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1898réf. 010292Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1898 1898. Green cloth ruled in blind pictorially stamped and titled in gilt minor rubbing to extremities erasure mark to endpaper pages slightly age-toned at edges. Easy-to-read stories poems and songs drawing from Native American mythology folklore and culture. Illustrated with 8 color plates by E Boyd smith other full- and partial-page artwork in b&w. Uncommon in such beautiful condition. Early Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by E Boyd Smith. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1913réf. 359131Oklahoma City: Published by the authors 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 185pp. Gilt green cloth board with ink owner names written serveral times no title page and front pastedown. Good or better with wear to the extremities the front hinge starting and one page torn and repaired. Includes short biographies and portrait photos of the members of the legislature. OCLC locates five copies. Published by the authors hardcover books
1893réf. 437New York: E.P. Dutton and Company 1893. Near fine. Rare first edition of this early Upton title following the life of a little girl in the 1890s. A scarce and little known work illustrated by Florence Upton issued two years before the first of the Golliwogg books with Bertha Upton that made her famous. OCLC finds only two institutional holdings one the copyright deposit copy at LOC. A lovely copy. 8.25'' x 6''. Original quarter gilt-stamped cloth gilt floral paper boards. Illustrated by Upton with 9 halftone plates and a vignette. 65 1 pages. Ink gift inscription from Christmas 1893 to front fly leaf. Light toning to spine corners a touch worn. Hinges firm interior clean. E.P. Dutton and Company unknown books
1935réf. 164512Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1935. Vintage publicity photograph of Norman Foster Florence Rice and Victor Jory from the 1935 film with a two stamps on the verso including one stamp crediting photographer" Ray Jones and a mimeo snipe under the working title "Song of the Damned" on the verso. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. In a remote cottage Florence Rice eagerly awaits the arrival of her father Victory Jory and Norman Foster escapees from the French penal colony Devil's Island. After Foster arrives with the news Rice's father was killed the two begin to fall in love until Jory shows up several days later. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1895réf. 515641New York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. 12mo. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and silver. Front hinge mended to coated endpapers with rear hinge starting short tear on rear fly small surface abrasion on rear pastedown with a spot of glue residue on front pastedown very good. The English-born author She wrote more than 150 novels primarily mysteries and gained fame for her mystery novel The House on the Marsh. Uncommon. Hubin. Crime Fiction p414 published in England in the same year. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1928réf. 04404THE EARLY LIFE OF THOMAS HARDY 1840-1891 London Macmillan 1928 first edition a bright vg/vg copy in a near vg dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and chipping. Illustrated with photos sketches and facsimile letters and thus a marvelous reference tool for those interested in verifying the authors handust-wrapper riting. Compiled largely from contemporary notes letters diaries and biographical memoranda as well as from oral information in conversations extending over many years. Macmillan unknown books
1973réf. 9000457Garden City: Doubleday 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine. Francis Lee Jaques. 370 pp. 64 paintings and dioramas in full color 100 drawings. Text includes a treasury of prose writings from the six Jaques books three new appraisals of the artist's work memorials to Francis Lee Jaques by Sigurd F. Olson and to Florence Page Jaques by Harriet Buchheister. Bound in publisher's original full pale green cloth with title and decorations stamped in gilt. Spine sunned. Doubleday hardcover books
1944réf. 62777Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1944. First edition 4to pp. 8 110 2; pictorial endpapers 49 illustrations throughout a number full-page and one double-page; fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket with 3 or 4 shallow chips. This copy with a Christmas card laid in depicting a Francis Lee Jaques illustration and inscribed by him. University of Minnesota Press unknown books
1919réf. 518595Boston: Privately Printed by the Riverside Press 1919. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 80 4 pp. Illustrated with several plates. Slightly oversized wrappers with light wear and soil near fine. Contains a biographical sketch of Boston educator Harriet Elizabeth Caryl and an historical sketch of the Boston Girls' High School Association beginning in 1825. Arranged by three graduates of the Girls' High School of Boston: Florence Dix Class of 1868 Alice M. Dickey class of 1876 and Katharine H. Shute class of 1879. Uncommon. Privately Printed (by the Riverside Press) unknown books
1910réf. 009228Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1910 Correct info on copyright page for a 1st Edition. Tan cloth with color pastedown. cloth soiled with fraying to extremities binding reglued roughness to edge of first few pages otherwise fresh and clean inside. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a full page color illustration and quatrain relating to Hiawatha and / or Native American life. Scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H D Pohl. 4to. Rand McNally & Company hardcover books
1955réf. 533059New York: M. Barrows and Company 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. 256pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips light rubbing and tiny tears. M. Barrows and Company hardcover books
1972réf. 127087N.p.: Fanfare Films 1972. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1972 film. A Black cop tolerates his fellow white officers' disrespect and racism as well as disdain from his community for joining the force but is finally pushed over the edge after being passed over for a promotion. He goes on a violent personal crusade punctuated by psychedelic fever dreams including himself as a famous astronaut. Shot on location in Washington DC and Los Angeles. 27 x 41 inches. Folded as issued. Very Good with pinholes to the corners dampstaining to the left side folds with two small accompanying chips and a closed tear to the center left margin. Fanfare Films unknown books
1920réf. 608931920. A group of 4 x 6 ruled index cards holed punched in upper left corner bound with a cord. Besides a "cover" with her name and the caption title and a final card neatly lettered with "The End" there are 49 index cards. Each contains a small fabric sample varying in size from 2 x 3 in. to smaller snippets with 2 cloth samples lacking plus ink descriptions of each. For each example Florence Jean Cory records the kind of cloth its name color options width weave price and use plus a sample of the warp and filling for each one. Included are samples of various kinds of cotton denim dimity Oxford Huckaback wool whip cord serge Albatross bunting silk taffeta satin plush Georgette flax etc. Among the uses for silk plush she lists rugs and upholstery of furniture and automobiles. This hand-made booklet may have been done as a school exercise. We found record of a Florence Jean Cory 1906-1957 who was born in Norfolk Virginia. She married in 1927 becoming Florence Moore. Perhaps this is her handiwork. unknown books
1972réf. 150256N.p.: N.p. 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 Italy. 8 x 10 inches. Light even fading else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1883réf. 20200378Winsted CT: M. W. Dowd & Co 1883. General wear. Minor tear on back cover. A book written by two housewives for other housewives full of recipes which would enable them to make a different dessert each night for husbands and families for a single year. The recipes used in the book were gathered from a variety of print materials or other women and each recipe has been credited. In addition to the desserts there are recipes provided for the sick general recipes for sauces or pie dough and general cooking tips. There are numerous pages of advertisements for local Connecticut business scattered throughout. The book was published for the benefit of the West Cemetery Association of Bristol CT. 109 numbered pages with numerous unnumbered pages of advertisements and a 3 page index. Blue printed wrappers. OCLC 1 Nov. 2020. Measures 8" x 5 1/2 M. W. Dowd & Co unknown books
réf. 6716FLORENCE MABEL HARDING 1860-1924. Florence Harding was the First Lady from 1921 to 1923. DS. 1pg. Dec 13 1921. Marion Ohio. An autograph check signed Florence Kling Harding as First Lady. She gave $5.00 to Mrs. Dankmeyer for the Anti-Vivisection Society of Maryland a cause against performing surgery on living animals for science which Harding was very passionate about. During her time as First Lady she was a very vocal advocate of animal rights being a contributor and member of the National Society for the Humane Regulation of Vivisection. Mrs. Charles A. Dankmeyer was an honorary member of The Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection Society in their 1933 report. This check is in great condition and laid to a larger card. unknown books
1985réf. 47728Pompano Beach: Exposition Press of Florida Inc 1985. Very Good/Very Good. Pompano Beach: Exposition Press of Florida Inc. 1985. First Edition stated. Octavo 23.6cm; illustrated dust jacket with $13.00 price intact; black boards with gilt lettering to spine; xviii 181pp; photos and facsimiles. Jacket rubbed with shallow tears along edges and brief scuffing to surface. Boards lightly shelfworn. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with warm inscription to friend and fellow educator Lillie Murray Sawyer. Exposition Press of Florida, Inc unknown books
1961réf. 22095Mourlot 1961. Original wraps. Near Fine. Impressive tribute to French artist Maurice Marinot 1882-1960 by his daughter Florence Marinot WHO WARMLY INSCRIBED THIS COPY on the front free endpaper. Clean and very sharp to boot: Near Fine in its beige wrappers. A nice sampling of the artist's sketches accompanying his daughter Florence Marinot's text. Mourlot unknown books
1925réf. 151012N.p.: N.p. 1925. Vintage linen-backed borderless publicity photograph of actress Florence Vidor from the 1925 film. A wealthy couple's teenage daughter discovers her parents are planning to divorce and pretends to be in love with a foolish actor in order to reunite them. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Faintly toned near the left edge else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1926réf. 151008N.p.: N.p. 1926. Vintage borderless linen-backed reference photograph from the 1926 film showing actress Florence Vidor seated at a vanity table. An aristocratic married woman falls in love with a shy trustworthy writer on a train to Biarritz to the displeasure of her unfaithful husband. Considered a lost film. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Very Good plus lightly and evenly toned. N.p. unknown books
1915réf. 411735Mew York: Mitchell Kennerley 1915. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. First edition. Contemporary bookplate front pastedown else near fine in chipped fair only dustwrapper lacking much of the spine. Rare in any sort of jacket. Mitchell Kennerley hardcover books
1985réf. 205759Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations 1985. Softcover. VG. A white and orange softcover book with yellow text on a white and yellow spine. 388 pages; illustrated with black-and-white images. Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations paperback books
1960réf. 544740Salvador Brasil: Tipografia Manu Editora 1960. Softcover. Good. First edition. Small quarto. 61 1pp. Printed wrappers. Some spotting and age-toning on the wrappers good or better. Inscribed by Goodrich to Pamela Bond. [Tipografia Manu Editora] unknown books
1971réf. 515917New York: Holiday House 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Oblong octavo. Pictorial green cloth. Endpapers slightly foxed with faint foxing on page edges a few small soil spots on the cover very good in a very good dust jacket with a couple short closed tears on the rear panel and toning on the spine and panels. Inscribed by Heide with a small sketch of a smiley face to children's book author Alvin Tresselt: " to Alvin Florence Parry Heide October 29 1971." Tresselt was a prolific author of children's books. His book White Snow Bright Snow illustrated by Roger Duvoisin was awarded the 1948 Caldecott Medal. The story of a young boy who begins shrinking and his parents hardly notice. The basis for an upcoming computer-animated film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Rob Lieber. Holiday House hardcover books
1908réf. 3377The C.M. Clark Publishing Company 1908. LEWIS Florence J. CLIMBING UP TO NATURE. Boston: The C.M. Clark Publishing Company 1908. With 11 Illustrations by Kirkpatrick. Small 8vo. decorative gray cloth stamped in green yellow & gilt with color portrait panel of a Gibson-type girl by Kirkpatrick; top edge gilt; 353 pages. First Edition. Author's rare first novel. Inscribed by Lewis on the front endpaper: "With the very best wishes for the future Florence J. Lewis." Good some wear & few light stains rear cover; contents clean & tight. $150.00. The C.M. Clark Publishing Company unknown books
