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ref. 0884116050.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1936ref. 34917Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company 1936. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Cover art by John La Gatta. Contributions by Carl Sandburg and others. Illustrations by Arthur William Brown and others. Foxing to edges of front cover heavy foxing and insect damage to back cover wear to spine. Internally very clean. A good copy. ; Folio. The Curtis Publishing Company unknown
1937ref. 413672New York: Farrar and Rinehart 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A bit of foxing and bumping on the boards very good in very good spine-faded dustwrapper. Inscribed by Baldwin on the front endpaper to mystery writer Mignon Eberhart and her husband: "Minnie and Alan with much love Faith." The friendship between Baldwin and Eberhart is well documented with Eberhart considered the founder of the modern romance suspense or mystery novel. Baldwin was one of the most popular romance novelists of her day. Farrar and Rinehart hardcover
1973ref. 101318Norwalk Connecticut and New York April 20th 1973 through March 21 1978. 1973 to 1978. 1973 to 1978. Very good. - A total of three letters the first two of which are penned by the American author Faith Baldwin and are addressed to her friend Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger. The first is a 3-page letter consisting of over 270 words penned by Faith Baldwin on three sides of two sheets of her 7-3/4 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide light blue personal stationery. In her letter dated April 20 1973 Baldwin writes to the Rabbi & Mrs. Metzger "How lovely of you to remember me! I hope you had a Joyous Passover - and that you're happy in Blue River." She mentions having had cataract surgery back in 1970 and that "I went back to work in April 1971. That NOVEL One More Time was published in 72 & there will be one this coming July - No Bed of Roses - & I just finished one for the Winter of 1974!" That novel "Time and the Hour" was published on January 1 1974. She mentions that her vision is all right but that she tires easily and finds reading hard. She mentions that "The old books are now coming out in uniform paper backs Warner Paperback Library - since Jan 72 - one a month . I meant to tell you a very old book of mine came out in Israel." She closes by wishing them a lovely spring. Signed "Faith". Folded for mailing else fine with the original mailing envelope. The second is a one-and-a-half page letter consisting of over 105 words penned on both sides of her 7-3/4 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide light blue personal stationery. In her letter dated Dec. 21 1974 Faith Baldwin writes to Rabbi & Mrs. Metzger opening her letter with pleasantries ".see Rabbi's a glutton for work whereas I spent 73 trying to survive. - Why - I finished a book in March." Her novel "New Girl in Town" was published on January 1 1975. She concludes with "I have run out of paper good pens energy mine stamps almost and of course patience." Signed "Faith / Any Variety of". Folded for mailing else near fine with the original mailing envelope. Together with: An Autograph letter signed by the last Rabbi of Nuremberg Rabbi Kurtz L. Metzger to Faith Baldwin's daughter. Over 350 words penned on both sides of his personal 10-7/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide stationery. Responding to a brief mailgram he received from Hervey on March 19th informing him of her mother Faith Baldwin's death Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger writes a lengthy consoling letter dated March 21 1978: "Though it is always bitter and painful to loose sic a dear one and especially a mother such as yours I do hope that after the initial experience of her passing away a feeling of gratitude will replace your emotions of sorrow. For the last two years must have been for your mother a horrible period of frustration since she was no longer able to live a life of independence." He describes how she has been relieved of her pain and frustration at "no longer being able to use her God-given gift of being productive in the literary field in which she has secured for herself the immortality of an extremely beloved and highly appreciated author." He hopes that although her mother has passed they will stay in touch "and continue a relationship which I enjoyed with your mother so much over the years." Signed "Kurt". Folded for mailing with a short tear along the left edge and offsetting near the middle. Very good with the original mailgram from Hervey. The American author of romance novels and other fiction Faith Baldwin 1893-1978 often wrote of women juggling careers and family enabling working women of all ages to identify with her characters. As a youth Baldwin lived for two years in Europe living in Dresden with one of her mother's close friends while the First World War was raging. She learned German and went to cooking school before returning to the U.S. in 1916. She began working for the War Camp Community Service where she met her future husband. A friend of Faith Baldwin Rabbi Kurt L. Metzger 1909-1992 was born in Nuremberg and was the Rabbi of Landau from 1935 to 1938. He was arrested while attending the Jewish Theological Seminary and incarcerated at the Buchenwald concentration camp for months but eventually released to serve as the Rabbi of Nuremberg. Metzger immigrated to the United States in 1940 serving as Rabbi of Temple Beth El in Glen Falls New York. The last Rabbi of Nuremberg he returned to visit Germany several times after he was and was named the Honorary Rabbi of his former native town of Nuremberg in 1977. Norwalk, Connecticut and New York, April 20th 1973 through March 21, 1978. [1973 to 1978]. paperback
1958ref. 251171958. BALDWIN Faith. Typed Letter Signed. Two pages on both sides of a single sheet; hand-written in ink: "Rt. 2 Meed Ave. Norwalk Conn Sept. 26/58." Note: There are numerous typing errors and hand-written corrections in ink throughout the letter and spelling errors are for the most part not noted in the follow textual description- as there are many. To a teacher in California Baldwin apologizes for the delay in her response to several questions posed by the teacher. "I can reply to your questions only informally and in bad typing as I have never used a secretary and employ two fingers." Baldwin discusses several of her books and writes that Many Windows will be published on her 65th birthday. "About education. I don't have the true equivalent of a high school education. Mrs. Dow's school did give courses which if passed took you into college; but I wasn't interested in college; I was about 17 and a ga half sic when I left Mrs. Dow's. The education in Germany was during the war and consisted of house keeping school didn't learn a thing and of German which I learned. I am not sorry I didn't go to college; I think I would have frittered away my time and probably flunked. I was not a good student for I was far too lazy." Baldwin goes on in some detail about advising students to go to college "if it is possible" and discusses the benefits of a college education and the difficulty of supporting herself as a writer. "You can only eat while you write if you have rich parents or generous and/or a well-heeled husband or wife." Baldwin writes about the demands for college degrees in the business world and says she always advises her students to at least have a good secretarial degree "for this is really an open door. I have seen one advance from typist to private secretary to asst. editor and then editor on a national magazine." Baldwin continues about her father's profession lawyer and her mother's a grade-school teacher and her family's background missionaries editors etc. "It's tougher if you are born into a family without the cultural background but that can be overcome by education." She writes "in this era a college education is extremely valuable and certainly a high school education a must." Also signed by Baldwin as "Mrs. Hugh Cuthrell." Baldwin was known for typing her manuscripts quickly but inaccurately and. unknown
1965ref. 2031291965. unbound. 2 pages front and back 11 x 8.5 inches no place no date circa 1965. Typed on plain paper with numerous handwritten corrections in part: ".This story you told me has no plot. And knowing WFB from old and his interest in young love and new plot and plenty of action I am rather alarmed. So if this doesn't suit the magazine no hard feelings." Signed "Faith" with handwritten postscript regarding a story submission. Natural folds paperclip impression in the top margin and a tiny chip on the upper left corner. Very good- condition. unknown
1939ref. 440052New York: Triangle Books 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Pages toned very good in near fine dustwrapper. Publisher's File Copy stamped on the bottom edge and front fly and a label with publisher's information affixed on half-title and spine. Triangle Books hardcover
1933ref. b23107Philadelphia: Philadelphia Ledger 1933. First Edition . Unbound. Near Fine. Near fine in original wrappers. Minor darkening to the page edges. Philadelphia Ledger unknown
ref. 0786228741.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 143259821X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1163195731.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1436699827.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1494080419.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1939ref. 9366New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Silver cloth with blue titles on cover and spine top edge stained green. Light wear to spine ends inscription on front free endpaper some glue residue on rear pastedown endpaper. Dustjacket has light chipping along the edges two tears and some shelf wear. A very good copy in very good- dustjacket. ; Octavo; 305 pages. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc hardcover
1954ref. 413675New York: Rinehart and Company 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Spine a little rubbed very good in very good dustwrapper with a little toning and a nick on the spine. Inscribed by Baldwin on the front endpaper before publication: "June 30/'54. Henrietta and Ray with deep gratitude and love Faith. Publication August 12 '54. Rinehart and Company hardcover
1954ref. 413673New York: Rinehart and Company 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in slightly smudged very good or better dustwrapper. Inscribed by Baldwin on the front endpaper before publication: "July 11-'54. For Eddie and Mary with love from Faith. Publication August 12/54. Rinehart and Company hardcover
1934ref. 352077New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. Illustrations by Harry Anderson. Octavo. Slightly cocked with some wear at the top and bottom edge near fine in fair dustwrapper split at the flaps and rear with part of the spine lacking. A collection of four novelettes set between March 1933 and March 1934. Scarce title and jacket. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1946ref. 52790New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1946. Near fine in very good plus jacket. First edition of this epic chronicle of the early 20th century following the life of a woman married at 17 who starts designing dresses to support her family on her own. Baldwin developed a writing career as one of the highest paid women writers in the United States. Her books offered fantasy and sophistication but featured relatable heroines; THE NEW YORK TIMES called her "the doyenne of American light-fiction writers" DAB. Baldwin was unashamed unashamed that her novels were considered "escapist": "People had to have some escape hatch some way to get out of themselves especially during the Depression" DAB 21. 8'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth spine stamped in brown and gilt. In original unclipped $2.50 color pictorial dust jacket by Robert Hallock. Fore-edge machine deckle. 8 309 1 pages. Jacket with some shallow edgewear slight toning to spine. Book with slight toning to edges. Bright. Farrar & Rinehart unknown
1933ref. R300322289Parima. 1933. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 253 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
1947ref. RO30025118EDITIONS DU BATEAU IVRE. 1947. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 281 pages.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle
ref. 24359Paris, Nouvelle Cité, 1978. 13 x 20, 185 pp., broché, bon état.
2001ref. pq2228Edition du Rocher Broché 2001 In-8 (14 x 22,5 cm.), broché, 295 pages ; légères traces aux plats, très bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1933ref. 115493Parima 1933 253 pages in12. 1933. Broché. 253 pages.
1999ref. RO30125056LE CHERCHE MIDI. 1999. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 291 pages comportant quelques photos couleur. . . . Classification Dewey : 234-La foi
1930ref. RO60002784Grosset & Dunlap. 1930. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 311 pages, hardcover.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
