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2006réf. 47760New York: Simon & Schuster 2006. Very Good /Very Good . New York: Simon & Schuster 2006. First Edition. Signed by Taylor Branch at title page with inscription "For Kojo Nnamdi With thanks for having me on WAMU and with best wishes Taylor Branch Jan 25 2006." Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket over black and gray boards; 1039 pp. Black and white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket lightly creased along edges. Boards with mild shelfwear. Binding is sound; a few smudges to interior else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of the third volume of Branch's highly praised three-volume history of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. Branch appeared on Kojo's show on the date of inscription. Simon & Schuster unknown
1828réf. 281672Philadelphia: Kimber und Scharpless 1828. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A Luther Bible with 40 “excellent plates” called for of which 39 appear to be present. Some plates are numbered and some are not but the numbered plates appear to skip from plate 30 to plate 32 though there is no evidence of excision With a separate title page for “Das Neue Testament” and a two blank leaves with elaborate borders of “Familien Register”between the testaments. 932 pages; bound in mottled calf with raised bands and morocco label; lacking the leather clasps. Very Good binding. Kimber und Scharpless unknown
2006réf. 47760New York: Simon & Schuster 2006. Very Good /Very Good . New York: Simon & Schuster 2006. First Edition. Signed by Taylor Branch at title page with inscription "For Kojo Nnamdi With thanks for having me on WAMU and with best wishes Taylor Branch Jan 25 2006." Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket over black and gray boards; 1039 pp. Black and white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket lightly creased along edges. Boards with mild shelfwear. Binding is sound; a few smudges to interior else unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of the third volume of Branch's highly praised three-volume history of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. Branch appeared on Kojo's show on the date of inscription. Simon & Schuster unknown books
1828réf. 281672Philadelphia: Kimber und Scharpless 1828. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A Luther Bible with 40 “excellent plates” called for of which 39 appear to be present. Some plates are numbered and some are not but the numbered plates appear to skip from plate 30 to plate 32 though there is no evidence of excision With a separate title page for “Das Neue Testament” and a two blank leaves with elaborate borders of “Familien Register”between the testaments. 932 pages; bound in mottled calf with raised bands and morocco label; lacking the leather clasps. Very Good binding. Kimber und Scharpless unknown books
1907réf. 111544Buffalo NY: Corlis Company Publishers 1907 Book. Fair to Good. Three-Quarter Leather. Salesman's Sample Dummy. RARE Salesman's sample dummy. Includes the listed titles by the noted authors. Book has moderate to heavy age/use wear including scuffs and chips to leather and cracked inner hinges. Some pages have inking. . Corlis Company, Publishers hardcover
2018réf. 1352742Anarctic Press 2018. Patreon Variant. Saddle-stitched. VF/NM with minor wear to edges slight stress marks. 1352742. Special Collections. Anarctic Press unknown
2018réf. 1352742Anarctic Press 2018. Patreon Variant. Saddle-stitched. VF/NM with minor wear to edges slight stress marks. 1352742. Special Collections. Anarctic Press unknown books
réf. 25622This pioneering American horticulturist developed more and better varieties of numerous cultivated plants. Trimmed TNS irregular 5½" X 2" tipped to pristine cream-colored 6" X 3 3/4" autograph album leaf n.p. n.y. Very good. Though strangely trimmed most of the content of this brief note is legible and it reads in part missing portions hazarded in brackets: "Athough I receive thousands on thousands of letters to answer I forward to you today the three Royal walnut trees. I have selected some wonderful ones for you and believe they will fulfill your expectation." Large bold signature. Though place and date aren't indicated this note was received by noted collector Preston Sawyer 1899-1968 California journalist and historical writer a fellow resident of Burbank's city of Santa Rosa California. An interesting example. unknown
1906réf. 686New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1906. Thick quarto. Original blue fine weave cloth with gorgeous all over gilt blocked cover design by Margaret Armstrong consisting of grapes and grape vine on a trellis also used for spine. This model cover design appears in later Putnam titles Morris Tennyson Emerson Rossettis however in those later uses clumsy lettering by another hand was employed as per Gullans. With superb frontispiece photograph of Tennyson by J. M. Cameron. Corners bumped spine with wear at extr. very good. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1906réf. 686New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1906. Thick quarto. Original blue fine weave cloth with gorgeous all over gilt blocked cover design by Margaret Armstrong consisting of grapes and grape vine on a trellis also used for spine. This model cover design appears in later Putnam titles Morris Tennyson Emerson Rossettis however in those later uses clumsy lettering by another hand was employed as per Gullans. With superb frontispiece photograph of Tennyson by J. M. Cameron. Corners bumped spine with wear at extr. very good. G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1990réf. MSL10189Heritage House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. Hard cover published by Heritage House in 1990. No dust jacket. Maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering and outline map of Arkansas on front and gilt lettering on spine. Bottom of spine is bent over. Book is in very good condition. Oblong small 8vo 128 pages 1.6 lb.; Oblong Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 128 pages . Heritage House hardcover
réf. 0088562New York: Institute of Public Administration. Hardcover. Very Good . Third edition 1954. Cloth clean unmarked text Very Good copy light discoloration to the covers rubbing or light wear to the edges of the book's covers no dust jacket. Uncommon book. Institute of Public Administration hardcover
1949réf. Print25KW160Department of Botany and Agronomy State College of Washington 1949. Offprint Pamphlet. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good offprint with original paper casing stapled spine writing and stamp on cover minor discoloration spots reprinted from Genetics No 34 pp 26-43 Image Available Upon Request Department of Botany and Agronomy, State College of Washington unknown
1908réf. 11779Baltimore. 1908. Hopkins was a member of the 6th Virginia Cavalry. His memoirs of the Civil War are geared toward the juvenile audience. 2191pp. plus plates. Portrait. Gilt cloth. Very good with the author's printed price slip laid in. NEVINS I p.106. hardcover
1908réf. 105575Press of Fleet-Mcginley Co. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1908. Book is in Very Good Plus condition. Includes map in back. 219 pages. Owners bookplate inscription on front free endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages . Press of Fleet-Mcginley Co. hardcover
1908réf. 11779Baltimore. 1908. Hopkins was a member of the 6th Virginia Cavalry. His memoirs of the Civil War are geared toward the juvenile audience. 2191pp. plus plates. Portrait. Gilt cloth. Very good with the author's printed price slip laid in. NEVINS I p.106. hardcover books
réf. 56733JACKSON Luther Porter. Free Negro Labor and Property Holding in Virginia 1830-1860. New York: D. Appleton-Century 1942. 1st ed. xix 270 pp. Orig. cloth. Spine lightly sunned else a very good or better copy. Economic history of Free Black labor in Antebellum Virginia. unknown
1948réf. 100401Grolier Incorporated New York 1965. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Fine like new. No dust jacket issued. 2086 pp. in two volumes. Text is clean white and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Part of Grollier's Treasury Series in presentation bindings. These two volumes are described by the authors as: "A new college anthology of American literature with which is integrated a comprehensive historical and critical survey must be designed to meet the needs of students whose perspectives are growing with our complex times." Grolier Incorporated hardcover
réf. 65698KELLY Luther S. "Yellowstone Kelly": The Memoirs of Luther S. Kelly. Edited by M. M. Quaife. New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1926. 1st ed. xiii268pp. Portrait frontis. illus. portraits folding map. orig. cloth non-priceclipped d/j Minor chipping to d/j else very good. Kelly's account of exploring Yellowstone. unknown
1986réf. 53254Atlanta GA: Martin Luther King Jr. Center 1986. wraps. Very good . 56p octavo. A very good copy in staplebound green wraps. Wraps are lightly scuffed and rubbed with minor wear to edges. Scarce only three copies listed in OCLC. Martin Luther King Jr. Center paperback
1963réf. 26202New York: Harper & Brothers 1963 . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo 146 pages two-tone cloth; dj nicked at tops of spine and corners chip at upper right corner of top panel Dr. King's second book a collection of his remarkable sermons. He centers his sermons on the divine laws as mirrored in the Gospels rather than in the incidents which have made him a controversial personality. Called by some the "American Gandhi" Dr. King was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Harper & Brothers hardcover
réf. 131128023Harper & Row 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition second issue with height measuring 8 x 3/16. Stated first edition. Near Fine in Very Good jacket with chip in bottom of front panel clipped back flap. Harper & Row hardcover
1958réf. 022614New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. Book. Illus. by B&w plates. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 230pp I-H printing code on copyright page indicating September 1958 - 2nd printing. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1954réf. 76252New York: Random House 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition first printing. The Tony Award-winning musical set in a fictional Baghdad in the times of The Arabian Nights. The story concerns a wily poet who talks his way out of trouble several times; meanwhile his beautiful daughter meets and falls in love with the young caliph. First produced on Broadway in 1953 Kismet was adapted for the silver screen in 1955 with a cast that included Howard Keel Ann Blyth Dolores Gray and Vic Damone. Octavo: xiv 174 p. with photographic illustrations from the original Broadway production which opened on December 3 1953 at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Original green cloth binding with a photographic illustration inset on the front panel and decorative black and gilt stamping. Tiny spot to the fore-edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Random House hardcover
1904réf. 057856Philadelphia PA: Henry Altemus Co. 1904. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mint green cloth lettered in red illus. in pale orange and brown. Text block edges a bit tanned small nick to cloth along top front edge otherwise only slight wear. Firm square binding clean interior beyond minor foxing to endpapers. xii13-150 pp. illus. Scarce gray paper dust jacket lettered in black is mildly tanned along spine panel and flap folds with minor loss at top front panel corner. Accompanied by a vintage Altemus catalog laid in. Very scarce. Henry Altemus Co. Hardcover
