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196081643Washington: The Associated Publishers 1960. 10p. staplebound wraps 5.5x8.5 inches illus. with drawings pen notation and previous owner's stamp on front wrap front wrap foxed else good condition. Children's booklet on Marian Anderson. The Associated Publishers unknown books
19971-0793827639TFH Publications 1997. Hardcover. New. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. TFH Publications hardcover
1997Q-0793827639Tfh Pubns Inc 1997-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Tfh Pubns Inc hardcover
1985Q-0895771942Reader's Digest Association 1985-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Reader's Digest Association paperback
1985Q-0895771969Readers Digest Assn 1985-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Readers Digest Assn hardcover
1985314650New York: Readers Digest Association 1985. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Very Good in Very Good dust jackets. Small closed tears on bottom front panels of both volumes spine heel of volume 1 and spine crown of volume 2.; 500 pages. Readers Digest Association hardcover
19701560521129Avon 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.First edition first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Tiny bumping tear from bottom of front cover through table of contents. No notes inscriptions or underlining to text. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Avon paperback
19703206ml1970. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition - Recipes from down home cooking . Fast and fancy soul cookery . SF10b paperback
192516225New York: Thomas Seltzer 1925. First Edition First printing. Hard Cover. OVERALL VERY GOOD TO VERY GOOD. SLIGHT SPINE LEAN LIGHT SUNNING TO SPINE. CLEAN BRIGHT BLUE COTH BOARDS WITH GOLD LETTERING ONE BUMPED CORNER. INTERIOR CLEAN AND TIGHT WITHOUT WRITING OR MARKS. Thomas Seltzer unknown
192536630New York: Thomas Seltzer 1925. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a number of short tears. A novel that pits an Englishman and an Indian Rajah in competition for the girl. Very scarce in jacket. Thomas Seltzer hardcover
198881070Austin: Bethune Publications. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0962012408 . First Edition limited to 500 copies. Self-published by the author with the first edition statement and limitation statement hand-written by her on the second free endpaper. INSCRIBED by author on back of front free endpaper "New Year's Day 1990 For Margaret Dick whose delightful conversations made the holiday flight from Seattle to Dallas memorable! With love and best wishes Pearl." Letter from the author laid in. Author is a fifth generation Texan and lineal descendant of Texans who were in Texas during the Texas Revolution. This book is her recollections of her childhood in Hilda Texas and of previous generations of her family. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Small bumps on spine ends. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Otherwise free from major defect. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has moderate edge and shelf wear. Small creases on corners and spine ends. 1/5-inch tear on top left corner of back cover. Small damp stains on top left corner of back cover. Ships same or next business day. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages; Signed by Author . Bethune Publications hardcover
1988mon0003170534Bethune Pubns 1988T. hardcover. Very Good. . SIGNED by the author. Inscribed. Minimal wear and handling. Bethune Pubns hardcover
1994Q-0878056831University Press of Mississippi 1994-04-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University Press of Mississippi hardcover
19949013624Jackson: University Press Of Mississippi 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney. Includes bibliographical references and index. <br/><br/> University Press Of Mississippi hardcover books
1958195781958. Cole Nat "King" subject. St. Louis Blues lobby card archive 1958 documents the representation of African American musical heritage in mid-twentieth-century American cinema centered on the life and legacy of W. C. Handy. The material captures prominent Black performers portraying and interpreting blues and jazz traditions within a studio production providing primary visual evidence of how African American musical history was translated to film. It supports research into Black performance music history and the role of Hollywood in shaping narratives around blues culture during the 1950s.<br /> St. Louis Blues. Paramount Pictures Corp. 1958. Archive of 3 original color lobby cards each measuring 11 x 14 inches. The images feature leading performers including Nat King Cole Eartha Kitt and Ella Fitzgerald. One card depicts Kitt in an orange dress posed in a performance setting emphasizing stage presence and costume. Another shows Cole seated at a piano visually reinforcing his role as both musician and central figure in the narrative. A third card presents Cole and Fitzgerald singing together highlighting the film's emphasis on collaborative musical performance. The film also features additional major figures including Pearl Bailey Cab Calloway Mahalia Jackson and Ruby Dee situating the production within a broader constellation of Black musical and theatrical talent. Each card includes printed titles and cast credits combining promotional design with performance imagery.<br /> The film emerges from a period when Hollywood intermittently produced works centered on African American cultural figures often foregrounding music as a primary narrative vehicle. By focusing on W. C. Handy widely known as the "Father of the Blues" the production situates blues within a national cultural framework while showcasing leading Black performers of the era. Such visual materials document how mid-century studios marketed African American musical heritage to broader audiences balancing biography with performance spectacle. Two lobby cards exhibit pinholes at margins from theatrical display; colors remain strong with light wear; overall very good condition. A concise visual record of African American musical performance and representation in 1950s cinema. unknown
1946UG-0155-10-21-2023Boston: 1946 1946. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1946 used signed/inscribed copy wear tears to dust jacket fast shipping with tracking number. Boston: , 1946 hardcover
1933163377London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1933. First British edition first impression with the scarce dust jacket of the first full translation into English of one of the most widely read novels in any language. The product of five years of scholarship Buck's translation was first published in the US in 1933 in two volumes with the present edition following just a few months later. All Men are Brothers tells of 108 heroic outlaws led by Song Jiang who establish a fellowship on the Liangshan mountain in Shandong and relentlessly uphold values of kinship and virtue in a world dominated by corruption and evil-doers. The novel provides "a vast social panorama whose characters include nearly all the types and occupations of China. Priests and courtesans march across the pages along with merchants scholars tavern keepers politicians and minor officials farmers fishermen slaves aristocrats and children. There is even a succession of mythical animals. At the center of the action is the robber band enforcing rough justice in a bad world" Conn p. 137. Provenance: from the library of Oliver Russell Moore 1917-2011 with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Moore was a British naval officer who served in China including at Weihaiwei and Shanghai during the 1930s. Following the Second World War in which he served in multiple theatres he was posted as the naval liaison for the Hong Kong dockyard - a posting which lasted until 1950. Octavo. With lithographed frontispiece after an illustration from a Chinese edition of the text. Original black cloth spine lettered in English and Chinese in gilt top edge gilt. With illustrated dust jacket. Christmas 1933 bookplate of one W. Allan on front free endpaper. Cloth and contents clean front board slightly bowed joints beginning to split at foot; jacket price-clipped losses at spine ends several splits professionally repaired on verso: a very good copy in acceptable jacket. Peter Conn Pearl Buck: a Cultural Biography 1998. hardcover
1933162586London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1933. In the time of Five Kingdoms confusion reigned high. First UK edition first impression of the first full translation into English of one of the most widely read novels in any language here finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery. The product of five years of scholarship Buck's translation was first published in the US in 1933 in two volumes with the present edition following just a few months later. All Men are Brothers tells of 108 heroic outlaws led by Song Jiang who establish a fellowship on the Liangshan mountain in Shandong and relentlessly uphold values of kinship and virtue in a world dominated by corruption and evil-doers. The novel provides "a vast social panorama whose characters include nearly all the types and occupations of China. Priests and courtesans march across the pages along with merchants scholars tavern keepers politicians and minor officials farmers fishermen slaves aristocrats and children. There is even a succession of mythical animals. At the center of the action is the robber band enforcing rough justice in a bad world" Conn p. 137. Octavo 207 x 134 mm. With lithographed frontispiece after an illustration from a Chinese edition of the text; vignettes in text. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco spine lettered in black on red label within two raised bands front cover blocked with red vignette of Lin Chong turn-ins double-ruled in red red endpapers edges gilt. A fine copy. Peter Conn Pearl Buck: a Cultural Biography 1998. hardcover
1957BBS-2020275Methuen and Co Ltd 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Third UK edition. Two volumes complete. Hardcovers with jackets. Jackets are edgeworn with chipping. This includes a rather large portion missing from the top of the spine of volume 2 and a strip missing between the spine and rear panel of volume 1. Volume 1's jacket also has some water staining to the lower edge of the rear panel. Yellowing and dust soil to both. Both jackets are inside protective covers. The boards show some signs of wear mainly to edges light rubbing to surface cloth. Volume 2's spine head is faded where that piece of jacket is missing. Gilt stamping is dulled. Endpapers of both volumes are lightly discolored from contact with jackets. Pages are clean and bright on both volumes. Bindings are sound. This listing is for a set and may require additional postage to ship. Methuen and Co Ltd hardcover
194817169New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. From the Limited Editions Club All Men Are Brothers translated by Pearl S. Buck signed by the illustrator Miguel Covarrubias. Folio two volumes xxix 1 350pp; 8 351-688pp. Stiff boards covered in bark-paper bound together with red cords title on red label attached to front covers. Clean text no marks or notations. Bright illustrations. Light soiling to spine of both volumes text blocks sound. Original red paper board chemise with red cloth spine title printed on label attached to spine toning to interior and exterior of spine stain on label. Housed in publisher's original red cardboard slipcase shelf wear chipping along edges seams reinforced with archival tape repair now stable. From a limited edition of 1500 copies this being number 59 signed by the illustrator Miguel Covarrubias in Volume II. A nice example. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948330446New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Limited. hardcover. fine. Miguel Covarrubias. Translated from the Chinese by Pearl S. Buck. With an Introduction by Lin Yutang. 2 volumes 32 hand colored plates & text illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. 688pp. 4to flexibile Oriental bark boards bound stab-sewn with red silk cord; cloth backed red board chemise with printed spine label but lacking outer slipcase.New York: Limited Editions Club 1948.<br/> <br/> The 14th century masterpiece of Chinese fiction. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist.<br/> <br/> Limited Editions Club unknown
1948022341New York: Limited Editions Club 1948. Hardcover. Fine with the chemise but lacking slipcase. Miguel Covarrubias. Two folio volumes 9-1/4" x 12-1/4" bound in Oriental bark paper in the traditional stab-sewn Chinese style. Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias with the plates hand-colored in the studio of Paul Baruch. Calligraphic titles by Jeanyee Wong. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
197668899Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1976. Full Leather. Very Good. 25 x 19 cm. xxix 688pp. Bound in full red leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine. With illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Unused Easton Press Collector's Library of famous editions. bookplate and notes laid-in. Bit of rubbing to the corners. Easton Press unknown
1948007147New York New York U.S.A.: The Limited Editions Club 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Covarrubias Miguel. SIGNED -- First Edition Two Volumes Special Edition by The Limited Editions Club. No writing marks underlining or bookplates Signed by the illustrator on the last page of volume two. this is copy #1087. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Bound in traditional oriental fashion with two piece box.This collectible "FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy. Unread. Pristine. GIFT QUALITY <br/> <br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1948056972The Limited Editions Club. A beautiful clean crisp two volume set in very good condition light scattered foxing to spine and edges of boards. Chemise has fading to spine and faint edge wear. Slipcase in near fine condition. No. 1133/1500 limited edition copies signed by illustrator. Photos available upon request. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1948. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
