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1946ref. 85635New York: Rinehart and Company 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A little foxing to the boards and endpapers else near fine in a nice very good plus dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown and a couple of tiny tears. Unassuming man overawed by his beautiful wife goes off to war. By the author of My Man Godfrey. Rinehart and Company hardcover books
1928ref. 104955Philadelphia: Lippincott 1928. hardcover. very good-. An account of the Kuravers a remarkable Tribe of Hereditary Criminals their extraordinary skill as Thieves Cattle-lifters & Highwaymen.and their Manners & Customs. Frontispiece black and white photographic illustrations and folding map 272pp. thick 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; cover and top margin of frontispiece slightly water-stained. Philadelphia: Lippincott n.d. Very good -. Lippincott unknown books
1909ref. 29394London: Longmans Green and Co 1909. Seventh Impression. Hardcover. g. Quarto. XXVIII 222pp. Uncut. Original black cloth with gold lettering on spine. The lecturtes collected in this book are an attempt to explain the structures of the first Christian groups. These structures were certainly formalized well before the end of the Early Christian period which concluded with the legalization of Christianity by Constantine's Edict of Milan in 313 and the holding of the First Council of Nicea in 325 when the title of Metropolitan bishop first appears. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription on free front endpaper and dated 1910. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover books
1905ref. 202132Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1905. hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth boards lettered in gilt folding map frontis two other color maps as plates photo illustrations. Front hinge over-opened but else a nice square copy with clean covers and text. A.C. McClurg & Co hardcover books
2002ref. 14534New York: Basic Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0465028675 . An unread Fine/Fine first edition/first printing. This copy is SIGNED by author and Senator Orrin Hatch directly on the title page; In this deeply personal book Senator Hatch offers his thoughts on how politics should be practiced and on his attempts to embody those principles during his long and successful tenure in the U. S. Senate. He gives behind-the-scenes insights into what really went on during the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings and the Clinton impeachment hearings; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Basic Books hardcover books
1965ref. 368501965. Black and white photograph approx. 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches mounted on foam core; action shot of the poet Robert Duncan in deep conversation with poet Robert Creeley at the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965. unknown books
1962ref. 51692George G. Harrap and Co 1962. HATCH Alden. H.R.H. PRINCE BERNHARD OF THE NETHERLANDS. Illustrated with photographs. London: George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd. 1962. 8vo. red cloth. First Edition. Signed presentation from Hatch on the front endpaper: "For Helen Langley the nicest pick up I ever made with love from Alden Hatch. Dec 4 1963. me too Squeaky followed by a small cartoon drawing of a woman's profile. Squeaky is Hatch's wife. Also laid in is an autograph letter signed from Squeaky forwarding a eulogy for Alden Hatch by author MacKinlay Kantor which is also laid in. Very Good tiny tear head of spine. $75.00. George G. Harrap and Co unknown books
1980ref. 3381511980. Postcard. Very good condition postcard with penned message on back which reads: "Lynn Was unable to make performance evening as 'waited table.' Yet am curious interested and certain to see you in good time. Connie Thanks for calling I would have loved to." Cover photo accredited as 'Fred Instructing La Jolla 1980 Feb.' most likely Hatch's photo of Lynn's brother Fred Lonidier. Lynn Lonidier was a Bay Area avant garde artist and poet in her owns words a “card-carrying anarchafeminist” active in the lesbian and feminist literary scenes and in her Mission District community as a teacher from the 1970's until her death in 1993. She was a "founding mother" of the SF Women's Building. She also studied music with Pauline Oliveros at UCSD and cello at SF State among many other pursuits. Ron Silliman called her “perhaps the first true avant-garde lesbian poet after Gertrude Stein” Connie Hatch is a Bay Area artist who works in photography audio instillation and narrative performance. unknown books
1991ref. 64379Roslyn:: Stone House Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0937035181 . With wood engravings by John De Pol. Limited edition: this copy is number 23 of 75 copies. SIGNED by the author illustrator and printer. Fine in a fine acetate dust jacket. ; 29 pages . Stone House Press, hardcover books
1928ref. 19077New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Very Good. 1928. 2nd printing. Hardcover. no dust jacket light shelfwear slight fading to boards at top and bottom edges one-time owner's name and address in green ink on ffep color-compatible with the binding and boards. "The diary of young Martin Jones society man sportsman and soak. It is we venture to asseverate unlike any other diary you may have read! Certainly it is the most hilariously funny volume that has been launched upon an unsuspecting public these many moons. The mad chronicle of Martin's adventures in Manhattan and on Long Island -- not to mention the Pickwick Arms at Greenwich -- is sauce for the most jaded palate." Quoted from the dust jacket on another copy -- previously sold alas sorry. The first book by the author of "My Man Godfrey" and other screwball fare. . Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover books
1969ref. 98000New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated Roseanne Burke. Fine in very slightly age-toned just abot fine dustwrapper. Whimsical humor from the author of My Man Godfrey a novel for adolescents about a bachelor uncle and his niece setting out to escape the niece's battleaxe of a governess. Crown Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1942ref. 22956New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. Very Good in Good dj. c.1942 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. bumping to spine ends light soiling to top of text block; jacket supplied from another copy is moderately edgeworn scrunched and wrinkled at spine closed tears at a couple of spine corners one of which extends diagonally across the bottom part of the spine but is fairly unobtrusive. Two short novels with show-biz settings by the author of "My Man Godfrey" about "lovable people you like to read about." Now there's a switch! "The Golden Road" is about a young woman "who came to New York for a job but got instead a bandleader husband and all the complications of marriage to a selfish hard-drinking man." He must not be one of the aforementioned lovable people. Meanwhile the protagonist of the second book "Bright Star" is determined "to be an actress or die trying. For a while it looks as if death might win but an accidental slip on the stage landed her in her rightful place the comedy field." . Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. hardcover books
1986ref. TB32740Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 navy blue cloth and yellow paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with an inconsequential dampness stain at the lower edge of the front board with a minor bleed of color to the lower edges of the first two pages. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly faded and a minor red stain to the lower edge of the front panel. 333 numbered pages containing an index bibliography note and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece map and a section of images from earlier works of art and black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1931ref. 1000263Cambridge Mass.: Mediaeval Academy of America 1931 First edition. Cloth. Small quarto. 72 plates. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has a 1" piece missing at the foot of the spine and several small chips. Mediaeval Academy of America, hardcover books
1930ref. 18946New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Very Good dj. c.1930. Later Printing. Hardcover. nice clean copy very light wear to extremities slight age-toning to page edges; jacket a little rubbed light soiling to rear panel with a diagonal double-crease in the upper left-hand corner of the front panel cutting across the title. "A romance of love on Long Island of sophisticated wit . the gay story of an exceedingly serious young man who needed a whole bucket full of romance and who found it in a series of madcap adventures." Early novel by the author of "My Man Godfrey" who had only taken up writing in 1928 after retiring from his father's banking firm. "His great interest in life" claims the jacket blurb " is boats -- and when he was last heard of the crew of one of his boats had deserted the Jap servant had broken up the engine with a hammer the out-board motor had sunk and -- but in other words the locale of this book is his own." . Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1965ref. 368491965. Black and white photograph approx. 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches mounted on foam core; action shot of the American poet giving a lecture at a podium in front of a blackboard during the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965. unknown books
1985ref. 1392983Omaha NE: Walter B Graham Modern Litho Inc 1985. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 215 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Spine has brown lettering on white background Dust jacket in mylar sleeve no tears folds or missing pieces. Boards in textured brown boards with gold embossed letters. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392983. Special Collections. Walter B Graham Modern Litho, Inc hardcover books
2006ref. 11059Salt Lake City: Signature Books 2006. First Edition. 1/500. 822pp. Octavo 24 cm Gray cloth with a blue cloth wraparound. Near fine. This is the tenth title published in the Signature Books 'Significant Mormon Diaries' series. This work was limited to 500 numbered copies this is copy 425. Anthon Henrik Lund 1844 - 1921 was a prominent Danish-born Mormon leader Utah politician and pioneer settler. He served a number of callings for the Church most notably as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a counselor in Joseph F. Smith's First Presidency. Notably Lund was the first called into Church leadership whose native language was not English. Signature Books unknown books
2006ref. 70922Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 822pp. Octavo 24 cm Full gray and blue cloth. 822 pages. Index. This edition is strictly limited to 500 copies of which this is #340. Very minor dust soiling to top and bottom edges of text block. Text block only just starting to crack at the rear but still very firm. Volume ten in the highly regarded Signature Books diary series. Anthon Lund was a counselor in Joseph F. Smith's presidency and the only monogamist at the time of his ordination. "Lund's accounts of the inner workings of the church hierarchy are at times formal but otherwise chatty the latter quality making him a favorite diarist among historians." - Signature Books. Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation hardcover books
2006ref. 51012Salt Lake City UT: Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo 24 cm Full gray and blue cloth. 822 pages. Index. This edition is strictly limited to 500 copies of which this is #104. This copy has been signed with the date "06/06/06" by the editor John P. Hatch on the title page. Volume ten in the highly regarded Signature Books diary series. Anthon Lund was a counselor in Joseph F. Smith's presidency and the only monogamist at the time of his ordination. "Lund's accounts of the inner workings of the church hierarchy are at times formal but otherwise chatty the latter quality making him a favorite diarist among historians." - Signature Books. Signature Books in association with Smith-Pettit Foundation hardcover books
1923ref. 198902Chicago: The Caxton Club 1923. One of 160 copies. Hardcover. Good Boards are heavily worn/scuffed/smudged with red staining at the front and back; textblock edges are toned/foxed/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; binding is solid. Off-white boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 29 pp.; richly illustrated. This book is filled with gorgeous color plates! The Caxton Club hardcover books
1985ref. 1388307Omaha NE: Walter B Graham Modern Litho Inc 1985. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 215 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has brown lettering with a white background. Dust jacket in mylar sleeve. Boards in textured brown with gold embossed letters. Contains inscription on front flyleaf from translator Richard Hatch to magician Jim Patton inscribed at The Magic Castle the renown magic club in Los Angeles. Shelved in Alcove. 1388307. Special Collections. Walter B Graham Modern Litho, Inc hardcover books
1955ref. 142129Cambridge MA: Mediaeval Academy of America The 1955. cloth. Petrarch. 8vo. cloth. 324 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Mediaeval Academy of America, The unknown books
1957ref. 18998New York: Hawthorne Books 1957. First Edition First Printing. Leather bound. Near fine. The author's copy of Crown Of Glory: The Life Of Pope Pius XII by Alden Hatch. Written with Seamus Walshe and illustrated with drawings by Louis Priscilla. Octavo 251pp 5. Full red calf title stamped in gilt on the spine decorative raised bands. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Photographic illustrations and drawings throughout. All edges gilt. Some sunning along the spine light wear at the hinges. The author's initials "A.H." in gilt on the front cover. A popular biography of Pope Pius XII published the year before his death tracing his early life as Eugenio Pacelli diplomatic service papal election in 1939 wartime pontificate and postwar role in the Roman Catholic Church. Hawthorne Books unknown books
1960ref. 19001New York: Hawthorne Books Inc 1960. First Edition First Printing. Leather bound. Very good. The first edition first printing of The De Gaulle Nobody Knows: An Intimate Biography of Charles de Gaulle by Alden Hatch. Octavo 277pp 5. Full blue morocco title stamped in gilt on spine decorative raised bands. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Marbled endpapers gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Sunning along the spine and along the top quarter of the text block. Internally clean. The author's personal copy. A contemporary biography of Charles de Gaulle published shortly after his return to power and the establishment of the French Fifth Republic tracing his military career leadership of Free France during World War II postwar political withdrawal and renewed role as president of France. Hawthorne Books, Inc unknown books
