate Press unknown books
1998WRCLIT47331St. Augustine: Kings Estate Press 1998. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Illustrations. First edition. With the editor's signed first name only presentation inscription on the title. Spine creased from reading moderate use a few marks but a good sound copy. Kings Estate Press unknown books
198049474Fort Wayne: Windless Orchard 1980. First edition. 37 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Seventeen poems. Laid-in is a brief holograph note from Kempher presenting this book. Fort Wayne: Windless Orchard, unknown books
199349181East Meadow: Mulberry Press 1993. First edition. Narrow 4to. 4 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Five poems. Dated 2/24/94 and INSCRIBED by Kempher. East Meadow: Mulberry Press unknown books
198251457Cerrillos: Plumbers Ink Books 1982. First edition. 73 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Dated December 29 1982 and INSCRIBED by Kempher to Marvin Malone of the Wormwood Review. Original mailing envelope and holograph Xmas card accompanies. Cerrillos: Plumbers Ink Books unknown books
199147196Great Bend: Chiron Review Press 1991. First edition. 53 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Elaborately INSCRIBED by Kempher to a well-known literary mag editor. Great Bend: Chiron Review Press, unknown books
2009168045Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2009. Hardcover. VG- light wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Black cloth boards with stamped lettering. BW-illustrated dust jacket with gray and white lettering. 411 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Interview with Iris Inhee Moon Is it ON-AIR. Includes bibliographical references. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
