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1978279378Washington: New Republic Books 1978. First. hardcover. fine/very good. 48 color plates 250 b/w Illus. 228pp. Oblong 4to green cloth d.w. Washington D.C.: New Republic Books 1978. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> New Republic Books unknown books
1961128445New York: Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor 1961. Draft script for the 1961 play. Brief annotations in holograph pencil and ink on the title page. <br/><br/>Chayefsky's play previewed on Broadway on November 8 1961 opened the following day an for over 200 performances and closed on June 2 1962. He was nominated for a Tony Award as were producers Coe and Cantor. <br/><br/>Gideon Campbell witnesses the Angel of the Lord March who enlists him to perform a miracle in battle and to kill an idolatrous Hebrew. Gideon refuses and suggests that his pity for man is above God's law. God begrudgingly concedes. <br/><br/>Basis for Wilhelm Semmelroth's West German film 1966 and for George Schaefer's Emmy nominated television movie 1971. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers with paper title label on the spine. Title page present undated with a credit for playwright Chayefsky. 114 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-2-41 Act 2 Scene 2 Page 41. Mimeograph duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two silver brads. Fred Coe and Arthur Cantor unknown books
2007169957Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2007. Hardcover. VG. Minor soiling to edge of text block but clean covers and contents. Black cloth with glossy blue lettering. xi; 277 pp. Not illustrated. Chapters include The Economic Basis of Liberty; The Virtuous Citizen; Philanthropy and Civil Associations; Thoughts on Government; and The Ultimate Questions. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1989147765Detroit: Black & Red 1989. Paperback. 155p. slightly edgeworn wraps with corner bumped illus. Black & Red paperback books
1989137993Detroit: Black & Red 1989. Paperback. 155p. wraps illus. very good condition. Black & Red paperback books
Y06B-02876Bethany House Pub. Used - Good. Good condition. Bethany House Pub unknown books
S18J-00740Bethany House Pub. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Volume 4. Bethany House Pub unknown books
2009253292New York: The New Press 2009. Hardcover. xviii282p. red cloth boards dj very good. The New Press hardcover books
1954116277New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1954. First edition of Roosevelt and Hickok's tribute to women in America. Octavo original cloth. Signed by both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok on the half-title page. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the extremities. Uncommon signed. "Eleanor Roosevelt was a figure of considerable historical consequence on two grounds. She embodied the aggressive spirit of feminism that began challenging male domination of American business and politics in the 1920s and she became. the champion of the New Deal's liberal impulse" New York Review of Books. Ladies of Courage coauthored by Roosevelt with her close friend journalist Lorena Hickok honors the struggle and political achievements of women. Hickok who "ranks among the most important woman journalists of the 20th century. entered Eleanor Roosevelt's life at a pivotal moment and became her greatest source of emotional sustenance as she began to redefine the role of First Lady" Beasley et al. Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia 236. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1996Embry 191296Harvard U. Press 1996. First edition first printing. Fine in near fine lightly worn dust jacket in mylar cover. Harvard U. Press, 1996. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1990282545Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1990. paperback. very good. Illus. 413pp. 8vo pr. wrs. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1990. Very good<br/><br/> Harvard University Press unknown books
1931140938484New York: Reilly & Lee 1931. First Edition. Near Fine/Good. First edition. 280 pp. Red ribbed cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper in Good unclipped dust jacket with panels held together on verso by archival mending tissue worn and a little chipped along edge horizontal tear in spine panel. 323 recipes in African-American dialect: green ham Sunday Night jellied salad pigs in the orchard stuffed peach salad hurry-up apple pie etc. Reilly & Lee unknown books
1995142875Chichester W. Sussex and New York: John Wiley and Sons 1995. Paperback. x 215p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. On the impact of AIDS on individuals their families and health workers. John Wiley and Sons paperback books
1958197128Los Angeles: One Inc 1958. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: "Christmas in Zurich" by Rudolph Burkhardt. One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
1958183460Los Angeles: One Inc 1958. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story: "Those Nubian Ways" aka "That Nubian" by Harry Otis "The Budget" by "Emily Jones" aka Lorraine Hansberry<br/>One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
198250282Athens GA: University of Georgia 1982. First Edition. 8vo pp. xv 188. Notes index. Illustrated. Blue cloth. Top edges little spotted o/w a nice copy in very slightly scuffed dj. Mankin a southern liberal was the first woman elected to Congress from the state of Georgia. University of Georgia unknown books
199631680Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 0313295786 . Part of the Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers series. First printing. As new in glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
1986201724New York: Carlton Press 1986. Hardcover. 64p. very good hardcover in a shelfworn dj. Religious poetry by the Honolulu-born daughter of a Scotch-Irish father and Korean mother. Carlton Press hardcover books
200929980Grosse Pointe Farms: Marick Press 2009. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Glossy trade paperbound book. 78 pp. A volume of poems by this multi-talented artist and poet. Fine condition. Publisher's promotional sheet laid in. Marick Press paperback books
1991299174New York: Abrams 1991. hardcover. fine/fine. Packed with 435 illustrations including 181 color plates. 319pp. Thick 4to black cloth d.w. Washington & New York: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in association with Harry Abrams 1991. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Scarce. Printed to accompany the first major exhibition of art masterpieces created by the peoples of Indonesia's outer islands.<br/><br/> Abrams unknown books
199118777Washington DC: National Museum of Natural History 1991. First Edition. Wraps. Very good . 4to. Photographic wraps. A very good plus copy. Mild toning to wraps' edges and touch of soil to fore edge. Interior bright clean throughout. Good and sound. 318pp. <br/><br/>First paperback edition concurrent with hardcover. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at D.C.'s Natural History Museum. Contains many detailed color photographs of artifacts from the exhibition. National Museum of Natural History paperback books
1991173016Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1991. Hardcover. VG. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy white and color-illustrated dust jacket with brown and red lettering. 318 pp. 435 illustrations 181 in color. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Houston Washington and San Francisco between November 1990 and January 1992. Part One features generalities about the Indonesian archipelago and its art artistic traditions and more. Part Two is a catalogue of outer-island-art arranged by location. With references and an index. A beautiful catalogue. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
1991160955Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution 1991. Paperback. VG- clean crisp tight contents; light wear to covers. Color-illustrated glossy wraps; 318 pp. full of bw images and occasional color plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Houston Washington and San Francisco between November 1990 and January 1992. Part One features generalities about the Indonesian archipelago and its art artistic traditions and more. Part Two is a catalogue of outer-island-art arranged by location. With references and an index. A beautiful catalogue. Smithsonian Institution paperback books
190070999Paris:: Editions Casterman. Very Good. c. 1900. Hardcover. Text is in French. Illustrated. First edition thus. Quarto bound in brown cloth and paper covered boards with gilt lettering and design all edges gilt. Minor shelf wear and aging else very good. No dust jacket. ; 227 pages . Editions Casterman, hardcover books
195643135Muskogee OK: American Printing Co 1956. Tan wrappers printed in black. Ex-academic library with only a small one-line name stamp to head of one page; no other library markings. Light wear w/ two short closed tears to spine; bump w/ faint crease to upper corner throughout; foxing to endpapers and occasional margins; paste-action to ffep. Gd. 2 123 1 pp. B/w photographic reproduction of Vaud A. Travis and Richards. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>From the Introduction: "Walter Richards thinks of himself as a pioneer teacher of religious education. As such he has experienced great adventures in the wilds from Indian Territory U.S.A. to Africa . . ." American Printing Co unknown books
