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187714534Boston: Lee and Shepard 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 311 pp. Original green cloth. Light rubbing to extremities bookplate Library of F.J. Brown on front pastedown. Binding sound text clean. The author was a prominent Methodist minister who taught theology at Boston University. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
1949291973New York: Random House 1949. First Edition. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. A clean First Edition copy with no ownership or other marks in the book. The dustjacket has some chipping and shelfwear. It has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Random House unknown books
194627688Prairie City Illinois: The Press of James A. Decker 1946. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gold stamped lettering to front board. VG very slight lean. 85 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. <br/><br/> The Press of James A. Decker hardcover books
190347921New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1903. Reprint. Large octavo 24.5cm; dark blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt; TEG; xi 310pp frontis. 30 plates. Spine sunned gilt faded; boards gently worn and soiled with rubbing along extremities; chipping w/ material loss at heel/crown of spine and leading corners. Bindings shaken; deckled edges; hinges cracked at pg. 196; light soiling throughout. Good or Better.<br/><br/>A comprehensive biography of the artistic Rossetti children pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel and his sister the poet Christina with information on their lives family and the works that earned them international fame. Its 30 plates mostly feature Dante Gabriel's better-known works while Christina's poetry is also featured. Includes timelines of important works. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1903270206New York: Putnam 1903. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece. Illustrated in sepia and black and white with lettered tissue guards. Decorative title page. 310 pages deckle edges large 8vo forest green crushed levant with floral gilt stamping hinges starting to crack slightly but still firm raised spine bands inner gilt rubricated dentelles top edge gilt and mottled endpapers. New York: Putnam 1901. New York: Putnam 1903. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Subtle remains of adhesive from removed bookplate on front attached endpaper.<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1992007460The University of California Press 1992. SCARCE. Publisher's promotional poster 17" w x 22" h featuring a six photograph montage of Dr. King promoting the publication of his papers in six volumes. Distributed in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1993. Near Fine faint creases and a few small rubs in right margin. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 22" h. The University of California Press books
199273732Berkeley: University of California Press 1992. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition second printing. The first volume in the anticipated fourteen-volume definitive edition of King's most significant sermons speeches correspondence published writings and unpublished manuscripts. Presentation copy inscribed and dated on the front flyleaf in the first volume by Coretta Scott King 1927-2006 to Dr. C.T. Wright 1942-2020: "with deep appreciation for your commitment to the fulfillment of the dream." The only son of Georgia tenant farmers Wright served as a teacher and administrator at several colleges and universities establishing himself later in life as a prominent and much-respected civic and religious leader in Arizona. Small quarto: 484 p. with a frontispiece portrait and textual photographs. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. Minor bump to the top corner of the front board with some light edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. University of California Press hardcover books
198551738Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1985. Edition limited to 125 copies this no. 45 12mo pp. 20; title-page vignette and 4 text illustrations by DePol printed in brick red; small tape residue on endpapers else a fine copy in original quarter gray cloth over original patterned paper-covered boards; original prospectus laid in. The first project in which DePol and the Yellow Barn Press collaborated. It was later published in a reprint edition of 1000 copies. Walsdorf A7. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books
198851716Council Bluffs IA: Yellow Barn Press 1988. Reprint edition limited to 1000 copies 12mo pp. 20; title-page vignette and 4 text illustrations by DePol printed in brick red; a fine copy in original patterned paper-covered boards. The first edition was limited to 125 copies; this edition adds "This special copy is presented to you with our Season's Greetings." on verso of half title along with an extra print of a book and holly. Walsdorf A7b. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books
19859020487Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press 1985. Hardcover. fine. Introduction by Donald W. Knoepfler. Wood engravings by John DePol. One of 1000 copies printed as a New Years greeting for Blackwell North America in 1988. Former owner's bookplate. <br/><br/> Yellow Barn Press hardcover books
189538771New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor Press 1895. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good- unopened uncut copy with detached and chipped wrappers lightly browned edges inch tear along inner margin of most leaves not affecting text. 30 pp. Sm. 4to. Scarce work on science and religion by Flavel S. Luther a distant descendent of religious reformer Martin Luther and Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy and Secretary of Trinity College and later its President. OCLC shows only six locations. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press unknown books
1963118239Boston: The Beacon Press 1963. First edition of this collection of interviews done by Kenneth B. Clark. Octavo original half cloth. Boldly signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. With a talk with Kenneth B. Clark and with a note about the interviews by Henry Morgenthau III. Bookplate. Interviews recorded for National Educational Television in May-June 1963. Conversations with James Baldwin Malcolm X and Martin Luther King with Kenneth B. Clark as the moderator. The Beacon Press hardcover books
1968232053Washington DC: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1968. Magazine. 24p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches cover portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. photos features news opinion reviews wraps slightly worn with two small rust stains else very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. memorial issue for King with excerpts from his writing and eulogies memorials essays. The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History unknown books
1967257982New York: National Mobilization Committee 1967. 8p. wraps unevenly browned else good condition 8.5x11 inches. Single issue of the newsletter. This issue announces that MLK will be speaking at the New York Rally with a short article on it. Includes an obit for A.J. Muste chairman of the Committee. National Mobilization Committee unknown books
36976Baltimore: Waverly Press 1935. Hardcover. 10" x 6.75". xii 275 1 pp. With bibliography index of Chinese titles and general index. Publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth gilt-stamped spine titles. Boards show moderate edgewear and rubbing spine lightly sunned. A Very Good copy. . VeryGood. Hardcover . Waverly Press 1935 hardcover books
1860012180Albany: Weed Parsons and Company 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Impressively preserved copy of the 1860 NY State legialstive manual stout 8vo polished red cloth blind-stamped front and rear with gilt to spine with ownership name of O. L Holley gilt-pressed front cover. Speckled edges xxvi 560p two engraved foldouts bound-in at front - one for the Senate chamber the other for the Assembly chamber both in original folds and in near fine condition like the rest of the internals. Covers slightly scuffed. O. L. Holley 1791 -1861 native of Salisbury CT was was an American writer newspaper editor historian and politician. As editor of the Troy Sentinel he was the first to publish the poem that became known as The Night Before Christmas. He also served as New York State Surveyor General from 1838 to 1842. Weed, Parsons and Company hardcover books
197035150London: Hodder and Stoughton 1970. First UK edn. 8vo pp. 239. Appendices bibliography and index. VG in somewhat worn dj. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1947149307Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1947. Vintage reference photograph taken on the set of the 1947 film showing actors Clark Gable Deborah Kerr Gloria Holden and Adolphe Menjou sitting around a nightclub table with director Jack Conway and two crew members in the foreground. With a mimeo snipe on the verso and holograph pencil annotations regarding layout.<br/><br/>Based on the 1946 novel. A World War II veteran wants to return to his former life as an advertising executive but finds the business world has changed while he was away.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine with light edgewear. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
192730128Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1927. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Cloth quite darkened at spine. Otherwise a very good book in a very good to near fine dust jacket slightly creased at spine with a one-inch closed tear at bottom edge. Uncommon in such a nice jacket. In effect Burbank's autobiography. Burbank passed away while he and Hall were in the process of editing Burbank's extensive notebooks and journals. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
193526468Hartford: The Case Lockwood & Brainard Company 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Clothbound quarto with printed paper label afixed to the front panel. 144 pp. One of 525 copies printed for sale of which this is number 33. Includes 67 illustrations reproduced by the collotype process. Prior owner name/date on the first blank endpaper else a handsome very good or better copy. Connecticut furniture heritage. The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company unknown books
1985179414Ephrata PA: Science Press 1985. Hardcover. VG/VG light shelfwear to dust jacket. Covers text and illustrations are very clean and clear. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover off-white dust jacket with navy lettering bw frontispiece xxii 144 pp profusely illustrated in bw. This 1985 reprint of the 1935 edition was privately printed by C. Richard Becker December 10 1985. Contents include: Preface -- List of Hadley Chests by Initials -- Taking Observations -- The Name -- The Design -- The Makers -- The Hartford Type -- Nominating Another Candidate -- The Smiths of Hadley -- Romance and Wanderings -- Making a Hadley Chest -- Notes on Woods -- The Chests: Illustrations and Descriptions. Includes "Supplemental list of Hadley chests discovered since publication of the book in 1935 . Science Press hardcover books
185855943New York: E. Goodenough. Very Good. 1858. Hardcover. Slight dampstaining to otherwise bright contents blue boards are scuffed and worn good. . E. Goodenough hardcover books
1958132871London: Twentieth Century-Fox 1958. Collection of 3 vintage hand-tinted still photographs from the 1958 UK release of the 1958 US film. <br/><br/>A physicist meets and marries a doctor's receptionist who later develops a heart condition. She decides to adopt an orphan to keep her husband company in the wake of her premature demise. <br/><br/>Shot on location in San Francisco and Palomar Mountain California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Light rubbing and faint creases else Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1952239210New York: Thomas Nelson 1952. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. xiv 301pp. tall 8vo green cloth d.w.; minor edge-wear to the dust wrapper. New York: Thomas Nelson 1952. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Thomas Nelson unknown books
2008189739Fortress Press 2008-07-01. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding and crisp pages. This is a used copy with the usual stickers on the spine and back cover. No marks or notations. TP HS Fortress Press paperback books
