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1986ref. 508719Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Just about fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of creasing at the spine base. Nicely Inscribed on the title page to author Robert Skinner and his wife: "3-26-88 This copy is for Bob and Patty with all good wishes-- and with the hopes that you are not indeed Too Sweet to be Rich Jim Colbert." Colbert has Signed the title page again above his printed name. The author's first book a mystery set in the Big Easy. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1977ref. 516969Dublin: Gill and Macmillan 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 155pp. Text block edges with a bit of foxing near fine in a lightly rubbed near fine dust jacket. A critical study of Behan's complete works – a novel two plays and a handful of stories and poems – along with a brief account of his life and political affiliations. Gill and Macmillan hardcover books
1992ref. 381350New York: Atheneum 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine advance review copy with publication information taped to the front free endpaper in a fine dustwrapper. Atheneum hardcover books
1991ref. 381349New York: Atheneum 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. About fine advance review copy with publication information laid in in a fine dustwrapper. Atheneum hardcover books
1988ref. 381367Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading and rubbing. Author's second album. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
2021ref. 579347New Haven: Yale University Press 2021. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Front endpaper with a small water mark else fine in a near fine dust jacket with faint wrinkling to the rear panel and mild edgewear. A scholarly biography of Hansberry supported by the background of the Greenwich Village art scene of the 1960s the homophile movement Black diasporic freedom movements and third-wave feminism. Yale University Press hardcover books
1940ref. 91868New York: Dial Press 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Facing pages a little roughly opened resulting in very small chips else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Memoir of a vaudeville star turned film actor. Ownership signature of film star Claudette Colbert: "Claudette Colbert / 471 North Faring Rd. / Hollinsby Hills / L.A. Calif." under which the book has been Signed by the author: "With memories J.C. Nugent." Born in Paris Colbert came to New York as a child. She made her screen debut in 1927 and starred in several notable films winning a Best Actress Oscar opposite Clark Gable in It Happened One Night. Dial Press hardcover books
1984ref. 15564THE SEVENTEENTH CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR / COLOR PICTORIAL POSTER Colbert Gallery 1984 Art by Mario Uribe first printing measuring approximately 20" by 15" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy. Colbert Gallery unknown books
1992ref. 343536New York: Atheneum 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Light stain on top page edges else fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance copy with publisher's slip laid in. A Skinny novel by the New Orleans native. Atheneum hardcover books
1988ref. 343995Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1991ref. 343996New York: Atheneum 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's materials laid in. Atheneum hardcover books
1871ref. 616030Cincinnati: C.F. Vent 1871. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 528pp. Green pebbled cloth blind-stamped boards and gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by Chapin & Gulick. Folded map of Chicago. Large bookplate of former Cleveland Mayor Hermon M. Chapin on the front pastedown spine gilt a bit dulled and corners rubbed with a touch of fraying at the spine ends near fine. C.F. Vent hardcover books
1989ref. 272335New York: Dembner Books 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine. Near fine dust jacket small tears on dust jacket spine head. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Dembner Books hardcover books
1872ref. 182210Cincinnati: C.F. Vent 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Green pebbled cloth blind-stamped boards gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated by Chapin & Gulick. With folded map of Chicago. Owner's name penned on label affixed to front pastedown pages foxed spine ends modestly worn minor stains on a few pages still very good. C.F. Vent hardcover books
2013ref. 57936Boston: Brier Hill Press 2013. Limited Edition. New. Folio 34 cm Designed by Michael Russem at Kat Ran Press. Printed by Arthur Larsen at Horton Tank Graphics. Frontis portrait 12 pages of text in wraps plus 32 wood engravings printed directly from the blocks. A retelling in dramatically bold black-and-white of one of the most sacred stories ever told. James Reid studied illustration at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art under Thornton Oakley a disciple of the Brandywine School founded by Howard Pyle who was known as "The Father of American Illustration." Reid's "Life of Christ in Woodcuts" is viewed as one of the earliest wordless books ever published. A lavish portfolio of wood engravings printed directly from the original blocks created by James Reid for "The Life of Christ in Woodcuts" and "The Song of Songs." "The Life of Christ in Woodcuts" has 19 engravings and "The Song of Songs" has 13 engravings. Each print is numbered. The prints are laid into two paper portfolios. All contents housed in a fine green cloth clamshell case with a blind-stamped vignette on the front cover. Both books were published by Farrar & Rinehart. "The Life of Christ" published in 1930 contained 78 illustrations. "The Song of Songs" published in 1931 had 30 engravings. The illustrations in the two books were printed from electrotypes. Only 42 wood blocks survived all present here. This set is #55 of 125 numbered sets signed by the publisher. Brier Hill Press unknown books
1971ref. 329810New York: John Crawford 1971. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 48pp. Fine in stapled wraps. A poetry anthology featuring an interview with Allen Ginsberg along with contributions from Robert Hellman Alison Colbert Mary Oppen and Michael O'Brien. John Crawford unknown books
1996ref. 278143Chatsworth: VCA Labs 1996. Magazine. 32p includes covers 8.25x10.75 inches explicit hardcore stills from the video lightly worn glossy magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Ninn & Colbert's erotic gay male video about two stone gargoyles who come to life and live to cum! VCA Labs unknown books
1991ref. 605169New York: Atheneum 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Foxing on topedge near fine in an about fine dust jacket with slight toning. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "1-31-91 For Bob and Patty with respect and admiration. Jim. Atheneum hardcover books
1993ref. 604911New York: Atheneum 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 205pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight foxing on topege near fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "1.7.93 For Bob and Patty Who when the chips were falling proved themselves friends - which I think is the definition of real friends. You are both in my heart Jim." A true story of child abuse gambling Southern politics and one woman's struggle against the odds. Atheneum hardcover books
2007ref. 602429New York: Grand Central Publishing 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Tall octavo. 230pp. Illustrated. Near fine in price-clipped and modestly worn very good or better dust jacket with a bit of interior soil. Grand Central Publishing hardcover books
1965ref. 253133New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Octavo. 228pp. Illustrated. Light offsetting else near fine in a price-clipped good only dust jacket with two internal tape repairs and several small nicks and tears. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1988ref. 701152Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
1986ref. 701153Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1986. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
1991ref. 167921New York: Atheneum 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Atheneum hardcover books
1952ref. 268273npl: npub 1952. Pamphlet. 26p. stapled wraps 4.5x7.25 inches very good condition. Address by Colbert the President of the Chrysler Corporation before the Alumni Business Conference of the College of Business Administration at the University of Texas on October 3 1952. On rising productivity and the need for free enterprise. npub unknown books