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1965ref. 191151965. Himes Chester. Pinktoes. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. First American edition. 256 pages about 6" x 8." Humorous novel of sexual integration and social justice satire by the hard-boiled author most known for his Harlem Detective series. Chester Himes' oeuvre is incredibly versatile and his stories often touch on themes of racism and labor relations. Due to its sexual nature Pinktoes was first published only in Paris France. It would take two years before the eventual American release. Spine panel has faded to white from its initial pink. Otherwise very good condition. unknown books
1858ref. BK0145N.p. 1858. Two autograph letters unsigned 4 pp. on two leaves with two accompanying stamped and postmarked envelopes. May letter measuring 7 ½ x 9 ½ inches; June letter measuring 6 x 7 inches. Original folds light wear and scattered spotting and staining more pronounced to the June letter and envelopes. Very good. Two affectionate letters to "Dear Dave" addressed on the accompanying envelopes to David Summer possibly Sumner of Williamsport Washington County Maryland describing a relationship pursued despite opposition from his family or household. The unidentified writer expresses a desire to kiss Dave explains that hostility from his "people" has interfered with plans to help with harvesting and arranges a meeting after dark to avoid recognition. Neither letter establishes the writer's gender or explains the reason for the opposition. Writing on May 23 after a disappointing visit to the post office the correspondent describes dreaming of a conversation with Dave and recalls their recent encounter: "O I want to see you so bad and have a good talk with you last night I dreamed I saw you and had a good talk with you . O I wish it had been real last Saturday you looked so sweet I did very much wish I could have kissed you." Plans to spend time together through work have become difficult although the writer insists that the relationship will continue: "and about harvesting I fear I cant help you for they all make such a fuss now already and none of your people will speak to me so that I think it will be better for me to stay away altogether . they can talk me out of harvesting for you but they can never talk me out of loving you for love you I do and love you I will as long as breth warms my body" Troubled by reports that suggest the attachment may be hopeless the writer asks for reassurance directly from Dave: "I want to hear something from your lips before I believe it." Work prevents setting a definite time for another meeting with the additional observation that "the nights are to light now anyhow." The letter closes "from your friend and lover." Five weeks later the June 27 letter proposes a Friday evening rendezvous at an established meeting place: "I write these few lines to let you know that I will meet you on next friday evening if nothing happens at the old place I will be there as soon as it is dark enough that persons wont know us . for I can hardly wait till I can have a talk with you" The writer explains that an earlier evening would have been preferable but Dave's infrequent visits to town might have delayed receipt of the letter. He is instructed to reply only if unable to attend; otherwise the meeting will be understood as confirmed. A final request gives a more particular sense of the conversation the writer hopes to have: "try and be there in good time and try and keep yourself sober for I want to have a sensible talk with you. I will now haft to stop leving the rest for a good talk with you on friday evening" The letter closes "nothing more at present but ever remain yours farewell my dearest dear." . unknown books
2010ref. 71516NY: Knopf 2010. First edition first prnt. Signed by Rice on the title page. Three digital color photographs of Rice at the NY booksigning event laid-in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The second novel in Rice's Songs and Seraphim series. Signed By Author with Photo. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
2000ref. 80130Athens: Hill Street Press 2000. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies of a total limitation of 126 copies. Copy L. Edited by Jane Eskridge. Photographs. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Japanese lined-covered boards gilt stamping. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. Previously unpublished fiction journal entries and a one act play written by Mitchell at the age of seventeen. . First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Hill Street Press hardcover books
1538ref. ST14933Paris: Jehan Masse Jean Macé 1538. Fourth Edition. 182 x 91 mm. 6 3/8 x 3 3/4". 8 p.l. ccciii 1 blank leaves.Edited by Clément Marot. ELEGANT SCARLET MOROCCO BY LORTIC stamp-signed on front turn-in covers tooled in gilt and blind in a Grolieresque strapwork design raised bands spine compartments with central gilt rose surrounded by blind tooling gilt titling turn-ins richly gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With title page vignette and 49 impressions of 26 CHARMING WOODCUTS in the text. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of P. Grandsire. Brunet III 1175; Bourdillon "Early Editions of the Roman de la Rose" the "S" version pp. 62-63. ◆Leaves lightly washed and pressed following the bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding occasional mild browning or small marginal stains but still A LOVELY COPY clean and still crisp IN A SPARKLING BINDING. Beautifully bound this is a most attractive copy of the last early edition of this classic of courtly love perhaps the most influential work in Medieval French literature. An allegorical love poem that unfolds as a dream vision the "Romance of the Rose" is the work of two authors Guillaume de Lorris who composed the first 4000 or so lines around 1230 and Jean de Meun who contributed an additional 18000 lines 40 years later. Our version was edited by the poet Clément Marot 1496-1544 to make the language more accessible to 16th century French readers and his efforts contributed to a renewed popularity for the tale. Marot did four recensions of the text; this is the final one. After our printing no other edition appeared until 1735. According to Bourdillon the woodcuts here are copied from the "very pretty" series in the 1529 edition. The scenes are impressive in the level of detail especially considering their diminutive size. Pierre Marcellin Lortic 1822-92 was one of the great binders of 19th century Paris known for his superb interpretations of traditional styles as in the present binding. According to Flety "at once artisan and artiste intelligent and conscientious an expert and a lover of his metier he knew how to give his work the finish the brilliance that very few practitioners of his time could attain." Our copy comes from the library of French bibliophile Paul Grandsire of Nogenten-Bassigny Haute-Marne whose notable collection of French imprints from the 15th to the 18th centuries was sold in 1930. All early versions of the "Romance of the Rose" are sought after and this is especially true of well-preserved copies of those editions with charming illustrations and in fine bindings favored by discriminating bibliophiles. Jehan Masse [Jean Macé] books
1988ref. 91512NY: Crown 1988. First edition first prnt. Spine cloth ends lightly pushed; dustjacket flaps with faint beginning edge toning. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The third novel in Auel's Earth's Children series. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Crown hardcover books
2002ref. 24588San Diego: Harcourt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0152019804 . Illustrated by Jon Goodell. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harcourt hardcover books
1991ref. 7588San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0152333754 . First printing of the American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
2006ref. 41981London: Hodder & Stoughton 2006. First edition first prnt. One of 1000 numbered copies with an embossed stamp on the title page stating "Exclusive signed first edition" and signed by Stockwin on the title page. "Copy #567. Map endpages. Includes the publisher's promotional postcard illustrated with the dustjacket art and signed by Stockwin on the reverse. Cloth pagemarker and illustrated endpages. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Stockwin's seventh novel in his Thomas Kydd series. Signed By Author with Card. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover books
2004ref. 41926London: Orion 2004. First edition first prnt. Map endpages. Signed by Paver on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. First volume in Paver's "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orion Hardcover books
2005ref. 3066London: Ziji Publishing 2005. First edition first prnt. Paperback Original edition. Precedes all other editions. Pictoral wraps. Unread copy in Fine condition. First volume in the screenwriter's Sean Reilly and Tess Chaykin series and his first niovel. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ziji Publishing Paperback books
1996ref. 31678Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 031329612X . Part of the Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers series. Second printing. As new in glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
1973ref. 101318Norwalk Connecticut and New York April 20th 1973 through March 21 1978. 1973 to 1978. 1973 to 1978. Very good. - A total of three letters the first two of which are penned by the American author Faith Baldwin and are addressed to her friend Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger. The first is a 3-page letter consisting of over 270 words penned by Faith Baldwin on three sides of two sheets of her 7-3/4 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide light blue personal stationery. In her letter dated April 20 1973 Baldwin writes to the Rabbi & Mrs. Metzger "How lovely of you to remember me! I hope you had a Joyous Passover - and that you're happy in Blue River." She mentions having had cataract surgery back in 1970 and that "I went back to work in April 1971. That NOVEL One More Time was published in 72 & there will be one this coming July - No Bed of Roses - & I just finished one for the Winter of 1974!" That novel "Time and the Hour" was published on January 1 1974. She mentions that her vision is all right but that she tires easily and finds reading hard. She mentions that "The old books are now coming out in uniform paper backs Warner Paperback Library - since Jan 72 - one a month . I meant to tell you a very old book of mine came out in Israel." She closes by wishing them a lovely spring. Signed "Faith". Folded for mailing else fine with the original mailing envelope. The second is a one-and-a-half page letter consisting of over 105 words penned on both sides of her 7-3/4 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide light blue personal stationery. In her letter dated Dec. 21 1974 Faith Baldwin writes to Rabbi & Mrs. Metzger opening her letter with pleasantries ".see Rabbi's a glutton for work whereas I spent 73 trying to survive. - Why - I finished a book in March." Her novel "New Girl in Town" was published on January 1 1975. She concludes with "I have run out of paper good pens energy mine stamps almost and of course patience." Signed "Faith / Any Variety of". Folded for mailing else near fine with the original mailing envelope. Together with: An Autograph letter signed by the last Rabbi of Nuremberg Rabbi Kurtz L. Metzger to Faith Baldwin's daughter. Over 350 words penned on both sides of his personal 10-7/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide stationery. Responding to a brief mailgram he received from Hervey on March 19th informing him of her mother Faith Baldwin's death Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger writes a lengthy consoling letter dated March 21 1978: "Though it is always bitter and painful to loose sic a dear one and especially a mother such as yours I do hope that after the initial experience of her passing away a feeling of gratitude will replace your emotions of sorrow. For the last two years must have been for your mother a horrible period of frustration since she was no longer able to live a life of independence." He describes how she has been relieved of her pain and frustration at "no longer being able to use her God-given gift of being productive in the literary field in which she has secured for herself the immortality of an extremely beloved and highly appreciated author." He hopes that although her mother has passed they will stay in touch "and continue a relationship which I enjoyed with your mother so much over the years." Signed "Kurt". Folded for mailing with a short tear along the left edge and offsetting near the middle. Very good with the original mailgram from Hervey. The American author of romance novels and other fiction Faith Baldwin 1893-1978 often wrote of women juggling careers and family enabling working women of all ages to identify with her characters. As a youth Baldwin lived for two years in Europe living in Dresden with one of her mother's close friends while the First World War was raging. She learned German and went to cooking school before returning to the U.S. in 1916. She began working for the War Camp Community Service where she met her future husband. A friend of Faith Baldwin Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger 1909-1992 was born in Nuremberg and was the Rabbi of Landau from 1935 to 1938. He was arrested while attending the Jewish Theological Seminary and incarcerated at the Buchenwald concentration camp for months but eventually released to serve as the Rabbi of Nuremberg. Metzger immigrated to the United States in 1940 serving as Rabbi of Temple Beth El in Glen Falls New York. The last Rabbi of Nuremberg he returned to visit Germany several times after he was and was named the Honorary Rabbi of his former native town of Nuremberg in 1977. Norwalk, Connecticut and New York, April 20th 1973 through March 21, 1978. [1973 to 1978]. paperback
2005ref. x-0275976424Praeger Pub Text 2005. Hardcover. New. 166 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.25 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
2023ref. x-1666926000Lexington Books 2023. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Lexington Books hardcover
2022ref. 1-1071835394Cq Pr 2022. Paperback. New. 7th edition. 487 pages. 9.50x7.50x1.00 inches. Cq Pr paperback
1965ref. 191151965. Himes Chester. Pinktoes. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1965. First American edition. 256 pages about 6" x 8." Humorous novel of sexual integration and social justice satire by the hard-boiled author most known for his Harlem Detective series. Chester Himes' oeuvre is incredibly versatile and his stories often touch on themes of racism and labor relations. Due to its sexual nature Pinktoes was first published only in Paris France. It would take two years before the eventual American release. Spine panel has faded to white from its initial pink. Otherwise very good condition. unknown
2023ref. x-1088232914World Spiritist Institute 2023. Paperback. New. 390 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.87 inches. World Spiritist Institute paperback
2023ref. x-1088240216World Spiritist Institute 2023. Paperback. New. 568 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x1.27 inches. World Spiritist Institute paperback
2011ref. 0088631NAL 2011. Hard Cover. Good. red cover 1st edition NAL hardcover
2013ref. 0095497NAL 2013. Hard Cover. Good. NAL hardcover
1775ref. 151683London et se trouve à Paris: Chez Didot 1775. An important source on Quesnay's life First edition of this eulogy on Quesnay giving an account of the physiocratic system published soon after Quesnay's death in December 1774 and an important contemporary source on his life. Romance the future Marquis of Mesmon belonged to a family of royal soldiers and lived in Versailles where he was employed in the military house of the king. The eulogy "followed the canon of the 'philosophical eulogy' that d'Alembert cherished. It concentrated on Quesnay as a physiocrat rather than as a person and a large amount of the text was concerned with his economic publications" Théré & Charles p. 199. Octavo 189 x 122 mm. Recent marbled boards tan calf label. Complete with half-title. Binding fine; light spotting at rear and a few pencilled marginal lines else contents fresh. A very good copy. ESTC T93983; INED 3894; François Quesnay et la Physiocratie I p. 325. See Christine Théré and Loïc Charles "François Quesnay: A 'Rural Socrates' in Versailles" in E. Roy Weintraub and Evelyn L. Forget Economists' Lives: Biography and Autobiography in the History of Economics Duke University Press 2007 hardcover
ref. SKU0024136CQ Press 2019-01-22. Paperback. Very Good. 7x1x9. Textbook NO CD NO Access Code Ships with Tracking CQ Press paperback
2015ref. x-3319264214Springer Verlag 2015. Paperback. New. 144 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
2017ref. __1720222533Independently published 2017. Paperback. New. 140 pages. Spanish language. 9.00x6.00x0.32 inches. Independently published paperback
