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190953889New Haven: Yale Publishing 1909. First Edition. First Printing Octavo 19.5cm blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the cover and spine; 191pp. Faint rubbing to the extremities; minor lifting to the cloth at rear; Very Good or better. <br/><br/>First book appearance of Sinclair Lewis Harry S. Lewis w/ seven of his poems included. Yale Publishing unknown books
1909403026New Haven: Yale Publishing Association 1909. 8vo. 191 pp. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth titled "Yale Verse 1898-1908" on front cover largely unopened. A fine copy the extremities just barely touched. FIRST EDITION. Moses was editor of the Yale Courant and Thurston the editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. The book contains one poem by Moses: "Mona Lisa" pp.95-6. An early example of the future Power Broker in print. Of literary note are the poems by Sinclair Lewis his first appearance in book form. The seven poems appear under his given name Harry S. Lewis. <br/><br/> Yale Publishing Association hardcover books
1949403031Pittsburg PA: A. M. Byers Company 1949. 8vo. 97pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original cloth. A very good copy the spine slightly toned and with minor wear at ends. SIGNED BY MOSES in pencil on the front free endpaper. Second edition sixth printing. <br/><br/> A. M. Byers Company hardcover books
1956124814New York: Harper & Brothers 1956. First edition of this work by the legendary Robert Moses. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Janet Hooper Ostahn the daughter of an old and valued friend from Robert <span class="il">Moses</span>." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Herbert Bayard Swope. Books signed by Moses are uncommon. Robert Moses was a public official who worked mainly in the New York metropolitan area. Known as the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City Long Island Rockland County and Westchester County he is sometimes compared to Baron Haussmann of Second Empire Paris and was one of the most polarizing figures in the history of United States urban development. His decisions favoring highways over public transit helped create the modern suburbs of Long Island. Although he was not a trained civil engineera Moses's programs and designs influenced a generation of engineers architects and urban planners nationwide. Moses held up to 12 official titles simultaneously including New York City Parks Commissioner and Chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission but was never elected to any public office. He ran only once as the Republican nominee for Governor of New York in 1934 and lost in a landslide. Nevertheless he created and led numerous semi-autonomous public authorities through which he controlled millions of dollars in revenue and directly issued bonds to fund new ventures with little or no input or oversight. As a result of Moses's work New York has the United States' greatest proportion of public benefit corporations which remain the primary driver of infrastructure building and maintenance and account for most of the state's debt. Moses's projects were considered economically necessary by many contemporaries after the Great Depression. Moses led the construction of New York campuses for the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs and helped persuade the United Nations to locate its headquarters in Manhattan instead of Philadelphia. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1996Embry 185219U. of New Mexico Press 1996. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. U. of New Mexico Press, 1996. First edition, first printing. unknown books
194065940n.p. 1940. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. photos mostly portraits 400p. 23cm. Cover dull with some spotting/stains. Foxing on page edges. Contents age-toned but quite sound. No jacket. <br/><br/> hardcover books
194049139n.p. 1940. Hardcover. Good. photos mostly portraits 400p. Cloth. 23cm. Covers heavily spotted. Some browning and scattered foxing on text-pages. No Jacket. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1989WRCLIT37852Paris: nrf/Gallimard 1989. Printed wrappers. First edition of this early work by the translator/poet/novelist issued in Sollers' series "L'Infini." With the author's signed presentation inscription to Edmund White. About fine. nrf/Gallimard unknown books
1989160229Baltimore: U.S. Catholic Historical Society 1989. Paperback. iii 221p. introduction footnotes tables illustrations photos very good literary journal in trade paperback pictorial wraps. U.S. Catholic Historical Society paperback books
1962265463Elisabethville 1962. unbound. Rare and intriguing letter 11.75 x 8.25 inches Cabinet of the President Elisabethville November 6 1962 in English written during his pseudo reign to anti-Communist supporters in Miami Florida recovering from their failure to overthrow Fidel Castro and the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in full: "I have not much time to write I shall only tell you and your friends how pleased I have been to receive your kind letter. I really do appreciate your sympathy for my Country and myself thanks for your good wishes." Fine condition.<br/><br/> Congolese radical Politian who in 1961 became President of the Government of the Province of Katanga eventually seceding from the rest of the Congo. He succeeded in getting military assistance from Belgium and was responsible for Patrice Lumumba being transferred to Katanga where he was executed. After U.N. forces re-captured Katanga in 1963 Tshombe was driven into exile in Northern Rhodesia. He briefly returned as Prime Minister a year later but was eventually dismissed. In 1967 Joseph Mobutu filed charges of treason against him and he was sentenced to death.<br/><br/> unknown books
1925228598Boston Little Brown and Company 1925. 1925. First edition later printing. 8vo. Color frontispiece and 7 b/w plates by Tony Sarg; pictorial endpapers. Original olive green cloth stamped in orange black white and blue with a scene of Mr. Punch behind a stage with a dog on the stage with them signed "Tony Sarg." Very good. 505 pages. Some foxing. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. Includes plays by: Frances Hodgson Burnett; Christina G. Rossetti; Henry C. Bunner; Constance D. Mackay; Tony Sarg; Lewis Carroll; Alice Gerstenberg. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1925. hardcover books
197918422Munich: Prestel 1979. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps just lightly rubbed. <br/><br/> Prestel paperback books
197432034New York: Vantage Press 1974. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; original cloth in white and orange pictorial dust jacket; 6185pp. General dust soil to jacket else About Fine. Alabama-born African American author's novel set in Fort Jackson South Carolina during the Korean War. Vantage Press unknown books
19565965Rome: Istituto poligrafico dello stato 1956. First English language edition. Good. 27 cm; 195 pages and 42 plates folding map. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Worn along joints and at spine ends. Discolored at edges. Istituto poligrafico dello stato paperback books
1997260707Atglen PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; no markings in text; dust jacket protected in a new mylar cover; digital images available upon request. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Schiffer Pub Ltd unknown books
19191003928vo original cloth 260 pp. Backstrip somewhat faded and lettering on front cover is rubbed paper a bit aged but only slightly. Very good overall. Bishop William Moses was known as the "Baptist Garvey" and was actually a close friend of Marcus Garvey. He stood by Garvey when he was under attack and indicted for mail fraud and continued to speak out in his behalf. Unfortunately he was also involved with Garvey in a disastrous attempt to negotiate an agreement with the Ku Klux Klan. Garvey lost a lot of supporters because of this and Moses pastor of the Philadelphia Zion Baptist Church was asked to leave the church by the elders. This work focuses on the subjugation of the dark races by whites. Moses' goes through history to make his point and much of the discussion is on the international community. His solution for black advancement seems to be "black evangelism" or an active role of the church in the social and political development of the dark races. Lisle Carey Press hardcover books
1974132530London: Marron Films 1974. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK release of the 1973 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos and 1 still with cropping annotations. <br/> <br/>A horror-comedy about a reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the US President. He is sent to Hungary where he is bitten by a werewolf and then gets transferred back to Washington. Suddenly the murder rate in Washington DC escalates. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. A few ink annotations on the versos and faint discoloration to 2 stills else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Marron Films unknown books
191435249London: Smith Elder & Co. 1914. First edition. Cloth. Edges foxed else very good. xxvi 394 pp.; ix 444 pp. 8vo. Palau 183408 NY. Humphreys 207. Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover books
1964016388New York: Corinth Books 1964. xvi 342p. b/w illus. original stiff wrappers. Corinth Books unknown books
1974124810New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First edition of the author's Pulitzer-Prize winning work on Robert Moses. Thick octavo original black cloth cartographic <span class="glossaryQtip qTip">endpapers.</span> Signed by the author on the half-title page Robert Caro and additionally signed by the subject Robert Moses. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed by Caro and Moses. One of the most acclaimed books of our time winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes the Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was for almost half a century the single most powerful man of our time in New York the shaper not only of the city's politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today. "Surely the greatest book ever written about a city" David Halberstam. Theodore H. White called it "A masterpiece of American reporting. It's more than the story of a tragic figure or the exploration of the unknown politics of our time. It's an elegantly written and enthralling work of art." Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1909711352NY: Duffield and Co. 1909. Very Good in illustrated boards. Ownership inscription. Hardcover. Very Good. Duffield and Co. hardcover books
1960W0817CLondon: Valentine Mitchell 1960. Original dark red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Gift inscription on ffep by the translator Louis Jacobs. Unpriceclipped dust jacket has sunned spine and 1" closed tear at tail of spine. The imitation of God doctrine explained by one of the great names in the history of Kabbalah. Includes a fine introduction and notes. Inscribed By The Translator. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Valentine, Mitchell Hardcover books
197434566New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1974. 118p. With Seuling's charming line drawings and silhouette jacket design in brown black and goldenrod yellow. Slight wear to edges. Ugandan American author's story for older children shows breasts about the Kalahari bushmen. Holt, Rinehart and Winston unknown books
19535424Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1953. First Edition. 115pp. Octavo 24 cm Tan cloth. Very good/Very good. The Stevens Party set out for the Pacific Coast in the spring of 1844 and opened the first wagon road to California. The historical importance of this intrepid crossing has never been fully recognized probably because the chief document pertaining to the Stevens Party has remained almost unknown and unavailable. The document is Moses Schallenberger's own account of crossing the plains and of his winter long vigil at Donner Lake when he was seventeen years old alone in a snow-buried cabin and with only foxes for food. University of California Press unknown books
1953WRCAM11239Berkeley & Los Angeles 1953. 115pp. plus plates. Cloth printed paper spine label. Slightly tanned else fine. From an edition limited to 350 copies "specially bound for the Friends of the Bancroft Library." The Stevens party of 1844 is important for its opening of the first wagon road to California and its discovery and successful crossing of the Donner Pass. hardcover books
