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1959réf. 46312Washington DC: The Associated Publishers Inc 1959. Very Good/Very Good. Washington DC: The Associated Publishers Inc. 1959. Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; blue-green cloth illustrated dust jacket; 472pp.; black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Dust jacket chipped along edges with slight sunning to spine. Boards show light edgewear; a Very Good and sound copy. Woodson and Wesley's wide-ranging and well-researched work was geared towards high school students and covers Black history beginning with a chapter on Africa. This edition continues through the 1950s with mentions of Jackie Robinson and Edith Sampson among many others. Scarce in the Wells-illustrated dust jacket. The Associated Publishers, Inc unknown books
1901réf. 2342121Buffalo: The Publishing Committee of Sentinel Church 1901. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bradley Charles W. Second edition. No jacket. Front board lightly soiled ink name on front endpaper front endpaper creased. 1901 Hard Cover. 211 pp. The Victories of Wesley Castle is a novel written by Charles Wesley Winchester and published in 1900. The book tells the story of a young man named Wesley Castle who rises to prominence in his community through his hard work determination and strong moral character. Despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks Wesley perseveres and ultimately achieves great success both in his personal and professional life. The novel is set in the late 19th century and offers a vivid and detailed portrayal of life during this time period. It explores themes such as love friendship ambition and the pursuit of happiness and provides a compelling and inspiring narrative that will resonate with readers of all ages. Throughout the book Winchester employs a rich and evocative writing style that brings the characters and settings to life. His descriptions of the landscapes architecture and social customs of the era are both accurate and engaging transporting readers back in time to a world that is both familiar and exotic. Overall The Victories of Wesley Castle is a timeless classic that has stood the test of time and remains a beloved work of literature to this day. Its themes of perseverance hard work and moral integrity continue to resonate with readers of all ages. The Publishing Committee of Sentinel Church hardcover books
1894réf. 2311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover books
1954réf. 147878Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1954. Three vintage proof photographs from the 1954 film. A woman finds herself implicated in a stagecoach robbery due to her father's notoriety as a famed outlaw. Shot on location in Utah and Arizona. 10 x 8 inches with two images 4.5 x 3.5 inches and one image 2.25 x 2 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2963. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1988réf. 59239New York NY: Arrowood Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0884860116 . A mildly edgeworn edition that also bears a previous owner's bookplate on the front flyleaf otherwise Nearly Fine in a in a like dust-jacket that has some chipping to the edges ; Down the Colorado is a book about two friends who raft down the Colorado River. They discuss the river the people they meet and the places they visit.; Photographs; Folio; 168 pages . Arrowood Press hardcover books
2007réf. 14090New York: Palgrave MacMillan. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1403984743 . A handsome first edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dustjacket. This copy is signed by author Wesley Clark directly on the title page; Four-star general and former presidential candidate Clark offers a combination memoir patriotic tract and broadside about contemporary American politics. Clark explains his dismay with the Bush administration's determination to invade Iraq "without good reason". His perspective comes from growing up in the segregated city of Little Rock Ark. to becoming NATO's supreme allied commander Europe to his command of international peacekeeping troops in Kosovo in the 1990s ; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Palgrave MacMillan hardcover books
1994réf. 18261New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399139494 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Valerie Wilson Wesley directly on the title page; When Death Comes Stealing is a suspenseful novel set in the fictional town of Forks Washington. It tells the story of seventeen-year-old Alice and her family as they deal with the death of Alice's mother and the death of Alice's best friend Jen. Alice is struggling to find her place in the world and to cope with the loss of her loved ones. She is also trying to figure out why Jen died and whether there is anything she can do to prevent her own death. As Alice investigates her friends' deaths she begins to realize that Death is stalking the town.; A Tamara Hayle Mystery; 8vo; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1978réf. 94122New York: Random House 1978. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 169p. Original yellow boards backed in black cloth. dj. 20 cm. Semi-circular brown stain on right edge of front free endpaper which is also nicely INSCRIBED by Brown "To Yvette who gave me encouragement and my first opportunity to read my work at the Liberty House way back in 1969. Love Wesley 6/12/79". Former owner's name "Yvette Le Roy" also on front free endpaper. His first novel. We don't know what Brown would have read at Liberty House in 1969 -- perhaps something about the Black Panthers or the Vietnam War. Random House hardcover books
1962réf. 93212Columbus: Ohio State University Press for the Ohio HIstorical Society 1962. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 46p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Publications of the Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission No. 6. Ohio State University Press for the Ohio HIstorical Society paperback books
réf. 92732Very Good. 3 typed pages. 28 cm. A couple of minor changes or additions in ink or pencil. Old paper clip present. Inked note identifies the occasion as Inaugural Dinner June 3 41. Also present is a printed sheet listing in purple some of Lawrence's activities. Lawrence at one point had been involved in piano manufacturing but had moved on to other business activities y 1941. He was active in the Republican Party and committed to the YMCA. In the speech he promotes the USOs as offering more wholesome activities than the entertainment otherwise generally available off base to soldiers and sailors. unknown books
1959réf. 152047Hollywood: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. Vintage pressbook for the 1959 film. A door-to-door dental appliance salesman has a chemical reaction to an anesthetic which grants him X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He subsequently overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie the film that basically launched the lighthearted nudie pictures of the early 1960s. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and nightclub circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. For his debut Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "Frenchy" "nudist" film but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots an arguably feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. One leaf bi-fold. 11 x 17 inches. Very Good plus overall. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
réf. 85842n.p. n.d. Paperback. Fine. 4p. pamhlet. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. "From American Journal of Science Vol. XI June 1926" at top of front cover. paperback books
1959réf. 58857New York: Exposition Press 1959. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 97p. Cloth. dj. 21cm. A St. Louis educator who was born in Florida. Exposition Press hardcover books
1953réf. 10703Philadelphia: United Publishers 1953. 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. 60p. Wrapper. 22cm. Uncommon item by an African American author. United Publishers paperback books
1960réf. 58334n.p. 1960. Paperback. Very Good. 22p. 323-354. Wrapper. 23cm. Minor chipping & some foxing on front cover. Offprint from the Journal of Human Relations Vol. VIII Nos. 3 and 4. paperback books
1909réf. 75410Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board 1909. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. 316p. Original maroon cloth. 20cm. Front endpaper split along hinge and reinforced with the front cover flattened causing the front cover to protrude along fore-edge. Backstrip reinforced at ends with chipped original cloth glued down. Loss of cloth at cover corners which appaear to have been stiffened by regluing. Cover scuffing and spotting. Internally sound with scattered foxing and spotting. No Jacket. Rare early novel by an African American lawyer from Nashville. Among the main African American characters in the book are three young men who becaome a doctor a lawyer and a minister. The doctor is lynched for his emergeny treatment of an injured white woman. The lawyer ends up happily married and thriving professionally within the segregated society. We' are not sure what happens to the minister. National Baptist Publishing Board hardcover books
réf. 71876Washington DC: J. F. Jarvis. Photograph. Very Good. Albumen stereoview 11 cm x 15 cm on a yellow mount 11 cm x 17.5 cm with a printed paper label on the reverse No. 181. U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Corner wear and a bit of edge wear as well. J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse. Jack Hillers 1840-1882 was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year 1871 Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time he replaced Clements Powell John's cousin as the assistant to the photographer first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore. Hillers was a hard worker highly regarded by his peers and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. J. F. Jarvis unknown books
1985réf. 167912Los Angeles: Showtime 1985. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1985 film originally aired on July 28 1985 on Showtime. During their return trip to Earth members of the crew of a Mars space mission begin showing up dead. Shot on location in Toronto. 10 x 8 inches. One with layout annotations in manuscript ink on the bottom recto margin else generally Near Fine. Showtime unknown books
1902réf. 13557Cincinnati. 1902. A vivid description of life in Kansas the Black Hills and Nebraska in the 1860s including details of Indian depredations. Gilt cloth. Some edge wear spine sunned couple of minor marginal stains else very good. HOWES W244. GRAFF 4580. hardcover books
1928réf. M5899no place: ca. 1928. 1928. 211 x 159 mm. Small 8vo. 37 pp. Photographic port. tipped in. Quarter white paper-backed blue boards printed paper top cover label; spine faded spine ends chipped. Ink notation on front free end-paper. Very good. [ca. 1928]. hardcover books
1900réf. 155031900. WISHART ALFRED WESLEY. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries. Trenton: Albert Brandt 1900. 454 p. Plates. Bound in full red crushed levant all edges gilt by Trenton's Ralph Brandt. Extremities a bit rubbed and discolored front free endpapers browned. One of the more handsome books printed on Albert Brandt's short-lived Trenton press. A smaller-format less expensive edition was printed by Brandt two years later. unknown books
1900réf. 81691900. WISHART ALFRED WESLEY. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries. Trenton: Albert Brandt 1900. 454 p. Plates. Cloth spine lettering dulled. One of the more handsome books printed on Albert Brandt's short-lived Trenton press. A smaller-format less expensive edition was printed by Brandt two years later. unknown books
2002réf. 348368San Francisco: Jason Marc-Alexander 2002. An envelope containing two poems on five folded 8.5x11 inch sheets three folded 5.5x8.5 inch sheets of handwritten letter to Davis from Marc-Alexander and a color photo of Marc-Alexander in front of the late lamented Zona Rosa on Haight. Jason's poem is "Icarus". Marc-Alexander was a founding member of The San Francisco Mime Troup alongside Davis and appeared in "A Minstrel Show" in 1967. Jason Marc-Alexander unknown books
2000réf. 80896Terrace Park Ohio: C. Wesley Cowan. Very Good. 2000. Softcover. This auction catalogue is soft-bound in color pictorial covers. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. . C. Wesley Cowan paperback books
2000réf. 80895Terrace Park Ohio: C. Wesley Cowan. Very Good. 2000. Softcover. This auction catalog is soft-bound in color pictorially printed covers. The covers show light edge-wear. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with illustrations. Photographs Autographs Swords Documents Etc. . C. Wesley Cowan paperback books
