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199515955JMetuchen NJ: The Scarecrow Press 1995. First Edition. With a card by signed by Georgia Hale affixed to the page opposite the title page. Illustrated. Fine bright copy in a fine dust jacket. The memoirs of silent film star Georgia Hale’s relationship with Charles Chaplin as the lovely heroine in his comic masterpiece ‘The Gold Rush’ and as his off-screen companion. With stories of well-known personalities of the times including Marion Davies Sergei Eisenstein Ralph Barton Albert Einstein and Oona O’Neill whom Chaplin married in 1943. With passages from Hale’s previously unpublished correspondence with Chaplin and with illustrations from the Chaplin archive most of which are published here for the first time. The Scarecrow Press unknown books
1959WRCLIT39893New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1959. Quarto. Pictorial cloth. Illustrated by the author. About fine in lightly soiled spine- darkened dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book. With the bookplate of noted aillurophile Carl Van Vechten. Tufts was in high school when she published this book. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard hardcover books
196669604Charleston Illinois: Prairie Press. Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the dedication page. 62 pages blue pictorial boards gilt stamping. The covers are a bit soiled and rubbed pencil notes in table of contents former owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Good. . Prairie Press hardcover books
19061310880Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company 1906. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/Hardcover with no dust jacket; tanned spine with no inscription; front and back spines are broken at the joints and are slightly frayed at the head and tail; boards have severe shelf- wear with rubbings bumps and scratches but are in tact; front and rear paste downs and front free end-paper have severe stains; text block is discolored at the edges and pages are moderately age-toned but clean; 116p. 1310880. FP New Rockville Stock. The Saalfield Publishing Company hardcover books
198351161NY: Delacorte/ Lawrence 1983. First Edition. 8vo pp. xiv 337. Index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover and edges spotted o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and slightly chipped dj. Delacorte/ Lawrence unknown books
169684hardcover. 8vo cloth d.w. N.Y.: Delacorte Press 1983. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
1983166865New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 337 pages. A memoir from this one time Chicago journalist. A close to near fine copy with some offsetting to the rear endpapers from a laid in newspaper review in a near fine dust jacket with some fading to the spine. Signed and very warmly inscribed by Simon on the front free endpaper to Lois and Wayne Wille in the year of publication. A nice association copy as the recipient Lois Wille was a two time Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago journalist. Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence unknown books
1983UGEYBUY00CCWDelacorte PressSeymour Lawrence c1983. Very Good. Geyer Georgie Anne. Buying the Night Flight : the Autobiography of a Woman Foreign Correspondent. New York: Delacorte PressSeymour Lawrence c1983. xiv 337pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Inscribed by author. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Small red stain on fore edge of textblock. Picture of author and bookmark taped to front pastedown. Delacorte PressSeymour Lawrence hardcover books
1997016171New York: The Typophiles 1997. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv 95 pages of text. Original hardcover binding in almost new condition. Illustrated with a frontis photo. 500 copies published. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. The Typophiles Hardcover books
1997283204New York: Stone House 1997. Limited. hardcover. fine. Tipped in color frontis. xiii 95pp. 12mo cloth-backed boards slipcase. New York: The Stone House Press 1997. A fine copy of this handsome edition.<br/><br/> Number 29 of 100 numbered copies.<br/><br/> Stone House unknown books
199761160New York: The Typophiles 1997. cloth. Rogers Bruce. small 8vo. cloth. xiii 95 3 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book New Series Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers. There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers but a concluding chapter quotes various comments positive and negative by others on the work of Rogers. Concludes with notes primary and secondary bibliographies not updated since the original publication. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Bruce Rogers' colophon device is gilt-stamped on the front cover. Distributed for the Typophiles by Oak Knoll Press. The Typophiles unknown books
1997105234New York: The Typophiles 1997. cloth. Rogers Bruce. small 8vo. cloth. xiii 95 3 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book New Series Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers. There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers but a concluding chapter quotes various comments positive and negative by others on the work of Rogers. Concludes with notes primary and secondary bibliographies not updated since the original publication. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Bruce Rogers' colophon device is gilt-stamped on the front cover. The Typophiles unknown books
1997D7588New York: The Typophiles 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Maroon cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine gilt-stamped illustration on upper board; 8vo; pp. xiii 1 95 3 with b/w frontispiece portrait. Spine just the tiniest bit sunned otherwise fine. <br/><br/> The Typophiles hardcover books
1997D7587New York: Stone House Press 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Paper-covered boards backed in gilt-stamped maroon cloth; 8vo; pp. xiii 1 95 3 with full-color frontispiece portrait. Number 49 from a deluxe limited edition of 125 copies with imported cloth spine Fabriano Ingres sides and endpapers. Fine with laid-in prospectus flattened crease from folding and slipcase. <br/><br/> Stone House Press hardcover books
1997WRCLIT55974New York: The Typophiles 1997. Gilt cloth. Frontis. First edition ordinary issue. One of five hundred copies printed at the Stinehour Press as the Typophiles Chapbook New Series No. 1. Near fine. The Typophiles hardcover books
196556903High Wycomb: University Microfilms Limited 1965. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. Rogers Bruce. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. vii 101 pages. A dissertation reproduced from microfilm by Georgia Mansbridge friend of Bruce Rogers. She writes about his career and personal life from the eighteen hundreds till his death in 1957. University Microfilms Limited unknown books
200628580New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First Printing. xviii 210 pp. 4to. Clean crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover. Oak Knoll Press hardcover books
20069020551New Castle: Oak Knoll 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt <br/><br/> Oak Knoll hardcover books
19627405baAnn Arbor MI 1962. Book. Paperback. Books about books; bibliography; 35p.; 19cm; green patterned paper wrapper; 1 of 750; Randolph Greenfield Adams 1892-1951; owner marks. Paperback books
1984193069Chicago: Metis Press 1984. Paperback. 114p. very good first edition trade paperback in silver wraps cover is die-cut decoratively to simulate a letter in an envelope. Novel in the form of a string of letters. Metis Press paperback books
19041321445New York: Scott-Thaw Company 1904. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 343; Good-; dark yellow spine with white text; no jacket; cloth has modest soiling to exterior; slight fraying wear to edges; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; top edge gilt; previous owner's name to ffep; slightly cocked spine; frontispiece; interior clean;. 1321445. FP New Rockville Stock. Scott-Thaw Company hardcover books
1897WRCAM55574N.p. likely Augusta Ga 1897. 173pp. plus a sample stock certificate from the Georgia Mutual Colony Association laid in. In-text illustrations. Tall octavo. Original pictorial wrappers. Front wrapper soiled around the edges upper corner of front wrapper chipped. Text a bit tanned but clean. Very good. An uncommon promotional for a small agricultural community developed in Georgia in the last decade of the 19th century. The work touts the "extraordinary suitability of the Belair lands for settlement into a prosperous suburban farm and town colony.surrounded by the most favorable conditions and attractive environments." The Belair Colony was comprised of 4000 acres of land near Augusta and most of the directors of the board were Augusta businessmen. The text includes a description of the area in and around Belair and has chapters on the "Plan of Colonization" and the "System of Farming Recommended." The work has numerous photographic illustration showing the Belair railroads housing in the area a "famous spring" in Belair local farmlands watermelon and cantaloupe dealers in Augusta the Richmond County Agricultural Society building a cluster of pears grown near Belair the Augusta high school and fields of sugar cane pears peaches and a poultry farm near Belair. The last three pages include samples of the stock application the title bond and one page of promotional text about Augusta. A sample stock certificate is laid in. OCLC records two physical copies of this rare promotional at Augusta University and the University of Georgia. OCLC 13997010. unknown books
1895WRCAM54049Atlanta 1895. 31pp. plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Wraps somewhat dust soiled. Small dampstain through top corner light tanning. About very good. A short guide book to Civil War battlefields around Atlanta published near the end of the 19th century with a folding map showing the battle lines. DORNBUSCH III:2718. paperback books
18886036551888. "F.A. Cooper" in black ink on pictorial Miss Georgie Woodthorpe Sixth Annual Tour letterhead September 9 1888. 7 1/2" x 10"; 1 page recto only. Very good old tape upper margin only. To Mr. Wyatt: Miss Woodthorpe's manager writes Mr. Wyatt the manager of an opera house attempting to place her act. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
19739923Self-published 1973. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good in Wraps. Original staplebound wraps with minor foxing/wear to edges otherwise bright and clean. 46 pages. Includes laid in correspondence. Signed and inscribed by the author. <br/><br/>Taken from a series of lectures by Edith 'Edie' Custer 1923-2000 astrologer and author and for over twenty years edited and published the newsletter Mercury Hour 1974-1985. The newsletter consisted mainly of running correspondance between astrologers on a variety of topics. Because of its back and forth dialogue many credit her with inventing astrological networking. <br /> <br /> Self-published paperback books