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195225822Garden City: Doubleday 1952. First Edition. 8vo pp. 220. Foreword by Robert E. Sherwood. Moderate wear in somewhat chipped and soiled dj. Blacklisting in radio and TV. The report for the American Civil Liberties Union. Doubleday unknown books
44078hardcover. Foreword by Robert Sherwood. 8vo cloth. Garden City 1952. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
194974786New York: William Sloane Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Printing. Hardcover in jacket. Hard-bound in paper covered boards with a white cloth spine with gray stamping in a toned dust jacket with some edge-wear. There is a small light brown stain to the upper joint. Contents are bright and the book is signed by the author Merle Miller on the front free end-page. From the collection of Lulu Slocum Teeter and her daughter Mary Teeter. Lulu was the manager of the F. & R. Lazarus department store bookshop in Columbus Ohio in the "golden era" of such stores from 1926 to 1950. She arranged hundreds of "signing events" during that period and was a well know figure in the "book trade." Her daughter Mary was the director of the Bexley Ohio Public Library for many years retiring in 1974. . William Sloane Associates hardcover books
197216797New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1972. Hardcover. 342p. very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Young 2710. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover books
2006199670Lanham MD: The Scarecrow Press 2006. Hardcover. liii 238p. editor's foreword preface acronyms chronology introduction dictionary bibliography very good first edition in original pictorial boards. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts Series #8 Jon Woronoff series editor. The Scarecrow Press hardcover books
196551646Bloomington: Design Program of the Dept. of Fine Arts at Indiana University 1965. Edition limited to 100 copies staplebound chapbook pp. 16; text in red and black on Japanese mulberry paper a variety of types throughout with one foldout showing 48 samples of ampersand designs. Folding leaf creased else fine. This is the unnumbered "Designer's Proof Copy" so marked on the colophon with a presentation from Miller: "Thanks Walter for all your help." Issued as No. 2 in the publisher's Experimental Typography Series. <br/><br/> Design Program of the Dept. of Fine Arts at Indiana University unknown books
1995164414New York and Houston: Holly Solomon Gallery and Texas Gallery 1995. Paperback. VG-. Cover shows some general wear and soiling. Contents are clean and tight. Red stapled wraps with small blue lettering and partial blind-stamp title. 23 pp. 2 BW illustrations 8 color plates. Catalogue of exhibitions that took place at Holly Solomon Gallery in New York March 18-April 22 1995 and at Texas Gallery in Houston May 16-June 24 1995. Holly Solomon Gallery and Texas Gallery paperback books
1995164018New York and Houston: Holly Solomon Gallery and Texas Gallery 1995. Signed. Paperback. VG-. Cover shows some general wear and soiling. Contents are clean and tight. Inscribed by artist. Red stapled wraps with small blue lettering and partial blind-stamp title. 23 pp. 2 BW illustrations 8 color plates. Catalogue of exhibitions that took place at Holly Solomon Gallery in New York March 18-April 22 1995 and at Texas Gallery in Houston May 16-June 24 1995. Holly Solomon Gallery and Texas Gallery paperback books
1974113394Washington: The Charioteer Press 1974. cloth dust jacket. 12mo. cloth dust jacket. vii 49 5 pages. First edition one of 400 copies. African-American author. Fine. The Charioteer Press unknown books
197526603Detroit: Lotus Press 1975. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; glossy illustrated wrappers; 675pp. Faint foxing to extremities and upper edge of text else Near Fine. The author's sixth collection of poems culled from various journals and magazines and published here for the first time. May Miller daughter of renowned sociologist Kelly Miller became the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance prior to publishing seven volumes of poetry during her career as a writer. Lotus Press unknown books
197426604Washington DC: The Charioteer Press 1974. First Edition. First Printing one of 400 copies. Octavo 19.5cm; gray cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 497pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with light dust-soil to spine and rear panel. The author's fifth collection of poems partly a re-issue of her 1959 collection Into the Clearing as well as a selection of later poems culled from various journals and magazines. May Miller daughter of renowned sociologist Kelly Miller became the most widely published female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance prior to publishing seven volumes of poetry during her career as a writer. The Charioteer Press unknown books
1943018893New York NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1943. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First edition 2nd printing. Octavo 8vo. xii 236 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket is rubbed at the extremities with numerous small tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Contains 21 black-and-white photographs by George Lindsay and the author. The endpapers are map-illustrated and the endpapers are moderately toned/browned. The rear endpaper has a black-and-white photograph dated 1943 affixed to it. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition 2nd printing. Dodd, Mead & Company Hardcover books
1941290246New York. : Robert M. McBride & Company. 1941 . 1st Edition. Orange cloth black titles top edge stained orange. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear. 24x16.5 cm. . Special California edition signed by the author. weight: 1.6 lb. Robert M. McBride & Company. hardcover books
19528931New York E.P. Dutton & Company 1952. 1952. First edition so stated. 8vo. 2 page foreword by Walter Karig. Endpaper map and jacket design by Metzig. Dust jacket designed by Metzig unclipped; few nicks. Very good. 256 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952. hardcover books
195110583NY DUTTON 1951 1951. SIGNED BY MILLER FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. F. NY, DUTTON, 1951 unknown books
12058NY WHITTLESEY 1944. CUKOR'S LANDACRE BKPLATE FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, WHITTLESEY, 1944 unknown books
193647289New York: Dutton. Very Good. 1936. Hardcover. NY: Dutton 1936. 271 pages hardbound. Ex-library with usual markings. O/w VG in a tight lightly soiled green cloth binding. . Dutton hardcover books
1940TB30040New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1940. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in decorated bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with slight fading to the cloth at the lower edge of the front board. The pages facing and to the rear of the plates show foxing. In a good unclipped dust jacket with wear and flecking of the colors to the ends of the spine area which is also faded and rubbing to the folds to the flaps. The second volume to the Seaports series. 329 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with 11 plates. Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover books
1940TB29154New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1940. First Edition. Very near fine in decorated bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a good unclipped dust jacket with a large 2 1/2" chip from the fore edge of the front panel a 1" chip from the lower fore corner of the front panel and small chips from the corners of the spine area which is also somewhat faded. The second volume to the Seaports of America series. 329 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and other plates of reproductions of earlier works of art and photographs. Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover books
1933300266New York E.P. Dutton & Co. 1933. 1933. First edition so stated. 8vo. Title page printed in blue and black. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped; small nicks. Very good. 249 pages. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1933. hardcover books
193315283ENew York: Dutton 1933. First Edition. Very good plus with a touch of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with a few tiny chips and some slight darkening to the spine and outer edges. Dutton unknown books
196221689ENew York: Signet Books 1962. First Edition - Paperback Original. Signed by the author Max Miller to his publisher: “May 12 1962 For Kurt Enoch - Good luck to you and keep the book presses rolling. We need both them and you Max Miller La Jolla California.†Near fine copy with some minor handling. From the front cover: “The incredible but true story of Colorado’s sporting ladies whose easy virtue won them fame and fortune in the most infamous red-light district of the Golden West. With 8 pages of photographs.†From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch 1895-1982 who was a noted German publisher forced to flee the Nazis landing in New York in 1940. In 1948 Dr. Enoch co-founded and became President of New American Library - Signet Books which became one of the successful and acclaimed post-war publishing houses. Enoch went on to become one of the most highly regarded figures in American book publishing. Signet #P2082 Signet Books paperback books
193225675New York: E.P. Dutton and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1932. First Edition. Hardcover. light spotting to edges of text block minor shelfwear only tiny tear and paper-clip indentation at top edge of ffep; jacket spine lightly browned shallow chipping at top of spine very slight paper loss at a couple of corners all in all much nicer than often seen on this book. The first book by this newspaper columnist/reporter whose beat for a number of years was the San Diego waterfront. The success of the book including its adaptation into the 1933 movie of the same name starring Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon led Miller to quit the newspaper game and concentrate on writing books which he did prolifically for the next twenty years; many were concerned with Southern California or Baja Mexico and he also wrote on military-related topics. He served as a writer for the U.S. Navy's Office of Public Information during World War II and the Korean War. The book was filmed again in 1961 under the title SECRET OF DEEP HARBOR. . E.P. Dutton and Company hardcover books
174949hardcover. 12mo cloth; front cover lightly dampstained otherwise very good. N.Y.: Dutton 1933. A Novel. Full page inscription from the author to Gene Ahearn.<br/><br/> unknown books
1932WRCLIT53809New York: Dutton 1932. Cloth. First edition of the author's assembled reportage for the San Diego SUN. Top edge a bit dustsoiled and lightly spotted else a very good copy in heavily tanned and worn dust jacket. Dutton hardcover books
