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1974ref. 158170N.p.: Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production 1974. Draft script for the 1975 film here under the working title "Aaron and Angela." A coming-of-age story set in Harlem about the love between a Black basketball player and a Puerto Rican girl sparking disapproval from their families and neighbors. Featuring excellent location footage of a violent decaying half-abandoned 1970s New York. Irene Cara's screen debut. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present dated December 1 1974 with credits for screenwriter Gerald Sanford. 142 leaves with last page of text numbered 140. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two gold brads. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema. Parish & Hill 1. Gordon Park Jr. Robert Anderson Production unknown books
1971ref. 154512Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1971. Vintage reference photograph of director Gordon Parks on the set of the 1971 film. Stamp and mimeo snipe of Sun Magazine and The Salt Lake Tribune on the verso along with a printed label noting use by "Celebrity Cookbook" dated June 20 1971. Based on the 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman. One of the best and most enduring films of the early 1970s and no surprise with director/photographer/cinematographer extraordinaire Gordon Parks at the helm an Oscar-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes and a magnetic performance by Richard Roundtree. This film and Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" 1971 set the standard for what would become "Blaxploitation" a genre highly stylized violent and most importantly funky. Followed by "Shaft's Big Score!" 1972 and "Shaft in Africa" 1973. Shot on location in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Grant US. Spicer US Neo-Noir. Howard Blaxploitation Cinema p. 7 10-11 13 23 28 38 46 48 72 188. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1975ref. 150615Los Angeles: American International Pictures AIP 1975. Eight vintage black and white studio still photographs from the 1975 film. With the stamp of Consolidated Theatre Services on the verso. Loosely based on Ronald Fair's 1966 novel "Hog Butcher." Two African American children are the key witnesses against the corrupt police officers who mistakenly murdered their best friend and local hero Nathaniel "Cornbread" Hamilton in a manhunt. Set and shot on location in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1785ref. 2791581785. unbound. very good. 1 x 2.5-inch signature removed from a document no place no date circa 1785. Smudged ink on the first letter of his name but still in very good condition overall. American patriot and religious leader best remembered for his participation in the Boston Tea Party. unknown books
1940ref. 417914Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in modestly age-toned very good or better dust jacket. The first commercial book appearance of these five poets preceding Berryman's and Jarrell's own separate first books by two years. Inscribed by John Berryman to a philosophy professor at Columbia University: "To Irwin Edman: On page 45 a paper on aesthetics long overdue. with sincere regard John Berryman. Boston 18 Oct 1941." Laid in is the front of the original mailing parcel hand-addressed by Berryman to Edman with his name repeated in the return address. Page 45 contains Berryman’s introduction to the selection of his poems entitled “A Note on Poetry.” Both Edman and Berryman both belonged to the Boar’s Head Society at Columbia a social group devoted to poetry. Berryman graduated from Columbia in 1936 so indeed his paper whatever it was was long overdue. New Directions hardcover books
1974ref. 132530London: Marron Films 1974. Collection of 4 vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1974 UK release of the 1973 US film. Mimeograph snipes affixed to the versos and 1 still with layout annotations. A horror-comedy about a reporter who has had an affair with the daughter of the US President. He is sent to Hungary where he is bitten by a werewolf and then gets transferred back to Washington. Suddenly the murder rate in Washington DC escalates. 8 x 10 inches. A few ink annotations on the versos and faint discoloration to 2 stills else Near Fine. Marron Films unknown books
1973ref. 116741New York: Harry N. Abrams 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Massive monograph with text by Kallir. Includes 253 large illustrations with 135 in color along with an additional 1203 documentary illustrations. A fine and tight copy in a bright very near fine dust jacket with a tiny almost invisible stain to the top front corner. Still one of the best books on Grandma Moses. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1830ref. 19828New York: Printed by J. & J. Harper 1830. First American Edition. Leather bound. Very good. The first American edition of Full Annals of the Revolution in France 1830 with an account of the New York celebration by Myer Moses. Octavo 12 255pp 1 151pp 3. Two separately paginated parts in one volume. Polished calf boards modern spine. Title in gilt over red morocco label. Library bookplate on front pastedown. Sporadic foxing and toning throughout. Text block was resewn solid binding throughout. William Hone's account of the July Revolution is followed by Moses's account of the New York festivities held on November 25 1830. The celebration coincided with the forty-seventh anniversary of the British evacuation of New York. A contemporary record of the overthrow of Charles X and the American response to the French Revolution. Myer Moses 1779-1833 was a Charleston-born Jewish merchant legislator military officer and author. Elected to the South Carolina legislature in 1810 he also served as a commissioner of public schools and attained the rank of major during the War of 1812. Active in Charleston's Jewish community he delivered an 1806 address before the Hebrew Orphan Society celebrating America as a refuge for Jews. Printed by J. & J. Harper unknown books
1781ref. 5187Derby CT 1781-1841. Hardcover. Tan calf. Very good. 85 numbered pages. 41 x 16.5 cm. A detailed record of work barter and neighborhood exchange in Revolutionary-era Derby Connecticut. Containing accounts dating as early as 1781 the account book of Moses Hotchkiss 1757-1799 documents the varied labor and practical skills that sustained a community situated at the confluence of the Housatonic and Naugatuck Rivers. Hotchkiss's entries record carpentry blacksmithing framing shaving shingles butchering shoveling dung picking corn branding whips splitting rails repairing rakes and plows smoking meat and working at cider mills and sawmills. A particularly notable entry records his framing of a "smallpox house" for Edward Craft in 1781. In exchange for his labor he received firewood rye a walnut tree barrels of cider cheese beef sheep lamb leather potatoes turnips flax and other goods. Many receipts bear the signatures of both Hotchkiss and the person with whom he dealt: others record payments made on a neighbor's behalf. Together these transactions offer a closely observed picture of an economy sustained by skilled labor agricultural produce and reciprocal obligations. Hotchkiss had served in the Revolutionary War; a record associated with the July 1779 alarm documents his return of horses used in the Holbrook Company of Militia. The account book also connects him with neighbors identified as Revolutionary War participants including Joseph Loveland Jeremiah "Jere" Burrell Samuel Hall John Coe Capt. Enos Smith Capt. Reuben Tucker and Benjamin Moulthrop the last also a veteran of the French and Indian War. Another associate John Humphreys was the brother of diplomat David Humphreys. The volume later belonged to Clifford L. French 1876-1942 of Derby whose signature appears within. French was the son of Civil War pensioner Samuel Hotchkiss French 1840-1885 and the grandson of Phoebe Hotchkiss French 1814-1886 suggesting that the book descended through the family. The final two pages of entries following the leaf bearing Clifford's signature are in a different hand and date from August 1838 to January 1841. These later accounts chiefly concern farm foodstuffs extending the volume's record of local exchange into the nineteenth century. Unidentified ex-libris bookplate affixed to verso of front cover. Covers heavily rubbed with some loss to spine. hardcover books
2006ref. 839932006. Morgan Denise C.; Godsil Rachel D.; Moses Joy. Awakening from the Dream: Civil Rights Under Siege and the New Struggle for Equal Justice. Durham N.C.: Carolina Academic Press 2006. xxiii 452 pp. Softcover. Pages 85-222 very slightly worn at top edge else fine. $25. Contents: The Rehnquist court's federalism revolution and civil rights; The impact of the federalism revolution on the lives of Americans; The impact of the federalism revolution on access to courts to protect essential services and fundamental rights; The federalism revolution: principle or politics; Strategies for reversing the civil rights rollback. unknown books
2006ref. 839812006. Morgan Denise C.; Godsil Rachel D.; Moses Joy. Awakening from the Dream: Civil Rights Under Siege and the New Struggle for Equal Justice. Durham N.C.: Carolina Academic Press 2006. xxiii 452 pp. Softcover fine. $25. Contents: The Rehnquist court's federalism revolution and civil rights; The impact of the federalism revolution on the lives of Americans; The impact of the federalism revolution on access to courts to protect essential services and fundamental rights; The federalism revolution: principle or politics; Strategies for reversing the civil rights rollback. unknown books
1906ref. 52779New York: The Century Co 1906. Good plus. Scarce first edition of this turn of the century reading primer featuring the mischievous little sprites from Cox's popular BROWNIE books. Thoughtfully arranged snippets from Cox's BROWNIES books are paired with lessons and vocabulary words in this primer intended to serve as classroom text for young children learning to read. 7.5'' 5.5''. Original pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in brown with green printed text. Additional text by Mary C. Judd grading and editing by Montrose J. Moses. 108 pages. Previous owner's name inked to "this book belongs to" page; a few stray pencil notes. Bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. Book with notable soil and wear. The Century Co unknown books
1773ref. 352513London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later green cloth. From the Library of Mr. L. Prouty. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood and Satchell p. 43-44 Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1773ref. 263320London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly 1773. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century calf gilt spine. Fine. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece of men fishing. xxxvii 2 136 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author a poetical mainstay of "The Gentleman's Magazine" was a friend of Dr. Johnson and editor of The Complete Angler. Westwood and Satchell p. 43-44; ESTC T55148 Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly unknown books
1938ref. 775691938. Aronson Moses J. Cardozo's Doctrine of Sociological Jurisprudence. New York: "Reprinted from Journal of Social Philosophy Vol. 4 no. 1 October 1938." 5-44 pp. Stapled pamphlet light shelfwear light wear and fading to spine author's presentation inscription to head of front cover: "To Professor D.R. Scott/ with cordial regards Moses J Aronson." $25. unknown books
1650ref. 68492London: Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock 1650. First and only edition. Small quarto 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 180 x 139 mm. 8 100 2 pp. Bound without final blank. With engraved initials head and tail pieces. Newer half calf over contemporary speckled paper boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Some minor toning and foxing throughout. Top margin trimmed close occasionally affecting running headline. Previous owner's morocco bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. "In early modern marriage conduct books wives are advised to submit to their husbands and husbands are advised as the 'lords of the house' to keep order by rebuking and controlling their wives. Most marriage books however do not condone wife beating. Moses a Vauts was one of the few who supported wife beating. In The Husband's Authority Unvail'd. wherein it is moderately discussed whether it be fit or lawfull for a good Man to beat his bad Wife he states 'If Wives will invent strange new Fashions and frisking strains of Disobedience. why should not their Husbands suit them with new Forms of Discipline" Vauts also declares 'It were well and better the wife could not deserve Blows; but if they be due or needful or best for her why should they be denied her'" Custome is an Idiot: Jacobean Pamphlet Literature on Women. Edited by Susan Gushee O'Malley ESTC R205920. HBS 68492. $3500. Printed by T.N. for Robert Bostock unknown books
1974ref. 42108New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1974. First Edition. very good in a very good jacket. An original modern folk tale about modernization and an old musician who seeks to preserve the traditions of the countryside through a handmade mandolin embued with nature's most beautiful sounds. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's red cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket mildly edgeworn with a short closed tear at top edge of front panel. Faint touches of soil and two tiny dark spots at rear. Cloth fresh. Interior bright. Very good plus. Unpaginated. Holt, Rinehart & Winston unknown books
1940ref. 180216005New York: New Directions 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden "so much skill much faith - signed John Berryman Boston 16 Dec 1941." 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges slightly chipped at head and tail closed tear along front flap fold a few faint stains. The very first book appearance of John Berryman and quite rare signed by him as well as poet/ novelist/essayist Randall Jarrell and poet/translator of Sappho Mary Barnard. New Directions hardcover books
1838ref. 664731838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. Dedham Mass.: 1838. 1838 Libel Case in Dedham Massachusetts Due to an Accusation of Adultery Trial. Pond Preston 1792-1868 Defendant. Report of the Case of Rev. Moses Thatcher Vs. Gen Preston Pond For Slander In Charging Him with Committing the Crime of Adultery. Reported for the Dedham Patriot. Dedham MA: Dedham Patriot and Boston Times 1838. 31 pp. Quarto 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in contemporary thick patterned-paper wrappers hand-lettered title panel to front cover. Some rubbing to extremities with a bit of wear to spine ends and corners a few minor tears to wrappers. Light browning to text occasional light foxing dampstains to a few leaves two leaves have clean tears light soiling to title page. Early annotations and signatures to title page interior otherwise clean. $650. Only edition. "Moses Thacher sometimes spelled Thatcher charged Pond with slander. Pond pleaded not guilty and alleged truth as a defense. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded $5.00 in damages and $1.25 in costs" Cohen. After the trial Thacher left New England and served as pastor in Wysox Pennsylvania and in Courtland and Cayuga Counties in New York. The trials attracted a fair amount of attention; according to Cohen it was discussed in three pamphlets. All are scarce. OCLC locates 7 copies of the Report in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress Social Law University of Minnesota University of Missouri William and Mary. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12063. unknown books
1642ref. 254936Amsterdam: Jioh & Corneium Blaeu 1642. Second edition of each title. Publisher's device on title pages; woodcut tailpieces ornamental initials. Maimonides text in Hebrew with facing Latin translation by Vossius. 12 1-174. 2; 12 304; xvii 19 305-732 x 30. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum with ms. spine title covers slightly soiled upper joint cracked. Institutional shelfmark in ink on title-page ; bookplae of HENRY FERGUSON of Stamford Connecticut "Henry Ferguson from the Library of Rev. FREDERIC GARDINER" and signed by Gardiner on the front pastedown "Leipzig 1854. Second edition of each title. Publisher's device on title pages; woodcut tailpieces ornamental initials. Maimonides text in Hebrew with facing Latin translation by Vossius. 12 1-174. 2; 12 304; xvii 19 305-732 x 30. 1 vols. 4to. Scarce second edition of Maimonides' tract on idolatry with an important new foreword "to the Reader" by Isaac Vossius brother of the recently deceased translator Dionysius Vossius 1612-1642 as well as a new dedicatory poem by Caspar Barlaeus. Maimonides' text is usually accompanied as it is here by the massive commentary by Gerardus Vossius father of Isaac and Dionysius DE THEOLOGIA GENTILI . a book said to have been an iinfluence on Isaac Newton; his library contained an "extensively dog-eared" copy of the book John Harrison THE LIBRARY OF ISAAC NEWTON Cambridge University Press p. 258. This particular copy has a very distinguished provenance. Dr. Frederic Gardiner was an Episcopal clergyman Biblican scholar founder of the American Exegetical Society and author of several books including a Harmony of the Gospels. Henry Ferguson of Stamford Ct. "studied theology in the Berkeley Divinity School. In 1872 he was made rector of Christ Church in Exeter N. H. and in 1878 rector of Trinity Church Claremont in the same state. In 1883 he became professor of history and political economy in Trinity College a position he filled with distinguished credit until commencement in 1906 when he resigned to become rector of St. Paul's School Concord N. H. In 1873 he married Emma J. Gardiner daughter of Professor Gardiner of the Berkeley Divinity School . His original specialty was Hebrew." Norris Galpin Osborn ed. MEN OF MARK IN CONNECTICUT Vol I p. 132. OCLC: 37317703 one copy in US; Vossius: Brunet V col. 1373 for editions of 1641 and 1668 Jioh, & Corneium Blaeu unknown books
1823ref. 236441London: Printed by and for James Appleton Queen's Row Walworth 1823. First edition Appleton imprint. 28 of 29 engraved plates. 1 vols. Small 4to 8-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches. Original quarter morocco and boards with title label on upper cover " . Thirty Plates sic. Price Two Guineas". Piece removed from flyleaf; title page mounted. Plates clean; very good. First edition Appleton imprint. 28 of 29 engraved plates. 1 vols. Small 4to 8-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches. Delicate Flaxonesque engravings displaying Empire-style costumes and furnishings and scenes from literature Pope's Belinda and antiquity Pericles by Henry Moses 1782-1870. He enjoyed "a great reputation for his outline plates which are distinguished for the purity and correctness of the drawing. His art was peculiarly suited to the representation of sculpture and antiquities and he published many sets of plates of that class " DNB. This work was published under various titles DESIGN OF MODERN COSTUME by several different London printers. Lipperheide 994; Colas 2143; Hiler p. 633 Printed by and for James Appleton, Queen's Row, Walworth unknown books
2025ref. 17248New York: Scribner 2025. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate affixed to flyleaf. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 177pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A presentable signed early printing of this dystopic novella by the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive violent religious order while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find-discarded ink dirt and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood deemed an unworthy she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside the world is plagued by catastrophe-cities are submerged underwater electricity and the internet are nonexistent and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel barren landscape. Inside the narrator is controlled punished but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls joining the ranks of the unworthy she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past-and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past the environmental future and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood Why can't she remember her life before And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened A searing dystopian tale about climate crisis ideological extremism and the tidal pull of our most violent exploitative instincts this is another unforgettable novel from a master of feminist horror.Publisher. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate affixed to flyleaf. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 177pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A presentable signed early printing of this dystopic novella by the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: NATIONAL BESTSELLER The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive violent religious order while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find-discarded ink dirt and even her own blood. A lower member of the Sacred Sisterhood deemed an unworthy she dreams of ascending to the ranks of the Enlightened at the center of the convent and of pleasing the foreboding Superior Sister. Outside the world is plagued by catastrophe-cities are submerged underwater electricity and the internet are nonexistent and bands of survivors fight and forage in a cruel barren landscape. Inside the narrator is controlled punished but safe. But when a stranger makes her way past the convent walls joining the ranks of the unworthy she forces the narrator to consider her long-buried past-and what she may be overlooking about the Enlightened. As the two women grow closer the narrator is increasingly haunted by questions about her own past the environmental future and her present life inside the convent. How did she get to the Sacred Sisterhood Why can't she remember her life before And what really happens when a woman is chosen as one of the Enlightened A searing dystopian tale about climate crisis ideological extremism and the tidal pull of our most violent exploitative instincts this is another unforgettable novel from a master of feminist horror.Publisher. Scribner hardcover books
1970ref. 16997New York: The Press of The Research Centre of Kabbalah 1970. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxxv 232pp. Rubbing toning creasing chipping and tears to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing and bumps to corners and to head and tail of spine. Slight lean to spine. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A challenging book delving into the mysteries of our universe. The author Rabbi Moshe Hayim Luzzatto lived a brief and almost magic life yet he produced a facsinating treatise on Kabbalah that provides mankind with compelling insights into the Ten Sephirot the ten emanations of spiritual light that comprise the very nature of reality.Publisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxxv 232pp. Rubbing toning creasing chipping and tears to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in red paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Rubbing and bumps to corners and to head and tail of spine. Slight lean to spine. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A challenging book delving into the mysteries of our universe. The author Rabbi Moshe Hayim Luzzatto lived a brief and almost magic life yet he produced a facsinating treatise on Kabbalah that provides mankind with compelling insights into the Ten Sephirot the ten emanations of spiritual light that comprise the very nature of reality.Publisher. The Press of The Research Centre of Kabbalah hardcover books
2023ref. 16803New York: Scribner 2023. Paperback. Very good . Paperback. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate at front endpaper. Third Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". x 154pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm tight and sound. A very presentable signed early printing of this collection of stories from the award-winning author of Tender is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An NPR Best Book of 2023 A collection of nineteen dark wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica this collection of nineteen brutal darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence alienation and dystopia Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex unexpected ways-often unsettling sometimes thrilling and always profound. In "Roberto" a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light Swift and Monstrous Sound" and in "Candy Pink" a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps. Written in Bazterrica's signature clever vivid style these stories question love friendship family relationships and unspeakable desires.Publisher. Signed by Agustina Bazterrica in ink to bookplate at front endpaper. Third Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". x 154pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm tight and sound. A very presentable signed early printing of this collection of stories from the award-winning author of Tender is the Flesh. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An NPR Best Book of 2023 A collection of nineteen dark wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica this collection of nineteen brutal darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence alienation and dystopia Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex unexpected ways-often unsettling sometimes thrilling and always profound. In "Roberto" a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman's neighbor jumps to his death in "A Light Swift and Monstrous Sound" and in "Candy Pink" a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps. Written in Bazterrica's signature clever vivid style these stories question love friendship family relationships and unspeakable desires.Publisher. Scribner paperback books
ref. 14102New York: McGraw-Hill 1970. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Public Works: A Dangerous Trade by Robert Moses inscribed to journalist and historian Theodore H. White. Octavo xxxvi 952pp. Beige cloth title stamped in blue and red. The first printing with a full number line on the copyright page and no additional printings. Solid text block light sunning along top edge light dampstain to rear cover. In the publisher's dust jacket retail price on front flap archival tissue repair to verso a few closed tears bright illustrations. Signed by the author "To Ted White / with high regard / Robert Moses" on the second free endpaper. Robert Moses 1888-1981 was an urban planner in New York City and served as the 49th Secretary of State of New York from 1927-1929. Throughout his forty-year career Moses oversaw construction and function of Jones Beach State Park and the New York State Parkway System and was acting head of the Triborough Bridge Authority. Despite his accomplishments in public affairs Moses's reputation was diminished with the publication of Robert Caro's biography The Power Broker which described Moses as a racist official who cut corners on budgeting and restricted access to city parks for lower-class families. McGraw-Hill unknown books
