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185553902New York: Dix & Edwards 1855. First edition; 8vo pp. 2 264 8 pages of advertisements 2; the advertisements include reviews for Putnam's Monthly Magazine and for the weekly literary journal Household Words edited by Charles Dickens; original blindstamped brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine; near fine. Wright II 1888. <br/><br/> Dix & Edwards hardcover books
185553902New York: Dix & Edwards 1855. First edition; 8vo pp. 2 264 8 pages of advertisements 2; the advertisements include reviews for Putnam's Monthly Magazine and for the weekly literary journal Household Words edited by Charles Dickens; original blindstamped brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine; near fine. Wright II 1888. Dix & Edwards unknown
1987Q-0824777700CRC Press 1987-07-28. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! CRC Press hardcover
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183312932London: Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis 1833 First edition. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Twelvemo. Binding lightly spotted binding extremities worn label rubbed back hinge cracked but cords sound. A decent copy of a fragile book very clean internally. This is a defense of America against the criticisms of Captain Basil Hall and Mrs. Frances Trollope. The author 1789-1857 was a prolific journalist. He was London correspondent for the New York Observer from 1831 to 1835. He wrote political tracts for the Whig party under the name of "Junius" and edited the works of Henry Clay. He also wrote biographies of Clay. Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis, hardcover
184816020Boston 1848. First edition. 31pp. double columns. Original plain wrappers in a cloth box. An anti-Taylor diatribe. The compiler did not want slavery extended into the territories. Extracts from papers politicos etc. are included judiciously to illustrate his contention. hardcover books
1934WRCLIT58687New York: The Macmillan Company 1934. Decorated cloth. Photographs. A bit of slight darkening to the spine and lower edges endsheets lightly tanned but a nice copy in somewhat rubbed and frayed price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of minor old mends on verso. First edition of the author's first book an evocative account of the history of New Mexico much praised for both its literary and historical attributes. Inscribed and signed by the author in an early hand. POWELL A SOUTHWEST CENTURY 14. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1835183162New York: Harper & Brothers 1835. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 2 vols. 312p; 315p. Ex-library. A set of two brown cloth hardcover books in acceptable condition. Covers stained most heavily on back cover of volume 2 and binding slightly cockeyed but still tight. The tops of the spines are quite worn. Old library markings inside and torn stickers on spines. Foxing and occasional blotchy stains inside. Text is otherwise unmarked. Travel memoir of a Presbyterian missionary from Massachusetts complete in two volumes. This copy of the set comes from the library of Rev. John B. Purcell Archbishop of Cincinnati 1800-1883. His pencil signature is on both volumes' title pages. Harper & Brothers hardcover
231116007Cosmopolitan Book Corp. Second Trade Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5x0x7. First Trade Edition stated. NOT the second edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. Foxing on edges. Spine slightly cocked. For any additional information or pictures please inquire. Cosmopolitan Book Corp hardcover
1880018217Philadelphia : Brink McDonough & Co. 1880. Hardcover. Good. Large heavy volume cloth covers beveled boards new leather spine leather corners gilt title and decorations on front cover. This volume has been professional re-backed with new leather spine several pages have been repaired scattered smudges and spotting to pages throughout binding solid Paper work for the restoration work laid-in $250.00 Photos on request. Illustrated with a map and engravings many full page 259 pages plus a partial list of patrons revised Constitution of Illinois Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.This volume is an original printing not a recent reprint. <br/> <br/> Brink, McDonough & Co. hardcover
51-6329Bowery Poets Club and Medgar Evers College. 2002. Poster. 17 x 11 inches. Rolled.Calvin Hernton was a scholar a critic and a poet whose work explored the intersections of race and sexual relations. Hernton is considered a pioneer in the field of Black Studies and was a cofounder of Umbra magazine and the Umbra Poets Workshop which sought to establish a Black literary and political tradition. Umbra published writers such as Langston Hughes and Alice Walker. Hernton was also a participant in the Black Arts Movement and taught African African American and Caribbean literature at Oberlin College.Though Hernton primarily understood himself as a poet he is most widely known for his critical text Sex and Racism in America Doubleday 1965 in which he wrote “all race relations tend to be however subtly sexual relations.†In this book he examined the intersections of racial and sexual dynamics in America by tracing modern historical contexts to slavery. His other scholarly works include Coming Together: Black Power White Hatred and Sexual Hang-Ups Random House 1971 and The Sexual Mountain and Black Women Writers: Adventures in Sex Literature and Real Life Anchor 1987. He is also the author of the novel Scarecrow Doubleday 1974. Hernton’s poems are published in the Selected Poems of Calvin C. Hernton Wesleyan Poetry Series 2023 edited by David Grundy and Lauri Scheyer which includes “The Distant Drum†the epic poem “The Coming of Chronos to the House of Nightsong†and other material from the Calvin C. Hernton papers at Ohio University. In his foreword to the collection Ishmael Reed wrote “In poetry Calvin Hernton dared to go where others were scared to go.â€Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley acquired from Ishmael Reed. Bowery Poets Club and Medgar Evers College. 2002 unknown
1926mon0003279527University of Mississippi 1926. Hardcover. Good. . Scarce. First ed. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards clean. University of Mississippi hardcover
7669CLAY HENRY. COLTON Calvin. The Life and Times of Henry Clay. N.Y. 1843. Two vols. Frontis. portr. 504; 504pp. Orig. cloth. A fine set. unknown
1832010997London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis 1832. 2nd Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Short octavo xvi 294 pp. A contemporary look at revivals in America during the 2nd Great Awakening. Ex-lib. copy w/lib. stamp on t.p. & notes 2 pp. later o/w clear of all markings. Former owner's sig. on f.f.e.p. John White 1846. New end papers. Professionally re-bound in black cloth w/a paper title label on the spine. The edges are sl. darkened but the text is quite clean & bright. 2nd edn. Black cloth bound hard cover book in fine cond. text v.g. to near fine cond. <br/> <br/> Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis hardcover
197421726Saddle River NJ: Gerry De La Ree. Fine. 1974. Limited 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by De La Ree on the fep. Number 20 of 75 hardcover copies printed. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 74 pages; Signed by Author . Gerry De La Ree hardcover
19300012130Little Brown 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 0x0x0. Very good in good dust jacket. book very tight and clean dj is bit worn but very tight and smooth color frontis orange boards magnificent dj depiction illustrations by Mahlon Blaine Little Brown hardcover
192500006570Detroit: Atomic Research Association 1925 604 pages scratch on cover also rubbed this copy was owned by Earnest H. Pasque; it has a handwritten letter/ signed on the opposite of the title page from the author Calvin Samuel Page of the 2nd book New Concepts of Physics of the two books bound in this copy. A few marks in pencil on the text. Here is the letter: "My Dear Dr. Pasque Friendship is the pivotal crucial factor in the social economy of mankind. Opportunity is general yet each age has its specials. They are the metaphysical conditions to be solved or passed. They are most wisely and rhetorically epistomized by the bard of Avon "There is a tide in the affairs of men." . it is signed Calvin S. Page Chicago Mar. 25-25 There is more writing although I have had some difficulty reading the script of Mr Page. Atomic Research Association hardcover
19711395333New York NY: E.P. Dutton & Co 1971. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 314 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price uncut "$6.50" has a tear along the rear tail edge and mild shelving wear. Boards have mild shelving wear. Textblock has foxing along the edges. Signed flat by Calvin Trillin on the half-title page. Shelved in Room C. 1395333. Special Collections. E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
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