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1984réf. 2349952Geneseo: James Brunner 1984. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Includes folding map. Jacket lightly toned with a few minor blemishes. 1984 Hard Cover. xxii 416 45 pp. 1984 reissue of 1838 original incorporating the 1934 index to the work compiled by Florence Fischer Van Slyke which was originally published separately. Navy blue cloth gilt titles engraved frontispiece of Rochester in 1812 46 engravings throughout text including many of religious government and commercial buildings in Rochester and views of the Genesee River. Not in Sabin. Howes O122: "Enlarged from the author's sixteen-page pamphlet of 1835 entitled Rochester in 1835. Correct spelling of his name is said to be O'Rielly. James Brunner hardcover books
1917réf. 322723New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1917. Hardcover. 6 361 1p. boards. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in red and white on front cover. Cover illustration dull and parts fading. Shelf wear. Good. Novel set in Alaska. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1901réf. 195318New York: Continental Publishing Co 1901. Hardcover. Good. Good Light water stains on top edges and top inner corners of pages spine ends and panel corners bumped and worn with slight tearing of cloth panels and spine rubbed-scuffed and soiled spine faded panel edges rubbed light browning of page edges various pages show light brown spots and light smudge marks on edges none of which obscure text or illustrations small crack starting in rear hinge but binding is still very tight. Continental Publishing Co hardcover books
1926réf. 410931New York: Edward J. Clode Inc 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Decorative blind-stamped green cloth with yellow lettering. Modestly soiled cloth very good lacking the dustwrapper. Man in British East Africa strays from his wife at home in England. Apparently a sequel to the author's Kenya Mist. Edward J. Clode, Inc hardcover books
1935réf. 506018New York: Newson & Company 1935. Hardcover. Fine. Second printing. Illustrated by Nils Hogner. Small octavo. 80pp. Just about fine in decorative cloth. Inscribed by Florence Romaine on the front flyleaf: "To the Lenox Library Association-with the hope that those who love the music and folklore of our American Indians may find an echo of them in this book. Most sincerely Florence Romaine. Apr. 29th 1947." Our Changing World series edited by Rollo G. Reynolds. Newson & Company hardcover books
1945réf. 29671New York/Hollywood/Toronto: Samuel French Inc. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1948 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. a good sound copy with only light shelfwear large library label on front pastedown see Notes; the jacket has a bit of paper loss at the spine ends which has been filled in by internal paper-tape reinforcement as have a diagonal tear and a small narrow chip at the bottom of the front panel and another bit at the top rear flap-fold. B&W photo frontispiece INSCRIBED and SIGNED by co-writer Ryerson on the front endpaper to a fellow writer Alice D.G. Miller: "For Alice / with gratitude / and affection / Florence / November 1948." As blurbed on the front of the jacket the play a battle-of-the-sexes comedy set in 1896 San Francisco about a couple who agree to disagree on an important issue women's suffrage had a successful 7-month run on Broadway 229 performances January-July 1948. In addition to the inscription the material on the facing page the front pastedown fills in the story a bit more: first there is the inscribee's ownership signature her full name at the top of the page and there is also a large illustrated bookplate headed Motion Picture Relief Fund Inc. and stating that "This book has been donated to the Motion Picture Country House by Alice D.G. Miller." Miller 1894-1985 was a prominent movie scenarist during the 1920s with a few more scattered credits in the early talkie years; Ryerson 1892-1965 was more prolific who had dozens of screenwriting credits from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s including a shared credit on THE WIZARD OF OZ and often wrote in collaboration with Clements her second husband. Their joint output included not only screenplays but also mystery novels and stage plays. Beyond documenting a simple friendship though the two women collaborated on at least one stage play a 1950 comedy called "Little Scandal" a copy of which can also be procured from ReadInk if you are interested and so inclined. It might also be noted that Mr. Clements having died of a heart attack in January 1948 never got to enjoy the Broadway success of this play. Signed by One Author . Samuel French, Inc. hardcover books
1926réf. 26761New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. c.1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. original orange cloth with front-cover illustration; no dust jacket light external soiling modest wear to extremities except for heavy wear to bottom right corner of front cover board exposed front hinge a bit weak. cartoon drawings Humorous pieces with a serious edge or maybe vice versa highlighting "the plight of men nowadays i.e. the 1920s due to the new status of women. Life has changed for men since the time when the whole world was neatly divided into masculine and feminine spheres. The one hundred per cent HE of the Victorian era has passed and to keep pace with the feminine revolution men must find a new pattern of masculinity." At casual glance this book might look like it belongs on the Humor shelf but Mrs. Seabury wasn't exactly kidding around: an active journalist and suffragist she was a member of the Greenwich Village-based radical feminist debating society Heterodoxy was editor for several years during the 1910s of a magazine called "The Woman Voter" and wrote extensively on what today would be called "gender issues." Most possibly all of the 23 essays in this volume had appeared in such periodicals as Harper's McCall's and The New Republic. . Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover books
1910réf. 206235Boston: L.C. Page & Co 1910. Hardcover. VG. Gift inscription on front end paper else clean and unmarked. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and illustration. xi 448 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. L.C. Page & Co hardcover books
2005réf. 17587Sequim: Holmes Publishing Group 2005. Second Edition. Staplebound. Fine. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Darcy Kuntz. Fine. Clean card covers. Firmly bound with two staples clean internally. Golden Dawn Studies Series 7. Holmes Publishing Group unknown books
1972réf. 150813Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1972. Vintage reference photograph of Federico Fellini on the set of the 1972 film. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. United Artists unknown books
1989réf. 185515Providence R.I.: Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design 1989. Softcover. VG/G covers have wear and rubbing spine has tear at top corners bumped and some crease marks on back cover. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated wraps. 296 pages : illustrations some color. Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design February 10 to April 16; the Walters Art Gallery May 21 to July 16. Includes bibliographical references. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design paperback books
1915réf. 12491NY: Abingdon Press 1915. 2nd printing. 8vo Pp. 164. excellent copy. Krichmar 1114. OP. An effort to trace the mental and spiritual sources that are leading to the freeing of woman's creative energies ie. feminism. Abingdon Press unknown books
1930réf. NF2944REVEREND LANDLORDS AND THEIR TENANTS / SCENES AND CHARACTERS ON WINCHESTER MANORS AFTER THE RESTORATION Warren and Son Limited 1930 first edition spine label tanned else a tight vg copy. Warren and Son Limited unknown books
1930réf. 28552New York: The MacMillan Company 1930. 8vo; pp. xi 1 289; 12 plates including frontispiece; very good. Green cloth boards gilt on upper cover and spine. Endpapers have minor tape stains. "This volume forms the second and concluding part of a biography the first part being The Early Life of Thomas Hardy published 1928. The MacMillan Company unknown books
1973réf. 45728Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1973. First printing. 8vo pp. 46. Wrinkle in cloth on cover o/w a nice copy in somewhat scuffed and soiled dj. First edition of the first book by the African American poet. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1945réf. 468520New York: Grune and Stratton 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition revised and enlarged. Octavo. 331pp. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly modest wear very good. Grune and Stratton hardcover books
1937réf. 013073Muscatine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1937. Paper label front cover lightly spotted. Bottom of front cover has several brown spots. Spine gently sunned. Inscribed by the author on the half-title and signed again on the dedication page. The author 1861-1955 was a Kansas author and poet who resided in Lawrence Kansas. 137pp. Limited to 300 copies. . First Edition. Purple Cloth. Light Wear and Soiling./No Jacket. Octavo. The Prairie Press Hardcover books
1967réf. 16614New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. Very Good in Near Fine dj. c.1967. First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . moderate shelfwear and light soiling to bottom edge; jacket is almost flawless with just one tiny crease at bottom right-hand corner of front panel. Novel about four NYC couples by an author it sez here who was "married to a psychoanalyst and lives in Greenwich Village." A native of the Bronx she had gone to work at age 16 in the advertising business and in the 1960s and 1970s was a teacher of fiction writing at the New School for Social Research. Featured in our Catalog #2 available upon request. . Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover books
2014réf. 527231New York: Lantern Books 2014. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated wrappers.268pp. Slight edgewear and faint dampstaining else near fine. Methodist minister and civil rights activist George Houser's copy with his ownership name on the title page. Biography of the Kenyan environmental and political activist and first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Lantern Books unknown books
1968réf. 102670New York: Grune & Stratton 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fifth printing. Light bumping to the spinal extremities and the previous owner's stamp on the front fly else fine in near fine dustwrapper. Grune & Stratton hardcover books
1984réf. 571926New York: Holiday House 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Oblong octavo. Pictorial cloth. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Holiday House hardcover books
1923réf. 154683Baltimore Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art 1923. Original. Paperback. VG- clean and tight; light shelf wear to covers. Stiff grey paper bound with sewn brown string. 45 pp. with bw frontis and 7 additional bw illus. Catalogue from the first exhibition held at the "new" Baltimore Museum of Art February 22 to April 1 1923. WIth an introduction by the museum's director Florence Nightingale Levy. Includes a directory of the "Scope of the Exhibition" kinds of art in the various galleries: Gallery A - Paintings in water colors by American artists; Gallery B - Etchings by Old and Modern Masters from the Lebr Collection; Gallery C - East Indian Damascan and Persian metal work wood carving and textiles of the XVI XVII and XVIII centuries; Gallery D - American and English silver and furniture of the XVIII and XIX centuries; Gallery E - Sculpture by American artists; and Gallery F - Paintings in oil by American and foreign deceased and contemporary artists. With brief introductions to the works in Galleries BC and D. All gallery works are listed; many works by renowned artists. The Baltimore Museum of Art paperback books
1941réf. 562132New York: Samuel French 1941. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition wrappered issue. Foxing on first few leaves else a nice near fine copy. Romantic comedy play set in Hollywood in which the lead's hopes of receiving an Academy Award are threatened by romantic entanglements. Both of the authors who were married were successful screenwriters as well although Ryerson achieved the most success and is perhaps best known for her co-scripting of The Wizard of Oz. An uncommon play. Samuel French unknown books
1936réf. 47466N.pl: The Norwood Press 1936. Hardcover. xiv 559p. first edition frontis. portrait of Wentworth rubberstamp on front pastedown endpaper else very good condition in an unclipped and edgeworn dust jacket. Wentworth was a life long socialist and pacifist. The Norwood Press hardcover books
1950réf. 71603n.p.: America Korea Foundation 1950. 10" x 7" pp. 10; mimeographed text in Korean stapled in paper wrappers; paper toned near fine. Boester appears to have had a long career in supporting the victims of world conflicts. She served as welfare officer at the UNRRA Displaced Person's Camp in Austria after WWII and later facilitated international adoptions as Far East representative of the International Social Service USA both in Korea and China. Not in OCLC. America Korea Foundation unknown books
