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1987UWATWOM01jknSwallow Press/Ohio University Press 1987. Very Good. Waters Frank. The Woman at Otowi Crossing. Athens Ohio: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press 1987. Revised edition. 314pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Swallow Press/Ohio University Press paperback books
018419First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 300p. Inscribed: "For Corina Santistivan with my best regards as ever Frank Waters" a Taosena whose book on Taos explores its vast influence though Waters wrote; "For a tiny hinterland that never heard of the whistle of train its impact exceeds many metropolitan communities." This work has become a classic and its close association with Corina Santistevan a seventh-generation New Mexican makes this a desirable copy for the serious collector of New Mexico. unknown books
1947021041New York: Rinehart & Co 1947. First Edition. Octavo. First printing 277pp. The story of a young Yanqui find sanctuary from his drunken father with an old Chinese shopkeeper Tai Ling the yogi of Cockroach Court. He soon becomes passionately infatuated with a young girl named Guadalupe. Bound in red cloth spine lettering gilt bottom edges rubbed. A very good copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket rubbed long the edges and corners. Rinehart & Co unknown books
1973TB06110Chicago: Sage Books 1973. First Edition. First printing Near fine with just a slight rubbing of the white stamped letters on the spine in a light brown cloth covering. In a very near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap a 2" Sage Books hardcover books
1973UWATTOP00EMThe Swallow Press 1973. Good. Waters Frank. To Possess the Land : A Biography of Arthur Rochford Manby. Chicago: The Swallow Press 1973. 1st edition. 287pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good. Shelfwear to cloth. Boards slightly bowed. A few underlined passages. The Swallow Press hardcover books
1973010643Chicago: The Swallow Press Inc 1973. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287pp. Text. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Map endpapers. Bound in bropwn cloth boards with illustrated dust jacket corner clipped minor wear to extremeties. The Swallow Press, Inc unknown books
1935RWATWIL00KTLiveright Publishing Corporation 1935. Good. Waters Frank. Wild Earth's Nobility. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1935. 1st edition. 454pp. 8vo. Black cloth. Book condition: Good. Ex-library. Light roll with rubbed extremities boards exposed at corners; library stamp on front free endsheet and title page and adhesive residue on rear endsheets otherwise internally clean tight. Author's second book. Liveright Publishing Corporation hardcover books
14068Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original doubleweight photograph of the celebrated American blues and jazz vocalist and actress signed and inscribed in black ink. 8 x 10 inches. Tape remnant along the left edge else in fine condition. A gorgeous image.<br>From the collection of Nat Singerman a professional photographer and co-owner of Character Arts Photo Studio in Cleveland Ohio during the 1940's and 1950's. During this period he met and befriended many jazz legends who performed at clubs in and around Cleveland and Chicago He took many photographs of performances as well as numerous candid shots taken backstage. He also hosted jam sessions and dinners at his studio where other images from the archive were shot. unknown books
1972114932New York.: Harper & Row Publishers. 1972. wraps. very good; scuffing slight creasing and nicks to edges of cover. 8vo. signed by the author on the title page. Harper & Row, Publishers. paperback books
197268004New York.: Harper & Row Publishers. 1972. 1st edition. hardcover. very good in very good dust jacket; edge wear to dj. 8vo. Signed by the author on the title page. Harper & Row, Publishers. hardcover books
1938211857New York 1938. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten 146 Central Park West Cannot be reproduced without permission" and docketed by Van Vechten in pencil recording the subject "Ethel Waters" date and identification number "XIV:11. Gelatin silver print half-length frontal. 1 vols. 14 x 11 inches. Large intimate portrait of the great jazz singer and actress gazing soulfully up at the photographer. Taken in the year of her appearance in Carnegie Hall. Reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAITS 1978. unknown books
1938224905New York 1938. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XN 27". Matted. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. unknown books
1940219122New York 1940. Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Docketed in pencil on verso giving the name of the sitter the date of the session and a reference to negative and print "XVII s 8". Bust frontal portrait of the singer. Gelatin silver print. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.5 cm. approximately 14 x 11 inches. Matted and framed unknown books
1951007576St. Louis MO: American Theatre 1951. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Stagebill from performance of Carson McCullers "The Member of the Wedding" beginning November 12 1951. Signed and inscribed in ink on front cover "With sincere appreciation of you comments to Mr. Otto Senz signed Ethel Waters. Thank you." Minor creases through program and overall slight soiling and moderate browning to edges. American Theatre Paperback books
112005hardcover. good. 278pp. 8vo gray cloth bumped and scratched. Garden City 1951. A good copy.<br/><br/> unknown books
195128791Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1951. Hardcover. 278p. later printing chipped dj. "A singer and actress follows a long account of her youth in Chester Pennsylvania area with descriptions of the important events of her career. Brignano 398. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1951018816Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1951. With Charles Samuels. 278p. original grey cloth. Doubleday & Company unknown books
195147465Garden City: Doubleday 1951. 8vo pp. 278. VG in torn and chipped dj. An autobiography of the black singer and actress from Chester PA. Doubleday unknown books
195121677Garden City: Doubleday 1951. 8vo pp. 278. VG in torn and chipped dj. An autobiography of the black singer and actress from Chester PA. Doubleday unknown books
19393147771939. 8 x 10 inches. Small blemish at upper right colored-in two old mounts on verso otherwise fine. 8 x 10 inches. Inscribed photograph of African-American television theater and film pioneer Ethel Waters 1896-1977 depicting her in one of her most famous roles and inscribed: "To Alice with the same devotion Hagar has for Lissa and you have for Natalie I have for you Ethel Waters." The photograph shows Waters as Hagar in the Broadway production of Mamba's Daughters 1939 a role which was adapted specifically for her by Dorothy and Dubose Hayward from their novel of the same name; it has been cited as the first dramatic starring role for an African-American actress ANB. On June 14 1939 Waters became the first African-American to host a television program when NBC broadcast "The Ethel Waters Show" a one-hour variety program which included a scene from Mamba's Daughters. <br/>The Alice of the inscription is Alice D. Laughlin 1895-1952 muralist engraver and designer who co-founded with designer Natalie Hays Hammond 1904-1985 the Stage Alliance which produced "Six Miracle Plays" directed by and starring Martha Graham at the Guild Theater in 1933. Hammond and Laughlin together with Phyillis Connard constituted a small colony of women artists in Gloucester Massachusetts at the Hammond compound designed by architect Eleanor Raymond. <br/>Ethel Waters first made a name for herself as a blues singer on the club circuit; her stage career began when Irving Berlin cast her in As Thousands Cheer 1933 after hearing her perform "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club. In 1949 she became the second African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for her role in Pinky. WITH: Autograph letter unsigned 6 pp to Natalie Hammond unknown books
1950114703New York: n. pub 1950. 16p. 9x12 inch publicity brochure Edggeworn red and black wraps with photo of Ethel Waters on the cover. n. pub unknown books
193657997New York: The New York Theatre Program Corporation 1936. Unpaginated 9.25 x 6.75 inch wraps unpaginated ads and filler a little rubbed staples just faintly begun to rust. Laid in a sepia supplement-mag photoclip of Lillie. No pix of Waters. The New York Theatre Program Corporation unknown books
1951120396San Francisco: Curran Theatre Management 1951. unpaginated 5.75x8.75 inches who's who illustrated ads photo of Waters and Betty Lou Holland very good in stapled pictorial wraps featuring cover photo of Ethel Waters from the production marred by 1951 in ink above the title. Production directed by Harold Clurman. Curran Theatre Management unknown books
197227937NY: Harper & Row 1972. First Edition. 8vo pp. 162. Illustrated with photographs. A nice copy in slightly chipped price clipped dj. Signed by the author. The singer focuses on her spiritual life and her participation in evangelical crusades. Harper & Row unknown books
1972114322New York: Harper & Row 1972. Hardcover. ix 162p. 16p. photos later printing inscribed and signed by Waters. General soiling and wear Cloth marked along top and bottom edge of boards. very good dj. On Waters' religious activities. Harper & Row hardcover books
