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1949ess4466New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1949. First Edition. Octavo khaki cloth hardcover brown letters illus. endpapers top edge burgundy ix 213 pp. Very Good with light soiling to page edges former-owner inscription; in a Good illustrated dust jacket with sunned spine & light edgewear. From dust jacket: “I am going to learn about medicine†Ali said as he left his Azerbaijan home. He had not always felt this way. He used to distrust Dr. Nicolayev who was only an Uruss and a Christian. Ali was sure that Allah would not give this man knowledge and power denied a good Mohammedan; and besides how could Christian potions cure one of the faithful But now that his parents had died when the Uruss doctor could have saved them he himself wanted to be a doctor. How Ali tried to reach his goal and what happened to him is told in this exciting story full of life and action. At the same time the book presents a vivid picture of the varied races and religions the tension and unrest the poverty and struggle that characterize the Caucasus.Included is a glossary of the foreign words used together with their proper pronunciation. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1949). First Edition. hardcover books
199345493Irvine CA: Candlelight Press 1993. 23p. color illus. 8x10 inches very good hardcover in dj. Children's book by the Japanese American author. Candlelight Press unknown books
195463401Chicago:: Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Near Fine. 1954. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. First edition. INSCRIBED by Emily Polasek the artist's second wife. Trace foxing on top edge else near fine in a brown leatherette binding with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. . Ralph Fletcher Seymour, hardcover books
196467685Lanham: Goosetree Press 1964. First edition. 4 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Five poems. NPP: 5. Lanham: Goosetree Press unknown books
1964136083Lanham MD: Goosetree Press 1964. First edition. Small softcover. 4 pages. Includes 5 poems. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon. Goosetree Press unknown books
189840220Akron OH 1898. First Edition. 8vo pp. 218. Frontis portrait. Ivory cloth stamped in green and gilt. Cover somewhat soiled hinges tender o/w VG. Poems and short prose pieces. unknown books
3791Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Pair of signatures from the two great modern dance pioneers. On a single card Shawn signing and inscribing in black ink "with all high greetings" and with St. Denis signing in blue ink. 8 x 13 cm. <br><br><br />Ted Shawn was a key figure in the founding period of modern dance. With his wife Ruth St. Denis he founded and performed in the "Denishawn" company mentoring among other famous dancers the great Martha Graham. unknown books
1966269092Rutland: Tuttle 1966. First. hardcover. near fine/very good-. Color frontispiece 110 color illustrations and many in black & white by Soma Akira and Ota Gako. 395 pages. Short thick 4to tri-colored cloth edgeworn d.w. Rutland VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle 1966. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Tuttle unknown books
1966RSHAKAB00LRCharles E. Tuttle 1966. Fine. Shaver Ruth M. Kabuki Costume. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle 1966. 1st edition. 396pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine with previous owner's name label on front pastedown. Slip case very good with light soiling and slight bumping to edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with bumping to corners and a few short closed tears to edges. Captivating color illustrations of several Kabuki costumes. Charles E. Tuttle unknown books
1989236403Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1989. First. hardcover. fine. 504 pages red cloth 8vo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1989. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Cambridge University Press unknown books
195062509Lexington KY: Bureau of Government Research College of Arts & Sciences U. of Kentucky 1950. First edition. 4to. v 129 pp. printed double-column. Maps tables. With the ownership signature of Richard Harwood a former national editor for the Washington Post who asked Ben Bradlee to replace Woodward and Bernstein from the Watergate reporting later admitting he had been wrong to do so; laid in is a long double-spaced sheet approximately 2000 words of typescript with manuscript corrections and additions from Harwood while working for the Louisville Times to Ben Reeves political adviser to Kentucky congressman Carl Perkins 1966-1984 focusing on questions being asked of Lyndon Johnson's ethical behavior at the time of the 1964 presidential campaign. Endpapers browned else very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth a little soiled. 9492. <br/><br/> Bureau of Government Research, College of Arts & Sciences, U. of Kentucky hardcover books
1995SKU1021957Golden Books 1995-12-15. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1978 Fourth Printing. This is a acceptable copy- clean has a good binding moderate cover wear with some rubbing and corner of paper torn off back cardboard cover no interior marks or notations. lz Golden Books hardcover books
19352262Claremont CA: Saunders Studio Press 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 109 pp map. Very light wear to edges; else fine. Dust jacket shows very light toning and has a few small chips and tears. Number 329 of an edition of 700. Reprinted from THe American Register: Or General Repository of History Politics and Science Part I for 1808 Vol. III. Narrative of an expedition that sailed from Canton to the coasts of California Baja California the Hawaiian Islands the Marianas and Macao. Hill 1555. Saunders Studio Press hardcover books
503615See Discription. Signed-Autographs Very good SHAFFNER Ruth. SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH 3/4 length pose by Apeda New York signed and inscribed to Joseph Huntley New York 1928. 10" x 8". Signed by Authors. See Discription unknown books
194059683NY:: Dodd Mead & Company. Very Good. 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Light offsetting to endpapers else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket. . Dodd, Mead & Company, hardcover books
1953016966New York: Philosophical Library 1953. Compiled edited and translated by Nyogen Senzaki and Ruth Strout McCandless. ix 91p. lightly chipped dj. Philosophical Library unknown books
19972307135New York: Simon Pulse 1997. Reprint. Reprint. Very Good. Reprint. Toning to inner wrappers. 1997 Mass Market Paperback. At Auschwitz and later in the work camps at Mittlesteine and Grafenort Riva vows to live and to hope Simon Pulse unknown books
1986709150NY: Macmillan. 1986. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Macmillan paperback books
1952228344New York Harper & Brothers 1952. 1952. First edition p. 23 no "grr". Small 8vo. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Pictorial dust jacket price clipped; 2 small chips on spine. Very good. 66 pages. Previous owner's signature of Charlotte Burrell on the front free endpaper. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [New York] Harper & Brothers [1952]. hardcover books
1952264806New York: Harper and Row 1952. Later printing. 48 pp. 1 vols. 6.5 x 5.5. Paper dust-jacket over cloth-covered illustrated boards. Upper corner of front inner flap clipped with price of $2.57 net on lower corner and "Harper Crest" foil sticker to front cover otherwise fine. Maurice Sendak. Later printing. 48 pp. 1 vols. 6.5 x 5.5. Signed by Sendak on the front endpaper with an original drawing in black ink and dated "Feb. '69 / for Bob Wilson". Hanrahan A4 Harper and Row unknown books
1952214469New York: Harper & Brothers 1952. First edition later printing with "Grr-r-r on page 23 and price of $1.50. Unpaginated. 12mo. Publisher's pictorial boards teal-green spine; faint rubbing of spine else fine in nearly fine dust jacket. First edition later printing with "Grr-r-r on page 23 and price of $1.50. Unpaginated. 12mo. Hanrahan A2 1 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1958107613New York: Harpers 1958. First edition "Reinforced Library Edition" and "Harpercrest Edition". Each very good with light rubbing to jackets. Sendak Maurice. 4to. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jackets. Together two volumes. The first is price clipped and repriced at $2.99 and states "Reinforced Library Edition" on the front of the jacket. The second is price clipped and priced at net $2.19 and states "Harpercrest edition" on the front of the jacket. The first is in a gray-brown cloth stamped in black and the second is in an orangish cloth stamped in black and red. <br/><br/> Harpers hardcover books
503063See Description. Signed-Autograph Very Good SELWYN Ruth. Photograph ca.1940 original full length pose attired in a flowing lace- trimmed negligee seated at a desk signing photographs by Clarence Sinclair Bull with photographer's rubberstamp on verso. 10" x 8" not signed. See Description unknown books
503062not signed on full length pose attired in a long flowing black and white gown sitting on a table beneath an umbrella in an outdoor setting arranging daises in a vase. Photograph is by Clarence Sinclair Bull with his rubberstamp on back that reads: "Photograph By Clarence Sinclair Bull Credit Appreciated" and is on heavy stock; 8" x 10"; very good; ca. 1935. Information slip on back reads: “Tea is served out-of doors at the home of Ruth Selwyn leading lady of Buster Keaton’s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ‘Speak Easily’ under a huge yellow umbrella where the table and chairs carry out the same color scheme. For those afternoon affairs Miss Selwyn prefers organdy frocks - one of her dresses being of black with fichu collar of white organdy. A large brimmed straw hat set off the frock while the flower arrangement of daisies blends with the setting.” Selwyn 1905-1954 born November 6 1905 Tazwell Virginia; died December 13 1954 Hollywood California; American actress of stage and screen also a stage producer and writer; film career from 1931: "Five and Ten" 1931; co-starred with Buster Keaton in MGM's "Speak Easily" 1932; "Fugitive Lovers" 1934; "Baby Face Harrington" 1935. F. Soft cover. paperback books
19892307775Pennsylvania: Good Books 1989. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Seitz Blair. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket. 1989 Large Hardcover. 176 pp. ".tells the stories of such people and places as: William Penn and his estate along the Delaware River; the place where the U.S. Constitution was drafted; the childhood home of frontiersman Daniel Boone; iron furnaces that built and armed a nation; religious communities of German mystics; the first successful oil well in the world; coal mines that attracted immigrants from much of Europe; the native Americans who first settled the region more than 12000 years ago." Includes 31 historic sites and museums. Good Books hardcover books
