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199950599Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First edition 8vo pp. 14 iv 118 16; one of 226 specially bound copies signed by all 22 contributors including Richard Wilbur Alice Munro William Maxwell George Garrett and others; this copy not numbered but belonging to the binder Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery; full turquoise cloth over boards spine and front cover gilt-stamped; fine in cloth covered slipcase. A festschrift of sorts prepared for Welty's 90th birthday. <br/><br/> Hill Street Press hardcover books
199944316Athens GA: Hill Street Press 1999. First printing. 8vo pp. iv 118. Illustrated with photographs. About new in dj. Twenty-two short tributes to Welty. Authors include Alice Munro Reynolds Price Richard Wilbur. Hill Street Press unknown books
34199Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY Studio Publications 1952 . 163 pages clothbound no jacket very good condition. . Other hardcover books
197629754Newark: Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science 1976. self paper wrappers. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.163-188. Reprinted from the Transactions. With illustrations of early maps. Reference to Mrs. Herlihy is a long-time resident of Delaware has been corrected in ink to "native. Transactions of the Delaware Academy of Science unknown books
1947387.3New York: John Day 1947. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Nr F bpt/VG sp sunned/edgewear. 381 pp Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/>Stories of China Japan and America. John Day hardcover books
1947303458New York John Day Company 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks and short tears spine slightly faded. Very good. Advance copy for review with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of November 13. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, John Day Company [1947]. hardcover books
193612803New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket a little faded at spine panel minutely rubbed. A biography of the author's father. <br/><br/> Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
197257057NY: The John Day Company 1972. Specially-bound edition limited to 1000 copies signed by Buck on the limitation page this being copy #195. One of the selected works of Pearl S. Buck issued to recognize her 80th birthday. Buck whose maiden name is Sydenstricker was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. She was well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoptions. "Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul" is a memoir about Buck's father Absalom Sydenstricker as a companion to her memoir of her mother "The Exile. 8vo. imitation white leather & red boards stamped in gilt top edge gilt; 302 pages. Fine condition. The John Day Company unknown books
19899102Athens: The University of Georgia Press 1989. Hardcover. xv 348p. illus. as new in like dj. "As a prominent member of the Socialist party in the early twentieth century Stokes was highly revered for her fiery passionate commitment to the rights of workers. A poet playwright actress and pioneering feminist she was at the center of left-wing intellectual life until her death in 1933." - dj. The University of Georgia Press hardcover books
196670351NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B0007DZWVW . First edition. INSCRIBED by both authors in the year of publication. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket.; 221 pages . John Day Company, hardcover books
196420021Stratford CT 1964. Fine. 6.5 x 3.75 in. pictorial envelope. A U.S. First Day Cover commemorating 400th Anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth. Signed by Nobels—Miguel Asturias Samuel Beckett Pearl Buck and Mikhail Sholokov. <br/><br/> unknown books
196189872NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B004GBL3ZA . First edition. Previous owner's stamp on front paste-down else very good in a very good some light edge wear dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1968482411968. PEARL Richard M. GEM IDENTIFICATION SIMPLIFIED. Colorado Springs Colorado: Maxwell Publishing Co. 1968. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation by Pearl on title page: "To Dr. J. Daniel Willems with best wishes from Richard M. Pearl. 1968." Very Good. $20.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
195539250Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Bobbs-Merrill, hardcover books
1998700014NY: Riverhead. 1998. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Riverhead paperback books
195131210NY: John Day 1951. First Edition. 8vo pp. 375. Flap of dj laid in. VG. John Day unknown books
195194095NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Very good in a very good faded along the spine foxing on rear panel and flap edges dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1972012435New York: Histadruth Ivrith of America 1972. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. iv 27 pages of text. Paperback binding with minor shelfwear and sunning. Illustrated by black & white photographs. Histadruth Ivrith of America Paperback books
194442150NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Modern Library number 15. Foreword by the author. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few very small chips dust jacket.; 313 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
1951100172New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1951. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xi 239 pages. First edition. Includes sections on library facilities and kinds of geologic literature. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Label on spine and embossed library stamp on title page card pocket removed from rear pastedown. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc unknown books
1951Z1537New York Toronto London:: McGraw-Hill 1951. 1951. 8vo. xi 239 pp. Index. Burgundy cloth gilt-stamped black spine label. Bookplates. Very good . FIRST EDITION. Printer's error on pp. 118-119 and 122-123 text still legible. McGraw-Hill, 1951. hardcover books
21478WILSON PEARL Cyril. HARDY WILSON AND HIS OLD COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE. Sydney: Nelson 1970. Folio. Cloth spine boards dust jacket. 34 2 pages; 47 plates. First edition. Hardy Wilson was an Australian architectural writer and "philosopher". In hi lifetime he published eleven books on architecture This volume contains a biographical sketch of Wilson by Pearl and forty-seven architectural drawings Wilson some never before published. Very good in a worn dust jacket. unknown books
1918140939428New York: Henry Holt and Company 1918. First Edition. Very Good. Advance reading copy issued to reviewers before publication of the first edition with publisher's slips pasted onto paste down and title page. Publication date of May 9 1918 written on slips. vi 363 1 6 ads pp. Original blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with staining to fore edge light wear to cloth pages toned with age. Scarce in the advance format. The second novel by bestselling author and poet Pearl L. Curran who claimed to be channeling the spirit of Patience Worth a 17th century English immigrant to America. In a Smithsonian Magazine article Gioia Diliberto writes: "Speaking through a Ouija board operated by Pearl Lenore Curran a St. Louis housewife of limited education Patience Worth was nothing short of a national phenomenon in the early years of the 20th century. Though her works are virtually forgotten today the prestigious Braithwaite anthology listed five of her poems among the nation's best published in 1917 and the New York Times hailed her first novel as a 'feat of literary composition.' Her output was stunning. In addition to seven books she produced voluminous poetry short stories plays and reams of sparkling conversation-nearly four million words between 1913 and 1937. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
012681Menasha WI: American Anthropological Association 1935. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Ocatvo. 65 pp. Upper front cover has ink inscription 'From the author' but not signed with a name. Light soiling cover pulling away from binding otherwise good. Menasha, WI: American Anthropological Association, 1935 unknown books
1947278026New York: John Day 1947. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. 8vo black cloth d.w. with a small amount of slight chipping d.w. lightly soiled corners of cloth and a small area bottom edge of back cloth cover lightly bumped. New York: John Day 1947.<br/><br/> John Day unknown books
