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193836060New York: The Metropolitan Opera Guild 1938. Quarto. Original publisher's decorative red boards. 68 pp. Binding slightly worn. Minor browning. The Metropolitan Opera Guild unknown books
194116684New York: Hale Cushman & Flint. Very Good in Good dj. c.1941. First Edition. Hardcover. a little fraying and minor deterioration to cloth along top edges light shelfwear and slight bumping to bottom edge; jacket is edgeworn with various small tears and nicks spine a bit faded. "This is the story of women Amber in particular who have to make that sometimes most difficult choice between marriage and a successful career." Novel set during the 1910s with the action split between "Pleasantville" Amber's hometown and New York specifically Greenwich Village where our heroine and her circle of friends "were caught up in the rising tide of feminine assertion." The author was a prolific writer of scripts for soap operas and other radio programs during the 1940s and 1950s. . Hale, Cushman & Flint hardcover books
194659761Garden City:: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Color frontispiece by Lynd Ward. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear small abrasion from a removed sticker on front flap dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
19758755New York Coward McCann & Geoghegan Inc. 1975. 1975. First edition second printing so stated. 8vo. Index. Dust jacket designed by Mike McIver unclipped. Fine. No other signatures or bookplates. 254 pages. Signed and inscribed by Ruth Sheldon Knowles in black on the front free endpaper to publicist Jay Allen: "To Jay Allen - With admiration for all that you do and gratitude for what you have done for me. May you always drill only gushers in life" Warmest personal regards Ruth Sheldon Knowles November 1975". Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 0698105923. New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. [1975]. hardcover books
1959UKNOGRE00LAWMcGraw-Hill 1959. Very Good. Knowles Ruth Sheldon. The Greatest Gamblers: The Epic of American Oil Exploration. New York: McGraw-Hill 1959. 346pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover with cartographic endsheets. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges and gift inscription penned on front endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with lightly chipped edges and rubbing. Front panel slightly rippled and price clipped. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1998UKOCFAC01fpSt. Martin's Press 1998. Very Good. Kocour Ruth Anne. Facing the Extreme: One Woman's Story of True Courage Death-defying Survival and Her Quest For the Summit. Hodgson Michael. New York: St. Martin's Press 1998. 256pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and both ends of spine lightly bumped. Stamp of former owner on front free end sheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1998Embry 140262St. Martin's Press 1998. First edition first printing. Very good with light wear to spine ends and partial cup-ring to front board. In fine dust jacket with autograph sticker to front panel in mylar cover. Signed by the author. St. Martin's Press, 1998. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1948222402New York 1948. Half length frontal portrait of the ballerina in costume. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 24.2 cm x 17.5 cm. approximately 9-1/2 x 7 inches. Atelier stamp on rear and docketed in nk wth the subject of the photograph date and the number of the print/negative "vii ee 0". Half length frontal portrait of the ballerina in costume. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 24.2 cm x 17.5 cm. approximately 9-1/2 x 7 inches. A very scarce image of Koesun one of the stars of the American Ballet Theater in the 40s and 50s. There are no images of Koesun in the Van Vechten collection of the Library of Congress. Inscribed to Mauriber. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978 unknown books
1990123508Durham NC: Cultural Services Program Duke University Medical Center 1990. 28p. 5.5x8.5 inches Koons' name and address in pen on title page very good chapbook in stapled gray printed wraps. Collection of works by poets in residence at the Duke University Medical Center part of a project to determine the effect of personal poetry visits on patients. Cultural Services Program, Duke University Medical Center unknown books
E07F-00215Behrman House. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Behrman House unknown books
1975113365New York: Pierpont Morgan Library 1975. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth with gold lettering; appx. 104 pp. text with 66 bw figures followed by 126 bw plates. Contains a reproduction of every drawing in the collection. Each one is annotated and described often in great detail. A valuable reference work on West with much scholarly information. Pierpont Morgan Library hardcover books
19751014New York: Pierpont Morgan Library 1975. Softbound. VG. Green wraps. appx. 230 pp. 263 bw repros. Contains a reproduction of every drawing in the collection. Each one is annotated and described often in great detail. A valuable reference work on West with much scholarly information. Pierpont Morgan Library unknown books
195254229New York: Harper & Brothers 1952. First edition second printing "Grr-r-r" on p. 23 small square 8vo pp. 48; vignette title page printed in red and black throughout; price-clipped dust jacket with several small cracks and breaks; a very good copy. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Sendak. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books
200567329NY:: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 006027994X . A later printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins, hardcover books
194860997NY:: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. A later printing. Minor edge wear and age toning else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
196023<b> INSCRIBED BY SENDAK - 1st Edition in DJ</b><br /><br />Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak collaborated on this wonderful book done in the style of the 1952 book - <i>A Hole To Dig</i>. This copy of <i>Open House Butterfles </i>is made extra special as it <br /><b>INSCRIBED "To Arlene Maurice Sendak". </b> Arlene was married to bookseller Reed<b><br /></b>Orenstein . Typeface in brown b/w illus and b/w illus eps. Light edgewear light corner rub<br />o/w VG copy. In an un-clipped dj / with light rub at corners & spine tips o/w VG.<br />Hanrahan A39<br /><br /> Harper & Bros hardcover books
196562916New York: Pantheon Books 1965. First edition a complimentary copy with publisher's slip laid in. Square 8vo 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 48 pp. Text printed in red and black illustrated from Frasconi woodcuts plates decorated endpapers. Very good. Gold cloth color illustrated dust jacket. 9703. <br/><br/> Pantheon Books hardcover books
1970209400Eugene: Toad Press 1970. First. paperback. fine. Thin 16mo yellow pictorial wrappers. Eugene: Toad Press 1970. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy signed "Ruth".<br/><br/> Toad Press unknown books
1981WRCLIT71026West Branch IA: Toothpaste Press 1981. Oblong small quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition. The upper wrapper bears an original four color intaglio by Ochs. One of 350 copies printed on Fabriano White in Perpetua types with the intaglio printed on Rives BFK. Signed by the poet and by the artist. Toothpaste Press unknown books
1954299699New York: Harper & Bros 1954. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Thin square 8vo cloth backed colored pictorial boards d.w. New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. First Edition.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is lightly tanned on the edges & spine. The price on the flap is $1.75 and the numbers on the bottom of the dust wrapper flap are correct.<br/><br/> Harper & Bros unknown books
1954240215New York: Harper & Bros 1954. First. hardcover. very good/good. Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Thin square 8vo cloth backed colored pictorial boards d.w. New York: Harper & Brothers 1954. First Edition.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is worn on the corners and spine. The price and the numbers on the bottom of the dust wrapper flap are correct.<br/><br/> Harper & Bros unknown books
1968178380New York: Something Else Press 1968. Hardcover. VG/VG light shelfwear to boards with corners bumped pages are very clean. Newspaper article taped into ffep which has stained the front end pages. Dust jacket has overall light shelfwear. Bright yellow cloth boards with black title block and yellow lettering on spine. White dust jacket with color illustrations black spine with white lettering 96 unnumbered pages color illustrations. Illustrations by Marilyn Harris. Included taped inside the front flyleaf is an article titled "When the Sun Comes C.O.D." by Walter Kerr. "Although the literary world knows Ruth Krauss best as the author of quite literally dozens of utterly delightful books for children the theater world has increasingly come to know another aspect of her work- the poem plays collected here for the first time as a selection in a book."- Dust jacket. Something Else Press hardcover books
1952174303New York: Harper & Row 1952. First edition but second issue. Small hardcover. A charming children's book that features text by Ruth Krauss. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. This issue includes the "Grr-r-r" on the bottom of page 23. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with teal cloth spine in a very near fine dust jacket with $1.50 on the front flap. A fresh copy. Harper & Row unknown books
19811593West Branch: Toothpaste Press 1981. Fine. Cover illustrated with a color intaglio by James L. Ochs. One of 300 copies signed by Krauss and Ochs. Wraps. Fine condition. <br/><br/> Toothpaste Press paperback books
195219156NY: Harper & Row 1952. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good plus. Maurice Sendak. An early printing of the first edition with 'Grr-r-r' on p. 23. Black cloth spine printed paper boards. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Slight old staining affecting the page edges else in very good condition. Dustwrapper is price-clippd with some old staining else is in very good condition. It lists 'Where the Wild Things Are' 1964 on the rear flap. Inscribed by Sendak on the front free endpaper "With love from Maurice Sendak". Hanrahan A-4. Harper & Row hardcover books