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1951 · h44073 — Stamford: The Overbrook Press 1951. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 4 limited editions from the Overbrook Press in Stamford CT: 1 Madge Cook: Thoughts in the Half Light -- Poems; limited edition of 100 copies 1936. First printing. 8vo 8 x 5.5 inches parchment paper spine over boards fine copy in original glassine dust jacket now yellowed and slightly edgeworn in slipcase that's very good with light soil. Rare book of poetry from this fine press probably a vanity project. Her "Poems" came out with Overbrook Press in 1934 limited to 75 copies. 2 Malgaigne Joseph Francois: Conseils pour le Choix d'Une Bibliotheque. Ecrits pour Une Jeune Fille. 1936. 250 copies printed. 12mo cloth backed marbled boards fine copy in very good lightly edgeworn plain glassine dust jacket. 20 pp. Text in French but for the short publisher’s preface which explains that the author was a “French surgeon of the early part of the last century" who sat down words of advice to a young lady Aline Chardin on the choice of a library. “The Conseils is more than a collection of precepts regarding the selection of reading of books. Reflecting a fresh and kindly humor it is the tangible evidence of the delightful relationship between the busy surgeon-writer and the young girl.†6.5 x 4.25 inches. 3 Perry Ralph Barton: Plea for an Age Movement. 1943. One of 600 copies. 12mo boards in glassine dust jacket book fine jacket very good with some spotting yellowing and light edgewear. 20 pp two small woodcuts by Ruzicka. The philosopher noting that life expectancy had gone up frets about what senior citizens should do to make good use of their extended lives. 6.75 x 4.25 inches. 4 Malik Charles: The Problem of Asia. A statement delivered before the Political Committee of the General Assembly December 11 1950. Published 1951 in an edition of 500. Cloth in plain glassine white dust jacket book fine jacket edgeworn and with some finger marks. 37 pp. An address on issues in Korea. The author was a Lebanese diplomat and an advocate for universal human rights. 9 x 6.25 inches. The Overbrook Press hardcover