Just for kicks: The Lighter Side of a Dark Room
Springfield, IL: IMPress, (c. 1987). Paperback. captioned photos, 63p. Original wrapper. 21cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Johnston. Consists entirely of captioned photographs. More
Springfield, IL: IMPress, (c. 1987). Paperback. captioned photos, 63p. Original wrapper. 21cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Johnston. Consists entirely of captioned photographs. More
Boston: Brimmer, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 366p. Original maroon cloth. 19 cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Jones ("to Miss Elisabeth Herlihy - may my book and I be considered among your life's best friends Joshua H. Jones Jr. April 7, 1924"). The only novel by this..... More
Boston: Stratford, 1919. 1st ed. Hardcover. 82p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. No jacket. Modest cover rubbing and just a little discoloration on lower corner of back cover. No jacket. INSCRIBED by Jones on the front free endpaper ("May our sun of friendship never be o'erclouded Yours always The Author J...... More
[Washington?]: 1990. The Autograph Note responds in friendly fashion to unseen correspondence from Steve Harvey, an American art enthusiast who lived in San Francisco. The note makes it clear that Jones sent the press releases and reviews in response to Harvey's request for material about her career. More
Stockholm: 1949. Paperback. illustrations, 175p. Original wrapper. 21cm. Cover moderately soiled & worn; split along front joint). 21cm. Swedish text. INSCRIBED by Jonsson to Owen Dodson, the African American writer and dramatist. More
New York: Public Affairs, (c. 2001). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, 344p. Original boards. dj. 24 cm. SIGNED by Jordon on bookplate for a Tribute to Emory S. Campbell for 22 years of service to the Penn Center Community at which Jordan was the Guest Speaker. More
New York: Winchester Press, (c. 1976). Hardcover. photos (a few color), index, xv, 224p. dj. 28cm. INSCRIBED by Jorgensen ("For Ed With my best personal regards. Poul Jorgensen"). More
Bethany, CT: Richard Kaletsky, (c. 2017). 5th printing. Paperback. photos, 91p. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (28 x 22cm.). SIGNED by Kaletsky. This 5th printing was issued after Ali's death; the text from the earlier printings was left unchanged with a page to mark his death added at the end..... More
[Athens: 1984]. Paperback. iv, 318p. Bound photocopy. Wrapper in black binder with thin flexible covers. 28cm. Printed on one side. INSCRIBED on Acknowledgments page by Kang to "Dr. Oliver" (Robert T. Oliver, a former adviser to Dr. Syngman Rhee). More
Bombay: Manaktalas, (: (1966). 2nd rev. ed. Hardcover. index, ix, 343p. Black cloth. dj. 22cm. Relatively minor cover bubbling. INSCRIBED (on dedication page). More
Tokyo: Dobunkan Pub. (c. 1962). 1st edition. Hardcover. 8, 28, 1118p. Hardcover. 21 cm. Some cover fading. Japanese text with extensive summary in English (pp. 966-1118). INSCRIBED to Ralph C. Jones, the American economist whose research formed much of the basis for this book. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. Hardcover. xiv, 206p. Hardcover. dj. 23cm. SIGNED on title-page by Pingree. Masha'allah was an 8th century Persian Jew from Basra. More
New York: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., 1985. Hardcover. Illustrated, index, 269p. Decorative multi-colored leather. 28cm. Minor cover scuffing and the spine is somewhat sloped. No Jacket. INSCRIBED (at end of the Acknowledgments) to John Kernan by Allan S. Chait and Marion Chait Howe, who jointly assembled this collection of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (c. 2004). 1st ed. Hardcover. photo, 179p. Original red boards. dj. 21 cm. INSCRIBED by Rhodes on title-page ("Yvette Alicia Keys"). Yvette Le Roy, the inscribee, was a librarian who lived in Harlem and had owned Liberty House, a bookshop in Harlem between 1969 and..... More
Lahore: Bazm-i-Iqbal, n.d. [ca. 1958?]. Paperback. 48p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Recent label mounted on front cover identifying this as coming from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. SIGNED on title-page by Khan in 1958. More
Washington, D.C. Howard University Press, 1979. Hardcover. photos, index, viii, 211p. Original brown cloth. dj. 21cm. INSCRIBED by Kidd -- inscribee's name indistinct -- on the title-page. Kidd identified as a graduate of Meharry School of Dentisty graduate and a practicing dentist in Dallas, Texas. He was the first African..... More
Mexico: Universidad de Mexico, Escuela de Verano, 1944. Paperback. 90p. Wrapper. 23cm. Chipping at head of backstrip. Text slightly browned. Internal library markings. INSCRIBED (by "Mimi") on title-page. Master's thesis at Universidad de Mexico. Spanish text. A study of Mexican culture and society in the late 19th century as revealed..... More
Tokyo: Privately Printed, 1934. 1st ed. Hardcover. 165p. Original red cloth. 19cm. Backstrip slightly faded with ends rubbed. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by Kirkwood (as "Ken") upside down on rear endpaper. Kirkwood spent more than a decade in Japan as a Canadian diplomat and was involved in developing Japanese interest in..... More
Boston: Printed by Lester Benn, (c. 1943). 1st ed. Paperback. (5), 36p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. Uneven cover fading. Browning on a few pages. Holograph poem ("A Weekend at Oak Bluffs, M.V.") SIGNED and dated 1962 by Kirton on last blank leaf. A laid in newspaper clipping from 1962s..... More
Calcutta: Firma K. L. Mukhopadhyay, (1966). Hardcover. frontis, errata slip (laid in), 66p. Original cloth. dj. 22 cm. Jacket soiled around edges. INSCRIBED by author Kitty Kurti "To Philipp Evergood, fine artist and dear friend, and to his charming wife, Julie, Kitty Kurti West Hartford, Conn. Sept. 10, 1966"). A...... More
Grottaferrata: Tipografia Italo-Orientale "S. Nilo" 1912. Paperback. xv, 344p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Cover chipped. Text browned and rather brittle. Unopened. INSCRIBED on first blank leaf by La Piana (as "George"). Italian text. More
Roma: Edizioni de Storia e Letteratura, 1969. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, index, xv, 354p. Original cloth. 25cm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED by the author ("To ... amici carissimi, Love, Patsy"). Giustiniani was a Venetian statesman and the author of an important history of Venice. More
Boston: Beacon Press, (c. 1995). Hardcover. dj. 23cm. INSCRIBED by Lambert (as "Ellen"). From the library of Professor Thomas M. Greene. More
Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1980. Paperback. 14 plates (tables, photos and maps -- 3 of the latter are folding), 210p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Modest cover wear. INSCRIBED by Lassailly. French text. Memoires et Documents de Geographie (series). Published version of the author's 1976..... More
Caracas: Talleres Patria, 1946. Paperback. 124p. Original wrapper (foxing). 16cm. Tears at ends of front fold. INSCRIBED (by "A. Lasser"). Spanish text. A play. More