Sword Against the Breast
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. 92p. Original black cloth. 21 cm. No jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Barr to fellow poet Faith [Van Valkenburgh] Vilas. More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. 92p. Original black cloth. 21 cm. No jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Barr to fellow poet Faith [Van Valkenburgh] Vilas. More
London: Heath Cranton Limited, (c. 1938). 1st edition. Paperback. 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 19cm. Browning on backstrip and cover edges. Moderate foxing. INSCRIBED on hllf-title by Bartlett to Faith [Van Valkenburgh] Vilas. Poetry. More
Nikolaevsk, Alaska: Nikolaevsk Publishing Co., c. 1989. Paperback. 15p. Softcover in original wrapper. Black plastic comb binding.28 cm. Text double-columned Title and text in parallel columns in Russian and English translation. No dates in her account but Basargin says she was about 12 when her family fled and made their..... More
Madison, New Jersey: Drew University, 2001. Paperback. 102, 6p, Black plactic comb binding. Her dissertation submitted to the Theological School of Drew University in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Doctor of Ministry. Dr. Beal is identified online as the founder and current pastor of New Liberty Baptist..... More
Beirut: 1954. Hardcover. photos (including portraits), 53p. Flexible cloth. 30cm. Upper right corner creased. A few red ink marks. No Jacket. A college yearbook. More
Prato: Tipografia Giachetti Figlio, 1935. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, xiii, 165p. Original black cloth with gold lettering. 22 cm. Cover lightly mottled with some uneven discoloration and spotting. Corners and ends of backstrip rubbed. No jacket. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Berenson. Experiences in Tunisia and Algeria. More
Boston: Meador, (c. 1943). 1st ed. Hardcover. 122p. Original green cloth. dj. 20cm. Jacket lightly soiled and has some edge-wear (including a 3 cm. tear on rear panel). INSCRIBED by Bernard on front endpaper ("New Orleans Louisiana March 23, 1957 to A great American Cecil B. De Mills from Ruth..... More
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, (c. 1943). 1st ed. Hardcover. 122p. Original green cloth. dj. 20cm. Jacket lightly soiled and has a couple of small edge chips. African American author. Although its status as a novel is dubious (pages 106-121 do contain "A Love Story" which is a religious anti-gambling tale)..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866. 2nd ed. Hardcover. 3 volumes, frontises, illustrations, index, xli, 492, 549, 567p. Attractive red quarterbinding. 22 cm. Minor cover wear and spotting, including some visible rubbing, mostly at cover corners. Modest damage to fore-edge of several pages in Vol. III. Edited by Lady Theresa..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, (c. 1953). 1st ed. Hardcover. 80p. Original cloth. dj. 19cm. INSCRIBED to fellow Connecticut poet Faith [Van Valkenburgh] Vilas (who has marked up several of the poems where she thought she could improve them). More
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1885. 1st ed. Hardcover. 319p. Original brown cloth. 17 cm. Ex lib. (Bigelow Free Public Library). Among the library markings are a large library bookplate on front cover, a call number on a narrow label on backstrip, and an oval library stamp embossed on title-leaf..... More
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, folding map, index, ix, xvi, 384p. 20cm. Name on endpaper. Spine slightly sloped. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1883 London edition of this remarkable woman's account of her travels in Malay Peninsula with the addition of a new six-page Introduction by..... More
New York: Putnam's Sons, 1891. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. frontises, illustrations, 2 folding maps, index, xiv, 381, 409p. Original decorated blue cloth. 21 cm. Ex lib. (call letters and darkening near bottom of both backstrips; embossed library stamp on blank corner of the folding maps and in lower..... More
Arlington, Fl. [now part of Jacksonville]: Produced by Norman Studios, Undated [1930?]. Complete set of 8 brown tinted Lobby Cards. 36 x 28 cm. Pinholes at corners where these were probably displayed in a theater lobby. Other modest foxing and wear, mostly in margins. This movie starred Laurence Criner (in..... More
London: Guy Chapman, 1925. Hardcover. 60p. Original cloth. 20 cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Backstrip lightly chipped at ends and somewhat darkened. No jacket. Copy No. 262 of an edition limited to 650 copies, Introduction (pp. ix-xvii) by George Saintsbury. More
London: John Murray, 1878. 1st ed. Hardcover. This volume only (of 2). x, 352p. Original cloth. 20 cm. Ex lib. (spine label, charge slip, call number on title-page, and "discard" stamp). Half-title split along inner margin and reinforced with clear tape. Edited by Stanley Lane Poole. More
La Haye: Martinus Nijhoff, 1950. Paperback. 5 illustrations, viii, 390p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. French text. More
Sepia-toned. Approximately 19 x 25 cm. "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten" embossed at bottom of image. Dated in ink "Oct 10 '56" beneath a fuzzy Van Vechten statement rubberstamped on back giving Van Vechten's address as 148 Central Park West. Bonds, an African American, was a talented pianist and composer..... More
Indiapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (c. 1968). Hardcover. illustrations, 200p. Original orange hardcover binding. dj. 19 cm. Jacket price-clipped and somewhat edge-worn. Childhood of famous Americans series. Fiction. A children's book. First published by Bobbs Merrill (1968). More
Portsmouth: Heinemann; London: James Currey, (c. 1991). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations, index, x, 292p. Original red cloth. dj. 23cm. More
New York: Folkways Records & Service Corp. (1966). [Phonograph Record] 78 rpm record in a original illustrated cardboard sleeve and original shrink wrap. Small hole though upper right corner of album cover. The record appears unplayed but we have no record player and have no attempted to play it. Folkways..... More
New York and London: D. Appleton and company, 1914. Paperback. 28p. Softcover in original tied wrapper. 19 cm. Cover darkened and scuffed along fold. Moderate cover soil. Contents sound and clean. More
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, (c. 1924). Third impression. Hardcover. 126p. plus [2]-page index. Original blue cloth. 19 cm. Former owner's name and hospital written on both endpapers. No Jacket. Jesuit author. Catholic publisher. More
Moscou: Societe pour les Relations Culturelles entre l'U.R.S.S. et l'Etranger (VOKS), 1936. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 69p. Red cloth. 18cm. Endpapers browned. No Jacket. French text. More
Chicago: Brooks Press, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Paperback. 7p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. INSCRIBED by Brooks on the title-page ("To Lynn Scott. Sincerely Gwendolyn Brooks May 23, 1984"). Contains three poems -- the two named in the title plus "A Hymn to Chicago." More