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1971135422London: Andre Deutsch 1971. Octavo 189 pp. cloth. First edition. First story collection from this U.S. writer. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #135422 Andre Deutsch unknown books
1986155247Pittsburgh PA: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1986. First U.S. edition. Softcover. 62 pages. A paperback original collection of poems. A very good plus copy in wrappers with sunning to the spine. Signed by Fainlight on the title page and additionally signed and warmly inscribed by Fainlight on the halft title page to poet Linda Pastan. Uncommon signed. Carnegie Mellon University Press unknown books
1959Embry 184254Random House 1959. First edition first printing. Slight toning to endpapers else fine in near fine but darkened dust jacket in mylar cover. Random House, 1959. First edition, first printing. unknown books
195951460New York: Random House 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; gray vinyl cloth with titles stamped in black and gilt and photographic still mounted to front cover; dark yellow-orange topstain; dustjacket; xiv23-1055pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with some trivial wear to extremities and gentle sunning to spine panel. Ford's stage adaptation of Faulkner's 1951 novel written in the form of a three-act play with each act preceded by a narrative section. Ford removed the narrative sections and revised the remainder of the novel for dramatic unity. Petersen Collection A49.1. Random House unknown books
1984020397Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1984. 191p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers quarto format. Los Angeles County Museum of Art unknown books
1987127979Austin TX: University of Texas 1987. First Edition. First Edition. Laid in is a type letter signed by the quarterly's senior editor Dave Oliphant on stationery from the university addressed to Ruth Ford. Oliphant responds to Ford's approval of a recent article he wrote on the archive of actor Zachary Scott Ford's first husband. Oliphant has also included a Xerox copy of a letter from another admirer of the Scott article John Dooley librarian of Bryn Mawr College trusting the letter to be of interest to Ruth Ford. Also laid in is a "with compliments" slip from the publisher. <br/><br/>Included is a copy of the Chronicle from 1970 New Series Number 2 with an article on the reference materials found in the basement at William Randolph Hearst's' "Journal-American" 1937-1966. Among the materials were various clippings photographs and negatives of celebrities artists and writers. Zachary Scott was featured prominently in the newspaper and two negatives are highlighted both show Scott with wife Ruth Ford. <br/><br/>Ruth Ford was an American stage and film actress sister to the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. She began her career as a model for the likes of Harper's and Mademoiselle and early on was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. With Welles' help she went on to land work in Hollywood. Her best known films include "The Keys of the Kingdom" 1944 Anthony Mann's "Strange Impersonation" 1946 and Frank Perry's "Play It As It Lays" 1972. <br/><br/>Her persona was as important-if not more important-than her career in film and on the stage. For more than 40 years her apartment in the Dakota the gabled fortress-like building on 72nd Street welcomed the likes of William Faulkner Tennessee Williams Edward Albee Terrence McNally Stephen Sondheim and Truman Capote. A chance encounter between Arthur Laurents in her Manhattan living room led to the pair's collaboration on "West Side Story."<br/><br/>Two faint dampstains to the copy containing the TLS else both volumes Near Fine in printed wrappers. <br/><br/>From the estate of Ruth Ford. University of Texas unknown books
198785615Chicago: Third World Press 1987. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 63p. Wrapper. 23cm. INSCRIBED by Garnett. Poetry. <br/><br/> Third World Press paperback books
198757853Chicago: Third World Press 1987. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 63p. Wrapper. 23cm. INSCRIBED to "St. Clair" Bourne by Garnett. Poetry. <br/><br/> Third World Press paperback books
197357341Great Neck: Center for Media Development 1973. 1st ed. Paperback. Good. Tom Feelings. illustrations by Tom Feelings 38p. Wrapper. 23cm. Corners dog-eared. INSCRIBED to "St. Claire" Bourne by Gibbs. One-page Introduction by Jesse Jackson. Black pride poetry written for children. <br/><br/> Center for Media Development paperback books
1970173861New York: Maecenas Press / Random House 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. Includes 151 illustrations of which 24 are in color. A clean and tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a few small edge tears and minor wear. Maecenas Press / Random House unknown books
189947026NY: Putam's 1899. Fifth impression. 8vo pp. xiv 462. Index. Illustrated and with maps. Bookplate on pastedown. Green cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a nice copy. Putam's unknown books
1995RGREWEA00FPDrama Publishers 1995. Very Good. Green Ruth M. Wearing of Costume. NY: Drama Publishers 1995. ix 171pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Drama Publishers paperback books
1982215525San Francisco: Paul D. Hardman Associates 1982. Newspaper. 32p. tabloid newspaper 10.5x14 inches news reviews columns events extensive gay business directory at rear photos art editorials very good stapled pictorial newsprint. Cover stories: Carl Hill Wins One for gays Interview with Ruth Hastings. The bi-weekly became "The California Voice" in the mid-1980s and included a column reporting on Dianne Feinstein's activities as mayor of SF. Mostly an entertainment paper The Voice balanced bar and bath house coverage with political columns and news relating to Gay Liberation. Paul D. Hardman Associates unknown books
197632024Nashville: Abingdon 1976. Octavo boards. First edition. Survival after a future unspecified but catastrophic war. Reginald 25900. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 Additions. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #32024 Abingdon unknown books
012350London: Blackie & Son. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. nd children's pictorial about the different ethnicities of friends of a young British girl. Tropes prevail as expected: circa 1900. Paper over spine partially missing decent binding internals better than very good. Christmas inscription title page. Blackie & Son hardcover books
198327088London: Taft Museum 1983. Paperback. Very Good. 24 page exhibition catalog in publisher's stapled wraps. <br/><br/>exc p Taft Museum paperback books
1962125352London: John Murray 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First printing of the fifth novel from the Booker Prize winning author of "Heat and Dust." A clean near fine copy with some slight bumping to the bottom corner of the front board in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some bumping to the bottom front corner and some very slight soiling. John Murray unknown books
1983134839New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1983. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. 250 pages. A novel set in America from the Booker Prize winning author of "Heat and Dust." A tight near fine copy in printed wrappers. Uncommon in this format. William Morrow and Company, Inc unknown books
1968112785New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1968. Octavo boards with cloth shelf-back. First U.S. edition. The author's second short story collection. Stories about Europeans in India. The author herself was European born in Germany of Polish parents and educated in England. She married an Indian architect in 1951 and moved to India. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #112785 W. W. Norton & Company unknown books
1984025688Zürich und München: Artemis Verlag 1984. 233p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers Zürcher Beiträge zur deutschen Literatur- und Geistesgeschichte 58. Artemis Verlag unknown books
193580910London:: Nonesuch Press. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. B00085ZC7I . First edition. Fair in a fair dust jacket. The dust jacket is glued to the boards and most of its spine is gone. ; 169 pages . Nonesuch Press, hardcover books
197265776Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. First American Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated with black and white and color photos and drawings. 12x8.5 inches. Blue cloth covers with silver printing to the spine. The spine ends and cover edges are sunned and toned. There is a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Otherwise this is a clean nice copy. About Very Good in a slightly edge chipped dust jacket with some tape repair. . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover books
194122814Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc. Good in Fair dj. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. shopworn copy binding solid but with slight fraying to cloth along bottom edge and at top of spine some discoloration to endpapers; jacket is well-worn small tears and minor paper loss at several corners faded at spine old external tape reinforcements across both ends of spine extending into front and rear panels. Historical novel set from 1853 through 1901 centering around a Massachusetts minister and his young lawyer son who catch California fever "the pull of the pioneering spirit" and set off for the West. "In a sweeping panoramic novel of the turbulent years of growth of a great state the author tells the story of their trek across the continent their settlement in the fabulous town of San Francisco and their participation in the stirring events of the next half-century." The father is described as a "friend of Emerson Thoreau and Bronson Alcott" and transforms himself from a man of the cloth into a teacher while the son goes into politics; after the Civil War he leads "a spirited but futile resistance against the domination of California by the Big Four." This reference is to the guys who built the Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford Collis Potter Huntington Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker. . Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. hardcover books
1978027682Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press 1978. xviii 442p. b/w illus. slightly chipped dj. Indiana University Press unknown books
192976732Pelham:: Bridgman Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. B004AWTWQ2 . Illustrated by the author. First edition. Very good in a very good age darkened and dust soiled dust jacket.; 63 pages . Bridgman Publishers, hardcover books