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1991ref. 173173Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1991. Hardcover. x 249p. preface introduction notes index small neat previous owner's name in ink otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1985ref. 166028Berkeley: Open Books 1985. Paperback. 65p. photos. wraps slightly creased else very good condition. Protest of a local atomic weapons lab with numerous eminent witnesses on the sitters' behalf. Employees of the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Lab were at the time of the writing contracting melanomas at a rate five times that of surrounding communities. Open Books paperback books
1964ref. 154158Middletown: Guild for Psychological Studies 1964. Pamphlet. 25p. 5x7.25 inches very good first edition booklet in stapled wraps. Includes the psychologist/poet's poem "Requiem for a Lost People" in response to the JFK assassination. Jungian consideration of the assassination. Guild for Psychological Studies unknown books
1943ref. 30839Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1943. Hardcover. 246p. stated first edition. very good in two jackets; an edgeworn proof dj lacking spine or panel lettering superimposed on slightly edgeworn but otherwise bright regular dj. European American's first book a commentary on black life in wartime America in novel form. His books received praise from Daily Worker. Moon was accused of Communist affiliation by HUAC and fired from his editing job. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1984ref. 83790San Antonio: San Antonio College 1984. Paperback. xiii 166p. wraps with Bruce-Novoa graphic. The papers herein presented at a 1983 San Antonio conference by the same title include contributions from the editors Edward Murguía Rolando Hinojosa-Smith Sandra Modin and others and include both literary and popular culture topics e.g. comic books and folklore in comparative perspective. San Antonio College paperback books
1996ref. 39712Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1996. Paperback. xi 197p. wraps illus. very good condition. Includes hobo recipes. Indiana University Press paperback books
1949ref. 53712Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1949. Hardcover. 274p. covers slightly stained and dust jacket chipped and worn. Liberty book club edition. European American author. Moon's powerful novel of an upwardly-mobile black family in a small Florida town was chosen before publication as the winner of the George Washington Carver award for outstanding writing by or about American Negroes. His books received praise from Daily Worker. Moon was accused of Communist affiliation by HUAC and fired from his editing job. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1963ref. 90795NY:: Golden Press. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Number 526 in The Little Golden Library series. First printing thus with "A" on the last page. Light shelf wear and aging else very good in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Golden Press, hardcover books
ref. 1507Archive. Moon was a famous journalist writer and NAACP executive. He attended Howard University and got his masters from Ohio State University before becoming the Director of Public Relations at Tuskegee Institute. He briefly worked at New York's The Amsterdam News before becoming the NAACP's director of public relations in 1948. He wrote the classic Balance of Power: The Negro Vote and his writing also appeared in The New York Times The New Republic The London Tribune and The Chicago Defender. He served as The Crisis magazine's editor from 1966 to 1974. THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS. Founded in 1909 in Harlem NY it is a news publication geared toward the black community of New York City. At its height in the 1940s its circulation reached 100000 and was the fourth largest African-American newspaper in the United States. It published the works of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and Malcolm X. a TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". March 17 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Obie McCollum" as city editor of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon regarding his request for a salary increase: "In reply to your recent inquiries about your requests for salary increases I am enclosing this memo from Mr. Kelley the Editor." Typed on the newspaper's letterhead the memo is in great condition. b TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". March 17 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " W. M. K. " by William M. Kelley editor of The New York Amsterdam News regarding a salary increase for Henry Lee Moon: "You may give assurance to Mr. Poston and Mr. Moon that the matter of an increase in salary for them has been taken up decided favorably as to merit and now only awaits the necessary improvement in the financial condition of the paper to make them possible." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition with light toning throughout. c TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". June 11 1932. New York NY. A typed letter signed " William M. Kelley" certifying Henry Lee Moon as staff into The New York Amsterdam News ranks: "This is to certify that Henry Lee Moon is an accredited member of the staff of The Amsterdam News. He is an authorized news correspondent. Any courtesies that you may extend to him will be greatly appreciated." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition. d TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". December 27 1934. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Sadie Warren Davis" as treasurer of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon regarding an important private meeting: "This is to advise that I would like to see you on a very important matter. I have set aside Friday evening December 28th at 9:00 o'clock as the time at my apartment at 2293 Seventh Avenue. I trust that you will not fail to be there promptly." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition with light toning in the center and a fold separation along the top edge that does not affect legibility. e TLS. 1pg. 5 " x 8". July 6. 1936. New York NY. A typed letter signed " Thelma" by Thelma Berlack Boozer of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon: "I believe you owe Guild dues for Jun and July $1.20. In all probability too your Guild card has no more room for stamps. Kindly get your dues to me some time on Tuesday and also tell me the number of your present Guild card so that I can get a new one for you. Incidentally my new home address is 479 West 152nd Street Apt. 1-East. The telephone is still Edge. 4-1823." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition. f TLS. 1pg. 8 "" x 11". October 13 1936. New York NY. A typed letter signed " C. B. Powell" as President of Powell-Savory Corporation co-publishers of The New York Amsterdam News to Henry Lee Moon: "I am in receipt of your letter of October 10th and the returned check. I have referred the matter to Mr. Kaufman and I am enclosing a copy of my letter to him." Typed on the newspaper's stationery the letter is in great condition unknown books
1990ref. 65340Detroit:: Omnigraphics. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0906795893 . First edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Omnigraphics, hardcover books
1987ref. 27017NY: John Wiley & Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0471856851 . Third printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1990ref. 8948Berkeley: Open Books. Fine. 1990. Paperback. 0931416078 . Black and white illustrations. No statement of printing paperback. Fine in printed wraps. . Open Books paperback books
2016ref. 1378107Oxford UK and Portland OR: Hart Publishing 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 209 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine light brown with white lettering. Exterior shows mild wear with minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards show very slight wear including bumped spine edges. Text block has light wear to the edges. Ex-library name stamped to the head edge. Few instances of ex-library markings interiorly. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F ND-F. 1378107. FP New Rockville Stock. Hart Publishing hardcover books
ref. 30440n.p.: n.p. n.d. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Limp suede covers stamped gilt gold cord tie. Parody of Khayyam's Rubaiyat consisting of 75 quatrains 7 bichrome illustrations Moon was a pseudonym of Karl E. Vogel of Omaha Nebraska. Chipping and loss to border of suede wraps. n.p. paperback books
ref. B276711-2London Egypt Exploration Society 2006. xiii 3 319pp. 38 illus. 4to. Bopards. London (Egypt Exploration Society), 2006. unknown books
1987ref. 60381Seoul Korea: Seoul Computer Press. Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. 111pp. pictorial boards very light scuffing to covers otherwise a Near Fine copy. . Seoul Computer Press hardcover books
1969ref. 99402NY:: Norton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. First printing. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. . Norton, hardcover books
1945ref. 002015Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Co. Inc 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition stated. Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to front cover and spine 8-3/8" tall 491 pp. Dustiness to top edge of pages modest toning to spine panel of dust jacket slight staining to reverse of DJ spine panel. An important anthology that appeared almost a decade before the Civil Rights Movement really kicked off; includes contributions by W.E.B. DuBois Langston Hughes Richard Wright Chester B. Himes as well as by white authors such as Shirley Jackson Erskine Caldwell Dorothy Parker Kay Boyle etc. Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc hardcover books
1970ref. 97129Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0819540188 . Stated first edition. Very good in a very good fading along the spine dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press, hardcover books
ref. 736Paris/Toyko. Paperback. Very Good. 1st Japanese ed. Stiff wraps with tipped-on ssepia illus. on cover. 81 sepia photo illus. paperback books
2004ref. 46403Chicago:: Qualiatica Press. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 0975309609 . Color illustrations throughout. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket. . Qualiatica Press, hardcover books
1988ref. 84078NY:: Garland Publishing. Fine. 1988. Hardcover. 0824051408 . Complete in two volumes. First edition thus. Both volumes are fine in tan cloth. No dust jackets as issued. ; 1152 pages . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
2015ref. 83972Zurich:: Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst. Near Fine. 2015. Hardcover. 9783037644362 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. Bumped corners else near fine in pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, hardcover books
ref. 607062not signed of Machiko Kyo from the 1956 film "The Teahouse of the August Moon." Test photos are rare and probably one of a kind! 1. Full length sexy shot of Machiko Kyo in costume as Lotus Blossom. 2. Full length sexy shot of Machiko Kyo in costume as Lotus Blossom in the middle of a Japanese dance with Marlon Brando as Sakini Glenn Ford as Capt. Fisby and Eddie Albert as Capt. McLean looking on. Photographs are on single weight stock; 4 1/4" x 5"; very good tape on the upper margin of both photos; minor signs of handling; 1956. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
ref. 606593not signed of Machiko Kyo from the 1956 film "The Teahouse of the August Moon." Test photos are all rare and probably one of a kind! 1. Full length sexy shot of Machiko Kyo in costume as Lotus Blossom in the middle of a Japanese dance with Marlon Brando as Sakini Glenn Ford as Capt. Fisby and Eddie Albert as Capt. McLean looking on. 2. Full length crowd scene with Marlon Brando as Sakini Glenn Ford as Capt. Fisby. Eddie Albert as Capt McLean and Machiko Kyo as Lotus Blossom with many small children and towns people. 3. Full length variant crowd scene with Marlon Brando as Sakini Glenn Ford as Capt. Fisby. Eddie Albert as Capt McLean and Machiko Kyo as Lotus Blossom with many small children and towns people. Photographs are on single weight stock; 5" x 4"; very good tape on the upper margin of all 3 photos; minor signs of handling; 1956. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
